Chapter 40: She’s Your Mom!

Avira’s little head heated up!

“You…”

In that instant, she couldn’t say anything, only embarrassment echoed in the quiet night. She suddenly remembered what Ophitia had said to Catherine earlier, and then she felt that Ophitia was just teasing her!

How does the Demon King know about my affairs?

“What nonsense are you spouting?”

Avira retreated a few steps.

“Do you remember that night? At that time, you were sleeping in my room, and I helped you change your clothes.”

“What did you say?”

Avira remembered.

That night, in order to dominate the Holy Sword, she had shattered the Silver Feathers. Exhausted, she stayed over, and in the morning, she hurriedly changed and left as if she had already departed.

At that time, she had indeed been naked!

Avira had quickly thrown herself into her busy affairs afterward, so she forgot about it—how Ophitia had taken care of her, even letting her sleep naked by her side.

Wait!

At that time, Lena and Lace had already disappeared, and there was no trace of them in the Royal Palace. Could it be that the Demon King had done away with them that night?!

Damn it!

Deep down, she retained some instincts. Getting pregnant with Ophitia’s child was a fortunate thing.

But in this second loop now, that was absolutely not okay!

She wasn’t one of Ophitia’s little familiars.

“St-stay away from me!”

Ophitia didn’t give Avira much time to think. She walked behind Avira and gently touched her flat little belly with her hand, whispering in her ear:

“Pregnant with my child~ I promise, I’ll take responsibility for you, protect you forever, until eternity.”

Ophitia’s hand began to roam over Avira’s belly. Every inch of flesh greedily absorbed the tenderness from Ophitia’s hand. The hidden Moon Mark twitched wildly, stirring up countless ripples inside Avira’s body.

What… what was she trying to do?!

“Take responsibility for me? Demon King, what… what are you saying!”

At the critical moment, Avira broke free from her embrace. She stared at her and said viciously:

“Have you ever taken responsibility for anyone in your life?”

She suddenly felt that her words were a bit too harsh.

The Demon King had said that it was because of her that she had lost someone important.

Last time, Avira had said something just as harsh, and it had made the Demon King cry.

Avira let out a whimper and quickly changed her tune:

“I-I didn’t mean it like that…”

She didn’t want the Demon King’s mentality to crumble.

This fragile girl who shattered at a touch couldn’t withstand her bullying.

But Ophitia not only didn’t mind; she even took Avira’s hand.

She smiled sweetly, like a girl who had already obtained happiness, sharing her fortunate and sweet life, with Avira now her best friend.

“It’s precisely because I didn’t take responsibility in the past that I’m working hard to take responsibility for my wife now. This counts as making up for my mistakes~”

So that was it. Was that what Ophitia meant?

Avira was no longer tense. She took a deep breath and looked at her with disdain:

“Demon King, I don’t want to hear about your lovey-dovey exploits.”

“Oh?”

Avira saw through the Demon King’s scheme.

First, she had this unserious look on her face, like she wanted to tease her. Normally, she wouldn’t have such rich expressions and gestures—clearly premeditated.

Second, after calming down, Avira confirmed that she definitely hadn’t gotten pregnant that day.

Third, the current Ophitia should be very happy.

This must be the result of her efforts.

But Ophitia seemed shocked by Avira’s words instead.

Seeing that her words were effective, Avira continued:

“How could I be pregnant with your child? Does that mean you have a pretty good wife now?”

“I…”

Ophitia suddenly widened her eyes, her gaze trembling. She looked at Avira, who had her hands on her hips with a helpless expression, and finally compromised with a nod:

“My wife is so good to me. She warms my bed every day, takes care of me every day, even helps me think about career issues. I’ve always liked her so much. Hehe, having such a caring wife is how fortunate I am.”

“Where.”

Avira set down the Holy Sword, unable to suppress the slight upward curve of her lips.

This Ophitia got tricked by me and is even counting the money for me. No wonder she got sidelined.

When the day comes that I claim the mountain as king, will she still be oblivious? Even fantasizing that I’ll become the wife she likes?

Her hard work had paid off, and Avira felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

Finally, to give the Demon King a reassuring pill, she said seriously:

“Then Demon King, this time you must protect your wife well. Don’t betray the most important person again, only to regret it later.” Avira straightened her hair, regaining her usual unapproachable aura.

“Th-then, if I can protect my wife and keep her from harm, will my wife forgive me?”

“I don’t know what mistakes you made with your wife, but I think she will definitely forgive you. She might even reward you.”

“Hehe~”

Ophitia was such a hassle.

No wonder they said “one pregnancy makes you dumb for three years.”

Ophitia wasn’t even pregnant, and she was already like this. In the future, it would probably get even worse.

However, Avira didn’t hold out hope for her protection.

Ophitia didn’t have sufficient strength. Even as a puppet, she was unqualified.

For that reason, Avira had resolved from the start to at least evolve Ophitia to the level of a Chaos-Ruling Great Demon King.

Moreover, to complete that “complete Demon King,” she had to consider Ophitia’s feelings, prospects, and development.

Expand the Demon King’s forces, secure opportunities and seals for her, weaken the resistance army’s power.

“Demon King, where are your subordinates? Have they arrived?”

Avira urged.

This wasn’t something she should worry about.

“Wu…”

“Demon King?”

Ophitia held her flushed face, head lowered, mumbling something incoherent.

Until two rapid figures descended from the sky, and Ophitia returned to normal.

Avira looked up and saw clearly: the figure flapping wings and slowly landing was Lace.

Landing with her was the Evil Demon Berika.

Following them were the horde of Evil Demons and Atia.

All the Evil Demons were Badge Knight level… which meant these Demon Race members represented the strongest fighting force the Demon King could currently muster.

Every Demon Race member had strength no less than C-Rank.

“Demon King!” Berika had just bowed to the Demon King when she spotted Avira.

Her eyes filled with hostility. After all, the Demon Race had an instinctive repulsion toward humans.

Lace, on the other hand, was the complete opposite.

Her tail swished back and forth. This time, she couldn’t act spoiled toward Mommy~

When Mommy is alone, she’ll sneakily let her pet me instead!

But then, Lace suddenly remembered something, and her pupils dilated.

Before setting out, Mommy had given her a mission.

“When you see me, remember to act like a normal Demon Race member and hate me. If possible, say a couple threatening words. Demon Race hate humans—don’t act like we’re close. Got it?”

Lace wanted to earn Mommy’s trust, so she would definitely complete Mommy’s mission!

Conveniently, Atia knew about this mission too.

The feeling of hating humans, despising them—Lace understood it all too well!

She leaped into the air, glaring at Avira with the most terrifying look, pretending she was about to spew dragon breath!

“Damn human princess, daring to approach the Demon King! I’ll make you understand the Dragon Clan’s wrath!”

But the poor little dragon was grabbed by the tail by the flying Ophitia the next second and yanked down.

Ophitia looked at her with eyes full of disappointment, which terrified little Lace!

“Lace, she’s your mom.”