7th Demon Prince Jilbagias’ Chronicle of Demon Kingdom Toppling

Chapter 122: The Clan's Territory

１２２． The Clan's Territory

Originally, the demon race of the old days were living in a confined and barren land.

For them, gaining rich and abundant land was their dearest dream.

That's why the First Demon King conquered many lands and distributed the conquered land to his vassals. The ambition of the First Demon King wasn't for his personal gain, it was for his people.

Since those with power and contribution to the Demon King was given preferential treatment, it was an inevitable situation that the western continent around the Demon King Castle was overcrowded with the territory of influential clans.

On the other hand, many weak clans had their reward postponed or had to occupy the frontline in the eastern side.

… The eastern part had more rich land and entertainment than the western part.

That's where my clan, the Reiju-clan, resides.

As one of, if not the clan with biggest influence in the Demon Kingdom, Reiju clan boasted its vast territory that span from the west~southwest of the Demon Kingdom. According to the story, such vast land was from annexing a few small human kingdoms…

Their stronghold is located one day's distance from a skeleton horse carriage from the Demon King Castle.

Neither too far or too close. It wasn't even a one hour flight distance with a dragon, but Platy and I rode the carriage. Since winter was just around the corner, we were not in a hurry and could take our attendants.

Thus, inside the swaying carriage.

『There's almost no swaying though.』

Well, thanks to Enma's masterpiece black box, the swaying of the carriage was reduced to almost non-existent… My apologies. My deepest apology for the skeleton who was working non-stop inside that black box…

「…」

The carriage was wrapped in silence.

The ones who rode this carriage were me, Platy, Sofia, and Vigne.

Honestly speaking, I wanted to ride the carriage with Liliana and Lyla and the other maids.

but who knows what people in Reiju-clan territory would say if they discovered upon our arrival that I neglected my mother(Platy) to flirt with my women.

I didn't care about what the other said about me, but that might not be the case for Platy.

Thus, due to an extreme level of political decision, I ended up riding the same carriage as Platy.

「…」

Platy who sat beside me started to nod off drowsily amidst the swaying carriage. Since she always raised her guard in the Demon King Castle, her mind might wander around once she left that place.

Sofia was reading the history of Defteros kingdom from a new collection from the frontline in silence. She turned over the page ever slowly, and really carefully as if she was enjoying its taste and was afraid that she would finish it before she realized it.

And lastly, Vigne was sitting with a straightened back in front of me. When her gaze met mine, she showed a sad and melancholic expression. It seems she couldn't bring herself to relax as she was thrown into a place filled with people whose pedigree was higher than her such as Platy, Sofia, and I.

The last time when I was on the way for my field exercise, she rode the same carriage as the night elf. Maybe she felt more relaxed being in the same place as her fellow race.

I do feel that the night elf had it tough at times like this. If it was Garounya, no one would blame her even if she fell asleep and started snoring during her sleep, but the night elf would be scolded immediately for 『Improper Conduct During the Job』.

「…」

I made an exaggerated movement with my eyebrows to put some pressure on Vigne.

「…」

Vigne, who was smiling in silence as if proving that my action hit her nerve, entrusted her back to the backrest and started viewing the scenery outside of the window.

That's strange… It should've put more pressure on her, and yet…

『This girl is quite shameless sometimes.』

Speaking of Vigne, I realized that she was a tad different compared to the other night elfs…

My curiosity suddenly piqued up and I wondered what would happen if I suddenly say ――Flipped out on her.

Well, I guess I'll spare her this time for the sake of Platy who had already departed into dreamland beside me…

I turned my attention to the scenery outside of the window as my train of thought wandered around.

A few hours had elapsed since we left the Demon King Castle in the evening. The stars were shining brightly in the night sky.

We were still in the region that was directly controlled by the Demon King, there was only a field that had already been harvested along the road. Though the beastfolk village could be seen every now and then, all light had already been turned off since the villagers seemed to be already asleep.

Since the carriage was speeding along the road, we passed the village in the blink of an eye.

Yup… Nothing special to see.

I ended up having too much spare time.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

『We arrived faster last time since you were flirting with that dog of yours and that cat assistant.』

Ante spouted such barbed remarks.

U~~~~~~~~~hm… It's hard to admit it, but…

My hands usually were used to pat Lyla, Liliana, and Garounya, but they were currently itching to do something.

With no one to pat like this, my hands ended up itching to pat someone!!!

And yet… THERE'S NO ONE LIKE THAT INSIDE THIS DAMN CARRIAGE!!

ANYONE IS FINE… I JUST WANT TO PAT SOMEONE!

But my last line of reasoning held me back since no matter how much I wanted to pat someone, I definitely wouldn't do that in front of Platy!

U~~~~Hm.

『Hum. How about this?』

Then Ante appeared before me.

The Demon God Antendixis(Phantom Mode).

Though it was just an illusion, I could touch her.

『Now you have something to do, right?』

Said Ante while snuggling on me with an impish smile on her face.

『Be grateful to me.』

Had you by chance… Want to be patted on the head by me?

『Noisy.』

OUCH, DON'T POKE MY EYES! YOU MIGHT BE A PHANTOM RIGHT NOW BUT IT'S STILL SCARY!

Okay okay, I get it already, O Great Demon God Ante-sama.

I shall pat your head really carefully.

『Humph, you should have done that from the very beginning.』

Thus, I used my honed skill to pat Ante on the head――

†††

（――Uhm. What in the heck is happening!?）

At that moment, Vigne,

（What's happening to him!? Did he become like that since he missed his women!?）

Suddenly praying to the all Gods of Darkness she could remember so that they would arrive soon while recalling the bizarre spectacle of Demon Prince Jilbagias brushing empty air with a smile on his face.

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