Chapter 60

Intermission A Day in the Life of the Demon King While Shinichi’s group was away, every demon in the Demon King’s castle was confronting a big problem. There was only one source of their troubles: The Blue Demon King was wasting away from sadness in the absence of his beloved daughter. “Ha-ha-ha, Daddy will read you a book,” he chuckled in Rino’s room where there was a doll resembling his daughter that the dvergr had made. Through a crack in the door, Sirloin the pig-headed orc peeked inside to see his pathetic master reading a picture book to the doll perched on his knee. “Oh no. His Highness has lost it. Oink.” “Squee…,” replied his pet pig. Kalbi the bull-headed minotaur suddenly stood up. “I can’t watch this anymore! We have to do something. Moo!” “But what can we do?” moaned Ribido the succubus. Kalbi thought for a moment. “Oh, how about you use Illusion to make yourself look like Rino? You can cheer him up. Moo.” “Oooh, that’s a great idea. Oink!” grunted Sirloin excitedly. But Ribido didn’t seem to feel the same way. “It would be fun to have some daddy-daughter action, but I’m afraid to think about what would happen when the truth got out.” “No one said to take it that far! Moo,” protested Kalbi. “Yeah! And she would never forgive you, even if His Highness did. Oink.” Sirloin trembled in fear, imagining her coming after them, too. Kalbi suddenly had an idea. “I know who we can invite. Moo!” “I totally forgot about that!” “Squeee!” replied the pet pig, crying happily in agreement, but Ribido shot down the idea. “But we don’t even know their whereabouts.” “Somewhere in the demon world, at the very least. Something’ll come up if we look. Oink.” “We can get some help to send out telepathic messages saying: ‘The Demon King is ill. Return ASAP or something.’ Moo.” “Out of the two, I think Lady Rino would respond to that message faster. Oink.” “You talk like it’s so easy,” groaned Ribido, her beautiful face twisted with annoyance. The only people who could Teleport to the demon world by themselves were the Demon King and Celes, but Ribido could manage to do it—if she got people to give her magic. That meant she was the one in charge of sending messages until Celes came back. “I was supposed to go to the Tigris Kingdom tomorrow and go hunting with my brother.” “Hunting for what? Moo.” “Well, obviously, we’ll be finding virgi—” “I won’t let you say it! Oink!” huffed Sirloin, cutting off the obscene answer, pushing the succubus’s back with a heavy sigh. “I’ll be happy to take over if you want someone to join you at night. Get going. Oink.” “Hmm, I’m not sure your cute little sausage would fill me up…” “Gah—oink!” Sirloin fell to the ground, hacking up blood after Ribido mercilessly destroyed his manly pride. Kalbi couldn’t help laughing at the pathetic sight. “Hee-hee. That’s what you get. Moo.” “I’m not sure a thirty-year-old virgin can talk,” said Ribido. “Ack—moo!” Kalbi fell to the ground, spewing blood. Ribido had savagely crushed his delicate heart, though the succubus didn’t seem interested in the two as she walked away. “Well, I don’t want Celes to get mad at me later. I’ll just swing by the demon world for a bit.” “Squee,” said the pet pig, waving a hoof and seeing her off. By then, the pig had grown to a wonderful six-and-a-half feet in length, using its body to carry the collapsed orc and minotaur to the infirmary. “Yeah? Rino wants to marry Daddy? Ha-ha-ha… Ha…,” came the Demon King’s voice. He was completely unaware of the commotion in the hallway, hunching over to cuddle the doll, a single tear rolling down his cheek.