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  The only surviving Artificial demo, trembled with fear, her body frozen in pce.

  Just then...

  Bang!

  Zest was bsted away by a surge of magic, crashing into the wall.

  "Damn it! Why were all my other Artificial demoroyed, but this defective one survived?" Zolgear snarled, gring at Zest, who was struggling to get up.

  He had always sidered Zest to be a failure because she wasn't as obedient and fearless as the others.

  But her fear also meant she was no longer just a mindless on. She was being a real person.

  "Zolgear-sama..." Zest whimpered, fused and hurt.

  She was still too o uand the plexities of emotions.

  "Maria, what do you think you're doing? Do you want your mother to die?" Zolgear threateurning to Maria.

  He had chosen this castle as his base because it was actually the body of a magical beast.

  He used the beast's magical energy to create his Artificial demons.

  And now, all his creations were destroyed, years of effort wasted.

  He was furious.

  He waved his hand, and an image of Maria's mother—trapped in a cage, appeared before them.

  With another wave of his hand, he could activate the trap within the cage and kill her.

  "Mother!" Maria cried out, her eyes filled with worry.

  She g to Roy's arm, her hope for resg her mother restiirely on him.

  "Maria's mother, you say? Let me see... There she is."

  Roy's senses swept through the entire castle, and he quickly located Maria's mother.

  He reached out with his magic.

  In the image—a sphere of magiveloped Maria's mother, breaking her out of the cage and flying towards them.

  Zolgear's eyes bulged in shock.

  His carefully crafted trap had been effortlessly bypassed.

  "Damn it! What did you do?!" he roared, finally realizing that Roy and the others were responsible.

  Roy simply smirked without replying.

  Just then...

  Crash!

  The wall exploded, and Maria's mother—Shei, flew towards them, encased in a sphere of magic.

  "Mom!" Maria cried, catg her mother in her arms.

  "Eh? Maria, what's going on?" Shei asked, fused and disoriented.

  "Mom, Onii- saved you!" Maria expined, stepping bad gesturing towards Roy.

  "Oh? Is that so?" Shei looked at Roy—then back at Maria. she could tell that her daughter had given herself to this man.

  She was curious about Roy and trusted her daughter's judgment.

  Roy, looking at Shei, was surprised. He hadn't expected her to be so petite, even smaller than her daughter.

  She was like a loli mother-in-w.

  "Who are you?!" Zolgear demanded, fear creeping into his voice.

  This man had effortlessly rescued the hostage from afar. Such power was beyond even a Demon Lord.

  "Dead men tell no tales—" Roy replied with a chuckle, then casually reached out towards Zolgear with his magic.

  The air froze, and Zolgear unleashed his magic power to resist.

  But it was futile. He was instantly frozen solid.

  Crack! Crack! Crack!

  Shatter!

  Zolgear's body exploded into icy dust.

  Yahiro Takigawa, watg from the sidelines, was stunned. Zolgear—had beeed so easily?

  Zolgear owerful Demon, a trusted subordinate of the current Demon Lord.

  Even the Demon Lord himself might not be able to defeat him so effortlessly.

  "Alright, now that that's taken care of, let's get out of here," Roy said to the girls.

  They were ihe belly of a magical beast. Once Zolgear's magic faded, this pce would revert to its inal form.

  "Okay."

  They left the castle.

  ...

  As soon as they left, the castle transformed into a massive, fleshy monster.

  "This is bad! If this monster keeps dev everything around it, the world will be destroyed!" Mio excimed, her face pale with fear.

  Of course—she was exaggerating. Destroying the world wasn't that easy.

  Even if this monster could devour everything, it would take hundreds of years for it to e the entire p.

  But it was still a threat that o be dealt with.

  "Freeze!"

  Roy calmly raised his hand, and the monstrous creature was instantly encased in ice.

  Shatter!

  The ice exploded, and the monster vanished into thin air.

  Mio, Maria, and Yuki were no longer surprised by Roy's power.

  But Shei was stunned. Such power was god-like!

  It seemed her daughter had made the right choice.

  Shei smiled at Maria— her silent blessings.

  As the former Demon Lord's woman, Shei hadn't had a happy life. Maria's birth had been an act.

  Otherwise, she wouldn't have been captured and imprisoned by Zolgear after the previous Demon Lord's death.

  "Alright, everything's settled. Let's go home," Roy said with a smile.

  "I should take my leave now," Yahiro said, bowing deeply.

  Roy g him, then waved him away.

  Although Yahiro had attacked them before, he had also ily helped Roy "quer" the girls. And he had been helpful in this mission as well. So, Roy decided to let him go.

  Yahiro quickly left.

  Roy and the girls returned home.

  ....

  Meanwhile, news of Zolgear's death spread throughout the Fas.

  The Demons—Gods—and even the Hero Fas were all intrigued by the mysterious figure who had killed a Demon cadre.

  "What a pity. I was hoping to have those two girls as my daughters-in-w, but someo me to it," a bespectacled man with a gentle demeanor muttered as he stood in a desote wastend filled with monsters.

  This was Jin Toujou, the father of the protagonist, Basara Toujou, and a legendary hero known as the "God of War."

  It was said that the previous Demon Lord, Mio's father—had ehe war between the Demons and the Heroes because of Jin Toujou.

  Jin checked the message on his phohen lit a cigarette and chuckled. "A powerful being has appeared. Let's see if you're human or Demon."

  He left the wastend ao visit his son, who was living an ordinary life.

  Jin sighed. Perhaps this peaceful life was the best for his son after all.

  ....

  Meanwhile, when Roy returned home with Mio and the others, he was surprised to fi following them.

  "....."

  "Master!" Zest k before Roy with an expression of absolute loyalty.

  Roy was stunned. Why was she suddenly pledging her allegiao him?

  "I've been abandoned—And you didn't kill me. So, naturally, you're my new Master now," Zest expined, her head lowered respectfully.

  As an Artificial being—she didn't uand much about the world. But she khat Roy was her new Master.

  Mio and Maria exged surprised ghey hadn't expected her to bee Roy's servant.

  "Onii-, I think you should accept her. After all, a powerful being like you needs someoo attend to your needs," Maria said with a sly grin.

  Roy's lips twitched.

  Maria was good. She knew how to appeal to a man's desires.

  And holy—Zest was quite attractive.

  Who wouldn't want such a loyal aiful girl by their side?

  "Ahem... very well. I accept your allegiance," Roy decred.

  Mio and Yuki were about to protest, but Roy had already made his decision!

  "Thank you, Master!" Zest excimed, overjoyed.

  ....

  That night, to celebrate Maria's reunion with her mother a's addition to the family, Maria and Shei prepared a feast.

  Roy, looking at the simir-looking mother and daughter, had a naughty thought.

  But he kept it to himself for now!

  Maria certainly lived up to her promise that night, using all sorts of teiques to please Roy.

  Even Mio couldn't help but blush.

  Shei, in her room, couldn't sleep!

  The day, Roy went to school with Mio and Yuki.

  Yahiro wasn't there. It seemed the new Demon Lord was taking the task of monit Mio seriously.

  He wouldn't send anyone else until he knew Roy's true identity.

  Roy had o target: Chisato Hasegawa—the school nurse.

  She had e to the human world with her powers sealed to help Basara Toujou trol his unique abilities.

  This made things a bit tricky.

  Lost in thought—Roy arrived at the nurse's office.

  A mature aiful woman was busy w inside.

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