The Male S*ave of the Count Sianella Family

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“Frostwind Heavy Cavalry! From now on, we will switch duties with the Baron Family! Everyone knows our objective, right?”

Compared to her usual calm voice when throwing out sarcasm, Aria Alenarr’s voice, filled with spirit, pierced through the howling wind, causing her heated knights to bellow and raise their morale.

“The warm western Baron cavalry has held out this long against the demons all by themselves, so we can’t fall behind! Even if it’s a demon we’re up against, we won’t be afraid! After all, our heavy cavalry considers death in battle a glorious act of self-sacrifice!”

“That’s right!”

“Everyone’s had plenty to drink, which may be our last chance! We are Northerners! I trust there are no fools here who can’t keep themselves upright from sweet intoxication!”

The heavy cavalry unit, having faced numerous monsters while rampaging through the northern mountains and plains, began to replace the assault troops.

The hardy northern steeds, having survived the freezing tundra, navigated through the blizzards effortlessly. Soon after, knights from the royal regular army and cavalry joined the fray, causing the demon’s fixation on me to wane under their bold javelins and crossbow attacks.

“Over here! This way!”

Seizing that moment, Shione, who had somehow entered the front lines, shouted.

“The assault troops trust the Marquis Family’s heavy cavalry, so fall back for now! Tania, we’ll stick to that side.”

“That’s music to my ears. I thought I was going to be sad about losing my beloved horse. Since it’s a special mission team, I trust you enough to retreat immediately.”

As she mingled with the special mission team, Shione finally dismounted.

“Ray, good job. I never thought the assault troops would be holding off that demon. How on earth did you endure?”

“The demon toyed with us. If it had come out like the other demons from the start, we wouldn’t have lasted as long.”

“…As long as you’re alive, that’s fine. Now we can strike back properly.”

As Shione fished out the treasure Adelhaite had given her, pondering whether to use it, she looked up at something.

“From now on, it will be Your Highness the Princess and Duke Rephelia who will face the demon.”

“I can’t see anyone around here… Where is everyone?”

“Somewhere with a clear view of this place.”

Following her gaze, Adelhaite, hidden at the foot of the mountain, looked down on the battlefield. Her dragon’s eye illuminated the world.

“I shouldn’t be alive to witness such a sight.”

The battlefield seen through the dragon’s eye was filled with the swirling tides of fate, constantly changing.

Baron Karpel bought time from the demon, planting the seeds of those tides. Afterward, every combatant entering the battlefield slightly twisted their fate. Even after soldiers were devoured by demons and perished, they created new fates, leaving the meaning of death in the world.

Even Adelhaite’s dragon eye, unable to resist the flow of shifting fate, winced.

“Ugh…!”

The sharp pain and headache around her eyes made Adelhaite grimace.

Her guards gasped in horror.

“Your Highness, are you okay…! Priest! Immediately examine Her Highness’s condition!”

“I have seen too much of the world out of greed. It’s natural for me to bleed from my eyes like this.”

“Your Highness, right now you need to preserve your body from the back. Please—”

“But if I just retreat and rest now, wouldn’t that be like betraying the trust of those standing over there?”

Adelhaite wiped the tears from her eyes with her hand, leaving a trace of red.

The bloodstains on her face and her pained expression could easily make her appear a weak invalid. However, the confidently lifted corners of her mouth and the fervent gleam in her eyes burned brighter than ever.

“The northern cavalry is luring the demon with their lives on the line. Duke Rephelia and the royal sorcerers should prepare to attack immediately.”

At her command, all the wizards squeezed out their mana.

In line with them, Adelhaite also prepared her magic.

The suppressed presence of Adelhaite, renowned as the kingdom’s top talent in magic, began to pour out.

“Leona Rephelia, signal.”

“Just as Your Highness commands.”

As Leona shot a flare into the sky.

The demons, drooling with greedy anticipation, reacted to the princess’s presence. The cavalry, moving in skilled coordination, shouted.

“It’s the Princess’s signal! We’ve attached the position transmission devices, so the magic will fall soon!”

“If you don’t want to get caught up in the magic, retreat immediately!”

As the cavalry pulled back, Adelhaite pulled a jewel from her robes.

To be exact, it was a brilliantly polished dragon scale.

Without hesitation, she dropped the treasure onto the ground and stomped on it, unleashing the latent power of the dragon contained within the scale under her control.

“This was the lost power possessed by the late king when the kingdom was founded. Now I understand why so many noble families bowed to the royal family.”

Adelhaite laughed mockingly at the demon.

“This is probably why the Empire has always been cautious of the kingdom.”

Feeling the ecstasy of omnipotence, Adelhaite gestured, and the old wizard shouted.

“Her Highness the Princess has given the command! Everyone, attack!”

Responding to the call of the royal summons, the academy’s headmaster, having briefly handed over his duties to a new generation of wizards, chose to support the princess from the rear despite his frail body.

As one of the most iconic figures among wizards, he called out with surging mana, unleashing a barrage of spells.

The spells of the kingdom’s greatest wizards couldn’t afford to make foolish mistakes and miss their targets.

As the cavalry swiftly distanced themselves, a colossal explosion erupted when the soaring magic collided with the demon.

The otherworldly attack targeted only the demon. The battlefield wizards focused on shielding their allies from the shockwave, and the cavalry frantically managed their frightened steeds.

The consequences of breaking the protective magic were painfully obvious. The priests, sweating profusely, prayed fervently.

Subsequently, Adelhaite’s magic engulfed the demon.

“What in the world is Adelhaite doing…?”

Flashes of light exploded, and divine retribution descended late upon the Gluttony Demon.

“The defensive magic won’t hold!”

“Don’t waste time, squeeze out every last drop of mana left!”

“It can’t be that a crazy woman would cast such powerful magic…!!”

It was obvious that this was magic unleashed by Adelhaite. Still, in the desperate situation, no one could think that far ahead or pin the blame on the ‘crazy woman.’

When the aftershock of the overwhelmingly powerful magic left the wizards bleeding, the Gluttony Demon was already unable to maintain its form.

“… Is that what demons are really like?”

Tania murmured in astonishment, unable to take her eyes off the demon.

Its appearance, resembling something melting, was bizarre beyond comprehension, and the tenacity it displayed even after such an attack was terrifying.

And I…

‘Now is the chance.’

Far away, Adelhaite yelled.

“Don’t let your guard down! Prepare for a follow-up attack!”

Understanding that this state was not complete death, but merely an opportunity.

I immediately shattered the dragon scale Adelhaite had given me while powering my arrow with mana, shouting.

“Knights, charge! We must finish this now!”

Hearing my cry, the knights gritted their teeth and rushed to ensure the demon’s demise.

The wizards gathered their remaining mana to prepare their magic.

With victory within reach, it seemed like the demon wouldn’t go down easily.

“The demon is using divine power!”

“How can a demon wield the power of the heavens…!”

In an instant, the now even smaller version of the demon had formed before me, seeping divine power over its wounds, salivating from its mouth while suppressing its magical energy.

At the moment when the choking sensation triggered my survival instincts, I released the arrow imbued with immense power, causing the demon’s form to sway.

‘Strange.’

In that moment, as the demon’s form shook, I instinctively perceived it.

The forgotten divine altar in the Demonic Realm. The bizarre energy felt from the monster lurking nearby.

Simultaneously—

『The usurped power has manifested in the world!』

『Power recovery failed.』

『Containment failed.』

『Another being has become the subject, altering fate.』

Even the legacy of a dead god supporting me spoke up.

That power was one of the abilities the god had lost to the enemy.

And the most important thing right now…

‘What the hell did that crazy bastard eat to gain that power…?!’

The power that the so-called god possessed.

This was a force that could twist the fate of even a mere monster, allowing it to return to life.

“Damn it, Gluttony definitely didn’t have such abilities…!”

I was startled. So flustered that I failed to devise an adequate response in time.

The Gluttony Demon, which should have dissipated upon being hit by my arrow, twisted its fate and endured.

Even so, the power of the dragon blasted away half of its body, preventing it from recovering. Ensconced in that situation, the demon attempted a desperate gamble, clinging to the last thread of its life.

A famished predator becomes more ferocious to survive.

Rather than using all its strength to block the dragon’s energy, it poured everything it had into its remaining two forelegs and long snout.

“Ugh… Aaaah…!”

“You bastard…! Ughhh…!”

Having successfully pulverized and devoured the three closest individuals in an instant, Gluttony fixed its eyes back on me.

“The cultists are approaching at the cost of their lives! A shaman who controls corpses has appeared, and there is now a breakthrough in our rear!”

As if waiting for this moment, the fanatics surged in like a tidal wave.

“The demon is fleeing toward the cultists! Frostwind Heavy Cavalry, pursue it! We can’t let it get away! Don’t give it a chance to recover!”

The demon, boldly trying to break through, began to dash, utilizing its shrunk body.

“Elvis, Tania!”

“What’s there to fear from that tiny mutt! I’ll burn it!”

“I’m no longer scared…!”

Firing arrows and attacking it through spirits.

“Ray, hop on my back…! I’m going to chase!”

Now calling me by name without restraint, dropping the title of Baron, Shione’s confidence surged as I mounted, and we continued our pursuit and assault.

“It’s insane…! How is it still alive?!”

“It used the power of that monster it encountered in the Demonic Realm!”

“Don’t tell me it’s that thing that comes back to life?!”

“Isn’t that something that kills people with ‘don’t underestimate’?! It’s exactly that!”

“What kind of nonsense is this…!”

The result of encountering cultists who had discarded hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives like straw.

“Ah… please, just stop me…!”

In an instant, we saw the demon sneering at us as it devoured the overjoyed shamans.

Once again, chaos ensued on the battlefield. The Gluttony Demon extinguished Tania’s flames as it began to emit an even heavier magical energy.

I realized.

“Damn it, has it fully recovered…!”

Unless the cultists who were rushing headlong to be eaten are dealt with, we can’t kill it.

No, even before that. Due to the unimaginable power that the demon possessed, variables multiplied uncontrollably.

“No, it hasn’t properly recovered.”

But only Shione shook her head.

“Ever since it was hit by Your Highness and your arrow, its magic has been agitated. It may look fine on the outside, but it’s in a rotten and broken state on the inside. Barely twisting fate to remain alive. So… All we need to do is hit it in the head with an arrow, just once.”

The love of the dead god that chose me as the lead role in this world declared without hesitation.

“Ray, can you help me out?”

There’s still a possibility.