Chapter 42
“You… are you serious, Demon Lord?”
As Chris’s words fell, both Lisbeth and Krus stared in utter bewilderment. Lisbeth, seeing their stunned expressions, instinctively pinched her cheek.
Then, she hastily thought to Clotilde, ‘L-little Sword, did I mishear just now? Chris actually said I’m her property.’
“You… you didn’t mishear. But before anything else, can you please wipe that disgusting smile off your face? It’s truly repulsive.”
“Eh!?”
Only after Clotilde’s sharp reminder did Lisbeth realize her lips were uncontrollably curving upwards. Yet, before she could forcibly suppress her smile, Krus had already witnessed it.
He then displayed an expression of utter despair.
“S-so that’s how it is… I never imagined the Demon Lord and Lady Lisbeth shared *this* kind of relationship!?”
“Ah, no, that’s not… we’re…”
Among demons, with their extended lifespans, there was no obligation to procreate like humans, making same-s*x marriages quite common. Nevertheless, Lisbeth was still Chris’s maid.
It would be highly undesirable for rumors to spread about the Demon Lord seducing her own maid.
However, just as Lisbeth prepared to offer an explanation, Chris abruptly inhaled deeply. She then pulled Lisbeth close, her voice sharp with indignation.
“We *do* share this relationship. Do you have a problem with that? If not, you may leave.”
“Eh?! Eh, eh, eh!?”
Lisbeth and Krus cried out in unison as Chris’s declaration echoed. Receiving Chris’s definitive answer once more, Krus swayed slightly, then nodded.
“I understand, Demon Lord. Please forgive my ignorance…”
“Good. You may go.”
“Yes…”
Seeing Krus finally comply, Chris waved her hand, dismissing him. Once Krus had departed, Chris released Lisbeth from her embrace.
“Alright, that’s taken care of. Honestly, can you please stop getting me into such trivial trouble? And… hmm? What are you grinning foolishly about?”
“Hehe, ehehehe.”
Just as Chris prepared to scold Lisbeth, she noticed Lisbeth still maintaining her previous sitting posture on the ground, her face flushed and beaming with a silly smile. Chris’s eyebrow twitched at the sight.
She then forcefully squeezed one of Lisbeth’s breasts.
“Wake up, you big-breasted fox!”
“Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! That hurts!”
The intense sting from her breast jolted Lisbeth back to her senses. When her gaze instinctively fell upon Chris, her face flushed once more.
“Oh, Demon Lord, if you wanted to touch my breasts, you could have been gentler. But… I never knew you saw me that way. It’s actually a little embarrassing.”
“…”
As Lisbeth’s words trailed off, Chris’s eyebrow twitched again. This time, however, she didn’t squeeze Lisbeth’s breast harder.
Instead, she smacked Lisbeth on the head, her voice sharp. “What are you thinking, you airhead? How could I possibly have *those* kinds of feelings for you? Snap out of it!”
“Eh!? Eh, eh, eh!? Are you saying you only desire my body?”
“Lisbeth, do you *want* to die?”
Upon hearing Lisbeth’s retort, Chris’s eyes turned icy, a clear sign of her genuine anger. Seeing this, Lisbeth sighed dramatically in disappointment.
She then simply lay down on the ground and began to roll back and forth.
“I knew it… I just knew it…”
“Suddenly saying I’m your property… there had to be some hidden reason…”
Listening to Lisbeth’s incessant muttering and watching her roll on the ground, Chris sighed in exasperation. “Of course there was. You understand Krus’s personality by now, don’t you? He’s utterly stubborn and always assumes the best in every situation.
“So, if I didn’t give him the most decisive reason, even if I scolded him today, he’d still pester you relentlessly tomorrow.”
“But… even so, couldn’t you have used a different excuse? What if this gets out and you can’t find a spouse?”
“Shut up. Whether I get married or not is none of your concern. In fact, it’s better if he spreads the rumor. It’ll save me from others taking an interest in you and then coming to bother me.”
“Anyway, enough of this. Can you stop pretending to be dejected on the floor?”
“Who’s pretending to be dejected! I *am* genuinely dejected! When the Demon Lord said I was her property, I was so happy!”
“Huh?”
As Lisbeth’s words ended, it was Chris’s turn to freeze in place. However, her expression quickly returned to normal, replaced by a cold smirk.
“Hmph, you’re quite the actress. If becoming my property makes you so happy, then how about we make that a reality?”
“Eh?! Eh, eh, eh!? Really!?”
Though Lisbeth suspected Chris was likely joking, she still scrambled towards Chris, her face beaming. At that moment, Chris slowly slipped off one of her shoes.
She then deliberately extended her bare foot towards Lisbeth. “However, mere words are meaningless. So, if you truly wish to become my property, surely a small task like kissing my toes should be manageable, no?”
“Hey, hey, hey, Chris, that’s going too far!”
Upon hearing Chris’s words, Clotilde, still in Lisbeth’s hand, cried out in alarm, then scolded Lisbeth. “Lisbeth, get up immediately! Kissing toes is something only a s*ave would do, it’s absolutely outrageous!”
“…”
“Lisbeth? Did you hear me? Lisbeth!?”
“W-what should I do, little Sword? I don’t know what to do…”
After Clotilde’s repeated prompts, Lisbeth finally responded. Seeing this, Clotilde let out a sigh of relief.
“Alright, first, try to find an excuse to stand up, and then…”
“No, no, no, what are you talking about?”
However, just as Clotilde was about to suggest a way for Lisbeth to avoid the awkward situation, Lisbeth spoke, a hint of panic in her voice. “Those five toes, subtly veiled by the black stockings, are simply too alluring!
“I just don’t know which one to kiss first!”
“Huh!? What are you, a pervert, suddenly rambling about?”
Lisbeth’s words clearly startled Clotilde, but at this moment, Lisbeth had no time to heed her. Her eyes were solely fixed on Chris’s enticing foot, encased in its black stocking.
“What’s wrong? Can’t do it? If you can’t, then stop with your pathetic act.”
Since Lisbeth hadn’t leaned in to kiss her, Chris scoffed, about to withdraw her foot. But before she could, Lisbeth suddenly grabbed the sole of her foot.
Softly, she said, “Demon Lord, of course I can do this. It’s just that your feet are too beautiful, and I truly couldn’t decide which toe would be best to kiss. So, after much deliberation, I’ve decided this is the best approach.”
“Eh!?”
As Lisbeth’s words concluded, she slowly extended her tongue and gently licked Chris’s toes.
“You! You suddenly… mmgh…”
Chris, startled by Lisbeth’s astonishing action, immediately tried to stop her. Yet, before she could finish speaking, a tingling sensation, like an electric current, spread from her foot throughout her entire body, causing her to instinctively close her eyes.
But when she opened her eyes again and directed her gaze towards Lisbeth, the sight that met her eyes utterly stunned her.
Lisbeth was delicately holding the sole of Chris’s foot, as if savoring the most exquisite delicacy in the world, sucking on each of her toes one by one. Next, as if she had had her fill, Lisbeth gently lifted Chris’s foot and began to lick its sole from bottom to top.
“L-Lisbeth… what are you…”
“Hah~ Demon Lord, does that feel good?”
“Hmph… mmgh…”
A smile bloomed on Lisbeth’s face as the sensation from Chris’s sole proved too pleasurable. Gently, she murmured, “Mhm, it certainly looks like the Demon Lord is quite comfortable. So, what would happen if I gently licked here?”
“Th-that spot is… n-no… don’t…”
Gradually, Lisbeth’s tongue moved up Chris’s sole, reaching her calf. Watching Chris, whose face was flushed crimson as she bit her own finger, Lisbeth gently kissed Chris’s calf.
“Demon Lord, do you want to continue? If we keep going, it will definitely feel even better, you know~”
“I… I…”
“Well? Yes, or no?”
“I… I don’t know…”
Seeing Chris completely lost in thought, Lisbeth smiled softly, then leaned down, intending to resume what she had been doing.
“What are you doing!?!?!”
“Ah! Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!!!”
But before her lips could even reach Chris’s foot, an enraged voice suddenly rang out from behind her, accompanied by an intense, stinging pain from her fox ears…
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