[ Ah, he ran away.] 

[ Capture him.] 

Takahina dived into a shadow, and the moment Takahina was plotting to escape.

The queen Lilith .... Marietta- Nightgale, amusingly smiled.

The midnight succubus .... Stella-Twilight, quickly reacted.

She, who dispersed into a mist in an instant.

Once again showed up at the exact same place where Takahina disappeared, then she placed both of her hand into the floor.

*sploch*

Stella"s hand sink onto the floor like it was on a pond.

Thus, she directly grabbed Takahina, and forcefully pulled him out.

[ Guugh!?]

[ Not only a type that can meddle with fate, but you also have a magic item that has special dimensional power.  You possess some interesting things, eh?] 

Since she thought that it will be quite troublesome if he tried to run once again, Stella quickly s.n.a.t.c.hed the black ring, [shadow gate] from his finger.

She moved swiftly toward Takahina"s back and then pushed his back.

Having the center of his body being pushed, without any resistance, Takahina lost his posture and fell to the ground 

Stella didn"t continue to pin him down, but just bowed to Marietta.

[ I"ve captured him.]

[ Good work ~]

Marrieta got up from the throne while making a weird snicker like "kusu kusu" on her face.

*fwop*, she combed up her peach coloured long hair, and walked towards Takahina.

She squatted down to match her eyelevel with his, who was half getting up.

Their Indigo blue eyes and Peach coloured eyes were looking into each other. 

[kh ...... ?]

Without doing anything, a hidden smile appeared on her face.

She was just looking into Takahina"s eyes.

What in the world does she want to do or so, he thought. 

The fact that this queen Lilith is different from what he heard from Vermouth, perhaps she is really the next generation of queen Lilith as he thought.

Perhaps, he was getting lured into entering this room, or so he thought. 

While he was thinking of all the possibilities, he can"t clearly gather his thought right now.

Since he also can"t avert his gaze, its ended up that he also stared into her eyes.

And then after some time has pa.s.sed.

At long last, Marrieta then tilted her head.

[ Heeh, my charm didn"t work? That’s unusual.] 

[ kh!?]

Hearing those words, Takahina gasped while thinking that he was totally screwed.

In just a moment, they can capture their opponent, in other words, it"s a magic that allowed its user to steal the opponent"s soul, charm.

Though it was a magic that wouldn"t make a lot a problem as long as you didn"t get hit by it, but if you get hit just once, there is almost no way out.

Furthermore, the opponent was another demon lord just like that of Vermouth.

If he gets bound by her magic, he will be tied to Marrieta without being able to resist it for eternity.

[ Well, it"s alright though. I don"t really care about something difficult, also I am not interested in it.] 

[ By the way, what business do you have in the treasure chamber? I won"t get mad at you, so just tell me.]

Marrieta slowly stroked Takahina"s face, and asked him with her sweet voice.

Since she was totally bored just a moment ago, her mood right now was good.

Since he judged that lying will only bring nothing but bad outcomes, Takahina decided to not lie and just told the truth, the reason why he came to the castle.

[.... I was searching for a magic item, in this castle] 

[ A magic item? Hey, Stella, did we have something like that?] 

She couldn’t remember anything about it, so she asked her chamberlain about it.

Stella who curiously tampering with Takahina"s ring, she quickly retook her posture and answered. 

[We indeed have it. But since it doesn"t pique her majesty"s interest, we ended up putting it inside the treasure chamber.] 

[ Eh, so we do have it ... heeh. And then you, you wanted that thing?]

[ ... Yes, I do.] 

[ Un un un, you"re honest and nice!] 

Something like magic item is not an item that you can get by just asking the owner to give it to you.

But judging from how she talks, it seems that she didn"t cared about it too much.

Perhaps they can settle things peacefully this time, Takahina who held a bit of hope slightly opened his eyes,

and thus, Marietta made a suspiciously malicious smile.

[ hmm ~ I don’t mind giving it to you ..  but it depends on you though? Ain"t it kind of wasteful to just let go of this lamb who was able to easily enter my castle without any problem?]

[ Ahahaha! You don"t need to make such worried face ~. I won"t say anything that"s impossible, you know ~ ... Then.] 

In an instant.

There was a sparkle in Marrieta"s eyes.

Walking on all four like a cat, and she then looked up towards Takahina acting flirtatiously.

With some lascivious gesture, she lured him.

And yet, there still somehow some flirting att.i.tude coming from her.

[If you accompany me for a night, I"ll give that magic item to you.] 

At the distance where they can feel each other’s breath, Marrieta asked so.

"The meaning of the word [Accompany] was... after all, really such a thing, I suppose".

Towards her proposal ... Takahina can only shake his hand looking troubled.

[... I"m already dead. I can"t do such a thing.]

The third desire, in other words Takahina who doesn"t have that desire called l.u.s.t, of course he wouldn’t be able to satisfy Marrieta"s wish.

Perhaps if he was some other thing that was higher in rank than he was now, the problem may be different, but at least, it was impossible for he now.

As Takahina grind his teeth together, thinking that with this, their negotiation was over, Marrieta only snickered.

[ Yep, I understand. But you know, despite looking like this I am the queen Lilith, you know? If I wish for it, no matter what kind of being it is, even an undead, I can copulate with them.]

[ In other word, as long as you nod, there will be nothing to worry about ~. and then, I"ll ask the question once again, how about it? 

Towards Marrieta who made a smile, Takahina looked like he was bit bewildered.

He was worried of the danger of replying her question with the fact that she was a Lilith, and the demon king on the top of that ... or not.

He hasn’t even done such a thing with vermouth even once.

There"s the fact that they were both undead.

But other than that ... he still felt indebted to her.

no matter how hard he thought, he concluded that he wouldn"t find any way around it.

Right now, he loved her very much. Though he also hated her at the same time, but his hate and love for her was on the same level.

And then, now he will have to sleep with another person than Vermouth.

For Takahina who see an act of loving several women at a time was a bad thing, therefore he can"t accept it easily.

... But then.

He meddled with fate and reached this place, and he was one more step to getting that magic item into his hands.

If the one that the owner desire in exchange was just only his body.

It was something that’s so cheap.

Furthermore, if he rejected her at this point it will for sure worsen her mood.

If that happened, then all will be meaningless.

Though she asked him a question, in the first place there was only one answer to it.

Takahina closed his eyes once looking like he gave up.

He prepared himself, then he opened his eyes. 

[ I understand ... If I can get this magic item, it is a cheap bargain.] 

[ Noise ~ Negotiation success ~! Then quickly, come, come! The bedroom is here ~ ♪]

Takahina"s hand was pulled by Marrieta, he was pulled to the front of the door with gem doork.n.o.b imbedded in it that was placed deep inside the room.

Compared to the thing that will happen after this, her expression was too innocent.

But her eyes, they glittered with suspiciously.

Stella solemnly opened the door.

and then the three people, entered the room.

The day where they released Takahina, was 10 days afterwards.