Tina had watched the entire battle between the Silver-White Sword Empress and the Demon King with her own eyes.
“Philina, watch out!”
The fireball Isabella released bloomed into a sun-like explosion high in the sky.
Tina instantly pulled Philina behind her.
Fortunately, the massive surge of power did not reach them.
Tina’s heart skipped half a beat.
That casually thrown fireball could probably level half a mountain.
Only an Emperor-tier existence could contend with it.
Demon King Isabella was a demon whose name would rank among the greatest in all of history.
In the millennia-long conflict between humans and demons, very few had ever surpassed her.
Lady Gabriella had already unleashed her power. Could she truly defeat the Demon King?
Tina didn’t know.
All she knew was that in this battle, she hadn’t had the slightest chance to intervene.
If she had conserved her strength, she might have barely kept up with Gabriella’s speed and offered a few ice-spike assists.
But now…
All she could do was pray with Philina that Lady Gabriella would be safe.
Yet the goddess of fortune did not side with Gabriella.
A single devastating magic cannon blasted her out of the sky.
Gabriella seemed to have lost consciousness.
She and the Demon King plummeted together, vanishing into the haze of smoke below.
“Lady Gabriella!”
“Wait—”
Philina and Tina rushed forward.
They had to save Lady Gabriella now.
Even if they could only help a little.
But when they reached the crash site, when the dust finally settled, what appeared before them was Gabriella kneeling on the ground, neck locked in the Demon King’s shackles.
“Lady Gabriella!”
They tried to run to her, only to find their limbs suddenly frozen.
Turning around, they saw two suits of demonic armor—ones that should have been shattered long ago—silently approaching.
Black ropes of miasma had already bound their arms and legs, rendering them immobile.
Then, a demon girl in a maid uniform stepped out from behind them.
“You—!”
A high-ranking demon.
Tina instantly realized they had fallen into a trap.
She and Philina struggled desperately, but the ropes actually suppressed their power.
After several futile attempts to break free…
The demon maid walked up to them, smiling gently without harming them at all.
“Human ladies, please do not disturb them.”
…
“Ah~♡”
Gabriella felt something was wrong with her body.
The moment Isabella fastened the shackles around her neck, the heat inside her had intensified.
No, it wasn’t the shackles’ fault.
It was because that idiot Demon King, in order to “check if she was hurt,” had run her hands all over Gabriella’s body from head to toe!
Gabriella’s body was already at its absolute limit—not from exertion, but from craving the 【Gift】.
If earlier she had merely missed the Demon King, now her body was unconsciously leaning closer, instinctively yearning to be ravished.
I want… I want Lady Demon King to touch me again~
…But that wasn’t allowed!
At the very least, she couldn’t let it show in front of the Demon King, and definitely not in front of Tina and Philina!
Yet the more she tried to suppress it, the harder it became to control.
For some reason, Isabella gently tugged on the chain, pulling Gabriella even closer.
It didn’t hurt, but it felt exactly like treating her as a real slave, making Gabriella’s cheeks burn with embarrassment.
Dark magic flowed from Isabella’s fingers into the chain and then into Gabriella’s body, as though corrupting her with miasma. In a doting tone, Isabella declared:
“Gabriella… submit to me once more.”
“Nn…”
Gabriella was utterly confused.
That dark magic hadn’t actually entered her body at all—it couldn’t.
Isabella was acting, but why?!
According to the plan, they only needed to capture the fleeing humans, plus Tina and Philina nearby, throw everyone—including Gabriella—into the dungeons, and call it a day.
The Demon King was a master of combat and governance, yet completely hopeless at deception and acting!
“Idiot Demon King…” Gabriella’s cherry lips trembled as the words slipped out.
“G-Gabriella?”
The commanding edge in Isabella’s voice vanished instantly.
She could tell Gabriella was angry and asked softly, as if checking whether this was really okay.
She knew her wife was acting, but… what came next?
Just putting a collar on her neck had produced such an adorable sound?
It was exactly like those nights when they shared the same bed.
Isabella thought Gabriella was hinting at something.
She glanced at the humans Liya had already restrained, squatting not far away.
Wasn’t this supposed to be the “defeated and corrupted” act?
Gabriella read the confusion in Isabella’s eyes loud and clear.
Right now they were surrounded by demon soldiers.
Fortunately, Gabriella still wore her eyepatch and mask, so none of them recognized her.
“We’re going to be found out, idiot…” Gabriella whispered, barely audible.
“Then… Gabriella, what should I do next?”
Their pose froze in place, as though time had stopped on the battlefield.
“Nn…”
She had wanted to explain the whole plan and end this once and for all, but Tina and Philina were staring at them with utter shock and despair, leaving her no chance to speak.
But seriously—was it really okay to expose their relationship in front of the humans?
To be kissed by the Demon King right here and now?!
Come on, wasn’t the Demon King supposed to be a cunning, ruthless girl who would use any means to achieve her goals?
How had marriage turned her into such an airhead?!
“What do I do, what do I do…”
Isabella muttered under her breath, eyes darting frantically.
When no better idea came to mind, she could only look at Gabriella with a wronged, pleading expression.
If they kept dragging this out, this idiot Demon King would definitely blow their cover.
Gabriella fell silent for a moment.
Actually…
Lady Isabella had it rough too.
She was only this nervous because she wanted Gabriella to be happy.
If their relationship was exposed… maybe it wasn’t such a big deal.
She had always been the maid who fell before the Demon King.
Right now, she was just playing her true self.
The pure, righteous Silver-White Sword Empress was nothing more than a fantasy those humans had created.
As for the demons, they probably wouldn’t think too deeply about it.
This time…
I’ll indulge her just this once.
The corners of Gabriella’s lips curled upward.
What should have been an innocent smile, paired with her vacant, glassy eyes, looked exactly like someone under hypnosis.
Her body quivered as though electrified.
She pressed her thighs tightly together, straightened her back, lifted her chest, and reached toward Isabella with open arms.
The despair on her face melted into seductive longing.
In a soft, melting voice, she said to the Demon King:
“Lady Isabella~ please… punish me♡”