“And?”
Keti blinked in confusion, clearly surprised. ‘Wait, aren’t my mom and dad supposed to be commoners?’
“That’s right! Your father is the former Warrior Administrator, and I am the former demon princess!”
“Huh?!”
Faced with her mother’s smiling admission, the silver-haired girl fell into a state of shock. After a long moment, her mouth hung open. ‘This can’t be…’
‘What is a Warrior Administrator?’
‘Is it like one of the Five Archons, similar to Celthina? Does this mean I am a second-generation?’
‘And what is a demon princess?! That sounds even scarier than a Warrior Administrator.’
‘Demons… they aren’t even human!’
“Y-You’re joking, right? How could that be? Mom, Dad, didn’t you tell me when I was little that you had never left this Little Village your whole lives?”
“Plus, I don’t have any talent at all. I’ve lived like a farmer’s kid since I was born, and I’ve always thought of myself as garbage with D-level talent…”
“Stop, I won’t have my precious Bao calling herself garbage!”
Keya pouted, stopping the girl from spiraling into self-denial, then offered a gentle, smiling explanation:
“It’s true that back then, your father and I didn’t want you and Alice to know so much, so we told you we were just regular people.”
“Since we had already planned to live in seclusion in this village, we asked our neighbors not to tell you we were outsiders.”
“…But, my talent…”
Keti still refused to believe she wasn’t an ordinary person.
“Hmm… about your talent, haven’t you noticed anything strange, Bao?”
“For instance… since your talent has increased, you should have discovered by now that you can absorb the power of the demon race and convert it into your own strength~ Tee-hee, you even consumed a little Succubus. Bao, you haven’t become some kind of man-eater, have you?”
“Cough… No, I mean, regarding absorbing demon power. I… I… Whoa, wait! How do you even know about that?! Cough… I absorbed a Succubus, but I haven’t become promiscuous! I… I…”
Keti wanted to say that Lynn was enough to satisfy her, but the words caught in her throat. She remained stuck, her face turning crimson. ‘It seems explaining it like that would be even worse.’
“I-In any case, I am currently still… still… at the very least, I’ve only been with one person~”
“Pfft, don’t make your mom laugh. The number of people you’ve been with…”
“How do you even know that?!”
“…I-It really is…”
“No, no, Mom!”
The silver-haired girl was completely speechless and shook her head rapidly. ‘This is too terrifying. Mom is just too terrifying. How does she know everything?’
“So, is this ability because I inherited the demon bloodline from you? Are you… are you really a demon?”
“Hmm… let me show you, then~”
As she spoke, a silver light suddenly shimmered around her mother. In an instant, the farm-wife appearance shifted into a cold, elegant black dress, her scarlet eyes gazing seductively at Keti.
The shift in her aura made the silver-haired girl tremble; it felt as if she were standing before her own queen.
“Hehehe, believe me now, my precious Bao? This is the bloodline of the demon royalty. Not just me, but you as well… you, my dear, inherited my power, and you were born to be consumed by your mother~”
As she spoke, Keti found herself pinned to the bed by her mother. The silver-haired girl didn’t feel any panic, though her heart pounded in her chest as if some urge was ready to burst forth.
Listening to her mother’s slightly terrifying words, she thought:
‘But… wait. Oh, now that I think about it, it’s still so scary. Mom can absorb demons too; am I going to be drained dry?!’
“Pfft, look at that adorable face, scared yet excited. You’re exactly like your father was when I used my Enchantment Magic on him~ Oh, what a pity, Bao turned out to be a girl~”
“What do you mean ‘a pity,’ you sadistic mom! Watch it, or I’ll go tell Dad!”
After being mercilessly teased, the girl scrambled up, her face bright red.
“This… this is a crime! Absolutely a crime!”
“Hehehe… alright, alright. Don’t tell your father, or I’ll be in trouble~”
Keya waved her hand dismissively and smiled.
“In any case, now you can believe we are of the demon race, right? Just don’t go telling anyone else. If it’s discovered, well… it will be very troublesome.”
Keti bowed her head silently.
“I… I understand.”
In truth, she still found it hard to accept the facts. The reason she could absorb demon power was because she was a demon herself, and possessed the royal bloodline that granted her such special abilities.
The problem was, even if she didn’t say anything, Lynn already knew. Would he figure out the rest later? If he did…
‘Ugh…’ Keti felt a sense of unease.
“What about the rest? Is the part about Dad being the Warrior Administrator true too? Why did you two end up together? And why did you come here to live in seclusion?”
The silver-haired girl asked a question she already vaguely suspected the answer to.
Her mother waved her hand helplessly and began:
“Years ago, the Demon King—my father—committed many evils and was hunted by the Five Archons. The Demon Castle couldn’t hold them off, and it looked like our royal line was about to be slaughtered. As the only princess, there was no way I was going to survive.”
“But… at the critical moment, your father actually dared to storm into my bedchamber alone. So… to save my life, I used all the Magical Power I had to cast an Enchantment Magic on him, and then… cough… oh, that night was the most intense experience of my life, I truly thought I was going to die by the end~”
“Wait… no, that’s not it. So Dad was brainwashed by your Enchantment Magic?!”
Keti was shocked on the spot. ‘No way. I thought my parents were so deeply in love, but their beginning was like a plot from a drama?’
‘That isn’t true love at all!’
“Cough, cough… Although our first union wasn’t voluntary on his part, your father’s mental resistance is very strong.”
“After the first time, my Enchantment Magic didn’t work on him anymore! Even so, he fell deeply in love with me, and because of his thick… heart! I fell in love with him, too…”
As her mother spoke, her face flushed a deep pink.
‘Wait… why is this woman acting so shy!’
“The other four administrators certainly wouldn’t allow such a thing. But… your father’s strength was simply too overwhelming. In the end, he defeated the four of them by himself, eloped with me, and we fled to this village. After that, you know most of the rest of the story.”