Chapter 26

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“However, Mr. Ira… the Rip Shell is poisonous. The mana in the little clam is not good for demonic creatures. The Purple Sea Thorn Ball is also poisonous in the winter, although it’s a delicacy in spring and summer.”

As the green and translucent Rhyme spoke, he picked out a few kinds of seafood that were not suitable for consumption… Yes, Ira had neglected them before. Although Vera was from a noble family who did not do any chores, Mr. Rhyme was a professional chef after all.

He knew very well what seafood was poisonous and what could not be eaten.

“The rest is enough. Leave the part of the castle behind and distribute the rest to the Demon King’s Territory. It’s enough for everyone to last until the next trade team arrives. I’m really grateful to you.”

Rhyme sighed with emotion and threw the seafood he had chosen through a door in the kitchen. Because there was a clear splash, it might have been thrown into the pool connected to the kitchen.

Speaking of which, what was behind those wooden doors?

As Ira thought about this, he looked curiously at the wooden doors in the kitchen. He inexplicably felt that there was an endless grassland behind him if he opened one of them.

“However, Ira, how did you dig out so many shellfish in the morning?” Rhyme asked.

Clearly, the demonic creatures in the Demon King’s Territory also liked to use sea crops to replenish the meat vacancies. However, because they did not expect to go clam digging, coupled with the fishing talent of the sea demons, everyone still ate fish normally.

As long as it was an intelligent creature, they would understand this principle. If the food crisis continued for a period of time, Celina, Satan Leaf, and the others would also think of modifying the war port, trade ship, and other ships to a model that was also suitable for fishing.

It was just that they were not as skilled as the sea demons, and they would not do something as troublesome as clam digging, because they could not think of using the power of the succubus.

Speaking of which, could such a large-scale capture using Mana to sprinkle really be considered the category of “clam digging”? There was no need to sprinkle salt at the entrance of the razor-clam cave or dig quickly.

In that case, he would soon have enough seafood. However, after a period of time, he needed to mention to everyone not to capture too young products.

“This is also what I want to say. As long as I use the ability of the succubus, I can easily make the shellfish take the initiative to appear under the sand. Perhaps in terms of alleviating the urgent situation, I can send a few succubus maids to cooperate with the other demonic creatures.”

As Ira spoke, under Rhyme’s enlightened expression, he continued, “However, I might have forgotten something… Our spice reserves are insufficient, so we might not be able to deal with the smell.”

“…”

“Mr. Ira, you live inland?”

Inland? What was wrong? The Empire had always lived in inland cities…

Puzzled, Ira nodded lightly at Rhyme’s question. “Yes.”

“In fact, the smell of fresh shellfish won’t be very strong. It is usually caused by the transportation process, or it’s caused by poor storage. Moreover, there are actually still some spices we can use.”

As Rhyme spoke, it was obvious that he was in a good mood. He gently pushed Ira out of the kitchen and said, “The Demon King likes to eat roasted food. I’ll make a barbecue and send it to you tonight. Please look forward to it ~”

“…”

For some reason, Ira felt that there was something wrong with Rhyme’s words. What did he mean by “send it to you”? It was not like he was eating with Satan Leaf at night.

“Mr. Ira.”

Satan Leaf’s voice sounded from behind. Ira was stunned and turned to look at Satan Leaf, who was following Celina. She looked like she had something to do here too… Was she here to find something to eat?

“It just so happens that you’re here. I have something to tell you.”

‘It seems that she’s looking for me.’

Realizing this, Ira nodded and gestured for Satan Leaf to continue. He seemed to notice that the tail behind Satan Leaf stretched straight out, and the tip swayed slightly from side to side.

Demonic creatures were very similar to many animals. Demonic creatures would show their emotions physically, but Ira was not familiar with small animals and would not raise cats and dogs in the previous world, so she was not sure what Satan Leaf was thinking.

Perhaps it was curiosity or something else?

“Can we have dinner tonight? I have something to ask.”

As Satan said this, it made Rhyme’s bragging become reality. This time, it was really [I’ll roast it and send it to you], but there was no need for Ira to reject it.

“Of course. Or rather… if you want to ask anything, you can do it anytime.”

As Ira spoke, he unknowingly did not add any prerequisites or preliminaries like “as long as it was knowledge about combat and mana”.

“There’s no need. We can talk at night.”

What was worth mentioning was that Satan Leaf was really cute. She always seemed to be strong and serious… However, Ira knew that she had once given up on herself and wanted to use her own life to cause the Empire the last bit of trouble.

However, at this moment, she seemed to have completely recovered. The self-regulation ability of the demonic creatures was still much better than any human who could easily get stuck in a dilemma…

Ira, who attributed Satan Leaf’s state to her own self-regulation ability, did not realize that the greatest change in the Demon King’s Territory was his arrival. He looked at Celina and said, “It seems that I used your mana previously.”

“…”

“Wu ~”

The dark red on her face had yet to subside. She subconsciously touched her face and said helplessly, “That’s indeed the case. At that time, I was still educating the maids who made mistakes when you suddenly extracted my mana… Hmm…”

Hmm, in that case…

Ira nodded. He thought of how Celina had originally been kindly telling the maids about the mistake they had made when her magic power was suddenly extracted by him. While enduring the strange feeling, her face turned red, and she resisted the urge to make a strange sound.

It felt a little lewd.

“I’m sorry, perhaps I should explain it to you in advance or change to another demonic creature’s mana.”

Although he did not know how it felt for the succubus to be squeezed out of mana, he knew with a little imagination that if she really did anything strange in public because of this, it would definitely be very awkward.

“No, if my mana can help Lord Ira, there’s no harm in continuing to use it.”

Although Celina said this, the tangled and trembling tail behind her indicated that she was not calm… Therefore, demons were really magical creatures.

—So, do you want me to continue using it or not?

Succubi were really hard to understand…