CH 60

Chapter 60 : Basilisk

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“Maou-shama!~”

The harpy children chirped excitedly at me.

The way they ran to me with those little legs and feathered arms was so adorable!

Ah, one of them fell down.

“Ugh.. Uwahhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

A-ah! He’s crying!

“Pain, pain, go away!~”

I approached him and tucked him in my arms. 

“Hic.. Hic..”

The harpy boy sobbed into my chest so I rubbed his back to calm him down. 

“There, there. It’s alright.”

“Y-Yeah… Hic..”

He was still sniffing a little but he seemed to be calm enough. 

The boy handed me a piece of paper. 

“Mao-shama.. This.. For you.”

“Oh?”

Upon closer look, there was a drawing painted with black crayon on that paper. 

Is this me?

“Oooh~ What a nice drawing!”

“Ehehe~”

Embarrassed, the boy shyly snuggled to me. His fluffy feather felt ticklish against my neck.

So adorable!!

I couldn’t stop rubbing my cheeks against him, he was just too cute to resist!

Ah~

I had to go to search for another demon soon but he was just so adorable I’m in a pinch!

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Now then.

According to information gathered by Alexius, there was a basilisk living around this place. 

Inside this dense forest, there were a lot of stone statues laying around. 

I had to be careful with my footing or I’d trip myself or even worse, fell down from a cliff like I had done before I met Zeno.

I used ‘Detection’ to scan the surrounding area. 

LV 320 Basilisk.

Oh? His level was pretty high. 

The rustling sound of the grass was the only thing that accompanied me as I kept on venturing inside the forest.

After walking for a while, I came into a clearing and there stood something that resembled a…House? A shack? 

“Maybe this is basilisk’s nest?”

The house was surrounded by a wooden fence. 

Judging from the structure, it seemed the house was made by a human. 

The gate creaked as I opened it, it must’ve been a while since someone last used this gate.

“A visitor?”

The door to the house opened, revealing a beautiful red haired young man. 

His long hair was neatly tucked into a braid over his shoulder but his eyes.. 

His eyes were covered by a black sash, maybe he was blind? Or maybe he didn’t want anyone to see his eyes?

Rainbow colored scales cascading all over his skins from the tip of his pointy ear up to his arm. 

It was clear to see he was not a human, he must be a demon. 

“Are you a basilisk?”

“This presence.. You must be Maou-sama. Please, make yourself comfortable in my humble abode.”

The basilisk stretched his right hand over, welcoming me into his house. 

As I walked into the house, I could hear the sound of a bubbling pot. 

“Would you like to have a cup of herb tea?”

“Oh? Sure.”

Even though he was blind, the basilisk was able to navigate through his house without any problem. 

He poured the tea into a cup and took out a batch of freshly made cookies. 

Lured by the smell of the sweet condiments, a flock of small birds came perching on his shoulder. 

The basilisk offered small pieces of the cookies and the birds chirped happily at him in return.

At first I thought basilisk was a scary and cold demon but turned out he was a really kind and gentle demon. 

After sipping some of the herb tea, I put the cup down and stared straight into his eye- sash.

Time to get down to business.

“Well, I’m here today to-”

“Maou-sama, I apologize for making you come all the way here. I should be the one that came to pay my respect to you, not the other way around. I apologize for the inconvenience.”

The basilisk suddenly cut my words, despite his fluttering demeanor, his voice was precise and clear. 

“Ah, that’s fine. Don’t worry about it. Actually I’m here to-”

“You want me to become one of your vassals.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“I apologize Maou-sama but someone like me is completely not qualified to serve you.”

I-I got rejected. 

“Do you mind if I ask you the reason why?”

“I… I do not like violence. A weak willed demon like me that refuses to take the enemy’s life is unfit to become your servant.”

Certainly no one would think someone that could play merrily with squirrels and small birds like him could kill a fly, let alone a human. 

“I still think I want you to become my vassal as you are.”

“Another thing.”

The basilisk grew silent for a moment before he continued. 

“If I may be bold, I’d prefer if you’d let the basilisk bloodline end with me.”

D-does that mean he wants the basilisk tribe to perish?!?!

“Why?? You’re the last remaining basilisk aren’t you?? Why do you want to end your bloodline??”

“Because basilisks are cursed.”

With a pain in his face, the basilisk began to tell me his story. 

“All basilisk tribes have cursed eyes that can petrify anything that they see. These eyes can take lives regardless of the owner’s wishes. A cursed eye that turned any living being into a stone. Reducing one’s life into simply an inorganic matter. Every other demon is afraid of us since my tribe abused this cursed power endlessly. At first we killed the other living being around us. When there’s nothing else left, we turned into our other family member and in the end.. We brought our own ruins… “

So.. His tribe destroyed themselves? Just what….

“There must be some strong people remaining. What happened to them?”

Yes, if they were to kill each other, the strong one must’ve survived.

“He’s sitting right in front of you, Maou-sama.”

The strongest basilisk, smiled tenderly at me. 

“After everyone is dead, I finally realized. Being strong doesn’t have any meaning. No matter how hard I try to get close to anyone, the moment I lay my eyes on them, they’ll be reduced into nothing but a stone and by the time I come to my senses, I already killed all of my brethrens. Nothing but despair remains in me and so, I sink even further into the depth of despair. I came to hate this basilisk blood that runs through my veins, this very curse that only brought death.”

So this basilisk has been alone ever since them?

Alone.. With nothing but despair remains. 

“Months.. Years passed by after I decided to shut my eyes. With this new darkness, I’ve finally felt peace. The other creatures also began to get close to me. Though I feel a little sad I couldn’t see with my own eyes the way these little creatures move and chirp. If only I didn’t have these eyes, I wouldn’t have to spend my life all alone like this.”

Basilisks crushed a cookie in his hand and one of the squirrels immediately came and ate the crumbs happily. 

The birds and squirrels weren’t the least bit afraid of the basilisk.

This gentle demon must’ve spent a good amount of time tending to these little animals to be able to gain their trust like this. 

“I don’t want to fight anymore. That’s why I’m not qualified to serve under you, Maou-sama. I don’t need any family either. If possible, I wish my bloodline would end here.”

Despite his sorrowful words, the basilisk was smiling tenderly. 

This man before me truly wished for his own death. 

“… What’s your name?”

I asked. 

“My… Name? ………. If I’m not mistaken… Yes, right. My name is Rin.”

“Then Rin, do you truly believe all basilisk are trapped in their own curse?”

“ …. What do you mean?”

“I’m asking if you truly think the newly hatched basilisk would also kill each other in the future too.”

“That’s… But… Nevertheless our own existence is a danger to other living beings.”

“Because of the eyes, right? I’ll find a way to deal with it.”

By combining the power of my fellow demonkind and my own as Maou, I’m sure there gotta be a way to take care of the eyes’ power.

“The rest depends on you. I want you to become my vassal, that is true but I don’t want your power. As Demon King, it is my duty to protect my fellow brethren. The demonkind is dwindling as it is, I have to protect them. To be honest I… I also don’t like violence.”

If possible I want to avoid any fight as much as possible. 

I know I’m a Maou but still, I don’t like it when people fight. 

“What I want is not the basilisk that killed everything that he lay his eyes on but I want you, Rin. The gentle basilisk that brewed herb tea for me. The kind basilisk that treats small animals with care.”

Even though his eyes were covered, I could see the surprise on Rin’s face.

“You.. Want the current me.. Is that what you were saying…?”

“Yes, I want the gentle Rin to become my vassal.”

“There’s not much I can do since I can’t open my eyes.”

“That’s fine.”

“I might even become a burden for you instead.”

“I don’t mind.”

I stared straight at Rin and put extra emphasis on each of my words. 

“I want you.”

A drop of tear trailed down from Rin’s eyes to his cheek, followed by another drop and another drop until the wooden table became stained from his tears. 

No wait, the table was melting!

“M-my apologies, any fluids from my body are poisonous. Ah… This tablecloth can’t be salvaged anymore.”

Rin wiped his tears, embarrassed by his own conduct. 

“Another thing, if my tribe were about to do something foolish in the future, will you stop them?”

“I will, I promise. After all they are my beloved child. I will be sure to take care of them properly. There’s no way I’m going to let my children kill each other off.”

Various tribes lived together in Maou’s Castle. 

Although we were all different, we still could live coexisting with each other. 

With this many varieties, I’m sure we would be able to find a way for the basilisk tribe to coexist together with us too. 

Quietly, without making much sound, Rin stood and folded his knees in front of me. 

“If you’re fine with someone like me then it’d be my greatest honor to serve you. I offer all of my everything to you, Maou-sama.”

And that was how I was able to acquire the basilisk’s loyalty. 

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After pledging his loyalty to me, Rin led me to his bedroom. 

He laid me down on something that resembled a futon and whispered. 

“Maou-sama, you’re so small. Even this part of you is as petite as your body.”

The palm of his hand felt cold on my flushed body but his touch was so gently, like he was threading on gentle lake. 

“Ngh..”

“My saliva is.. Also poisonous. I really want to kiss you but sadly I can’t…”

Rin smiled weakly, the way he cupped my cheeks sent a tingle of warmth in my heart, I couldn’t help but to lean my head on it. 

Slowly, I got up and gave a short peck on his lips. 

“If the kiss is not too intense, it’d be fine, right?”

“Fufu~ You’re right.” 

I took off my own clothes and discarded it on the side of his futon. 

Rin on the other side, he also took his own clothes, revealing a set of well sculpted chest. 

It might’ve been a long time since Rin last fought in a battle but I could see the amount of training he had accumulated was not for naught. 

“It’s a shame I couldn’t see Maou-sama’s body…”

Rin’s touch was delicate, my body arched into his hand unconsciously, craving for more of his tender caress.

“Please allow me to stretch you back there and also, will you please be dear and lick my fingers?”

Rin outstretched his fingers towards me, beneath those soft looking skin and scale, I could see some faded scars, a clear evidence of his rough past. 

I took his fingers into my mouth, coating them with as much of my saliva as possible. 

“Good boy..”

Rin whispered, he took out his fingers and drew a straight line from the back of my nape toward the base of my waist. 

He cupped my ass, giving it a quick squeeze before he started to teasingly rubbed his fingers dangerously close to my opening. 

“Right here… Right?”

Without waiting for my answer, Rin pushed one digit of his finger in. 

“Nghh…”

The basilisk paid a special attention to every little bit of my reactions. 

He must be trying to be more attentive to make up for his lack of sight. 

After he deemed I was stretched enough, Rin added another finger. 

Thanks to the additional fingers, he could scissor me from the inside, stretching me more efficiently than before.

“I’ll be sure to take my time so I won’t hurt you, Maou-sama.”

Rin pushed his fingers deep until he was knuckle deep and slowly, so excruciatingly slow, took his fingers out. 

“Nghh… Ah…”

I could feel my sphincter pulsing every time he did that and it seemed I was not the only one realizing that. 

“Just a little bit more… A little bit more…”

Rin whispered, he kept on repeating through his motions. 

Every touch was as tender as before, I felt like I was slowly melting into a puddle of warm goo from how delicate he touched me. 

I strained my neck and to my own surprise, Rin’s face was as flushed as mine, a pale poof of cloud could be seen every time he took a breath. 

“I think you’re ready now…”

The basilisk took his fingers out, leaving a trail of wet strings from the result of his thorough prepping. 

He propped me up and aligned my body with his raging penis but sadly, because Rin couldn’t see, he kept on missing my opening, preventing any penetration to be made. 

“My apologies…”

Rin’s head slumped down, he failed to do the utmost basic task and he was ashamed of that fact. 

“No, no. It’s alright.” 

I tried to lift his spirit back up, some things just couldn’t be helped after all. 

With the help of Rin, I securely encircled my arms around his neck and took the gear. 

It didn’t take long for me to align my opening with his penis. 

Slowly, I lowered myself. 

The blunt head pierced through my entrance, the familiar sense of sweet burn invaded my senses. 

“Ngh…”

Putting it on my own was difficult, it never got easier no matter how many times I’ve done it. 

But despite the pain, I braced myself and slammed down on his dick. 

“Ahhh!!”

“Maou-sama! Ngh!”

“It’s.. Alright.. I’m.. Fine..”

I leaned up until only the head was inside and slammed right back in. 

His penis was thick and long, it hits me differently than others. 

My rectum constricted every time his glans brushed my sensitive spot, the pleasure was both maddening and addictive. 

It didn’t take long before Rin came first, coating my insides with his semen. 

The fertile seeds felt like a liquid fire inside me. 

No, really.

“Aaaaahhh!!!”

The moment Rin climaxed, burning pain seared through my mind, making me unable to think straight because of the pain.

“Ngh! M-my apologies. My bodily fluids are poisonous. That includes.. My semen…”

Rin choked on his words, even though I was the one in pain, he appeared to be more in pain than me. 

“It’s.. Alright.. I-I’m Maou so.. I’m.. Strong…”

The pain clouded my mind, I knew if I didn’t focus, I’d faint right here and there. 

That won’t do. I had to preserve, I couldn’t faint just yet.

It hurts, my insides felt like melting but still, I won’t stop.

Slowly, I started to rock my hips again but my hips won’t move properly.

My whole body felt like a jello, just focusing on staying conscious was taxing enough. 

“Rin… I.. I can’t move.. So.. Please.. Move..”

“Understood.”

Rin’s movement was awkward at best, he seemed to find it hard moving his hips in a way he never did before. 

But what he lacked in skill, he made it up with his attentiveness. 

Perhaps because of his lack of sight, his other senses become more sensitive. 

He picked up any slightest of my reaction and acted accordingly. 

Through the maddening pain, Rin worked hard to bring me to the edge of pleasure. 

His bulbous head kept on brushing against my prostate, making my body arched into his touch. 

“Ah… Ah.. Ngh… Hn! Ah! Ngh… Hah….”

I could feel Rin’s penis throbbing inside me, another gush of the toxic liquid poured inside me but Rin never stopped rocking his hips. 

The squelching sound and slapping of meat against meat reverberated inside the quiet house.

This time, I could feel my insides changing because of the toxic semen. 

The burning pain was unbearable, my insides were truly melting.

“Ugh… Hah…”

My breathing became ragged, my face was dangerously pale. 

“Maou-sama…”

Rin halted, he tenderly wiped the sweat off my forehead. 

“D-Don’t… Don’t stop…”

I breathed out, the pain was making it hard for me to think about anything else. 

Gasped moans could be heard as Rin repeatedly pounded on me, his penis was so long and thick, it reached up to my sigmoid colon. 

It’s alright.

For the sake of this lonely basilisk, I’ll endure whatever comes my way. 

Mixture of semen and my melting parts made it easy for Rin to thrust in and out of me. 

The basilisk kept on moaning heavily into my ear, his embrace was tight and warm. 

With another set of erratic thrust, Rin once again poured a hefty amount of cum in me. 

His whole body trembled in pleasure, he clenched his hold on me as he cummed deep inside of me. 

“AAAAAHHHH!!”

With the newest addition of the toxic liquid, my body melted even further. 

Despite the pain, I accepted all of his semen in me. 

My tears burst like a broken dam, my head felt like it was splitting into two. 

“Maou-sama… Maou-sama… I’m sorry… Ngh!”

Rin stroked my stomach delicately, trying to soothe my pain even just a little. 

“It’s…Okay… With this.. I’ll… Get to.. Give birth.. To lots of.. Rin’s baby…”

The moment I mentioned the word ‘baby’, Rin’s penis pulsed inside. 

The once soft penis was now half-hard. 

“A-ah.. My apologies…”

Rin mumbled, his face was flushed. 

But despite his apologetic tone, his hips began to rock once more. 

<< Your LV raised by 12 after mating with Basilisk! You gained LV 220 Petrification Resistance , LV 220 Petrification and LV 220 Petrification Cure! You acquired 6 Basilisk Eggs!!>>

Afterwards, I gave birth to Rin’s babies in the Fountain of Life and had to be put on bed rest for a few days to completely get rid of the poison in my body. 

And then…. 

“Okay. It’s finished.”

Lugrant was polishing the already sparkling glasses with care. 

Despite his burly hand, his grip was gentle and careful, as if he was holding onto something extremely valuable. 

“These glasses would disable the petrification, right?”

“Yes. I made these glasses by using the glass that was infused with Maou’s Petrification Resistance magic. It will definitely work against the petrification curse.”

The dwarf handed the glasses to Rin who took off his blindfold for the first time ever in several hundreds of years. 

Keeping his eyes tightly shut, Rin put the glasses over his eyes. 

Then, he slowly opened his eyelids.

A pair of beautiful iridescent eyes with vertical pupils were staring at us. 

His eyes reminded of that of a lizard, the color of his eyes was so vibrant and mesmerizing.

The color was so beautiful, one might say he didn’t even need the petrification power to stun us. 

“Ah… Ah…… After several hundred years..  Finally… The world is truly beautiful indeed….”

Droplets of tears fell onto the grass, melting the green foliage away. 

“I thought… I wouldn’t be able to see moving and living creatures ever again….”

With these glasses, the newly hatched basilisk children will be able to see the world without worrying about the power of their eyes.

After receiving the glasses, Rin spent most of his time gazing at the world.

He was never alone though, at least one bird would be perched on his shoulder to accompany him.

No matter how many times Rin had seen it, his eyes would keep on glistening in wonder in every little thing he saw.