“How can my hair be falling out and growing longer at the same time, dammit!”
Seth brushed his hair frantically.
Recently, many strange things had been happening to his body.
He attributed all these anomalies to his day and night labor.
That Demon King was treating him like a literal beast of burden; even a donkey on a collective farm wouldn’t be worked this hard!
‘I feel like my hair has turned so white… No! I need a vacation!’
A minister was still a human and needed rest!
Besides, after fighting alongside the Demon King for so many years, he should have retired long ago.
Seth knew exactly what kind of person the Demon King was.
Although she was a woman, she happened to like women as well.
However, no one had any complaints.
After all, the Demon King’s lineage was quite special; those who received the Demon King Recognition could procreate with any gender of any race.
Moreover, the most unique aspect of this Demon King was that she could transform her procreation partner into her favorite appearance.
He wondered who could be lucky enough to receive the Demon King’s favor.
It certainly wasn’t him.
For all these years, the image the Demon King projected in front of Seth was entirely that of a cold conqueror and a brutal dictator.
However, fortunately, after the Demon King established the country, she became much more receptive to advice.
She would listen to whatever Seth said and humbly accept every suggestion.
The country was considered to be flourishing and well-ordered.
“Grand Chancellor Seth! Her Majesty the Demon King requests your presence!”
Seth was startled.
The Demon King had been quite well-behaved lately, so why did she suddenly want to see him?
Seth could only pray that she wouldn’t work this old man to death anymore.
Although he was only in his twenties, his working hours already accounted for nearly half of his age.
“Ahem, could you be a little quieter next time? Please?”
“The Grand Chancellor said that everything must be reported clearly and without a single word out of place. I keep that in mind at all times!”
“Fine, fine.”
The young man was a youth of the Demon Race, and he had one notable trait: he was incredibly stubborn.
The Demon King’s Bedchamber wasn’t far from here, which was also to ensure that the ministers’ thoughts could quickly reach Her Majesty’s ears.
“Ah, Grand Chancellor, good afternoon!”
“Hello.”
“Grand Chancellor?! Good afternoon!”
“Wait…”
Something was wrong.
Why were all these people’s expressions so strange?
They were all looking at him with smiles.
Could it be that something went wrong with the memorial he had submitted to the Demon King earlier?
But there was only one request for a vacation inside…
This was bad.
Seth pushed open the doors to the Demon King’s Bedchamber with a nervous heart.
What met his eyes were purple-black gauze curtains.
The light coming through the window behind cast the Demon King’s silhouette onto the fabric.
The girl’s graceful figure was very captivating, and Seth couldn’t help but steal a few glances before honestly bowing his head in greeting.
“Greetings, Your Majesty the Demon King!”
“You may rise.”
The Demon King waved her hand, and an attendant nearby also signaled for Seth to look up.
“Do you know why I’ve called you here?”
Seth’s heart skipped a beat, and he felt half-frozen.
The phrase was too familiar; his boss in his previous life had the same attitude when coming to interrogate him.
With a big boss like the Demon King saying this, he was definitely in trouble!
“Your Majesty, my body is indeed ill, and I urgently need a few days of leave to recover…”
“Is your hair constantly falling out?”
“…”
“Do you feel like your whole body is losing fur?”
“What?”
“Do you suddenly feel restless and moody?”
This was bad.
How could the Demon King… get everything right?
‘Dammit, this Demon King actually sent people to spy on me! Is she afraid I’ll rebel? I’m loyal to the core; how could I possibly rebel? This is truly disheartening.’
“Your Majesty! Why did you send people to spy on me?”
“Everyone else! Withdraw.”
There was a clear emotional fluctuation in the Demon King’s tone.
She didn’t sound like a monarch in a rage; instead… she sounded a bit excited?
“Yes!”
All the attendants and guards withdrew.
Only Seth and the Demon King remained in the entire bedchamber.
The Demon King pulled back the gauze curtains, revealing her true face.
Seth finally saw the true face of this Demon King who ruled the world once again.
It had been nearly one year since the last time.
“Seth Kurin, it’s been a long time.”
“Your Majesty, please do not avoid my question! I, Seth Kurin, have never done anything against my conscience and have never had any rebellious intentions. Why did Your Majesty send people to spy on me?”
The most important point was that even though the Demon King saw how miserable he was, she was still exploiting him.
It was hateful!
Simply hateful!
“Since Your Majesty no longer trusts me, then I can only… retire.”
As soon as those words were spoken, both of them fell into silence.
“Everyone in the whole kingdom knows that if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be this Demon King,” the Demon King finally spoke after a long pause.
“I said I would give you the position of Demon King, but you didn’t want it. I said I would make you a king, but you didn’t want it. I said I would give you endless gold, silver, and treasures, but you didn’t want those either.”
“Wealth and fame are merely worldly possessions; I do not pursue them.”
“So, I finally figured out what you want.”
In the blink of an eye, the Demon King teleported right in front of Seth’s face.
She pinched Seth’s cheek with her hand.
“Don’t you feel that your face has become much smoother and more delicate? Even though you’ve been working late nights.”
“I haven’t really noticed that…”
“Your vacation — I’ve approved it. And furthermore, I have already informed the entire world.”
“It’s just a vacation. Was that necessary?”
“It was necessary! Extremely necessary!” the Demon King replied.
“We have been together since I was young. I’ve always wondered why you followed me so devotedly without asking for any reward. Am I beautiful?”
“Why bring this up all of a sudden…”
At some point, a mirror appeared in the Demon King’s hand.
Her face was reflected in it, beautiful enough to make fish sink and birds fall from the sky.
“Tell me first.”
The Demon King’s voice softened, as if she were acting spoiled with Seth.
“You are beautiful.”
“Then look, is this person beautiful?”
The Demon King flipped the mirror over and aimed it at Seth’s face.
Seth was initially startled, unable to figure out what the Demon King was talking about.
“What… me? No! No! No!”
The face in the mirror wasn’t him at all!
It was clearly the face of a young girl.
He was a grown man!
The upright Grand Chancellor of the Kingdom of Magic!
How could he possibly have that bashful and pitiful appearance?
The person in the mirror immediately showed a terrified expression.
Seth was a clever person.
She realized what had happened and collapsed to the ground.
The Demon King gently stepped forward to help her up.
“The final step of conception was contact between you and me, which was completed just a moment ago. Now, your vacation begins. It will last for a full ten months.”
“I don’t accept this! I don’t accept this!”
Seth kept thrashing in the Demon King’s arms, making a scene.
The Demon King wasn’t annoyed; instead, she found it amusing.
“Daphne Weier! You bastard! Who told you to turn me into this!”
Seth buried her head in the Demon King’s bosom and cried uncontrollably.