Vi couldn’t help but gently touch it, and Sephine let out a soft moan.
“Mm—nnh～”
Vi’s reaching hand was slapped hard by Sephine, and only then was Vi willing to pull it back.
“Just one touch. It’s not like I haven’t before,” Vi grumbled.
Sephine glared at Vi and pulled her clothes back down.
“Don’t be so lewd at a time like this! I’m talking about something serious.”
“Understood!”
Vi gestured at Sephine’s belly and then at her own. It seemed much larger, even though Sephine’s frame was more petite.
“It’s only been a few days. Is it really normal for it to be like this? Isn’t a pregnancy supposed to last 10 months?”
If it continued at this rate, the baby would be born long before 10 months were up.
Sephine was anxious. This was her first pregnancy, and she had never even considered the possibility before.
She had zero knowledge about the subject.
“This is all your fault! You have to take responsibility!”
Sephine’s smooth, small foot kicked Vi.
All her frustration was concentrated in that one kick, sending Vi tumbling right off the bed.
Vi scrambled across the floor to the bookshelf.
Sephine’s sudden mood swings were likely another side effect of the pregnancy.
The Demon King had indeed found the **[Heirloom Manual of Succession]** passed down through the Demon King Generations.
She had specifically placed it on the shelf in the Inner Palace. It was in this very book that she had discovered the **[Demon King Magic]** that could transform a lover into whatever form one desired.
She had previously shared this information with Sephine, but Sephine had acted completely indifferent at the time, which had annoyed the Demon King.
Now, thinking about the normally righteous and dignified Sephine — who usually stood above everyone else — lying on her bed with a pregnant belly and looking at her with such pitiful longing, the Demon King felt an indescribable surge of pride!
“Hee hee hee.”
The Demon King happily flipped through the book. Interestingly, she had first seen this book on her father’s shelf.
Unfortunately, her father’s eyesight had been ruined by alcohol, so the bookshelf basically became the property of the two sisters.
She had found the book again in the Imperial Palace and followed its steps to cast the magic that remodeled Sephine’s body.
“Hey! Have you found the reason yet?”
Sephine was still on the bed, pulling the covers up to hide half her face. The visible side of her face was puffed out in a pout.
Vi was just standing there giggling and clearly wasn’t taking this seriously!
Her male pride had long since been cast aside; if she could just be a good mother now, she would consider it a success.
“Don’t be in such a rush, I’m looking carefully.”
The Demon King felt a bit guilty.
Every time she had tried to study this seriously before, she had been distracted by Sephine.
Each “session” would last for at least 1 hour, and the Demon King wouldn’t stop until Sephine begged for mercy.
Now that the fire was under her nose, she finally remembered to check.
This was her child, after all. If she didn’t find an answer today, she probably wouldn’t hear the end of it.
She had some good news prepared, but now wasn’t the right time to share it.
She would have to wait until Sephine was in a better mood tomorrow.
“Let me see… I remember it was near the back.”
The front of the book was filled with techniques for the bedroom left by previous Demon Kings.
Those were useless to the current Demon King; all the good stuff was in the back.
“Found it!”
She finally found it! **[Non-contact Demon King Offspring Birth Laws and Producer Care Methods]**!
Though the title was complex, the content was simple.
Even Vi could learn it on her own, so the author must have put in a lot of effort.
“Intimacy between the couple will accelerate the baby’s birth…”
“What kind of ridiculous setting is this? At least it won’t hurt the baby.”
The book stated clearly that every “cuddle” accelerated the baby’s growth.
The logic was simple. This baby wasn’t like a natural-born one; it was nurtured through **[Magic Power]**.
Every time they exchanged **[Magic Power]**, the baby absorbed a little bit. The more it absorbed, the faster it grew.
It even seemed to benefit the baby, ensuring it would be healthy and grow quickly.
*Oh no.*
The Demon King thought back. Since the proposal, they had already…
The Demon King began to count on her fingers.
‘One, two, three, four… twenty-five.’
A total of twenty-five times!
And how many days had it even been?
Even the Demon King began to doubt herself, wondering if she had been a bit too overindulgent.
What was scarier was that Sephine hadn’t seemed to mind at all — in fact, she seemed like she couldn’t get enough.
She had been clinging to Vi every night!
Even though she kept saying “no” with her mouth, her body was getting closer and faster every time.
Now that the cause was clear, a new problem arose.
“Um…”
Vi slowly crawled from the foot of the bed back onto the mattress.
“What is it, you big jerk?”
“Cough, don’t be so quick to scold me. Though it does feel pretty good when you yell at me like that, try not to get worked up.”
“The baby is very healthy. However, I have something serious to tell you.”
Vi looked at Sephine with a solemn expression.
“Our baby might be born very soon. For the next few days, you might have to stay in bed.”
“What do you mean?”
“The more intimate we are, the faster the baby will be born.”
Sephine’s jaw dropped upon hearing this shocking news.
“How is that even possible…?”
“That’s just how it is. One of the previous Demon Kings probably left a little creative touch in this spell, and it ended up like this.”
“Starting today, we are sleeping in separate beds! You’re not allowed to touch me ever again!”
To keep her child safe, Sephine resolutely cut off her own source of pleasure.
“Hey, hey, hey, honey, don’t be so hasty. I wasn’t finished.”
“Not today! Not tomorrow either!”
Before she could explain, the Demon King was kicked onto the floor again.
This time, the Demon King set aside her usual playful smirk because she knew a sacred moment had arrived.
Her battle was about to begin — to assert her authority as a husband, and to save her future happiness.
Vi grabbed the edge of the bed and vaulted back up, the force of her landing making Sephine bounce.
“What are you doing?!”
Sephine was startled by Vi’s imposing aura and shrunk back toward the headboard.
“It seems my wife isn’t listening to her husband. It’s time I showed you the power of the Demon King!”
In the blink of an eye, Vi was beside her.
Using a rope that seemed to appear out of nowhere, she tied Sephine’s hands together behind her back.
“Let me go!”
“Honey, have you turned into a dummy? I only said the baby would be born faster, not that the baby would be hurt. Don’t you have any confidence in the **[Demon King Magic]**?”
Sephine looked at the wild, unrestrained Demon King and nodded slowly.
“So… it’s actually a good thing?”
Sephine’s tense nerves finally began to relax.
“If you want the baby to be born sooner, then yes.”
Sephine lay on her side.
The rough texture of the rope rubbed against her delicate, white wrists and her jade-like waist.
“Ha… ah…”
Sephine bit her lower lip and stared straight at Vi with watery eyes.
“It’s all your fault… Let’s accelerate the baby’s birth then…”