PLOT
The entire place reeked of a musty odor.
When I opened my eyes amid the sinister atmosphere, people dressed in black were lying face-down on the floor and crying out.
“Oh, great demon…!”
“Please descend upon this place!”
A great demon?
And what did they mean by “descend”?
“Please accept this sacrifice and grant our wish!”
A wish? What kind of wish?
Did I have to grant it if I wanted to have that woman?
But “I” did not think about it for long.
I opened my mouth wide, tossed the woman inside in a single bite—
and swallowed her whole.
“Did His Grace truly defeat all of those monsters himself? So the rumors were true….”
“That many monsters… As expected of a demon….”
I ate the woman when no one was watching and began pretending to be the Grand Duke.
So how did they find out?
“Tia, I made you a promise. I would never exploit or threaten you because of your true identity, and I would never tell anyone.”
“Yes. I believe I have been waiting for Your Grace—for an almost unimaginable length of time.”
“I, Isolic Yennier, have returned after being excommunicated, just as Your Grace instructed. I am no longer a paladin, so may I now become Your Grace’s knight?”
Why are these men behaving like this now?
