“You think you can’t do anything on your own, so you’re going to run to the Lord and confess your failure? Are you bragging about your incompetence now?”
As he said this, I could see his anxiety, and I snickered inwardly. It seemed he was aware of his mistake.
But still, it looked like he thought I wouldn’t question Asphayren if he injured my pride like that. Don’t think of me by your standards.
I tilted my head with an innocent expression.
“Incompetent… bragging…? How is reporting to the Lord about my work considered incompetence…?”
“Heh, hmph!”
“Still, I don’t know much about the monster yet, so I need someone to help me….”
I dragged out my words and glanced at Prom. His black pupils were shaking back and forth.
Good. Let’s provoke Prom a little more here.
In the short time I had judged him, he was a person with strong pride and hated having his things taken away.
So, let’s give him a sense of crisis that he might lose all authority related to monster management.
“Considerate and wise, our Lord will surely assign someone to help me, right? For example….”
I paused for a moment. Where could Asphayren entrust monster management that seemed plausible?
A place that can control the monster enough, interested in the monster. And a group large enough to completely take away the monster management authority from the laboratory.
‘Hmm….’
Oh, come to think of it, there was a magic tower here in Velloi Castle? Good, the magic tower fits all the conditions.
“You could assign the wizard of the magic tower.”
I neatly finished my turn with ‘the wizard of the magic tower.’ The taunt effect was immediate.
“What nonsense!!”
Prom stormed towards me, walking menacingly. He waved his stick violently in the air, yelling.
“How dare the magic tower surpass our laboratory that works for Loarkin’s future? How dare!!”
He had a much more intense reaction than I thought, apparently having had a lot of regrets about the magic tower.
Prom raged on for a while at an unknown target, then apologized to me right away with a fake cough.
“Hmhm! I misspoke just now. Monster breeding is naturally our lab’s job! If you don’t know, you must ask! Right to us experts. Isn’t that right, you guys?”
“Yes….”
The other researchers reluctantly nodded under Prom’s fiery gaze.
As expected, if I deceive Prom, who’s the head of the laboratory, the other researchers follow. As planned.
Prom spoke with a gracious smile.
“Yes, yes. The situation here is a bit serious. Improvement is needed. So, what do you want to do now?”
“Cleaning.”
I answered without hesitation. I had a plan in mind.
“First, we need to clean. We will dispose of the waste. But the room is so spacious and dirty, we might need help from someone else….”
“No!”
The researchers suddenly yelled in unison. I blinked my eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
“Other people? Outsiders cannot be brought into the lab!”
“This place is covered with topsecret matters~.”
“Se, securitywise it might be a bit difficult… sorry….”
“My research….”
Prom, Sek, Titira, and Kiri sequentially opposed, giving their reasons.
They were so adamantly against it. I scratched my cheek.
“Well, then there’s nothing we can do.”
(This is the time separator.)
“……So, that’s how the entire team of researchers ended up cleaning the breeding facility, my Lord.”
I solemnly concluded my story. Asphayren’s face was shocked, and anger welled up within him.
A grinding sound came from Asphayren’s mouth. The veins in his temples stood out sharply.
“They neglected the monsters I entrusted them to manage… in such a way.”
Apparently, Asphayren hadn’t known the puppies were treated like this.
The Lord’s anger at the belatedly discovered fact was terrifying. Energy was radiating from his surroundings.
Four researchers knelt before Asphayren in unison. I hesitantly stepped back.
Asphayren’s voice, suppressing anger, was colder than a midwinter’s icy wind.
“After the failure to tame the monster, you were the ones who unavoidably brought it to the laboratory, claiming you would leave it to a mage tower with enough personnel.”
“Lo, Lord…….”
“I clearly ordered you to take care of the monster without lacking anything. To handle things in such a manner, I must have been quite foolish.”
“It’s not like that!”
The researchers vehemently denied it, shaking their heads, but Asphayren did not calm his anger.
“I have constantly overlooked your arrogance. Do you know why? Because I highly valued your willingness to throw yourselves into a shunned research to discover something new.”
“…….”
“But you are becoming more and more arrogant. Do not mistake that I will let this go on forever.”
Even though the anger was not directed at me, my limbs stiffened and cold sweat flowed. My body was trembling.
Fortunately, not much time passed, and with a small click of his tongue, Asphayren withdrew his rage.
He punished the researchers with a fury.
“Your personal research funding will be removed for a year.”
“……We will obey.”
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
