A Demon Lord’s Tale: Dungeons, Monster Girls, and Heartwarming Bliss

- We're back.

"Back. Yo!

After finishing all my errands in the Demon King's Capital and offering my sincere thanks to the military men of the Erlane Consultative Union who sent me this far, and making some gifts, Nell and I were returning to the clan of Cape Lamb.

When we get back to the inn where everyone is staying, it's evening time, or we're all just back in our rooms and welcoming us.

"Oh, welcome back!

"Ohhhhhh!

"... I've been waiting"

"Um, welcome back, both of you"

"Welcome back! You were just on your way to dinner, so you had a good time!

"I'll get in touch with you right away, and I'll have you both ready."

"Oh, sorry, that helps"

"Thanks, Leila!

Everyone calls out to us on our way home, and then we get ready to go out for dinner right away - and when Refi is a little bit, he pulls the hem of my clothes, and he gently slaps me in the ear.

"Yuki, I need to talk to you for a second. Hey, you got a second?

"? Oh, of course it's good. Hey, what's up?

I inquire with wonder at Leffi, who peeps into my reactions and puts both extreme emotions into my eyes, making me feel just a little hesitant but at the same time irrepressible joy.

"Um, well... sort of. Come here."

That's how Refi brought me here, no one around, a place for two.

So they face each other, but my daughter-in-law says, after making them open and close their mouths a few times, as they often say from then on.

"... what happened to your errand?

"Whoa, it's all done fine. I made sure to thank the captains who took care of me, and I gave them something to thank them for."

I gave him two dozen or so of the advanced potions that I use conveniently, so it would be enough to thank him.

Although I don't think it's a good idea to sprinkle too much, I really took care of them, and I don't want them to die.

A soldier would visit sooner or later when using advanced potions.

"How was this one?

"I looked around at some of these laboratories, but they were interesting inside. I'm still from the same clan as Leila. There are so many other things I can't see, and the girls seem to be satisfied."

"Heh, that's exciting. Will you go around with Nell later?"

"Uhm, that's good to do"

- Maybe you have something to say.

Not in a hurry, and still dating some of her stories afterwards, my daughter-in-law opened her mouth with a determined expression of something.

"... that, Yuki. I need you to ask me something. I hope you're not too surprised..."

Refi, who usually says what he wants to say Zuba, speaks the rest, uncommonly clouding his words.

"Noon seems to be pregnant."

To her words, I solidify for a moment, then listen back.

"Garlic, Shin?

"Hmm... I noticed that a while ago. I saw the doctor in here, but I'm pretty sure he did."

Garlic.

Pregnancy.

I mean, I had a baby with her.

As that fact penetrates my brain, a wrinkle and unspoken joy springs up in my chest.

"Ha, right... right!

"Wow."

Unexpectedly, when I held Leffi in my arms, I circled in circles on the spot.

"A child! That's our kid!

"Here, here, this is painful."

"Slightly, badly. I'll have to worry about your health from now on. Oh, yeah, you got to think of a name! As a suggestion... No, wait, uh, boy or girl -"

"Are you restless, Azuma?"

"Stay."

Pessi, and after a gentle decoping to my forehead, she says with a smile.

"I'm not born yet, so don't be in such a hurry. The Dragons live in their children for a long time. Besides, you don't know when men and women are born."

"Mmm... right. How far ahead is that?

"Um, childbirth's probably, like, two years away.... No, it's not very different from the female of the human species, so it could be a little sooner. Either way, wait a while longer. The doctor doesn't even know it's been a little longer. Nong and the others need to get ready, but this is a long way off."

... right.

At the longest, will two years be ahead?

As I listen to Leffi, I feel more and more calmed.

But still, I never let go of her, with my arms around my hips and my arms held tight, I ask.

"... maybe you can't go back to being a dragon..."

Leffi hears that he can no longer return to the figure of a dragon after obtaining the title 'Humanized Dragon'.

That, perhaps, made her pregnancy an opportunity.

"Hmmm... maybe Non got pregnant once. Since then, I've done that a few times, but if you look at it like that, it's likely."

"... well. I'm sorry, I know this is gonna make you feel bad."

"Say what. This is what Non wants. It's just that I'm not happy, I don't know why I think it's troublesome. Whatever it is, it's gonna be tough... and the Lord will do his best for you, right?

Niyali and an invincible grin refi.

You look at me with a manly, core strength grin.

"... oh, right. I'll do my best, I'll bet everything I have, and I'll protect you."

"Kaka, well, I'm in trouble if you don't let the Lord live. I'm glad you're ready, but Noon wants to raise our child with the Lord, right?

"Oh... oh, you're right. Let's grow it together. - All right, we'll build a children's room when we get home and further strengthen the dungeon's defense system!

"I don't know if I'm still ahead of you..."

She smiles one bitter laugh, then goes on with the words.

"... well, I told you a lot earlier, should we get ready early? There's a chance Nell and Lew will have a baby before Nong. Sure, it's about a year since the birth of the human species."

"Mm, ah, ah. Think of it as a possibility… can you think twice about it?"

Nell and I are not doing that because of that...... brave job, but we are already with Lew.

If Leffi's birth takes nearly two years, that's likely to happen.

"... well, whatever else, I figured I'd just have to think about my name now. Just keep worrying about it."

"Um, it sure is.... name. I need to think of a good name. For a child, it's going to be something to bear for the rest of his life, so don't even think about it."

Hands on your chin, refi that bothers your head.

I couldn't help but love her like that, and I put my hands on both cheeks.

"Refi."

"Mmm..."

Refi looking up at me.

Beautiful, most important to me.

"I like it when you... can't help it. In words, I can't say enough. Really... oh, I'd hate to resent my low language skills already"

"Kaka, I don't mind. If that's all you have to say, it's not enough. The Lord's thoughts will be conveyed. Non thinks the same. The emotions that come up in my chest are too high, and it's unlikely that I can put that in a definite word. Be with the Lord... Non is truly happy."

She also turns her arm around my torso and pushes her head against this chest.

Temperature for two - no, from now on, will it be a temperature for three?

With father, mother, and son.

- Am I the father?

Regardless, there are many anxieties.

I've never thought I was good, etc.

I know it's a deception (...) myself, even if it's tedious, selfish, and looks like I'm doing it.

Even if I behave like a decent adult, it's just a show, and I'm far from being a fine man myself.

But... Still, I've decided that's enough.

Together, they decide to live with each other.

Deep, I feel one readiness solidify within me.

- This is where I have to dress up as a man.

Stay tense, eat your teeth off, and try your best.

Bet everything on this one.

I already felt like holding her like this forever......

"... to the boulder, I think it's time to go. I'm waiting for you to tell me we weren't coming."

"Kaka, right. I feel sorry for you, but let's go back before we starve everyone to death."

Cuddle your fingers and we'll all go back under...