Chapter 9: Coercion 2: A Dedicated Wife and a Frustrated One

Everyone was frozen in place.

Every soldiers in the ground who first watched the fight between me and Vega with anticipation of the unpredictable making their blood boil in excitement as they imagine how will Vega struggle to his futile fight is now having worried expression.

Every single one of them have cold sweat flooding their whole body as their hands are trembling, they want to help but their instincts that was honed by training the Forest of Death is saying to never interfere in the affairs of the angered Devil King as they just stood frozen to the ground looking like helpless chickens looking at one of their chick being devoured helplessly, furthermore that chick is undeniably talented and just don't know his current place.

Because of this, they thought that I will understand his impudence and looked forward to the end of the fight no matter how much they already know that it is one sided from the very start.

However, they don't know that I am just pretending to be mad, though I am truly coercive and they can expect me to do this sort of things time and time again in the future, I am still enduring the gazes of the younger generations of soldiers that changed from gazes of admiration and reverence that is only a step below fanacy changed into that of terror.

True, unfiltered and utter terror.

However, I didn't show all of this on my face, the agony of being feared by the people whom you want to protect is truly almost unbearable, but right now, I am already at point of no return, so might as well go and finish it all the way through.

Because of that, instead of me making a slumped and dejected face, my eyes looks like a cold tundra colder than the Everest, my lips is smiling as if I was about to torment an unfortunate soul into madness as I slowly walked towards Vega.

The clacking of my leather shoes gives cold shiver in the spine of anyone who hear it as Vega tried to roll, crawl, walk, run and many other ways out of this predicament that seem to dictate and mark his inevitable death.

However, it was futile, not only his ribcage was shattered, also because of that very reason his lungs lost support and is like a hanging fruit with lots of oxygen within them and I am pretty sure that every breath of him is like snorting a million broken glasses.

Furthermore the damage in the enormous amount of blood vessels in the lungs and his heart makes the pain worse, and if not for his high vitality for being one of the Devil Race, then he would be long dead by now.

Of course he can just beg for forgiveness and swallow his pride and become my Subordinate, but he is in so much pain and his brain is in overdrive feeling all of that pain without stop so he cannot say anything even though he knows that he will die if he didn't agreed to my conditions soon.

"So? What's your decision? I can't waste my time forever and wait for you to answer you know?"

I used a little power on my speech (infused some mana) making shockwaves of air all around the place and pressuring every single person that is watching us in horror even further like they are being pressed by a gigantic finger, one by one.

However, a certain single soldier endured it and went in front of Vega. She grabbed and unleased her short sword in its scabbard holding it with her shaking left hand and pointed it at me even though her very being is shaking and went in a protective stance in front of Vega who looked at the lady in shock.

"Wai..."

Vega is about to shout but was greeted by a punch to the ground that is just an inch away from his face as the lady mutters "Shut up! Just shut up, okay!?" With frantic and fearful shaking tone, not fear for her life but fear for her beloved's.

The lady have silver hair that reaches her shoulders and also have silver eyes that is trembling with fear but also conviction, she have a voluminous figure that is being showcased further because of her body fitted battle dress.

"L-Loki-Sama! Y-you have gone to far!"

Altair looked at me while trying to hold her shaking shorstword tightly and point it steadily towards me but ultimately failing as I see beads of sweat and a little dribble of tears in the corner of her silver eyes as her face is having a face that tried to remain strong but is just only in verge of collapsing because of will power alone... Or the power of love.

Oh my god, don't make that face, you know that I'm weak to women more than anything right?

What should I do, I would sure to feel really bad about this.

However, like I said earlier, I am already in the point of no return here and I am surely not a peaceful person so she knows that saying things like that will not make my conscience attack me or something.

"Too far? No, young lady, I am telling you. I have done things far more worse than shattering the ribcage of some cheeky brat, so you won't bullshit your way out of this with that little moral talk okay?"

Altair widened her eyes and lowered her heads afterwards after hearing those words of mine.

"... I know that, of course I do, like I said, I'm a fan of yours... I know that the understanding of humans and even some people of your race towards you being a tyrant, a manipulator, a merciless murderer are all but a misunderstanding and those titles and insults are things you have taken for yourself for the greater good of your race... And I really admire that... And I... Want to be like that too... Even by just a little bit by being a soldier...But then why? You are supposed to protect the people of your race, so why? WHY ARE YOU COERCING SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE YOU NEED UNDERLINGS!? AND YOU HAVE CHOSEN MY HUSBAND OF ALL PEOPLE!? DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOOD FOR YOUR PEOPLE!? IS THIS REALLY WHAT YOU WANT!?"

With that long speech I looked at Altair's shaking figure, her face got crumpled from fear to anger as she started to cry because of frustration of her image of her admired Devil King just crumbled in her heart into pieces like a sand castle through a wave.

"Yes, all I am doing is for the good of my race... But do you truly think that I am not a tyrant? I am not a manipulator? That I am not merciless? Do you think I will get many wives if I didn't manipulated some of them? Do you think Valentine can stand tall in front of a giant like Tyrfing and stare with them eye to eye without me manipulating even my sister's own people and soldiers and just by being a naive pacifist? Let me tell you this Altair, those titles of mine are just misinterpreted, but they are not false accusations... You have to wake up from your dreams."

I made a short pause and continued immediately.

"And oh, about your husband, your husband is a Devil right? So I should not hurt him right? No, in the end Vega is just a single person and as long as eleven people from my race is to be saved, I don't mind sacrificing ten of them."

Altair's face once again changed to that of despair as she saw the conviction in my unyielding eyes, she knew it was futile, she knew she can never change my mind but hearing it in my very mouth make all of her hopes be crushed once again, now she just desires to protect her husband even if it to become a futile struggle between her and me, she doesn't care.

But, I don't want to fight anyone right now, I got enough of this coercion shit and I am sure to not feel happy to coerce one of my citizens, furthermore, my sister will surely scold me after this so I have to think of a way to bullshit things around.

"Tsk... So what will you do? Will you two perform a Romeo and Juliet right here, right now or will you swallow your pride and become my subordinate? Choose."

I said those words and started to leak my bloodlust, right now I only held back very little of it and the whole legion that is training in this ground, every single one of them without exception forcibly and unwillingly kneeled before me.

"W-wha!?"

"Such pressure!"

Every person in this place kneeled before my mighty and malevolent lust for blood and forcibly tried to stand up but to no avail, they failed miserably. Even Altair kneeled and only her shortsword is the remaining support of her body that prevents it from being forcibly getting in a dogeza position as I looked at them with my flashing eyes that flashes together with the crimson red sleeves of my bloodlust, my bloodlust is so thick that it materialized in a bloody aurora like that of a beautiful yet terrifying work of art that reached the heavens.

I really didn't think about it too much at this time, but who would have thought that one of my main problems from the start of my awakening will come and solve itself because of this.

Though of course, at this time I am fully unaware of that and is still focused in this two couples

"G-guah...! Ugh! Please! Please!.... Just do anything to me and Don't touch Vega...I will do anything I swear, you... You are lusting towards me right!? Then I can give you my body... Just... Just let him go! Gaaahh!"

I looked at Altair as my hearts shatters, damn it dude, I don't like women crying Because of me!

"No... I mean yes, I am at first lusting over your body, but that was a thing of the past and I have no interest in your body anymore. But then, I do still have interest in your abilities so here are my conditions, you two will become my subordinates and will pledge your life for my cause."

Altair didn't hesitated upon hearing my words, she put her right hand on her left chest and forcibly make her face that is looking at the ground face me.

"... Yes, then, Me Altair and my husband Vega pledge our loyalty towards Loki-Sama and promises to lay our lives to die for his cause."

With that, my bloodlust disappeared like it never existed in the first place and all the soldier in this place went back to normal and is starting to stand one by one, though sloppily, the red colored aurora also disappeared as I made a wide and friendly smile like I just didn't coerced my two new subordinates that just collapsed right in the ground into submission.

And... 3, 2, 1.

"LOKI!"

As that words was heard the whole training ground, no, the whole Kingdom trembled as a lady with Heterochromatic eyes of crimson red and sky blue appeared in front of me leaking bloodlust that will not fall behind to mine but is just directed towards me, appeared, I knew it, my sister will scold me like mad.

"Siste- Ugwaah! Ophiuchus send Vega to the hospital and let Altair rest!"

I said those words as my sister grabbed me by the ear and then dragged me into the ground without caring about my pride whatsoever, and while I am saying "WAIT! WAIT! IT HURTS! AWAAAAGH!"

I saw Ophiuchus suddenly appearing with a purple flash saying "Understood... Pft...GYAHAHAHAHAHAHA! BWAHAHAHAHA!"

But my ear was being stretched like mad so I can't shout at her because I am in so much pain, but I saw her grab Vega like a princess and disappear and after a moment, grabbed Altair also like a princess and then once again disappeared.

Well, that's it I guess, though I have to put up with the embarrassment of me being dragged by the ear.

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As Eris is embarrasi- ahem, I mean repremanding her little brother because of the huge ruckus he just caused in one of the military facilities of her own Kingdom.

Their is a lady, no two of them in the Vassal Nation Camelot that cannot believe what they just saw, it was a blood red aurora of pure malice and lust for blood in the direction of Valentine.

Only a person have that much power, that much love for blood, they thought as they widened their eyes and made a faint smile of nostalgia and hope.

Finally, I will be with him once again, the two ladies said into their minds.

Normally, humans cannot see something two thousand eight hundred eighty eight away from them, however it is obvious just from their eyes that contained evident power that no one can ever reach that they are not normal humans.

"Mother... T-this is... Did father finally..."

The lady that have the white of her eyes have pure darkness as a color asked with nostalgia and happiness in her tone.

"Yes, now, go to Valentine and make sure that your father will have a reason of coming to Camelot without any interference... Ah... Hurry up, for I am already going insane for not being in his embrace for two hundred years."

The sitting lady, Guinevere, the one who is considered as the strongest wife of Loki, she who usually have a motherly aura started to blush as she hold both of her cheek in anticipation for her husband's embrace, the embrace that she didn't felt for hundred of years.

"Understood, Mother."

And the other lady, the daughter of Guinevere and Loki said those simple words and immediately went outside of her mother's office to fulfill her mother's wish.