Emily, the silver-haired Saintess summoned by God to another world to assist the Hero in defeating the Demon King, now found her hands bound tightly.
Her azure eyes could only look up at Natalie, the strongest Demon King, who sat upon her throne!
Though her face remained expressionless, Emily’s trembling body proved that she was currently panicking beyond measure.
To be honest, she had no idea how things had ended up like this.
After all, everything had happened so suddenly.
The four members of the Hero’s party had spent one year on their adventure, finally succeeding in reaching the Demon King’s castle!
Only one last step remained to defeat the Demon King!
Along the way, the party had already defeated the four Heavenly Kings under the Demon King’s command, as well as several other executives!
Emily had assumed the story would play out just like a novel or a game.
The Hero’s party would engage in a bitter struggle, defeat the Demon King, and the story would conclude with celebrations and flowers.
If that happened, she could have moved on to a life of luxury and a worry-free retirement!
However, things suddenly took an uncontrollable turn.
The Hero’s party was crushed by the Demon King almost instantly, without even the slightest ability to fight back.
To escape and avoid being caught in one fell swoop, the defeated Hero’s party had no choice but to split up and run.
If they stayed together, it meant total annihilation; by scattering, the others might have a chance to survive.
Naturally, the moment the Hero made that decision, everyone in the party assumed that the Hero intended to sacrifice herself.
After all, it only stood to reason that under normal circumstances, the person the Demon King would care about most was the Hero.
Although the others in the party were extremely dissatisfied with this decision, it was better than the entire group being wiped out.
Sacrificing only the Hero was the most logical choice.
After everyone reluctantly accepted the Hero’s orders and fled in different directions, Emily thought she would be able to escape unscathed.
But things did not go at all the way the Hero or Emily had imagined.
The Demon King had no intention of chasing the Hero.
Instead, she flew straight toward Emily and seized her.
Emily had suddenly replaced the victim role that should have been played by the Hero, becoming the Demon King’s prisoner for no apparent reason.
When she was caught by Natalie, Emily could only surrender obediently, like a little chick caught by an eagle.
Despite her high status as a Saintess, Emily’s skills were all focused on healing and support.
To put it simply, she had zero combat ability.
Shaking, Emily stared at Natalie before her.
Before meeting the Demon King, Emily had imagined her to be a hideous and dangerous monster.
The reality was quite different.
The Demon King looked like a 15- or 16-year-old red-haired beauty.
In contrast to Emily’s own figure, which was far too endowed for a Saintess, the girl’s body had no protrusions whatsoever, neither in the front nor the back.
If there was anything frightening about her, it was the blood-red vertical pupils and the pair of horns on her head, both of which gave off a strong, non-human vibe.
Currently, this proud Demon King was wearing a quite pleasant smile as she met Emily’s gaze.
The way Natalie looked at her made Emily feel as if she were being admired like a beautiful work of art.
Based purely on appearance, Natalie was completely within Emily’s “strike zone” — she was exactly her type of girl.
As for why Emily, as a girl, would like girls, it was because before being summoned to this world against her will by God, Emily had been an ordinary male high school student.
Even though she had been forced into a female body for some time now, Emily still liked girls just as she always had.
Of course, Emily’s fondness for Natalie was strictly limited to her looks.
Now that she had fallen as the Demon King’s prisoner, she could only wait for her sentence.
‘This time, I’m truly going to die… I can’t imagine any possibility of surviving. I remember that demons hate anyone associated with God, especially a Saintess like me. The Demon King must want to tear me into a thousand pieces! The Hero probably won’t come to save me, either. After all, she was heavily wounded in the battle just now. Tsk, if I’m going to die anyway, I might as well act tough!’
With that thought, Emily spoke up.
“Guh, kill me!”
Emily hadn’t expected that she, a man at heart, would one day say the classic line usually reserved for female knights who had been captured.
Upon hearing Emily’s words, Natalie’s smile faded.
She stood up and walked toward Emily, step by step.
“!”
Seeing Natalie slowly closing the distance, Emily began to lose her nerve.
As someone who was originally just an ordinary person, Emily naturally didn’t have the courage to face a heroic death.
The only reason Emily had joined the Hero’s party and come to the Demon King’s castle was because she had been coerced by God.
After all, if she didn’t work, God would strike her down with divine punishment.
Under that threat, Emily had no choice but to reluctantly begin her work as a Saintess.
And now, after working so hard for so long, her final end was to be the sole sacrifice of the Demon King subjugation mission.
How could she possibly be satisfied with that!
While Emily watched in fear, the Demon King, Natalie, arrived right in front of her and silently reached out a hand.
Driven by terror, Emily squeezed her eyes shut.
The moment Natalie’s hand made contact, Emily’s entire body shuddered.
However, the death she expected did not come.
Instead, Emily felt her chin being tilted upward by Natalie’s hand.
Finally, Emily opened her eyes again.
What appeared before her was Natalie’s face, inches away.
The distance between them was so close that they could feel each other’s breath.
“Kill you? It would be such a waste for a beauty like you to die! I’m going to make you mine and have you serve me for the rest of your life!”
Hearing those words, Emily’s brain stalled.
The scene was completely different from what she had imagined.
She thought she would be dead the second Natalie touched her.
She never expected Natalie would suddenly say something so strange.
Of course, if it meant she could stay alive, Emily felt there was nothing wrong with serving a beautiful girl for the rest of her life.
At the very least, it was better than dying.
But due to God’s orders and restrictions, Emily could only bite the bullet and respond, “… I refuse!”
After all, God had said that if Emily ever dared to betray Him, He would make her experience things a thousand times more painful than death!
This left Emily with no other choice but to stubbornly defy Natalie.
In Emily’s heart, that God was less like a deity and more like a demon with an extreme need for control.
Normally, Emily had to act strictly according to the standards set by God.
Everything from her tone of voice to her general conduct had to strictly follow the standards of a Saintess.
God even required that every gesture she made must exude a sense of holiness.
His reasoning was that if Emily, the Saintess, acted too crudely, it would be His face that was lost!
Of course, after saying those words, Emily realized that she was truly doomed this time!
After all, it was common sense that a high-and-mighty Demon King wouldn’t have a temper good enough to forgive a captive Saintess who dared to talk back to her.