Chapter 72

We finished our shopping in Cid and returned to the forest using the portal set up by Yggdrasil.

The portal sent us to the top of a small hill where the sapling of the World Tree was planted.

「Welcome back, Demiurge-sama! Yggdrasil-sama!」

「Welcome back, everyone. I’m glad you’re back safely.」

「Welcome back… Do you have, souvenirs…?」

As we descended the hill and entered the inn-like house created by Demiurge, we were greeted by Phoenix, Dragon God, and Behemoth.

It’s a strange thing.

Just a few years ago (I’ve been asleep for so long that I don’t feel that much time has passed), we were enemies and had a hostile relationship with each other.

Now we are living together and working together to grow the world tree.

You never know what’s going to happen in life, but I never imagined that things would change so dramatically.

How could I have imagined that Demiurge would confess her love for me, and that we would even become husband and wife?

At first, I was confused, but as we lived together, I realized that I was becoming more and more attracted to Demiurge.

Of course, Demiurge has a good appearance. Even today, she was attracting the attention of all the men in town.

Any man would love to be with such a beautiful woman.

But Demiurge is not a woman just for looks.

Not only is she beautiful, but she also has a passion for the world that she hides inside herself.

She has been fighting for this world in solitude for a long time. It would have been a disaster for us humans. But it is also proof that she has been striving to save the world in her way.

Even humans, if they are in different positions, will fight each other to protect what is important to them. They start wars. They slaughter their opponents.

Until two years ago, the war between Demiurge and humans was exactly what was going on.

Both sides fought for what they could not compromise.

Many lives were certainly lost, and that fact will never be erased. There are still grudges. Countless scars cannot be erased.

Still, I can’t deny her actions anymore.

What I can do is to continue to be with her, and to grow the World Tree into a great tree to protect all the lives in this world.

It was my fault for leaving the human race and joining forces with those who had once been my enemies.

Even if I hadn’t done so, Demiurge and I have become inseparable in the literal sense of the word.

There was no way I could allow things to go halfway now.

I stood in front of the door and looked at Demiurge’s back. Then, perhaps noticing my gaze, she turned around, her silver hair swaying.

「What is it, husband? ]

「No, it’s nothing.」

That was all I said, and I went through the door of the house.

Then Demiurge wrapped her arm around me.

She seems to be in a good mood right now.

I wonder if it’s because I was really angry at those ruffians for insulting Demiurge.

『Husband, I’m glad you were angry for me earlier…』

Suddenly, I remembered what Demiurge had said to me earlier.

I was surprised to find myself so riled up and unable to control my emotions.

But that’s just how I feel about Demiurge…

Just thinking about it makes my heart skip a small beat, which seems to be quite serious.

「I’m home.」

「I’m back~!」

「Oh, I’m back.」

Demiurge and Yggdrasil return a smile to the three who greeted them.

Titan was a little blunt, but returned the greeting at least in part.

Although they had a difficult relationship at first, they seemed to be getting to know each other as they continued to live together.

It’s not that I don’t have my feelings about what Titan has done in the past, but now I’m one of the most important members of the team to grow the world tree together.

If possible, I hope we can go through our life together without any conflicts.

「It’s getting late, so we’ll have to wait until tomorrow before we can set up the furniture we bought. I’ll just leave the beds in the rooms that everyone is using today, so you can sleep on them from now on.」

So I went around to each of the rooms that everyone had started using on their own, and took out the beds from the other space storage and set them up.

We had been sleeping outdoors on the ground or in the trees, but now we finally had an environment where we could sleep peacefully.

Now that the rest of the furniture is in place, we’ll be able to get closer to a human-like living environment.

Incidentally, we are planning to use the lobby of the inn as our common space.

There is also a large dining room and a kitchen for meals.

From now on, we will be able to cook in earnest, something we have never been able to do before.

Well, I’m the only one who needs to eat, as I’m half-human, and the rest of the girls don’t need to eat.

They seem to be able to maintain their bodies as long as they have mana in their bodies.

That’s why the Demiurge say that eating with me is a hobby.

Since they have a sense of taste, they can identify the taste of food when they eat it, and apparently, they can also feel pseudo-hunger when they mimic human form.

That’s why I was becoming the one to feed everyone.

The four demons, Demiurge and Yggdrasil, who were originally demons, did not have any experience in cooking.

As a result, I’m the one who has to prepare the meals for all of them.

Well, I don’t think that’s a hardship in itself.

It makes me happy to hear people say,「It’s delicious.」

Until now, almost all ingredients had to be baked or cooked, but now it is relatively easy to get into and out of town, and I can prepare authentic dishes with ingredients and seasonings.

I wonder if Demiurge and the others would be more than happy if I did that.

Thinking about this, I went around to each room.

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In a room lit by the moonlight shining through the window, I sat on my bed and looked at the sky.

Many human towns are brightly lit even at night, but this forest is completely devoid of such population lights.

I could see the stars and the gently glowing moon.

「…It’s so quiet.」

I muttered to myself. Suddenly, the door of the room was opened.

「Husband, are you still awake?」

「Hmm? Oh, Demiurge.」

「Umu. You’re still awake, aren’t you?」

Demiurge let out a thin breath as if relieved.

Even in the darkness of the night, her silver hair and white skin do not lose any of their lusters. I have recently begun to think that it is the night that makes her look so fantastic.

「Oh. What’s the matter, it’s pretty late already, don’t you think?」

I had a vague idea as to why she had come to my room.

But when Demiurge heard my words, there was a hint of frustration in her voice.

「Muu… did you forget…? I said I would serve my husband today.」

「Ah, yes. That’s right.」

I tried to pretend that I had forgotten about it, but of course, I remembered.

After that fight with the ruffians, Demiurge asked me out for the night, and even if I wanted to forget it, there was no way I could.

But, somehow.

Tonight, I wanted to tease Demiurge a little.

I was half expecting it and half anxious to see how she would react.

「When I got back, Behemoth begged me for gifts, and I went around to everyone’s rooms to set up their beds, and finally I cooked everyone’s meals, so I forgot all about it.」

「Muu~, husband is unkind when his beloved wife invites him to have sex.」

Demiurge with her cheeks puffed out is very cute.

This is the demon god that once shook the world, so you never really know what’s going on in the world.

And the fact that I’m teasing the person I care about a little bit is also something I would have never thought of doing a while ago.

「It was a lie. I remembered.」

「Wha?! Husband, you’ve taken me for a fool!」

Demiurge closed the door behind her and strode up to me.

Her beautiful silver hair and white skin are illuminated by the moonlight, creating a fantastic sight.

Her eyebrows were slightly raised, though.

As she approached, Demiurge pushed me down on the bed and mounted me.

“You have the nerve to tease me, husband, now what shall I do?」

「Well, what are they going to do to me?」

「I see. If that’s the way you’re going to behave, you may as well forego your services tonight.」

「I wish you wouldn’t do that. I’ve been looking forward to it ever since I got back.」

Demiurge gave me a sullen look, but I could see a hint of amusement on her face.

I don’t know what it is, but I think she’s enjoying this situation.

「Well, what shall I do now…? I went out of my way to invite you, but you lied and said you had forgotten about my invitation. Could this be taken as a refusal to engage with me tonight?」

「No, not at all. It was just a little prank. I just wanted to see how you would react to my little prank.」

「Houu… how did my reaction seem to you, husband?」

The smile on Demiurge’s face is already too big to hide.

She seems to be enjoying this simple game.

「It was impossibly cute… It was so cute that I almost jumped on it right then and there.」

This is my true and honest feeling.

I don’t have a lot of vocabulary to praise others.

But I didn’t miss the fact that Demiurge’s skin got a little hot when I said such clichéd words.

「Do you really think you can convince me with those words…?」

「Yes, I do. If you didn’t, then you can really call it a night, okay?」

What will she say in response to my words?

「Husband is a very sly man… He was really angry for me today. Since then, I’ve been so happy that I’ve had a tingle in the pit of my stomach and I can’t stand it. Therefore, it’s impossible for me to cancel it… You’re a devil, husband, for asking me knowingly.」

When she confessed to me, Demiurge stripped off her clothes and started to remove my pants.

「Husband…」

「……」

As she took off my pants, Demiurge leaned down to me. Her shapely breasts crushed obscenely against my chest.

A hint of lewdness amid godliness. I couldn’t take my eyes off her naked body, which was as beautiful as a work of art.

Demiurge’s cheeks were already red, her eyes sweet and wet.

The small breath that she let out was very hot, and the skin that was touching each other was slowly becoming warm.

「Leave everything to me tonight. Husband, stay as you are… chu…」

Demiurge gave a slight, sweet kiss, and without any foreplay, she lifted her hips and we just connected.

It seems that she was ready by the time she got here.

「Then, husband, take my service to the fullest and be satisfied…」

The God of Creation, who was known as the Demon God to the humans, is devoting himself to me in this way.

I was wrapped in the gentle embrace of my beloved, and spent the time of our meeting under the night sky where the stars twinkled and the moonlight illuminating