When they woke up, they were greeted by the sight of the witch cooking them a meal. Sensing their presence, the witch gave them a nod of acknowledgement before continue cooking.
Having a wry smile on their face, the two took a seat as they waited for the witch to finish making breakfast.
Soon enough, the witch took out a tray with three plates on it. Accepting it, the two non-human dig in. To their surprise, the food taste excellent.
"You are an excellent chef," Mina compliment, earning a wide smile from the older witch.
They continue their meal in silence until the witch decide to ask them a question. More specifically to the sole man in the room.
"Why would a human help a witch? You should grow up to hear the tales of wicked witch that needed to be culled" the woman clearly distrust human greatly. Thankfully, he can easily answer the question.
"First, I am not from the Duchy, so I do t grow up listening to such stories," the witch had the decency to look ashamed.
"Second, who said I was a human," soon, he transformed. His horns grow from the top of his head as black-jet wing emerged from his back. A demon tail also appear as his now red eyes glowed with power.
"A-a de-demon," the witch said, trembling as she soon find herself on the floor.
"Don't worry, I will not do any harm to you. I never harm any ladies," Mina snorted, knowing what he truly meant. After all, when his true race was revealed, he later show him several secrets other secrets, with the exception of one big secret.
One of the secret she come to know was the fact he has a large number of sex slave serving him and his clones. When asked the purpose, he only told her that it help him sustain some magic that allowed him to keep his monsters and the population of sentiant beings alive.
Soon, the Dominion transformed from home to witches to small but successful natures. Most of our riches come from selling our potions. Our superior mana control as well as larger reserve allow us to create better potions that any other nations in the world, save for those powerful ones with access to superior resources and knowledge.
However, such wealth and prosperity attract the unwanted attention of a greedy noble. He send spies, form alliances, and secretly form a powerful army before he assailed us.
He took the witches by surprise, killing the powerful one and taking the weaker ones down. Some manage to escape but a lot was captured. We try to resist but the nation the noble belonged to smell the opportunity to strike and send assistance to the noble.
With the might of a kingdom, even we are defeated by them. Even as we fought, more and more witches captured and turned into slaves. They able to find ways to weaken witches, allowing for a more successful capture.
At the moment, there are only 5 000 living witches, as opposed to the near 20 000 witches from before the invasion. Only 1 000 or so remained free while the rest is in slavery, with some witches likely being caught or close to one at the moment. After all, the Duchy Witch Hunter rarely rest.
That is why I hate this cursed Duchy. One day, I want to watch it burned," the witch said with immense hatred.
As the witch imagined the burning of the Duchy, Alros was thinking of something else. '5 000 witches. Getting them all would strengthen me like never before, but the key thing is, do I wish to do so,'
He began to weight the benefit of having so many witches, as she doubt they would like the idea of leaving any of them behind if they could help it.
'5 000 witches would mean I have some spell caster, though it likely varied in strength. It also mean I will gain access to some powerful potions if I took them in. Not to mention, they don't need to be turned into sex slave, as they likely will do anything I say at the promise of the destruction of Hex Duchy,'
'However, the downside is that most of the space will be filled by witches as there are no lairs for human yet, if they will ever be. There is also the fact I will need to make more clones in conjecture with the women, in case some are interested in them.
Over all, the pros outweigh the cons. Looks like I will get myself a large group of witches as subordinates,'