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Chap 4
My first day at the Demon Realm is full of excited, not because I'm sleeping in the same house with Rias and Akeno but because of their advanced lifestyle. If this is an average life of a demon then it obviously is so much higher than your usual medieval age citizens. They have water tank with lines to the bathroom and kitchen, if the water is all used then you can inject mana to refill it, water created this way is 100% pure and clean. They have bathtub with water heater which is also a mana tool and the toilet is a big mana tool which will flush the crap with water to the pit underground. I notice that the toilet surface is covered in some sort of substance which makes it really easy to clean, like you just need to spray water on it to make everything shiny again, the smell also goes away.
So in this world magic solves a lot of problem without modern tech, speaking of which Akeno and Rias can conjure water casually so they never have to fear of not having clean water to use, they can't create food out of mana though yet I feel like this is a huge improvement compared to the modern age I lived.
The house is a two story with several rooms, in house lighting is done by mana tools, they use enhanced glass to contain fire and tune it up so it looks like a light bulb, they can change the color too if they want. They don't use key to the door but scan-magic, it will check your face, voice, fingerprint and blood, the process is done in a matter of seconds so it doesn't annoy anyone. Of course I'm not that close to them to register my info so whenever I return from outside I must ring the bell to call for someone inside the house to open the door for me.
To maintain the food they have a specific room built like a premium refrigerator, you can place like two cattles and a shark inside and it still has free space. It has two doors, the left one to put stuffs in and right one to take them out. On the right door there's a screen where you can check out everything inside the room ie chops of porks, chickens, trays of eggs to fresh vegetables. After pushing the icon you open the door to grab the things chosen. It's a mana tool so you will need to inject mana in to keep the inside cold once a week. Pretty damn efficient if you ask me.
From my observation if the modern world I know runs on electricity then the Demon Realm runs on mana. In this kind of society if you don't have Mana Access then you will be living like a peasant. Still there are many things I haven't learned, I'm looking forward to have a better understanding of the Demon Realm.
Rias says that she will lend me the guest room but I will have to move out later. It saddens me that I don't get to live with them for a long time but I'm cool with it. They're high-class gals, no matter how you look at them they always stand out among other females. Me being a Bullman wants to take them as girlfriends? That's a bad joke. I must know who I am, where I am. Besides living by myself is not bad, I can probably pay a succubus to have sex with me. Speaking of which I haven't dared to ask them where can I get a succubus, I don't want to ruin their impression of me.
Currently I'm helping Shuri in the garden. They grow potatoes, carrots, turnips, onions and radishes. Shuri says that they plant these in a span of 3 weeks to harvest which shocks me, she explains that these are magically enhanced vegetables which grows faster, can resist to many types of diseases, only require little water and fertilizer to mature and many more. The same goes to the chickens and pigs they raise in the barn. Not only the enhanced vegetables and livestocks are more nutritious compared to their normal counterparts, they also are far more productive. The people in the Demon Realm never suffer from hunger because of these. This garden alone can feed 10 people, provided that they keep recycle the inedible parts of the vegetables to use as fertilizer.
That explains why the breakfast this morning is luxury (in this age) for me. I thought that because I'm a guest and a Bullman to boot so they have to spend more on show their hospitality which makes me feel embarrassed a lot when I didn't really contribute anything to them.
"We will sell the excessive ones once we harvest them, a part of these will go into tax. In case you're broken you can come to our house, I will leave a portion for you." Shuri tells me.
Well it's not like I don't want a reason to visit them so I nod to her propose.
"Ise? You're there?"
I turn my head back to Rias.
"We will get you an identification tablet but first come in the house. There's something I want to show you."
When we get in the room she asks me to show her how much I got, I open my pocket and let out all the coins. With a fingersnap Rias tells me that I have 11 gold coins, 4 silver coins and 33 copper coins. She picks up one of the gold coin and breaks it in half.
"See this Ise? This is why in some towns the price is inflated. Some people collect a large amount of gold coins and melt them in order to replace the inside with other metal with the same weight but less value. They will get more gold coins and that will be what the majority see them. Silver coins also suffer from this problem but less, as for copper coins I haven't seen any fake ones."
With her magic Rias checks all of my coins and finds out there's only 1 real gold coin and 3 real silver coins, in a minute I become poorer than before. The copper coins are fine but I can't use the rest because in the Demon Realm people have ways to detect whether you're using counterfeit coins or not.
Wait does that mean my real 'price' back then wasn't 10,000 gold coins?
Anyway Rias is kind enough to trade the fake coins for me.
Alright you can buy stuffs with these, don't worry I can trade these coins as raw metal. Come on let's go."
Leaving the house Rias leads me to the town which is 20 minutes walking.
According to Rias if you want to live and work in the Demon Realm you will need an Identification Tablet, like the name suggests it is the fantasy version of the modern ID.
"This territory we're living in belongs to Lord Sirzechs Gremory. Unlike other Pillar he treats every races very well, the people here can enjoy the sunlight because he chooses to, otherwise they will erect a gigantic barrier over the sky to hide the sun. Demon doesn't stay well under the sun you see.
In the north is the Malezor forest where games can be hunted but if there's a Pureblood demon playing there then you should wait until they're done, don't worry the guards will warn everyone when they want to enter the forest.
The capital of the Demon Realm Lilith is a week walk from here, if you're rich enough you can buy a one-time-pass at the local teleportation hub to get there instantly. Though there are more interesting locations along the road so unless you're in a hurry you shouldn't do it."
My impression of a town inside the territory of a demon is that they are prosperous, the people-which are both normal human and beast folks, walking around in clean clothes, the shops have many stuffs to sell with reasonable price and sometimes it's cheap while the quality is as high as things you can only get as noble in Human Realm. Seeing me looking around in curious Rias stops by a vendor to buy me bacon which is only a copper a piece.
"As you can see we have accomplished many things thanks to the effort of Lord Ajuka Astaroth. He's the leader in magical engineering."
As expected from a society where magic is advanced enough to affect and increase the living standard. I can see the differences already from a town in the Human Realm to this town.
Getting an identification tablet at the government office is easy with Rias as my escort. The ID tablet is like a touch smartphone, you can see your name, health, status (I'm a 3rd class citizen, 1st class is Pillar and 2nd class is servant to the noble). I'm allowed to find mundane jobs and join the local militia but no access to the noble area or the academy. The tablet can even detect my birth date, from it I can see that only 3 more months until I'm 3 years old.
Next we go to buy stuffs for me and supplies from the local market, the price is cheap so Rias buys a lot from spice, new clothes, accessories, trivial thingy etc... I got some pairs of shorts for myself to replace the ragged loincloth. To the me that was from a modern world I can't seem to get used to loincloth or be naked the rest of my life. I don't need to wear shirt so I can save a bit for that. Though I still have that bulge visible under my new shorts nobody seems to care that much due to the fact that I'm a Bullman so that's fine I guess. I also get some new arrows at a weapon shop.
When we pass through a stable the owner calls me over to ask if I want to buy horseshoes which is funny, I know I have hooves for feet but this is a first time someone tells me to buy horseshoes to use for myself. He advises that his horseshoes are high quality ones and approved by a centaur so I should buy a pair to protect my hooves. In the end I end up buying a pair of enhanced steel (which is like modern stainless steel according to Rias) horseshoes, they're tough and I can take them off when I inject mana into them. It feels a bit weird when I begin to 'wear' shoes again.
By the way I want to sell those vials stolen from the slave master a year ago (it's not like I will ever use them I think) so I ask Rias if she can lead me to the local chemical shop.
"These are aphrodisiac and sleeping drug, very mediocre quality. I will take them for 2 silver coins."
Whoops.
"Ise?" Rias narrows her eyes at me.
'I swear I know nothing about this!'
"Where did you get them?"
'I stole them from a slave master a year ago.'
"Oh… I see."
I quickly pocket the 2 silver coins and leave the shop with Rias.
Thankfully Rias still allows me to stay at her house after this.
When we return home Sona is waiting for me, after greeting her Rias says that she will take care of the supplies while I go with Sona to check my new job.
"You got an ID tablet already? That will speed things up."
We arrive at a farm, Mr Smith who is the owner is very happy to see me.
"A Bullman who can write and generally intelligent enough to know what to do! You must be the exception among your kin Ise."
After hearing his explanation of my job I'm speechless. Basically because I'm a Bullman my droppings will make great organic fertilizer. Mr Smith here will feed me high quality grass and I then will 'produce' droppings for him to turn them into first-class fertilizer to increase the production of the crops. I will receive a magical chamber pot to 'release' my products in, it will automatically seal off so there will be no smell.
I can't believe someone is paying me to eat and crap. What a privilege.
"It's rare to have a Bullman around and even so they're too stubborn to understand what I want to do. Please help me I promise you I will pay 20 silver coins each week, if you want I can arrange a small cottage for you to stay here."
Um no thanks I want to stay with the girls as much as I can.
'Can I answer you later?'
Mr Smith looks a bit disappointed when I don't agree to him immediately, still this is not what I can decide on a whim. First I can only eat grass right? Even if it is high quality grass it is still grass! I don't want to live a life of a cattle, and then crapping as a job… Sounds too bullshit if you ask me. The pay is not bad but I doubt my reputation will be untouched.
Oh hi there Ise what do you do?
People pay me to eat and crap all day long!
Sounds great I'm so jealous at your job!
Yeah like hell that would happen.
We leave Mr Smith's farm afterward, the guy didn't let me off the hook easy, he already got my ID number and gave me some of his high quality grass and a silver coin as 'A token for our friendship'.
"You don't seem to like that offer Ise."
'You can say that.' I doubt I will eat that bundle of grass, even if it's 'high quality'.
"You know, you can take that job for the wage while looking for other jobs. When you have enough money you can stop and choose to do what you want."
'Thanks for the advice. I will think about it.'
"You are surprisingly smart for a Bullman, your race is known for their muscle brain yet you have shown you're beyond that." Sona smiles at me.
I wave goodbye at Sona when we return home. Akeno asks me if I like my job so I reply her no. I know they're rich and I can live easily with them without being a burden but as a man I'm not keen on being a leech to the females, especially beautiful women. It makes me feel like I'm a sore loser. I need to find other jobs.
"Since Ise is strong if you don't want that job you can join us in our quest."
I nod happily at her offer.
After dinner Rias begins to teach me about the Demon Realm and what I need to know.
500 years ago the Human Realm, led by the God of Light with his Angels waged a war against the Demon Realm led by the Demon King Lucifer and his 6 Demon Lords, the Fallen Angels who fell from the grace of the God of Light joined the battle to strike both sides when they were vulnerable as an act to defy both God of Light and the Demon King. However the Great War was interrupted by the battle between Two Heavenly Dragons. They cared for no one and inflicted destruction upon anyone in their ways, they said that the dragons were so powerful they vaporized the longest river and broke the highest mountain to pieces.
The God of Light then negotiated with the Demon King and the General of Fallen Angels to form an Alliance to defeat the Two Heavenly Dragons once and for all. They succeeded, somewhat. The dragons were killed but the God of Light also suffered from heavy wound, the Demon King was dead and the General was missed on the battlefield. The armies of both sides retreated to their territories respectively. The God of Light fell into deep slumber and commanded the King of Vatican to continue to rule over the largest nation of Human Realm while Rizevim Lucifer succeeds his father and becomes the current Demon King.
"And now we live in peace, as long as the none of us cause any troubles a human can visit the Demon Realm and vice-versa. Through if a demon with no preparation goes to Vatican he will be discovered and killed immediately."
So this world has been through something like that huh, I wonder if Rias knows about the would be summoned Heroes to lead a new war against the Demon Realm. But where is the God of Beast though? I thought he would stand somewhere in this grand event.
'Do you know the God of Beast?'
"God of Beast? Never heard of him."
I see, well if Rias doesn't know then I got to do research by myself.
"To live in the Demon Realm you will have to learn Demon language. I see that your Human language is decent enough to use so studying another language shouldn't be that hard. It's unfortunate that you can't speak but we will do what we can."
In the next day after helping Shuri to take care of the garden I go to the Malezor forest. As expected I can feel a trail to the shrine cave here. I guess it will be helpful when I want to try my luck again. I don't have time to check but I believe a marked beast is nearby.
Unlike in the Human Realm folks around here don't need help much from someone with muscles so I can't find labor works in this town.
Everyone morning when I wake up I will go to the garden to take care of the crops and the livestocks. Then if Rias or Akeno has something to do I will help them, the jobs mostly are gathering herbs or hunting outside the territory, the pay is not that high but at least it's something. At night I will study Demon language with Rias, Akeno and her mother Shuri will help me too when I have troubles with the words or grammar. The notebook Rias gave me soon full of Demon characters. It warms me inside when I'm surrounded with them even though I know it's the matter of time before I have to move out.
Besides learning Demon language Rias and Akeno also trains me in combat. We have a spar daily to improve my capability. Rias is a good teacher but very strict, she brutally destroys my amateur mistakes like attacking constantly without checking the terrain or traps the opponent might lead me into. Akeno on the other hand is more leisure, she actually allows me to hit her quite a lot but she… doesn't seem to mind, in fact I feel like she's encouraging me to hit her more but my attack is reluctant because she's a real beauty, though dodging her lightning is a nightmare even when she only throws lightning balls and not summoning air-to-ground thunder cloud. The only thing I surpass them is my archery skill.
I also learn how to control my mana better, can't create mana arrow yet but I'm close to.
Another great news is that I manage to find out a brothel run by a succubus in the next town, see I don't want the girls I'm living with know I'm a pervert so I have to go that far to cure my blue balls syndrome. The price is not bad and the women are hot so no complain here. I get to go there to release once or twice a week depends on how much I can spare. They like me with my huge, proud stallion dick so there's a time I got lucky and served with a foursome but only need to pay for one. Succubus is the master of sex so my semen doesn't affect them, I believe.
I have lived with the girls for more than 2 months before Rias announces that there's a request from one of the Pillars to check out a town in Human Realm. Apparently the Pillar lost contact with a business partner there and he wants to see if everything is alright. After spending a day to prepare we say goodbye to Shuri and begin our quest.
First we get to the local teleportation hub to teleport to the outpost close to the border of the Human Realm, then we start to walk to our destination. Sona and Tsubaki don't come with us this time. According to Rias we would get to the town in 2 months walking non-stop, though with her personality we spend quite a bit to help whoever we can on our journey. Sometimes it's a mother whose daughter is kidnapped by a group of bandits, sometimes the town is infested with mutated rats. We don't care much about rewards but every times we help someone Rias smiles a lot, I think for her that's the best reward she wants to have.
"Ise you don't know but Rias didn't receive care and love much when she was young, that's why she wants to bring smile to anyone she can so they will not suffer from the same thing she's been through." Akeno tells me.
Rias had a hard life huh, I had no clue on that.
I didn't expect but one day when I wake up Rias and Akeno give me a cake with my name on it.
"Happy birthday Ise!"
… I think I'm crying. This is my first birthday after reincarnation with someone to celebrate with me. Even though Rias and Akeno insist that I should eat the whole cake because I'm big but I divide the cake in three for them to enjoy with me. My present from Rias is a huge bow! Apparently she stored it in her personal pocket dimension to hide the surprise. The bow is made of enhanced wood and steel with magical markings on it, it's totally better than my bow looted from the bandits. Not only I can use my full strength with the bow it also comes with 10 arrows the size of javelin. I will save them when a strong enemy appears and use the common arrows for common foes.
Akeno gives me a pair of ornamental copper bands to put on my horns.
"Ara they look really good on him don't you think Rias?"
"Yeah, I didn't think that you can decorate horns but they look really nice on Ise."
'Thank you very much! Truth to be told I don't even remember my birthday.'
"Well then Ise just needs to remember to surprise us on our birthday."
I can't be happier with that.
I'm filled with joy on that day, occasionally I will touch the copper bands to feel their metal-ness. People will point and talk when they see my big horns with those bands which makes me proud of them so much. Rias and Akeno just giggles with my antics but who can blame me? I'm so grateful to the God of Beast that he lets me become a Bullman so I can enjoy these moments.
When we camp at night for a rest I see that 10 legs lizard in my dream again.
"Congratulation on surviving this far."
Thanks. Long time no see.
"Aside from the pathetic fact that you have to pay to have sex I'm here to tell you for your mature age 3 abilities have awaken. Use them well."
I ignore that mock but then I can't confirm what kind of abilities I got from reaching adulthood. So a visit to the shrine cave is required eh?
A nice feeling at my dick interrupts me of my dream. Opening my eyes I see Akeno has stripped my shorts and currently using her hand to rub my shaft up and down slowly.
"Ufufu did I wake you up? Don't worry I have made sure that Rias will not wake up until we're done." Akeno says as she begins to speed up her stroke.
"You have no idea Ise… It's natural for lonely women to check out the only male in the house, especially when he's this endowed." Her sweet voice finds its way to my mind, slowly releasing my reasoning. I can't help but let out a moo.
"Ara Ise, am I that good? This is my first time, I'm not as experienced as those succubus you know. I bet they had a lot of fun with such a hot, thick, long, manly meat rod."
Oh shit how did she know I visited the brothel next town.
It doesn't take long for me to cum, my semen drops on Akeno's hand and face as she begins to lick them in ecstasy.
"Teehee, looks like Ise is a huge pervert, letting out so much for a sloppy handjob like that." Akeno continues to lick my lower body clean of semen. "It's so salty, but I don't mind."
"Though I didn't know that Ise the perverted Bullman has a horse dick, never heard of a Bullman with this type of genital… Or you're the exception in this department too?" Akeno smiles lustily as I catch my breath out of excitement and nervous. I can't believe she would give me hand just like that. True to her word Rias is still sleeping soundly, unknowing of what happened.
"I hope you enjoy my second present Ise."
The days after we continue to do it behind Rias. Mostly it's handjob and body rubbing, sometimes she will let me lick her or fondle her large breasts, we have mutual masturbate sessions too but we never cross the line. Kissing is not allowed too but I'm fine with that. I know it will be hard but I have decided to make Akeno fall for me, I can't let her to be with another man now that she has ignited the fire inside my heart.
It's longer than we expected but finally after 3 months we have arrived at the town.
"Alright, we will get ourselves a room at the inn and begin to collect information from the tavern. Ise you stay somewhere nearby the town to see if there's something suspicious."
I nod at Rias' word as she and Akeno walks away. The town doesn't welcome beast like me so I can only watch from afar but it's not a problem, with my camouflage I can afford to get closer to the town.
On the first night when Rias and Akeno bring dinner to the outskirt of the town I follow them, when we meet Rias tells me that the business partner of the Pillar has gone missing for half a year, along with that time the town became restless. Rumor said that a strange creature was sighted at midnight, coming in and out of the town and people started missing. The mayor started an investigation but there's nothing beyond gray fur from some kind of animal. Later the amount of guards were increased and people would shut their doors tightly when night came. Though 3 months til now everything's back to normal, nobody saw that strange creature again and nobody is missing so more or less the town becomes peaceful again.
"Obviously we can't return empty hand like that. I think that mysterious creature is the key to this problem. Ise I want you to patrol the nearby area to see if there's something weird. Me and Akeno will go to meet the acquaintances of the missing victims."
Though it's not until the third day that I notice there's a pair of full armor warriors riding on horses to the town. I report this to Rias and she tells me that they are a pair of junior Paladin from Vatican to investigate about the incident at the town.
"They have methods to detect supernatural beings so it's best that we're careful around them. Don't get in their way or they will fight us. Though they don't usually kill a beast unless it commits a grave sin. Ise if it's possible you should avoid them. We will find other ways to continue our investigation."
But it doesn't take long, just three days after the arrival of the Paladin a woman is reported to be missing. Rias and Akeno can't get on first hand information since the Paladin has locked down the crime scene first and they don't want to reveal themselves. The only worse news is that I manage to track down a faint smell of some type of canine being and follow the trail to see a werewolf dragging a deer back. Since werewolf is great at detecting foes from smell I can't risk myself getting closer. However I know for sure it will have its lair and a pack because wolf rarely hunts alone, the forest also shows recent hunting activities. I retreat back to the outskirt of the town to report to Rias at night.
"Werewolf... Gray fur... Could it be? A werewolf has been kidnapping females to produce offsprings?"
"It's true that there are more missing females still the picture is not clear. Werewolf unless provoked will not show themselves and kidnap people, they can blend in the society to court others like a normal person so this one must have other objective." Akeno wonders.
Before we can figure out what's going on the town's alarm is raised.
