He groped her chest. Licking, tasting, and touching as she squealed in contentment. In his lust and impatience, he picked her up and threw her onto the bed. He paused, his passion momentarily forgotten as a glimmer of fear took hold of his mind, but instead of anger, she spread her legs wide. He pounced, unable to contain himself any longer, and plunged into her depths. She cried out in joy as he began to lick and suck her bosoms while pounding into her with renewed vigor.

He awoke with a start and immediately began shaking his throbbing head to clear away the images of his indiscretion and shame. He looked to his left. She slept soundly in her nude, illustrious form, with a contented smile on her face. He snorted and got off the bed to trek toward the golden framed patio outside of the royal bedchambers. He closed his eyes and let the wind breeze across his nude form before gazing upon their grand achievement. The entirety of the demon realm was no longer factions of warring tribes but a triumphant and united country – the most powerful in the world. Technological advancements, breakthroughs in magical theory, and the greatest universities were located at the center. He had been assigned much work and helped develop a cohesive military force that kept the peace in the region when following her arduous assignments. Demonic princesses throughout the realm were disappointed to learn that the Dark Knight was not simply some rogue who went around saving innocent demon civilians from the machinations of opportunistic demon tribesmen but rather the Demon Queen's right-hand of the Devil Empire. They soon learned that the mystery Knight was married and thus the King of the Realm. After peace was stabilized for a prolonged period of time and their successes not considered a stroke of luck, the demon public celebrated their new Queen and her chosen King as the most benign rulers of the realm who held both kindness and power. Economic trade expanded with the parts of the human realm that were conquered and the demons enjoyed a lavish lifestyle unknown to them from decades prior.

The Demon Queen's war campaign upon the human frontier was largely successful. She had disbanded and crushed the heroes who had been trained to assassinate her. Her own power was far too strong for any of the other aspiring Heroes turned assassins for the human empires. She had sheltered the massive amount of orphans that the empire never took care of and trained them to either be scholars or soldiers. The scholars who impressed her the most became her personal maids and butlers and were tasked with a higher workload of assignments. Her personal demon army had crushed all three of the central Kingdoms and had the entire Kingdom's lineage slaughtered at the scaffold to symbolize the end of the human era on earth. The Church became more centrist and puritanical as a result and the Churches united to destroy the advancing demon army in the name of God. The Demon Queen declared that God was dead and that she would rule over the humans during the execution of the monarchies. Rebellions were swiftly and brutally crushed but those who submitted unconditionally to the Demon Queen became equal citizens in her own empire. Upon observing the ensuing prosperity, better healthcare, better food, and equal job opportunities, scores of villages submitted to the Devil Empire for themselves and their families. The Church declared the villagers who left their service to be heretics. The Church's unity slowly began a war of attrition with slow gains being made. Heretics who had submitted to the Demon Queen were skinned alive and burnt to the stake for the glory of God.

The Demon Queen declared such atrocities proof of God's death and that she was to rule. Hero later found out that she had planted some of the uncooked potatoes and corn upon the battlefields that had been won. The Church, jubilant of victories and needing food to feed their soldiers, was unable to provide better food resources compared to the more advanced methods used by the Demon Queen. The Head of the Church had assumed that the ills of the potato and corn foods no longer applied and the heads of the Church provided the food to their soldiers with utterly disastrous consequences. The soldiers died within weeks and the priests and bishops who had stolen some of the food to feed their own starving communities had ended-up killing them all with the food. The Demon Queen declared that the Church was really out to commit mass slaughter because God was dead and declared them the true evil. The public under Church control rioted en masse and the Demon Queen swiftly smashed into their territories and took full control of the rest of the world. The Demon Queen was later lauded as a savior and goddess of salvation by the human realm. Demons and humans now lived equally, with occasional divisions between the two races. Yet . . .

Hero moved back inside and toward the crib that functioned as a rocker. Both of them were paranoid about leaving the baby alone and fortunately little Kuro slept most of the time. The Demon Queen had put a sophisticated noise and image spell around the crib so that the baby couldn't see his parents activities but they would still be alert if Kuro needed anything. The Senior Maid usually took care of most of the babies needs when the two were away on missions and Little Maid played with the baby to help him develop. Hero couldn't help but feel a bit of pride at the fact that Kuro inherited most of his abilities and only some of his wife's demonic power. Once they dealt with the last vestiges of rebellion, they would announce the Dark Knight's true identity and Kuro as a symbol of unity. Demon Queen had assured him that Kuro would get to choose the level of spotlight that he received once he was capable of deciding for himself. Apart from the proclamation of unity to further symbolize the unity of demons and humans and to further destroy the credibility of believing in any God, there would be no other need for Kuro to be in the spotlight apart from a picture in history books.

It's been two years, thought Hero, soon, everything will fall into place like she wanted. I never thought questing to save the demon world and being a political schemer would be my life when I went to vanquish her alone. What would have happened if I had brought the crew?

His team had disappeared. His old mentor died during the various wars, the Magician had left into seclusion and was never seen again, and he never heard of what happened to his almost- lover, the Female Knight. Maybe it's better this way? I'm not the same as I once was. What could I even say to those two?