The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody - Volume 1 - Chapter 15

CHAPTER 15

The Ex–Demon Lord and Girl Trouble, Part I

I’d been enlisted into the Queen’s Shadow and promoted to the title of Pentagon, which were two secrets I guarded with my life. Or so I’d thought until a certain trick of fate—or the schemes of a select few aristocrats—caused word to get out and spread like wildfire.

Thanks to all that, everyone started to treat me differently at the academy. The noble students stopped openly despising me. Then, there was the creation of the Lord Ard Fan Club, which meant that a gaggle of commoner girls would follow me around every which way I went.

Oh, and…a new girl would confess to me every day without fail.

The lukewarm wind of early summer stroked my cheek as we stood in the shadows of the academic building after school. A girl in the same grade as me gazed into my eyes with a flushed face, fidgeting shyly and hesitating until she sucked in a deep breath as if she’d finally made up her mind.

“I—I like you! Please go out with me!” she shouted, bowing her head earnestly and thrusting out her right hand for me to take if I accepted.

The first time it happened, my heart felt like it would leap out of my chest, but I’d gotten used to it by this point. In all honesty, I didn’t feel much when I delivered my usual line.

“I’m sorry. I have too much going on right now to even think about love. I can’t go out with you at the moment, but let’s start off as friends.”

There was a boatload of girls with varying levels of attractiveness who’d confessed to me…plus a few guys, but let’s not get into the nitty-gritty, since the most important takeaway was that I couldn’t get romantically involved with anyone. A player might have fooled around, but I couldn’t do something so dishonest.

“…It’s okay—I understand. I’m sorry for getting all weird on you,” she apologized, clearly heartbroken, though she seemed to take my response rather well.

I could see that she couldn’t hide her look of shock before she hung her head, softly trembling. I still had no idea what to do in these—

“…Keeping me as another side chick, huh. How can I get him to fall for me?”

Huh?

“He screams virgin. Doesn’t he seem the type to cave with one sultry look?”

Hold it.

“I could let him feel up my tits. One thing might lead to another and it’s possible he’d knock me up, and next thing you know, his family fortune would be all mine…! Heh-heh-heh, then I’d be filthy stinkin’ rich…!”

Hey. I can hear you—and your evil side.

“A-all right, Ard… Now that we’re friends, I want to ask you for a favor… Can you fondle my boobs?”

“I’m afraid not…”

“Huh?! Why?!”

Why are you so surprised? If anyone should be shocked, it was me. There was no way I could just grope them.

“But, Ard, um, er, you seem so tired.”

What does that have to do with boobs? Was she suggesting it would get rid of my fatigue? There was no way… Okay, well, I take that back. Maybe Ireena’s could manage to do that.

But the girl in front of me would have no such effect, which meant I absolutely refused.

“Um, well… C’mon and grab my boobs alreadyyyyyy!” she yelled, finally resorting to pure force.

What’s with this girl? She was absolutely terrifying, trying to yank my arms toward her to make me grope her breasts, but I wasn’t about to let her, sprinting with everything I had. What the hell is this?

“Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! Feel me uppppp! Feel me up goooood!”

She was a true monster—far scarier than any spirits or demons I’d fought against in the past. Oh, if this was the old world, I could just scream “Come on, you lot! Attaaaaaaaack!” and that’d be enough to finish the job. But as a mere villager, I had no backup, obviously.

No, really, I’m serious. Someone help me, I thought…and the heavens must have heard my prayers, for a familiar voice cut through the beastly howls that very next moment.

“This has gone far enough!” someone barked, full of rage.

It was…Ireena, standing imposingly by the corner of the school with her arms crossed, emanating a fierce demonic aura. Even as the ex–Demon Lord, I broke out in a cold sweat.

The monster (er, that girl from earlier) must have clearly felt Ireena’s wrath, as she stopped dead in her tracks, sweating profusely.

“U-um, that’s, uh……… Boobies! Boobies!” she finally spouted before she ran away.

“Y-you saved me… Thank you, Ireena…”

I walked toward her, fully expecting her to break out in a smile and say something along the lines of Heh-heh-heh! I’m amazing! I called it her “praise me, master!” vibes.

But she left me with an unhappy “hmph!” and turned to the side, averting her eyes as she walked away without another word. I’d noticed only recently, but I had surmised that Ireena was the jealous type.

That said, I wasn’t stupid. You see, her actions would have a lot of inexperienced men think, That girl has the hots for me! But I knew better than that. She was thinking something like, He’s my friend and mine alone. I don’t want anyone to take him away from me. Yeah, it wasn’t like she liked me in that way in the slightest.

I understood her feelings. I felt the same way: I wanted to eradicate every last insect that crawled near her with impure intentions. Huh. I could do it now. In fact, that’s what I was gonna be doing.

…Anyhow, it seemed Ireena had been in a bad mood with me lately. And seeing as her smile was my fuel, this was a matter of life and death. I had to settle the matter quickly…but it wouldn’t be easy.

“Oh, it’s so hard to navigate relationships…,” I mused as the tepid wind enveloped me in the shadows of the academic building, where I drew a long breath and let out a heavy sigh.

…I’d returned to my dorm, where I had dinner as usual and rinsed off my sweat in the communal bath before lolling in my bed.

“Phew… Now, what to do? I’ll do anything to cheer her up.”

Nothing came to mind. I knew that the root of the issue was all these girls confessing to me, but I couldn’t come up with a single solution to this problem. If all I wanted to do was stop them from falling in love with me, I could stand on the rooftop in broad daylight and shout at the top of my lungs, I LIKE BOOOOOOOOOOOYS! to strike ’em out all at once. But then my life would be over. And my relationship with Ireena.

“Hrmmmmm. If one of the Council of Seven were here, I bet they’d impart some wisdom.”

I rolled around the bed as the gears turned in my mind.

Knock, knock. The sound echoed inside the room.

…Is it Ireena? Is she here to patch things up? I wondered, holding on to wishful thinking as I granted entry.

The door swung open to reveal a certain someone—

“Hee-hee-hee… I thought I’d drop on by.  ”

It wasn’t Ireena but Ginny, wrapped in a heavy, long coat even though it was almost summertime. But why? I wondered, cocking my head to the side.

Whoosh. Ginny opened her long coat and flung it off.

And her exposed body…was wrapped in crimson string. Well, it’d be more accurate to say it was wrapped in nothing but said thread. It was one thin cord stretching from her groin to her chest, passing across her shoulders, and that was it.

Meaning she was pretty much naked.

With her stark white and velvety skin, enormous boobs, and a butt I couldn’t help but want to squeeze, all of Ginny’s unique and fiendish arsenal was on full display.

“What do you think? My mother said I looked great, but…”

“E-even if you ask me that, I…”

“Okay, different question… Do I make you excited?”

I couldn’t give a direct answer. It was too embarrassing.

Her face lit up with a sweet smile, as if she’d read my thoughts.

“If I said you could have your way with me, what would you do?”

“Huh? No, well, uh… What do you mean?” I replied with a question of my own, which drew a troubled, lamented sigh from Ginny.

“Ard, you’ve been popular with the girls, especially as of late. And that’s perfectly fine. I’ve said this for a while now, but I really am pushing for this harem agenda of mine. That said… I wouldn’t want someone other than me to be your number one. That’s why…,” she trailed off, tilting her head to swish her peach hair and flashing a seductive smirk. “I thought I’d turn the heat up a notch.”

And with that, Ginny closed in on me. This was the part where I needed to stop her or flee from the scene. But my body was locked in place. No way. Is this…?

“Ard, I can tell you want to do it, too. I can see it in your eyes,” she noted, her breasts swaying from side to side as she drew near…

The closer she got, the more I noticed new additions appearing on Ginny’s body. When I saw that a glossy black tail had snaked out of her butt, I was certain: This girl had just awakened as a high-ranking succubus.

All succubi have a species-specific skill known as Charm, with the more powerful ones possessing an advanced version called Charming Evil Eye. It was one of the three great Evil Eyes, giving its wielder the ability to control the heart and agency of anyone by locking eyes with their target. Her horns, tail, and hearts in her eyes were all proof that she held its power.

This was bad. It’d be a different story back in my heyday, but this body of mine was perfectly average for ancient times.

And I needed that technique to fend off the Charming Evil Eye…!

…Before I’d realized it, Ginny was right by my side, sliding her hands on my shoulders.

“It’s my first time, too…but don’t worry. I’ll make you feel real good,  ” she breathed into my ear, pinning me down on the bed.

Th-this was real bad. I couldn’t move. And what’s more, I was accepting this situation.

I couldn’t help but think from the bottom of my heart that I wanted to do all sorts of things with Ginny. I’d managed to hold back any physiological responses by a hairbreadth.

“First, we’ll make you nice and big.  ”

It was only a matter of time. Am I gonna ascend the stairs to adulthood? I thought, just when the face of a certain other girl flashed in my mind.

The following events must have been a trick of fate.

“A-Ard! I’m comin’ in, okay…?” That very same girl opened the door and entered.

Yep, I’m talking about Ireena, who immediately turned to stone upon seeing Ginny in her birthday suit, reaching for my nether regions, and me, pinned down and red-faced.

…I know it’s getting old by now. But let me just say it again.

Why do things turn out this way?!