"Suzuki! That is not important! Dame Serphiano\'s face is bleeding! Get something to wipe her up!"

"I\'m on it!"

Suzuki scurried around the area but could not find something to use, so he ripped off a piece of clothing and offered it to Serphiano.

(His own clothing!? Please stop!! In addition to the cute appearance, that... Don\'t show such a commendable attitudeeeeeee!)

"Hoashaaaaaa!!!"

Once again, Serphiano got up from her chair, screaming. She then rushed toward the wall and hit the wall head-on. The room echoed with a sound similar to fruit dropped from a high place.

"Dame Serphiano!?"

"What the HELL was that all about? This person!? She\'s messed up, isn\'t she!?"

After slamming her head against the wall ten times, she finally regained her reasoning and consciousness. Serphiano returned to the table, blood dripping from her head. Her dress was torn from the wild violence, and one of her breasts was sticking out. However, she did not have the luxury of worrying about such things.

"Nephira!! Suzuki!! Get Suzuki out of the room!! And please bring me a thick chain for binding magical beasts!!"

"Wha--What the hell, do you mean...!?"

"Do it quickly! While my, PHUA--PHUA--PHUA!! Consciousness is still, HUFF!! Normaaalllll!!"

As if overcome by Serphiano\'s ghastly appearance, Nephira called for the skeleton soldiers. After that, she kicked Suzuki out of the room. As soon as Suzuki was gone, a skeleton soldier came with a thick chain.

"Nephira!! You must bind me with those chains!!"

"Why?!"

"Just tie me up, quickllyyyyyy!!"

Finally, Serphiano smiles a little when she is bound to the chair by being wrapped in huge chains.

"Th--This will do. Haa, Haa, Zaa, Zaa"

"Dame Seraphino, what is this!?"

"Let\'s call it... Self-bondage measures. I had no choice but to do this to protect the integrity of my mind and the future of the Demon Army..."

"I\'m not sure I understand what you are saying, but...!"

"Anyway!! We must execute Suzuki at once!!"

"Wha--!? That\'s--!!"

"Suzuki... that is a terrible weapon of mass destruction, which drives demons mad!!"

"That can\'t be true!! Suzuki is a docile human!! Execution and such...!!"

(Huh? "Execution"? Execution, is it? Did I, did I say that? That is strange. Why did I say such a deplorable thing...?)

Since her hands were tied, Serphiano kicked the floor with her feet. The chair tipped over with tremendous force, and Serphiano was knocked to the floor headfirst.

"OH--OHF...!"

"Dame Serphiano ah, oh, oh, oh!?"

Because of her upside-down position, her underwear was completely exposed. The whites of her eyes were showing, and she was foaming from her mouth. Serphiano was horrified, even as Nephila helped her correct the chair.

(What -- What a horror! Any attempt to harm Suzuki will result in more severe mental damage! For sure, we must execute him with absolute certainty! For the survival of the Demon Lord\'s army!)

"Immediately!! Execute Suzuki right now!!"

"The--There will be an execution of an old man shortly! Dame Serphiano! I beg of you!"

"No, I don\'t care about a GEEZER!! NO!! NO!! NO!! Absolutely------------not. Regardless, Suzuki must be executed!! He absolutely must be execu------------ted!!"

"But!!"

"My orders are the orders of the Demon Lord! This is a compulsory execution order issued for the Thunder--Lance Char------------ge!!"

"Damn...! Shi--...!"

(Pe--Perhaps there might be others with abilities similar to Suzuki\'s...)

Seeing Nephira\'s pained face, Serphiano proclaimed with her last ounce of strength,

"It\'s not only Suzuki!! Kill all the people who were in the castle when it was conquered!! Prepare for execution now!! Ohhhh, ahhh! Kill them while my ego is still intact!! Kill them ablobablot!! Hurry!! I beg you, please, hur------------ry!"

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(Damn it... because an incompetent like me pretended to be a hero or something...)

Takashi looked around, feeling like he was about to burst into tears. After chaining their wrists, the skeleton soldiers brought them to a place that resembled a bullring he had seen on television. He could see many Thunder-Lance Charge fiends sitting on bowl-shaped seats.

Takashi was now in a waiting area a short distance away. Excella, Orneo, and dozens of other chained slaves stood around him with despairing looks on their faces.

"What the hell! What the hell!! I thought you said slaves wouldn\'t be killed! AHHH!!"

A thin man screamed in despair. The women were crying heavily.

It was possible that Serphiano, the chief advisor to the Demon Lord\'s army, considered executing all of the slaves because Takashi had been with Nephira. Takashi was too ashamed to look Excella and Orneo in the eyes.

"NO! STOOOP!! I don\'t want to diiieeeeeeee!!"

A skeleton soldier pulls the arm of a man who continues to yell in terror.

"Shut the bloody hell up. First is, you."

"EEEKK!! NOOOOOOOO!!!"

The skeleton soldier forcibly drags the wailing man away. Takashi, bound by chains, was helpless.