"Are you the Maou?"
On that day, a man of the same height as me but with a rough-looking face came to the audience room.
<<Dwarf, LV 25. It's a rare species!>>
The dwarf before me had the typical dwarf appearance that I used to see in the game.
He had a beard all over his face and bulky, short stature.
But despite his height, he was good-looking.
Unlike Velke's fragile, ethereal beauty, the dwarf had this certain charisma, like a good wine that ripened with age.
"That's right," I answered.
"What a feeble-looking brat." The dwarf scoffed.
Beside me, I could feel Velke seething in anger.
Well... The dwarf was right though... I couldn't say anything against it.
"What's your name?" I asked, trying to divert the topic.
"My name's Lugrant."
"Lugrant!!" Collin who had been silently watching us suddenly exclaimed.
"Do you know him?"
"It's the legendary dwarf craftsman, Lugrant!! He's the creator of the legendary swords Luwarts and Zephyrant! All of his creation is nothing but first-class goods! His equipment is often hidden in the deepest chamber of a difficult dungeon! The current market value of Lugrant's creations no matter what it is, always exceeds 10 million!" Collin rattled on excitedly, his tail was swinging at full speed.
"Humph, noisy brat." Lugrant, the dwarf said.
"So? Are you here to swear your loyalty to me?" I asked.
"Swearing loyalty to a feeble brat like you is ridiculous but I had no other choice. If I don't do it, the dwarf clan will become extinct."
"I see. Well then as a reward for swearing your loyalty to me, I will grant you a family."
As an answer, Lugrant snorted nonchalantly as if he couldn't care less.
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By looking at Lugrant's face, I could see he was feeling very reluctant about this.
He was here out of obligation, not because he wished to be.
I took off my clothes as we arrived at the mating room.
Lugrant stared at my naked body silently.
His face looked so torn as if the bed was filled with sharp nails, ready to pierce through him.
"Feeble brat."
W-well I'm sorry for having such feeble looking body! It's not like I can do anything about it you know!
I sighed.
"With a body like that, no matter what, I must put this jewel on you," Lugrant said as he retrieved something from the pouch on his waist.
I squinted my eyes to get a better look, it looked like an earring with a deep blood-red ruby on it.
And then without giving me any second to gather my thoughts, Lugrant pierced a hole in my earlobe with a needle.
"Ouch!"
The short, stinging pain made me flinch.
"Wait, I need to do the other side too."
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The Devil's Origin
FantasyWhen I woke up, I became the Demon King!? It's my responsibility as the Demon King to increase the monster population, and the only way to do that is to mate with as many monsters as I can... This is the beginning of my life as a monster-making Demo...
