There Is No Misery In Paradise

Chapter 9

Sexual content

Kotoha had enough of staying in her room one day, dragging Douma from their futon and asking him to walk with her. They had a little bit of time before his service and it was enough time for the two.

The man would still offer his arm to her though she would only take it when her ankle bothered her.

They would turn a corner when her eyes brighten up, having spotted something wonderful. Douma would feel her tug on his arm as she pulls him only to slip from his grasp.

The sun was out and was melting the icicles in the trees of his garden. The blanket of snow was still thick but that didn't stop his songbird as she crossed.

His love was walking in the sunlight, going to a younger tree, and kneeling at one of its branches.

She was going to speak, turning, expecting him there, only to find he wasn't.

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Kuni was searching for her leader, praying he wasn't with the harlot. The female demon would turn a corner only to backtrack quickly. Ducking away from the sight before her, watching what was about to unfold.

The sun was bouncing off the snow, making everything so bright.

Her sovereign god was standing on the porch while the harlot was walking back to the shaded area.

Where her god was protected from a demon's ultimate weakness.

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Douma watches Kotoha take hold of his arm once more. Her human strength was nothing compared to his own but it felt so delightful.

"Douma, come look!" His body willingly follows and his foot lands in the snow.

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Kuni's eyes widen and she is quick to leave the scene.

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Douma lets Kotoha lead him and soon he is kneeling with her, the sun warming his back. She shows him how the young tree has started to gain green.

Spring was coming and soon winter would end.

The biggest surprise however was his willingness to try and see If the Blue Spider Lilly worked.

Back in the 1940s, the same scientist fellow who had discovered the hot spring had also brought him the flower that his fallen master had been searching for. The centuries-old hunt ended in just a few decades after he became the successor of Muzan.

Douma, though one to bring paradise, saw that he couldn't simply consume the Lilly and become much more than his own lord. It was hesitation of what would come if he did consume it.

He stored the essence of the Lilly, hiding it and keeping it a secret from his demons. He fed them lies, about how they should still search for the lilly. To give them a purpose.

The game of staying in the shadows would remain active.
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Till it wasn't a game anymore.

The evening Kotoha had asked him to join her in Tokyo, he had found the jug that held the Blue Spider Lilly. He played with the jug for a moment, before popping the lid and chugging it.

The taste was bitter and he felt a shiver and chills all over.

But he knew with this, he couldn't allow others to gain his immunity or know of it.

He was going to wait till the day he took Kotoha down to the town, letting her talk to say no one needed to worry about her and that she was fine. She would return to her cage and all would be peaceful.

Maybe they would go to Tokyo together to settle some things before returning.

Douma watches her, at how just a simple green leaf brought her joy and made her smile wider. He thinks about how maybe he'll extend how long her cage is open, to allow her to enjoy herself. He would need to just make sure she was never far.

The couple continues to soak up the sun, the demon even looking up at it, eyes narrowing like a cat before morphing back into a human when Kotoha kisses his cheek.

"Let's go, I think they are waiting for you." Douma nods and offers his arm once more. His love gladly takes it and he drops her off in their room.
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Kuni held her tongue till the end of service, the harlot luckily didn't join and so her god was able to deliver his normal sermons.

He would then slip out like the snake he was.

She gathered her fellow demons as night fell.

"We have been forsaken. Our leader has gone to paradise and left us in darkness. The same darkness he said held power but came at the price of no easy path to heaven. He has claimed a harlot as his bride." Her fellow demons were baring their fangs, having also come to the same mindset as her.

Kuni flexes her claws, rage flowing through her.

"We must exorcise the harlot and maybe our god will bring us to paradise."

Her fellow demons would roar in agreement.
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Uzui sneezes and Kyojuro continues on like they hadn't been hiking through deep snow and aren't freezing.

Shinobu continues leading, her tracker showing her where the headquarters of the demon lies. Having put a tracker on a demon, letting them lead them right where their leader lives.

They hadn't had a good reason to attack without good cause. But the chance of more humans getting slaughtered for searching for one idol was not a risk they were willing to take.

What would happen if bodycam footage got released if an attack happened? The slayers couldn't allow the existence of demons to become public.

It was now or never.

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Sweet moans are shared between them, and an empty bottle of sake lays on the ground as his hands find her hips. Her arms are tight on his neck as they kiss.

She sits on his lap, her hips moving in time with his, cheeks flushed with blood and alcohol only added to the fire.

Tonight was the last night of full winter and Douma was going to ensure she got pregnant.

He would ask for forgiveness later.

But for now, pleasure for both of them was all that mattered.

Her joy and excitement and his desires are what drive this evening.

His purrs have never been louder as she cries out her climax.

One of many he will deliver.

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The wee hours of the morning would be chaos.

Kotoha would fall to her knees, shaking as ash falls around her, watching as the shrine that had hosted her burned to the ground.

Tears were hot on her cheeks as she cries out, it being swallowed up by winds and the roar of flames.

"DOUMA!!"

Ah yes, my favorite trope/cliche in my stories with Douma.

*Lights a match and throws it on his flammable temple*

Thanks, Prodigal Son for being the basics of this scenario.

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Thoughts?

What do you think will happen next?