Middle-Aged Man Isekai Summoning - Chapter 14

 Older Sister

Everyone and I headed to my room to hear about the demon race. Cattleya was in the middle of cleaning my room, which was why we came to ask her about them.

"Lord Dai, thank you for your hard work. Everyone, welcome to mine and Lord Dai's room."

"Sorry for interrupting your cleaning. Could you prepare some tea for everyone?"

"Yes. Understood ❤️"

"Everyone, come on in."

I urged everyone to enter, but they all had stern expressions on their faces. Maya's brow was twitching.

"Cattleya, this is 'Dai's Room', you know."

"My apologies. Since my scent and Lord Dai's scent are already heavily mixed together in this room, I got mistaken."

Everyone's expressions grew even sterner.

"Well... it's fine, isn't it? Let's just go inside..."

"Yes. Welcome ❤️"

I decided to speak after everyone went in.

"Getting straight to the point, I'd like you to tell us about the demon race, Cattleya."

"What do you mean?"

"The night before we left, when we mentioned the demon race, you had a look like you wanted to say something, right? I thought the answer was likely right there."

"I see... However, I am deeply sorry, but I cannot answer."

"It's alright, Cattleya. With Maya's soundproof magic, no one outside will hear us."

"As expected of you all. If there's no running away from it, I will explain."

As suspected, some nobles and wealthy individuals have been enslaving the demon race. Furthermore, an underground slave market exists behind the scenes. The suspicious money I saw in the accounting records was likely this... The demon race had been enduring it all this time to protect the peaceful world. However, because humans openly started kidnapping their children and forcing them into hard labor, it led to this war.

"To be honest, it is entirely our own fault. I am extremely sorry for dragging all of you into this."

"I kind of understood after seeing the mine, but to think it was this terrible..."

"Still, why do the people of this country have such an abnormal disgust toward the demon race?"

"The religion worshipped in this country is the Order of Light, which venerates the God of Light. The Order of Light teaches people from early childhood to view dark-skinned demons as enemies of God."

"Why are you different from everyone else, Cattleya?"

"I had an older half-sister who was of the demon race. My father fell in love with a slave demon and had a child with her, raising her as my attendant. Though she was shunned by the other maids, attendants, and my mother—the legal wife—she was always a kind sister who smiled at me. I loved her so much that skin color didn't matter to me at all."

"I see... Where is your sister now?"

"She passed away..."

"If you don't mind sharing, could you tell us what happened?"

"One day, I was kidnapped, and my sister was with me. I was terrified and clung to her. The culprit kidnapped us for ransom, but the knight order quickly located us and raided the place to arrest them. However, when the excited culprit tried to kill me, my sister took the blow in my place and was killed."

"That's terrible..."

"There is a continuation to this story. In your world, Lord Dai, what would happen to that culprit?"

"I'd guess 20 to 25 years in prison for murder and kidnapping?"

"That culprit served 2 years in prison."

"That's way too short!"

"The charges were kidnapping and property damage. My sister was treated as an object! Even though she was a living person! This country is already beyond redemption as human beings. To be honest, both my father and I believe there is no future for this country."

Cattleya explained while weeping.

"Thank you for sharing something so painful."

It seems fixing relations between humans and the demon race will be impossible without fundamentally changing things from the ground up. Most people are brainwashed, and Cattleya is likely a rare exception.

"I have a request for everyone."

"What is it?"

"I do not wish to stay in this country any longer, so please take me with you on your journey."

"It's dangerous, you know?"

"I will be fine. I am confident in my abilities, having graduated at the top of my class in both martial arts and academics at the noble academy. Also, being born into a merchant family, I am familiar with the surrounding areas and can act as a guide."

"Understood. I have no objections. Is everyone else okay with this?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Thank you, everyone. Additionally, I would like to contribute in ways other than guiding, so please rely on me."

"Thank you. By the way, what else can you do?"

"Yes! Since Lord Dai will surely have trouble satisfying his sexual needs during the journey, Cattleya will handle all of it for him ♪"

" " " " " ... " " " " "

Unable to endure it any longer, Maya exploded.

"Alright! I am definitely against this after all! Having this girl around will ruin public morals!"

"Lady Maya, how cruel!"

"Which of us is being cruel?! Asking for agreement to something weird right after a serious conversation!"

"That is correct! Besides, Lord Dai is not such a base person!"

"That's right! Dai is cool, so he won't lose to his sexual desires!"

At any rate, we managed to learn the background regarding the demon race, gained another companion for our journey, and had a lively discussion with the women, so all's well that ends well.

By the way, I will lose to my sexual desires!

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