Chapter 208 Yamato Hina and the Demon King Medinilla ⑬
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
I wandered through the city streets without any destination in mind. The Ogre-kin attack¹—an event so far removed from daily life—had been more than enough to throw the citizens into total chaos. Commotions were still breaking out here and there. Normally, I probably should have tried to settle the disturbances, but I couldn’t think of a way to do it. I just stared vacantly at the mess.
What am I even doing? I wondered.
Narumi had rebuked me only slightly, yet I had crumbled. I had run away. No, I was currently fleeing, wandering aimlessly without accomplishing a thing.
It was pathetic. I hadn’t changed at all since I was a little girl. I was still a coward who couldn’t do anything, who cried immediately, and who tried to rely on others at the first sign of trouble. I was exactly the same as I had been back then.
As I walked while lost in self-deprecation, I came upon a particularly noisy area. To be precise, only one person was making a loud, obnoxious fuss.
”Curse you, Demon-kin! To think you would dare attack my city…”
The man looked nervous and thin, but he was well-dressed. He was likely a noble or a high-ranking official. He seemed furious about the attack by the Demon-kin—or more accurately, the Ogre-kin. However, the phrase “my city” bothered me strangely.
”W-well, I don’t care what happens to anyone besides myself,” the man added.
”My lord, that is a bit much, even for you,” a retainer replied, trying to rebuke the statement.
Wait, what did he just say? A lord?
”What are you talking about?” the man snapped. “I don’t care how many commoners die. What matters is whether I am alive. Besides, the commoners acted as a meat wall to let me escape. It was their heartfelt desire, right?”
My skin crawled. This man was trash. Far from showing regret, he only thought of himself. Despite being a noble, he didn’t possess a shred of dignity. He was a genuine piece of garbage. Driven by righteous indignation, I marched toward the lord.
”You…” I growled.
”Hm? What is it, woman? I’m busy—”
”YOU PIECE OF SHIIIIIIIT!” I screamed.
I punched the lord right in the face. He should have been grateful I didn’t just slash him with my sword. I grabbed him by the collar and struck his face repeatedly.
”Because of you! Victims almost increased because of you!”
”Gurf!” the man cried. “W-what are you doing? I am the lord! You won’t get away with—gack!”
”If you’re the lord, it’s your duty to help the people of the city! You abandoned that duty and ran away alone! You’re no lord!”
”Buh! Cough! Stop it! I am the lord! I have to survive no matter what! It doesn’t matter how many commoners die, but if a noble like me dies, it’s a great loss for the country! Don’t you understand that, woman?”
He was selfish to the core. Just as I raised my fist to strike again, someone grabbed my arm.
”What are you doing?”
The one who stopped me was the masked man from earlier.
”Let go! Because of this guy, the people of the city were about to die!” I shouted.
I tried to shake him off, but the man’s strength was considerable. I couldn’t budge. However, even though he had ignored me before, he seemed to listen to my words this time.
”Explain,” the masked man said.
”This coward closed the gates to the city district to prevent the residents from escaping to the noble district! He used the people as decoys so he could save his own skin!”
”I see,” the masked man replied. “And do you have the right to judge him?”
”Eh?”
I froze for a moment. His words helped me regain my composure. I looked at the lord again. Because I had punched him in a fit of rage, his face was a mess. He was so swollen I couldn’t even recognize him. The only saving grace was that he was still alive.
”You’re right,” I muttered. “My blood went to my head. I’m an outsider. If anyone is going to judge him, it should be the citizens and the King.”
When I let go of the lord, he slumped to the ground with a heavy thud.
”Sigh. That isn’t exactly what I meant,” the masked man whispered.
”Did you say something?” I asked.
”No, nothing.”
”I see. So, what should we do with him?”
I glared at the lord. I could feel the masked man’s own anger radiating from him.
”W-what are you planning?” the lord stammered. “I told you, I am the lord! The city and the country need me! Don’t you dare compare me to the nameless gutter-trash out there! Unlike a peasant, I am a noble existence who cannot be replaced!”
What a disgusting thing to say. Looking at him reminded me of my classmate, Sugita. That scoundrel who had forced Sasaki to act as a decoy. The masked man also seemed to reach his limit with the lord’s selfish talk. He grabbed the lord’s collar and yanked him close.
”Don’t screw with me. From the country’s perspective, you’re the one who’s replaceable. They can swap a lord’s head out whenever they feel like it. You’re the one who isn’t needed. Can’t you understand that? No, I guess you ran away because you’re too stupid to understand.”
”Wh-wh-what are you saying! I am—”
”If it were up to me, I’d fire a guy like you on the spot. Well, the country has to decide that. Still, I don’t think the people’s anger will subside so easily…”
The masked man threw the lord aside and put a hand to his chin. After a moment, a wicked smile spread across his face.
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”So, we’re doing this?” I asked.
The masked man had dragged us to a plaza with exposed dirt. He tied the lord to a giant wooden stake and hammered it into the ground. He then attached a board like an apron to the man’s chest. It read:
I blocked the evacuation and used the citizens as bait so I could run away.
He even used magic to heal the man’s face just enough so people would recognize him. The city residents, who had been watching suspiciously, realized who he was instantly. They began to hurl insults, picking up whatever they could find on the ground to throw at him.
”Screw you!”
”My wife died because of you! My daughter!”
”Give him back! Give me back my husband!”
”Stop it! Ow! Who threw the crap? Argh!”
The filth was a bit much. The masked man watched the scene and began to howl.
”Kahahahaha! This is great! That should vent some of their rage.”
He laughed loudly. I thought the lord was pathetic, but I didn’t feel any sympathy. He deserved it.
”By the way, look at your hand,” the masked man said. “It’s a mess. Go have Honoka fix it.”
I only noticed it then. A few of the lord’s teeth were stuck in my right knuckles. Since I had punched him with leather gloves instead of gauntlets, the gloves were stained red with a mix of my blood and his.
I hit him hard enough to break my own hand… if I’d been wearing gauntlets, I would have killed him.
I felt awkward about returning to where Narumi was since I had fled. But wait…
”How do you know Narumi’s name?” I asked.
”Hm? Oh, I haven’t introduced myself yet. I’m Sieben, Honoka’s master².”
”You’re her what?!” I shrieked. “Master. As in… wait, did you marry her? No, there’s no way.”
”It’s exactly what you’re thinking,” Sieben replied. “Honoka is my servitude³, Yamato Hina.”
I stood there catatonic. I was so shocked that I didn’t even wonder how Sieben knew my name.
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Summary:
Hina, fleeing her own guilt, encounters the corrupt Governor who abandoned the city to the Ogre-kin. She beats him in a rage until Sieben intervenes to arrange a public shaming instead. The chapter ends with the shocking revelation that Sieben is the ‘Master’ of Hina’s friend Narumi.
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Trivia:
- Hina is currently wearing gloves, not her usual gauntlets, which is why her hands were injured by the Governor’s teeth.
- The Governor explicitly used the commoners as a ‘meat wall’.
- Sieben used magic to heal the Governor’s face just so the mob could identify him.
- The mention of Sugita and Sasaki references Hina’s past trauma and classmates from Earth
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Character Insight:
Hina shows a flash of her ‘Avenger’ persona here, unable to tolerate the Lord’s lack of responsibility. Sieben shows a calculating, somewhat sadistic side by facilitating a public lynching-lite. Hina’s shock at the ‘Master’ title suggests she has a protective view of Narumi.
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Behind the Scenes:
The author mentioned a gap in posting due to lack of ideas after a ‘Himehajime’ project.
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TL Notes:
Notes:
• Narumi – Narumi Honoka. A member of the relief team with healing magic. Despite her cute, short, ‘transistor glamour’ appearance, she is cold-hearted and mocks Sasaki. Black hair, black eyes.
• Marl – A younger‑sister‑type companion to Lil who likes watching the couple from afar. Not the real sister. She was a girl sitting in the spectator seats, temporarily controlled by Sugita’s Steal skill. After regaining her senses, she vomits from the shock and guilt of what she witnessed.
• Mira – Also known as Carmilla Oliver. Over 500 years old. Former Queen of Envyos and current Chairman of the Magic Academy. Originally a Japanese high school student and legendary voice actress. Has black hair and black eyes in her true form. Wears a luxurious black robe with gold embroidery.
• Lil – One of the heroines. Height 166 cm, B-W-H: 90-56-90. She is a top-tier beauty with long indigo hair down to her waist, a large scar on her abdomen and sharp golden eyes. She has wolf ears and a tail.
• Rei – Eldest of the Kijima twins, an undead girl who looks like a living corpse but fights like a pro. She’s the frontline tank guarding her sister Mei, wielding a cross‑shaped spear (十文字槍) with perfect rhythm and tight coordination between them. Calm in death, sharp in combat, and totally synced with Mei the second things get messy.
• Sasaki – The protagonist, 168–171 cm and 57–59 kg, with a baby face hidden by black bangs. Once bullied and thought dead by the Sugita gang, he now fights as the gladiator Seven. Wielder of Snatch and Time Compression, he’s the hidden source of many curses and a shapeshifter. Dressed in green scale armor with a blood‑red muffler, he wields dual longswords.
• Sugita – Leader of the Sugita gang and main bully of Natsumi Sasaki, born into heavy police privilege—his grandfather is the Superintendent General, his father a Superintendent—so every mess he causes gets buried. Lean build, sharp features, that cold, arrogant “I can get away with it” stare. Wields the unique skill Steal (窃盗), which he uses to manipulate minds and control women. Once impersonated the hero Sieben with a mask and greatsword, but lost everything and dropped to Level 7. He’s a “Hero” cursed to die and resurrect endlessly—turned into a Lesser Vampire, executed, and ultimately erased from existence.
• Honoka – Petite, cute “transistor‑glamour” girl with high‑level healing magic, built like a tiny bomb of lewdness and huge breasts. Started as a cold‑hearted slave mocking Sasaki, then flipped into full devoted “Goshujin‑sama” maid mode, obsessed with his scent and desperate to bear his child. Used to be Hidaka’s obsession, later violated by Sugita, which left her furious and tightly protective of the protagonist. Bashful smiles, but the second anything touches him she goes nuclear. Usually in a sleazy maid outfit, the anti‑aesthetic to Lotte and Nadja’s clean uniforms.
• Sieben – Young man with black hair and a mask covering his eyes. He purchased Honoka and Ria.
• Yamato – Yamato Hina. Student council vice-president. Serious, beautiful, with long straight hair and sharp eyes.
• Hina – Yamato Hina. Student council vice-president. Serious, beautiful, with long straight hair and sharp eyes.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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