The Game Rune System

Tetsuya's infiltration mission continued. So far, he hadn't been exposed to much danger and even learned some more stuff. Eager for dual cultivation than ever before, Tetsuya closed his eyes and sat down in meditation.

The carriage jumped a few times on the road, probably due to the stones and holes. Of course, they were still in the scum area. However, when the trip became comfortable and even the sound of the carriage's wheels flowed in a constant nice melody, Tetsuya knew that he had finally arrived in the devil capital.

If he peeked outside, then he would see that devil giant behind the castle! What was exactly the origin of this creation? In this fantasy world, Tetsuya didn't doubt that it was a weapon for mass destruction.

"We are here," The devil army's general said, opening the game master's eyes.

Tetsuya didn't need to memorize something twice, so with the information of the devil merchant's origin and status, Tetsuya spoke appropriately and left the carriage. He then carried the stuff and reported to the royal castle.

He would report how many pills he sold and the money he received. One of the common reports you would see in Tetsuya's world as well. This process usually would be smooth and fast, but Tetsuya trod carefully in the devil capital.

So far, he hadn't spotted anything extraordinary, though. The devil capital had its unique architecture with deep red bricks. They liked to make their houses seem like one of hells' caudrons and a lot of steam and hotness could be seen here.

Of course, it was underground, but the devils basked in the different kind of fire that was unique to their race. The capital had many people mimicking the common humanity's town appearance. Other than the bigger mansions for grand devils, this capital looked fairly common.

It was too dark and hot here, though. The toxic air was also controlled stricter in a few areas, as if trying to kick away people back to the scum area!

"You either mimic the normal life or get lost in madness," Tetsuya whispered to Ashley who nodded. She also believed that demons would live in a similar, but a little different environment.

For a playful demon, their grounds should be a pain in the ass to go through. Ashley's imagination was rich as a bookworm and she imagined something accurate to the playful demon's land.

It was matter for later, though.

Tetsuya passed the report, looked over other devils, then left for his house. In this capital, one could see the devil women. This race had to reproduce somehow after all. Most devil women were around 2m tall, but there were some giant devil women that Tetsuya avoided with big steps.

Nonetheless, this beautiful gender couldn't be that different, even in the devil's circle. All women looked closer to the humans and exuded a nice appeal despite their redskins and horns.

Tetsuya entered his house, acted as the devil merchant then confined himself in the room. He took out the devil merchant's brain, then put it in the purple cube. His powers drew the map of the whole devil capital.

"We are going to begin from the scum area here," Ashley said. Though it wasn't appropriate to call them scum as they were in the capital and had a far better environment, there were people who had been struggling nonetheless.

Tetsuya would begin his pill destribution from here while trying to find a better connection that would bring him closer to one of the noble mansions.

"It won't be hard... This devil merchant needed a connection to, otherwise, his supplies wouldn't be that great," Tetsuya smiled and the plan progressed at crazy speed!

-

On a fateful day, Tetsuya experienced one of the greatest shocks in his life.

He had never expected that such a thing could happen, but his very eyes had been looking at the mircale or something totally absurd right now.

It was the devil queen's parade. Why would she throw such a parade? Was it because the devil race wanted to bring back their lord and needed every devil's strength? Was she here to show off?

These questions were meaningless for Tetsuya. He didn't care whether she paraded here to increase her strength, get flames from other devils or whatever for whatever reason. The word, 'Anna' just reverberated within his mind.

The Devil Queen's name was unknown and no devil heard it. It was said that only the lord's soul knew of her name and origins, but that was also often questioned by nobility here. She just appeared and demonstrated an exquisite flame control along the royal blood!

"The fuck is this... Is this just the same appearance? Coincidence?" Tetsuya read in one of the grand devil's memories that there was Anna, but it didn't match the image the devil queen had.

Nonetheless, this name had echoed a lot within his heart and now he felt like it had to be the same person.

But why would she appear together with him in this world? Was she called by the lord devil's soul?

"Tetsuya, you know what to do. Use your devil merchant status and just send an image of yourself to the devil queen. If she is the same, then she will call you. If not, then she might just ask about the handsome prince's origins." Ashley said and Tetsuya did exactly what she told him.

However, he asked, "Have you spotted something within all those devils?"

"No reaction so far... If she did something to them, then we can't tell. I also find it hard to probe into her body! It should be because of the environment thoug..." It was as if the whole capital bent to the devil queen's touch and looks.

Tetsuya narrowed his eyes, then turned heels. He couldn't sleep that day and prepared for the show.

Next day, he got a royal order to come to the castle.

-

"How do you know about him?" The Devil Queen pointed at the picture drawn by Tetsuya and prepared it through the purple cube. He looked at himself with narrowed eyes, then replied to the queen's inquiry.

"He reached me and said some nonsense," Tetsuya feigned ignorance, "He told me he knew the queen," Tetsuya kneeled and played the loyal servant's role.

He peeked at the devil queen's face and found out that shock was all written on her face. He decided to reveal himself as he could tell the emotions of his girlfriend with ease. The devil merchant's appearance disappeared in the blink of an eye, then the handsome prince charming appeared.

No longer evil, but Tetsuya's eyes concaled a lot of sins.

"Tetsuya... You... smell like a demon..." A faint dismay distorted the queen's face, then she stood up from her throne and stuttered toward Tetsuya.

In silence, he watched her movements. Not even one step could be recognized and compared to the previous Anna. The devil woman's steps were greatly different, shrouded in royal and seductive aura.

Her whole appearance was different, but the bloodline often played tricks on its users... Anna was also the victim of the devil bloodline.

"Is this really the first thing you say to me?" Tetsuya faintly asked.

"And why are you so quiet?" Anna asked back.

Tetsuya was far different, but she didn't find it surprising. In this new world, Anna had suffered a lot of shit that she would gladly forget. Tetsuya should've experienced a lot of bad things as well.

His silence wasn't surprising, but she wanted to know the reason behind it.

"It's just that I have something to convey... So I have a lot of women." Not expecting this moment to come so soon, Tetsuya tried to explain himself, but a few words escaped his lips only.

Anna smiled and said, "In this world, a good husband is someone who can take care of many women. Even in this devil circle, the good noble head is someone who holds many connections through marriage. I believed that devils were the only ones who thought with their cocks, but it is the same for the rest of the world. I am not surprised you ended up with many women."

"No... I had many women back on Earth. Even while we were in-" Slap!

The loud slap rang out in the devil queen's throne room. This slap pushed Tetsuya's face to the side, he hid his eyes behind his hair and focused on the deep handprint on his cheek. It scortched so much as if the devil queen's hand was lit up in flames before.

Anna said, "So who was I to you?"

"Girlfriend," Tetsuya replied, then another slap pushed his face to another side.

This kind of show continued the more Tetsuya spoke, "I believe that many women deserved me. And vice versa... All of you were so different-"

"By your logic, would it be okay for me to have many other men? You have your own charm, but there is something that you can't change, Tetsuya. I am older than you, so I can't 'taste' the feeling of being pinned down by someone older, right? I am sure you had younger and older women."

"I got my first girlfriend when I was 18... Only two years later I got someone younger than me as a girlfriend for the first tiime, but not enough time passed-" SLAP!

"Thank you for your honest explanation. At least you had some conscience to not go for younger than 18." Anna remembered a lot of women in Tetsuya's life. Just in that birthday party, there were so many of them. A few of them had yet to even work or try some part-time job. The adult life was foreign to them and Tetsuya was like someone who would show them the adult world instead. Actually, he invited one of them to his part-time job and did things behind his boss' back. This boss was also his girlfriend and this kind of thrill just felt normal and fun.

"Yeah... Thanks... No problem, actually..." Tetsuya didn't comment much on that, but just took each slap head-on.

"Do you know... that I can't bring myself to hate you?" Anna's slaps were as if slaps from her former self. The Devil Queen was the one who spoke, "I can't find anyone to trust... I can't find anyone to share my pain with..."

"I am here."

"Yes, you are here, you asshole." The Devil Queen vented her feelings, then wrapped her arms around Tetsuya's neck. For the first time in her new life, she felt relieved and calm!

Tetsuya also genuinely hugged the devil race for the first time.

In this world with polygamy, Tetsuya couldn't bring himself to make The Devil Queen as his moderator. He wanted to keep her close instead... And this kind of feeling was bound to beat within his heart more than once...

Ashley commented inwardly, "I feel like we are going to become some moving army soon..."