﻿\setgamedatatitle("Subjugation of the Second City, Telesneil")

\text("Agri")
Guaaah!
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\text("Caym")
...You can't even beat a monster? You're nowhere near strong
enough to defeat me.
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\text("Agri")
Damn it... Not yet...! There's no way I'm losing...!

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Even after the match was decided, Agri stood back up.
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\text("Caym")
Heh... Not bad. You lot, stand back.
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\text("Orc")
Oink.
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\text("Noro")
Demon Lord...?
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\text("Caym")
If you defeat me and become the strongest, what do you plan
to do?
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\text("Agri")
...I'll become a hero, won't I?
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\text("Risbell")
...Just for something like that?
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\text("Agri")
No one would dare go against the hero who took you down...!

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\text("Caym")
............
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\text("Agri")
If I do that, I can change things. Change this world where
there's no place for the weak...
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\text("Agri")
If you don't have strength, you can't even protect your own
kind. So, there's only one thing to do.
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To protect, I volunteered for the defense force. To protect,
I got stronger.
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And if that's still not enough...
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\text("Agri")
Then I'll take you down!
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\text("Risbell")
No, Caym-sama...!
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\text("Agri")
What... My katana...!?
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\text("Caym")
Hmm... You talk big, but can you back it up?
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Caym caught the downward swing of the blade with his right
hand, using it as a shield.
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Seeing the blood flow, Risbell turned pale and covered her
mouth, but Caym didn't even care.

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\text("Caym")
Come again. I'll take you on as many times as you want.

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\text("Agri")
Ha... What's that supposed to mean? You're not gonna kill
me?
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\text("Risbell")
Caym-sama, your arm...!
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\text("Caym")
It's just a scratch. Hey, Agri. If you want to change the
world, it's too soon for you to die.

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\text("Agri")
What...?
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\text("Caym")
How about we make it a contest? Let's see who can change the
world faster―you or us.

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\text("Caym")
I'm sure it'll be fun, don't you think? After all, it's no
fun without a 'hero' to compete with! Hahaha!

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\text("Agri")
Fun...?
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\text("Risbell")
Don't say such stupid things! That's not something you say
with an injury like that! Your arm is practically split in
two!
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\text("Caym")
It's still attached. Besides, I'm channeling magic to stop
the bleeding, so it's fine.
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\text("Risbell")
How is that fine!?
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\text("Agri")
............
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What is with this bastard?
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He's nothing like any Diabolica Agri has ever met before.

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And yet, he's not the 'Demon Lord' I imagined, either.
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A man who follows his own desires, the very image of a
Diabolica.
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\text("Risbell")
And you! Were you trying to fillet Caym-sama's arm into
three pieces!?
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\text("Agri")
Huh? No, I just...
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\text("Risbell")
Didn't I say there's no reason for us to fight!? Our goals
are the same!
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\text("Caym")
Hey, that's not true. I'm doing this to make the three
queens mine.
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\text("Risbell")
No, it's to save the Diabolica from discrimination.

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\text("Caym")
And to have sex with the Diabolica women I save, of course.

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\text("Risbell")
...I'm seriously going to punch you.
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Just a moment ago, Risbell looked like she was about to cry,
but now she's angry.
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She's different too. There's none of that self-deprecating
look I've seen in other members of our kind.

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Her eyes were full of resolve, fixed straight ahead. Agri
had never seen a Diabolica like that before.

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\text("Spacchio")
...Yeah. Hey, how about you join us?

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\text("Agri")
Huh... You want me to join you?
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\text("Risbell")
That's right! I was going to say that too, but then
Caym-sama...
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\text("Caym")
Hey, don't decide things on your own. What I want isn't more
male allies―it's beautiful, cute, sexy women.

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\text("Risbell")
If we listened to Caym-sama's preferences every time, we'd
never get anything done.
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\text("Agri")
What is with these people...?
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Among those around him were Diabolica, monsters, and even
humans.
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They were all just like Risbell.
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A Demon Lord's army that transcended race and strength.
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\text("Caym")
Tch... Is this any way to treat your king...? So, what's
your answer?
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The man at the top asked. There was no need to even think
about the answer.
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After all, right in front of him was the power Agri had
wished for, trying to change the world.
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\text("Agri")
...Alright.
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\text("Agri")
I'll follow you. Let me use my strength for you.

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\text("Caym")
So it's settled. Then let's put you to work right away.
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\text("Agri")
Yeah, leave it to me!
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\text("Caym")
I'm going to make this whole city mine. First, capture the
mayor and bring him to me!

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...
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By the time Agri arrived at city hall, the mayor who ruled
Telesneil had already taken his own life.
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\text
Thanks to that, the occupation itself went quickly, and Caym
and Risbell returned to the labyrinth ahead of the others.

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...Though, that was all because Caym did something reckless.

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He tried to grab the katana, but ended up getting sliced
from between his thumb and index finger all the way up to
the middle of his arm.
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\text("Risbell")
Why didn't you dodge it?
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While healing the wound with magic, Risbell asked.

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\text("Caym")
Like I could dodge something like that. My plan was to grab
the katana and stop it right there...

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Of course, he had strengthened his eyesight and skin with
magic first.
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But the blade was sharper than he expected, and the sword's
movement was fast.
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If he hadn't twisted his arm halfway through, it really
would have been cut off.
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At the same time, it proved just how skilled Agri was.

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\text("Risbell")
...That was pretty lame.
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Risbell didn't seem too pleased.
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\text("Risbell")
...Please don't ever do something that reckless again. Your
body is important, you know.
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\text("Caym")
............
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\text("Risbell")
............
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With Risbell looking like she was about to cry, even Caym
couldn't help but quiet down.
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\text("Caym")
...My sister used to say the same thing every time I got
hurt.
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Unable to stand the silence, Caym finally spoke up.

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Risbell felt more at ease that way too.
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\text("Risbell")
Your sister must have had a tough time, having to look after
someone like you.
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\text("Caym")
I was the one looking after her, you know? She always acted
like a big sister, but she was actually a spoiled brat. She
always clung to me.
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\text("Risbell")
...You really loved her, didn't you?
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\text("Caym")
Yeah. Of all my family, my sister is the only one I really
remember.
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\text("Risbell")
...I see. All done now.

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\text("Caym")
Thanks. You've got some real skill.
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\text("Risbell")
Hehe. I was top of my class at the magic academy, after all.
Please get some rest now, Caym-sama.
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\text("Risbell")
Beatrice... Caym-sama's older sister... huh.
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Caym looked a little lonely whenever he talked about
Beatrice.
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She was his half-sister, born to a concubine.

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...Of course, there's no way she's still alive.
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According to the records, even her body was crucified and
burned by the executors.
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\text("Risbell")
And only her horn was recovered by the Lasfa Church...

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A Diabolica's horn alone is valuable, and the powerful magic
it contains can be used as a material for magical tools.

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\text("Risbell")
...There's no way it's still around, is there?
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\text("Risbell")
If it was, I wonder if Caym-sama would be happy...

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Maybe, when all this is over, I'll try searching for it,
even if it's pointless.
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\text
That was what Risbell found herself thinking.
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