Primordial Villain with a Slave Harem

Chapter 622: Too Unique

Vex then returned her gaze to me and shook her head while responding in full. ”As you should know, the Consortium is no longer doing its best to remain on the good side of the duke. You’ve made this revelation of yours with impeccable timing… a few weeks ago you would’ve put me in a troublesome position. All that is to say, no, you don’t have to worry about me or the others under Black Fang’s wing, but I strongly advise you to keep this a secret from others. ”

”I see… Before you people make plans involving my Heralds, run it by me first. I might not be as strong as you, but I have a lot more tricks under my belt. If I wanted to, I could make your lives a living hell.”

My girls tensed upon hearing my words, but Vex’s grin only increased as a result, before she clapped proudly. ”I like your attitude, future hubby. A man’s gotta know when to put his feet down. I was curious how you would react to my statement. As far as I’m concerned, you passed with flying colors.”

I had to chuckle wryly while shaking my head. I didn’t appreciate being tested, it’s not easy on my heart to threaten my future lover who could also tear me apart if she took offense. ”Great. Now, could you tell us how you know so much about us?”

”Ah, the impatience of youth…”

”You know, you keep insinuating you’re much older than us, but when I make a note of that fact, you act like I’m a rude piece of shit. Can you tell me what’s up with that?”

”No.”

She instantly shot my request down before continuing as if nothing happened, ”You made a big blunder multiple times, future hubby. First, the age-measuring artifact tipped off Lady Black Fang that something strange was going on, which she hid from the rest of the circle heads by ordering complete silence from Wrinkle, your examiner.

Due to the strange reading of the artifact, she began observing you with her ancient, incredibly well-learned eyes. Lady Black Fang might seem like a crazy recluse, and she is, but she spends an enormous amount of time absorbing all sorts of knowledge from any source she can get her hands on.

In the first event of the Phenom Trials, where you had to eliminate other participants until only a small number remained, you made your second mistake. Or, to be more accurate, you made it before stepping foot in there.”

Realization slowly dawned on me. ”The uniqueness of the women I surrounded myself with…”

”Bingo!” Vex nodded eagerly.

She looked at Ayame before saying, ”A woman with a katana and the Samurai class.”

Next came Blossom. ”You tried hiding Ghosty’s dog-kin nature in the beginning, such as cruelly strapping her tail and ears down but quickly gave up. Honestly, it wouldn’t have worked, human rogues have vastly different spells from a Phantom Canine.”

Hearing Blossom’s saddened whimper, Vex quickly added, ”It’s not like any of you could’ve done a better job of hiding, I would say remaining low-key was destined to fail with your group, so you shouldn’t blame yourself, Ghosty.”

Her eyes traveled to my platinum-haired plump alchemist next. ”A mage with the rare Enchanter specialization. Tell me, how many Enchanters have you met in your life?”

Seeing my wry expression, Vex giggled, ”Exactly.”

”You, Lucille, or should I call you Eveliana Mirabelle Althea Greenvale?”

”Lucille. Eveliana died a long time ago. I’m nothing but Quinlan’s loving woman and Scourge, the Berserker-classed Vesper Herald helping Devil’s rise to supremacy.”

Based on the proud smile visible on Vex’s delicate lips, she liked Lucille’s answer quite a bit. ”Good. You were the least memorable of them all, but you’ve come a long way since then.”

Lucille was visibly happy at earning such a mighty entity’s praise. ”Thank you. I only steeled my heart and picked up my axe in recent times. Back during the first event of the trials, I was a borderline liability if I’m being honest.” ℞ἈNO͍𝔟Ě𝘴

”Don’t put it like that…” I said, not liking the way she spoke about herself.

Lucille wasn’t having any of it, evidenced by the strong shaking of her gorgeous caramel-haired head. ”Quin, there’s no need to sugarcoat the truth. Combat is not a matter to be taken lightly, it’s best if we’re being realistic by leaving out any feelings stemming from our love for each other. The first thing you did back then was try teaming up with a tanker in the person of Ambition because I was a horrible frontliner who was worse at it than Ayame, our main damage dealer at the time, even though I was wearing cumbersome armor back then with the sole intention of being the group’s damage sponge.”

”Hey, I’m still the main damage dealer!” Ayame protested.

”Yes, because Daddy- I mean Quin is no longer part of the group… He is rolling solo now…” Aurora purred, earning herself a strong scoff from the oriental beauty who had no further comebacks.

”Knowing your limits is the key to living a long life as a combatant. That, or being batshit crazy like the rest of the women cruel fate decided to surround me with…” Vex murmured with extreme hypocrisy, before continuing, ”Raika is the brawler equivalent of a Berserker, you can train with her in the future once you become a bit stronger.”

”I’ll do just that, thank you.” Lucille wasn’t shying away from the challenge, despite it being obvious she was offered a grand beating session just now. I had to nod at my woman with strong appreciation, her attitude was perfect for the Berserker class. There was no room for hesitation in the high-risk, high-reward combat style of that archetype.

Vex finished her revelations by glancing in the direction where Seraphiel was currently busy healing Raika and the half-dead necromancer. ”As for the last member of your team, Solace, well, she’s obviously an elf.”

”Wait, how did you know?” Aurora asked.

”You can put that poor creature in stuffy boots and hide her face behind masks, but her bow gave her identity away. Lady Black Fang immediately noticed who its maker was from first sight, and she knew humans couldn’t get that dwarf to make them a personalized weapon.”

”Oh… Damn.” I knew humans were capable of crafting similar weapons to her Lifebloom Arc weapon that could transform from a bow to a staff and also shoot healing and magic arrows, at the very least by forcing enslaved dwarfs to do it for them, but it seems I was just ignorant.

Seraphiel also didn’t know about it, she is not very knowledgeable about what’s available in the human lands or not, and furthermore, I’m guessing her mother, Sylvaris was the one to order it. She just accepted it and didn’t research if it had any trademark embedded that would give its maker’s identity away.

”I see. Before you continue, can I have a small request? Since you already know so much about me, I’ll just confess to the fact I killed Soren and made his ex-slave into my group’s tanker. I want to have Lyra present with us from now on.”

”Hoh…?” Instant amusement was visible in Vex’s playful eyes.