How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

"My favorite part is the maid costume. If you untie the suspenders, the stockings underneath will become loose."

Sherlock exerted a little force and the suspenders were easily untied. Then she used the back of her hand to lightly lift the corner of her pleated skirt, revealing the pure white color. Perhaps it was the excitement that made her originally low voice take on a different kind of ups and downs.

"The area surrounded by these white lace edges becomes hard to defend, especially when facing an emergency relationship between superiors and subordinates. It's hard not to be excited."

However, just as she was about to move her fingertips toward the area she had been waiting for for a long time as the voice sounded, a cold and indifferent voice suddenly appeared behind her.

"Ms. Sherlock, the entertainment time is over, it's time to discuss business."

The cold voice seemed to cool Sherlock's interest, and she looked unhappy. "But I haven't had enough fun yet, Garcinia, please don't disturb me at this time."

"I'm just reminding you not to go too far beyond the rules. It's not up to you."

"……what happened?"

Sherlock frowned and wanted to speak, but he realized something was wrong. He felt his body suddenly become weak and his arms no longer had the strength to support his body. Jacinia behind him controlled his hands and tied them to the seat next to him with a rope.

I had my arms clamped and couldn't move, but I noticed the movement on my body, opened my eyes carefully, and saw Sherlock's miserable appearance. I was immediately filled with joy.

"You damned fellow, you finally got caught!"

Sherlock was not at all surprised by someone's sudden "change" in character. He looked in the direction of Garcinia and said, "Garcinia, you should have added something special to the snack, right?"

"A potion that can temporarily make a person lose their strength."

"Oh, really? But why is there nothing happening on the other side?"

After being reminded by Sherlock, I finally realized that, apart from feeling a little weak due to the other party's teasing, there was nothing unusual on my side. I couldn't help but cast a curious look at Jacinia.

"Black tea." Jacinia just said a few words lightly.

"The potion was divided into two parts, and you added another ingredient into the black tea." Sherlock immediately thought of the answer, "No wonder I didn't notice it, you're really smart. So I guess the previous performance was also designed by you, right?"

"Yes, I asked Your Highness to cooperate a little, otherwise you will definitely be exposed given your vigilance, Miss."

"There's one more step than originally planned. Why do you think I won't be suspicious?"

"But the fact is, Miss Sherlock, you have indeed been tricked."

"That's right. I thought this was an extra gift you prepared for me. I guess you shouldn't be too self-righteous." Sherlock nodded. "But this is not quite what we agreed on, Garcinia, both in the process and the result."

"Plans always change, and I think Miss Sherlock deserves some small punishment for her past behavior."

"Is that so? I can guess it. If I apologize, can it be over?" Sherlock shrugged and shook his immobile hands. "After all, being tied up with these rough hemp ropes is really a torture."

"If Miss Sherlock could realize the mistakes she had made."

"Yes, I'm sorry."

"Although it's a bit perfunctory, I think this level should be enough."

"Really? Garcinia is really kind."

"Miss Sherlock, you are too kind. However, although this is true for me, it may not be true for His Highness. I hope that Miss can withstand His Highness's anger."

"It's really troublesome, but after all, we had already planned it from the beginning, so it shouldn't be a big deal to apologize properly."

"Wouldn't it be more clear if I asked His Highness about this matter?"

"That's true, but she doesn't seem to be able to listen to me right now."

Just as Sherlock said, I was about to take the pillow from the bed and use it as a weapon to punish the perverted lolita control opposite me, but I was already confused by the inexplicable communication between the two.

"Wait, what on earth is going on?"

However, the one who answered him was not either of the two people, but another voice.

"Because Miss Sherlock is a direct member of the Cheryl family."

Hill, who had appeared at some point, had taken a thick book from the bookshelf and opened a page, revealing a family emblem hidden inside.

"And the Sherrills are of the Royalist faction, am I right, Miss Sherlock Sherrill?"

"Tsk, young lady, you have already said everything. What should I say?" Sherlock sighed helplessly, and finally smiled at me who was stunned in the same place, "Sherlock Cheryl greets His Highness."

……

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Minors please watch the film accompanied by their parents.

The waters are too deep here, and I’m afraid you can’t control yourself.

Chapter 58: So-called Perversion

Shylock, who was adopted by Guinness and raised as an adult, was actually born into the Sherrill family of the royalist party.

In other words, he was born into a family formed by the direct descendants of the Sherrill family who survived the purge decades ago and the daughter of a businessman.

Sherlock had a wonderful childhood, and her father did not want to impose the family's revival and hatred on such a young child, so he and his wife watched over Sherlock as he grew up.

However, this beautiful and simple wish came to an end one day, when the remaining power of the royalist Cheryl family was exposed and instantly wiped out by the liberal families, and even Sherlock's family was inevitably wiped out.

The one in charge of the extermination operation was the Blood Eagle Lord Guinness. After destroying the remaining strongholds of the Sherrill family, he accidentally found Sherlock, who was hidden by his parents, in a cabinet in a house somewhere.

He originally wanted to cleanse Sherlock at the same time, but he noticed the rare and powerful magic and talent in Sherlock, so he used the magic of the mental wizard to forcibly brainwash him, changing Sherlock's cognition and adopting him as his heir to train.

"But the teacher couldn't bear to use this forbidden magic on a child, so he secretly told me the truth. So I pretended to be brainwashed and respected Guinness, but in fact I kept the hatred in my heart until now."

Sherlock's voice sounded calm, but there was a chill that penetrated deep into the bone marrow. "Although I don't care about the revival of the royalists and the party struggles, I know that if I want revenge and destroy everything in Guinness, I can use the power of the royalists to overthrow Berghead."

After hearing Sherlock's explanation, I couldn't help but blink and looked at Garcinia who was standing quietly beside me. "But Garcinia, didn't you say that Sherlock was on Guinness' side?"

"Your Highness, Miss Garcinia was just saying that on purpose." Hill felt helpless about his Highness's confused little head.

Garcinia nodded, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I just wanted to punish Miss Sherlock a little. In fact, the rebellion and contacting the legion commander that I mentioned to Your Highness were all things that Miss Sherlock asked me to do."

...Damn it, it turns out that he had planned to use me to teach Sherlock a lesson. No wonder I thought the previous reason sounded a bit unreasonable, now it seems much more reasonable.

Just thinking about this, I still have a doubt, "Does that mean you knew from the beginning that I was the Demon King?"

"Not really." Jacinia shook her head. "We had no idea that His Highness was coming."

"But after someone entered the room, he used mirror magic to simultaneously report what was happening in the room to Miss Sherlock, so she knew about the Demon King."

"You can't say that I was completely unaware." Sherlock suddenly corrected Garcinia's statement and said with a smile, "I just attended a private meeting with several royalists. The boss of an intelligence dealer revealed the news of your appearance to us and wanted us to join forces."

"Victoria?" I was stunned. I didn't expect Victoria to have made such preparations for me. But after thinking about it carefully, it seemed a little strange. "No, why didn't Victoria mention your name?"

Compared to Gracinia, Sherlock's status and power are obviously greater. And according to Sherlock's statement just now, she must have been involved in the power struggle among the royalists. How could Victoria's intelligence network not know anything about it?

"Ala, Your Highness, you are so innocent and adorable." Sherlock chuckled, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. "How could a cautious person like me participate in this openly? Of course, I would use someone else's name or hide my identity."

I couldn't help but roll my eyes when I heard this. "Pah, then you've been tricked, haven't you?"

"After all, His Highness is so cute, it's hard not to be attracted to him." Sherlock winked at me, and the water waves in his eyes made it hard for people not to have ambiguous thoughts. "I don't think it's a loss to be able to enjoy His Highness's seductive posture."

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Hill and Jacinia both thought secretly.

As the person involved and the victim, the pink-haired girl naturally recalled the terrible scene before after hearing these words. Her cute face instantly turned red, and you could even faintly see some steam on it, just like a rice cooker after work.

"You, you, you, you still have the nerve to say..."

But suddenly I thought of something.

"Wait, according to Garcinia, you obviously knew I was the Demon King a long time ago, so why did you do it so openly?" I cast a scrutinizing gaze at a certain perverted lolita control and asked through gritted teeth, "And what is that so-called plan?"

Sherlock looked away, but could not resist the leak of the secret by his "partner in crime".

"The plan is to do what Miss Sherlock did to His Highness before, and finally learn His Highness's identity by 'accident' from someone else, and then swear allegiance to His Highness."

Garcinia calmly told Sherlock all of his plans. "According to Miss Sherlock, this way, they could 'enjoy' themselves and have a reason to escape accountability. It was just disrupted by a sudden change of mind."

"Although the process was a little unexpected, I believe the outcome should still be good. After all, Your Highness is so kind and lovely, he probably won't mind the previous rude actions. How about just treating it as a beautiful misunderstanding?"

Even though his plan was exposed, Sherlock still showed no sign of shame and even winked at me.

What answered her was a small black leather shoe reflected in her eyes.

"I think you'd better die, pervert."

However, unexpectedly, Sherlock had untied the ropes on his body at some point, and while regaining his strength, he lightly grabbed the little foot kicking in front of him. It was obviously an act of punishing the perverted lolita, but from the scene, it looked more like a scene of a master and a maid playing around.

"I originally had no interest in or thoughts about the royalists, but it doesn't seem like a bad thing to serve a lovely person like you, Your Highness."

Sherlock smiled slightly and gave a light kiss to the small and delicate little foot in his hand. After feeling the sweet scent of a baby's milk on the toes, he even mischievously licked it with the tip of his tongue, leaving a conspicuous water mark on the toes of the velvet socks.

"Sherlock Sherrill meets His Royal Highness."

"..."

The next second, Sherlock was hit by a pillow and flew away.

Chapter 59: Change of Plan

"So Lord Sherlock is also a member of the royalist faction, and Miss Garcinia is the adjutant who assists Lord Sherlock in his actions. This is really surprising."

In the Nightingale Tavern, after Victoria listened to Hill's statement, which omitted some difficult-to-speak parts, she, like Rob, showed a look of surprise. However, when she looked at the figure entangled with the one beside her, her expression was inevitably a little strange.

Although he was somewhat displeased with his behavior that showed little respect for His Highness, he was reluctant to speak out to stop it out of consideration for his identity and uncertainty about his relationship with His Highness.

Victoria and Rob were not easy to talk to, so I had no scruples. Or maybe I had already been fed up with the harassment from someone next to me, so I slapped the other person's hand that was playing with my hair and said, "You are so annoying, go play with your own hair."

"I just think your Highness smells good." After dodging, Sherlock shamelessly moved closer, his eyes full of ambiguity, his mouth slightly raised as if with a bit of grievance, "Your Highness is really stingy."

"This has nothing to do with being stingy." But I knew this was all just the acting of this perverted lolita. A faint vein popped up on my forehead, and I moved my seat to the side. "And now is the time to discuss business."

"But for me, the most important thing is how to get closer to His Highness." Sherlock moved his seat closer again, "Maybe this way I can continue what I didn't finish last time."

"Bah, you're dreaming." I spat with a blushing face and moved my seat away again.

But this look and words seemed a little special in the eyes of Victoria and Rob. Could it be that the thing that was not completed last time, between the two girls, was... arm wrestling?

Thinking of this, Victoria and Rob couldn't help but look at Sherlock with a bit of contempt. It was really shameful that he could do such a thing as bullying a child like His Highness.

Sherlock was unaware of the two people's strange train of thought. After seeing me move my seat further away, she was planning to get closer again. However, she never expected that a cold figure would interrupt and directly disrupt her plan.

"Miss Sherlock, please don't tease His Highness too much." Hill, who had exchanged seats with a certain pink-haired creature, glanced at Sherlock calmly, "Please also be aware of your status with His Highness."

Sherlock was obviously a little afraid of Hill, whose background and strength were unknown. He glanced at the cute face made by someone not far away, smiled helplessly, and returned to his seat. "Okay, okay, so now it's time to talk about Berghead?"

A day has passed since the field investigation of Guinness's mansion. Although no trace or information of Guinness was found, two of his subordinates, Jacinia and Sherlock, were unexpectedly gained.

Thinking that contact between the two sides might be of great help, I asked Sherlock to come to the Nightingale Tavern privately. As for Garcinia, she wanted to meet with Satasia first. Considering what the other party knew, Sherlock should also know it, so I agreed to Garcinia's request.

And just as I expected, Sherlock explained his business arrangements in Berghead over the past few years.

You wouldn’t know it if you didn’t tell you, but the relationships involved actually include nearly half of Berghead’s forces, and most of them are aristocrats and military figures.

"That means, with Miss Sherlock's support, the royalists currently account for about half of Berghead's strength." Victoria narrowed her green eyes and analyzed, "Counting His Highness's support in the Demon King's Castle, the chance of winning is about 70%."

"But this is only on the surface. Who knows what tricks that old monster might have in secret, right?" Sherlock stretched out his slender fingertips and tapped the table, smiling slightly, no longer concealing his dislike for Guinness.

"And even if we have a 70% chance of winning, Berghead will inevitably be affected after the war begins. Even if we succeed, how to take over at that time will be an important problem."

After hearing Sherlock's words, I was about to correct them that I just wanted to take the core of the city of Berghead, but Hill next to me saw through it.

"Your Highness, Berghead is a hub city in the southeast of the empire. Taking the core is equivalent to abandoning all the buildings inside. I don't think it's worth it." Hilton paused, "If possible, we should use Miss Sherlock's identity to secretly transfer it to the bottom of the Demon King's City."

Victoria also agreed with this. "Your Highness, Miss Hill is right. Miss Sherlock is still the heir of Guinness. She can take over Berghead in a legitimate capacity without attracting the attention of the empire."

What they said reminded me that the idea I had at the beginning of breaking through Berghead and taking the core of the city to build a city now seems a little unrealistic.

After all, this is just like the fortress war mentioned before. By breaking through other fortresses and taking the core to build your own fortress, why not choose to occupy the fortress directly? It seems like you are missing the point by doing this. Even though the significance of building a city is different from directly occupying it, it is not so important as to directly abandon a hub city.

"Don't think it's too simple."

Although Hill and Victoria said so, Sherlock, as the person involved, didn't think so. He propped up his cheek and knocked on the table, "If you want that old man to hand over the position, you have to wait at least ten years."

"Control or eliminate Guinness directly?"

"Oh, if there is such a possibility, it is better to wait for a dozen years. Regardless of his own strength and means of retention, the forces he has cultivated in Berghead will also mutiniate. With our current strength not being that different, this is no different from going to war directly."

"That is to say, Guinness must be eliminated for a legitimate reason, and it cannot happen through our hands."

"And if we want to minimize unrest in Berghead, it would be best to make some of the forces he has cultivated disappear together." Sherlock added another condition.

It seems extremely difficult to fulfill such harsh conditions. After Sherlock's voice fell, not only Hill, Victoria and Rob beside her, but also herself, fell into silence.

It seemed that there would not be any suitable method in the short term, but what they never expected was that a delicate voice broke the silence.

"Wouldn't it be fine if we let someone else take care of Guinness for us?"