Chapter 156: Chapter 156: The Emperor of Demise's Defeat—Ilulu Makes Her Entrance
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Tohru and the others, who had been watching anxiously, were stunned.
"He's... so strong!" Elma stammered, staring at the chasm in the ground.
"Maji yabakune~" Kanna could only express her shock with her usual catchphrase.
"That's Roy's power? Amazing!" Tohru exclaimed, jumping up and down excitedly.
"Even a God... no, it's still not enough to defeat a god," Lucoa said, her eyes filled with a mix of hope and worry.
The power of gods wasn't that simple.
"Father-in-law, shall we continue?" Roy asked with a smirk.
"I've lost. There's nothing more to say," the Dragon Emperor replied, turning away.
"Please take good care of Tohru."
With that, he spread his wings and flew away.
"Don't worry, Father-in-law! I'll take good care of Tohru!" Roy shouted after him.
The departing Dragon Emperor smiled slightly, hearing his words.
"Roy!" Tohru's joyful voice called out.
Roy turned around and was immediately tackled by Tohru, who wrapped her arms around him tightly.
"Hahaha!" Tohru giggled, burying her face in his chest.
Roy couldn't help but smile.
"Thank you, Roy."
"It's what I should do, Tohru. But shouldn't you change how you address me now?"
"Eh?"
"You can call me 'Husband' now," Roy explained.
"Of course, if you want to call me 'Hubby,' I wouldn't mind either," he teased, looking at the blushing Tohru.
"...Husband," Tohru mumbled, her voice barely audible.
If Roy didn't have such good hearing, he wouldn't have heard her.
He couldn't resist kissing her.
Lucoa and the others, watching from a distance, felt a pang of jealousy.
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Back at the apartment...
"The food is cold! What do we do now?" Tohru wailed, seeing the feast she had prepared.
"Of all times for Father to show up, he had to come right when lunch was ready," she grumbled, blaming her father for the cold food.
"We'll just have to reheat it," Roy said with a sigh.
"Leave it to me," Lucoa offered with a smile.
"Eh?" Tohru looked at her curiously.
Lucoa waved her hand over the dishes, and they instantly became warm again, as if they had just been cooked.
She had used her time magic to rewind the food back to when it was freshly prepared.
"Amazing!"
"As expected of Lucoa-sama."
Tohru and the others were impressed.
Roy also marveled at her incredible power.
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They returned to their peaceful daily lives.
Roy spent his days with Tohru and Kanna, going shopping, exploring the city, and occasionally playing Bullet Hell in the subspace.
He was now waiting for the last Dragon, Ilulu, to appear so he could take them all back to his world.
Elma, the ultimate glutton, had already fallen for his "food strategy."
Lucoa also had feelings for him. He just needed the right opportunity to make his move.
One day, as Roy was relaxing on the sofa, enjoying a lap pillow from Tohru, he heard a news report on TV.
"This morning, a large-scale mudslide occurred in the XX district. It seems an entire mountain was partially destroyed..."
The screen displayed an image of a mountain with a chunk missing from its side.
Roy's eyes lit up.
She's here!
Tohru, seeing the destroyed mountain, was furious.
"That mountain holds precious memories for us! Who destroyed it?" she roared.
"When I find the culprit, I'll tear them to pieces, send them to hell, and feed them to a chimera!"
She even extended her claws menacingly.
"Let's go find the culprit," Roy said, sitting up.
"Yes! Elma went out this morning. Could it be her? And I haven't seen Fafnir in a few days. He's suspicious too," Tohru speculated.
'It's a good thing Lucoa is out today. Otherwise, she would have punished Ilulu for causing such destruction,' Roy thought.
They went to Fafnir's apartment first.
"I was busy playing games. I didn't have time to destroy anything," Fafnir replied flatly when Tohru questioned him.
Tohru gave up. She knew Fafnir wouldn't lie about such a thing.
They then went to look for Elma.
They found her enjoying some taiyaki.
Suddenly, she was punched in the face and sent flying.
"Why did you hit me, Tohru?" Elma asked, confused.
"It was you! You destroyed that mountain, didn't you?!" Tohru accused, pointing at her.
"Huh?" Elma was bewildered.
They could also see the damaged mountain from where they were.
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Seeing the mountain, Elma understood.
"I was wondering about that this morning!"
"So it wasn't you?" Tohru asked.
"Of course not!" Elma retorted. "That mountain was clearly destroyed last night! The news only reported it this morning."
"That's true. It can't be you then," Tohru agreed, stroking her chin.
"Of course it wasn't me!" Elma grumbled, rubbing her sore cheek.
"Alright, Elma, I'll buy you some pudding later," Roy said, patting her head to comfort her.
"You promise?" Elma's eyes lit up.
"Yes, I promise," Roy chuckled.
"Then who did it?" Tohru wondered.
"It was me."
A voice came from the sky.
Tohru and Elma looked up.
A girl with red hair, horns, and a black robe descended from the sky.
"Ilulu?!" Tohru and Elma's expressions hardened.
"Hello!" Ilulu greeted them with a sweet smile that held a hint of malice.
Elma quickly cast a spell to prevent humans from noticing them.
"Such a beautiful city, filled with happy humans. It would be fun to destroy it, wouldn't it?"
"You're a member of the Chaos faction, yet you're friendly with humans? You must be my enemy."
Ilulu opened her robe, revealing her red claws and the large pouch on her chest.
As a fire dragon, she stored her flames in that pouch.
In her human form, the pouch was large and white, even larger than Lucoa's... assets.
Tohru's temper flared, upon hearing Ilulu's words.
The ground beneath her feet cracked, and she charged towards Ilulu.
Ilulu also charged.
BOOM!
They collided with a powerful impact.
Tohru kicked Ilulu high into the air, then followed her, and they began to brawl.
"That's Ilulu, the most radical member of the Chaos faction. She loves destruction. She must have followed Tohru here. She wants to destroy this world," Elma explained to Roy, assuming he didn't know Ilulu.
Roy, of course, knew Ilulu. In fact, he knew her better than anyone.
Ilulu was an extremist of the Chaos faction, driven by a desire to destroy.
She had once played happily with human children, but after her parents were killed by humans, she developed a deep hatred for them.
She had the ability to change people's gender and had even turned Kobayashi into a man in the original story.
Due to her lack of control over her powers, her hands remained dragon claws in her human form.
If she forced them to transform into human hands, they would become a mass of tiny hands, like Doraemon's, which could still grasp objects. Those with trypophobia, however, should avoid looking at them.
In terms of strength, Ilulu was no match for Tohru. But in a city, Tohru would have to hold back to avoid harming humans.
Roy wouldn't let Tohru get hurt like in the original story.
Snap!
He snapped his fingers, and they were transported to the subspace.
"Tohru, don't hold back." Roy instructed.
Tohru looked around, then smiled.
She could finally unleash her full power.
Ilulu flew above Tohru, charging a powerful attack, her flame pouch glowing brightly.
Tohru also charged an energy beam in her mouth.
They both fired.
The two beams collided.
BOOM!!!
It wasn't an even match.
Tohru's beam easily overpowered Ilulu's and struck her.
BOOM!
A massive explosion erupted.
"AAAAAGH!" Ilulu screamed.
When the smoke cleared, Ilulu was unconscious.
Tohru didn't kill her. She opened a portal and tossed Ilulu through it.
"That takes care of that! Hehe!" Tohru giggled, giving Roy a peace sign.
"Well done!" Roy gave her a thumbs up.
But he knew this wasn't over. Ilulu wouldn't take this defeat lying down.
And that was exactly what he wanted.
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That night, Roy went out alone.
"Where's Ilulu?"
According to the original story, she should return.
Roy strolled through the streets, searching for her.
Then, he smirked, sensing her presence.
A figure leaped down from a building and landed before him.
"You're the Devil called Roy, right? It's because of you that I was defeated by Tohru! I'll kill you!" Ilulu snarled, baring her fangs.
She seemed to think she could easily defeat him.
"You want to fight here?" Roy chuckled.
"I'm with the Chaos faction. I don't care about the rules!" Ilulu retorted with a grin, then charged at him.
Roy shrugged. It seemed this brat needed a good beating.
He pulled Ilulu into the subspace.
"A subspace? Even better." Ilulu, momentarily surprised, didn't seem to mind and continued her attack.
She wanted to fight him in close combat.
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