I took a bite out of the meat stick, and my mouth was hit with a sweet but gamey and rich taste. The meat was not what I had expected, but I was hungry, and the meat wasn't that bad."What do you think of the meat?" The Demon woman that had handed me the food asked me, but I put up a finger to get her to wait.The meat was chewy, and there wasn't much fat on it, so I was trying to empty my mouth before speaking."Not horrible, but a bit chewy. Still, I was starving, and the sweet sticky sauce that you put on it is perfect!" I explained after I was finally able to swallow the meat."Yes, the Gnoll tends to have a bit of a weird taste."The woman's words instantly made my mouth start to salivate. My stomach started to churn, and I had to fight to keep the food down."Are you okay?" Nushi tried to ask me, but I nodded my head yes, even though I was far from okay.The gnoll were humanoids, and the thought of eating anything human-shaped w

The women mobbed Nushi and Howl briefly, but it ended quickly. Within minutes they broke away, and Thenia turned to me."What are you wanting to make?" The pleasant Demon woman asked.As she did, I became distracted, watching the kitchen knit itself back together. I had seen many strange things, but this was like watching time run in reverse.Chunks of debris down to the dust slowly started pulling themselves together. The cracks and seams of each thing sealed up as I watched.The whole scene made me forget Thenia's question and my hunger until the display was over. Also, watching the shards of glass reform to bottles as the spices stream back into them was oddly satisfying."You act as though you have never seen this before? How could you be a Demon Lord and never have witnessed Spatial Reversal Magic?" Peri asked in a slightly condescending tone, but I ignored it.Nushi spoke, which was nice because I didn't have a good answer to the quest

"Are you saying that Calabro is a danger?!" I asked, but Nushi shook her head no.I relaxed, but only slightly.The severe look that Nushi had on her face said that the story was only getting started."As I listened, I tried to peer into Calabro's mind, but that's when something extremely strange happened. There was an extremely dark demonic presence unlike I had ever felt. Before I knew what was happening, I was sucked into four different dimensions, fracturing my consciousness," Nushi explained as I listened with rapt attention.I was no longer resting against the wall. Instead, I was sitting cross-legged in front of Nushi.I had a creeping suspicion of where this story was going, but I didn't want to interrupt her again. I would let her continue to explain, but my mind had started to race.Only one demon could do something as impossible as this sounded. Helsin Zero."Unfortunately for him, the mind is, and always has been, one of my specialties. I was able to force all the dimensio

"Listen, I just want to thank you all for helping me out and getting this far," I said, but Perita spoke up, pushing some of her long red hair out of her face."I could hardly say that we have helped you. Since you have come, we have constantly placed our burdens on you. At first, you accepted to all of our surprises," Perita explained, and the other women nodded along."I, for one, have been one of the biggest thorns, but I am thankful for the person that you have turned out to be," Nixi said as she came walking down the stairs.The women all started to voice my praise, and that was not what I had intended. Luckily, Clesh seemed to notice the uneasy look on my face and stood up, quieting down the others."I think what Zack meant was for the work we have been doing. We should all enjoy that, and most of us should be getting to bed. Tomorrow is our last day on this island, and we all have much left to do," Clesh told the women like she was the oldest among them.Surprisingly, the woman

I left the kitchen and headed through the now empty living room and up the stairs. Mary's room was on the first floor, so I walked over to the pair of doors on the left.There were two doors for the same room; the other was for Missy. I wondered if the two were getting along better now?I opened the door, but there was a wall up this time, dividing the two rooms. I guess this was a good way to keep them from fighting.I walked over to Mary's bed and slowly started to uncoil her off me. She stayed asleep for the most part as I did this, occasionally moaning about meats.Once Mary was in her bed, I leaned down and kissed her forehead. Her snakes didn't hiss at me, and I smiled as I stood back up, heading for the door.I would have to try and help the sisters mend things. I would need to figure out what was the reason for Missy's benign and constant questions.I closed the door as I left and started to make my way up to my room. I was tired, but now I had Missy on the brain as I trudged