“It’s difficult to say, Master.” Shao sighed after examining me in our room. “I’m not exactly a real demon.”

Although Shao was technically a Demon, she was reincarnated into this world and only appeared a demon. The village she had appeared in was a border town, not unlike Chalm, where nonaggressive demons and humans seemed to live together. This village was burned to the ground by the Imperial Cloud Meadow, and Shao was turned into a slave until she ultimately ended up in Aberis.

She had never been in the demon lands, and she knew nothing regarding demons at all. It wasn’t like she had some kind of genetic memory on what it meant to be a demon. As for becoming a Demon Lord, that was something that had happened due to despair. Perhaps, it was the special job she was given. Mine was White Mage, which skipped a great deal of practice to instantly give me a third-tier job. Demon Lord might be similar, but where other jobs could be accessed all the time, the Demon Lord could only be accessed with special circumstances, which might be someone’s mental state.

“And Demon Lord is still greyed out.” I finished my thought out loud with a sigh.

Shao jerked for a second, and then looked up at me guiltily. “Master, I have something to confess.”

“Huh? What is it?”

“I can become a Demon Lord!”

“What?” I jerked up, feeling a bit alarmed.

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She shook her hands. “It’s not bad! The other girls already know! I can access it similar to the way Lydia accesses her beast form. It’s kind of an emotional thing. When I feel despair and desperation, it unlocks. However, I didn’t lose my mind, so I believe with time, I can control the job.”

“I see…” I scratched my chin, still worrying a bit. “Well, as long as you think it’s safe.”

She was still my slave, so even if she did turn, I should be able to have some control over her. I wasn’t like her previous Slave Master. I was also a Harem Master! Ahem… and then there were my blessings which gave me an affinity for slaves. Overall, Shao shouldn’t become a problem. Instead, I put it aside and focused more on this Demonic Knight job. I hadn’t equipped it yet because I was worried.

“You have resisted demonic entrapment.”

“I think that was a one-time attack when you used the token, Master. Demonic Knight should just be something similar to Dark Knight.” Shao explained. “As for why it failed, that should be obvious. You’re immune to certain affects of the miasma.

"Certain affects?"

"Miasma can still damage your soul the same as anyone. If you fail to resist a powerful enough karmic infection, there can be some consequences."

"I see..."

"Don't feel too down. You're still quite amazing. If you weren’t, it likely would have attacked your mind, and then taken control of you. The effects probably wouldn’t have been obvious at first. It’d probably be like a sleeper agent. Unless activated, you’d go on thinking nothing was wrong.”

“If that’s true… that means…” My eyes widened in horror.

Shao looked at me curiously, but then she started to realize the truth as well.

All of these Knights Lord Reign was creating, they were all infected with demonic entrapment. I didn’t know where he was getting these tokens from, but whether he knew it or not, he was creating a demonic army! With the snap of a finger, the right person could take control of all of those people, making them fight however he saw fit!