Day 10

"Did you manage to to spot anything from up there, Ofelia? Maybe this Luragell? Within spitting distance?" Thomas asked with a glint of hope in his eyes he should know better than to hold on to.
Ofelia said as she donned a smile of compassion and patience, "Thomas... We'll get there when we get there. Look at it this way: It's been three days since we left the Demon Realm. Order territory can't be that far away."
Thomas sighed, "Thank goodness for that! Honestly I really could use some good news once in a while. I wasn't even aware that we've left the Demon Realm."
"You're not supposed to notice if you're in the Demon Realm, Thomas." Simon said as he rolled closer.
"Technically, that depends from case to case." Ofelia corrected, "If you walk into a Dark Demon Realm you can't help but notice. Things are as different from any other climate as it can be. When it comes to Bright-Green Demon Realms, like the one we came from, then it's not quite as easy. The only way to know for sure you've come upon one is if you happen to be sensitive to mana."
"Ah, because monster girls live there, right?" Thomas asked.
"Because only monster girls live there." Simon raised his finger for emphasize, "Along with their husbands of course. Humans and monster girls still live alongside one another in the so called mamono friendly states. Hell, in some anti-mamono states at least the most docile monster girls are tolerated."
Thomas raised an eyebrow, "Ah... Forgive an old sailor now for being so contentious, but you're not telling me that humans aren't allowed to reside in Demon Realms?"
"It's not like that, Thomas. All species are welcome in the Demon Realm, as long as they're able to coexist peacefully with everyone else. It's just that..." Ofelia cleared her throat, "Residing there without exposure to the ambient demonic energy permeating the atmosphere is impossible. Sooner or later a transformation occurs. In other words, a human permanently living in the Demon Realm is a mamono. Or an incubus, in the case of men."

"Transformatio...? So being a monster girl is contagious?" Thomas asked.
"Remember what I told you earlier?" Ofelia said, "Corruption through temptation runs through our very essence. Unlike humans, us mamono have no mana production. We must receive it from humans in one way or another. Instead the demonic energy which radiates from mamono settles in, and transforms, other form of magical energy into demonic energy."

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