Academy’s Weapon Replicator chapter 309

Chapter 92: Gourmet (2)

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In the room, a man was sitting on a chair with an antique desk in front of him.

The room was spacious and was a typical company representative’s room.

There was a nameplate on the desk.

‘President Arald Lemaire’.

The man sitting in the chair had brown hair and was neatly trimmed. He was wearing glasses, giving him an intellectual impression. He was quite handsome and, above all, young. It’s unbelievable that he’s the chairman of a major company called Hitchcock.

The man was cutting something on a plate on the desk with a silver knife.

“sorry. “I was eating.”

“… … .”

As Frontier walked a little further forward, what he saw on the plate was a steak.

President Hitchcock, Arald, stabbed a piece of steak cut with a knife with a fork and calmly brought it to his mouth and muttered.

“… … You eat here. “I don’t even go to the restaurant.”

“Yes.”

After answering, Arald wiped his mouth with a napkin and then looked at Frondier.

“Because I like eating alone.”

“… … .”

Frondier’s eyes sank coldly.

Where the company’s chairman eats is of no interest to Frontier.

But Paul’s story that I heard just a moment ago, and the meal that Arald is showing me now.

It is natural for a natural suspicion to cross Frondier’s head.

“Is that human flesh?”

Frondier asked without hesitation.

Arald was putting the next piece of meat in his mouth, and his cheeks were bulging as he gurgled.

He chewed the meat a few more times and then said:

“This is not it.”

Hiss!

Frontier’s black sky stretched out quickly.

The black cloth that turned into blades grazed around Arald’s body and became lodged at the end of the wall. If you move even a little, you will see blood. It was similar to what I did with Lili.

Naturally, Arald’s movements also stopped.

“Do you want to play with me?”

Frondier walked languidly like that. Arald’s gaze naturally rose upward.

“You know why I came. But you speak so shamelessly. “This is not it.”

Frondier glanced at the steak.

When we put it in the workshop and checked it, it turned out to be ordinary beef.

However, the intention behind eating a steak in front of Frontier and giving an ambiguous answer is different.

“You are a flesh-eating demon, and I have no intention of making excuses for that. So you are my enemy. “Can I accept it like this?”

“… … excuse. “I didn’t mean it that way.”

Arald raised his hand as if to apologize. Naturally, he was cut by Frondier’s black cloth and blood flowed. He said regardless.

“I cannot hide my past of eating human flesh. You probably already know. So, the answer is that ‘this’ is not human flesh. “I am not good at human speech, so please forgive me.”

“… … .”

Arald’s expression remained calm even as blood flowed from his hands. Rather than being calm, he seemed like a person who does not know pain. It seems that it is not only the way of speaking that is clumsy.

Shuuk, Frontier recovered the black cloth. Arald looked at his wounded hand for a moment, then turned his gaze back to Frondier.

“Mr. Frontier must have come this far because he has his own confidence.”

“At least I heard that this company is full of demons, and that there is someone among them with cannibalistic desires.”

Of course, the demon of that cannibalistic desire is Arald. Still, until just a moment ago, it was nothing more than a problem for Frontier. Of course, it was an opinion that was close to certainty.

Arald asked.

“Why do you seek cannibalistic desires?”

“It’s to find the devil.”

Arald nodded at Frondier’s answer. It seemed to be somewhat expected.

“Then I guess you can make a deal with me.”

After saying that, Arald picked up his knife and fork again. The blood dripping from my right hand wetted the plate and mixed with the blood on the steak. I cut it again with a knife and ate the meat.

Frondier asked as he watched the scene.

“It’s a deal. Do you think I would make a deal with you?”

“of course.”

“How can you be sure?”

“If I hadn’t done that, I would have been dead by now.”

Arald said he would have died and chewed his steak.

Frondier was shocked and looked at the sight for a moment.

For the first time since coming to this world, Frondier met someone more shameless than himself.

“You seem carefree. Talking about his own death.”

“hmm. Demons also fear death, but not as much as humans do. This tends to happen as your rank increases. I thought you already knew. The devil is actually afraid of living. “My biggest fear is living a life with my desires castrated.”

At those words, Frontier briefly recalled the past.

Belphegor, whom he personally defeated, and Lili, whom he imprisoned in the workshop. Clearly, neither of them cared about death itself.

Belphegor said he would not die, but he seemed aloof despite the fact that he would suffer even more, and Lily even held out her hand to kill him.

“Living is because of fear.”

“yes. Please keep this in mind the next time you threaten the devil. It will work well.”

Arald put down the knife there. It seemed like I had finally finished eating the steak.

He said while looking at Frontier.

“We at Hitchcock promise our full support and support to Mr. Frontier.”

“… … “These are favorable words considering the shameless answers you have given so far.”

“Shameless… … . I see. sorry. “That was also a misunderstanding.”

Even though Arald is still apologizing, his expression does not change at all. Since I wear glasses, I can’t even see the inner face changes.

“What exactly do you mean by providing support?”

“I will cooperate with you in finding Mr. Frontier’s demon. “We too have been in trouble recently.”

You were really in trouble?

When Frondier tilted his head at those words, Arald spoke again.

“Recently, the crimes of the demons hiding in the empire have become more and more bold, so it was necessary to eliminate these demons as quickly as possible. “If the empire begins to infest all the demons within the empire because of them, it will be dangerous for me too.”

“… … “You speak well on the subject of eating human flesh.”

“That’s true, but I tried my best not to get caught. “If it weren’t for you, no one would have known.”

“With that logic, do you pretend not to know the family of a dead person? People who are still looking for someone you ate?”

Arald tilts his head at Frondier’s words.

“The humans I ate were originally planned to be eaten by monsters outside. There was no way for their families to find out who ate it. Is there a difference between the two?”

“… … you.”

“Besides, I no longer eat human flesh. I knew it was too dangerous no matter how I got it. In the end, it turned around and I caught you, so even though I was right, it was too late.”

Arald shook his head.

Frondier saw that and thought about cutting off Arald’s head for a moment. Maybe it won’t be that difficult. Arald is completely unarmed right now, and even though he is a demon, he can hardly sense any aurors right now.

However, if you kill Arald here, the story becomes too complicated and there is no benefit whatsoever.

Arald ate the dead bodies in the mana injection incident, so he has nothing to do with the murder. If I had to say it, I would be guilty of neglect.

‘… … At that time, there was an imperial secret department behind the mana injection. From Arald’s perspective, it would have been easier to act. If you dispose of the corpse for the good of the empire, the shadow will be happy. From the way he talks, it doesn’t seem like he feels any guilt at all. Rather, they probably thought they were killing two birds with one stone, saying it was for the good of the empire.’

Frondier cannot kill Arald now. To be precise, you don’t make that choice. Perhaps Arald himself knows better.

Of course, the fact that he could come out so shamelessly even if he knew about it is definitely questionable about his mental state.

“You said the crimes have become bolder, but what specifically are the devils doing now?”

“It varies. Murder, rape, theft, fraud, etc. It’s full of easy-to-understand crimes. Of course, the devils who are caught do not admit that they are devils, but if the number of crimes increases, the empire will try to dig up the ‘criminal organization’. Then, even if the intention was not to find the devil, there is a good chance that you will end up finding the devil.”

“… … The devils probably know the danger better than anyone else, so why commit a crime now? “Do you feel there is a limit to your ability to resist your desires?”

Wasn’t the reason why demons hadn’t been discovered in the empire until now because of the demons’ nervous and careful vigilance? Why are you suddenly doing something dangerous?

“You probably feel it instinctively. “The devils of the west.”

“… … “They’ll find them eventually?”

“yes. Of course demons know how to distinguish between demons and humans. ‘Cannibalistic desire’ is not that rare. Next time the demons from the west come again, the demons hiding in the empire will have no way to escape. “It was just luck that Mr. Frontier was there during the first attack.”

“… … In other words, the demons of the empire are going to get caught anyway, so are you determined to satisfy their desires?”

Arald nodded at Frondier’s guess.

“As I said, living isn’t a very high priority for demons. Most people have similar desires and priorities. “It’s common for desires to come first.”

“In other words, you have given up on life and become a fool who does whatever you want.”

“Not all demons are like that, but most of the ones who commit crimes now are.”

Frondier sighed.

It hasn’t even been long since the war ended. The empire is busy recovering, but in the meantime, demons are committing crimes here and there.

Plus, an attack from the Western Devil that was almost like a warning.

Next time there will definitely be war. A war between the demons of the west trying to kill the demons hiding in the empire, and the empire that misunderstood it.

Frondier looked at Arald again. His eyes slowly sank.

‘… … No matter how you think about it, wouldn’t it be most reasonable to give these guys to the devils of the west?’

If that happens, the west will not touch the empire, and the devil will disappear from the empire. It is truly a win-win strategy that can make everyone happy.

But if that happens, all the demons hiding in the empire will die. Everyone, including Riri.

‘Lily said she didn’t even know why she was here.’

Why are demons in the human world that should be in the demon world? Lili also had that question.

And most demons probably didn’t end up wondering that question.

The place where they live is simply wrong, so they hide their existence and live. Even if it is a desire that is allowed in the human world, like Lily or Paul, it can never be answered as a devil.

However, even if there is no immediate evidence, the number of doubters will increase. The lifespan of demons is much longer than that of humans. It’s easy to understand when you look at Riri.

‘… … The easiest way can easily become the most cruel.’

And even if they wanted to hand over the demons hidden in the empire to the demons of the west, how on earth would Frondier, a human, be able to find them? Ultimately, the order is wrong.

‘Besides, there are Satan’s demons. In the end, Satan is the devil hidden in the empire, the devil of the West, and the devil he sown. The goal would be to destroy the empire with these three.’

In the end, if you think about it, even after distinguishing between devils and humans, a problem remains.

Frontier has no intention of killing even the ‘innocent devil’. If that were to happen, Lily would have died long ago.

Therefore, even after distinguishing between devils and humans, we must also know what mistake the devil did.

Of course, it might be possible if you spend enough time and use Frontier’s ‘analysis’, but right now you don’t know when the western devils will attack. I don’t have time to analyze every single thing.

Then Arald spoke.

“I think the biggest variable in this case is the evil sown by Satan.”

“… … “You knew about Satan’s demons, right?”

“I would have known about that much sooner than you did.”

Arald put his hands together.

“For demons, hierarchy is their power. “If you had seen it yourself, Mr. Frontier, you would know that low-level devils are fundamentally different from high-level devils.”

As he said, he thought it was impossible for the low-level demons he saw from Frontier to rise to a high level no matter what they did. It’s a completely different creature.

“That is why demons absolutely obey those who are higher in hierarchy than them. The demons hiding in the empire are not low-level demons, but they will still follow demons higher in rank than themselves. But it only applies to collaborators.”

“… … In other words, the demons of the Empire will follow the highest among them, and the same goes for the demons of the West?”

“Yes, and also Satan’s demons. Not all of them will have the same hierarchy. “You will need someone to lead you.”

In other words, if you can find them, there is no need to find all of the demons.

“Here is the proposal.”

Arald said.

“I will find them. I can tell who the ‘high’ devils are.”

“… … How? “The cannibalistic desire would only differentiate between demons and humans.”

“Do you know? Cannibalistic desires are usually found in lower level demons. As you become more senior, the number of demons with cannibalistic desires decreases. Of course, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.”

“… … Mr. Arald, don’t you have cannibalistic desires?”

Arald nodded.

“The desire I have is for ‘gourmet food.’”

“… … delicacies.”

“yes. As a being, I have a desire to eat something of high rank. Humans are of a very high standard. So I preferred it, but now it’s time to quit.”

“In other words, you can immediately recognize objects of high rank?”

“yes. “It smells different.”

“So do you eat devils too? “It would be fratricidal on your part.”

It was a natural question for Frondier, but Arald asked the question as if it were a question.

“I don’t know the difference.”

“… … great. Then I’ll leave it to you. “The demons lurking in the empire, and who leads them.”

“yes. Instead, there are conditions.”

“Do you think you are in a position to place conditions on me?”

“It’s a request rather than a condition. “This is probably a story you need too.”

After saying that, Arald spoke with the exact same expression as before.

“Become the king of demons.”