65 – Situation
I take a sip of wine to my mouth.
After the pleasant acidity and bitterness pass, an astringent tannin pressures the tongue.
‘I always feel this way, but food is really good…’
One of the few things I am satisfied with in coming to this world.
Of course, I can enjoy this luxury because I was lucky enough to be summoned from a noble family.
Nevertheless, the food of this world tasted better compared to the food of the past, when seed development and mass production were developed through modern science.
I personally guess that it might be because it has magical powers.
For example, in the case of wine, the temperature in the cellar can be controlled consistently without an error of 0.1 Degrees using magic.
A world where there is enough magic to turn a big man like me into a loli kid.
There must have been considerable progress in seed development.
As I was savoring the food so needlessly, someone from next to me started talking to me.
“What do you think Tom?”
Next to me is the dark and busty witch Lishari.
Across from them, sitting the lolicon monk Jespa and the Golden Sun female knight Calia, who, despite her appearance, had little immunity to men.
They were chatting among themselves while I was devouring the food and tried to involve me.
‘If you think about it, we’re not even that close…’
Conversation with someone with whom you have an ambiguous relationship is always the most difficult.
This is especially true for someone with a communication disability like me.
“Hmm? What, what?”
“Demons! I never thought they were that strong! Maybe they’re as strong as dragons?”
‘Ah, you mean that vampire back then…’
A vampire demon that reminds me of Count Dracula.
This is the second demon I have seen since coming to this world.
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Its strength was truly terrifying.
If I didn’t have the ability to use Betty’s magic, everyone except Betty would probably have died.
The physical attack didn’t work, but the demon couldn’t kill Betty anyway.
If she had abandoned everyone, she would have been able to escape alone.
‘But…’
If I were dead, Betty wouldn’t have been on the spot forever chopping me up with a sword that wouldn’t work against those demons.
“That’s true. I’ve already owed you my life twice.”
Jespa places his hands together and bows his head slightly.
“It’s my third time~”
Li Shari raises her three fingers triumphantly.
Kalia looked at Richari with a pitiful look in her eyes, as if to say, ‘I’m proud.’
“Well, he was a scary guy…”
When I express my intention, Li Shari opens her mouth as if she has remembered something new.
“Oh, come to think of it, seeing as Tom, the sorcerer, defeated that guy, I guess he’s not as bad as a dragon?”
I smiled sheepishly.
‘It’s not my skill, though.’
But it is clear that it is not as good as dragons.
Just standing in front of the monster old man that inhabits Marquis makes you feel an enormous amount of pressure.
It felt like I was looking at a huge monster staring at me with eyes the size of my body in a dark, huge cave.
I couldn’t feel that much power from that demon.
It’s a little lower than the theater terror incident and the female demon who helped kidnap me.
But still, it seemed enough to threaten this world.
Of all the beings I’ve met, except for Betty and Grandpa Jeong-do, there was no one who surpassed them.
“I have heard that during the God Demon War 300 years ago, the number of demons who descended on the human world numbered in the tens of thousands.”
Jespa opened his mouth with a stern expression.
“No way…”
Calia looked a little tired and expressed a weak denial of Jespa’s words.
It was truly unexpected.
If there are tens of thousands of beings like those two…
‘Even if Betty and Grandpa do their best, they won’t be able to stop it…’
This is a situation where we have to hope that the two demons are of high status and power among the demons.
“Ha, hahahaha. Could it be the Four Heavenly Kings or something like that?”
When I said this in a light joking tone, Lishari looked at me with an eyebrow raised as if she was interested.
“There is a tradition in our family that has been passed down from generation to generation.”
Li Shari tried her luck.
“Well, even though they fell in my generation, they were a famous wizard family.”
For some reason, it seemed like that would be the case.
From a fallen noble family.
It was extremely difficult for commoners to learn magic in the first place, and Rishari, who deliberately behaved like a tyrant, felt an aura unique to nobles that could not be hidden.
“I heard that my ancestor was a veteran of the Great War. She ended up fighting one of those guys.”
Li Shari pretended to hit her neck with the blade of her hand.
“Rishari! Out of habit!”
Kalia scolds Lishari.
‘There is a culture of respecting ancestors everywhere.’
“I have that grandmother’s diary, which is passed down as an heirloom in my family, and it describes two of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Army.”
Then, one of the two that Lishari explained was the same vampire we saw near Viln.
I thought it might be another demon with similar abilities, but the description of its appearance, fighting style, and strength was
It was very similar to the guy we fought.
And the other one is said to be a woman who looked like an angel.
In fact, there were two pairs of large bird wings attached to his waist, and the wings were black.
The weapon is a jet black sword similar to wings.
‘Is he a fallen angel…’
More than that, do you think there are angels too? The tackle almost came out, but I held back.
During the liberal arts classes I took when I came here, the Shinma Daejeon was not covered in depth, so I knew almost nothing about it.
“It looks like our ancestor, Grandma, died while fighting with that b*tch.”
I stroked my chin.
If that vampire is one of the Four Guardian Kings, there is a high probability that the woman who caused the terrorist attack will also be one of the Four Guardian Kings. That is, if the ranking of demons is determined by strength.
Then, there is only one person left who does not know the information.
‘Still, it’s a good thing that there aren’t tens of thousands of people like that…’
There are some historians who speculate that the reappearance of these creatures in this world indicates another battle of divine demons in the near future.
If I thought of tens of thousands of people like that coming, I would get really depressed.
‘I can’t run away anymore…’
The method of transferring to the original world is completely unknown, and even if you knew the method, you would not be able to escape alone.
The relationships I made here are now quite meaningful to me.
“Okay then, shall we stop talking about this depressing story and have a drink?!”
I guess I was a little dizzy.
Lee Shari raised her wine glass and offered her toast.
As everyone except Jespa took a sip of wine, Richari brought up another topic.
“Oh, by the way, Tom, what’s the story?”
“That story?”
When I asked back a sudden and endless question, Kalia’s eyes widened.
“Your self-talk story. Didn’t you hear it?
“Rishari!”
Richari says something about me that I don’t even know about, and Kalia scolds him.
“What, what is it?”
If I am talking about myself, is it Betty’s story?
“There are a lot of rumors right now, but the person involved doesn’t know much about his own rumors.”
Calia sighed as if she had given up, and Li Shari looked intrigued.
“Well, what is it?”
I had no choice but to repeat the same words I just said.
“I heard that the emperor of the empire told you about his marriage?”
“Huh?”
I couldn’t help but say something stupid.
“So, did you get a reply?”
King Catherine asked her own secretary and governess.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“What did you say?”
“This.”
After receiving the parchment from his secretary, Katarina read the letter at speed in a short period of time.
Katarina’s expression frowned a little.
“It’s within the expected range, but…”
Not long ago, she sent a letter written directly to the Empire by magic express.
There are two main contents.
First, the wedding invitation from the empire.
She refused as politely as possible, using all her life’s writing skills.
‘But you guys were rude.’ A subtle complaint is also included.
Fortunately, the Empire still had common sense, and sent a message meekly accepting the rejection.
But after receiving it, another request was sent.
It is an invitation to the Kingdom Sorcerer’s Empire.
The emperor, or more precisely, Siluano Podera, the regent of the currently unconscious emperor, wants to meet Thomas Anderson face to face and praise him for his achievements.
Of course, the response is within the expected range, but it is a difficult situation to deal with even though we know it.
Katarina didn’t tell anyone, and it was the worst case scenario that she really hoped would not happen.
She carefully guessed that there might be a series of recent events and collusion with demons within the empire.
She said, ‘She doesn’t know what harm will come to her if she spends it thoughtlessly…’
International relations are rarely driven by emotion.
I’m not calling this out of gratitude to the real Tom.
‘The reason you said thank you in the first place is somehow questionable…’
That is the reason. It is said that Tom cured the plague in the village where Siluano, the current imperial regent, lived.
Katarina thought that was ridiculous.
‘I made beef stew and ate it and I got better?’
Katarina laughed.
‘There must be another plan…’
But even if it was only an excuse, the kingdom lacked the justification and strength to ultimately refuse the empire’s request.
“I guess we have no choice but to negotiate to attach the maximum number of escorts.”
And the second thing is about demons.
This was the part that made Katarina suspicious of the empire, but first, with the report of the discovery of the second demon,
In case of emergency, we once again confirmed the mutual defense provisions of the clan treaty.
The empire’s response to him was very template-like.
If the kingdom, empire, or even the continent is in crisis due to demons, we will naturally mobilize all the capabilities of the empire to exclude them.
Such a stereotypical answer.
Katarina sighed.
In fact, in international relations, treaties and promises are shallow things that can be broken at any time.
In the end, mutual interests and balance of power are the most important.
“Let’s do what needs to be done first.”
She felt like she was getting older recently.