061. Isn’t that right?
“My lord. I have received a call from the Demon Lord Ugar.”
“Ugar?”
Reina laid down the Yeti’s cub. At her gesture, the mother held her baby.
“Take care of them.”
“Yes. Demon King.”
“This is the first time Ugar has contacted me, perhaps?”
Reina arrived at the office and grabbed the vibrating communication tool. Everyone was released and the magic was infused.
Ugar’s face was revealed.
“It’s the first time you’ve contacted the real woman. What’s going on?”
“I didn’t want to, but I had no choice. Reina Sordain. I just learned a great fact.”
His expression and tone were so serious that Reina also became serious.
“Say it.”
『Not long ago, I got a call from Berge Deias. He said he would take the 13 princesses of Hilderan.”
“Berge?”
“So I said. I can’t just hand over the princess I’ve already kidnapped. Berger said. If you place a princess on the lower floor like you, I will take her to you.”
“that···.”
“You mean that Berger has a connection with the hero? That is impossible.”
I didn’t think that Berger would be unable to mate with humans. Just insulting standard in a public place was enough.
However, it has been only a year since Berge Deias descended on Arain. He didn’t receive any benefits in return for ruining the graduation ceremony, and only his lieutenant and his body could afford that?
“Roselle Chartres and Hillen Cargill went to my tower to save the princess.”
“It’s more unbelievable.”
“I did too, but it’s a reality. After thinking and thinking about how to do that, I came to a conclusion. do you know that The two warriors are the ones who killed Draxon.”
One puzzle was put together.
“I don’t think Berge killed Draxon. I don’t even see that he has a direct relationship with the two heroes.”
Reina came up with a name.
He is the oldest demon lord in Araine, and the one who helped the demon lords when something happened outside the tower. Those who have the most connections with humans. But always a skeptical person.
“Jason Cockmundo.”
He is called a lie by humans.
“okay. I think it’s the same case with Berger.”
“Did Jason kill Draxon?”
“no. Jason has no motive to kill Draxon. I know Jason in the underworld. He does not move unless there is a clear reason and profit. Killing Draxon does more harm than good.”
“Then what do you want to say?”
“We want to change our point of view. There is no doubt that Jason intervened, but he has no good reason. So, what if there was no need for that?”
“What if he was being manipulated by humans?”
Rachel’s brow wrinkled.
“The humans of Arain see the Demon King below them. It’s arrogant, but at least the reality wasn’t wrong. They regard us as demon lords as necessary evils, and there are even those who try to control us. Maybe they even tried to control the Demon King?”
“…do you know what the words you are saying now are?”
“It’s not nonsense! Before Jason, no demon lord had survived in Alain for more than 30 years. But Jason did it first, and with his help, Drakson, you, and I succeeded in settling in turn. I thought so at the time, but wouldn’t it be plausible if I attached my hypothesis!」
Reina sighed. I didn’t want to hear it anymore.
There was a very big blind spot in his opinion.
“Do you think human magic can pierce the spirit of demons?”
It wasn’t like pride. It was the demons who created the magic of the spiritual world, and it was the demons who spread it to humans through the warlocks.
And Alain, whose demon lord could no longer show the majesty of a demon lord, also collapsed mental-type magic along with the warlock.
“…isn’t it then?”
“not.”
“Wow, huh. You looked ugly.”
“But I also agree that Jason might be involved. I will look into it.”
If it really was Jason who killed Draxon.
“My wife will never stand still.”
She was coldly furious.
* * *
When it became known that the new demon king was the succubus queen, she was given the nickname lust.
“The Demon King of Lust has caused a problem in Dormund once, and has not shown any reaction.”
“It is the same with the Kingdom of Dormund. They made a fuss about killing the Demon King, but they did not take any practical action.”
The advent of a new demon king is always a big issue. On the one hand, the advent of the new Demon King was accepted as an event to celebrate the victory of humans.
The coming of the Demon King means that the previous Demon Lord has died.
So it was easy to ask. The behavior of the succubus became an issue because it happened for the first time in decades, but it was only a small incident.
Some money went into Dormund, but that was all.
“How about Roselle Chartres?”
“It was relatively cooperative, so it was easy to reach an agreement. The second Heroic Trial will be announced as a secret action under our leadership. Roselle Charternt and Hillen Cargill will be subject to small sanctions for causing more blood to be shed by misjudgment in the first Bravery.”
“It’s not cooperative, it’s probably because you’ve already got everything you need.”
The elders grinded their teeth.
“It’s still better than being publicized. The honor of the guild is more important than the by-products of the Demon King. All bravery must be done under the supervision of the guild. Even if it doesn’t, it’s important to make them believe that.”
“Yes.”
“Has the guild leader still not contacted?”
“Yes. If something like this happens, you’ll probably come back at least once…”
“Did you find out who the patron of Ballaf This Lord is?”
“I made sure that the ring reached the Empire, but the end was unknown.”
“It’s an empire.”
The elder stroked his beard.
“Go there. It would be dangerous to dig further.”
“Yes.”
I roughly guessed.
The kings and emperors of each country are those who have lived as the most supreme in a country. They are those who wield unconditional power and regard themselves as heaven.
Will they be willing to tolerate transcendental groups that deviate from the authority of the state?
not. The movement to exclude the Heroes’ Guild has been going on for a long time.
There have been several attempts to steal the heroes of the guild and make them loyal dogs for the Empire and the Kingdom, not for the public.
Nevertheless, the Heroes’ Guild has endured until now and has grown stronger. And it will always be.
“Is there no news about the Demon King in Erzest? Didn’t you say that Daphner went out to find the tower?”
“I couldn’t find it.”
“What is that….”
“There are a few areas that he can’t even get into, and I’m guessing he may be there.”
“You’re a fucking bastard. really.”
The elder sighed.
“Did you say he uses fire?”
“From what I hear, yes.”
“If it’s false, give him the name Chlorophyll and advertise that you’ve found information about him in the guild.”
“Yes.”
“You can fail once or twice. But that incompetence must not continue. The guild of heroes must always be the winner in the end.”
At the elder’s words, the other elders nodded their heads.
* * *
“Ummm…”
I woke up to drowsiness.
tweet-
The warm sunlight gently caressed my cheeks. The chirping of birds tickled my ears.
At the deep blue sky, the clouds embroidering it, Elena closed her eyes.
“···here.”
Where are you?
He carefully wiggled his fingers. As always, his condition was the worst. So nothing special.
‘I’m definitely talking to the Demon King…’
kidnapped
Her last memory was the villa.
A villa in the mountains where I left for recuperation. I went to bed a little early because of the nature of the mountain that darkens quickly.
What woke her up was the screams of the knights.
The sound of weapons clashing made my ears dizzy, and the blood shed by the knights stung my nose.
The door opened and the droopy knight fell in front of her bed.
A larger shadow looked down on her.
“···who are you?”
“It’s the Demon King.”
That was the end. A wicked hand touched Elena.
When I woke up again, I thought it was a tower, but why do I see the sky?
“Woke up?”
“···sister?”
Is it a dream?
She reached out her hand carefully. I felt the soft touch of my cheeks.
“Are you really my sister?”
“Then is it fake?”
The way he spoke and felt was the same.
“I was kidnapped by the Demon King…”
“I have been saved.”
“My sister was kidnapped before me.”
“Yeah, that’s why I came with the Demon King who kidnapped me.”
“···uh?”
Elena jumped up. But soon he swallowed a moan and lay down again.
“Don’t overdo it.”
“What does that mean?”
“Look around.”
Laying down, he slowly turned his head. There were familiar faces and unfamiliar faces.
“Healan warrior.”
“It’s been a while, Princess.”
“Did the hero save me?”
“Yes that’s right. It is an honor to be able to save the princess safely like this.”
“Then your sister?”
“Unfortunately, I could not save Princess Ernap.”
“Then how….”
Is your sister in front of you?
“I’ll introduce you.”
Ernyl pulled Berge’s body.
“It’s the Demon King who built a tower in the Erzest Mountains, the Demon Lord Berge Deias.”
“···yes?”
* * *
After breaking up with Roselle Charter, Hillen Cargill found a luxury carriage and embarked on a journey to Hilderan with the princess.
“…who.”
“You look pitiful.”
“Because I didn’t want to return to Hilderan for a while.”
Hillen Cargill is a warrior from Hilderan.
The hero’s work did not stop at simply participating in raids and fighting, so he built a reputation for carrying out various quests based on Hilderan.
Killing the demon king of lust and destroying the tower only made Hillen Cargill run faster by becoming a famous horse, but he had been walking steadily ever since.
Hilderan had always been his garden, but the relationship ended when Ernyan could not be saved.
“Oh, I heard. Did the Qinghae Knights go all the way to the Principality of Asoin to catch you? How did you pass?”
“I got hit.”
“·················ogue.”
“I threatened to leave. You are probably still grinding your teeth.”
“…that’s not your way.”
“Courtesy is what you do when you need it. It is useless to those who disregard courtesy.”
“exactly. Sending out the Knights Templar to ask for the failure of the heroic act. Hilderan is rotten.”
“It’s not that I don’t really understand.”
“…what else is this? Is there something I don’t know?”
“What do you know?”
“You want to try it?”
Hillen frowned. I didn’t like Granada, who touched me in a complicated way.
“If it weren’t for Fail-nim, you would have been kneeling in front of me and begging.”
“After all, he is a hero with a different look and feel who ran away using an elf as a shield. But didn’t you ever think that it could be the other way around?”
“I wonder where the confidence comes from.”
“I believe in myself.”
“How could an elf be so ignorant…”
“What, ma?”
Hillen glanced at the red hawk mercenaries and then accelerated. Granada hastily caught up with his sudden action.
“What are we going to do?”
“Do not let them come near.”
The red hawk mercenaries slowed down at Granada’s beckoning.
“Have you ever heard of the magic of being a child of the world tree?”
“A child of the World Tree? The ignorant magic of humans that strengthens from the fetus?”
Crude magic that dared to name the great tree.
“There is no end to human greed. It goes without saying that if you inject mana into a weak child and try to forcibly strengthen his body, he will not be able to withstand it. I laughed a lot at saying that there are many ways to commit suicide…?”
Granada’s pupils enlarged.
“Isn’t it?”
“·················ogue.”
“Really?”
“There are originally 62 members of the immediate royal family of the Hilderan Kingdom.”
“Officially, there must be 28 people.”
crazy.
Granada took a breath.
“Did so many die?”
“The king of Hilderan had two queens and 33 concubines.”
Granada knew that King Hilderan had eight concubines. The child of the World Tree was not a magic that only burdened the fetus.
“Why the hell are you doing that?”
“How can I know the will of the kings of high?”
just.
“The average person knows only that there are high ideals that he cannot fathom.”
I don’t know if that’s a feasible ideal or a vain illusion.
* * *
Hillen Cargill’s return has become a hot topic within Hilderan.
“Healan Cargill is on his way to the royal road.”
“With what guts?”
The Qinghae Knights’ advance to the Principality of Asoin was carried out in secret. It is because it is never right to arrest a hero for failing to do so.
But the king’s wrath was famous, and most of the high-ranking nobles knew it.
The fact that the Cheonghae Knights returned in vain and the King’s anger against Hillen Cargill is skyrocketing.
“They say they are coming to rescue His Majesty Elena.”
“Your Highness Elena?”
Hillen Cargill has entered the Tower of the Golden River to rescue the kidnapped princess!
In this era, it has become common for royalty to be kidnapped by the Demon King.
However, no one took it for granted that their own royal family was kidnapped and rejoiced.
It was quite a shock to Hilderan that another royal family was also kidnapped while trying to save the kidnapped royal family in a failed state.
13 It didn’t matter that the princess was a useless royalty.
It was more important that Hilderan’s pride had been crumpled.
In such a situation, Hillen Cargill rescued the 13th Princess. A hero called Hilderan’s son protected Hilderan’s pride.
“Long live Hillen Cargill!”
“Long live His Majesty Elena!”
“Long live the Red Hawk raid!”
bit the tail on the tail. Rumors began to rise, and every town they heard was greeted with great hospitality.
Where they reached it spread naturally, and the royal family could not ignore it.
When they finally reached the royal capital.
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
“Welcome, Hero Hillen Cargill.”
wow!
Long live Hillen Cargill!
Long live Granada!
Long live the Red Hawk raid!
Festivals and triumphs were prepared for them.
“Thank you for the hospitality.”
Hillen stepped on the red dragonfly along the road. Granada and the Red Hawk mercenaries followed.
“Wow···.”
“Don’t look around. like a peasant.”
“Are we really going into the raid?”
“There’s nothing you can’t do with money and fame.”
“Shh, smile.”
The knights drew their swords and raised them above their heads. A grand trumpet sounded the city.
The cheers of the people and the colorful firecrackers were in harmony.
The red hawk mercenaries, who were the first protagonists, smiled and took care of their facial expressions.
And there were men and women watching the improvement ceremony.
“Your greatness. I think there was a riot before.”
“My father sent the Cheonghae Knights to Hero Hillen, but that’s because I’m involved, so usually, consider the cause as important. It is only natural to welcome the hero who saved the princess.”
“So when?”
“It’s a banquet. My father caused such a problem that even the Demon Lord knows, so I will treat him more generously to make up for it.”
“The main party of the banquet will be Princess 13 and Hillen Cargill.”
“But Elena isn’t in the right shape to attend the banquet.”
“Are you in that palace with hyacinth decorations on it? you were there.”
“yes. There.”
“I was kidnapped once, so the vigilance must be strict?”
“It’s the opposite. It is rare for a rescued royal family to be kidnapped again.”
“That’s the best time to kidnap again.”
Berger smirked. It’s a silly idea, but it was funny to plan to kidnap the princess of Hilderan together with the princess of Hilderan.
“By the way.”
“why?”
“If a banquet is held to commemorate the princess’s salvation, can it be said that all nobles are present?”
“Hilderan’s champion is the best of Hilderan. I don’t know if the problem with my father continues, but on the surface it seems to be resolved, so I’ll try to make a kite.”
“The banquet will be long.”
“It will last all night.”
“Then let’s rob the nobles’ safes.”
“···yes?”
“Tell me about the mansions and secret vaults of the nobles you didn’t like.”
“Did you know…?”
Ernya smiled awkwardly.
“They robbed your country of money, but they urged you to do it quickly. It didn’t seem like they wanted Hilderan to go down, though.”
“…hehehe. It’s not really cheating.”
“It doesn’t really matter if it’s your static or just your personal feelings. Because money is important to anyone’s money.”
“Is that so too? Money is not a sin.”
“What do you know?”
“About two? One is the top and the other is the noble. But unlike in Akan, the boundaries will be tight.”
“I am the Demon King. What the Demon King is best at is breaking into the royal palace and kidnapping the royal family.”
No other mansion is more heavily guarded than a royal palace.
“And there’s no need to worry about the magic being exposed.”
Why don’t the demon lords attack the upper floors or rob the nobles’ safes?
Because the magic is revealed. Even if you infiltrate through stealth, you have no choice but to use magic to break the magic and kill the sentries.
And the moment they find out that they stole money, humans catch the flow and start tracking them back.
But Berge was free from that restriction.
“So who are the nobles?”
“The Duke of Heinz is my father’s brother.”
“The security will be tight.”
“it’s okay. Because I know everything about internal facilities, magic circles, and security arrangements. But are you okay? You seem to have given a lot of mana to Roselle. You look exhausted.”
“It doesn’t matter as the banquet will be held in a few days anyway.”
“So is it.”
Two thieves broke into the crowd.
best partner in crime.