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After the Emperor and Ian’s Saddam, the carriage inside was filled with silence.
Stella and Shiira, who said it was okay, had their faces dyed black.
“what’s the matter?”
“… No, nothing.”
He said it was okay, but Ian knew very well that they weren’t okay at all.
There’s no way an innocent person could make a face like that, right?
Ian, who had been contemplating for a long time as to why they were making such expressions, asked out of curiosity.
“Did you think you guys wouldn’t die?”
“… I mean, you didn’t tell me.”
“Are you going to be okay?”
“I thought I had to go far away, I guess we’ll have to deal with death too… .”
Noana, who had no family to care for, and Dinoir, whose family wanted her to die, didn’t care.
However, the successors of the duke and marquis, Stella and Siira, were different. The two were the only heirs of the family and the beloved Young lady.
“If my dad found out, he would probably make a fuss… … .”
“My father… … .”
“Oh my, it seems that the Duke had a lot of work, but it doesn’t look like that from the outside.”
“… Noisy, you know that when we die, we don’t just end with our lives, right?”
Stella said so and raised my hand. As the legitimate heirs of the family, they inherited the family’s summons in advance.
The fact that the summoned beasts inherited from the family were in their hands meant that if they died, the family line could be cut off.
“Anyway, the South really needs Ifrit for various reasons… !”
“Isn’t this going to turn the 4th Duke into the 3rd Duke?”
“You-!”
Unable to accept the sudden situation, Stella and Shiira tried to fight while holding their heads – Ian motioned to them as if not to worry.
“it’s okay. Without you, Stella, the wires will not be pushed.”
“… How do you make that promise?”
“First of all, there’s only one 4 star Summoner left on the continent, right?”
“Who is that-.”
Stella, who was about to ask where the idle summoner was, thought of the Academy’s principal.
4-star Summoner, owner of the Mountain Keeper. Catherine.
She is at the academy located in the center of the continent to control the academy cadets and at the same time to quickly apply to each region at any time.
Even if Ifrit was absent for a while, the South would not be captured.
And above all.
“If you think about why we die… It will probably be fine.”
“… reason? what is that?”
“You still don’t know?”
“You never told me.”
In response to Shiira’s question, Ian realized that they still didn’t know why they were going to pretend they were dead.
Of course, blindly following him without knowing why he should know – Ian was very worried about their future.
Even if I met the wrong guy like that, I would have pulled out my bone marrow and eaten it… … .
Ian explained to them the reason why he was going through this high school.
“We were sacrificed to the demons.”
“… yes?”
“What?”
“Ma, demon?”
“Yes, demon.”
Saying that, Ian looked out the window and grinned. It would have been nice if the exile was a good place to rest – while thinking such a foolish thing.
* * *
“Ian Clark.
Noah Mellie.
Stella Eritz.
Syrah Acacia.
Dinua Erebus.
Above, the above 5 people went missing due to a wagon accident… … .』
The news that Ian and his party had disappeared was displayed inside the academy. Naturally, the news spread far and wide.
Naturally, the disappearance of five high-ranking summoners within the continent where they are never going to disappear meant that they had died for some reason.
At that fact, the inside of the academy began to stir.
The only difference was that the multiple summoner and the duke’s only daughter who appeared for the first time since the emperor died.
The other two were the daughters of the marquis and the count, respectively, and they were still children of a family with great influence, although lacking compared to Ian and Stella.
Naturally, the nobles who heard the news protested against the academy.
[What is this sound? Should I hear from my subordinates that my daughter is dead?]
Hypnos, Duke of Iritz, was furious at the unprecedented incident that he heard the news of his daughter’s death from his subordinates.
Fortunately, his anger, which had only been boiling like lava for the rest of his life, did not burst so easily. The Duke remained so calm and contacted the academy through the direct communication channel.
However, the Academy Principal’s response was beyond his imagination.
“We are also looking.”
[I’m trying to find out? I’m trying to find out-!? Are you trying to break all causality with that one word?]
“I have no choice. Duke.”
The principal reassured the Duke, realizing for himself how painful it is to know everything and hide it.
“Do you know what those five people were missing?”
[I’m not interested.]
“It happened while riding the royal carriage. Do you know what I mean? Duke?”
The imperial family and the emperor intervened here. So close your eyes It was such a metaphorical expression, but it was something I could do because I didn’t know the duke very well.
He is a fiery man. The more suppressed, the hotter the flame.
He was a person who could put his head in an unreasonable matter, whether an emperor or a god.
[Emperor? The emperor intervened in my daughter’s death now?]
“… Those words could lead to blasphemy. Please be careful-.”
[Desecration of the Emperor? I will blaspheme you! under! That must be fun, just imagining what that damn bastard’s face would look like if the southern defense suddenly broke!]
The duke casually insulted the emperor and cut off communication unilaterally. Realizing that he had been f*cked by the situation, the principal quickly attempted to communicate with the Duke of Iritz.
However, no matter how many times he tried and tried, no communication was established, and the principal rubbed his temples and slowly began to communicate with the emperor.
After receiving the communication, the emperor burst out laughing and said to the principal.
[Principal, didn’t you tell me well from the beginning?]
“… Your Majesty, please—”
[Yeah, I talked to Duke Iritz on the phone a while ago. It was the first time I knew that the yangban was so good at cursing.]
late. The principal, recognizing that fact, kept his face down and kept silence as if he had nothing to say. When the emperor saw such a principal, he engraved a word on it.
[Do better next time.]
With those words, the emperor also hung up the phone. When the principal realized that his future had become bleak, he began to turn pale to a bleak future.
* * *
And a week passed.
The emperor sent the death row inmates he had prepared himself to negotiate with the demons to the Western Front. The death row inmates, who had been sympathetic for a week, refused to die with tears in their eyes.
However, the emperor, who could not ruin the operation because of only two death row inmates, carried out the execution without hesitation, and the two men died with a face full of fear and resentment.
‘This is enough… .’
The demons were also very satisfied with their expression, so the emperor delivered the neck to the duke with high expectations.
The duke who received the neck gave it to the demon again.
When the demon saw the face of the dead death row inmate, he giggled and grabbed two heads.
Seeing the demons leaving so, Duke Terra asked.
“Will you keep your promise?”
“No, of course—unless you attack first. Asmodians keep their promises. Key, Kin. Kick, Kick.”
The demons left those words and left for their territory. I don’t know if they’ll actually keep their promise or not, but… At least one thing was certain.
‘Those guys… .’
The demons do not know how to distinguish a hero. And the fact that, as they said, there would be no problem just waiting for several decades.
Perhaps the arrogance that demons with an infinite lifespan can overturn everything by attacking the peace-stricken humanity decades later.
After confirming that the demons had completely left, the duke communicated with the emperor and completed the report.
“Your Majesty, what shall we do now?”
[Hmm- It will take some time for the head to reach the demon’s stronghold.]
“Yes, I will.”
No matter how fast the demons are, it will take a week to pass the wide land and deliver their heads to the demon king.
It was predicted that it would take twice as long for the demon king, who confirmed that it was a fake, to invade the human realm again in anger.
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Minimum of 2 weeks and maximum of 1 month. Humanity has obtained a brief rest.
[Then, in the meantime- I’ll have to ask those children to suffer a little.]
As the emperor said that, he thought of Ian and the others who were enjoying a break in exile. If there is no response from the demons after a month, I will have to send him back to the academy.
So what are you doing for a month now? It was just maintenance. One month after being completely freed from the dangers of demons, during that month, the emperor had to catch a spy and strengthen the internal affairs of the empire.
The emperor, who had already begun to shake his head from the pressure of work to do, gave attention to the duke and grabbed his forehead.
[Before the typhoon blows, the wind is the calmest. You too should be prepared for the unexpected one month later.]
“All right.”
The first human race, the first negotiation with the demons, is over.
A quiet serenity has arrived.
Since it was a false peace on the edge of a sword, the emperor prayed that this peace would not be broken.
* * *
What was Ian and his party doing, who were forcibly detained during that one month period?
“Ahh!?”
“Oh, Noah! you!”
“Hehe, take it!”
They were relaxing in the empire’s best resort, a resort that only the emperor and his family could use.
A luxurious indoor swimming pool that cannot be compared to the facilities at the Academy.
Only five people own it.
Seeing the cheerful population density in a spacious space, and the women enjoying entertainment by summoning even my summoned minions, Ian smiled bitterly.
‘I was so worried.’
Everyone was crying when they were told they had to go pretend they were dead.
I was also worried that I might have to live like a monk in a prison cell somewhere for a few weeks… … .
What is the reality? The emperor opened leisure facilities permitted only to the imperial family so that they would not feel uncomfortable, and even gave them maids in charge.
‘Oh, this is heaven.’
To put it simply, I pretended to be dead and came to heaven.