Chapter 55 – Episode 55: The Devil’s Castle (3)
I shouted through communication.
‘Temperament!!!!!!!!!!!!’
[… I’ll bring it up.]
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Name: Lena de Peron
-Temperament-
[Martial Arts], [Leadership LV 38], [Spirit of Sacrifice], [Courage], [Boldness]….
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At a glance, it wasn’t the temperament of an ordinary maid.
Armonia took a quick look at his temperament and explained it.
[Lena de Peron, if it is the same as the person in our information, she is the first princess of the Grand Duchy of Peron.]
‘Wow, what a dog. I’ve never seen pink hair before.’
Lena de Peron’s height was about 170, tall for a woman, and her eyes were pink, which was hard to see.
Even the posture of bending the waist felt grace and moderation.
However, despite her apology, the atmosphere that had sunk heavily did not ease.
Someone stood up from the table.
Thud… Thud….
The one who approached Lena de Peron while slamming the reverse joint leg….
“… Jim was in a great mood today. Until I see your face.”
It was Guardia, the demon king whose atmosphere had changed 180 degrees from before.
He had the face of a goat, but when he met us, he brightened up the atmosphere with a cheerful smile, and he spread murderous intent with a bright red glow in his eyes.
The little boy, who had been in high spirits until recently, urinated while trembling all over, and even the retainers sitting at the table began to tremble.
Just because they’re the same size as the Demon King didn’t mean they had the same skills.
Of these, only me and Viola were normal.
Viola didn’t take his life seriously and seemed to be looking around to see if she should stop it.
‘… Young warrior, how the hell did you raise Viola?’
[For me, Suho-nim is not easy.]
‘It’s because I have the firm confidence that I will be able to live.’
It’s because if you need to warp, it’s over.
Excluding Viola and I, the only one who survived this life was Lena de Peron.
She bowed modestly and spoke again.
“I’m sorry, Maou-nim. I will educate you properly. Please, have mercy….”
But even she couldn’t perfectly control her quivering lips.
Because all things are equal before death.
Suddenly, the space to the right of Guardia distorted, and a huge black Scythe appeared in the air.
The gigantic side seemed to be able to cut this huge dining table like a piece of paper with just one swing.
Clap clap clap.
Suddenly, at the sound of applause, the vassals sitting at the table looked towards it.
It was a viola.
Everyone saw him while clapping, and he whispered to me that he was embarrassed.
“Cool. How did you do it?”
“Well….”
Viola was looking at Saeid curiously, as if she had been watching a magic show.
However, unlike me and Viola, the atmosphere of the three standing in front of Guardia was that of a house of mourning.
The little boy passed out while urinating, and the low-level demon was on the verge of passing out with an expression of giving up on life.
Even Lena de Peron seemed to have given up, closing her eyes tightly.
“I usually put up with it with patience, but today I just can’t stand it! At the very least, I’ll put your supplies in your hometown!!!”
It was the moment when the demon king lifted a huge scythe and was about to slash the three people.
“Wait!”
In my voice, not only the vassals at the table, but also the demon king and Lena de Feron were looking at me.
Guardia’s anger flared up once, and her eyes were red as she looked at me.
The chair was so high that it was impossible to stand up, so I stood up and said.
“It’s nothing special, but my friend and I were invited here. See a cruel scene Yes, but could you forgive me just once? Look at us.”
“….”
Gardia, hearing me, let out a few snorts of her own, then let the side she was holding disappear in the air and looked at me.
“I’m sorry…. A precious guest came and made me rather excited. I’m sorry she was rude.”
“No. I am truly grateful.”
Guardia looked sideways at the three and said.
“Quickly get rid of that guy!”
“Yes!”
The low-level demons rushed out carrying the little boy like a shotgun, and suddenly several personnel started to clean up the manneken.
All were human.
They ranged from younger than the kid who was dragged away earlier to around the same age as the princess.
After finishing it in a hurry, all the servants started to leave.
Lena de Peron glanced at me as she left.
After they left, unlike before, the demons started displaying food.
One or two flies flew in and displayed the food for me and Viola, while several of the food for the vassals sitting next to me were putting them on the table while whimpering.
It was the size of a plate, and it was big enough for the viola to climb up and play.
After all the food was displayed, the meal began.
We started eating, but I didn’t feel like eating together.
I could see what it felt like to see ants nibbling sugar in the midst of huge humans.
However, unlike me, Viola was immersed in delicious food and didn’t pay attention to the surroundings at all.
I started asking questions.
“Do you know what happened to me after I left this place?”
Haha! Sure. I’ll tell you everything from the beginning.”
The Demon King’s Army was taking a position similar to that of the Empire.
Most of the races were in harmony, and they had a wide territory and many races.
The Demon King began to explain the situation before the war.
“We were originally maintaining peace as much as possible through diplomatic measures.”
“….”
It was said that the peace was maintained diplomatically, but it was impossible to know for sure just by hearing one side.
Because the one who hit the original will soon be forgotten.
“… But why did you suddenly start fighting?”
“It was a human who launched the preemptive strike.”
“Suddenly?”
“Okay…. That shit started to change when he came along.”
I thought I knew who the damn guy was.
Was a warrior
When the real monster suddenly appeared and started to wipe out the monsters, it became famous and changed to the purpose of eliminating the demon king’s army.
From the beginning, all human nations were confronting the demon king army, but it is said that there was no war.
However, the human side first drew out a justification and triggered the war.
And the countries that took the lead were the Grand Duchy of Peron and the Kingdom of Betel.
When I came here, the Demon King’s army was on the defensive and was on the verge of annihilation.
The legion was destroyed by a single person, and the officers were cut down by a single person.
Guardia also dealt directly, but it is said that each time he was seriously injured and often ran away.
He explained that a revelation had come down to the devil in a situation where the last bastion of the demon king was ahead.
“They suddenly told me to advance.”
“….”
Drank?
‘Armonia, the devil….’
[This is the Zodiac. They manipulate them by deifying themselves in such a way and giving revelations rather than completely revealing their identities.]
You’re playing God.
It is said that Guardia, who heard the revelation, stood at the forefront and started wiping out the opposing forces at once.
Just because Guardia lost to a hero, it wasn’t a weak existence.
He was strong enough to annihilate an army if he stepped forward himself, and to harvest the heads of hundreds of people with just one swing of his side.
However, humans did not back down easily.
In a situation where survival was at stake, two nations took the lead and began to lift the morale of the rest.
It was said that there was a woman at the forefront of the vanguard.
“You don’t know, but it wasn’t easy because the girl from earlier persisted until the very end.”
“Five….”
Lena de Peron.
Guardia was also disparaged on the outside, but if you listen carefully, his basic military power and leadership were much higher than most of his senior officers.
In addition, although it was not a 1:1 confrontation with Gardia, he said that he even drove himself into a corner.
‘Oh oh oh! She’s pretty, and her skills are great!’
[A person like that is definitely not common.]
Even the demon king Guardia here was able to grow like this because he had a background called Zodiac after all.
By the way, Lena de Feron reached the pinnacle of humanity purely through her own efforts.
I communicated in an excited voice.
‘I want to have….’
[….]
It was the heart of a child who wanted to have a toy.
However, listening to the story, it didn’t seem like a situation where you could win this overwhelmingly.
Even if the hero had disappeared, it was because he had consumed too many troops before that, and it looked like he could lose because of the existence of Lena de Peron.
However, it was not the number of soldiers or the confrontation between the two that brought an end to the war.
It was by rumor.
“Suddenly, the madness of the hero was exposed to the human nation, and thanks to that, the alliance started to go awry.”
“Wow….”
To be honest, I never even thought about it.
No matter how furious the old woman was, she spread that information during the war….
‘Wow, they’re at war, so it looks like they really exposed it.’
[The old woman doesn’t have much life left anyway, and it seems that her grudge against the hero was much greater.]
‘And if rumors like that spread during the war, I wouldn’t be able to handle it.’
As trust in the already-disappeared hero fell to the ground, the unity of the opposing forces began to weaken.
Lena De Peron tried to evolve somehow, but it was not easy.
“I declared it in the gap. To those who surrender first, I promise to live a life as a human being. However, the later you surrender, the more you promise to live as livestockhaha!”
It is said that the weak countries, quick to notice Guardia’s proclamation, quickly surrendered, and Peron and Vettel fought to the end and were defeated.
The butterfly effect is gone.
I had a question, so I asked.
However, I did not use the expression “A warrior” In case Viola would hear it.
“Then… What is he doing now?”
“The information I heard during the war said that he suddenly crossed the continental desert. And this time I heard new information.”
Considering that he had obtained new information, Guardia’s expression was not particularly worried.
“Uh? Something?”
“They say they crossed the continent by boat.”
“… Yes?”
According to the information Guardia heard, the hero made a mess to cross the desert and find someone in the country.
Of course, it seemed that the slave trade was active, so it seemed to go on a rampage….
After trying to destroy a country like that, they boarded a ship and left for another continent.
“I heard that you turned the country upside down to find a woman, and that country lied about selling you as a slave across the continent to live.”
Guardia snorted and continued.
“But he said he believed it wholeheartedly. If he survived and crossed the continent, it would be nothing short of a miracle.”
“But aren’t you worried? I don’t know if I’ll ever come back….”
Guardia didn’t look worried at all than I thought.
His answer cleared my doubts.
“Think about it, would there be any country that would help him if he showed up right now? Besides, this castle has all the children the country cherishes?”
They couldn’t even welcome the warrior who had abandoned them, and they were even held hostage.
It was a situation where all humans had no choice but to stand up to catch the hero if the demon king lifted his finger.
This world was left as the world of the Zodiac, which could no longer be returned.
“I don’t know what the hell you did, but thank you very much. It’s because of you that we can laugh like this! Ahahahahaha!”
The other vassals applauded to match his laughter.
“… ?”
What is the sudden applause while eating the viola? While doing so, he began clapping himself.
‘… I only seduced a woman, but to come with such an aftermath. I guess I’m kind of amazing.’
[….]
‘… Praise me at times like this.’
[You are amazing.]
Aye, I just said it.
Hearing the praise for reading Korean books, I looked around.
Like Viola, she had mostly finished eating.
Viola was particularly preoccupied with eating, so she did not engage in conversation at all.
Unexpected words came out of Guardia’s mouth.
“Is his name Lian?”
“? Is that him?”
She asked Armonia.
‘Who is Lian?’
[Lian is the real name of the hero.]
‘Aha!’
I just heard the name of my brother-in-law.
“Uh!?”
Suddenly Viola heard Guardia, and in surprise she looked at Guardia.
“Do you know my brother?”
Viola looked at Guardia with a slightly sullen face.
‘… Wait a minute. This.’
I was going to explain the situation later. If Viola suddenly says something like that….
“Wait a minute….”
The conversation went on without me even stopping.
Guardia didn’t hear me and said to Viola with a hearty laugh.
Haha, it looks like they have the same name! I meant the hero, Lian.”
“Wait a minute….”
“Ahahahaha!”
Mistress, listen to me….
Viola answered with a blank expression.
“Yes, hero, Lian…. Are you my brother?”
