Chapter 206 – Chapter 206 ― The Demon King (1)
Episode 206 ― It’s the Demon King (1)
The emperor came out of the empress’ room sooner than expected. The Emperor, the maid of honor, and the Instructor of the Security Guard walked down the aisle without saying anything, trying to make it look like they were walking fast but not as fast as possible.
Turning around the corner of the corridor some distance away from the empress’s room, Roan opened his mouth heavily.
“Chief Maid.”
“Yes. Your majesty.”
“I did what I could. Take a look and let me know if there are any changes.”
The maid of honor and Diobe looked at each other for a while, but Diobe didn’t seem to know anything either.
Anyway, the lady-in-waiting bowed her head in gratitude to the emperor who sincerely listened to her blasphemy, which could have been offensive depending on the point of view.
“All right. Your majesty.”
Returning to the office with a hardened face, the emperor summoned none other than the treasurer. Soon after, he appeared in a fancy robe and asked with a puzzled expression.
“No, Your Majesty. It’s a holiday, so are you in the office?”
“I have a question for you.”
Lee Ron, who had talked to Roan in a joking tone in a pleasant tone, became quiet. They realized that the emperor was serious.
“Tell me.”
“As a wizard, I need your opinion. What kind of wizard is the empress?”
“… ?”
Her eyes and nose were hollowed out, and the hollow skeletal face stared at Roan with its mouth open.
I couldn’t read the expression on Richie’s face, but I could tell from his movements that Leelon was bewildered. You don’t know that? Can’t you just ask her wife directly?
But the treasurer remembered what the emperor looked like just a year ago. He didn’t want to keep his fiancée with her. It is quite possible that she does not know her about her, and that she is interested in her now.
After all, when you get married, you seem to think that you are mine.
Liron, who swallowed a laugh inwardly, replied.
“Aren’t you a genius? Without a proper teacher, he became a wizard worthy of being counted on one hand. It may be a bit lacking in actual combat experience, but will Her Highness ever go to the battlefield again?”
Roan could guess this much.
I didn’t want such a vague answer.
Roan changed the question again.
“More details. What kind of mage does she specialize in? What is your specialty?”
Lyron stood still for a moment, then she clattered against her jawbone.
“The field that Her Highness is known to excel in is witchcraft. A curse is the power to create miracles with gathered malice.”
“Like magic makes miracles with mana?”
“Yes. To put it bluntly, it feels like the material is a little different. Witchcraft is based on sacrifice or malice, and produces results through the medium of magical power. It is different from magic that obtains results by consuming pure mana.”
Entering her full-scale magic lecture, the inside of Lee Ron’s eye sockets seemed to glow.
“What does it mean to be good at witchcraft? Does it just mean that the killing power is better?”
“A curse is literally someone’s misfortune. The will that becomes the basis, and the result. That’s not good. However, Her Highness the Empress is someone who knows how to overcome that power.”
Roan listened to the treasurer’s explanation, leaning over her body and resting her chin on her chin.
“A good wizard achieves much for little. But to say less is relative. If it’s magic to break the power of hundreds, the cost is not small.”
With the treasurer’s words going this far, Roan could anticipate what he was about to say.
“Even though Erennier handles quite terrifying power, does that mean he endures that power well unlike other people?”
“Yes. To be honest, witchcraft was an abandoned science before Her Highness appeared. At best, sacrifice an animal to kill one or two people… Literally, it was a magic that attracted the attention of women on the street. However, the magic that Your Highness showed, especially on the battlefield, was something that no one could do. It was amazing.”
The voice of Lee Ron who said that was excited.
“Then do you know about demonic magic?”
Then the treasury secretary’s expression, which had been strangely elevated, faded a little.
“It is a magic that borrows power through a contract with the devil and uses the limbs of the lower class.”
A voice as if cold.
It’s quite a different sign from before.
“You don’t like it?”
“Hmm, yes, what…”
The treasurer shrugged.
“I am not a lich. I know better than anyone that ‘managing’ the devil is in fact impossible.”
“Then what does Elenir do? Rumor has it that he deals with demons.”
Haha, Your Majesty. I’m sorry. It seems that way to those who are not familiar with magic.”
Roan with a drowsy expression moved his head at the sound of Lee Ron’s laughter.
“However, Your Majesty. The devil doesn’t obey anyone’s words so easily. If they were that weak, people wouldn’t wish them.”
Lee Ron looked directly at Roan.
For the first time, he brought up the story of his past.
“I was a human being, but I got something similar to eternal life by borrowing the power of the devil. Instead, I endured the decay of my body, and I had to pay the price of the contract every time. The devil is like that. I don’t care about the circumstances of the person making the wish.”
Roan could tell from his skills how complicated the treasurer was about his situation.
He seemed to be regretting it.
“As you go through life and pay 1 to get 1, demonstruck is like paying 20 to get 10. 10 is what you have to give up in your own life, and 10 is what you have to give to the devil.”
“You mean it’s because you have to do that to get 10? Because normal people can’t get 10.”
“You are also smart.”
The treasurer crossed his arms and nodded his head.
It was a comfortable posture, but the emperor did not restrain it, and the treasurer did not feel uncomfortable.
The two have already removed barriers in conversation by exchanging numerous questions and answers in small meetings.
She said, “She is the daughter of a grand duke, and I have already said that she is a genius in curse magic. Besides, she is young and beautiful, and the fiancée of the emperor. Why did such a person have to want 10 with such magic?”
“Hmm. You mean?”
“Have you seen her demon arts?”
“No. Doesn’t exist.”
Lylon scratched her skull with the bones of her fingers. I heard her rattle.
“Actually, it’s not magic that can be seen by others. Normally, demonic magic is also used to amplify the power of magic through contracts.”
“Amplification.”
Roan’s eyes widened.
“Maybe she wanted to gain more power.”
“I think there is a lot of potential.”
“Already powerful?”
“Originally, greed is something you can understand only by dipping your feet into it.”
Hearing Lee Ron’s answer, Roan looked at him blankly.
That’s right.
Wanting to have power you never had is more like a longing or a fantasy.
Greed is what makes you crave more because it is within reach if you stretch out your hand.
“Advice is enough. Thank you. Treasurer.”
“Nothing to say, Your Majesty. Call us anytime. But…”
Lilon was curious to know why the newly married emperor asked about his wife in such detail.
If you want to know about her magic, she should ask the empress herself.
But the treasurer had learned from his years the virtue of not being frivolous.
“Then let’s go back.”
After he left, Roan organized his thoughts.
It was vaguely possible to guess that Erennier was collecting things that imitated Roan.
In the game, if the hero kills the demon king and captures Elenir, portraits and small props of the demon king would be found in her residence or belongings.
Surprisingly, it was a dakimakura or a statue.
Somewhere in the game, there was a collection of things like hair, but I couldn’t even look at it because I was so distracted.
‘I thought it was a game permit. I never thought there would be a full-fledged collection like that.’
Roan swallowed a bitter laugh.
In fact, if you don’t feel bad,
To be more honest, I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t scary.
Fortunately, Elenir has never shown his stalker disposition to Roan in earnest.
What worries me more than that is the phone that came out of nowhere…
‘I can’t even ask.’
If you want to ask Erenier why he has a cell phone, you have to explain how Roan got to know about it.
Even if you ask me somehow, so what are you going to do? You can’t recklessly take a cell phone without knowing what that means and give it a rebound.
In the end, what I was able to do in panic
I hurriedly took out some Astor powder from my inventory and hid it here and there…
Surprisingly, the smell that was pouring out around the cell phone started to fade, just like when I touched the ‘starlight’.
After barely breathing, Roan had time to examine what the phone looked like.
‘… It was the same as the one I used.’
It was the same type of cell phone I was using before coming to this world. It looks like a normal smartphone has a square and black screen, but I bought it because I liked the unusual pattern on the border.
I inadvertently felt welcome and tried to extend my hand, but stopped. Feelings similar to longing and greed. The reason I was able to stop right before my hands could reach it was because the goddess’s words flashed through my mind.
— Always be alert.
So, in the end, Roan was content to sprinkle Astor powder inside Erenier’s device and left Elenir’s room.
I never dreamed that I would find a niche so quickly. If it wasn’t for the ties Roan had made, like the Count or the maid, Roan wouldn’t have known where the gap would be for a long time.
Who could have thought that such a hideous thing would be in the empress’s room?
“Secretary.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
After knocking on the desk without speaking for a while, Roan called the secretary outside the door.
“Call Yanas.”
Soon, a large ogre appeared in the office. Roan was the first to ask.
“What about tracking?”
The Security Guard is an organization that Roan created after coming to this world. It is an organization for the so-called ‘weak’ in the eyes of the demons – not only the humans who will settle down in Evirgio, but also the demon technicians who will increase in the future.
The important thing here is that their backbone is made up of people Roan can trust, and they put Roan’s orders first.
This is because the premise itself of ‘protecting humans’ in the first place is difficult for ordinary demons to accept.
An ogre young man, one of the instructors of the police force, answered Roan’s short question with a sincere expression.
He was the same young man from aristocratic origin who had his arm cut off during the New Year’s Festival and was stripped of his baronial title, but his arm and life were saved by Roan’s instructions.
He had already lost an arm once and was returned to Roan’s mercy. As a demon, he stopped thinking of rebelling against Roan and became a loyal servant.
“I quit my job and shut myself up in the countryside.”
“Countryside? Where are you?”
“It is south of the border area where the borders of the Southern Dark Spirit, the Dark Forest, and Merde meet.”
“Is it near Hajak?”
“Yes.”
Yanas’ report continued.
“It’s about keeping people together and observing them. Nothing special. It’s like an ordinary local aristocratic family. The only people who come in and out are maids and servants who work every time.”
Ogre conveyed his observations in a blunt tone.
Anyway, there must be a reason why the (former) demon lord dwelled in Naor’s body. Since when did he enter his body and how did he enter. Why did you choose him
From there, he thought, he would have to find a clue. That’s all I know.
“I plan to visit soon. Even if there is no unusual behavior, keep an eye on it.”
“All right.”
Ogre received Roan’s order and withdrew.
After checking that he was gone and no one was there, Roan stretched and buried himself deep in the chair.
“… It’s not easy.”
Others seem to be enjoying the festival, but neither Roan nor Elenia, the main characters, seem to be able to enjoy the atmosphere.
Nervously tossing his hair, Roan caught his breath.
The biggest problem was, of course, that he couldn’t trust his partner, but Roan couldn’t figure out how far she intended and how far she didn’t know.
Her holy power has not fully recovered yet, so it is difficult to seek advice from the goddess right away.
It was the day before that that I came to see the face of the Goddess.
“… Are you okay. Because there are many on my side now. Let’s solve it one by one as before.”
Roan doesn’t have to do everything alone.
Someone becomes Roan’s hands and feet and his eyes. The count, the maid of honor, Diobe, and Janas.
And many more people.
The warrior I will meet in a moment will no longer rush to cut my throat. What a huge development
‘Will’ comforted Roan’s shoulder.
Don’t worry.
“Now then, let’s prepare for the Basel tour this time.”
Roan got up from his seat.
