Chapter 217 – Genoa Poisoned the Demon World
“How is it?”
“Anyway, it doesn’t seem to be on the side of the church. I told you to find out about the hero, so news will come soon.”
The emperor answered that to Astaroth, who asked him.
It would be a big problem if it was known that the demon lord was in his room his right away, so the emperor had ordered that no one be allowed near his bed.
“Wouldn’t it be better to hurry?”
“I am also in a hurry.”
“I’m glad that we have the same meaning. Maybe you and I are a good match.”
“By the way, what are you thinking about removing that barrier?”
“I do not know?”
Astaroth responded with a smile to the Emperor’s obvious question.
He could have lied to reassure the emperor, but the old man in front of him wouldn’t believe him anyway.
“… Are you certain of the promise?”
As expected by Astaroth, the emperor also had a rough understanding of his intentions.
“Didn’t I tell you? Our contract is not so easily broken.”
The emperor nodded his head in satisfaction at Astaroth’s answer his.
Unless the emperor was an idiot, there was no way he would fall for the demon lord’s words without any basis.
Astaroth invited the emperor to make a contract, and at the moment he signed the contract, the emperor naturally knew that he could never break the contract.
And the same goes for opponents.
As per the contract, Astaroth gave the emperor a little power, and even with that little power, the emperor felt an indescribable sense of elation.
He had n’t regained his youth yet, but his whole body was full of vitality that he had n’t felt before meeting Astaroth.
To be honest, if it wasn’t for Astaroth, I’d have wanted to call in the maids of the palace and check it out right away, but things weren’t looking good right now.
“So, do you know where the hero’s house is?”
“Why?”
“Ah, I was bored after waiting so long. Would you like to go sightseeing?”
Seeing Astaroth speak with a playful smile, the emperor frowned.
Who knows that they are looking out for others because they like this situation?
“Are you sane? This is not only the imperial ecliptic, but also the seat of the Guyana Order.”
“Nothing to worry about. He’s just a spectator, and since he’s like a demonic lord, he has the ability to move without being noticed by others.”
At Astaroth’s words, the emperor looked at him with a tempting expression.
Come to think of it, it was because he seemed to be worrying for nothing.
The opponent said he was strong enough to be compared to that Baal, and it didn’t seem impossible if he was determined and tried to hide himself.
No, the mere fact that he approached him without being noticed by anyone in the first place was no different from proving his words.
“Great. Then, believe me.”
After the emperor said that, he told Astaroth where the warrior’s house was.
It was possible because he had planned to capture the warrior’s family and wield him, and he knew the location.
“Then, see you later.”
The Emperor smiled sinisterly as he looked at Astaroth’s back his, as if he were going on a picnic.
Now that the obstruction was finally gone, it was time to test the vitality he gained this time.
**
“Your father?”
Mary asked, looking at Guard Captain Stephen with a displeased expression.
At Mary’s reaction, Stephen regretted that he might have come to the wrong person, but in fact, he had no one to discuss with other than her princess her.
“Suddenly, the maid… Did you order them to be young and pretty too?”
“Yes. I am on my way to confirm.”
Mary’s expression hardened seriously at Steven’s words her.
She was terrifying to imagine, but Mary was not so stupid as to be unable to grasp the nuance of Stephen’s words her.
Moreover, his daughter his, Mary, knew best than anyone that the emperor’s strange change in his demeanor had recently changed.
Because it was the emperor who mentioned the barrier that no one in the empire knew about.
‘What the hell is going on? Father.’
With her frustrated expression her, Mary thought of Patrick, her father and emperor.
Although she was an unstoppable person from the beginning, it was the first time that the nobles of the empire felt uneasy about the emperor like now.
“So what do you want me to do?”
“It means nothing else. I’m just telling you this because I think the princess should know about this.”
To Mary’s question, Stephen responded with a calm expression.
If even he, who was Emperor Patrick’s faithful servant more than anyone else, gave himself trouble, perhaps the situation was more serious than she realized, Mary thought.
‘I wish there was a hero at a time like this.’
A regretful feeling crept over Mary’s face for a moment.
It wasn’t clear at what point, but it seemed that she had come to rely on the hero without realizing it.
Of course, there has never been a time when the results of the hero’s efforts have not been good.
But now the hero has left for the desert where savages live.
As she still had n’t figured out exactly what state the emperor was in, she could n’t ask for his help his, and in the end it was only Mary who had to deal with this.
“Take care of your father.”
Mary said that to Stephen.
It was quite a burden to ask him, who was the emperor’s closest aide, to keep an eye on the emperor, but she couldn’t help but say it now.
Even if this is a trap the emperor has dug.
‘Because the most important thing is to protect the empire.’
“… Yes, Princess.”
Looking at Mary with her resolute expression on her face her, Steven was responding with her courtesy her.
**
“It’s hard to see your face, mammon.”
“Weren’t we supposed to be smiling face-to-face, Baal?”
Baal smiled as he watched Mammon reveal his hostility toward him.
Baal was not on good terms with other rulers of the demon realm, but he had a particularly bad relationship with Mammon.
Nevertheless, the reason Baal beat other monarchs to seek Mammon was because he knew him so well.
Lord of Greed, Mammon.
He could never have refused the bait Baal threw.
“If you’ve been known for rumors for a long time, you probably know why I came here, right?”
Baal didn’t feel the need to explain, and he asked Mammon directly.
For a moment, Mammon’s gaze, filled with desire, turned to Baal and the demon king standing next to him.
“Oh, you know. Rumors abound about what you and the Demon King are doing in the Demon Realm.”
“Then I don’t need any persuasion. I’ll open the door for you, go to the continent, mammon. And get your hands on everything you want there.”
Baal said that to Mammon, and Mammon bared his teeth and laughed at Baal.
“Why the hell do you think I’m going? Baal.”
“What?”
Baal tilted his head at Mammon’s unexpected words and looked at him.
It was against Baal’s common sense for a greedy lord to refuse any prey he could reach for.
However, as if Baal’s reaction was amusing, Mammon started mocking him with a lot of ridicule.
“Of course, things on the continent are coveted. Unlike the Demon Realm, it is a place with many interesting seeds.”
“By the way?”
“But no matter how much I am, there are things I hide. Baal.”
“Ha, you?”
Baal asked Mammon with an exasperated expression.
At least as far as Baal knew, mammon was nothing more than a scumbag who was obsessed with satisfying his desires his without face or pride.
Mammon knew how Baal felt about him, so he shrugged his shoulders and smiled, then went on to explain.
“Of course, no matter how blinded I am by desire, it’s too much to interfere in this game.”
“Because?”
Baal asked Mammon with a face that he still did not understand.
“Didn’t you tell me that I was good at rumors? Baal, open your ears and live. You don’t seem to have any idea what kind of rumors are circulating in the Pandemonium right now.”
“… Rumor?”
Baal frowned at Mammon laughing at him.
It was because he felt an unpleasant sensation that something was going wrong somewhere he didn’t know.
“They said I was beaten because I was a woman.”
And, the words that came out of Mammon’s mouth were beyond Baal’s imagination.
