Chapter 170 – The Story You Don’t Know

“… It’s amazing.”

“Sorry.
But this is for the best.
Because Rumika will rise to the position of the Demon King.”

Yes.
Even if Amitie is fine,
It is difficult to say that the Queen of Amitie is higher than the Demon King.
External prestige, honor, history, etc., Are few and far between the demon king.
Amity, which was only a hundred years old, cannot be matched by a queen.

Even more so during the civil war, Stella, who was at a disadvantage,
Beating Rumika and ascending to her first wife ?

Will Rumica stay still?
Even if Rumika stays still,
Her men are not standing still.
Because this is a matter of prestige.
So this is the best

“My name is the Queen of Amitie,
It’s hard to fall behind in the rankings.”

“I am not queen yet.”

“You are not yet emperor either.”

I get it right away

“Then what about this?
After I went to the castle,
It is to form an alliance with the Demon King’s army and Princess Stella.
After the alliance is formed, proceed with the engagement with Princess Stella.
By being my third wife.”

The Duke’s expression hardened.
In fact, I, the Duke, and Anne all know.
That the Stellar faction would be at a disadvantage as time went on.
There is no savior coming from outside right now.
The royal palace is barely guarded.
They couldn’t even control the capital,
If they are pushed out of here, the rest will only be chased and defeated individually.
Urban warfare is, inevitably, a war of attrition.
If we can’t join the Neutral Army, the Stella faction has no future.
So we need more allies.

“What are you so worried about?
Are you just engaged?
We are not getting married right away.”

“Because I am a person who values ​​prestige.
It’s hard to understand that you’ve already been pushed out for the third time.
Who is the second?”

Who is who
He’s our master
In terms of personality, I want to leave the position of the first wife, but
There is no justification for the Four Heavenly Kings to rise above the Demon King.
So, I see it as the second wife,
The Queen of Amitie is not inferior to the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s Army.
Let’s not talk about this now.

“I will tell you later.
We’ll talk about rankings later.
Since the situation is urgent, I will go to conclude an alliance first.
The palace must not collapse before reinforcements arrive.”

This is an indirect threat.
The scale of the dimension Stella opened was not enough to move reinforcements.
In the end, the royal palace is captured within a few days or weeks.
Stella diggers become wanderers aimlessly,
We must retreat to the territory.
If the nobles are scattered to their respective domains, they will be defeated individually.
If they gather in one place, they cannot protect their respective territories.
Then, the nobles of the Stella faction are divided and the end is over.

In the end, no matter how quickly the reinforcements of the Demon King’s army arrive,
They won’t arrive until after the palace falls.
If it is defeated before reinforcements arrive and the duke or princess is captured…
It’s just over.

“Whoa. Got it.
Can I help you?”

“As I said earlier,
I want to accompany Princess Stella.
The only way to get to the dragon’s lair is through the portal.”

This time Anne comes out.

“Gong Camu.
You can’t send a country’s princess alone in the middle of enemy lines.
In addition, Stella opened a dimensional door in the assassination of the demon king.
… Heard about it a while ago
Prince Kamyu already knew about Stella’s participation in the demon king assassination operation.
There are probably people in the Demon King’s Army who know this fact.
I will seek Stella’s life to avenge my enemies.”

A very correct point.
I killed the demon king using Stella’s portal,
Are you a god of death and open a dimensional door and appear again?
The Demon King Seong Suk-wi-kun would come and try to let go of his sword?

“You are right.
So we’ll take Ballondel’s head.
Because he was the one who killed it with the help of Princess Stella.”

“That would be difficult to understand.”

“Yes.
So we have to prepare a big present.”

“A gift?”

Anne tilts her head.

“That’s right.
For example, a mountain of gold and silver treasures.”

“There is no such thing.
The royal treasury isn’t rich with war either.
You can’t open the royal treasury in Amity for the demon king’s army.”

Anne, who also often attended the meeting beforehand.
She is guessing at the royal financial situation.
But that’s not what I thought.

“Why not?
We just came to see each other.”

“Yes? Ah… !
You can’t… ?”

I grin.

“Yes. That’s it.
We rob the Nuvacane’s nest.”

Mr. Dragon who made me suffer.
You must give me all your possessions.

* * *

Negotiations went smoothly.
To rob the riches of Nuvacane’s lair,
There’s nothing wrong with Duke Dupre.
All you have to do is borrow Stella.
You show condescension with other people’s money and ask for help with money.
It’s like taking care of both justification and practicality.

“Come on, let’s go!”

“What.
Why are you in such a hurry?”

That’s it, explode your potential magic
Because it’s so hard to maintain an adult body.
If you go to the demon castle with your body lined up,
It’s like advertising that you have dark blood.
However, as a rule, weaknesses should not be revealed.

“The enemy has resurrected Nuvacane.
In addition, you can create additional bioweapons.
Imagine that there will be more tentacle monsters that you suffered from today.
The defense of the palace will be increasingly difficult.
We don’t have time.”

“Prince Camus is right.
It will only get harder if you go on like this.
Come on
We’re going to try our own twist here.”

It’s midnight, but there’s plenty to do.
We leave the duke’s barracks and hurry to work.

“Grandfather!
I don’t want to marry a demon like this!
I don’t even want to ally with the demons!”

“Stellar.
The king should not be swayed only by emotions.
Didn’t you learn that from Grace?”

The duke started beating again.
Anne tries to mediate by her side, but it seems to be difficult after all.

“Grandpa.
Stella was only in Constellation Tower and she just came out.
First of all, let me tell you the situation… Ah… ?”

Beetle.

“Ann!”

“Sister!”

“Sick Princess!”

Ann finally stumbles on her forehead.
Surprised, Stella and her escorts catch her.

“Huh!! Let go! Wow! Let go!!”

The escorts who caught Anne start a game by surprise.

“Hey! Man!! Hee!!”

Puck!

Ann struggles with her to the point that her bony body staggers.
In the end, the guards drifted away again,
Stella Barely Holds On With Her Tiny Body

“Sister?! What the hell!!”

Ah. Stella doesn’t know what happened to Ann?

“Sick Princess. Look here.”

“Huh… Yes?”

Fuck!

Concentrate your attention with a little hypnotic magic.

“Now, you look at your finger here.”

Very slowly shuttle her fingers from side to side.

“Calm down.
Follow me.
“This is a very safe place.”

“Here… Very… Safe place…”

Stella is horrified at the sight of me hypnotizing her.

“Hey demons!
What are you doing to my sister now?!”

“Stella, calm down.
Let’s watch for a while.
Iron Mask Gong, hypnotizing, we will watch.”

I nodded roughly at Duke Dupre’s words and continued hypnosis.
Concentration is essential during hypnosis.
Especially from now on, it’s not magic
It’s even more so because it’s common hypnosis.
It would be better if it was just the two of us in a quiet environment.

“Calmly you close your eyes.
And slowly lie down on the futon…”

I wrap my arms around Anne’s waist and place my hands on the back of her head.
I close Ann’s blankly opened eyes with my hand.

“!”

“—!”

Glaring at Stella who was trying to get in the way,
Instructs to move away with a chin gesture.

The escort who was just about to support Anne quickly comes with a blanket.

“I lie down on a very soft blanket.
It is as cozy as lying on a cloud.”

“Uh… Whoops…”

After wrapping Ann in a blanket, she carefully hugs her.
He carries her to her tent, opened by her Duke of Dupre, and puts her in her place.
Stella followed closely and watched the scene.

“A very, very soft and safe place.
There are people who believe.
Now, who is next to you?”

“Stellar… Mercy…”

“Great.
Drinking milk tea with them
I fall asleep in the warm sunlight.
I think I will sleep very well today.
When you wake up, your body will be light and refreshed.”

“… I’m sleepy.”

Also.
Being taken to the Dragon Nest and joining the meeting as soon as you save it.
It’s obviously unreasonable for anyone to see.
… In addition, due to the psychological shock caused by Alberic
I’m afraid to even touch a man’s body.
It will take quite a while to get over this.

“It’s cozy… Feels good…
It feels like I’m going to have a good dream…
You fall asleep remembering your happiest days.”

“Ooh… Dad…”

Not long after, Anne fell asleep.
Stella seems to have a lot to say.
I put my index finger in front of her mouth,
I left the tent with Duke Dupre and Stella.

“Duke.
I’ll sleep well until tomorrow morning, so don’t wake me up.
Perhaps the shock of Alberic and being kidnapped by the dragon
It will be mentally taxing.”

“Um… Thank you.
I didn’t know hypnotism was used like this.”

“Originally, hypnotism is used for treatment.
I was also planning to open a psychotherapy center when I retired.”

“Retirement? How old are you?”

“I am 207 years old.”

“… Right.
It’s enough to be a commander, so it should be tidy.”

“Especially for a few more days, I’ll take care of you even if you speak plainly.”

“Kuhm! You too talkatively
I’m far from retiring, but what?”

I’m talking to the Duke
Stella’s expression is full of dissatisfaction.

“What the hell happened to your sister?!”

As soon as Stella escaped the Constellation Tower, she joined the operation to rescue the sickly princess.
Since then he has gone to the palace gates and fought Nuba Kane.
There is no way to know what happened while the top was locked up.

“There is no time.
Duke, I’m leaving right now.
If possible, I will return before Princess Anne has a seizure.”

“Okay.
Take good care of my grandson.
Stella, I’m sorry I couldn’t go with you.
But now you are our hope.
Take care of yourself and go.
Be sure to form an alliance and receive the promise of reinforcements.”

“…”

In the end, Stella stood next to me with an expression that she would die because she did not want to go.

“Sand gathered wherever the waves break.
Memories accumulated wherever time passed.
It flows and flows like sand in a riverbed.
I to you
You to me
I want to open the door that connects memories and hold hands…”

The first destination is Nuvacane’s Lair.
Inside the treasure trove.

“There is no time to recover magic,
Once we’re gone, we’ll take a break and then we’ll start again.”

“All right.”

Jiying—.

Since she lacks magic power, even Stella lowers Hari this time.
Enter through a small dimensional portal.
I just feel comfortable crawling in.

Woo woo woo woo!

Pass through the dimensional passage.
It’s like giving yourself over to a very fast current
Does it feel like floating around?
The outside landscape flows sideways like a series of photographs.
Amazing scenery to look at.

“Look at you, demon.
What the hell happened to your sister?”

“Under… It’s a sensitive matter, so it’s a bit awkward to talk about it, but…”

“It is family.
I really need to know why my sister became like that.”

“Then make one promise.”

“What is it?”

“… Don’t hate me for telling you this.”

“Did it happen because of you?!”

“No. I just tell the story.”

“But what are you worried about?”

“Funny enough,
Humans are hostile to those who deliver uncomfortable stories.

Yes.
It’s like when a father tells his teenage daughter, “All men are wolves.”
Like a daughter hates her dad.
Like those crazy things that make you like Golden Sun, which you should be wary of.
The human race hates those who tell uncomfortable stories.
It has very rare characteristics.
This is a part of the demons too,
The Demon Psychological Society is also conducting research.

“… I don’t.
Do you know what kind of people you can’t even tell apart?”

“No, he said to fall for me after seeing what he did to Catherine earlier.
It is physiologically difficult.”

“What about being instinctively clumsy?”

“Oh, then don’t tell me.
Listen to yourself later.”

“Didn’t you see your sister having a seizure?!
Ask how!
Tell me now!”

I finally stuck out my little finger.

“I promise.
Not to hate me
If you hate it, you will be punished.”

Stella hesitated for a moment, then crossed her little finger.

“What is the penalty?”

“Writing your name on her butt while wearing Valkyrie armor and wearing black pantyhose.”

Promises should be full of selfishness.
‘Cause I’m an evil demon

“Kyaaaaa!!! Hey, you’re pervert… !!”

Chuck. Kwak.

“Okay, I promised, and I even got my thumbs up.”

“You did it by force! Void!”

“Then I won’t talk.”

“… Quit!”

“Do you promise to listen or not?”

“… All right.
I promise.
After that, that shit.”

“Great.
In the name of the royal family in Amity,
I swore by wearing swords in Valkyrie armor and writing my name on the duck bottom.
As for what happened…”

“Tell me, except for the ugly things!
Who the hell is the duck bottom!!”

I barely calmed her down and started talking to her.