Chapter 203 – Extraversion 3. Stella Amitie (5)

“Star Princess!
This demon is a hypnotist!
From the beginning, they approached us targeting the princess!
By controlling our body, mind, and power,
It was designed to hypnotize the princess!”

“!!!
Uh, that can’t be…
Kamu ball… ?”

This… What are you talking about?
Why were you so desperate to save my unnie?

“Yes!
This man’s last name was not Abu Bakr from the beginning!
The demon’s real name is Kamyu Franz!
The former commander of the 3rd Corps of the Demon King’s Army, and a former espionage officer.
He is the disciple of the Four Heavenly Kings, ‘The Illusionist’ Nene!
Battle of Heisenburg, Battle of Silkan Valley, Battle of Pyrel,
And even the most famous Battle of Belzeburg.
The one commonly called the ‘Iron Mask Corps Commander’ is that demon!”

“Iron mask?!! This one?!”

No, wait.
Is this the big guy?
If that iron mask then?
I heard that they were purged within the Demon King’s Army?!
You mean it penetrated this deep?!

“Yes, it is.
This guy was trying to get closer to the princess from the beginning.
He hypnotized my friend and me and Sir Angela.
And imitate the position of the Abu Bakr family
They manipulated us and dragged in the Princess of the Stars and the Duke of Dupre.
Get only you, make you queen,
In order to lead this war to victory for the Demon King Army!”

It’s getting worse.
As the story progresses, it gets bogged down.

A demon named Kamura.
It was too deep inside us.
Lightblinger, Count Abu Bakr, even the Cathedral Reformers.
Everything was out of his reach.
Even the coordinates of Nuva Kane, who will decisively save his sister.

“Formally form an alliance with the Demon King’s Army.
Catherine, Alberic, Philip, and even the infiltrators of the Demon King’s army.
Formally request an alliance to punish them.
It’s not unusual to get help from allies.
In return, offer to stop the crusade and sign an armistice.”

He had a plan in his head.

“Shut up!!
I received your help thinking you were human!
I won’t be swayed by demons like you anymore!”

… This man speaks so well.
The moment I see his horns, see his hypnotism, I feel like an impostor.
Are you too liquidated?
Maybe those earnest words that persuaded Sir Angela and Miss Marianne earlier were all lies?
I was too desperate for that.
That this big-time schemer really fell in love and screwed it up?
My sister never said anything about it.

[Stella, take note.
No matter how great a person is, there are many cases where they can’t control their emotions.
Often from hatred, anger to pride.
But the most dangerous thing of all is love.
You will know because we learned it together in history class.
Well, the princess who didn’t become king should bring benefit to the country by moving her husband with that love affair.]

The time to think about it kept getting shorter and shorter.

Big la la la la la la la rock!!!

The roar of the gold dragon Nuvacane.
Black tentacles exposed between the eyes and mouth.
It is the very tentacle that polluted Count Mido and the Law Guard.
The dragon couldn’t help it either, it seems that its mind was eroded.

“Come on, Princess of the Stars.
Choose
Are you sure you don’t need my help?
Or join hands with me to save the sickly princess and form an alliance with the Demon King’s army.”

He with a sad expression.
Why do you miss
Isn’t it nice that you’re doing what you want now?
Why don’t you stand up and clap?
Thanks to you, you took the initiative right?
You got to make us do what you want, right?
Why are you making that face?

As if he really loved Marianne and Angela.
As if it hurts to lose love and become hostile.
As if he really believes that demons and humans can fall in love.
Like you believe you can be an ally.

Don’t make that face
I’m shaking for nothing

“Evil Kamyu, I will join hands with you.”

I decided.

That was his choice as the heir to the throne of Amitie.
While holding onto the saint of the sun, he was miserably beaten and kicked away by the knight of the moon.

… It’s spectacle, really.

I brought him back to the central palace.
A series of unexpected events.

“Shut up.
It’s about to lead to a night battle.
I can’t break the morale of the army right now.”

Whoa, my maternal grandfather even knew that this person was a demon and tried to bury him!
He’s really scary
He wasn’t called the ‘Lion of the South’ for nothing.

Incredible things continue.
I’m going to Nuba Cain’s nest to rescue her sister, so I asked her to escort me.
But categorically refused.
My maternal grandfather doesn’t even age.

“If that’s the case, the two of you should go.
Power leaks are unacceptable now.
Jacques and Ludwig instead?
I’ll take two of the demon’s subordinates as hostages.
Are you okay?
An iron mask ball?”

“Okay.”

Correct.
It is clear that the maternal grandfather came with dementia.

“Grandfather!
How could you trust this demon, just the two of you… !”

How to move with a hypnotist?!
Didn’t I just tell you about having two girls?!

“Whoa—.
Iron mask ball.
Could you please leave for a while?”

The story of the two of us alone with my maternal grandfather is shocking.

“Stellar.
Don’t confess
Right before this operation, I found out that that person was a demon.
But the operation went ahead.”

“Yes?!”

“And when he disguised himself as a human, he arranged a marriage with Anne.”

“I beg your pardon?!
Which madman?!”

“Grow.”

“Grandfather!!”

“Inseok-ah, I’m not deaf.
For Anne… I had some trouble.
And isn’t your body weak too?”

“That person is a demon!
You’re at war with the demon king right now!
How do you think of marrying off to an enemy country?!
What kind of devil could that person be?!”

“Things like that happen, too.”

“Yes… ?”

Grandpa sat down on the chair, probably tired.

“Do you know why the Demon King’s army has frequent civil wars?”

“It is a multiracial, multiethnic country.
Because the supporters are all divided.”

“What are the conditions for becoming a demon king?”

“It’s more than three of the Four Heavenly Kings.
The Four Heavenly Kings are the leaders of each tribe and nation.”

Khan, the leader of the giants and the berserker tribe in the highlands.
The leader of the beast tribe, Caltz.
Nene, the leader of some demons and night elves.
Desdemona, leader of the other minor tribes.
And the Demon King, the leader of the demons.

“Is that the only condition to become a demon king?”

“Having dark blood is a prerequisite.”

“Why do I have to have dark blood?”

“To become the official demon king, you have to go back to the demon realm and inherit the ‘power of fire’.”

“Yeah, that’s right.
You didn’t doze off in history class.”

“Grandpa, why are you suddenly reviewing?”

“Because he is a Dark Blood holder.”

“Yes?!
No, didn’t the previous demon king purify all of his blood relatives?”

Shaking my head.

“I do not know.
Are they descendants of surviving blood relatives, or are they new blood relatives who crossed over from the demon world to the middle world?
But it’s a blood test result, so it’s clear.
The rumor that the commander of the iron mask corps was purged and disappeared recently is also correct.
If that person is a holder of Dark Blood, he will become a threat to the throne.
Then the demon king won’t let you go.”

“Okay.
So?
So you’re saying you’re going to marry her older sister to such a sneaky demon?
Is it because he is a person worthy of aiming for the position of the next demon lord?”

“No.
Will send you
Marry him.”

“What, what, what, what?!?!?!”

What kind of lightning strike is this?
After staying only at the Constellation Tower, I came out,
Suddenly an arranged marriage?!
Also with demons?
Isn’t that a hypnotist too?

Grandpa calmed me down with a gesture and lowered his voice.

“Listen up, Stella.
Nuvacane has been resurrected, and Alberic is not here, but he is alive and well.
We didn’t catch Katherine.
I had a great opportunity… I couldn’t.”

“Send me.
Because I asked her to save her sister.”

“Know.
I heard from Kamyu’s subordinates.
After all, it’s all in the past.
Thanks to you, I was able to save Anne, but we are the problem.
The enemy’s forces are now many times greater than ours.
With the political situation in chaos, there is neither the energy nor the mood to reveal everything from the assassination of your father to the terrorism of the cathedral.
Furthermore… Grace had some accidents, so she has a weakness for good reason.”

“What kind of accident did Mama have?”

“… I am ashamed to even speak with my own mouth.
Ask yourself later.
Anyway.
You can never win without Kimu’s help.
Your decision to work with him is a great choice.”

“Okay.
But he’s having an arranged marriage with him.
I’m so reluctant.
It’s for the royal family, but you join hands with someone who has been purged just for being a Dark Blood holder.
And even with the demonic hypnotist!
I can’t believe it.
Rather, what if I get manipulated?!”

“Since the Saint of the Sun is hostile to him, you should be able to get her help.
If the target is clear, dispelling magic is easier than hypnotizing.
If necessary, you can mobilize all the saints, priests, nuns, and wizards to solve it.
And being a person of dark blood is like the relationship between you and Catherine in the current situation.”

“What are you talking about?”

Her grandfather’s eyes light up.
Like the eyes of a lion lying down in the grass in the meadow.

“Apart from each other, they are the only heirs to the throne.
The previous demon king died without remarrying.
Currently, the Demon Princess Rumika is the only Dark Blood possessor.
She is currently unmarried.
Besides, demons have low fertility.
Pregnancy is difficult.
Since there are not enough resources to open the portal to the Pandemonium, there are no demons coming from the Pandemonium for the time being.
To conclude, the number of dark blood holders does not increase in a short period of time.”

“No way…
Are you saying she wants to marry him and make him her demon king?

“Stella, listen carefully.
Individuals don’t matter.
The family name is important.”

Grandpa is talking nonsense.

“Kamu, ever since he pretended to be human, he had marriage with you in mind.
I didn’t specifically name you.
I felt
He was looking for you
He also wanted to make you his queen.
That’s why I saved you.”

“!!!”

“I peeked at him.
How about marrying Anne?
Oh, of course I really had no intention of doing it.”

“I thought so?”

“They said, ‘I’ll think about it if it’s my sixth wife.'”

“Under!!”

What an amazing story.
Dare to the subject of demons!
The subject of a corps commander level that is not even the level of the Four Heavenly Kings!!

“What do you mean by this?”

“You’re making fun of Amity’s royal family!!”

“Don’t just react emotionally.
It means to see the essence.
What do you mean?”

“Sheesh. All right.
First of all, there must be someone who promised to marry.
Many of them.”

“Is that all?
It’s disappointing.”

“The marriage partners must be his allies.”

“Who do you think it is?”

“It must be his supporters now.
For example, Sir Angela, the deputy knight commander of the Light Blinger.”

“I saw it right.
And the teacher of the iron mask corps leader is the illusionist Nenei.
Most likely, the Four Heavenly Kings, Nene, are also in it.
She was once his lover.”

“Are you a priest?”

“Idiots have a long youth.
It’s common among them.
I get some criticism, but that’s okay.
And my guess is that there will be at least one supporter of the level of the Four Heavenly Kings or higher.
If that person can really arrange an alliance with the demon lord’s army.”

“In addition to that, he must have received the support of the Demon Princess.”

“What do you think?”

This time it’s my turn
Shrug your shoulders.

“Can’t an alliance between countries be done without the permission of the final decision maker, right?
Alliance first, then marriage of convenience, or at the same time.
Without an alliance, he will prove nothing to us.
Being so confident is probably one of two things.
Either a person who spreads lies to save one’s own life, or one who gains the absolute support of the Demon Queen.”

“I saw it right.
Your eyesight has grown.”

What’s up
Grandpa also complimented me.

“Well, that should be enough to be worthy of a princess in our family.
Incidentally, there is a possibility that the demon princess could be his lover.
Because she is a woman.”

“Isn’t the evidence a little weak?”

“No.
He seemed to be thinking of marrying you from the beginning.
Besides, he said he would consider it if he were to make Anne her sixth wife.
If it’s not bravado, what if it’s confidence?
Assuming that you are already in love with the demon queen, it’s quite possible.”

Aha.
They say that those who have eaten meat know the taste.
If you have already obtained the Demon Princess, you might think that Amitie’s second and third princesses are worth trying.

“So it is.”

“Yes.”

“I’m trying to raise the odds.”

“How?”

Grandpa flashes his sharp eyes again.

Chuck.

Grandpa’s finger pointing to my heart.

“We will become the heart of the demon king.
Like a worm in a lion’s heart.”