Chapter 213 – Takedown, Princess of the Stars

“Whoa, did you defeat it more easily than I thought?”

“Captain. How come the offensive seems to be getting weaker?”

“Well. It could have formed a thicker outer siege, or gone to seize neutral nobles’ territories.
Or wait for Alberic to return.
Marquis John and Lieutenant General Dismas of the Knights Templar may be fighting over command.
Angela will have to find out the details through reconnaissance.”

“Maybe they think we are rats in a poison and intend to dry them to death.”

Blocking the surprise, checking the shield, and trudging back.
The sun is already setting again.
You’re getting better after doing street battles several times.
Thanks to Count Abubakr putting up barricades in every alley outside the palace, the defense line became even tighter.
At least, the palace is not exposed right away.
This is all thanks to our control over the supply.
Thanks to anti-aircraft nets such as ballistas and crossbows deployed in the palace, and the Light Blinger’s Royal Griffon Rider.

Cheeky!

Several soldiers pass by, saluting.
I just pass by giving a salute.

“Wait, you two there.”

Stop.

Stop two friendly soldiers who were entering the narrow road inside the palace.
Enemies and allies.
All of them are in a state where their clothes are not unified due to the intertwined status and aristocratic families.
Fortunately, most of us are soldiers of nobles, so we can categorize them by looking at the family coat of arms.

“Why don’t you guys salute me?”

Approaching the road

“Aww, chief.
Saying you’re going to marry the queen is already an old joke…”

“Shut up.
Hey, come to your business.”

“Me, are you talking about us?”

“Oh yes.
You dude.”

Two soldiers hesitatingly approach.

“Where are you from?”

“I-we are soldiers of the Leferve family.”

That’s right.
Sentences on the chest.

Fuck!

My front kick hits one guy’s stomach.

Courage!

“Get up, you bastard.”

Wearing leather armor, he struggles to get up.

“You guys don’t salute even when you see the Sangjang Army?
Where do you belong
There is nothing cheap.”

“Yes? Yes, the listed army?
A position like that in our military…”

Wow! Kwa Dang Tang!

This time it’s the guy next to him.

“I, chief.
Self-weight…”

“It sucks.”

“Yes.”

Zach shut his mouth.
Ludvik glares at me with suspicious eyes.
Ha, jerks.
You know I’m being unnecessarily cruel.

“Hey. Fuck your head.”

“Yes?”

“Fuck you, you bastard!”

The two soldiers suddenly hit their heads on the ground.

“You’re the Demon King, you bastard.
They don’t know the generals and don’t even salute them?
Fuck.
What corps do you belong to?”

“Yes?”

“I am our human.”

Wow! Knocked up!

“Ouch!”

He fell and his helmet came off, but he had no horns.
In the first place, because of the horns, it is not easy for the demon lord to unify the helmet.
But.

“You kidding.
Your boots are from the Demon King.”

“!!”

I slowly reveal my horns.

“I am Kamuda, the general of the Demon King’s Army.
Where do you belong?”

“I-we belong to the 8th Corps.”

Haha.
It’s the same demon!
Fortunately, the!”

“”…””

Ludvik and Jacques calmly turn left and right and surround them in a triangle.

[Never trust any demons other than the three of us.
We’re the only ones in here right now.
The diplomatic window was unified with me.
The infiltrators may separately send in spies.]

“Okay.
Good luck
I am here.”

“Yes yes!”

“Okay.
What did you come in for?”

“Yes.
To investigate the civil war between humans…”

“Okay? If it’s the 8th Corps…
Did Desdymona command you?”

“Yes! That’s right.”

“That’s right!”

“I see.
Great.
Follow me.”

Point to the central palace with your chin.
Shall we lure them into the building?

However.

“Bounce!”

Papak!

I noticed.
They get up and try to run away.

Fuck! Wow! Kwa Dang Tang!

Jacques and Ludwig throw themselves to subdue them.

“Stay still, kids.”

“Captain, I got you!”

Hmm, guys.
When you were promoted to battalion commander, your loyalty increased even more.
Oh, before that, I rolled so hard that I got poisonous air, right?
How dare you spill my information to Nene?
Do you want to go after them?
I rolled it for the first time in a while, and it seems to work properly.
It’s also carrot and stick.
Now that I’m a top-ranking soldier, and I’m higher in rank than Nene, I won’t go around bragging about my actions.

“Good. Knock out a guy
Bring one.”

Puck!

Zach knocks one out with his sword hilt in the back of the head, disarming him.
The guy Ludvik brought.

“Kuh, keugh!
Why are you?!”

Pajijijijik!!!

“Turn it off!!!”

Grab his head right away and cast a mind-suppressing spell.
After suppression, try hypnosis.

“Are you finally catching the tails of the demon snitches?”

“Fortunately.”

Paper weave! Dismissed! Jigsaw…

Sparks are getting less and less.

“Now, read.”

Tsutsutsutsu… !!
Fuck!

The moment when the mind control magic is cast after disabling the mental barrier.

“Cool!”

“Annit?!”

“!!”

He collapses, bleeding from his eyes, nose and mouth.
Zach jumps up to check his condition, and shakes his head.

“It is poison.”

“Tie the fallen guy over there and search inside his mouth.
Gagged.
Never commit suicide.”

As long as he is alive, he can be hypnotized.
Tie him up and take him to the parade ground.
I can’t take him to the conference room where the command is located because I’m afraid something will happen.

“Welcome, Duke.
It’s dangerous, so get off.”

“Hmm, is that a demon?”

“Exactly.
I have good eyesight.
Can you please dispel the magic instead of me?”

When the Duke of DuPré asks Marianne, Marianne dispels her magic with her trembling expression.

Tsutsutsu… !

The horns of the one who was tied up while fainting are gradually revealed.

“Oh! Indeed!
It’s amazing, Lord Camus.”

“It was nothing.
Now, hypnosis.”

I’d like to forcefully open his mouth and shove the hypnotic stimulant into him, but seeing as he committed suicide earlier, I can’t.

Damn!

“Mind control!”

Clap loudly and cast mind control magic.

Parts Tsutsutsu!!!
Paji Jiji!!
Dismissal.
Tsutsutsu… !

The spark of the mental barrier gradually disappears,

Chew!

Jacques forcibly wakes the prisoner by splashing water on him.

“Cool, cool!”

Tsutsutsu!!!

Mind control magic activates.

“Good.
Now, what’s your name…”

That moment.
The prisoner’s body changes color.
Like a ember burning brightly in the ashes.

“Damage!!”

Kwak!!

Kudangtangtang!!

The prisoner’s body exploded and sparks flew out.
I get thrown back by the explosion and I roll over.
It flew quite violently and ended up near the Duke of Dupre, who was standing far away.

“Hey, look!
Are you okay?!”

“Cuckoo, my gosh.
It’s okay, it’s okay.
I was just a little surprised…”

What?
There is no damage thanks to the golden shield that I have seen many places.
It was just pushed by the wind and rolled.

Could this be…

“Number of animals…”

“Shut up.
The sun god’s grace spreads evenly like sunlight.
It only shined on you, not for you.”

“… Thank you.”

“I told you to shut up.”

Marianne held out her hand with her brow furrowed.
The golden light extending from her hand surrounds me and slowly disappears.

“Captain, are you okay?!”

“Captain!
You mustn’t die before you marry Nene first!
Please be careful!!”

“… I don’t know if I should thank you for saying this as a concern.”

“What happened?”

“Probably a magic trap.
Are you okay?”

“Damn.
Among the guys they infiltrated, there’s one who’s wary of me.
It’s set to automatically explode when it breaks the mental barrier and infiltrates the brain.”

It hurts.
Spirit-type magicians are rare, and among them, he was afraid of being captured by a very rare hypnotist.
Such an advanced magic trap.
It was a lot of work.
This…

“They knew I was here and let them in.”

“The captain made so much noise.”

“You wrote your real name.
What if you change your last name?
Well, you know everything.”

“You know I never used my real name, right?
Even the 3rd Corps kids know me through the iron mask.
Even if I’m a demon, I just gathered the top leaders at the engagement ceremony and broke it.”

“In addition, it was set to detonate exactly when the mental barrier is released.
This…”

“I mean, the captain and the head of the team were aiming at the same time.”

“Huh. I assumed I was going to interrogate you, so I set up a self-destruct operation.”

Ok, tea.

Barely get up

“But boss.
How did you become convinced just by looking at military boots?
No, what if I stole and wore good-looking shoes…”

“I couldn’t hear footsteps.”

“Yes?”

I pat the dirt off my ass.

“The soldiers next to me naturally make noise while walking, but oddly enough, their footsteps didn’t make a sound.
Like entering a place you shouldn’t be entering.
They are trained assassins.”

“Captain Jjamba is no joke.
Does that set it apart from all the noise?”

“How did it happen?
Ahh, Duke.
Are you surprised?
Too bad.
I thought I almost caught the demon king’s infiltrator…”

“No.
I’m glad you weren’t hurt…”

Duke Dupre exchanging regards with each other, and Marianne staring at me.

“Number of animals.
Thank you so much.”

“Go away.”

“Are you not hurt?”

“If it doesn’t go off, I will go off.”

Swish

Marianne turns around and strides away.
Ludwig is restless at that appearance.
I smile bitterly
Jacques and Duke Dupre stare blankly at each other.

Confused, confused
There’s a long way to go.

* * *

“Oops, I’m tired.”

There are a lot of stabbing attacks today.
Keep going, damn it.
We’ll start escaping from the palace tomorrow, so let’s rest.
The shift staff will figure it out.

Wash up and lie down on the bed.
I fell asleep right away.

Coo…

“Hey, Mr. Pervert.”

Chukkuk!

“!!”

“Oh, what a surprise!
King, what are you doing?”

Without realizing it, I reflexively extended Master’s dagger and aimed it at Master’s neck.
Ugh, from the fake raid of Zach and Ludwig in the past to the suicide bombing today.
Every moment is tense, so I always pack my arms even when I sleep.

“I thought you were an assassin.
What happened without a message…”

“Shh, shh! Shh!”

Huh?
This is my room. Why is Stella hissing?

I lower my voice as soon as I noticed,

“No, King.
Say goodbye and come in.
Why did you sneak in by teleportation?”

Come to think of it, Stella is wearing a cute camisole and light pajama bottoms.

“Is it an assassination?
So escape?”

“… No.
Mr. Pervert.
It’s not…”

“No?”

“That, you know… ?”

Why is he suddenly twisting his body?
Why are you avoiding your eyes?
Why is your face red?
Did you catch a cold?

“Huh.”

“Hey, can I sit down for a while?”

“Uh? Uh.”

Fluff.

“?”

I leave the chair and sit on my bed.
Huh?
I lean my back against the head of the bed and sit right there.

“There it is.
You said you almost had a big day today?
Are you okay?”

“Huh. Fortunately.
Hey, how lucky were you?”

“… Miss Marianne stopped you?”

Ugh.
I didn’t say it for fear of making you uncomfortable.
Duke. Please keep an eye out.

“… Uh.
Haha, it must have been because he was afraid he would get caught up in it too.”

“Lie.
I know everything, stupid.”

“…”

“I’m glad you’re safe.
Are we leaving the palace tomorrow?”

“Huh. Have you packed all your things?”

“Yes. There were a lot of things to take care of.”

“…”

“…”

No. The atmosphere is so weird that I can’t joke lightly.
It’s hard to say this, but according to my short dating experience, this… Is it angle

“Will it be dangerous to leave the palace?”

“Then. Because getting away safely is the hardest thing in war.”

“I’m worried.”

“Relax.”

“You.”

“…”

Slowly, Stella’s hand approached and lightly touched my hand on the bed.

“Mr. Pervert is always in danger.
I don’t even buy myself.
So I’m a little worried.”

Took.

The little finger touches the little finger.

“Someone has to stay.”

“Does it always have to be you?”

“You don’t deserve to be a general if you just ask your subordinates to do it.”

Chet. This is Kahn’s words.
He’s close with Master, and I’m also close with Balak, so it’s impossible not to have exchanges.

“If you risk other people’s lives but don’t risk your own life, your life will only be seen as a piece of chess.”

It’s not about playing for a long time, it’s about fighting.
If you’re going to do that, don’t be a general.
This is the word of a crazy old man.
Chet.
On the topic of berserkers.
I have a lot of nagging.

“… That’s a good word.
I hope you will become a good general.”

A good general is to win the war and let many of his men live.
Please I wish it was like that

“But you are a general.
If you die in front of it too dangerously, that’s more of a nuisance.
Know?”

“Yes, then.”

Hey, but why are you talking casually today?
Usually, we used to talk casually when we were joking around with each other.
Must now… I think I’m talking to Rumika.

“That, so.
Are you always in danger?
Tomorrow I will leave the palace.
Gee, it’s a really dangerous day.
So today is the last day to sleep in the palace, right?
That and…”

“And?”

The tail is very tight.
Cute.
Like a rabbit, I want to bite that cheek.

Stella bowed her head.
Red up to the ears

“Today we… Are you engaged?”

“Yep.”

“Well then.”

Seruk.

Head up but eyes averted.

“Today… Can I sleep here?”