Chapter 264 – Episode 197 – Dinner to Commemorate the Eradication of the Resistance, and the Next Destination

*All characters appearing are adults.
*This is a fictional story that is nothing but fiction. Never follow

“Eat as much as you want, Lilia-sama. We have prepared a hearty meal for you.”

The druid chief Entee invited her Lillia to her banquet at her own mansion.
Like the Druids, her bobbed hair is green, and her eyes are light green.
Dressed in white clothes made of fine silk, he had a bright expression like today.
It was so bright that even the laurel crown on her head sparkled.

“Thank you so much for solving our headache.”

The reason why the expression brightens is simple.
Because the forest is finally safe.
Because they finally wiped out the resistance fighters who attacked them every day.
What could be happier than this?

So, Enty decided to throw a dinner party.
He invited his Druid officers and Lillia’s officers to her mansion.
It’s good to share such a happy day with everyone.

“Ahahaha, go, thank you, Mr. Ent. Now, I will eat well.”

Lilia laughed awkwardly.
If it was a normal dinner, she wanted to wear a fancy dress, but unfortunately, Lilia had no choice but to participate in a uniform.
Because she has no clothes other than several uniforms.
She thought she didn’t need to pack unnecessary clothes for a long expedition, so Lilia left her favorite dress in the castle.

If she had worn it, she would have caught everyone’s attention.
But Lillia had no intention of caring about that.

What to do with this food right in front of me was what I had to solve right now.

‘Is this edible, right?’

A long dining table used at every party.
There is a white tablecloth on it to keep it from getting dirty.
Plates with various foods were displayed on the tablecloth.
The delicious smell that stimulates the nose naturally makes one’s mouth water.

If it weren’t for the appearance of her food, Lillia would have eaten her plate full long ago.

“Come on, eat before it gets cold. It doesn’t taste good when it’s cold.”
“Yes, I understand.”

Despite that answer, Lilia couldn’t make up her mind about what to eat.

Because,

‘They give me normal food, why are they bugs?’

Because they are all insects.
I knew very well that druids love to eat insect food, but I never thought they would serve this to their guests.
As soon as Lilia saw the true identity, she almost lost strength in her legs.

‘Ah, I feel dizzy.’

A giant braised scorpion with marinade.
Tempura made of spiders the size of a human palm.
Large grilled crickets dripping with green juice.
A whole boiled beetle stuffed with small bugs inside.
Mixed with the caterpillars—Enti says the caterpillars are baked—salad.
Roasted pasta with little ants.
Fresh cream cake filled with cicadas, etc.

They are all insects.
They are insects that cause disgust just by looking at them.
Insects that Lillia hates are all over her table.

‘I hate bugs…’

The reason for her dislike is simple.
Because just looking at it is disgusting.
Whenever she saw large insects when subjugating the resistance, Lilia’s face hardened.
If he had even screamed, he would have turned into a great nuisance.

‘Um, this is delicious, so why don’t you like it?’
‘Try it, Lilia. I should be able to eat all of this on the battlefield.’

Her sister Eris and her mother Emilia, unlike Lilia, chewed insects without resistance.

‘I can’t say I don’t like eating this.’

Lillia looked around.

-Ahahaha, I’m full, so I don’t want to touch it…

– I’ll go outside for a while. It’s strangely hot.

– On a day like this, alcohol, food later, ahahaha…

As expected, Lillia’s officers did not even touch the food.
It’s because they don’t think it’s food that they can eat.
I would eat it if I had to do with the appearance, but who would want to eat it since I just brought it whole.
Lillia and her officers later realized that the insect food served at the banquet was noble.

What kind of land did they live on so that they could eat these terrible foods normally?
Lilia was genuinely curious.

“Why are you standing so blankly? Are you feeling unwell?”
“Oh, no. Not at all. I’m just thinking about what to eat. Aha, ahahaha!”

When Enti asked, Lilia laughed out loud.
It was an awkward laugh that anyone could see saying ‘I am acting’.

“Is that so? Take your time and look around. Because there is a lot of food.”

Fortunately, Enty didn’t seem to care.

“…”

I have to quickly pick out a good one and stuff it into her mouth.
With tons of food in front of her, Lilia quickly rolled her eyes.

‘I can’t see anything worth eating other than this.’

After a long roll, Lilia’s eyes were fixed on the ant-infused pasta.
I see a lot of ants, but they are very small.
If you eat these ants thinking they are burnt meat, you will be fine.

‘Yes, there will be no problem. I’m sure there won’t be.’

So rationalizing her foolishness, Lilia grabbed a handful of her pasta with her tongs and placed it on her own plate.
She and she stuffed the pasta into her mouth and chewed it.

“Okay… Are you okay?”

It tastes better than you think.
She was disgusting to look at because she was a bug, but the taste itself was fine.

But what is it that tastes like something pungent?
Why does my tongue feel tingly?
Isn’t this spicy pasta?
And is it an illusion that something is wriggling?
She was Lilia with sinister thoughts, but she struggled in denial and gulped down her pasta.

“It is delicious.”
“Is that so? Then I will tell the chef to do more.”
“Oh, no, you don’t have to. This is enough.”

Lilia said she was fine with the effort and she declined.
She then turned her gaze to herself and her officers.

[Eat now. I’m not going to eat?]

Unspoken pressure to force yourself to eat.
Her eyes and mouth were smiling, but the officers could see that she wasn’t laughing for pleasure.

-Let’s eat. If you don’t eat it, I might turn you into a woman.

-You exude life while laughing. It must be the younger brother of the Demon King.

-Don’t talk, let’s eat quickly. You keep staring.

Eventually the officers put the food on their plates.
It was disgusting just to look at it, but I ate it anyway.
I hate bugs, but I’m more afraid of incurring Lillia’s wrath.
Officers, not wanting to be raped like slaves, chewed very hard.

“Hey, Mr. Ent. What are you going to do with the resistance fighters’ hideout?”
“We will convert it into a village where the Druids live.”

A hideout left by the resistance.
It was not just a place to hide, but a small village where you could find food, clothing and shelter.
There are more than a dozen such small villages, and it was very difficult to find them because they were meticulously hidden.
If they hadn’t mobilized their leader, Vannis, it would have taken longer to wipe out the resistance.

The resistance is now gone.
All that remains is the many villages they left and disappeared.
Enti had long since decided what to do with these villages.

“There has been a large increase in the number of people relocating to the Holy Land. I needed a house to give them, but it was a headache because I didn’t have enough.”
“So you’re going to solve that headache with the legacy of the Resistance.”
“Yes.”

After recapturing the Great Forest, the number of druids who want to settle down in the Holy Land is increasing.
There are some compatriots who decided to remain in the mainland, the demon world, but many of them wanted to live in the Holy Land.

Because it is their home
Even if you weren’t born in the Holy Land, it’s a place you must return to.
So, the number of druids residing in the Great Forest is increasing.

The problem is that there are not enough houses to live in compared to the growing population.
Enty saw that this problem could be solved by using the numerous small towns used by the resistance.

This decision was not the result of ENT alone.

“My wife told me this. Wouldn’t it be better to remodel the resistance? Making a new one will cost more money, so let’s go for the saving method.”
“As for my wife, is that Bark family girl?”
“Yes, I decided to follow my wife’s advice. It’s good to save money as much as possible.”

Bark family.
A family that managed the forest.
The head of the Bark family was killed while fighting the Druids to protect the Great Forest.
The successor commanded the battle in place of his father, who was the head, but it was not enough to reverse the tilting battle situation.
In the end, the heir had no choice but to declare surrender to Ent.

The successor was Enti’s second wife.

‘Hello, Lilia. I am Luti Bark.’

Ruthie Bark.
A woman who had an arranged marriage with her father’s enemy.
Women from other Bark families also had arranged marriages with Enti’s bloodlines.
Like the Winter family, they sacrificed themselves for the safety of the people.

‘Huh? Eh, something like this wasn’t in the contract, huh huh?’

Addicted to Summit, everyone has become bitches who can’t live without Mr. Seo.

“You listen to her wife. I also… No, I thought you would solve it yourself, N.T.”
“No way. Even if it’s a strategy, she’s my wife. What husband is there in the world who ignores what her wife has to say to her?”
“You care so much.”
“Lilia-sama, when you get a husband, you’ll know why I’m like that.”
“… I really hope that day will come.”

Lilia let out her sigh.

‘I must come up with a way to go to the heavenly realm soon.’

When will it come out?
I wish I could see signs like the sky tainted with purple magic.
Lilia sincerely hoped that the day would come when she invaded the heavenly realm as soon as possible.
So she can achieve what she wants.

“Rather than that, Lillia-nim, are you heading to Horus right away tomorrow?”
“Yes, capturing the Constantine Fortress there will make the expedition easier.”

Horus, the holy place of the Harpies.
Horus has an iron-walled fortress called Constantine.
A fortress that does not allow enemies to invade by using an artificial sandstorm as a barrier.
The harpies who occupied Horus tried to attack the fortress several times, but each time they tasted failure.

“The fortress. The sandstorm was no joke.”

Enty was also familiar with the fort.
When the leader of the Harpies, Kenyon, asked for help in attacking the fortress, he led reinforcements and participated.
Camilla, the leader of the Dream Demons, also participated in the attack by leading reinforcements at Kenyon’s request.

However, even though the two leaders stepped forward, they were unable to break through the sandstorm in the end.
I couldn’t break down a single wall properly, and I had no choice but to retreat.

Even just thinking about it at that time, Enty’s teeth gnashed on their own.
It was because he almost annihilated the precious warriors by attacking it for being nothing more than an ordinary castle.

“By the way, how do you plan to attack Lilia-sama? Wouldn’t it be nice to get some help from your family?”
“That’s nice, but…”

Lilia shook her head.

“I will solve it myself without your help.”
“No, why…”
“Because I want to show that I can do it alone.”
“…”
“You can’t live forever with only the help of her family. If I fail, I will take full responsibility.”
“… You really look alike.”

How could they be so similar?
The way he pushes forward with his determination is exactly like Lord Maou.
The point of declaring that if you fail, you take all the responsibility yourself.
Maybe it’s because they look so much alike that the Demon King cares for his younger brother dearly?
Entity thought so.

“By the way, have you thought of a way to attack the fortress? There is no answer in a head-to-head match.”
“I know that too. So I’m thinking of using this method…”

Lilia whispered in Enty’s ear.
Upon hearing what Lillia was thinking of, Entee opened her eyes.

“Is that possible? I’ve been told that she accepts other resistance forces, but I wonder if she will be able to solve it easily…”
“I will do it anyway. It’s better than not doing it.”
“Hmm…”
“So, can you give me some more?”

More different
Enty immediately noticed what Lilia was asking for.
She had no tools other than that which she gave her Lillia free of charge.

“Are you asking for more seeds?”
“Yes, I will give you the money. You need money to feed your fellow countrymen anyway, don’t you?”

Lillia held out her hand as if to shake her hand.

“How about it, would you like to make a deal, Chief?”
“Can you not?”

Lilia held out her hand, and Enty took it.

“I will give it to you immediately. At an affordable price.”
“If there is a defective product, I will refund it.”
“Don’t worry. All the seeds we sell are of the highest quality.”

In this way the deal was concluded.