Divinity Academy’s Crazy Demon Lord’s Son 79

Chapter 79 – 23. The Demon Sisters at the Tobacco Shop (1)

The two people who came out welcomed Lucia.
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“Lucia! What have you been doing since morning?”
“Sister Lucia!”
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One was a gray, long-haired woman similar in height to Lucia. The other was a long-haired woman with platinum blonde hair. Her white-blonde side was as short as a rosette.

Said the gray-haired woman.
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“By the way, Lucia. Who are you with?”
“Ah. This person is…”
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Lucia hesitated for a moment.

She knew that I had no prejudice against her demons. So she must have wanted to introduce me to two close friends since she came around here.
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However, it was not possible to reveal the identity of the two from the beginning. After a certain amount of trust has been built up, you can say that the two are demons.
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And vice versa. I am the successor to the only Grand Duke of the Empire, Marshal Wilhelm. The grand duke, my maternal grandfather, and my mother were very famous people.
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‘It must be a bit difficult to introduce myself. Because my status is too high.’
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Of course, meeting these two was my intention. It’s actually a bit embarrassing situation for Lucia.
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So I decided to help her with her. I greeted both of them first.
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“Nice to meet you. I am Julian von Reinhardt. Lucia’s Pantheon Motivation. So we’re friends. I stopped by while passing by.”
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It was the clearest explanation summarizing the relationship between the two. Lucia showed a very regretful expression at the word that he was her friend, but she nodded her head vigorously.
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“Okay. Cecil, Rishi. This is Pantheon’s classmate. And I came to know this by chance… I came to visit these two people while I was near the market.”
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Lucia smiled broadly and tried to introduce me to them. However, when they heard my name, their expressions hardened.
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“Reinhardt?”
“Could it be the Margrave of Essenmund?”
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Reinhardt. My maternal grandfather and mother, who bear that family name, are heroes of the Great War.
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So it was no different from the biggest enemy to the demons. Lucia, who noticed that fact, panicked and made an excuse.
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“Yeah, that’s right. This is the heir to the Margrave of Essenmund and Count of Harsen. But, I… But you don’t have any prejudice or misunderstanding about a specific target…”
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Lucia said urgently. You probably want to explain the fact that I have no antipathy towards the demons.
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But I calmed Lucia down. Because Tricia, the gray-haired woman, was the first to shake my hand.
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She said with a laugh.
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“I am Tricia. He’s Lucia’s friend. Please take good care of me. Count Julian. I’m probably a little older than Lucia. And the girl next to her is my younger sister, Cecilia. She’s about a year younger than Lucia. Because the Count is a precious person. Please feel free to talk to us.”
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Dragons and elves. Both are long-lived races, so the actual age must be much older than that. But Tricia spoke in human terms.
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I shook her hand with her.
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“​Do that.”​
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It was like the death of the demon king. Despite appearing human, Tricia is an elf who hides her pointy ears. And she was the owner of an easy-going personality that was not like an elf.
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‘Elves are old-fashioned, and the higher-ranking nobles have a strict image.’
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And surprisingly, the image of Essenmund and Reinhardt among the demons was not bad.
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Great War Era.
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The Holy Imperial Army did not treat the demons as human beings at all. That’s why he had no hesitation in committing any terrible war crimes against the demons.
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Gang rape, brutal torture, brutal slaughter of the demons who surrendered, and more. In the name of the holy war, he committed unspeakable things to the demons.
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But the Essenmund army was different. Under Marshal Wilhelm’s command, the elite soldiers with strong discipline did not engage in any unnecessary actions other than combat.
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Saint Agnes was also different from what was known to the world. After her battle, where her victory or defeat had already been decided, she was responsible for treating and returning her demon prisoners.
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The concept of the Demon Prisoner was unique to the Essenmund Army.
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So Tricia seemed less hostile towards me. Because she was originally a cool person.
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Tricia smiled at her restless Lucia.
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“The Reinhard family. It’s a wonderful lineup. A famous garnish that produced two heroes, Margrave Wilhelm and Saint Agnes. And those two will be respected anywhere on the continent.”
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Of course, it was not meant to be sarcastic. Tricia readily affirmed the two enemies of the demons.
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Then I pushed Cecilia, who was hiding behind her, towards me.
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“Cecile. Lucia introducing her friend like this. You should say hi too is not it?”
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At Tricia’s words, a short woman with blonde hair stepped forward.
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“Cecilia… Cecilia.”
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After saying that, she hid behind Tricia again. Tricia looks beautiful like an elf. And her own sister, Cecilia, was also short but beautiful.
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But Cecilia was a dragon, not an elf.
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Their parents are dragons and elves, respectively. As befitting the two children without crossbreeds, even if they were biological sisters, they were of different species.
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But unlike her older sister, Tricia, who looked healthy, Cecilia looked sickly.
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‘As far as I know, the Dragon Heart must be broken right now. Cecilia.’
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Because of that, the two of them left the eastern part of the continent, the home of the demons, and came to the ecliptic here. And also the reason Lucia worked as a security guard.
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After a moment of shouting, Tricia spoke.
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“Then would you like to come into the store? If you haven’t had breakfast, let’s eat together.”
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The four went into a tobacco shop together.
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The space inside was narrow. The space outside is used as a tobacco shop. Cigarette packs were piled up in a small space and sold through the windows.
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Inside was a living space for two people. With four people sitting together, the room was small enough to fill up.
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Tricia and Cecilia. As I got closer to the two, a notification window popped up.
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* Asmodian sub-quest 3 「Bonds in the name of demons」​
: Contact the demons first. (Completion)
: Prerequisites have been completed and additional quests will proceed.
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Thus, the quest has been completed. Now that the quest is completed like this, the two of them are undoubtedly demons. It was only natural that my blood felt the two as kin in the first place.
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‘But the two of them won’t know my identity.’
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As the demonization progresses, my demonic energy gradually thickens. However, the Magi is well hidden by Agnes’ Rosario.
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And the fact that the two hid the identity of the demon tribe was similar. There is a special magic tool made with the magic engineering technology of the same demon tribe, the dwarves.
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Through that magic tool, the two of them are completely disguised as humans. Pointy ears unique to elves. And even the horns unique to dragons. Because it didn’t show up at all.
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And that magic tool completely hid the demonic energy of the two people. I only noticed the identity of the two because I had the demon king’s blood.
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So the conversations between the four of you so far were just conversations between normal humans.
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“… So I got to know Lucia. It’s a lifesaver for both of us.”
“Lish. You don’t have to speak so harshly. I just saved the person I needed to save.”
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Lucia told me briefly about her acquaintance with her sister.
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Last year, Lucia traveled from the south to the ecliptic to enter the Pantheon. She happened to be accompanied by her sister, who was also traveling from her country to Seoul.
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In the meantime, he was attacked by bandits and human traffickers. Things like being surrounded by a group of orcs. After going through all sorts of hardships, the three of them became very close.
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Of course, those who attacked them all became corpses. It was quite refreshing to hear the stories of the beauties. However, the identity of the two sisters cannot be revealed to me yet. To some extent, the truth was hidden.
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Such personal words continued, and this time it flowed into my story. Tricia said.
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“By the way, Lucia. Lucia didn’t she hate men? What if she and she is a noble?”
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Tricia looked at the two of us with her meaningful expression. Then she said.
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“And since this early morning, the two of us have been here together… Hehe. Also, you are such a handsome count. No way?”
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Seeing those mischievous eyes, Lucia blushed and denied it.
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“That… It’s not like that. It’s just… The Count and I are just classmates… And the only reason we’re here this morning is because of the Pantheon’s mission…”
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Lucia moderately gave reasons. I was also here because of the quest, so it wasn’t a complete lie.
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“And I don’t necessarily hate aristocrats or men. He hates the frivolous men of the South and the aristocrats steeped in patriotism. Count Julian is the exact opposite!”
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Tricia nodded her head, as if she understood what she had heard often. She looked at me and she said out of the blue.
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“Oh right. Count. Excuse me for a second. It’s nothing strange, so don’t be too surprised. Come to think of it, it’s a little later than the original intake time.”
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Tricia took her first cigarette out of her pocket and put it to her mouth. Then, she lit a cigarette, a low-level fire spirit, Salamander, appeared in the air.
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“I am a spirit sage. Oh, than that. This. It’s not a cigarette. Count.”
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Tricia was an elf, so it wasn’t surprising if she summoned a spirit. She is the source of the spirit world tree. Adult elves are so close to spirits that they hold the seeds of the world tree in their hearts.
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And, as Tricia said, it wasn’t really a cigarette. Instead of obnoxious smoke, she filled the small room with a refreshing, comforting scent.
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“It is a magic tobacco made by drying the root of a magic tree. It calms the mind. And it works well for people with weak hearts. My brother has a little heart failure. Excuse me.”
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Tricia bowed her head. And Cecilia, who was sitting on her knees beside her, bowed her head as well.
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Cecilia did not participate in the conversation, but she glanced at me and kept looking at me. The moment her eyes met mine, she bowed her head in shame again.
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‘As I knew. She didn’t look sickly for nothing.’
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Platinum haired Cecilia. She wasn’t really feeling well either. Especially on the side of her heart.

In addition, since Cecilia is a dragon, she was the owner of a dragon heart, not an ordinary heart. That dragon heart was disintegrating.
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That also had my share in the cause.
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The two sisters are noble, not ordinary demons. In the world of demons, the two were royalty.
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He was from the same family as my father, Lucifer, from the Demon King clan. In other words, these two were also qualified to carry on the demon king’s blood.
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And Cecilia tried to succeed the demon king’s successor herself, who had no way to find it.

‘My identity is not known to the demons. Even the demons don’t know that the minstrel Riel was Lucifer.’

So, Cecilia, a dragon of noble blood. As a demon and a dragon, she took on that role.

As the successor of the demon king, he tried to make a contract with the demon grand dukes, which was proof of his qualifications. But she failed. And as a reward for that failure, the Dragon Heart was destroyed.
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‘The demon grand dukes didn’t recognize Cecilia’s qualifications.’
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Because I was the true successor of the Demon King. Even if I was a member of Lucifer’s family, the Demon King, I couldn’t satisfy that qualification unless I was the fittest.
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So, Cecilia had been given a notice of her life as a terminally ill.

‘That shouldn’t be the case. Cecilia is also a key figure who will be a party member in the nest raid.’

The scent of the magic tobacco made Cecilia’s expression much better. Seeing this, Lucia added her explanation of Cecilia’s illness.