Chapter 163 – Demon Lord (5)
Crash.
First-timer Leon was watching the bonfire burning while being blown by the chilly night breeze.
Thanks to the burning flames, the cool temperature rose at least.
It’s a night with a lot to think about.
From worrying about whether one’s choice is right or wrong to worrying about whether one can return safely.
He was groping for firewood with a branch when he suddenly felt a presence.
Turning his head, he saw a man with dark hair yawning.
Indeed, it was like a limit.
Laughter came out of nowhere.
“It’s probably not your turn yet.”
Who would think that friend is a warrior?
Einstein replied, rubbing his eyes with the heel of his hand.
“I can’t sleep.”
It was an unexpected fact.
Leon de Gallia gave him a genuinely suspicious look.
“You mean?”
“… I do worry about it too.”
“Is that a concern you can tell me about?”
Einstein thought for a moment, then shook his head.
“That’s what I’m talking about, too.”
“I’m sorry to say it so bluntly.”
“Sorry.”
Leon smiled and patted the seat next to him with his hand.
“Something to be sorry about, friends. By the way, it worked well in the middle of the day. If you can’t sleep, sit over here and talk.”
Einstein sighed as he looked at the prince who skillfully invited him to talk.
It had already been rejected once.
Ain’s personality was reluctant to refuse twice.
“… Yeah, it’s me next time anyway.”
The two men, squatting in similar positions, stared at the blazing bonfire.
Leon was the first to speak.
“She seems to have changed a lot, but she hasn’t.”
Because of her personal pronoun, ‘she’, Leon said, several thoughts ran through Einstein’s head.
After a long, short silence, Einstein answered.
“You mean Narji?”
“Who else?”
“If you omit the subject, it’s hard to hear.”
“Didn’t you understand? You.”
“… You’ll be fine.”
Leon, too, was once a man who put himself in the forefront.
It wouldn’t be strange if he knew Nar Jie to some extent.
When we met face-to-face, we didn’t even pretend to know each other.
Einstein pointed out this point.
“When we first met, he didn’t seem very interested.”
“How could I not be interested, a comrade with whom I once shared the joys and sorrows.”
“You didn’t get along well for that kind of thing, did you?”
Leon and Nargie in those days.
The two were truly ‘opposites’.
Was it a blind spot?
It was Leon who couldn’t bring out a refutation for a moment.
But he soon regained his composure and made up his excuses.
“At that time, we were both young and immature.”
There was no way I could stop laughing at the shameless response.
“Pretend it’s not now.”
“At least I’ve become a person who cares about the surface and the form.”
Einstein was disgusted.
“I grew up not having fun.”
“If you carry a lot of things on your back, that’s the way it is, isn’t it?”
“A man is an excuse.”
The two men chatted for a while.
The content was so trivial that it wasn’t even worth mentioning.
Still, it was a story that made me live.
Thanks to that, the atmosphere wasn’t bad.
So, if you want to ask something, you can judge that now is the right time.
Einstein was lucky with such calculations.
“Leon, you…”
Unfortunately, Einstein’s words were not completely finished.
A third person appeared.
“Are you on a trip? This wouldn’t be a very good vacation spot for humans.”
Contrary to the friendly greeting, I can feel the intent to kill as if stabbing the skin.
Leon immediately spurred his seat and discharged his sword.
It was a no-nonsense attitude.
It’s like cutting off the opponent’s head.
Caang!
A rustle rang out.
Einstein’s sword blocked Leon’s sword.
“Calm down, Leon.”
“Why stop?”
If Einstein hadn’t stopped it, that demon would have been torn apart.
Leon was sincere.
“I was excited unlike you.”
“I am cold, Einstein.”
Cold-hearted?
Are you the one who tried to run away?
That is completely unreliable.
It was Einstein who had already grasped the trembling in his voice and the change in his expression.
“Where is that look?”
“Didn’t I tell you that the purpose of my accompany is to catch that child?”
I heard it clearly
Still, there are many questionable parts to deal with without question and answer.
“Listening to his plan comes first. They wouldn’t have come to us for no reason.”
It was a theory.
Lack of an answer, Leon clicked his tongue.
“How come the warrior side is more communicative?”
Despite the sarcasm of scratching inside, Leon calmed his rough breath by washing his face dry with his bare hands.
The demons who watched the entire process shed even more vile mockery.
“Does the warrior party treat guests so fantastically?”
Einstein said firmly.
“You’re not a guest, so you don’t have to worry about it. Karel Nadeluca.”
“Oh, it seems you haven’t forgotten my name.”
How can I forget that hateful voice?
A demon that plagued Leon and Edelis.
Karel Nadeluca.
He smirked at Leon.
“Did you calm down, Prince Leon?”
The prince’s big eyes turned to Karel.
“I never gave you my name.”
“What, between us.”
The act of acting like a close friend made Leon sick.
“If I kill you, I think this feeling that has risen like wildfire will at least calm down.”
Karel made a bright expression at the clear hostility.
It was a cowardly attitude.
“Don’t expect it.”
Meanwhile, Einstein was wary of Karel and asked a question.
“How did you know where we were?”
“It is a territory under His Majesty’s jurisdiction. Wouldn’t it be a mistake to think that there are no eyes?”
Karel tapped her near the eye.
Had I heard of that?
Hagiya, there is a moon god over there.
It wouldn’t be strange to figure out the movement route this way through the number of seedlings.
After organizing his thoughts, Einstein asked again.
“Why did you come to us? I bet you didn’t try to stop us alone.”
“That is not enough. I’m realizing it. I didn’t come all the way here just to commit suicide.”
Karel stopped him for a moment and put his hand around his neck.
Then he narrowed his eyes.
“I know your purpose well. Ending His Majesty’s life is the same, but is it to catch the falling moon or something? What a noble and grand purpose. Don’t praise me.”
“I don’t think I ever said I wanted to receive compliments like you.”
At Leon’s sharp words, Karel burst into laughter.
“But it is. Do you know where His Majesty’s castle is? What kind of hardships will there be to get there? You wouldn’t know I don’t know. That’s natural. We know very well that we ripped apart the warriors and saints sent by you humans. Do you have any information?”
Astein cut him off, thinking that if he let him continue talking, he would continue to talk without end.
“The introduction is long. Get to the point.”
Karel continued without showing any signs of being offended.
“Main subject? It’s very simple. The hero and the saint, you two were chosen by His Majesty.”
“Gantaek?”
In response to Einstein’s question, he spoke in a more heightened tone, as if his excitement had risen.
“Yes, he personally called you lowly.”
“Only ‘two’.”
Leon pointed out Karel’s words.
Karel didn’t even bother denying it.
Rather, he smiled, showing his white teeth.
“Yes, only ‘two’.”
Upon hearing the story, Einstein shook his head.
“It’s a story you don’t even need to hear. Go back and tell the demon king, stop talking nonsense and wipe your throat well…”
“Astein.”
Leon saw Einstein.
Einstein also saw Leon.
“Take it, this is your chance.”
“Do you know what trap it is? And what are you guys going to do?”
“In the first place, Edelis and I are not very helpful. So, I was planning to focus on searching for the castle. But in this situation, you can rather shorten the time and conserve your stamina. If this isn’t an advantage, what is it?”
“I know what this guy will do to you.”
“Like it or not, I’m going to end it with this bastard.”
“… You.”
“Please, Ain.”
“… Shouldn’t you at least listen to the opinions of the other guys?”
“… That’s the case.”
“Huh, let’s have a leisurely meeting with colleagues. After all, the only thing left is time.”
The two men’s gazes were directed at a single demon.
That demon only shrugged his shoulders slyly.
Even if he said that, he would not wait patiently.
I knew Einstein and Leon well.
How impatient this demon is.
* * *
“That’s why I woke you up to ask your opinion, sorry.”
Ain, who finished the story so far, closed his mouth disapprovingly and watched Leon.
Leon, who endured that stinging gaze, was quite stubborn and stubborn.
Ah, these two have no intention of making concessions to each other.
It feels like that.
Azazel, watching the action, furrowed her eyebrows and twisted her mouth to make a stern expression.
It was a gesture that she was now full of dissatisfaction.
“Are you saying that the reason my precious sleep time is being interrupted is because of this devil’s lies?”
As if she had no intention of just spitting out disgust, the mana in the atmosphere stirred.
Karel Nadeluca’s reaction was to try it if you want to try it.
“Azazel.”
I affectionately called her to show off her skills.
Did my name work?
It was Azazel who frowned and stopped the movement of mana.
“… I joined because of Arya and Einstein. Do I need to listen to that damn bastard say, ‘Please come just the two of us’? And who guarantees they won’t lie? What if you trust that word like iron and go and end up in trouble?”
“Your Majesty does not lie, human.”
It was Azazel who frowned arrogantly, perhaps uncomfortable with Karel’s meddling.
“You never asked me to intervene, did you? I’m expressing my opinion, you damn demon.”
“Isn’t it just correcting the wrong words?”
Paget.
It was so bloody that it felt like an electric current was splattering.
Ain took his eyes off the two and looked at a woman.
“Azazel is against it. How are you, Edelis?”
“… I will obey your will.”
“… Yes.”
Two for, two against.
Opinions were unanimous.
It was only natural, then, that attention was drawn to the last remaining opinion.
Including the gaze of the demon, Karel, a total of five pairs of eyes turned to me.
Yes.
I’m the only one who hasn’t commented yet.
Ain asks.
“Aria. Have you decided on the answer?”
Then.
Don’t decide
I opened my mouth.
“I agree with the will of poor Leon.”