Chapter 251 – Side Story 55. Hidden Truth (3)
“Wow…”
The demon girl was amazed and applauded repeatedly.
That’s right.
“Whoa.”
The sight of manipulating the wind to carry a stream is difficult to see anywhere else in the world.
After filling several old buckets with clean water, Liliana puffed out her chest in satisfaction.
“This should be enough, right?”
“Huh! Thank you, big-breasted sister!”
“…”
I can’t bear to say anything to a girl who expresses her friendliness with her pure heart.
Lilia I lightly stroked the demon girl’s head, tapping her forehead against hers.
“Now there will be no shortage of water.”
“Huh! “My big-breasted sister taught me a lot of things I can eat, so now I can eat to my heart’s content!”
“Hehe. “I just gave you some simple knowledge.”
Of course it had to be that way.
The ecosystems of the kingdom of Dimencia, the land of demons, and the Sonia Empire are very different.
What color are common mushrooms and what are the characteristics of poisonous mushrooms?
It is virtually impossible to distinguish between demons.
The demons had no way of distinguishing what they should eat on this land and what they should not eat.
Even if Devi had been by her side to inform her, she would have clearly been lacking compared to the knowledgeable elf about the forest.
In a way, it was luck that Liliana came here.
She carries buckets of water to the camp on the wind.
“Wow!”
As the excited demon girl ran after her, Liliana looked at Debbie with a slightly stern expression on her face.
“Why are you taking such a difficult journey?”
“…”
“The devil has fallen. Now the Kingdom of Dementia will be free from oppression and fear. But why…”
“That’s why, Liliana.”
Debbie answered quietly.
“Because the Demon King is gone, they can no longer live in the Kingdom of Dementia.”
“What is that… ?”
“Isn’t it a simple principle?”
It was difficult to understand.
The Demon King is a harmful entity even to the Kingdom of Dementia.
He uprooted such a person, so why did he mean that ordinary citizens had to leave the kingdom?
As she was repeating the unsolvable riddle in her head, Debbie immediately came up with an answer, as if she had caught a glimpse of it.
“No matter how small it is on the outskirts, Dimencia is a country ruled by a king. But what would happen if the king disappeared one day?”
“Even so, there must have been forces opposing the Demon King. If the opposing party rules the kingdom on behalf of the Demon King… !”
“No.”
Just cut it out.
Debbie neatly denied Liliana’s guess.
“There were no voices opposing the devil from the beginning.”
“Yes… ?”
“With his ears and eyes everywhere, the Demon King purged all those who opposed him. Even your own blood relatives.”
“…”
“For that purpose, they did not hesitate to commit mass murder. Although it was advertised externally that ‘humans invaded and massacred our people’…”
Phew, Debbie sighed.
“The intention was to set an example to everyone in the kingdom. In the sense that ‘this is what will happen to all those who resist.'”
“Then wouldn’t it be better for other demons to fill the void left by the demon king?”
“Didn’t I tell you? They didn’t even hesitate to massacre.”
“… Does this mean that even intellectuals were killed?”
Debbie just nodded quietly to Liliana, who frowned.
“The more foolish people are, the easier it is to rule them with fear and violence.”
“It’s terrible.”
“Okay. “It’s a terrible thing.”
Debbie’s eyes seemed somewhat empty as she agreed.
Looking at the red jewel embedded in her forehead, I waited for her next words.
“The devil and the devil. They were clearly evil people. “I don’t have any regrets about punishing them.”
Debbie walks to camp.
Liliana followed behind her.
“So I agree. Economics, law, politics. Even if everything is lost. Even if it’s my home country.”
“You’re cold-hearted.”
“Hehe. Well, it’s a place I don’t have any good memories of.”
“…”
Although she was smiling through her eyes, Debbie’s voice was full of bitterness that could not be wiped away.
Liliana was able to notice.
‘… Guilt, huh?’
Although they were called heroes, the feeling that they could not save everyone weighed heavily on the two heroes here.
“… “How many more people like them have lost their land to live on?”
“Well. I don’t know exactly. “It’s probably around a few thousand.”
“…”
Liliana lowered her head with a serious expression.
With her brow furrowed, the elf bit her lip.
‘Up until now, I believed that we were only doing the right thing as a warrior party.’
Save the world.
From the worst villain of all time.
I had no doubt that I believed it.
I also knew to some extent about the Kingdom of Dimencia.
It is also a country ruled by the devil.
Also, the people are suffering due to the reign of terror.
I knew everything.
But.
“Uh! “Here comes the girl with big breasts!”
“…”
I saw that girl smiling brightly and welcoming me.
Lyria I couldn’t ignore her doubts about herself.
“… Huh.”
Looking at Liliana’s serious face, Debbie lamented quietly.
And then.
“Come here for a moment.”
“Huh?”
She called out to the girl who was eating golden brown mushrooms.
At Debbie’s call, the girl came running like a rabbit.
“Why are you calling me, sister? Should I share some mushrooms?”
“Hehe, I’ll eat that later.”
“Then?”
“This sister actually has something to confess to you.”
“Confession?”
Debbie smiled like an adult and silently confirmed.
“Well, it’s not that big of a story. He said it was something that had to be said no matter what.”
“What is it? What is it? I’m curious!”
“Wait a minute, Debbie… !”
Liliana notices it too late and tries to stop Debbie.
Just before her beautiful white hand covered her mouth, Debbie spoke to her girl without hiding anything.
“The elf sister here is actually Liliana, a member of the warrior party.”
“To… ?”
Momentary silence.
At Debbie’s sudden remark, both the demon girl and the others who were secretly listening by her silenced her.
“Debbie… ! What are you talking about… !”
“Really… “Hey?”
A girl asking back with a confused face.
Liliana was half in tears at that pitiful sight.
“Not really. “He’s the guy who was in the warrior party with me.”
“Ugh…”
I wish you would stop.
At this moment, Liliana truly resented Debbie.
There will definitely be complaints and reprimands from the demons.
It would be natural since they destroyed their own land.
It was a time when she was preparing her mind for the beatings that would soon follow.
“Wow… !”
I dropped the mushroom I was eating.
The demon girl smiled brightly.
“I, I, other than Debbie, had something I wanted to say when I saw the warrior party!”
“Hmm. “Tell me.”
Then.
“Hero sisters! Thank you so much for saving our village!!”
“———Yes?”
The girl expressed her gratitude to Liliana so clearly.
I was dumbfounded.
Lilia I looked down at the girl with a blank expression on her face, as if she had been hit in the back of the head.
“Uh, over there, I mean. You guys defeated the Demon King, right? So, uh, I was able to leave the house with my mom and dad!”
“I left home… ?”
“Huh! Mom and Dad also said that I should say this when I meet the warrior party sisters! So thank you!”
“Uh, uh… Yes…”
Liliana, who just stared at her blankly, accepted her thank you without even realizing it.
The girl seemed satisfied with her response and ran off to get mushrooms to give to the two heroes.
“… Debbie.”
“Hmm?”
“How… “What did I just hear?”
“What is it? “Thank you note.”
“It’s not like it’s just an assassination attempt by demons… ?”
“Can an elf kill someone just by saying thank you? “What a fearsome race.”
Chuckling, Debbie placed her hand on Liliana’s head.
“Don’t worry. That child really just expressed his gratitude to you.”
“I don’t understand. For us who destroyed the kingdom, why… ?”
“What? The Kingdom of Dementia was a hellish state where it was better to die. That’s a natural reaction.”
Debbie gently moves her hand to stroke Liliana’s head.
I didn’t like this situation where my age seemed to have been reversed.
Nevertheless, Liliana decided to enjoy Debbie’s warm and gentle touch just a little longer.
“Why are you so calm? Of course, I thought it would go on a rampage.”
“… “Just keep saying what you said.”
“Hehe, cute guy. Are you now trying to reach out not only to Tessia, but also to me? Well, I don’t hate it.”
Lyriana strongly pinches Debbie’s butt while telling her joke.
Debbie let out a small scream and smiled bitterly.
“It’s a joke, a joke. There’s no way I would think like that when I look at you.”
“…”
Kwaak.
Liliana’s hands gripped Debbie’s hips, a little harder than she had just done.
“Ugh!? Oh, what on earth are you talking about? …”
“You’re noisy, you succubus. “Please consider yourself lucky that it ended up like this.”
“Huh, really. Even though I know about elves, I still don’t know.”
