Chapter 254 – Chapter 24 – Shimmering Flames
“It’s been a while, Klaus-sama.”
“It’s been a while, Angelica. No, should I call you Captain Red Tarantula? It’s a very close partnership now, so it’s polite.”
“Don’t even joke like that. I have no intention of doing that to my life saver, and if Your Highness the Demon King knew about this situation, he would probably try to tear me to death.”
“Not quite like that. Well, I’ll try to scold you a little.”
The red tarantula is not simply acquiring information from the West.
You never know when or how things will change, so you have to keep information everywhere in your hands.
That’s why Klaus was able to laugh and pass over what they knew about the East, the Devil Castle, and the people in it.
“You seem to have figured out a lot more than I thought.”
“Not very many. But I know that His Majesty the Demon King cares for Klaus-sama very much.”
“I have no intention of blocking your life. But the moment you cross the line, you’ll have to think about receiving my anger first, not your Majesty’s Highness. Did you understand me?”
“I have to be careful not to cross that line.”
It was Angelica who muttered that with her nervous face.
Even if Yulia is usually soft, I know how she changes when she gets really angry.
“Now, let’s hear why you asked to see me.”
“I have information to tell you.”
“Looking at the way he speaks, it seems like a great thing.”
“These are things our family members have worked hard to find out. You will never be disappointed.”
When she first found out, she wasn’t disappointed.
Unfortunately, now I already know what will come out of Angelica’s mouth, so all she has to do is play that she’s just amazing.
“I’ve found out the reason why things keep moving suspiciously lately.”
“Is it as I expected, and as you expected?”
“I guess so. Otherwise, there would be no way to concentrate all kinds of supplies in one place or to secretly recruit troops from each territory at this time of ordinary life like now, right?”
“Are you sure? It’s difficult to say that just because of your heartache, Angelica.”
“Should I just say this in front of Klaus-sama, not anyone else? No, even if she says it’s in front of other people, she won’t say it until she has physical evidence. Accuracy and reliability are all the more important the more you are in the shadows.”
As Angelica said, she should have double-checked the tarantula’s side twice and three times.
Now, if you decide to completely return to the East and to the Demon King, but at that crucial moment, giving strange information to make you go wrong, that would be a major accident.
As far as Klaus knows, a number of victims came from the side of the red tarantula to find out and confirm this information.
Someone was caught in the hands of guards while following and was killed after severe torture.
Another died because his identity was discovered while digging up information disguised as a concubine of a nobleman, or was poisoned by the nobleman’s wife, or died in a different way.
Even in the midst of that, they did not reveal their identities to the end.
They burned their bodies like that with the hope that their colleagues who were in a similar situation to themselves would be a little happier at their own sacrifice.
Silly sacrifices, meaningless deaths are what Klaus hates the most.
It was Klaus who considered efficiency most important while going through regression.
However, there were also people who thought that if the sacrifice and death were meaningful, there should be a reasonable reward.
Less-.
Klaus puts something in front of Angelica.
It was a pocket full of unknown things, but thanks to this, Angelica had to look at Klaus as if what it was.
“Those who were sacrificed while finding out that information.”
“Yeah?”
“Some of them must have had a family, and there must have been people to take care of. I want you to tell them. If you were from an orphan with no family, I’ll pay for a drink.”
“No, no. Mr Klaus. I have already promised the children a reasonable reward. Even if Klaus-sama doesn’t care…”
“There is no reward worthy of giving my life. You give and give, and you just don’t have enough.”
So don’t talk nonsense, hurry up and take this.
Klaus pushed her pocket and brought it right in front of Angelica.
After staring at it for a while, Angelica carefully picked it up and checked the contents inside.
And she had to let her drool go once again.
“Me, over there. Mr Klaus. This still seems too exaggerated. To this extent…”
“It was prepared not only by me, but by His Highness the Demon King as well. They are people who are working hard for that person, so they asked me if I should put that much in so I wouldn’t be proud of myself.”
While talking about the pride of the king, it means to accept it without talking nonsense.
In the end, Angelica nodded her head and said thank you several times before accepting the pocket that Klaus held out.
“Do as you do now, but still be careful. Isn’t that telling you to be careful only in the west?”
“I know. After everything is done, the internal cleanup usually begins. And some always want to get rid of our shadowy allies and take their place. It’s something I’ve been through a lot.”
“The Demon King has no intention of abandoning you and your family. But when he does something suspicious and the words pile up because of it, he has no choice but to move, as it is with power. Be careful, Angelica. I understand wanting to take credit and be proud, but sometimes a little less is better.”
It was a worry that came from experience.
In fact, when the red tarantula was too greedy to collect information, it disappeared in an instant after the war by the loyalists and Yulia, who felt wary of it.
Of course, there was something that made Angelica impatient because she hadn’t given this advice at the time.
So after that, I decided to be careful and careful again so that this would not happen again.
“I will keep that in mind.”
She is the one who created and organized this large organization with the body of a woman who is nothing.
Even if he lacks the mentality to overturn the world, he has the sense to maintain his own and grow little by little, so this level of advice would be enough.
She must have given advice, and discussed the reward.
The part about why he came to visit Angelica is roughly finished.
Now you will only have to finish one part.
“Oh, and.”
“Please speak.”
“I want you to get me some lemons.”
“… Lemon?”
It was a sudden and out of the blue request.
Even though Angelica knew she was being rude, she looked at Klaus with only two eyes blinking, with a face that said, “Did I hear you?”
In the midst of this, the situation is so urgent that it can be said that a war is imminent right now.
It is not that the person at the center of the war is a war material or a request for information.
Are you asking for a lemon, or fruit?
“Uh… Well, if you want, right through the lines I know…”
“To be precise, I would like to ask for a lemon from the Yujiel area.”
If it’s Yujiel, it’s one of the areas located in the west of the kingdom.
The lemons produced there were famous for their stronger acidity than those produced elsewhere.
It could be said that it was so strong that it was even joked that people who couldn’t eat it might pass out while eating it.
In fact, even in the kingdom, lemons from Yujiel were being used more for the purpose of removing the scent than for the purpose of eating or making juice.
There was even a saying that it was impossible to eat this with a sober mind, but even people in the Yujiel area said that it was pickled in sugar to neutralize the sour taste before eating it.
Rumor has it that he even tortures him with that lemon, but I don’t know if that’s true or not.
“… Hey Klaus. You know how sour the lemon on Yujiel’s side is famous, right?”
“I was a kingdom person too. I know that much. I said it was not a joke.”
“I was told that people couldn’t eat it. To the point where I couldn’t even see it right before I starved to death.”
“That’s right. I’m asking you to save those sour bastards. And very quietly, secretly.”
So, why on earth did they use lemons, and those from Yujiel’s area, and not from other places?
Is it even very secretly, quietly, secretly asked to be saved?
Angelica was curious, so she exaggerated a little and went crazy.
“And it doesn’t have to be too flashy when delivering it to me, but I still want it to be properly packaged and delivered. Don’t worry, we’ll definitely pay for it.”
“… Don’t worry about payment. But I’m just curious about why it’s Yujiel’s lemon.”
After saying that, Angelica told Klaus that she would have someone prepare Yujiel’s finest lemons right away.
Klaus nodded her head in gratitude to Angelica’s words and slowly stood up.
‘Because our demon king made morning sickness very strange.’
How could the great Demon King have such a childlike appetite?
Even now, if you make coffee and don’t put honey or sugar in it, you won’t be able to eat it because it’s bitter.
He said he didn’t even want to smell sour things, and he would occasionally seek out sweet food.
However, in the change that begins after conceiving a life in the bosom.
The child’s appetite suddenly changes drastically.
He said he couldn’t eat it every day, and the coffee, which was covered with sugar or honey, suddenly wanted to feel the aroma and taste, and started requesting almost the undiluted solution.
One day, he suddenly said he wanted something sour and looked for a lemon.
Thanks to this, Klaus, who was experiencing morning sickness from the demon king for the first time, couldn’t help but be very embarrassed.
After meeting Angelica, he returns to the academy and opens the door.
As he stepped inside, he noticed someone sitting in his seat.
There was no surprise, as I felt a very familiar energy even before I grabbed the doorknob.
“I remember hearing that women talk to each other today.”
“…”
“Wasn’t that? Julia?”
“Nope. That’s right. A little while ago, Natasha and Cecily talked about this and that. It was definitely fun to talk to the women. And I heard very surprising news.”
“Amazing news?”
Klaus deliberately asked in an ignorant manner.
Then, Yulia stared blankly at the man and called him closer with her hand.
At the gesture of her lady, Klaus approached her side without saying anything.
“Klaus.”
Finally, when Klaus came right in front of him, Yulia lightly pulled his face.
It was to the extent that we could reach each other’s breath and see each other’s faces in each other’s eyes.
“Tell me.”
“What do you mean?”
“A name.”
“Your name?”
I still ask questions like that, pretending not to know.
Then, Julia giggled and lightly kissed Klaus on the cheek.
“If you haven’t thought about it, think about it slowly from now on. What name would be good for a boy, what would be a good name for a girl.”
