Chapter 189 – Recruiting Party Members
The morning two days after Vanessa’s birthday.
I rubbed my dark eyes and stood up, sighing deeply as I looked around the room and the bed that was messed up with the liquid spilled by the five women the night before.
“Haa… When are we going to clean this up again?”
I like all the crazy Yas parties that come every weekend, but this was the problem.
Especially this time, he said he didn’t know when they would meet again, and he was scolded for pampering him because Ozma had been sticking to him more actively than usual.
Right!
With a snap of your fingers, you bring together the colorful plots that roam the floor and bed.
After tossing the hair ball into the trash, I headed to the bathroom for a quick wash.
“Heh-fu! He-fu!”
After simply washing my face with cold water pouring from the sink, I shaved while looking in the mirror.
Maybe it was because the ethnicity of this place had Western characteristics, but it was annoying to have a thick beard if I neglected a little maintenance.
Gently swipe as you go, completing your usual hipster-style beard.
“Um, perfect.”
After nodding his head in satisfaction at his handsome face at any time, put down the razor, and finish washing his face by applying moisturizing cream.
As I came out, wiping my wet face with a towel, Camilla walked out of my room with a staggering gait, probably just awake.
Rubbing her eyes, she may have noticed me, and bowed her head slightly to greet me.
“…Good morning.”
Maybe it’s because she’s a succubus, but her voice is also beautiful.
“Okay, good morning. What about the others?”
“…Maybe everyone wakes up late?
Camilla is the only girl in my family who doesn’t know how to fight, but she’s the strongest in bed, so she’s probably right.
Camilla, who seemed to be glowing from her skin, probably because she absorbed a lot of her energy last night, said she would prepare breakfast and went down to the first floor.
After thinking about what to do, I went into the lab next to my bedroom with the idea of getting ready for my trip before breakfast.
It was because I had to pack my things in advance when I had time, so I wouldn’t leave things out just because I was leaving in a hurry later.
***
Breakfast was simple toast, and in the morning I spent time in my room packing my things.
It seemed that this trip would be quite dangerous, so I paid a little more attention than usual.
When it comes to the risk of going to Elven Wood, the Kingdom of Elves beyond the Great Forest, it’s not much different from crossing Doom Land, the domain of the Demon King’s Army.
Various magical creatures and plants that have grown wild since ancient times were densely covered in the Great Forest, and the compass did not work properly in the forest, so it was perfect to get lost and wander and die on the first trip.
So, usually, a guide was needed to enter the Great Forest, but in this delegation, the Beasts under the command of the Demon King’s Army decided to take on this role.
“This, and this… And this.”
After inserting various reagents made from alchemy into the belt, it was wrapped around the body like a bullet belt.
And on top of that, he put on the green robe, the symbol of the school, and finally, he took care of the staff, which was like a food line for a wizard.
Actually, it’s not that you can’t use magic without it, but the casting speed is completely different between having it and not having it.
Bang!
“Kaldrash! Are you ready?”
“Uh~ Wait a minute.”
I finally put the book with the contents of my research in the depths of my desk drawer, and cast a sealing spell to finish all preparations to leave the house.
“Why are you so slow when you’ve been preparing since morning?”
As I opened the door and went out, Dorothea grumbled, her hand stuck in her usual black coat.
I smiled shyly and brushed aside her scolding, then looked around at her and asked.
“What about Camilla and Sophia?”
“I’m already waiting for you on the first floor.”
“I’m last.”
“If you know, go down quickly, slug.”
As Dorothea said that, I kicked her butt, and I rubbed her crotch and sprinted down the turnstiles at her gallop.
“You’re here.”
Sophia, who met my eyes, said so and bowed her waist first.
After shaking my hand moderately, I asked.
“Did you wait long?”
“I didn’t wait too long. About 30 minutes?”
“…You waited a long time.”
It seems I came down really late.
After apologizing to everyone, I checked the time.
Current time 11:00 AM.
That’s about two hours until the time specified in the letter.
Fortunately, the portal connecting Oz and the Demon King’s Territory was recently completed, so it didn’t take too long to get there.
When we all left the house to go to the portal gate installed in the Government General Building, Vanessa, who followed me off to see me off, handed me a cloth with something large in it.
“What’s this?”
“It’s a lunch box full of my love. Eat it on the way.”
“Five…”
I was involuntarily amazed at the power of Vanessa, who was now able to say embarrassing things with a nonchalant face.
As I took the lunch box with both hands, she gave me a short kiss on the cheek.
That’s why it feels so strong.
“You’re just a newlywed.”
Dorothea, who had been watching from her side, tucked her neck behind her neck and said so sarcastically, but Vanessa replied with her nonchalant face.
“If you’re jealous, do you do it too?”
“What? Man?”
Shaaaaa!
When Dorothea reacted sharply like her agitated cat, Vanessa didn’t stop, growling ferociously like her dog.
“Stop it, stop it. How do you guys fight until the end?”
I hurriedly intervened in the fight, and after I quarantined the two of them, I patted Vanessa’s head from an invisible place and said,
“Then Vanessa, I’ll take Ozma and the house.”
“Yes. Trust me and go.”
Vanessa smiles briskly and poses to show off her biceps.
The way she was was so lovely that I gently hugged her in return for her lunch and her kiss.
***
Governor-General of Oz.
Perhaps it was because he had stopped walking not long ago, but his commute to the government-general was still familiar to him.
“Guest, we have arrived.”
“Thanks.”
After bouncing a silver coin to the coachman, everyone packs up their luggage and unloads it.
“So where is the portal gate?”
“You can go over there.”
When I said that and pointed to the building set up on the edge of the Government-General’s Office, Dorothea nodded her head and started walking in front of her.
We naturally followed after him, but Dorothea, who was striding along, stopped at some point.
When I approached, wondering what was going on, she saw a huge flow of mana swirling inside the building, and was stunned.
I just arrived and asked from behind.
“You seem to have something strange too?”
Then Dorothea said bitterly, wiping the spittle from the corners of her mouth.
“Honestly, it’s amazing. I’ll go and see something like this again.”
“Well, that’s right.”
In general, making a portal gate requires a lot of money and time.
Calculation errors that could occur between the two spaces had to be caught one by one, and the maintenance cost was quite expensive, so it was more cost-effective to just walk by land.
However, despite such shortcomings, the reason why Colony Oz was installed here was because it was a strategic point that would serve as a bridgehead for the Demon King’s army to advance into the continent in earnest.
“Yeah! Disciple!”
Then he heard a familiar voice, and when he turned his head, Master was standing in front of the Government General’s Office in the same outfit, waving his hand.
I hoped it was a joke, but it seems that he really tried to follow along.
“Why is that old woman here?”
In response to Dorothea’s question, who was having a face-to-face meeting with Master, I had no choice but to answer, “…It happened that way.”
“The next guest please come in.”
After Master joined the party, we went through a simple immigration check at the portal management center and headed straight to the gate.
Then, the female demon guarding the portal saw us and greeted us with a kind smile.
Climbing the short stairs and stepping into the swirling flow of mana, my vision was instantly colored with a dazzling light.
“Have a nice trip.”
Flash!
And when you close your eyes and open them, you have already arrived at another place.
Of course, the place we arrived at was the portal gate installed in the vicinity of the Demon Castle.
“Oh. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you. The Devil’s Castle.”
Master muttering like that with his hands behind his back as if he were out for a walk in the neighborhood.
“Now, now, don’t procrastinate and move quickly. If the general manager is the last one, he’ll get compliments.”
I led the party, including such a master, as a group and headed for the Demon Castle.
After passing through the familiar hill road, the familiar moat, and the familiar castle gate and entering the castle, there was already a lot of luggage on the side of the parade ground.
“Welcome. Patrasche.”
“Ah! Demon Lord!”
I quickly lowered my head and asked what happened to you.
Then, the Demon King laughed and replied.
“For an important matter, my future son-in-law is going instead of me, so of course I have to send him off, right?”
Haha.
I laughed awkwardly, feeling the sudden increase in pressure.
In the meantime, the demon king opened his eyes wide after discovering the master who was following the back and looking at the castle as if he was curious.
“No! You!”
“Uh! You!”
The voices of two people overlapping each other.
I looked at the two of them alternately with a bewildered expression, not understanding the situation.
Could it be that these two know each other?
