Chapter 92 – The Wizard of Oz
We moved to the office not too far from the throne room and continued our conversation.
Well, I’m going to the human kingdom. It had already been decided several weeks ago, and it was only now that I heard it as an official order.
Demon King asked me how I would move from now on while drinking tea leisurely.
“I’ll go to the Emerald Tower first.”
“Oh, to the Emerald Tower?”
“Yes. As you know, the Emerald Tower, one of the four major towers on the continent, is in the Kingdom of Oz, but basically has a neutral position. Originally, I was not a member of the kingdom, but was dispatched to the warriors’ party.”
It is a kind of rental wizard.
What was different from the water purifier was that my affiliation did not change no matter how much I paid the rental fee.
Rather, Baron Lewis, who accepted the position and title of royal adviser wizard offered by the royal family, was an unusual case.
“But if it’s beneficial to the mage tower, wouldn’t it be possible to sell you out?”
“That won’t be the case. The Emerald Tower’s mage lord is my master.”
Originally, there were officially three great mages in the Kingdom of Oz.
Lewis of ‘Ocean’ and Kaldrash of ‘Storm’.
And the last one is my teacher, Esmeralda from ‘Sakpung’.
However, recently, Baron Lewis died and I have converted to the Demon King’s Army, so only Master is left in the Kingdom of Oz.
Although the number of heads was much smaller than before, in fact, only Master was enough to protect the kingdom.
Because Esmeralda was the strongest among the mages I knew.
And that she recently rose to the 7th rank?
It was not for nothing that the small human kingdom held out against the demon king’s army for hundreds of years.
Since the founding of the country, there have been many outstanding figures like Master, but there were so many dwarves from Nidavellir, a neighboring country, that they were able to fight on an equal footing.
What they want from the Kingdom of Oz is to serve as a breakwater, though.
After hearing my explanation, the demon king rubbed his temples as if he was in pain, but I calmly shook his hand and relieved his worries.
“You don’t have to worry too much. I know Master’s personality better. If it doesn’t harm you, you’ll stay still. If you do, I can tie you up.”
“Then it’s fortunate, but the rumors about Sakpung are so vicious.”
Master, whose body is full of mana, has already lived as long as a fair amount of demons.
He is a demon king who looks like a middle-aged person on the outside, but considering the fact that demons age slowly, he is rather similar in age to Master rather than me.
Maybe that’s why he seems to know about Master’s legend.
“I don’t know what rumors the Demon King heard, but most of them are probably true. He’s such a ridiculous person. Our master.”
“…Are the rumors about having three heads and six arms true?”
“If humans had that appearance, wouldn’t they have converted to the Demon King’s army long ago?”
After dismissing the disturbing rumors about Master, I poured the remaining tea water into my mouth.
“Anyway, then I’ll start off soon.”
Then, the Demon King nodded his head and hinted at one fact.
“I have prepared a wyvern in advance by putting a word in the Great Forest, so you can ride it to the border.”
“Thank you for the convenience. Lord Maou.”
“The only thing I can do is this, so I’m rather sorry. If the assassination operation seems to fail, it doesn’t matter if you run away right away.”
“Didn’t they usually tell you to risk your life to make the operation successful?”
Then, Maou-nim smiled and shook his head.
“It’s a shame to let a superior subordinate die just because of something like that. I’m not the only one who’s worried about you.”
“Yes?”
I wondered what he was talking about, so I asked him back, and the Demon King stroked his beard and said in a small voice, “Hum-hum.”
“It sounds like Ozma has feelings for you. She will marry our daughter if you don’t mind…”
“I’m coming!”
Before Maou-nim finished speaking, I jumped up from my seat.
It was because I had a hunch that if something continued like this, my nose would get stuck.
Thanks to that, Dorothea and Vanessa, who had been quiet in the back, also hurriedly stood up, and I greeted the demon king-sama, who had a bewildered expression, and immediately left the office.
If other vassals saw it, it might be considered rude, but does that matter now! I almost went into the grave of life!
‘I’m sorry Ozma, but she’s not married yet.’
I am twenty-seven, still a free spirit.
I wanted to think of marriage after I had enjoyed enough freedom as a bachelor, at least until I was thirty.
It’s late anyway, and there’s nothing wrong with going a little later.
“Hey! Go with me!”
Dorothea, who hurriedly opened the door after me, grumbled as if it was ridiculous.
“You are the only one who treats me like this in the Demon Lord’s Army, Kaldrash.”
It sounded like it was telling me to listen, so I smiled and stroked Dorothea’s disheveled hair.
“So you fell in love?”
“Oops!”
Dorothea’s face changes like a persimmon in an instant.
When I stick out my tongue, saying I was joking, I chase after her with fireballs in both hands.
Vanessa, who came out of the office belatedly, grasped the situation and asked me in a loud voice.
“Where should we go next!”
I shouted as I ran away from the angry Dorothea.
“Stall!”
***
The Demon Assassin Corps, consisting of me, Dorothea, and Vanessa, went straight to the stable of the Demon Castle to ride the Wyvern they had picked up from the Great Forest.
“It’s been a while. Used country.”
I found Joong-gongara, the first time I’ve seen it in three months, inside a building and gently brushed the bicorn’s distinctive white mane.
Maybe he recognized my face,hee hee! I cried and licked my cheek with my tongue.
“In case anyone isn’t a flirt, the bicorn loves it.”
Dorothea, who was watching the scene from the side, muttered that while crossing her arms as if she was dumbfounded.
Then, as if interested in Dorothea, Jojo Nara pulled her hair out long and sniffed her clothes.
“Wow! Don’t!”
Dorothea backs away in a fright.
Either that or not, she smiles like she likes her smell and starts chewing the food again.
While we were passing the time looking at the bicorns, Vanessa, a former bodyguard who had been transferred to the Assassins, approached us holding the reins of three wyverns.
“The preparations are over. Kaldrash.”
“Oh, thank you… Who are you?”
I saw the neat looking Vanessa in armor I had never seen before and widened her eyes.
“Why? Strange?”
That would also be the case, Vanessa, who usually only stuck to the typical plate armor that didn’t reveal her body at all.
However, the armor he was wearing right now was a much simpler type of armor that slightly exposed his body on the outside.
Even now, it’s not particularly exposed, but considering that I used to wrap my whole body tightly, it’s a huge difference.
The red ribbon tie on the neck was the point, perhaps to cover the cut on the neck.
“It’s a little bit of a change, I heard you say that it’s hard to tell the gender when you’re wearing armor, so I made a custom one.”
While saying that, Vanessa pressed down on the helmet she was holding in his hand.
“Ah, the tin helmet is the same.”
Seeing something familiar made me feel relieved.
“Separation is free.”
Saying that, Vanessa pulls off her head and shows it off with the helmet.
“Ah… I was relieved.”
As expected, he was the most unworthy punter in the Demon King’s army.
My fluttering heart at the strange appearance faded away like a lie when I saw the cross section of the neck.
Anyway, with this, we are all ready to depart.
Now, all you have to do is drag the wyvern out of the stable and fly towards the Hamburg Fortress.
It was a pity that I couldn’t see the faces of Ozma and Camilla for the last time, but I couldn’t help it.
I’m glad I said goodbye the day before.
– Pleas ae ae ae ae ae!
“Whoa, whoa.”
Unlike the docile bicorns of the world, I led the wyvern out of the stable, which screamed at the touch of my hand.
“Fortunately, it seems to be in time.”
There was an unexpected face there.
Originally, Ozma, who should be somewhere else at this time, was riding a bicorn with Camilla riding behind her.
Perhaps because Camilla remembers her humiliation three months ago, when she met my gaze, she confidently held out her breasts.
‘Finally, your wish came true.’
I silently gave him a thumbs up and shook hands with Ozma, who jumped off the saddle.
“Are you seeing me off?”
“If we keep going like this, we won’t be able to see each other for a while, but I think it’s okay to send someone off.”
While saying that, Lady Ozma glanced at Dorothea standing behind me, grabbed my face, and kissed me passionately.
“Oh oh…”
Vanessa exclaims from behind.
“Muh, what are you doing!”
Dorothea, who belatedly grasped the situation, forcibly separated Ozma from me, but it was already too late.
Perhaps because he was dressed as a man as usual, Ozuma, who stole his lips with a strangely tough gesture, took a few steps back, and when our eyes met, his face blushed and said.
“Kaldrasch, you are the man I wanted. Come back safely.”
I blinked blankly at her unexpected sudden action, then read her mood and matched it to her tune.
“I will follow your orders.”
So the journey to Oz began.
