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What is this place?

What am I wearing?

Lady Balirossa.

Allow me to congratulate mew on this happy occasion.

You're that girl from the Dark Army!

Balirossa, you look beautiful.

The D-D-D-D-Dark One?!

Call me Ghozal.

As you today, you are my wife, after all.

What?!

In celebration of your marriage,

our Dark Army will devote our full strength to taking over the world

and present it to the two of mew as a wedding gift.

M-Marriage?

Long live the Dark One!

Long live Lady Balirossa!

Balirossa.

I offer you the world in honor of your beauty.

Wait, wait, wait! I don't need the world!

I love you, Balirossa.

J-Just a dream... Thank goodness.

Wait, why did I have that dream?!

I don't even want to think about the Dark One!

Tone it down, Balirossa.

Unseen Wall

It looks like they baked perfectly.

Y-Yes...

You look pale. Has something happened?

I just didn't get enough sleep, that's all.

I've had unpleasant dreams lately.

Wait, don't tell me...

Is it because you're lovesick?!

We lupines believe that dreams are the very image of our desires!

It's said that when you have an unrequited crush,

the one you love appears in your dreams, turning them to nightmares!

L-L-L-L-Love?!

That's absolutely inconceivable!

Love?! For real?!

Who are you in love with?

Wait, is it...

The Dark One?!

He did come to visit lots of times just to see you.

Uh-huh.

H-He came here to see Sir Flio!

He wasn't here to see me!

But he always left in a hurry when you weren't here.

His intentions were quite obvious, weren't they?

Uh-huh.

Y-You're wrong!

He's just still carrying a grudge because I raised my blade to him!

He's only waiting for the right opportunity to kill me!

Oh? It sure didn't seem that way, though.

I bet you could talk the Dark One in to anything.

You could break down the wall between species and become friends,

like Sir Flio and Lady Rys did.

My darling and I aren't exactly "friends."

We're madly in love.

Come to think of it, we haven't heard the story of when you two fell in love.

I am interested in this tale, as well.

What part of the supreme one were you drawn to?

Well... it goes without saying that he's terribly kind.

I never particularly gave much thought to it beyond that.

But I suppose... let's see...

If I had to name something, it'd be how he's such a softy.

Oh?

Lupines settle everything by dueling, even who our mates will be,

so part of it is the instinct to lunge at any available opening...

and he always looks like he's leaving himself wide open, you know?

At first, I felt like I needed to help him with that,

but then... I don't know, I just...

You just?

I feel like being soft along with him actually isn't so bad.

Soft, you say?

U-Um...

I just couldn't help but open up about my feelings for you, Darling!

I put up a magic barrier around the city to keep demons and monsters out,

but something got in.

So it would seem. I sense the power of demons, as well.

Demons?!

Is this place in danger?!

It doesn't look like the barrier has been broken yet...

But we should probably keep an eye on the city for a while.

Oh, no!

Is this true?

Yes, Highness.

The majority of the gold coins the adventurer Flio donated recently

were Rode gold coins, issued by the castle.

I'm sorry I couldn't live up to your expectations, Your Highness.

But I don't want to fight with either humans or demons.

This isn't much, but please use it to rebuild the city.

Rode gold coins are not in distribution among the general public.

So how did he...

There was someone we gave gold coins to recently.

Who?

A young man named Banaza, who was summoned here

from another world by mistake and then banished.

The young man who was banished to the Delaveza Forest?

You mean...

I suspect that Banaza and Sir Flio are one and the same.

I can't believe it!

He would never agree to be our hero now!

What shall we do?

If that is true,

we must start by apologizing to Sir Flio and earning his pardon.

Your Highness!

What is it this time?

W-Well...

The former hero and his servant have escaped the dungeon and fled the castle!

What?

I sincerely apologize.

No, this is not your fault.

Seek the aid of vigilante corps and adventurers across the kingdom to find them.

At once!

If only Sir Flio had been named our hero in the first place...

No, it does no good to say such things now.

I supported that golden-haired man for the hero's role myself.

No luck! We can't find them!

They can't have gone that far.

Captain! There's a path out of the forest that way!

Looks like we lost them.

Gosh... We've been on the run ever since we escaped the dungeon.

I'm exhausted, Hero.

It's all that useless djinn's fault!

It's as if I'm a criminal now!

Well, we are literally escapees and thieves, after all.

Don't make it sound so heinous!

We escaped the dungeon, but we never stole anything!

But we did.

As we were escaping, you stole a Bottomless Bag amid all the chaos.

I didn't steal this.

I merely accepted it in place of the reward money I was owed.

Reward money?

Yes! The agreement was that when I completed my job as hero,

I would be guaranteed enough reward money to live out my life on!

I let them off easy by taking a single Bottomless Bag instead!

They should be thanking me!

But I thought just one was all you could carry.

Come to think of it, I haven't looked inside it yet.

Damn it! There's no money in it!

It contains a bottomless water pouch and...

A treasure chest?

Maybe we can sell what's in it to fund our escape!

Huh?

Wh-What is this?!

A Drilldozer... Shovel?

I heard voices!

Over here!

I'm sure I heard someone...

Let's go.

That shovel is amazing, Hero!

It dug a hole this big in a mere instant!

I guess it is a castle treasure after all.

It's perfect for keeping us hidden... but...

How are we supposed to get out of here?

You still haven't found Flio and his companions?

I-I beg your purr-don.

I have my intelligence corps out in full force to search everywhere...

Purr-haps they have fled to another country.

No.

However powerful Flio's magic may be,

Teleportation only allows one to travel to places they've visited before.

It hasn't been long since he was summoned to this world.

There's no way he could have left the country.

B-But...

If I may say so,

I don't believe nyow is the time to prioritize this search over our army's advance.

No matter how potent the Purification magic is,

if we lead the magic beasts in an assault,

we can fill the land with Malicium again

and open a purr-fectly serviceable path for our forces.

If we act nyow and strike in force,

we could even bring down the castle!

And if Klyrode Castle falls, the demons' wishes will be—

Have you forgotten?

That man can use Purification all by himself.

Even if we sacrifice magic beasts to cut a path,

Flio is a man who can purify it single-handedly.

Finding him and his companions comes first.

But then it will be impossible to silence those who oppose mew!

I'm sorry to make you do this, Uliminas,

but I will not bend my personal principles.

I find no meaning in the forced sacrifice

of many of our comrades in order to conquer the humans.

Dark One...

Has my brother gone senile?! Well?!

Sir Yuigarde, please lower your voice.

Uliminas's intelligence corps may have ears out anywhere and everywhere.

I don't care about that!

Not only is my brother refusing to resume our advance,

but he has spoken of adding a human to the ranks of the Dark Army.

It makes no sense!

That human is one who possesses power worthy of a hero,

which is why Gholl—

And that's why I say he's gone senile!

Hero or not, all we need to do is destroy him!

Why should we have to befriend a human?!

The king of demons becomes the king of demons by destroying everything!

Am I wrong?!

Everything you say is exactly right, Sir Yuigarde.

Well, if it's come to this,

I will take the throne of the Dark One from my brother.

And as the true Dark One, I will set out to conquer Klyrode!

My time begins here and now!

Okay, I think we've bought everything we needed.

We got some rare foods from other countries, too.

I can't wait to cook with them.

My barrier picked up another sign of a breach earlier,

but things seem pretty calm here in town.

We have some time before we're meeting with the others.

Why don't we get lunch?

In that case,

I'd like to try the new place that just opened on Sucana Avenue.

I hear they serve delicious fish caught in the ocean.

I've heard about that place, too.

Most of Klyrode is surrounded by mountains,

so they must go through a lot to get their ingredients.

Huh?

The Holdi's General Store sign...

Holdi?

Oh, Flio and Rys.

Are you closing your store?

Yes.

I'm sad to let go of the store I've run for so many years,

but it's gotten too difficult to find new suppliers at my age.

I had no choice.

New suppliers? Did something happen to the old ones?

During that last battle to defend against the Dark Army,

the area where my preferred workshop was ended up destroyed.

And my transport routes are a wreck now.

I think it's just time to let go.

I didn't know the effects of war were felt this far from the battlefield.

Yeah.

But the fact that there are other stores opening to try something new

shows how resilient humans are.

Come on, let's have lunch.

Right.

Sir Flio! Lady Rys!

Balirossa?

Are you about to have lunch?

Yeah, that's right.

Then, please, allow me to treat you.

M-My romantic lunch for two with my darling...

Oh, I mean... only if I wouldn't be in the way...

We don't mind. Right, Rys?

R-Right...

More importantly, what brought this on?

Why do you want to treat us?

Well, you see, my adventurer rank at the guild went up by one,

so my reward money was increased.

Hey, congrats, Balirossa!

You have seemed very motivated recently.

Actually, I was just desperate to shake off that demon.

It's thanks to both of your training that I get more reward money now.

So I wanted to thank you in some small way.

We might as well let her, since she's offering.

We certainly can't waste the offer.

Supreme one!

Hiya?

The presence of one with immense magic power is approaching.

Please stand back!

In the middle of town again?!

Hiya, wait a minute!

I wondered who set off my barrier earlier.

It's you, Ghozal!

Well, if it isn't Sir Flio.

It's been quite a while, Ghozal.

I came here because my intelligence corps reported some strange magic in this area.

I'm happy this brought us together again.

It's good to know you seem well.

Miss Balirossa...

I had hoped to have a proper discussion with you, as well.

W-Were those dreams I've been having actually prophetic?!

Thank you for waiting.

I do love human cuisine. It's always so colorful.

Before I inherited the throne, I used to come to places like this

and call it observation of enemy movements.

Oh, really?

We have dining establishments in the demon realm,

but there's very little that I would call "cuisine."

Somehow, I can imagine that.

It's delicious!

Also, I should make sure people around us can't hear what we say.

Do you also cook, Miss Balirossa?

Wha?!

Balirossa is good at making sweets.

Oh?

I've had her teach me so I can attempt it myself,

but sweets require very detailed measurements, which is difficult for me.

Oho?

So you're interested in human culture, Ghozal?

A culture's prosperity is proportionate to its military might.

Does that mean... you're observing enemy movements now, too?

As one who is trying to recruit Sir Flio, I cannot deny that.

You...

You know how we live our lives,

yet you've still come to trample all over that?

Yes.

How dare you?!

Balirossa!

We are equally guilty when it comes to trampling over lives.

Even if humans see the mere existence of us demons as a pestilence,

that should not be a reason for us to endure persecution.

Um... We haven't found living with Rys to be inconvenient in any way.

What "pestilence"?

Ah, I suppose you wouldn't know.

The greatest difference between humans and demons

is the presence of Malicium within their bodies.

There are some demons and magic beasts that can control their Malicium,

and others that cannot.

Those that cannot are perpetually releasing small amounts of Malicium.

When many of them gather in one place,

it becomes contaminated and harmful to humans.

And that's what Delaveza Forest was.

Our Sybe and the horse magic beasts are able to control their Malicium,

so we needn't worry about them, Darling.

I wasn't worried about that.

But...

This is a far deeper issue than I realized.

Yes. On top of that, demons favor meritocracy,

and many of them are quite hot-blooded.

The slightest conflict tends to devolve into aggression.

Why are you looking at me?!

I apologize for making you all uncomfortable.

Please enjoy the rest of your lunch in peace.

We will meet again.

I felt kind of relieved when I was dragged into this world

and saw no discrimination against demihumans, but...

Oh, there they are.

We're finished shopping, Sir Flio!

Something wrong, Balirossa?

No.

The wall between humans and demons

is actually even more distinct and unyielding than anything in my old world.

Darling?

D-Darling?

I'm happy you're doing this, but... why?

Give me just a minute.

Sure.

M-My hands hurt! I can't climb any more, Hero!

Hang in there just... a little longer!

We're finally... almost outside!

Okay, Hero!

Up we go...

Tsuya, what are you d—

What in the world does Lord Gholl see in mew?

H-Huh?!

What's so great about a kind, considerate woman like mew?

Was that a compliment?

Humans and demons have different ideas about what's attractive.

There's nyo better woman than one who's feisty and a little evil!

I-It's scary what demons find attractive...

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