Miss Demon King, Please Endure a Little Longer - Volume 1 Chapter 10
Chapter 10: Hehe, No More Hehe
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“Those rumors… are they true?”
“They are, but you’ll understand soon enough.”
Roars got up and walked to the bookshelf, taking out a stack of documents he had organized and placing them in front of Celeste.
“These are the true historical records of the kingdom. In human history, there have been 15 instances where only one great hero-level genius appeared in an era, 4 instances where two appeared together, and only 1 instance where three appeared at the same time.
Four appearing simultaneously is absolutely unprecedented.”
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When they reached the outskirts of the royal palace, guards came to escort them. After checking their identities, Aira noticed that these guards kept sneaking glances at her.
Of course they’d notice, wearing those iron helmets, it was pretty obvious when they turned their heads.
Confirmed. The succubus essence was real. Vina hadn’t lied, at least not about this part.
But Aira thought this kind of thing varied from person to person. Look at Celeste, she wasn’t affected at all. Simply put, these brothers lacked sufficient willpower. How easily swayed they were! How could they properly guard the royal palace for the human race with such weak resolve?
It felt inferior to the traps and mechanisms in the Demon King’s Castle.
Later, they were brought to a place that looked like a council chamber, where some high-ranking and powerful people had already taken their seats in the elevated positions.
After the two girls entered, quite a few gazes fell upon them. Aira even sensed some with ill intentions…
“Since everyone’s here, let’s begin,” said a square-faced man sitting in the highest position. “Regarding today’s agenda.”
He looked like a fairly upright person, and his eyes didn’t wander toward her either.
“We reached a consensus long ago that Demon King Io is humanity’s great enemy, a complete opportunist. Although his actions aren’t aggressive, his ambitions are vast, which is why he proceeds so gradually.”
He wasn’t looking, but everything he said was about her.
Got it. So you’re the old fool who’s been spreading the Demon King threat theory all day, huh? I’ll remember that.
At this moment, from a seat positioned slightly lower, a portly middle-aged man spoke: “Since Demon King Io has lost, why keep talking about him? I think we should return to the topic of the special squad. They brought back a girl from the Demon King’s Castle this time and have been keeping her close by.”
The middle-aged man’s ill-intentioned gaze turned toward them: “I think that’s rather inappropriate.”
Aira instinctively felt displeased, thinking: In the royal palace’s important grounds, in the council chamber, before all the officials, a person in such a high position was being led astray by lust. This was truly… wonderful!
With such parasites among humanity’s upper echelons, what more could I say? Only one thing—
Demon race, rise up!
Hehe.
“Calm yourself, Lord Tydin. The subsequent impact of this matter is today’s real agenda.” The square-faced man said in a deep voice. “Please listen carefully. If the former Demon King Io was humanity’s distant worry, then Wolf-Head Fenlie is our immediate threat.”
“Wolf-Head Fenlie, who is that?”
“The leader of a major demon tribe, with a wolf’s head. His actions are reckless, fierce, and belligerent. When news of Demon King Io’s defeat spread, he was the first to declare the Demon King dead and proclaimed himself king.”
The smile on Aira’s lips stiffened.
No more hehe.
“Fenlie isn’t a qualified opportunist, but he’s definitely a troublesome traitor, and more importantly, he has no brains.” The square-faced man said somewhat helplessly. “He only sees gains, not losses, so to boost his reputation among the demon race, he will definitely mobilize his entire tribe to launch an attack, the kind that spares no cost.”
That was indeed the case.
Based on Aira’s understanding of Fenlie, he really would do something so harmful to others and himself.
Sigh, she should have eliminated him back then… No wait, she had to consider political implications. She could only send an assassin to secretly eliminate him… but she couldn’t find any subordinate with that capability either.
When the nation is in danger, one thinks of good generals, but where are the good generals?
“Therefore, we suggest,” the square-faced man looked toward Zero, “that the special squad go to the border adjacent to his tribe, and if necessary, infiltrate and carry out a decapitation strike against Wolf-Head Fenlie.”
Aira’s heart stirred, thinking: So I have the manpower to suppress this rebellion?
Her gaze toward the square-faced man became appreciative.
Capable! A good general!
As for his earlier “Demon King threat theory,” she could only say it was heroes appreciating heroes. No hard feelings.
But Zero seemed troubled: “This matter requires all five of us to discuss together. I can’t make the decision alone, at least Celeste needs to be here…”
The middle-aged man let out a scoff: “After talking for so long, the main person isn’t here. Wasn’t that all for nothing? Since the big matter is useless to discuss, let’s talk about small matters.”
This time the square-faced man said nothing either.
So he looked toward Aira again, eagerly saying: “For someone of such unknown origins, I should be the one to make arrangements!”
“No,” Zero stepped forward to block his view, “Aira is currently in her probation period. She’s about to become a member of our squad…”
“You have no authority to decide personnel changes for the squad! Zero!”
The middle-aged man suddenly stood up and shouted, making the girl’s delicate body tremble slightly.
“Don’t forget, you still carry the burden of…”
“What are you talking about?”
An ice-blue figure walked in from outside, causing everyone present to straighten up solemnly.
“Miss Aira is a genuine human, verified personally by the Saintess of the Church of Light through magic.” Celeste said softly as she walked forward. “The proposal for her to enter the squad for limited trial training was approved by me.”
Finally, she stopped beside the two girls.
“Lord Tydin, are you questioning the Saintess’s abilities, or do you have objections to my decision?”
A flash of wariness passed through the middle-aged man’s eyes as he sat back down reluctantly: “No, I was just making a suggestion.”
“Objections can be raised,” Celeste said. “Suggestions are unnecessary.”
“…”
Just then, silver bell-like laughter came from the periphery—
“Hehe, good thing I came at the right time. I almost missed a good show.”
The petite girl removed her wizard’s pointed hat, revealing red twin tails, and said in a frivolous tone: “Miss Aira is indeed very beautiful. So the Demon King couldn’t resist and captured her to keep as a golden bird in a cage. Lord Tydin, are you planning to do the same thing as the Demon King?”
The middle-aged man broke out in a cold sweat, waving his hands repeatedly: “No, no, don’t talk nonsense.”
If Celeste made him wary, then Vina simply made people want to keep their distance. Who hadn’t heard of the little witch’s reputation? She was purely someone who feared the world wasn’t chaotic enough.
What was the Magic Court doing? How did they release her so quickly?
“Ahem.”
The square-faced man cleared his throat: “Let’s set aside the trivial matters. Since the special squad is basically all here, let’s return to the main topic.”
He repeated everything about Fenlie from before.
After listening, Celeste nodded:
“If there are no better proposals, we’re willing to go execute this mission. The special squad was established for exactly this purpose.”
Aira nodded along too.
Right, right, right. The Hero Party was assembled to help me suppress rebellions.
Rebels, prepare to die!