Miss Demon King, Please Endure a Little Longer - Volume 3 Chapter 14

Chapter 14: The Key Point

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Three clever people quickly reached a consensus — the target of the Sacred Spring seal was most likely the 120-year-old little girl herself.

The most successful believer of the Evil God Iselis.

After confirming this point, Aira specifically held her breath and focused, listening carefully inside her head, but heard no sound at all.

After the last transaction that tricked her, perhaps Iselis thought she wouldn’t fall for it again in the short term, so he temporarily went silent.

“It’s still okay.” Celeste consoled herself, “If things really get out of hand, we’ll be facing Evil God believers just like in Harbor City.”

But she herself understood that even among Evil God believers, there were differences.

Merfolk had natural stat disadvantages compared to elves, and there were also mechanical differences between unsuccessful and successful believers.

So Roars used a more practical way of comfort: “Don’t worry, this matter might not be related to you two.”

After having breakfast, the two girls were preparing to leave. They hadn’t even walked out of the palace gates when guards running from the other side called out to them.

“Miss Celeste, Miss Aira, Sir Macken requests both of you to enter the hall for an audience.”

A few months ago, the kingdom’s domestic affairs were dominated by two factions: the emerging faction led by Macken, and the traditional faction headed by Lord Tydin.

The emerging faction had many practical ministers, while the traditional faction was of noble status, either hereditary nobles or royal relatives. With Lord Tydin’s death, Macken’s faction gradually seized power. The most obvious change in the kingdom was that it gained vitality, from developing Harbor City to establishing diplomatic relations with the elven race, these were radical proposals that would have required at least half a year of discussion in the past.

Looking at the square-faced man behind the desk, Aira sighed inwardly. A pillar of the nation indeed.

If time could flow backward, she would definitely prevent Zero’s assassination mission.

Why did you have to kill Lord Tydin? Now look what happened, the human kingdom has gotten better.

But it didn’t matter. Now she had close relationships with geniuses from the human, military, religious, and magical factions. There would be plenty of opportunities to reap the benefits later. After all, the Demon King had returned to being 18 years old.

“Please, have a seat, both of you.”

Macken greeted them and busied himself pouring tea. After setting it down, he directly asked: “The elven race sent an envoy delegation. You met them yesterday. What did you think of them?”

Efficiency, ultimate efficiency, he didn’t even wait for people to sit down.

“They were alright.” Aira answered casually, “Pretty good.”

Celeste followed up: “We came to visit our teacher today and were just preparing to go back. May I ask what Sir Macken called us here for?”

When it came to efficiency, the young girls weren’t intimidated by anyone.

Macken smiled, though his square face was too stern to manage an approachable expression no matter how he tried.

“We just finished negotiations with the elven envoy delegation. They’re willing to let the kingdom introduce a batch of Whistle Deer. If everything goes smoothly, the kingdom will have transportation much faster than horses. People in border towns will no longer go without help due to distant roads. This is also what Senior Roars hoped for, it was his letter of recommendation that gave us this introduction plan.”

Only Whistle Deer, which was normal. Dragon Eagles belonged to strategic-level military equipment.

Aira’s hand reaching for snacks paused slightly. Something felt off.

First using the moral high ground of border people, then using Roars’ letter to build rapport, he was laying every possible groundwork. Next, surely…

“Besides normal trade goods, the elven race has one small request.” Macken said in a seemingly casual manner, “They hope the kingdom’s young geniuses, namely the special squad, will go to the forest for a period of exchange.”

At these words, not just Aira, but even Celeste’s expression became hard to maintain.

The girls didn’t hide their thoughts on their faces. Seeing their reaction, Macken frowned.

“Is there some difficulty? The elven envoy delegation guarantees this exchange is friendly, to promote relations between both sides…”

“You don’t need to put it that way, Sir Macken.” Celeste said with a stern face, “We already know about the Sacred Spring seal.”

Now it was the square face’s turn to twitch slightly.

As a politician, he quickly adjusted his expression, showing no sign that his scheme had been exposed: “This matter is currently just rumors. We only know a name and haven’t confirmed anything, so we didn’t tell you.”

This was actually true, he probably knew less than the girls did.

“Forgive my directness, but this matter is extremely serious and full of dangers.” Celeste said earnestly, “Please forgive our refusal.”

Macken didn’t speak for the moment, just tapped the table rhythmically.

He didn’t know whether the girl truly understood the Sacred Spring seal matter or was bluffing. If it was the former, why did she refuse without hesitation?

Just then, Aira heard a clear laugh in her head.

Hehe.

This time it was a loli voice, probably like a 120-year-old elf loli… or rather, a 12-year-old human loli.

“I remember her. Of course, she was the first to show me the greed of intelligent beings, as well as their ruthlessness.”

Aira’s eyelid twitched.

Iselis appeared again, and the content directly pointed to the little girl in the elven story, who was also the target of the Sacred Spring seal.

The silence lasted several minutes before Macken spoke again: “What are your demands? You can bring them up for discussion.”

Celeste shook her head: “It’s not about demands. This matter…”

“We want a portion of the introduced Whistle Deer, as well as a voice in diplomatic relations with the elven race.” Aira interrupted, “Additionally, we want to request several Dragon Eagles from the elves.”

Celeste stopped talking, completely handing over the negotiation leadership to the girl.

Macken thought for a moment and nodded: “I can agree to the first two, but for Dragon Eagles, you’ll need to negotiate with the elven elders.”

“No problem, we’ll discuss it after we get there.”

With that settled, the efficiency was high, they got up to leave without even touching their tea.

After leaving the palace, Celeste asked softly: “Do we have to wade into this muddy water?”

“Yes.” A trace of helplessness flashed in Aira’s eyes, “It’s necessary, because this incident is closely related to the Harbor City event we experienced.”

Just now in the room, after Iselis said that sentence, He immediately continued — “I’ll give you free information: that sealed elven girl has something that can restart the ritual. How to stop her, I’ll only tell you alone.

Let me see who among you is superior.”

She’d been put on the spot by the Evil God.

Win and get rewards, lose and face punishment.

Celeste didn’t fully understand this explanation, but she trusted Aira’s judgment.

Returning to camp, they told the other three girls about this matter. Everyone’s reactions were different.

Vina was very excited, she’d wanted to visit the elven race for a long time.

Zero seemed rather indifferent, saying wherever Aira… and her companions went, she’d go too. Being together was the most important thing.

As for Lia, she didn’t think about what this trip would be like at all, but immediately thought of the key point:

“Since we’re departing in a few days, before we leave, Aira has to come back to the church with me and spend the night!”