149 Ch. 149 'Kazuto's Understanding'

After finishing dinner while chatting about trivial matters, everyone gathered in Niken's room to discuss Niken's future plans. Niken explained her intention to find where the lord stored the royal throne and save the hostage mermaids.

She also explained the whole situation that happened in the past, which caused these changes.

Zehell frowned when he heard that one reason for the change in this country was his father.

"My father couldn't possibly do it. He had been in seclusion on the mountain for hundreds of years and never used his magic. Are you sure that daemon didn't trick you?"

"I believe in Flynn." Insisted Niken.

"Then you should know humans who wholeheartedly believe in daemons would not end up well. They are basically stupid humans. I'm warning you now, you can't trust every daemon's words. They are otherworldly creatures who are cunning and will do everything they can to get what they want."

"Flynn is different."

"How do you know that? What made you so sure that he is different?"

Niken gasped when she heard Kazuto ask her with a tone of displeasure. She thought Kazuto would support her and help her persuade Zehell to save the mermaids. But she was wrong.

"We can't just trust daemons. Moreover, we are talking against the leader of this country. We don't want to start a war that doesn't involve us. We came here only to widened your time zone range, not to get involve unimportant things."

"But…"

"Niken, I know you want to save your friend. But there's no guarantee your friend will come back. All the spirits that have turned into evil spirits will never return to their original state. We can save the mermaids being held hostage, but we can't let you dive into the lake where the evil mermaids' lair." Kazuto explained in a tone full of patience yet firm and resolute.

As much as possible, he wanted to prevent Niken from entering the evil mermaid's lair. He almost lost the girl when he let his guard down on the night of the lunar eclipse. Kazuto couldn't bear to experience the same feeling a second time as that night. He would not let Niken disappear from his sight.

"What he said is right. No matter how strong the princess's astral soul was, it wouldn't turn them back. In addition, the evil mermaids' intelligence and dark magic power had grown stronger in recent years. That's why they are not too afraid to face my pet daemon."

"No. The real cause is because you are curbing his magic power. Flynn can't use his magic like before because he was bound as a pet slave. Everything will be different if you give him his freedom."

"And let him eat the souls of the Elementalists? Do you know why my father made him a slave? The last time he was found was when he was hunting down humans and eating their souls out!" Zehell's tone rose, beginning to feel annoyed at Niken's seemingly accusing manner of attacking him.

"Gosh! I can't believe it. You let that lowly daemon trick you."

"His name is FLYNN!"

"Don't care!"

Niken clenched her jaws while staring at Zehell with anger.

"I think it's enough for today. I hope you will get your rationality back tomorrow, or else, I'm out of the group." Zehell just went missing and returned to his house without saying goodbye.

"Sir Lionel, do you think I'm out of my mind?"

"…" Lionel froze in his place as he never thought his disciple would drop a bomb at him. "I think you're too tired. You better take a break, and we'll talk tomorrow morning." just like Zehell, Lionel promptly got up and walked out of Niken's room, leaving Kazuto, who was still loyal to accompany Niken.

"How about you, Kazu? Do you also think I'm just making it up? You think that I'm a person who can be deceived easily? Do you trust me?"

"I trust you."

"Then?"

"But I can't trust daemons. Sorry, but until the end of the day, I will never be able to trust any daemon," said Kazuto honestly.

Kazuto could not trust in daemons no matter whether the type of daemon Zehell kept was a different breed from the one that almost took his inamorata's precious flower. His hatred for daemons was so deep that it was impossible for him to change his view of daemons.

Therefore he didn't want Niken to waste her energies on the uncertain result.

This country was operating well, and no one was complaining. The evil mermaid is also locked in place and will not be able to come out to harm humans. Kazuto did not find any meaningful benefit if he let Niken insist on diving into the lake to retrieve the mermaid princess's astral soul in the incubator cave.

"Then just trust me who trust in Flynn," begged Niken with teary eyes, causing Kazuto's heart ached.

Kazuto grabbed Niken's shoulder and leaned the girl's head against his chest while patting her back gently.

"We all haven't been able to sleep well for the past few days as we frantically looking for you. Give us some time and rest first. After that, we will talk about it again. How is it?"

Niken didn't answer because she couldn't refute the man's remark. It seemed that these three men did not rest enough because they had spent all their time tracking her whereabouts.

Maybe they were all tired and couldn't think straight. Thought Niken.

Niken even remembers Zehell, who was full of mischievousness and smiling a lot at the beginning of their meeting, but now the smile is rarely shown. Instead, the man looked sarcastically at her and showed an expression of dislike towards her.

Maybe what Kazuto said had a point. They were too tired to think straight to accept that seemed nonsensed.

"Okay. I will do what you suggest."Niken said resignedly. Then she lifted her head to meet the man's eyes with a pleading gaze. "Are you going to sleep here?"

"I'd love to if you wish it." came the smirking man's answer with a teasing tone.

"Hm."

"What?"

"I wish for it." without waiting for the man's response, Niken let go of her lover's embrace and then laid on the bed. She looked at Kazuto with a questioning look while the man was still frozen in his sitting position. "You don't want to sleep? Aren't you tired?"

Kazuto chuckled and then laid down next to Niken after pulling Niken into his arms.

"Good night," said Niken with a satisfied sigh when her whole figure was covered by Kazuto's warm body.

"Sweet dream, my love."

Niken smile's widened, hearing the endearing name for the first time.