287 - - Episode 13 Suspicion

You traitor!"

......?

The angry voice of Volos, the first prince of the Majin Nation, echoes through the office of the King's Castle in the Majin Nation's capital.

Diablo shrinks under the sound of the angry voice.

Volos sent word to Diablo that he had urgent news, and he hurried to the castle.

Diablo himself knew what the "urgent news" would be. He had planned to contact Prince Volos and go to ...... to make an excuse. He had been summoned earlier.

When he appeared in his office, Volos, who was sitting at his seat doing his work, turned bloody and shouted at Diablo as he had done earlier.

So why is Diablo yelling at Volos?

Volos got up from the chair he was sitting in, grabbed the letter from the desk, and crowded into Diablo.

'You traitor to the state, connected to the "Witch of the Giant Tower"!　How dare you show yourself before me!"

'You've got it all wrong, Mr. Volos!　I have not betrayed the demon nation!

Then what is the meaning of this letter?

Volos thrusts the letter in his hand.

Diablo had received the same thing without reading the letter.

This letter was a letter that Mera had entrusted to the soldiers of the Demon Kingdom, who had intentionally let some of them go when the soldiers of the Demon Kingdom tried to attack a village of the racial kingdom disguised as bandits.

Those who escaped had one thing in common: they had some ...... connection to Diablo.

If they have a relative living in Diablo's territory, are friends with someone who is an officer in Diablo, or have a brother and sister whose parents live in Diablo's territory,...... they will not be harmed, but rather will be given generous protection and given food, drinking water, high-grade potions, and other necessities. They were even given large sums of money and released.

At that time, along with a letter to Diablo, he was told, "I have a message from the 'Witch of the Gigantic Tower' to tell His Excellency Diablo that I would be very happy if he succeeded.

So what happened to those who did not have a connection?

According to the testimonies of those who survived - those who did not have a connection with Diablo were left alive and indescribably transformed by a monster created literally on the spot by a beautiful woman around two meters tall. It is said that they were eaten by the pain.

Those who survived were shown the scene, and many of them became older looking and mentally deranged due to the shock and stress.

These survivors have returned to the land of the devils, crossing the mountains again, and have been faithful in delivering their messages and letters.

Naturally, they have only a thin connection with Diablo, and not all of them can deliver letters to him. Instead, they were more often delivered from the military to the First Prince of Volos.

The contents of the letter, by the way, were: "As we met before and promised, we will join hands with the 'Witch of the Giant Tower' and when Diablo becomes the King of the Demon Kingdom, we would like you to issue a statement recognizing the 'Giant Tower' as a nation," "absolute independence of race (human)," and "the 'Giant Tower' is a nation of the Giant Tower," etc. The letter included such questions as "acceptance of the principle of 'no man's land'" and "whether a secret agreement to form an alliance is valid.

Naturally, Diablo had never met the "Witch of the Giant Tower," nor had he ever talked to her about "agreeing to their conditions in order to gain their cooperation in order to become the King of the Demon Kingdom.

However, Lilith, the first princess of the racial kingdom, obtained the power of the "Witch of the Giant Tower" at the Sixth Duchy Conference, pulled down the current king, and was herself enthroned as queen.

The story would have been laughable if it were true, but in fact the racial kingdom has changed kings with the help of witches.

With such a precedent, it was inevitable that the first prince of Volos would feel a sense of crisis.

Diablo, on the other hand, was not really aware of this, so he desperately denied it with a blue face.

If he did not deny it, he would not only lose his position, but also have his territory confiscated, be stigmatized as a traitor, and be executed.

I really don't know about that letter!　It was probably a despicable scheme by the witches to set up Mee, to bring discord to the Majin Nation, to divide it, to weaken it!　Mee has always been loyal to the Magician State!

...... Really?"　But you were back in your own territory before the Six Principality Conference started. ...... Wasn't that because you knew that the "Witch of the Gigantic Tower" was coming to the conference?　That's why you left the meeting for a reason so that you wouldn't be face to face at the meeting and get ripped off!"

No, no, no!　We never really saw each other or talked to each other or anything!　Please believe me!

Diablo desperately pleads his innocence.

However, the suspicion of the First Prince of Volos is not confirmed.

'Are you sure you haven't met the witch face to face?　Then why hasn't the campaign to punish the racial kingdom by making its soldiers look like bandits, having them attack villages in the racial kingdom's territory, and giving them a warning succeeded even once?　I think you are selling our information to the abominable witch from behind the scenes!　As I recall, Omae's territory is near the mountains you need to climb to smuggle yourself into the racial kingdom. ...... Is this just a coincidence!"

In fact, Merah himself is just monitoring the whole mountain by himself.

We have not received any information from Diablo, but there is no way to ...... prove it.

It is truly 'devil's proof'.

If Wright had been here, he would have laughed at the sight of Diablo, the target of his revenge, making desperate excuses with a pained look on his face.

By deliberately releasing those who have even a thin connection with Diablo, treating them generously, and depositing and returning their letters, he is making the royal family of the demon kingdom look at him with suspicion.

This is only a start. But for Diablo, who has even become a nobleman in the Majin Nation, the possibility of losing his position is terrifying from the bottom of his heart.

As he intended, the first prince of Volos treated Diablo as a traitor, summoned him to the royal castle, and repeatedly questioned him.

Diablo continues to desperately put up excuses, but Volos refuses to listen to him and calls him a "traitor," a "traitor," and a "scum who sold out his homeland.

Volos, who was completely suspicious of Diablo, cursed him and ordered him to stay under house arrest in the capital for a while until his suspicions were cleared of any connection to the "Witch of the Gigantic Tower.

Diablo had no choice but to agree, and with a blue, gaunt look on his face, he was escorted out of the room.

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