Volume 4 - Prologue

Purplish red liquid ran along the skin that had small scales lined up on it and fell.

The legs of the Demonic Beast kicked the ground.

The Grand Dragon, which was faster than a fast horse, was running.

Alicia tightly grasped the reins that had closely packed thorns that were meant to prevent slipping.

「Haa……haa……」

It felt as if she would be thrown off the Demonic Beast’s back if she were to lessen her strength even just a little.

Alicia had the position called State Knight, but in the innermost depths of her heart, she desired the destruction of the Races, and supported the Demonic Beings. If the Demon King were revived, she would reach her objective, even though that is what she thought……

To think that the Demon King Krebskrum that she had seen be revived would then vanish!

In retaliation for being made to go on a fool’s errand, the Demonic Beings were trying to kill her.

As a result, Alicia, together with the little Demonic Being girl Edelgart, got on Edelgart’s Demonic Beast and was running away.

When they slipped out from the mass of Demonic Beings──

Edelgart was inflicted with a severe wound.

Right now, she was drained of strength and was shaking about on the Demonic Beast’s back as if she were luggage. Purplish blood was spilling from her head, and it didn’t stop.

As for how much hemorrhaging a Demonic Being could take before it became a matter a life or death, Alicia had investigated a lot about Demonic Beings, but since it greatly differed between individuals, she didn’t know for certain.

But there was no mistake that Edelgart was in a dangerous state.

The hatred from having someone important taken away would awaken the pure Demon King.

Even if Krum were alive, she would probably bear a grudge against Alicia to the point of wanting to kill her. She should have also bought Diablo’s resentment.

Alicia then thought that Rem had probably died. If that weren’t the case, Demon King Krebskrum shouldn’t have revived even if it was only temporary.

The moment that she showed herself in front of Diablo and the others, she might be turned to cinders. There was no room for negotiations.

──But even so!

「Please leave it to me. I will do something about it.」

Alicia bundled up Edelgart, who had become unable to move, in her mantle, and lifted her up in her arms. She had a woman’s slender arms, but she had stacked up enough training to not lose to some random man. It was at least possible to lift up Edelgart who was short even when compared to a Human woman.

「……Understood……Can’t move, anyway……Leave, to you.」

Shouldering Edelgart like she was luggage, Alicia aimed for Faltra City’s West Gate.

The Grand Dragon turned a worried look towards them, but with its appearance, they couldn’t ride on it into a town of the Races.

When Alicia and Edelgart separated from it, the fast running Demonic Beast turned its heel, and vanished into the plains of the black of night.