Chapter 249: Request

Chapter 249: Request

We walked after the Oni woman.

Leaving the streets lined with stalls near the castle wall, we headed towards the center of the city.

「Hey Sophia, we’re heading to the center of the city, aren’t we?」Finndd the newest novels on n/o/velbin(.)com

「Indeed.」

「By some chance, are we going to that castle?」

「I am certain we are.」

「Ahh, thought so.」

I don’t know if there’s a law about it, but we were intruders who entered this country illegally. The fact that we’re heading to the castle meant that the master of the Oni woman guiding us was definitely a higher-up. As people who snuck in, this was awkward.

Sure enough, after following the Oni woman who called herself Ryuka, we saw the royal castle right in front of us.

「Haa~ As expected~」

「......yes.」

Ryuka-san freely passed through the castle gate and we continued along as well without being inspected and headed into the castle.

「Please wait here.」

「......yes.」

Succubi and Devil maids made tea for us at the extravagant lounge suite we were left at.

「......those maid uniforms are quite indecent......」

「Takumi-sama, if you want it then......」

「Me too, I have no complaints if Master (Husband) wants me to wear clothing he likes.」

Aren’t the maid outfits used by these Succubus and Devil maids similar to the ones worn in maid cafes?

「So that’s where I come in?」

「Yes, if in case it’s an outbreak of new dungeons, there is a danger that the monsters would overflow if left neglected.」

She explained that the entire terrain was either monster nests or similar lands, and there were a certain number of dungeons on the continent, but the six countries manage those near their respective territories.

The dungeons with useful monster materials were managed by thinning out the monsters, while the dungeons that didn’t had their cores destroyed and were killed.

「(Takumi-sama, is that because of the Evil Spirit and the Pope?)」

「(There might be a connection.)」

I informed Queen Fraal about the sins committed by the Divine Empire of Sydnia and their god making dungeons, and their subsequent escape to the Demon Continent.

「......oh my, I can’t imagine a Majin going crazy. Did they believe that we are races whose ancestors are monsters?」

「That was no longer a person, but a monster. I failed and wasn’t able to catch them.」

Considering how Akira and the Imperial Princess weren’t in that place, it wouldn’t have made that much of a difference even if we defeated the Pope.

「Then Iruma-dono, this request is a windfall for you as well, isn’t it? Furthermore, your group’s strength is astonishingly higher than ours. It could be said that you are the most suitable for investigating the unusual phenomenon of this continent.」

「......in the first place, we came to this continent in order to investigate, so it is the request of Your Majesty, in one form or another.」

「Iruma-dono, you need not speak to me in such a formal tone. Please think of me as the person in charge of a city that could not even be called a country.」

「No, that would still be too...」

「Please consider this as the style of this continent.」

「I seeee.」

Queel Fraal promised to cooperate with us as much as possible. Thanks to that, we no longer have to trespass in the city.

We gave our word to report periodically to Queen Fraal, then returned to the base.

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