456 Compensation for hard work

Sweet things after labor are gently stained across the body.

So while we were in Necromancer City, we were cheeky with purple potatoes on Lily's back.

Ah.

I'm not out of company because I promise Lily, who's working hard, I'll treat her a lot later.

"I'm looking forward to that."

"Nah."

With my back in my hands with Lyla, I told everyone what I had done so far.

They asked me about Arda and Terru, digging for leaves, but I don't cover up and tell them everything.

There's nothing nasty about it.

Everyone knew the general events through Ares, but she was more than happy to hear from me.

I, too, enjoyed telling everyone what had happened so far.

Shortly after the reunion, I was feeling all kinds of danger to myself, but apparently the mountain fields got over it.

I buried the back of my head all the time on Lila's tense chest, but there was no scolding.

And Lily, who flew lightly between the Necromancer cities from the Devil's Capital, where it took me and Luirala days to trample, reached above her destination before sundown.

Unlike the Devil's Capital, a city without devastation shines in the evening sun.

And near the outer gate of the Devil's Capital, we saw a number of gatherings of flowing refugees.

Those must be the people who heard rumors that the Necromancer City is hosting refugees.

"I see it. Yo. Elnea, this is your city."

"Yeah, what are you talking about? I'm never in control!

That's what I'm saying.

Luirala has pinched his mouth as he denies Lily's dialogue to the best of his ability.

"Elnea, do you realize that?

What are you talking about?

"That's what I said in the Devil's City."

"Hmm? Did I say something weird?

I don't remember myself.

I'll try to remember what happened during the day.

I can't believe it hasn't been half a day since we fought Gilrad and summoned Terru into a world of sniffles.

I feel too relaxed to reunite with everyone or an environment that relieves me from my heart like this, and the disturbances during the day seem much more like a thing of the past already.

But what did I say in the daytime commotion I felt in that distant past?

Kohon, and Louis Lara coughed.

He reproduced it with my dictation. [M]

"Come on, know despair. This is my power to reign over the Demon King! Find out who you got your hands on! You were screaming. I mean, Ernea, you finally have the demon king's consciousness."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! I never said that!

"No, you said it."

"I told you so."

"Gutsy, till Lily"

Or it's Lily. Since when have you been lurking in my shadow? [M]

The Mistrals looked at me with white eyes.

Ah, eyes that don't believe me.

"I never said that. I will never be a demon king!

"Is that true?

"It's true. Trust me, Mistral."

"Is that true?

"Ho, it's true... Luiseine thinks I'm lying?

"Ernea, you should be honest with me."

Elnea, you can't lie to me.

"It's true... But I might have just said... But, you know, it's a misunderstanding. There's only one thing wrong with what you say and what you receive."

"Dear Elnea, I'm the only one who will follow you even if you become the Demon King."

"Mr. Lyla?

"Hih. I'm sorry, Master Luiseine!

Luilara's words include foot colors.

I wouldn't call myself a demon king if I made a mistake.

But I might have spoken of something that would mislead me.

I worked hard to evoke the memories of the time and explained them to everyone.

They all know who I really am, so they seemed to hear me half-heartedly from the start, and they convinced me right away.

Nevertheless, Luilara is still a demon tribe. Don't be alarmed.

You must have tried to take my word for it and tailor it to a substantial demon king.

Everyone believed me more than Luilala said, so boring, Luilala slipped away.

"And anyway. It's time to get down there. On earth, the people of the city wait to see when they come down."

Looking down at the square of the Necromancer City from Lily's back, the inhabitants, tens of times as swollen as they were when they left, were gathered to look up at the sky.

There were a lot of people outside the city, but there were more residents inside.

"There are so many people in Necromancer City..."

"Dear Ernea, you're not a Necromancer, are you?

"As I was telling you, we're having refugees accommodated here."

Lily slowly descended and landed in the square while explaining to the frightened Lila that she would be scared if she were a dead spirit.

The demons and slaves of the inhabitants fled frightened by Lily, the giant dragon of pitch black.

I can't believe we were getting together and running away...

All that remained were black-wing demons who knew about Lily, and Meduria, a lord's deputy who worked hard and endured fear, and ministers.

"Hello, it's been a while"

First, I have to cut ahead and say hello, and I smile and run over to Mr. Meduria.

But Mr. Meduria hardened his nervous expression and didn't even smile when he looked at me.

Hey, aren't you too nervous?

Somewhere, the black-wing demons are also nervous.

That's weird. Everyone but me with them should have gotten along last summer, so you're not more nervous now, are you? Besides, he was originally an elite unit of the giant Demon King, and he should know about Lily the Black Dragon.

Everyone who comes down from Lily's back also looks uncomfortable with the tense signs of Mr. Meduria and the Black Winged Demons.

"Oh, welcome back. We were waiting for Master Ernea to return safely. Why are you doing this here? To the Mansion......"

Mr. Meduria shows a tense and irresistible movement. Still led us to the mansion where we lived.

When Lily lowered us, she blended into the shadows and disappeared.

I'll work for Lily later. First, let's go to the mansion with Mr. Meduria.

With a hint of anxiety, I begin to walk in the lead of Mr. Meduria. They followed me, too. [M]

The mansion used by Mr. Meduria is near the centre of the city.

There was a Necromancer Castle in the real center, because I wiped out my roots.

When you settle down, it's good to build a lord's mansion on the ruins of Necromancer Castle's grounds. I want Mr. Meduria to do his best there.

On the way back to your mansion.

Residents who fled to scatter frightened by Lily the Black Dragon watched us from the shadows of the building and the distance of the road.

There are a number of faces I've seen.

Me and Luilala stopped in a number of cities and villages on our way to the Devil's Capital in secret.

Everywhere was devastated by banditry, slave hunting, or power strife, and the demons as well as the slaves were in distress.

So I taught you about this Necromancer City.

However, even as he was hosting refugees in the dark clouds, he thought it would be too burdensome for Mr. Meduria, who manages them, and for the Black-wing Demons responsible for the defense of the city, to give the refugees something to mark.

A thousand hand spider thread was cut to about a finger's length and given to a refugee representative.

People in real trouble. I gave a thread to the demons who promised to treat the slaves gently, and with their possession, they marked the mark of those whom I recognized.

Even a yarn as long as your finger is a thousand hand spider yarn that even the Demon King can't collect. Permission to enter the Necromancer City is impeccable.

Incidentally, the Black-wing Demons and Mr. Meduria were consulted beforehand on the receptive attitude. It's worth it, and this is how the number of residents has increased.

When I saw it from the sky, there were refugees outside the outer walls of the Necromancer City, but those are refugees whose representatives have not received any thread from me.

It could contain more people between us and worse than I have identified. So I was asking the black-wing demons to judge those people.

I think it's been a rough burden, so they have to work too.

Send greetings to the gathering residents as they travel to the mansion.

The residents other than Mr. Meduria and the Black-winged Demons don't seem to be having any weird tensions.

You were just a little relieved that Lily was out of sight, and some people came to me and thanked me.

Ever since I left King's Capital in the Kingdom of Arms, I've had a very rough time, but seeing people who truly appreciate me like this makes me happy.

My little joy immediately went to the bottom of hell.

"I've been waiting for you. Finally, did you have the demon king's consciousness? I got you a soul spirit seat. Thank you. Take it."

"Okay, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Waiting in the mansion was the demon king of the giant.

The Black Winged Demons are nervous!

Mr. Meduria shouldn't be able to smile too nervously!

Residents weren't nervous because they hadn't noticed the coming of the Demon King!

Reject the Demon King, who will annoyingly push the Demon Sword, and I will do everything in my power to escape.

Trying to disappear from this scene with a spatial leap.

"Oh ho ho. I won't let you get away with it."

"No."

The heart of the giant demon king, entangled in Charlotte's unleashed whip, I rolled on the carpet.

Mistral, help me! And when I looked up, they were all staring down at me like they were frightened.

Apparently, you can't help me.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Elnea. I've recovered my forgotten belongings at Demon King's Castle."

There was a cheerful Lily voice coming from my shadow that grieved at everyone's abandonment.

I think I forgot something while desperately trying to get out of a whip wrapped around my body.

Before me, something slimy and unexpected came out of the shadows.

"Ho, were you ready for the throne yet? Bad taste, but let's give him a compliment."

"No. Yikes. This is not my throne."

My forgotten things Lily recovered.

It was a golden throne.

Charlotte manipulates the whip.

I danced through the universe irresistibly, sat on the throne, and was wrapped from above again with a whip.

"Come on, watch it."

"No, no!

The demon king of the giant presses the demon sword.

I show desperate resistance, but I can't escape.

Blonde horizontally curly Charlotte, don't be afraid!

I was tied up with a whip, and I couldn't use the space jump.

The demon king smiles slightly and tries to put the demon sword on my lap, deprived of liberty.

I can't regain my physical freedom, but I can't resist.

What are the Mistrals doing in my desperate crisis?

The only thing I could move. Everyone was laughing as I circled up from my neck.

Really?

Are you happy...

Luilala also laughs with her belly in her arms, and Charlotte looks at me and the Demon King's offense with even narrower eyes when she cripples.

The Black-wing Demons were desperate to kneel and laugh.

Only Mr Meduria and the ministers remained flat and solidified, bewildered.

"Come on, take it. If you refuse, I will kill you."

"Snap out of it!!

My cry echoed the Necromancer City.