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“Heine, you’re absolutely sure, right? None of your kingdom’s people live near the towers, right? Because if you’re wrong, it’s your ass on the line, even if she’s the one wiping out your civilians.”
“It’s true! I wouldn’t lie in the face of that sort of power! I mean, are you people sane? Destroying entire areas covered by fog to destroy the towers?! What sort of insane tactic is that?!”
Lilith’s plan involves specifically targeting locations where the fog is thickest and bombing the hell out of them.
Alice has already linked with the satellite and found these locations.
“She’s right. There are spots in the north, south, east, and west with heavy concentrations of fog.”
“Looking at it from above, they’re just marking where the towers are.”
The mad scientist and her creation are happily taking notes on the coordinates.
“Ohhh… What a terrible day… The moment she sends a piece of paper somewhere, those things from earlier will rain down on them… This is a nightmare… This is a day of reckoning for demons… The moment the barrier drops, you’re going to bombard the Demon Lord’s Castle, right? This kingdom is doomed…”
As Heine breaks down in tears, I tell her:
“No, we’re not gonna bomb the castle. See our Chimera over there? She’s got a few things she wants to ask your Demon Lord. Which is why we’re here to talk to him.”
Heine’s eyes widen, staring at me as if I said something particularly egregious, at which point she proceeds to berate me.
“A t-talk?! Did you just say you wanted to talk?! You did all this just for a chat?! All that taunting and destruction just to have a conversation?! I’m going to kill you! You’re going to join my dead soldiers!”
“Oh? You’re gonna kill me? You? The loser? You understand you’re a prisoner, right? Also, I’m going to hell when I die, so you just admitted your soldiers are in hell, too!”
Just as Heine and I start fighting…
A loud explosion rings out from the distance, and shortly thereafter, the ground beneath us quakes.
I look over to see Lilith and Alice have finished their calculations.
“Shit, you really did it… I mean, if all you wanted to do was talk, we could’ve negotiated… Why do you lunatics always resort to brute force…?”
Well, I mean, we are an evil organization, after all.
“Hey, Rose, over here. Come.”
“……?”
Following sincere discussion among Heine, Lilith, and myself…
“Rose, Heine’s going to talk to the Demon Lord and show you around the ruins in the Demon Lord’s Castle. Then, she’s going to arrange a talk with the Demon Lord for you. Of course, on our end, we’ve also got a proposal to just charge into the castle and extract the information by force.”
Rose responds without missing a beat.
“Let’s go with talking! Talking, please!”
Rose’s reaction transforms Heine’s expression from being on the verge of tears to suggesting she’s found a ray of hope.
For the record, there are three votes to skip the talking and just storm the castle.
Which means everyone other than Rose prefers to just settle the matter now, but…
“Are you sure? There’s the possibility they won’t keep their word, and we don’t know when it’ll actually happen. I mean, we’ve still got Lady Lilith with us, so we can probably end it today.”
Rose shakes her head at my whispered suggestion.
“…No, I would rather have a peaceful chat. But, Boss, it’s thanks to you, Miss Alice, and Lady Lilith that we’ve come this far, so that’s just my vote. I can’t insist too much, but…”
“…I see. Well, in that case, let’s do it your way. According to our company’s Kisaragi System, the concerned party’s preference is worth a hundred votes.”
Lilith’s remark settles our policy from here on out.
Heine lets out a deep sigh of relief, and Rose blushes happily.
Lady Lilith, I’ve never heard of this Kisaragi System.
“All right then, Six. Let’s head back to the hideout. My brain got a hell of a workout today, so I’m going to gorge myself on sweets. Also, we need to write up a report. You two need to sing my praises in yours, okay? Like stuff about how I defeated the Demon Lord’s Army with one finger, how I knocked out a dragon with a single punch…”
“……”
I let myself think she’d lied for Rose’s sake, but I’m starting to suspect she just wants to get home as quickly as possible.
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