'So what's Julia doing?　Hey?
'No, this is........not.......!
'Ughhhhhh!　Oh no!　I'm going to be raped, uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Hey!　Because that would be misleading!


　So I was questioned by my seniors, Princess Liane and Shelly looked at me white, and it really was a needle in a haystack.

　Of course, at the same time as my defense, Scott-san and Nick also followed up, so the fact-free misunderstanding that I was going to attack a succubus outside without knowing it, was somehow resolved.


''Gusu........gusu.........''
It's Katherine, isn't it?
'Yeah ... giggle ... giggle ...'
My name is Liane. I'm Liane, and I'm royalty in the human world. That's okay. I'm not going to be violent in the name of royalty.
Really...?
Yes, sir.
Why don't we roll him up in a circle like that guy who just came in?
....
'What?　Why are you looking away!　Hey!
''In a manner of speaking, you are a demon race. You may be hostile to humans, so we won't do anything unless you do something about it... but restraint is unavoidable.
Oh, no!　I didn't even do anything!
But if I untie her, she'll run away, won't she?
I'm not going to run away.
I see. Julia, let's carry it to the Warding City.
Yes, sir!


　Turning my salute to Princess Liane, I carry Catherine up on the ground.


'Oooohhhh!　Oh no!　I'm going to be raped uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
'Yes, yes I wouldn't do that...'


　That's how our group returned to the Boundary City with the mysterious succubus.


　◇


　The story afterwards.

　Conversation. And since there is no sign of hostile intent, she will be interrogated for the time being.

　However, since there are more people in the area 8-10 now, it will be me who brought Catherine and Princess Liane to do the interrogation.

　I'm sure they are trying to keep you in check in case you get out of control, but since they don't like me, I had some thoughts on the matter.

　By the way, this has already been notified inside the military.


''Ughhhh........what do you want to do with me!


　An interrogation room. There's a table and a desk, though, and we're sitting across from each other. And I haven't released Catherine's restraints yet.

　This time, Princess Liane will ask questions and I will write down the details on a piece of paper.


'I won't do it. I'll be fine.
Really?
Yes. I don't lie.
Well that's fine but...


　Princess Liane smiles at him. Looking at her, no one would think her words were a lie. By the way, I know that Princess Liane is surprisingly mischievous, and she can tell a lie without hesitation. Although her outward appearance precedes her image, she actually has a 15-year-old girlish side to her.


''First of all, yes. I want to create a profile, so please answer the questions. You can say you don't like what you don't like, if you want.
'Yeah...'
First of all, are you sure the race is succubus?
Yeah. My name is Katherine from Succubus...
Okay. How old are you?
Twelve years old.
Oh my. You are very young. You seem so mature, I thought you were older than that.
'Really?　Am I mature?
'Yes. I think she's very mature and attractive.
I see. I see. I see. Your highness is a good guy.


　Does that mean that paradoxically I'm a terrible guy?

　Well, there's no point in worrying about it. I just post the information in silence.


"Ah!　Oh, and don't forget that I'm a candidate for the Queen!
The queen contender, sir?
Yes!
Are you going to replace the succubus queen?
Ummm ... well, I guess so?　No, maybe not...


　It's easy to understand. But you don't want to get stubborn by pursuing it in a strange way here. Princess Riane seems to understand that, and immediately moved on to the next question.


''Then let's continue........''
'Oh....'


　Squeak~, a pretty sound echoes through the room. It's an interrogation room, which is why the sound is so noticeable... Katherine is red-faced, looking down and purring.


'Are you hungry?'
'Yeah I haven't eaten anything for three days now...'
Okay.


　With that said, Princess Liane used communication magic. I arranged to bring food over here immediately and came over........


''Whoa!　What the hell?　What the hell?
Here you go. Please enjoy your meal. You can talk to me afterwards, if you like.
'You sure?　It looks so, so good!
I hope you'll consider it a sign of trust.
'Oh!　Princess, you're the best!　Then....!


　Katherine jumps. Yes. For some reason, what she was eating was a katsudon. The choice is a mystery, but according to Princess Liane, this is set in stone.

　Pork meat is fried in oil and furthermore it is tossed with an egg. It seemed to be made with plenty of broth, and it was golden in color.

　Five minutes of staring at Kathryn, who was mugging it and munching on it with relish. She had eaten her katsudon in the blink of an eye.



That's good to hear.
'I'll answer any questions you have right now!　Because I'm in a very, very good mood!
Now let's cut to the chase ... why were you in that place?
Well, that's...
What's that?


　To be clear, once you see with Princess Liane's Celestial Eye, that's all you need to do, but that has many restrictions, and if possible, he didn't want to use it.

　And Catherine was silent for a while, and then she opened her mouth.


'You're not laughing...?'
Yeah. You're not laughing?
'Well, well ... actually ... I'm ... lost ...'
Are you lost?
'Yeah. That area was my favorite place, but it had some kind of warding, and I got pissed off and slipped through the warding... but then I couldn't get out of there, and I've been unable to get out the other way. It's kind of different from the place in... and there's a lot of people in there... and I've been wandering around...
Well that's a tough one, isn't it?
'Yeah...'
So you're saying that mankind has no hostile intent?
''Yeah.
What do you mean "may"?
I don't know, there's some weirdos coming to succubus country lately.
Strange, huh?
''Yeah. I know it's a demon race, but I don't know much about it...
'I see. I see.


　I continued to choke on the questions, but no more promising information came out.

　I put together all the stories that Catherine had told me and made a report.


'Well. Well, that's all for now. Thank you for your time.'
Is that it?
Yeah. That's it.
So I can go home?
That's not really ... I just want to talk to you some more.
Yeah you can't go home yet?
I'll make dinner again, okay?　There's something in the human world that tastes better than the one I just mentioned.
Something better than before!
'Yes. It's just so much better.
Gokuri. It can't be helped. I really want to go home so badly, but I don't mind if I stay in the human country for a little while.
'That would be very helpful. 'Yes, there is a place where the elves currently live, so let's have them move over there. It would be better to have the same sub-humans than humans. Well then, Yulia-san, for now, please accompany Katherine up.
What?

　The voices overlap. It was mine and Catherine's.

'If they get away, Yulia would be able to capture them, wouldn't she?
Well, it's possible, but...
Then it's nice to meet you.
Yes.
....

　A smile that belies its existence.

　And the fact that Catherine is staring at me is strangely disturbing.

　For some reason, I ended up sharing my activities with Catherine.