And, oh, I almost forgot. Here you go, man.

"Huh? What is this?

　Something rustling in my pocket, Nell held it out to me and I received it.

　--It was a letter.

It was a letter.

".................. What's this?

　With a blank expression, I repeat the same words as before.

"It's from Ilir. He wants you to give it to him if you ever see him.

　...... Ilir is the princess you saved in King's Landing Arsil.

...... Lord, what is that?

"No, no, it's nothing. It's very personal.

　I turned my back to them so that Leila and En wouldn't see me, sneaked open the letter, took out the letterhead, and began to look through its contents.


"Dear Demon King.

　The weather is getting warmer these days, how is Your Majesty doing?
　I think of you every day, how is your Majesty?
　I wanted to share this overflowing feeling with you.
　But I won't give up. One day I'll make it to the demon king.
　But before that, I'll be very happy if you could come to see me.

　I'm looking forward to seeing you again.

　From Ilir who dreams of the day the demon king kidnaps him.


　The content of the book, which you would think was written a little taller and harder, was spelled out in lovely handwriting.

............

　...... Is this one.
　It's a love letter, so to speak. It's the first time I've received one.

　...... If you ask me if I'm happy about it, I am, but .......

　I'm going to be the one who will be able to help you to get the most out of your time in the world. 　

I'm going to stay here for quite a while, but please write me a letter of reply before I return.

"Should I write ......?

If I don't write, Ilir, will you be sad? Oh, if you need help with what to write, I'm here for you.

Let's go to ...... and ask for it.

　I don't know how to write a letter to a younger girl or anything like that.

　I can't tell En and the others that I got a love letter from a younger girl.

You can't tell them. I know I'm going off on a tangent, but why are you here at the end of the day?

　It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with your friends and family.

It's a good thing that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to be able to get a lot of money out of it.

Oh, I know.

Are you sure?

　And then Lonia, the sleepy girl who was with Nell, interrupted us.

"Yeah, these guys will be fine. They're going to be a good friend to us.

...... Yeah. If you say so, fine.

　But that's all he says, and then he closes his mouth again and doesn't speak.

　They trust you, brave man.

　Nell saw that she had stopped saying anything, then glanced around to make sure no one else was around, then turned to face him.

I'm not really talking about it, though. You see, you know the real culprit for the mess at the castle,

　Slightly slurring your words, so says Nell .

"Oh,

We don't want to be passive, either, so we're going to send people over here to gather information. But we're not going to be able to get through with our bare hands, so I and a few other strong people are going to come in. Right now, we're kind of split up, so it's just me and Lonia here: ......

　I suppose the word "this way" refers to the magical world.

...... That's a pretty bold story.

　Nell is, if I may say so, the best in the country. They are now the most powerful in the world, even among humans.
　You're sending such a key figure of the country out of the country and into the demon world, the home of a hostile race. How daring...how should I put it?

　I don't know. Was the brave man destined to be sent to the demon world or something like that?

I think so too if I say so myself.

"That decision was made by the king?

That's right.

　...... That Wang has gotten a lot of balls.

I'd like to ask you this: ...... What's the big deal about you, Mr. Wang?

For my part, I was called in by the king of this place.

"...... to the king?

　I nodded to Nell, who gave me a surprised look and continued.

"Yeah. When I was in the castle, well, I think I ended up crushing their intentions, right? So it seems that a certain faction of the demon world has a grudge against me. I've been told that the king's faction is also hostile to the faction that hates me, so why don't we join forces with those who have the same enemy?

...... I see. This group of people who hate you...

You know the story of the two major factions clashing in the demon world right now?



...... Yeah. Come here, I heard about it.

"Yeah. Then let's talk. One of the great faction is the faction of the King of Demonology who called me here. The other is my enemy and yours as well - a faction led by the demon tribe.

　At my words, Nell reveals a somewhat more serious expression than before.

"Demon tribe ...... hey, guy. I just need to do one thing for that ...... favor--

"Information, huh? What I learn through the king of the demon world, I'll teach you, too.

"Really?

Oh. I don't have a contract with the king that says I have to do with the information I get. --So instead, you give me the information you get.

"Yeah, okay. If you're okay with that, then so am I." "Is okay with that? Can I go to ...... or is that okay?

"What?

The right person for the job is with us, but since we don't have a foothold here, I think we'll get much less information than you can get: ......

"Yeah, don't worry about it. It's good enough for us.

　So to speak, it's an exchange of information.

　If we can get information from two places, we can be more certain of that and lessen our extreme dependence on the king of the demon world's faction.

　Well, I don't know how much information Nell and her friends have, but let me give you some hope.

　There's nothing wrong with having more allies.

　She'll be a hindrance to us, but not if she's as strong as this one.
　Your companion has been sent to the demon world, so we can assume that he's good enough to work here too.

Is this enough? Leila

Yes, Yuki-sama. That's a perfect score!

　Sneaking a whisper in your ear, Leila says with a smirk.

　Yes, that's right. Now that I've had some smart conversation, I was doing all the talking from behind Leila's back. Let's just leave all this stuff to Leila.

　Hail Leila. I'll follow you for the rest of my life.

　That was kind of like Liu, wasn't it?

"...... Thanks, man. You're helping me a lot, brother. I was a little bit nervous about it, but I think it's going to work out!

"Pfft, you can call me your trusty dandy man on this one, okay?

I would never call it that, though.

　Oh, I see.

　No, well, I'd have a hard time reacting if you had actually called me that.