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　When we returned to our base at the castle of Ashtaroth, we were greeted by Hijikata Toshizo, who was acting as a guard of honor.

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　He greeted us with a pouting face,

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"So you've been hitting on dwarves instead of women this time?"

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　He teased me.

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　He was probably referring to the fact that he had a group of dwarves with him.

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"You are not only popular with women, but also with men, aren't you?

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　Says Toshizo.

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"Don't fall in love with me, Toshizo.

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　He joked back and led the dwarves to the camp.

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　There were many residents brought from the castle of the Demon King Sabnak.

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　The refugee camp was spacious enough to accommodate the dwarves.

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　However, we should be very careful not to get into trouble with the previous inhabitants.

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　Since it would be impossible for Toshizo and Jeanne to handle such matters with finesse, I leave it to Eve to handle it.

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　Yves bowed his head in a bowing manner,

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"Leave it to me, Master."

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　I am not a good person to talk about it," he said.

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　He brought the dwarves back safely to the castle, but he wanted to gather engineers from among them and start building a town.

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　He tells this to the Dwarves' representative.

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　They look puzzled.

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"What is it?　Are you not architects?"

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"We are indeed architects, but we can design at the building level, but not at the town planning level.

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　Apparently, he is not confident.

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"That's a problem. How have you been building your towns so far?"

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That's what the former chief told us to do. He is a genius engineer as well as a genius designer. We depended on him for everything."

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"I see. ......"

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　It happens all the time. A leader is so good that his subordinates depend on him so much that they do not develop their own successors.

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　In this sense, Ashtaroth's army is similar, and may be destroyed as soon as I am gone, as Eve used to say.

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"But we can't afford to be troubled. Something must be done.

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　As I was worrying about this, the Eve offered me a solution.

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"Master, I don't mean to be presumptuous, but why don't you summon your soul?

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"Soul summoning?　I don't have any flotsam."

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There are drifts, aren't there? The object the master is carrying in his pocket now serves the same purpose as flotsam and jetsam.

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"This?"

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　He touches the memento of his friend in his pocket over his clothes.

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"Are you going to use this beard?"

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"Yes. The beard is the beard of a hero. It is a part of the body of a hero who gave himself to protect his people.

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"Can this beard bring him back to life?"

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"It's 50-50. But if you use the hero's beard as a material, I'm sure you can summon someone wonderful."

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"...... got it. There's no point in keeping it as a memento for posterity anyway. If there is even the slightest chance that he can be resurrected, I'll take it.

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"That's my master. You've made a quick decision.

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So, do I just put this beard straight into the Klein jar?

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Yes. However, it may not be enough as a substitute. It would be better to add something stronger at the same time.

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"Hmm."

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　He touches his chin and begins to think.

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"I want to summon Godreave, the Dwarven chief and my friend. So I suppose that anything related to him will have a better chance of summoning him.

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"That is correct, sir."

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　A young Dwarf man who had been listening to the conversation intervened.

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"My Lord, then why don't you use the weapon that our chief has forged before?"

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"My God, is Lord Gottlieb also a blacksmith?"

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He is an all-around genius. The chief is."

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Then it is certain. And where is the weapon?

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The chief has not been forging weapons lately. I don't have any on hand. And if we are going to use it as material, shouldn't we use his masterpiece?

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"You have a point. I'll have him look for it right away. And do you know the name of the weapon and its current owner?

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"The name of the weapon is the tail of the fire dragon. It is called the Fire Dragon Axe. The weapon was delivered to a weapons shop in the castle town of Azazel, the Demon King.

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"Azazel?　That's a demon king I've never heard of."

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　The name does not appear on the map of the area that Eve showed me.

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　A demon king far away?

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　I grit my teeth, thinking that it would take a long time to find him.

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"That Demon King was destroyed before Master was born into this world. The one who was born on the site of his demise is the most powerful Demon King of all time.

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"Hmm ......?　What do you mean?"

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The master is the successor to the Demon King. That is, his arms shop is here in the castle town.

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"That's what you mean."

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　I wish you would have said so earlier, but there was no use in scolding you. We head for the arms shop immediately.

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"Are you going there yourself, master?

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"Yes?"

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Why don't you send out your messenger and have him confiscate it?"

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"Then isn't that just like the Demon Lord himself?"

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　Eve looks at him and says, "The master is not a demon king.

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　I explain to her.

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"I am a demon king, but I am not a villain. I'm a realist. It would be foolish, foolish to take weapons from the people in the castle here. We can't have such a bad reputation when we're about to gather so many people. I'll pay for it."

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"I see. Such a thoughtful and well-thought-out plan."

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　The girl named Eve bows her head in admiration.

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"Well, I'm going shopping now, but just in case, I should bring an escort."

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"Then let me be the one with the bravery and intelligence."

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　Eve raises her hand, but her courage is somewhat unreliable, not to mention her knowledge.

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　Besides, she is in charge of taking care of the refugees and the administration of this town. She also needs to take care of the piles of documents that have accumulated while she was in the Dwarven village.

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　When I told her that I would not allow her to come with me, she looked at me reproachfully and said, "You're a naughty .......

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　But she still immediately went to her office in the castle and did her work, which is a proof that she is a hardworking and serious person.

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　It is a lucky thing to have such a good and capable maid.

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　While I was thinking like this, Hijikata Toshizo and Jeanne d'Arc arrived as a matter of course.

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　Toshizo said

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"You're not staying at home twice in a row, are you?"

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　He let out a laugh,

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　Jeanne is..,

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"It is God's will that I am here beside the Demon King."

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　He said.

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　It's no use leaving them with brains made of muscles.

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　He did not think there would be any trouble in his castle town, but he decided to let them go with him nonetheless.

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　When I told them this,

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"As expected of the Demon Lord!"

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　They laughed at the same time.

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