'NeNe, neNe, neNe?'

　The little Zebiantes girl comes back and surrounds me.

　... "Coming back"?

　No, no, you can't have this guy around all the time.

'Hey, hey, can I ask you something?　It's going to take up a lot of your time for me.
Hey, man.

　Why should my time be wasted on you?

　I've been busy with the reconstruction of the Mithril Mine, and nowadays I've managed to find time to play with my breath, Gran.
　I've managed to juggle my schedule and find time to play with my breath, Gran.

　But don't interrupt me when I'm with my son.

Don't interrupt me when I'm with my son. "That's right, I should be able to play with him too.

　And then the woman pulls my child out of my hand with a whimper.

"Ahh!　My sunshine!
Don't worry, he gets along well with me. Do you see?

　In fact, Grandpa was healthy in Zeviantes' arms.

　I'm not sure if I can expect the future of this child, because he is not at all shy at all, and he is a big shot, but I'm not sure if I should be worried.

I'm not sure if I should be worried about the future.　Every time I hold her in my arms, she squeezes her tits. Mischievous boy.

　And what is the habit of rubbing your breasts whenever a woman of strange age holds you in her arms?
　Sometimes I really worry about this kid's future.

'Uh ... and?　What is it that you want to hear?

　I decided that I would waste less time overall if I did my business early and got rid of them rather than resisting badly.

　So run your errands.

'Hmm, well, I haven't seen Droyer and Bezelia in a while today.
Ah.

　That was a few days ago.
''There's an emergency meeting of the Four Heavenly Kings to attend! My best friend Lizette came to me crying and asking me to help her.
　Unlike me, she's still a member of the Demon King's Army, so she has to work hard for the survival of the Demon King's Army.

　Zeviantes is a member of the current Four Heavenly Kings, but he's abandoned his job and has been stuck in our home, so he came to beg me to come to his office to get down on my knees.

　But Zeviantes, who only cares about himself, refuses to go down on his knees.

　I got down on my knees with him, but he still didn't respond, so as a last resort I asked Marika to beat him to a pulp with a tray and finally sent him home.
　And today he came home.

'Hmm, well, how are those two doing?'

　I'm not particularly interested in it, but I'll return it as much as I socialize.
　My former boss who fired me, the former boss who fired me, is hard to react to, whether it's a good story or a bad one.

'I guess Droyer was going mental.
''What happened!''

　In terms of timing, I guessed that since Bashbarza had died, they would be discussing a change in policy as well.

　According to Zebiantes' souvenir, as expected, they confirmed the unity of the new unity and agreed to make the security of Lasperda Fortress more thorough.

''Well, it's a modest but correct strategy, isn't it?

　Lasperda Fortress is the key point that the brave men must secure in order to invade the demon territory.
　As long as they defend it, the Demon King's army can't lose.
　But as long as they defend it, they can't lose to the Demon King's army.

　If there was a master dark warrior in this area, he would be able to secure the key points, and mix in all sorts of hard and soft moves to sway the humans, but the Demon King's Army of the day wouldn't have that kind of wisdom.

　It's more efficient to do what you can do rather than trying to rack up wisdom that you don't have.

''........Master Droyer is doing well.''

　Hold on to the one piece of advice I left you with, and hold fast to your fortress.
　It's more practical and appropriate to spot the most important part and focus all your energy on that alone than a thousand measures going on at the same time.

''So, I'm going to have to step into the defense of the fortress from time to time, too.
Yeah, come on in.

　I mean, get in there every day, not just sometimes.
　Make it easy on your buddies for all the times you've been slacking off.

"What?　I don't like it. There's no way a brave man is going to attack us, so why should we waste our time guarding him?

　Yeah, well, yeah, but...
　Our hero is pretending to be over there, right?

Then what?　After all, what do you want to ask me?　A good excuse to slack off?
''There's no need for that. This Four Heavenly Kings 'Huafu' Zebiantes. When it's time to slack off, you'll dutifully slack off for no reason at all!

　By the way, my breath Gran-kun was being held by Zeviantes and rubbing her tits all this time.

''.............Then what?''

　What do you want to hear?

He wants you to teach him how to defend Lasperda Fortress well!

　.....
　Hm?

"You were an assistant in that fortress for generations!　He must know how to run an efficient defenders' army, or some unexpected backdoor trick!

　.........
　Yes, yes.
　Of course I do, but...?

"Have you eaten something bad?
That's extremely rude!

　Yeah, I know, right?
　How dare you think that Zebianates would learn how to be efficient, not how to be idle in your work, but how to be efficient in your work?
　Have you been hit over the head with a marika tray?
　Are you okay?　'See a healer!

'You can't blame them for questioning your sanity. You must listen to what she has to say.

　Explain it to me.
　Otherwise I'd have to question your sanity.

"I've been noticing lately that both Droyer and Bezzeria...
Yeah?
It's like he thinks I'm an idiot.

　You finally realized.

"I'm not so happy in my own head that I don't feel humiliated by this. So I would like to turn this situation into an opportunity to show my intelligence.

　Ah, so.

　I'm going to show you my personally-taught tactics, my knowledge of the ins and outs of the fortress, and my defense of the waterways.
　I'm going to have Droyer-sama and Bezzeria-sama review it.

'Isn't that a cheat!

　I'm borrowing my wits, so you're not even capable of doing it yourself!

No, if you act like someone else's power is your own, you'll end up like Bashbursa...!
''Ugh, those are words that hit me in the gut like a body blow...!　But it's okay!　I'm safe, because I'm asking for your help to flirt with the two of you!

　I don't know what constitutes a safe out.

　Well, from what I've heard, Droyer-sama is also burdened with the burden of guarding the fortress, and I wish I could give him a solution through this idiot to make him feel more comfortable.......

But.........

　From another perspective, I have concerns.
　I've already settled in the Lux village and I'm on the human side. I'm not sure if there's anything wrong with siding with the demon tribe or not.

I'd like to be able to see the best of both worlds. That would be the righteousness to both sides.
'That's what makes me feel safe!　We can take care of the human side properly!

　Huh?　What do you mean?

You're going to have to listen with her here.
'What?　What is it?

　Before I knew it, Radey, who had finished his bare hands, was also coming over here.
　.........
　That's true, if you listen to the attacker as well as the defender, you'll know the full extent of their moves, and it won't be a plus or minus for either side....

Then we don't have to start with this...

　I'm afraid so.
　But in order to lighten Droyer-sama's mental burden, I should give him an efficient way to protect himself through Zebiantes.

　So that's why.
　So I hastily lined up Zeviantes and Reedy together and gave them an emergency lecture on the secrets of fortification and defense, "My Style".

　They both started crying halfway through the course, but I beat the shit out of them.