The set of armor he had Jiron bring to him, with a large falcon crest painted on the shoulder.
　Perhaps it is the coat of arms of some nobleman, but we don't know its history.

　It may be that it belongs to a famous nobleman, or it may be that it belongs to just a hapless knight class.

　But it doesn't matter.
　What matters is whether or not this fits my size....
　I'll try on the armor.

　--Hmm, apparently it's not a problem.

　It seems a bit large, but if I stuff it with cotton, it won't be a problem.
　I put on my helmet and step out of the tent I've been using as my main camp.
　The first one to open the door was Lilith, who shouted her praises.

''It's very nice. Ike-sama.''

　She raises one foot and compliments me as she does a little dance.
　However, she will compliment me no matter what I wear, so I can't rely on it too much.

　The question is whether I look like a human being - or not.
　She tells me the answer to that question.

'You're just like a human being. This way you won't have to worry about being spotted.

　I'm relieved to hear those words.

'Yes, for all intents and purposes, he's a human being himself, sir.

　Giron follows suit.

'If that's what it looks like, then it's a success,'

　Well, if he thought about it, he was a human himself on the inside, so if he took off the robe and mask of the Immortal King, he would return to normal. It was natural for him to look human.

　Apparently, when I'm surrounded by demons, I sometimes have the illusion that I'm not human.

　Well, now I knew that I was fine, but the problem was my partner.

　Taking Giron with me was out of the question.
　I can't trust him to do the heavy lifting, and I can't expect him to be on the brain side either.
　Besides, taking an orc little man with him would be useless.

　The goal of this mission is to infiltrate the royal capital of Ismus under the cover of the defeated soldiers and rescue the dwarf king in the midst of the chaos.

　If they infiltrate the city with Orcs and others, their mission will be ruined.

　So...

　Inevitably, the dragon man Sigan was not a candidate.
　He was a humanoid demon race, but his face was a dragon no matter how you looked at it.
　There was no point in taking him with us.

''..........''

　I sighed and looked at Lilith.
　She is a demon race, but she is quite close to a human form.
　The only difference between a whore succubus and a human would be the presence or absence of a tail and fangs.
　If you hide those, she's not much different from a human.
　The brown skin is somewhat noticeable, but if you say it's a human from the south, you'll agree.

''Oh dear, you're going to be working with this girl again?''

　It's not that I'm not willing to work with a beautiful woman, but this girl doesn't know how to add or subtract.

　He let out another gasp and ordered Lilith to disguise herself as a human.
Lilith happily obeys the order.




　She usually wears clothes like a prostitute, which show her body line perfectly.
　She deliberately wears short skirts to make her legs look shiny.
　But that doesn't cover her tail.

　At first I thought about having her wear a fluttery dress like a nobleman's daughter would wear, but that would be unnatural.

　It's also strange that such a woman would go to a prison where a dwarf king is imprisoned.

　As is customary here, I decided to have her disguise herself as a 'female knight'.
　If you wear full plate armor, you can hide your tail.
　The fangs would not be visible unless you open your mouth.
　The question is, can this girl keep from talking during the operation, but--

　Lilith was confident that
I'm on it!　　
　He let out a smile.

　Her fangs are immediately in full view.
　I gave it up and decided to put a full-face helmet on her.

''--With this, I can't see Ike-sama's precious face very well--''

　I can hear muffled voices, but I ignore them.
　Anyway, I wanted to accomplish the infiltration while the royal capital of Ismus was in turmoil.
　If we were too slow, we might receive reinforcements from neighboring cities.

　Our strength is only 200.
　If we were outnumbered on all sides, we would be the losers this time.
　We wanted to avoid that.
　The only way to avoid this was to infiltrate the capital as quickly as possible.
　Me and Lilith and the rest of the defeated soldiers, invaded the royal capital.


　†


　The royal capital of Ismus was quite majestic.

　Although it is not as large as Reezus, where I went with Satie before, it is second in size to it.

　The cobblestones were well maintained and the road leading to the royal palace was filled with splendid merchant houses and noblemen's mansions.

　Lilith said, "Would you like to chomp on the treasures?
　He suggested that we should dismiss the idea.

　We wanted only one dwarf king, Günther.
　If we could only get him on our side, the dwarves who respected him would join us.

　Their value could not be translated in gold coins.
　What the Demon King's army needs now is not wealth, but skill.
　The race of dwarves should be the ones who can supplement that.

　The quickest way to get them on your side is to get their king on your side, that's how I came to this land.

　It didn't matter what the treasure was now.

　Lilith said with a regretful "d*mn" and still followed me.


　The prison where the dwarf king Günther is imprisoned is located at the edge of the capital.

　I'm sure they didn't appreciate the need to use prime location to hold criminals and hostages, but it was too shabby for a place to house the king of a country.

　The place where Alistair, the leader of the White Rose Knights, was imprisoned looked like a nobleman's summer retreat.

''Do not fail to show courtesy to the king of a nation.

　That was my honest opinion.
　Lilith replies with a surprising look on her face.

''But this is how humans treat sub-humans, isn't it?
..........

　Lilith's answer was right on target.
　This shoddy jail is a good example of how humans treat sub-humans.

　A human being can kill each other with impunity just because their race is different, just because of the religion they look up to.

　That's no different in the previous life or in another world.

And moreover, this is a world where concepts such as humanity and ethics are not rooted in the world.
　It may be wrong to expect compassion and mercy for the defeated.

''Oh dear, what a difficult world we've been reincarnated in!

　I blurted out in my mouth and headed to the jail gate to rescue the king.


　There was only one gatekeeper in the jail.
　Due to the emergency, even the security ones might have been driven out.
　It seems we came to the jail at the best possible time.
　I told Lilith to keep an eye on me and spoke to the gatekeeper.

"Thank you for your service.

　He speaks in a pompous tone.
　This armor has a nobleman's coat of arms. It would be more suspicious to go out poorly.
　Sure enough, the gatekeeper will salute you reverently.

''Thank you for your service!

　The gatekeeper, who seems to have just become a young man, replies with a nervous look on his face.
　I show the young man the fake order that I had Jiron make up at random.

"By order of His Majesty the King, Günther, King of the Dwarves, is to be transferred to another prison.

　The young man shows a surprised look on his face.

''You are transporting Lord Günther?　I have not heard of any such order, sir.

The enemy army is at hand. There is a report that some of the dwarves will rise. His Majesty feels that we must move them quickly.

　He sounded deliberately irritated.
　Anyway, he was going to attack with a single point of view, "We need fire and urgency.
　However, this young man seems to be more serious than I thought.

"Let me check my orders.

　And he made sure to give me the order.
　I had to hold my tongue and say, "Not at all.
　No matter how hard he was working on his duties, his salary was not going to increase.
　Not only that, but if he did that, his fate would be decided.

　Sure enough, the young man changed color and

Is this a fake letter?

　At the same time, Lilith was hitting me on the head as hard as she could.
　I feel a sense of déjà vu.

　I think I saw a similar scene last time as well.
　Lilith took off her helmet and smiled bewitchingly as she took off her helmet.

''Ike-sama, let's continue as usual here. It will take more time for you to do your slumbering imitation.''

　As I say this, the guards, noticing something unusual, come over.
　They are indeed right, so I agree with them, but I pile on Lilith and give her an order.

'Refrain from unnecessary killing.

　Lilith went to the guards with a fluent tone of voice, "Yes, sir.
　In case you're wondering, she doesn't draw her sword, but seems to be defeating them using only her body technique.
　I patted my chest in relief at their appearance and headed to the back of the prison.
　Lilith asked, "Which way? He asks.

　I reply with one word.
'I'm at Günther's.'
　Incidentally, there is no information on where he is trapped.

　However, as a standard practice for such things, he was bound to be trapped in the deepest part of the house.
　It was bound to be in the most heavily guarded place.
　I chant my magic while running in the direction of the soldiers coming.

　It's the "Sonitk Boom" magic.

　The attacking soldiers are blown away by the impact and hit the wall.

　I don't think there's any danger of dying since I'm releasing it with the minimum level of power, but it's pathetic to see their backs hit hard against the stone wall.　

　They pelt one soldier after another, but their numbers gradually dwindle.
　In other words, they seem to have reached the deepest part of the city.

　There they found an old man sitting behind the bars.
　A stocky, beer-barrel-like figure, with a magnificent mustache and beard (goatee).

　He had seen dwarves many times since he was born into this world, but he could tell at a glance that the man before him was the king of the dwarves.

　He had such a dignified demeanor.
　I couldn't help but get down on one knee.
　That would be the politeness to the king.

　Günther, the Dwarf King, does not seem to have lost his royal dignity.
　He stands up and looks down at me.

"Who are you?

　A low voice rang out from behind his pure white beard.

''My name is Ike, who is the deputy commander of the 7th Legion of the Demon King's Army.

　He was surprised to hear those words, as expected.

"To me, you look like a human.
...using the magic of change.

　There was no way they could say that they were really human, and they didn't need to.

　To prove that we are the demon race, I instructed Lilith to take off her armor.

　Günther seemed to confirm that we are the demon race when he looked at Lilith from the bottom of her feet to the top of her head.

''I see, it seems that the Lords (Nushies) really are the demon race,''

　Günther stroked his fine beard and said.

''-- So, the Demon King's army has finally defeated Rosalia and even captured Ismas here?

What makes you think that?
Otherwise, the Demon King's Army would never have gotten this far.

''No, I'm afraid Your Majesty is not on the right track. The Demon King's Army hasn't even conquered Rosalia yet. Right now, they're engaged in a fierce battle near Rosalia's royal capital, Lysus.

　At those words, Günther showed his astonished eyes for the first time.
　The thinly closed eyes widened.

'Are you smoking an eagle, my lord?　Are you saying that while Rosalia is still alive and well, you have invaded this royal capital of Ismus?

That's right.

　I quip, and Lilith adds.

"We're here, and all this noise from outside the castle is proof enough.

''........It is indeed true. Then, are you saying that you guys rushed through Rosalia in the midst of the war and raided this royal capital of Ismus?

Yeah, well,

　I answer honestly.

'............'

　When the Dwarf King was silent again, he continued, "It's hard to believe.

But the facts alone make it hard to believe that your words are lies. Let's say I believe you. And that's why someone with that much ability has come here. I can at least guess the reason for that.

　He seems to be an intelligent man, as expected of a dwarven king.
　These people of Ismas are fools.
　With this man's help, they could have put many good dwarves on their side.

''You Demon King's army wants the technical skills of my dwarves, don't you?

　Günther asks straightforwardly.

'That's right,'

　I'm going to be honest.
　I knew that neither falsehoods nor threats would get through in front of this man.

　Perhaps my thoughts were answered, the Dwarf King said as he rose from the chair he was sitting on.

He stood up from the chair he was sitting in. I'm going to be a prisoner anyway. "I will be your prisoner anyway. Take me with you.

　His tone of voice was one of resignation.
　Perhaps it was because he had been locked up in his cell for so long.

　I had heard that he was a mature dwarf just over eighty years old, but he looked older than he really was.

　With that in mind, he broke the bars and removed Günther's iron chains.

　He let out a voice of interest at his deftness, "Ho........

This is what you call magic. This is convenient. I see that the person who came to kidnap me is a magician of the demon king's army.

　Lilith denies the words.

''No, Grandpa, Ike-sama isn't just a magician. He's the most powerful sorcerer in the Demon King's army.''

..........

　He glances across at Lilith, who says confidently.　

　I don't know if that excessive adjective is true, but regardless, we must continue to win in order to keep being called that.

　In order to do that, he had to escape the royal capital before this chaos was over and return to Ivalice before the enemy pursued him.