On the outskirts of Pindos, I was facing the allied forces.

　Over there is the Demon King Kaori, and the Karamba Kingdom Army of about 3,000 men.

　This one I'm all alone.

　I was the one who came alone while the other side was taking up position here first.
　As soon as I got there, Kaori blew up!　I ponied up.

'I've been waiting. You've been waiting too long, nephew.
Really?
But I don't care. Your father once told me this is the Myato Tomsashi method of warfare.
What do you mean by "myrtle beetle"?
Come on, I don't know.

　Kaori was the same Kaori as usual.
　The usual Kaori, talking to me like this, leaving Karamba's army obviously a bit confused by his behavior.
　I don't understand it, and it's always the same when he talks to me about something his father or mother said.

　But....
　Kaori refers to the "father" as that man who is always in the conversation, right?
　If that's the strategy the guy was talking about, there must be something to it.
　And I've done it by accident, so....

I need you to do one thing for me. Otherwise, I'm going to walk away.
'We can't have that!　What is it?　Do you want me to give you all the women in Comotolia?
I don't want that!
Don't you want it?　The Queen of Kalamba said that all men would love it, and that her nephew would be happy if she took a marriage tax on his wedding night rights instead of a tax.
I don't need it for sure!

　No, some men will be pleased.

'I understand, we don't do that in Comotolia.
Please do so.

　Erica would have to remind her again later.

'More importantly, what is it you're asking me to do?'
'That southern beetle strategy?　and don't tell anyone what I've done.
Should I not tell you?
Yeah. Well yes, it's a secret between me and Kaori.
"Secrets with my nephew...
What do you think?
I understand!

　After thinking for a bit, Kaori's eyes sparkled with paa--.
　

　Basically, Kaori will become this cholo-ish if you go out with her as a playmate.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this.

　He's the Demon King, and he has a side of him that lets out the resentment he's had for hundreds of years.
　If you don't take it seriously, you'll be blotted out without a trace.

''Darling!''

　When the conversation with Kaori had been settled, Erica now arrived.
　Erica, dressed in a princess dress, also came alone, leaving three thousand soldiers behind.

''I won't go easy on you, I'm definitely going to drop this place and build a love nest with my darling.
'If possible, it would be nice if you would pull out now.
No, Erica, that wouldn't justify coming to my darling's place.
'No, there will be no justification for this fight either...'

　I said, but Erica didn't take offense.

'But that's okay darling?　Alone.
My nephew is strong enough to fight me, and he doesn't mind being on his own.

　Kaori held me by the shoulders as I wanted to chuckle, "Which side are you on?

'But you can't take on three thousand soldiers when you're fighting Kaolin, can you?

　Kaolin?

'Of course. If you interfere, you will blow up Erilyn's slaves and everything else.

　Erilyn?

　Oh, you two are really that close now?

Don't blow me up, I'll just get out of your way.
It's all right.
Uh, yeah. Well, I guess we should get started.
Yeah!
I understand!

　They complied, and Erica turned herself around and turned back to the soldiers she had brought with her.
　When Kaori saw this, she too said, "It's bye bye," and ponied up and went back to where she came from.

　That's not true, but they both returned to the 'starting line' once, as if they'd shown me the way.

　I looked up at the sky.
　The sun was blinding me - and I was a little burned out.

　Shortly after, Dora sounded.
　It was coming from Erica's Karamba Army.
　On cue, the Karamba army began advancing, and Kaori also began to advance a little later and at a slower rate.

　Kaori held back from the beginning so that I wouldn't get into a fight.

　I was grateful for that.
　Taking advantage of that 'pause', I smashed the magic at my feet.

　The explosion magic hit the ground on a massive scale.

　In the next moment, a massive cloud of dust rolled up in the space with a radius of 100 meters around me.

　My vision is also zero - but I can feel it.
　I could feel the military air of the Karamba army - the entire army was stopping its advance.

'Will the Kaori ever stop?'

　I mumble with a bitter smile.
　Well, this kind of thing doesn't matter to Kaori.

　But no matter.

　I moved on to the next step in my camouflage.

　I activated the multiple magic I had prepared in advance at the same time.

　And the dust cloud gradually cleared.
　With that, a throbbing could be heard from the other side, and by the time the dust cloud had completely cleared, the unrest had reached its peak.

　I listened carefully and picked up the voice on the other side.

'Wh-where did that come from?
There's 3,000 people here.
It was an ambush!

　And the Karamba Army fell for the decoys (,) that they created around me.
　And.

"Who was that woman?
The guy is gone?
Did he get mixed up with the soldiers?

　I think he recognized me (...)

That's........the Demon King Aura!

　What I noticed more was still, or rather, it was Erica.
　She looks at me and is astonished.

　This is my attempted camouflage.
　This is an application of Erica's disguise magic.

　Now I've created a mass of magic power for three thousand people around me that will explode into a hypnotic effect if I touch it.
　I put a disguise spell on the lump of magic to make it look like a human soldier.

　By doing so, I made the soldiers look like human soldiers.

　And then I cast a disguise spell on myself.
　For this purpose, I've disguised myself as the former Demon King Aura.

What are you talking about?

　Kaori nodded her head at Erica, and at the upset of Karamba's army.
　This magic I learned from seeing Erica use it is a magic that can only be detected by someone who is more powerful than you.
　I'm not going to be able to tell if it's not higher than the amount of magical power I used, to be more precise.

　I put it on myself at a level that is 'a little beyond human'.

　Then, to a normal human, I look like the former Demon King Aura, but to Kaori, I look like me normally.

''The most spearheaded one, that is!

　Kaori rushed at me and threw a punch.
　I guarded it, and a shockwave went off.

　Sure enough, Kaori, who wasn't fooled(,) didn't think anything of it, and came at me.

　But in the eyes of the Karamba Army that tricked her - Erica.

''Demon King Aura and Kaolin.......Darling, you summoned the previous Demon King.

　He misunderstood me.
　Originally, Erika thought it would be difficult for me to deal with Kaori and Karamba's army on my own.
　She was smart enough to think that I had summoned the former Demon King to counter Kaori.

　And three thousand soldiers would be witnesses.
　Now it looks like the Demon King and the Unknown Woman are at war.

　Boom!

'Hahaha, it's been a long time since I've been at full strength!

　He fought the Kaori in earnest.
　The aftermath of the energy of the clash shook the soldiers of the Karamba army like a storm, knocking them down.

　The 3,000 soldiers of Karamba's army who witnessed this scene would eventually testify to it as the 'Demon King Mother and Daughter Fight'.

　I fought Kaori.
　Erica ordered them to find me and capture me, and then re-advanced the Karamba army.

　After engaging my 'soldiers', the Karamba army was incapacitated, one by one, under the spell of sleep.

'Ta-No-No!

　If this goes on, I'll end up being just a "I can't win, so I pulled the Demon King" kind of person.
　That's a big deal, but it's much better than the fame that would rise from fighting off Kaori and 3,000 troops alone.

　So I carefully fought Kaori and concentrated on keeping this flowing.

　And then - the sky went black.
　Something covered everyone in this place.

　I looked up.

　From the sky--a meteorite had fallen from the sky.

'It was expected!'

　I draw my sword and let go.

'Kaori!　That thing is a distraction to us!
Surely you are in the way!

　I invited Kaori to shatter the meteorite that "I knew it" had appeared.

　And then--