Chapter 126

"Heh, there was a war? So what? It's just a war. Even if it drags on for a few days or even a few months, it's just like that, right? Linie actually ran away with you. You're really a fool. I was the one who picked her up back then, but now she's running to your side...!"

Although she usually doesn't like it, Aura, who has been accustomed to celebrating birthdays together and quarreling with Ash, doesn't feel so bored. After this boring birthday when Ash is not around, she started to throw a tantrum.

Especially the fact that the child she raised is more inclined to others than herself, which makes her dissatisfied. She just crosses her arms and stares at him, as if this matter will not end without a reasonable explanation.

This scene also made Ash understand that Aura must have been upset when Linie went to the magic city... Otherwise, Linie wouldn't say that Aura would become "more" troublesome if she didn't show up on her birthday.

Why does a demon have such big mood swings? I definitely have made some contributions, but... why don't you develop in a positive direction and learn from my strengths? ——Looking at the girl in front of him who was looking up at him with a face full of complaints, Ash was also full of distress. He couldn't help but reach out and pat Aura's head:

"Good boy~good boy~Actually, I still brought you a gift."

"Gift? What?" Although Aura slapped his hand away unhappily, she was somewhat interested in the gift he mentioned.

"Look, how about this thing?"

He didn't play tricks and directly took out the battle golem he got from Lyellen after visiting Celia before leaving the magic city.

Although he couldn't use it himself, he could give it to Aura to play with. The small bottle contained a miniature battle golem, which was also the crystallization of Lyellen's life-long technology as the top human magician.

At Lyellen's age where he was halfway into the coffin...it was estimated that there was no hope of further improvement, so it was not an exaggeration to say that it was the highest masterpiece of contemporary human magicians. It was also a very useful thing for magicians.

After all, if you throw this thing out, a giant warrior with good combat power will appear immediately. If you have money, you can get several at a time and throw them out directly, but...

Aura took the bottle casually, but shook it in front of her, and immediately showed a disgusted expression:

"You haven't forgotten what my magic is? I have as many warriors as you want, what do you do with this thing?"

"But at the critical moment, if there is no one around to protect you, can't you just throw it out and delay time a little?"

"That's... true?" She thought about it and accepted it casually; Ash smiled and stretched out his hand to her: "Then, what are you going to give me?"

"What are you talking about? Are you still a man?"

"Uh... what do you mean?"

"I've heard that it's a woman's privilege to accept gifts without returning them!" Aura tilted her lips proudly, revealing a crazy smile:

"Especially if it's a younger sister, the position is even more different. You should pamper me, love me, love me, and then listen to me unconditionally!"

"...Is that a slave you're talking about?"

"That's right! A brother like me should be dominated by my sister from birth! Don't resist your fate, just kneel down and lick my feet as soon as possible~!"

“......”

This guy has not beaten me for a long time. Did he suddenly give up? What should I do? If I beat him now, will she continue to make trouble? Will she cause trouble for me later? ——Ash turned his back, squatted on the ground and covered his head, thinking hard about how to solve the problem peacefully. This guy who hit the roof and the tiles didn't exist for three days.

But he just squatted down, Aura sat on his shoulder, smiled and reached out to touch his head: "What's wrong? Are you ready?"

"....Anyway, let's talk first, who did you hear this strange statement from?"

"I saw someone paying a woman in the Royal Square before, and he was determined not to let the woman pay, and there was also a brother who would do whatever his sister asked, and then I understood it flexibly."

"It's just a random and unauthorized misinterpretation, which is not a normal statement, right?"

He stood up silently, and Aura, who was unwilling to come down, also rose from the ground.

Not only was he unwilling to come down, Aura was also quite excited and nodded on his shoulder: "-This is good! This It's fun! Shall we go out for a walk?"

"....Are you my daughter?"

"Daughter? Speaking of which..." Aura patted his head and showed a thoughtful expression: "I saw many daughters and sons sitting on their fathers' shoulders in the square before, which means that in the human family relationship, children are in the upper position?"

"I know, you want to say that you are in the upper position, right?"

"That's right~! Can I change the posture and sit on your shoulders more upright? Okay! ——I want to try it!"

"Haa..."

What should I do if I really want to beat her? Should I hold back a little longer, or do it now? ——Feeling the softness and weight on his shoulders, Ash covered his face and sighed, and once again fell into the trouble of whether to beat or not.

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Just after returning to the royal capital, Yaxiu had already sighed countless times.

But he endured it for the time being and decided not to educate this brat who deserved a beating at least until Fulian and Fearon left.

And this time he came back, Aura seemed a little inexplicably lively, completely losing her previous appearance of a useless person.

Of course...Aura, who has a lazy personality, will not last long in this state. If Ash comes back for a long time, she will become that useless person again.

Now that she heard that the child that Ash had been raising for a while had appeared here, Aura was quite excited to take a look.

Although he was not allowed to meet, Aura was still cheerful. She ran directly to the city wall outside the palace. Through the barrier of one-sided prying eyes and the magic tool of telescope, she observed with a look of amazement. The purple-haired girl was fiddling with various ornaments in the guest room.

"She's not small... she has a big butt and big breasts, but she just feels dumb. But is this the legendary body shape that is good for fertility? But if you use it yourself, it will be ruined right away, right?"

"...When did you learn such foul language?" Ya Xiu turned his head and looked at the pink-haired girl lying beside the fence in shock, and slapped her on the head.

"One of the spies who went to the next country last time was a baron... the guy who knelt on the ground and begged you to let go when we met last time. Now it seems that he has become a count with our help. He wants to train a Good human women for you.”

As if she was talking about something interesting, Aura took his hand away and sighed to herself: "What did that woman keep crying about? She will definitely be ruined if she becomes a lover to a demon warrior. I asked specifically. , she was crying and said that her body couldn't bear that kind of power? Is it because the human body is not as strong as that of the magicians? Much bigger than a human male?"

"...Compared to these strange things, why haven't I seen that woman?"

"Because she was unwilling to come here, she was killed by that count."

"Yeah?"

After all, anyone who disagrees will definitely be killed for the sake of confidentiality, and the lives of nobles and commoners are not considered life.

So Ash didn't say anything. He just shook his head slightly depressed. He didn't know whether he should complain about that guy...but with a feeling of stomachache, he looked at Aura next to him again and solemnly It says:

"I don't have any weird intentions in raising Fearon."

"Then you don't eat people, so why raise her? You can't let her take care of you in old age like in human tradition, right? She will die in the blink of an eye, otherwise she will be used as a toy? But with such a fragile toy, you can play with it a little bit Is it broken? And even as a pet, its lifespan is too short, so it’s better to keep a monster.”

"....I don't know how to communicate with you who is full of dirty words. Can you please just leave me alone for a while?"

He covered his face and tried to brainstorm how to deal with this guy.

"What? Tell me what troubles you have, Ash~ I've read a lot of books about humans recently, and basic human problems can be solved!"

"...But the result of what you learned is like this?" Aura spoke with inexplicable pride, which made him glare sideways: "You might as well not learn. You were useless in the first place, but now you are not Is the whole thing over?"

"What are you talking about? You've always been weird. Can't you just judge from a human perspective?" Aura had a matter-of-fact expression on her face, and she even felt that he was troublesome.

"Human beings can only think with their lower body, okay? After all..."

After becoming a demon, he felt that his sensibility was somewhat suppressed in all aspects, although he was not completely uninterested. After all, demons also had the need to reproduce, and he also liked beautiful women, but... The people around you are not suitable for taking action.

Even though Line, who had kissed him before, was also the adopted daughter of Aura whom he had raised since childhood, it was telling him that he was in a delicate mood.

In addition, no one knows how long the lifespan of the demons is. Because of this... In terms of desire, they are better than the elves, but they are not strong either. Otherwise, the demons would have taken over the world long ago if their number increased.

Although the fertility rate is low, in addition to low desire, it is another problem that hinders the surge in their numbers.

"No, no... the topic is a bit strange..." Only halfway through the conversation, he couldn't help but shake his head.

After all, he couldn't figure out why he was discussing fertility issues with Aura after a long separation? This is a bit strange no matter how you put it, right?

"What happened again?"

"Speaking of which, Aura...I'm suddenly a little curious, what are the titles of the books you read?"

""Secrets that Popes and Monks Have to Tell", "The Possibility of Mating Between Dragons and Humans", "Decryption of the Pure Love Classics of Archduke Lorenzo and His Children", "On the Limits of Humanity", "Legendary Noble, Count Louis" "Thirty-Nine Romances", "The Unified Emperor's Favorite Prince's Wife", and..."

Aura clapped her fingers to give an example. Before she finished speaking, he reached out and grabbed her horns, shaking her hard, trying to shake the knowledge out of her head in this way, and even scolded her with a livid face:

"——Where did all those books you read come from?!"

"The private library of the former king? Don't grab my horns!" Aura, who was shaken dizzy, complained innocently: "You keep saying it every day, and you grab my horns every day. You really have no manners at all!"

"What manners? What kind of rubbish have you read, you idiot?"

"Rubbish? That was the collection of the former king, never shown to others!"

"Are you talking about the first king when we came here?"

"What's the problem? Isn't he a standard noble?" Aura just felt that his behavior was a bit inexplicable.

But he almost couldn't help it and wanted to slap her to faint:

"Yeah! So he only thinks about women, men, and even children every day. He is a pure pervert who only thinks from below. What can you learn from reading his books??"

"Humans are really amazing. It was only after reading those books that I finally realized...they really have a lot of tricks."

Aura didn't care about his preaching, but nodded seriously, as if he had seen something.

"I will burn those books later, and then...you forget those contents. They are definitely not something that normal people should read!"

"But I'm not a normal person?" Aura opened his hands with an innocent look, causing him to subconsciously assert with a twitch in the corner of his eyes: "Indeed...you are just a stupid demon."

As things have developed to this point, Ash, who no longer wants to take this guy seriously, just grabs the horn and shakes it, and doesn't know how many times he sighed today.

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After talking to Aura for a while and telling Fern and the others not to talk or move around when they came to see the king, Ash went to the annex.

But before he even went in, the two of them had already come out.

"I still want to meet the king right away." Furryllen, who was walking in front, said solemnly, "Otherwise, I can't sleep peacefully here."

Furryllen's death·The journey officially begins: Chapter 51 On the throne·Excessive shock·Unexpected relief

As for Furryllen's concerns, Ash was not incomprehensible.

After all, under Volame's education, she basically completely believed that the demons must have some bad intentions.

At the same time, she also believed that the demons were beasts that could think, but they did not have any emotions.

But this was actually wrong from the beginning. If he and Aura's child who was raised by him were exceptions, no matter which demon, there was pride, confidence and trust in their own magic.

This is widely known, and even Volame has repeatedly emphasized that this can be used to deal with the demons.

But let's not talk about anything else... just say that the existence of pride itself is an emotion, so it is fundamentally wrong.

As for the inability to communicate, there are actually friends among the demons who have not been influenced by Ash, such as the corrupt sage Guval and the Golden Country Mahat who have been friends for a long time, but as for humans... normal demons have never really had a normal conversation with humans.

Rarely, there are unexpected and wonderful friendships, such as Mahat and Gluk.

Volame particularly emphasizes that demons have no emotions and cannot communicate. In fact, in addition to being able to kill demons faster and more decisively, it is also a way for Volame, who has dedicated his life to the cause of fighting demons, to protect his mind... After all, the feeling of killing wild beasts and killing human lives is completely different.

In Volame's teachings, demons are extremely harmful, so Fulilian naturally has a lot of hostility towards demons, and can't stay in the capital where there seem to be many demons at ease.

This situation made Ash feel a little regretful, but he just shook his head helplessly and looked at the maid guarding the annex:

"Go to the king and say that there are important foreign guests who need to be received."

"As you say, please wait a moment." The maid nodded slightly and trotted towards the castle.

".... Lord Ash."

"What's wrong?"

"Ah, no...% I just feel that the house is a little strange, but I don't know how to say it?"

After listening to his words to the maid, an unspeakable sense of disharmony made Philen think hard with a strange expression, but he didn't know how to describe this strange disharmony.

Flyllian, who was worried, didn't think so much, but urged him to return to the royal court together, wanting to thoroughly understand the situation of this country.

And he didn't refuse, but with a hint of distress, he led the way.

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After passing through the city wall, you can see the gorgeous manor outside the royal court.

But in the palace, except for the main road, there is no guard at all. In other areas, only golems and maids shuttled between them.

The guards seemed to be only responsible for security in the outer royal city and this road.

And on the way to the power center of the castle, the walls on both sides were a corridor decorated with gorgeous paintings and exquisite works of art.

On both sides of the corridor, the fully armed guards stood like a copper wall. Their eyes were like the cold sword tip. Although they were not directly aimed at him, the invisible oppression still made Philen feel heavy in his chest, and even his breathing was a bit heavy. He even subconsciously hid behind Ash.

"These guys... all seem to have killed a lot of people." Fulilian glanced at them and nodded with satisfaction: "They are not like the honor guards of other countries. They have all been on the battlefield."

As the pace moved forward, the group finally reached the end of the corridor.

In front of them stood a pair of huge doors that needed to be looked up to see the whole picture, like a city gate. The closed doors also revealed a palpitating tension.

"I have been waiting for a long time, Lord Ash." It was just when Philen arrived at the door and wanted to ask what to do, the guards at the door stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

The guards on both sides followed and pushed the huge door together.