Chapter 47: Into the Dungeon (Part 3)

Dungeons began to appear not only in the human world but also in the demon world.

Everyone in this room hardened their faces at those words.

So this incident wasn’t the work of the Demon King.

On the one hand, I was suspicious that it might be a fabrication by the Demon King and Lumani, but I completely dispelled that suspicion, thinking about Lumani’s expression and intonation.

She’s a commander, so she’s the best at hiding her emotions while deceiving others, but now she didn’t even seem to have any intention of hiding her anger.

If that’s acting, I can’t help but be fooled.

I inwardly agreed and pressed my frowning forehead with my index finger.

“Ryuryeon is definitely behind this incident. If the goal is a Human-Demon War, it’s natural to play tricks on the demon world as well.”

Because demons who do not follow their will and the Demon King who usurped the throne of their predecessors are nothing more than obstacles in their way.

Starting with the declaration of war at the academy, they must have been preparing for war since long ago.

I’m late.

If their goal is the 2nd Human-Demon War, preparations would be more or less complete when they obtained a demon who could create dungeons.

Crack.

Whether she knows that or because she doesn’t want to admit that they are late.

A drop of blood fell from Lumani’s lips, who clenched her teeth tightly, but Lumani didn’t care at all.

She’s burning.

She’s ready to tear Ryuryeon apart if she’s in front of her right now.

“For now, I’ll leave the matters of the demon world to you, Lumani. We have to clean up the dungeons that have appeared in the human world.”

“Please do.”

Lumani nods at my words.

I also nodded at Lumani’s answer and said.

“Leo. And Chloe, Irinia. You go to the dungeon closest to here among the dungeons that appeared in the empire and ask for an immediate investigation. Although there is no damage, there may be damage since it appeared in a place where civilians live.”

“Leave it to me.”

“A dungeon in the middle of the empire, things have gotten annoying. Even during the Human-Demon War, dungeons rarely appeared in the capital.”

“Even if there were, the numbers were significantly lower. That means the enemy has been thoroughly preparing for war under the surface. It’s unpleasant, to say the least.”

A demon that even Lumani and the current Demon King don’t know has acquired the ability to create dungeons, and they smuggled that demon out, avoiding their eyes?

They managed to smuggle it out.

In a way, they were really amazing guys.

If they were caught, their limbs would be torn apart and their three generations would be annihilated.

I asked Lumani, just in case.

“Chepesch. Did the previous Demon King have any children besides the current Demon King?”

“…Now it’s not even Ms. Lumani, but Chepesch? I’m a little disappointed that the distance seems to be getting farther and farther away as I’m called by my last name, not my first name.”

She’s really something.

I looked at Lumani with an expression that said I was dumbfounded, and looked at Leticia, who was looking at me and Lumani with an unpleasant face, and once again sighed deeply with a tired face and opened my mouth.

“Ms. Lumani.”

“Heh. You know, too, did you forget? The previous Demon King had no other children besides His Majesty. Other bugs say that His Majesty is a traitor who usurped the throne, but anyway, the next Demon King was only His Majesty.”

Ah, that’s right.

Because the Demon King had a bad private life, I made the mistake of thinking that there might be princes or princesses besides the current Demon King.

Certainly, according to Lumani’s words, there were no demons who could create dungeons except for the current Demon King, who had the only legitimacy among the bloodlines of the Demon King.

The current Demon King can’t create dungeons either.

I thought of another possibility and asked Lumani.

“Isn’t there a possibility that he had an illegitimate child?”

An illegitimate child.

Lumani’s face hardened on the sensitive topic.

He was arrogant, coercive, and selfish, but he was a trashy Demon King who had a lot of demons following him because he was charismatic.

Even though the Demon King and the hero have been replaced, no one ever dreamed of starting such a great war, but the predecessor was a trashy guy who turned the ridiculous confrontation between the Demon King and the hero into a great war that put the whole world at risk.

Ah, come to think of it, he was promiscuous and frivolous.

It would have been nice if I had cut off his neck directly when I was Damian.

Lumani, who was thinking with her hand on her chin as if she was worrying  for a moment at my words, gave a negative answer.

“Me and His Majesty are also considering that possibility, but there is no concrete evidence. The predecessor had no illegitimate children. Well, even if there were, considering the predecessor’s personality, he would have killed them right away.”

There is a possibility that the previous Demon King killed him secretly, without even the legion commander knowing.

To the demon race, an illegitimate child is a symbol of bad luck.

Besides, if it became known that a demon in the position of Demon King had an illegitimate child, it would have been a disgrace.

As Lumani said, if he had killed them, he would have definitely killed the child along with the woman he had.

“But if, if there really is an illegitimate child and that illegitimate child survives and is in the organization that Ryuryeon, that damn b*tch, belongs to, the problem of succession to the next Demon King disappears.”

“Then there’s no problem with legitimacy, and for demons who value strength the most….”

“If the predecessor’s illegitimate child exists, it would be the best happiness for the rebels. But it’s only a possibility. It’s more likely that a demon that I and His Majesty don’t know has hidden or awakened  the ability to create dungeons.”

Dungeons cannot be created with magic.

It is a special ability that only high-ranking demons and the heirs of the Demon King are born with, with an extremely low probability.

There are cases where it awakens over time, but in such cases, there was only one demon for thousands of years.

Lumani laughed it off, saying that it was a case that only existed in the legends of demons.

“Anyway, the top priority now is to destroy the dungeons that have appeared in the human world and the demon world. Hey, Sage.”

“What.”

“His Majesty has a message for the Emperor of the Empire. ‘It’s okay to destroy it.’ And if you find the one who created the dungeon or those related to it, please share the information immediately. That’s all.”

Leaving those words, Lumani, who got up from her seat with a firm expression, saying that she had to go back to the demon world right away, turned her head, looked at me, smiled mysteriously, and continued.

“See you again. I hope to see you alone next time.”

“What do you mean alone? Get lost.”

“It’s not good to have a habit of monopolizing alone, Sage.”

“You shouldn’t covet someone else’s lover!”

“Even when I was a man, I didn’t care much about gender. It doesn’t matter as long as I can give birth to excellent genes.”

“……I don’t think we’ll be seeing each other alone.”

I don’t need to apologize, so I don’t apologize.

More than that, I was suffocating from Leticia’s grip, who was hugging me tightly like an attachment doll.

It felt good to feel the sensation from behind, but that was that, and I felt like I was going to die from suffocation.

Leticia, you’re a wizard.

When did you become a strength wizard…?

In terms of, I’m a warrior, is this right?

I thought there wasn’t that much of a spec difference anymore, but was I still far behind?

Well, the gap during that time wouldn’t be easily filled.

More than that.

“Leticia. Let go of me now.”

Because I’m suffocating.

When I said that, Leticia frowned, as if something was wrong, and put more strength into her arms.

“I don’t want to.”

“……Gasp. Ugh, cough, cough…! I get it, so please loosen your grip…!! Phew. And Ms. Lumani. If you’ve finished your business, please go back to the demon world.”

“Hmm. I have to go back. But I haven’t done anything.”

I wonder if I don’t know that you’re still scraping Leticia’s insides unknowingly.

What the heck….

[Passive is automatically activated. Due to the influence of Yuri (S), Lumani Chepesch’s liking for the player increases significantly.]

…You’re the problem.

Isn’t the current situation a mess because of you?

I sighed and thought, looking at Leticia, who was glaring at Lumani with a displeased face, and Lumani, who was looking at Leticia as if it were ridiculous, and then turning her head.

Women’s fights are scary.

I get another realization today.

“Then, as you said, I’ll go back now that I’ve finished my business.”

“Get lost quickly.”

“…Leticia. Sigh, okay. We’ll deal with the dungeons in the human world and chase Ryuryeon’s group, so please share the related information if you get it.”

Lumani, who affirmed Leo’s words, smiled and waved her hand to everyone in this place, including me, as if a cat was wagging its tail, and went outside.

And Lumani’s presence disappeared.

It seems that it was urgent, so she went straight back to the demon world.

Well, dungeons that were thought to have disappeared suddenly appeared all over the demon world, so they would be busy.

The passage connecting the demon world and the human world.

Did they connect the human world and the demon world to start the war in earnest, or do they have another purpose?

Anyway, since they created quite a few dungeons in the human world and the demon world, I didn’t feel good, no matter what their purpose was.

“Let’s get moving too.”

“Yeah. Be careful. Always be careful because you don’t know what will happen.”

“You don’t go alone either, and if possible, go with Leticia. You’re not as strong now as you were when you were Damian.”

“…I know that better than anyone, well.”

Even if I said I would go alone, Leticia would never allow it, so I was planning to go with her.

I was flustered by Leticia’s action of hugging me in her arms again.

So Leticia, I said stop touching…!

“You’re embarrassed even though you’ve already seen everything.”

That’s different from this!

Unfortunately, there was no one in this place who would seriously listen to my silent cry.