Chapter 190 The Secret Room

After calming Nell down, I check the current situation. Apparently, Aralkar, which was hidden by Nell in the underground training ground, came out because Touko broke the iron door. Facing her is too much even for the three of them. Im really glad that Lily came back earlier. I hope she can be useful like that all the time, but the person herself said that she cant keep acting as the Great Eight Demons. It seems that the farther shes from her true nature, the more exhausted she gets. Still, Im really glad

Now, I wonder what will happen to Touko? The current Lily is too capable, so she may seriously train her in that aspect.

What aspect?

That aspect.

Hey, my disciple, what are you trying to make me say? I wont say it even if you tilt your head cutely. Including Touko, the natural airhead group is hard to predict. Chinatsu, who has a red face after understanding everything, is cuter.

Well, to put it the other way around, she will he give Touko an appropriate punishment No, Im afraid that shell stop acting on the way and return to the usual good-for-nothing maid. Okay, I will contact Lily later. Well, I wont let her do anything strange, so you dont have to worry about that.

Thank you very much.

Haru thanked me because of her conditioned reflex, but Chinatsu thanked me with a relieved expression. Well, its no good if she actually does it after all. Ill tell her to at least limit it to in dream only.

Haru and Chinatsu were trying to stop her and then got involved, so theres no need to punish them, right? He~y, Nell?

There is no reaction. It seems that shes greatly shocked that the iron door was broken.

Did you saw?

But then, she muttered something in low voice.

Eh?

Did you go behind the door?

Apparently, shes worried about whats inside there. Ah, come to think of it, inside there is

N-No. That slime appeared, so that was out of the question. Also, it was pitch-black that we couldnt see inside. After Lily-san stopped it, the slime completely repaired the iron door. We havent touched it since then. Right, Haruna?

Y-Yes, I didnt see anything, y-you know?

Harus reaction is very obvious. Shes not good at lying. Come to think of it, Haru can see well in the dark, right?

I-Is that so!? A-Ahaha, you havent seen anything, right!? If thats the case, Ill forgive you. As a master, you have to be tolerant after all!

W-Well, Nell is also shaken, so she doesnt seem to notice Harus reaction. Theres also no need for me to point that out. Peace is the best.

The iron door where Aralkar came out. Theres no light source in the room behind it, and everlasting darkness is always nesting there. To tell the truth, theres a reason why its designed like this, and its not just for the purpose of dramatizing the appearance of Aralkar. Aralkar is indeed Nells training partner, but shes also the guardian of the room. The reason why Aralkar repaired the iron door immediately after the forced training is because Nell had trained her to do so.

And then, as to whats inside that room, Ive learned about it only recently Oops, its going to incur the anger of Nell, so I cant say it. I cant say it and I wont say it. Im sure Haru took the hint and decided to pretend that she didnt see anything. Theres no way I will say that theres a custom-made wedding dress, which Nell made many years ago with the dream of getting married, hidden there ah.

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We ate the souvenir meat cooked by Haru and finished diner. Yeah, this one is completely much better. Still, this mansion is too large. As a commoner, Id rather eat in the living room of my own house that I brought into the garden.

Um, isnt it about time you tell us about tomorrow? We only know about the date of the hero selection meeting, and we dont even know what should we do there.

Hm? Come to think of it, we havent told you about it, huh. The hero selection meeting is exactly as it sounds. The country will nominate someone as a hero and put that hero on a pedestal. And then, if its just a self-proclaimed Demon King, its basically will be dealt with by the party that the hero is leading. But this time, the opponent is from the Great Eight Demons. In order to defeat the demon king, each country on the continent of Jiba will select someone in their own countries whos suitable to be a hero, and then, those heroes will form an alliance. Well, your job doesnt have to be a hero, so you dont have to worry about it. Some countries are regarding it as important, but theres no such regulation in Adelheit.

I see, its something like Lets work together to win! thing, right?

Yes, something like that. As for me, I think its better for you to fight alone, but the demon king has his army. So, the plan is to let the others fight the army, and you take the best part of fighting the demon king.

I-I wonder if that will go well?

Chinatsu worriedly said so with a low voice. There are six countries of various sizes on the continent of Jiba, and the Magic Kingdom Adelheit is considered as a small country among them. Im sure Chinatsu has studied about it. Shes probably worried whether itll go well against the larger countries.

Good grief, it seems that you havent understood the real strength

Eh?

No, just talking to myself.

Big or small is only judged by the size of the territory and the population. In terms of the standard of living, Adelheit is more comfortable and safer than any other country because of the development of magic items. If someone were to ask me which country I would choose, I would choose this country without hesitation. And in fact, I chose it.

Shish, is it only one person who will be selected in the hero selection meeting?

There will be only one hero, but three more will be selected to form a party. There will be four in total, so if you are one of them, you will join the alliance for sure.

I see! Then, I just need to show my full strength in that selection meeting, right!?

Haru, who stood up unintentionally, is motivated and has rough breathing.

Ah, well to be honest, Ive talked about it with old geezer Joseph, so the members have been decided. The selection is only a formality.

Eh, is that so?

Dont look disappointed. Just how much do you want to go wild? When I was thinking so, Chinatsu suddenly whispered to me.

(Deris-san, I think Haruna wants to settle it with the classmates. You see, its the long-awaited chance to enter the castle after all)

(Ahh, come to think of it, that was the plan at the beginning)

Recently, things have been progressing rapidly, so those who were abusing Haru are now clearly below her. Its all the fault of Harus unusual rapid growth. After all, she was supposed to have a good fight with the self-proclaimed hero. Also, Ive heard that he was blown away by Touko, so Im sure Haruna will win in an instant.

Deris, how about you arrange it as Haruna wants? You can do it, right?

My smiling wife somehow said something troublesome.