Old Man Mondo and His Evil Scheme
When I brought the old man Mondo back to the base at the foot of the mountain, Rain and Lida greeted me with a very disgusted look on their faces.
"Onii-sama! Why is that old man here!?"
Rain in particular doesn't like old man Mondo, so she immediately approaches me and asks me questions in a whisper.
"Why, why are you ladies here too?"
"Ah... it's been a long time..."
Lida also greets the old man with a wry smile, but she backs away.
"Anyway, you're setting up a base in a dangerous place. Do you know that this is a feeding ground for wyverns?"
"Yeah... yes. Light knows all about it..."
Lida turned to him and stepped back, as if running away from the old man. I guess she hates him... this old man...
"Oya? Isn't it Mondo-dono from the Republic?"
Strea-san came out of the tent and said that when he saw the old man.
"The head of the kingdom's court mage, huh? Light, what's going on with this guy? Don't tell me he's a messenger of the kingdom and started a war with the empire?"
The old man asked me that with a suspicious look.
"I'll explain it to you in the tent for now."
I led the old man into the tent to explain. I untied the old man, who had been tied behind his back, and Rain and Lida quickly left the tent.
I felt sad that Ginko was the only one left here, so I used telepathy to tell her to stay with the two of them and let her out.
"You still seem to be hated by women."
Strea-san said this without any sarcasm, but he didn't mind and started to drink the tea.
"I'm fine with being hated......"
I felt like I heard such a small whisper.
I and Strea told the old man Mondo what had happened and that we had already rescued the elves that the empire had targeted.
At that time, it was already known that I was a Demon King, so I told him everything without concealing anything.
"Hahaha. The Empire is in trouble! This feels good!"
The old man seemed to be not only displeased but also dissatisfied with the request from the empire this time, so he was happy while listening to our story.
"Well, I was saved because you were acquainted with the Fire Dragon King. I thought I was going to die when I was attacked by the wyverns, but I never expected that thanks to you, I was saved."
When I talked about the Fire Dragon King, the old man said that.
After we finished talking, it was time to talk about old man Mondo. Well, the simple story as to why old man Mondo is here is that he was simply brought in due to a nomination request.
Without hiding anything, the old man told me the number and composition of the imperial army, its strength, purpose and schedule, and even the location of the camp.
"What was the [Hero] party like from your point of view?''
When we were talking about its military strength, I asked about the [Hero]. For the time being, it is the Empire's strongest force. We should be cautious, and if we can judge that we are no match for them, we can consider retreating as soon as possible.
"Ah... what? From my point of view, he's just an erotic brat. But... I don't know what the abilities of the [Hero] are... so he might be the type who shows his power when the situation calls for it. Well, I don't know."
That's a difficult response to answer. In short, even the old man probably doesn't understand it well.
As I was thinking about the [Hero], the old man grinned and approached me.
"I've told you this much. You'll do a little work for me, right?"
I tilted my head, not really understanding what the old man was saying, but he slapped me on the head with an exasperated look on his face.
"Hey... I'm going to fail the request because of you guys, you know? I'm going to lose a job, so you'll have to take responsibility for it."
After saying that, the old man suggested a plan to us for the future.
That is, I'm going to attack the imperial army's main camp as the Demon King.
The old man will then have an excuse for the failure of the request, and we can check the future movements of the empire.
It's a hassle for me, but Strea-san is enthusiastic about it.
"Light-kun, let's get rid of the [Hero] here. If we do that, we can cause great damage to the empire."
I rejected Strea-san's opinion. This is because I want to respect Evil God-san's wishes as much as possible.
Originally, [Heroes] and [Demon Kings] were indispensable to this world. Although it is easy for the number of [Heroes] to increase in the human race, it is not Evil God-san's intention to reduce their number by killing them.
Besides, it would be troublesome if I killed him here and a new [Hero] was born in an unknown location. It would be troublesome to search for them one by one, and it would also be troublesome if they were used by the holy country or the empire.
In that case, wouldn't it be better to take possession of the [hero] without killing him? I suggested this to Strea-san.
Strea-san was impressed and agreed.
Huh? Does this mean I'm going to attack the Imperial Army's headquarters? Moreover, I even proposed to capture the [Hero] myself...
I don't know... I got so excited about the conversation that I ended up talking about unnecessary things.
I had dug my own grave.
Thus, it was decided that the Demon King (me) would attack the Imperial Army's headquarters.
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