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Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo Dorei Majutsu (Light Novel) - Volume 9, Chapter 3 - Not Going to the Celebratory Banquet – Part 6
Volume 9, Chapter 3: Not Going to the Celebratory Banquet – Part 6
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With a satisfied looking face, Rose was collapsed on the floor.
The top half of her body was still naked.
Normally, he would have laid her down on the bed, but in her case, that would be difficult weight-wise.
Since he had trouble figuring out a place to put his eyes on, Diablo put a blanket on her.
Having reached a point where he could take a break, he let out a sigh.
「Fuu……I’m a bit worn outー.」
He muttered to himself.
There was a knock on the door to the room.
Could Rem or Shera’s group have returned? No, if that were the case, they shouldn’t have just knocked.
Diablo tightened his expression.
「Hmph……Who is it? If you do not fear a Demon King, then go ahead and open that door.」
『U, um……It is me but……』
The voice on the other side of the door was that of a man’s, and he had a vague memory of having heard it before.
He was as bad at remembering voices as he was at remembering people’s faces.
Diablo gave a command.
「I will allow it, enter.」
『E, excuse me!』
The one that paid a visit, was a soldier wearing armor. He remembered him.
「Ahー……You are……」
「It is Boris.」
He remembered. He was a soldier that protected Fort Bridge Ulg.
He suddenly became concerned.
「Why, do you know about this place?」
「Ah……Diablo-san, it is because there was surveillance placed on you and your group. Even if it is impossible to hear the conversations that go on inside of the room, if it is just the location you are at, the army and the Adventurer’s Guild have a grasp of it.」
Come to think of it, Sylvie had also said something similar before.
He had heard that surveillance from every organization had been placed on Krum.
However, it would be embarrassing to seem like he hadn’t noticed them.
Diablo shrugged his shoulders.
「Ahh……So it was that bug. Tell them not to get too close. It’s because I will burn them if they become an eyesore.」
「U, understood!」
Boris, being the all too serious person he is, made a salute at every little thing.
「And so, do you have some sort of business with me?」
「Ah……I, Boris Marcus, Infantry of the Thirteenth Regiment of the Lifelia Kingdom’s Faltra Stationed Troops, have come in order to invite Adventurer Diablo-dono to the celebratory banquet.」
As if he had hurriedly practiced it, it was spoken in monotone.
Diablo tilted his head.
「Celebratory banquet you say?」
「Yes. The subjugation of the Great Demon King, and the defense of Faltra City, it is a banquet to celebrate these two things.」
「The town’s barrier is still gone, isn’t it?」
The Demonic Beings haven’t withdrawn either.
They shouldn’t be able to assert that everything was over yet. Going by Lamnites’s personality, he didn’t think that she would allow that sort of festive event.
Boris, looking like he found something difficult to say, had his gaze wandering about.
「Erm……It was the people of the city council.」
「The city council?」
「Faltra City is governed by the Feudal Lord, but in addition to him, there is also a city council where influential nobles have become the core of it. They control things like commerce rights and agricultural rights, and not only is there the local tax dedicated to the Feudal Lord, the commerce tax and agricultural tax are……」
Diablo waved his hand left and right.
「Stop, I have no interest in town planning. Do not bring talks of politics into this.」
「Sorry. In other words, since it is something the important people of the town had planned, it has become something being held without any connection to the Feudal Lord or Lord Lamnites. And so, they would like to have you, Diablo-dono, the hero with the most meritorious deeds, be in attendance.」
──If I were to go, wouldn’t it be one of those things where I have to make a speech on a stage?
Just thinking about it sent shivers down his spine.
Diablo glared at him.
「Do they intend on calling me to such a idiotic place?」
「That’s what I thought……Diablo-san, I had a feeling that you hated that sort of thing. Even before when the group of 100 Demonic Beings that closed in on Fort Bridge Ulg, in the end, it was announced that they were “driven back through the cooperation of Adventurers”.」
「That is how it is.」
「Sorry. That being said, we thought that someone needed to at least send you a word about it.」
──Certainly.
He absolutely wouldn’t go, but if a victory celebration were to be held without any sort of contact with Diablo’s group who had defeated the Great Demon King, that in itself would have been aggravating.
To expressly come out of their way to tell him with the knowledge that they would be declined……It was an unfavorable role.
「You are the same as usual, aren’t you.」
「Haha……Well then, seeing as how I gave the invitation, please at least accept this. It is a written invitation.」
Boris held out an envelope.
「Hmph! Something like that is……」
「There are gold coins in there as money to cover preparations.」
「Out of consideration for you, I shall only accept it.」
Diablo’s group was always running out of money. Mostly for the sake of Krum’s food expenses.
Boris made a salute.
「I will give a report of your absence. Diablo-san……Our generation grew up listening to the tale of the hero Allen from our fathers and grandfathers. But, after this, the efforts of the hero Diablo will be handed down. Being able to have seen your fight with my own eyes, is a treasure of my lifetime.」
「Eh……」
Words didn’t come out due to the sudden praise.
Saying “Excuse me” and closing the door, Boris’s footsteps faded away.
Diablo collapsed onto the bed, and stared at the ceiling.
He slowly closed his eyes.
