While studying magic, Emil noticed something strange.

Since Byron came to Blackpool Town, he often locked himself in his room, and rarely went out except for daily necessary activities.

Ophelia either went out early in the morning and came back very late, or she stayed in Byron's room.

Although there were several times when Emil wanted to ask what they were doing, Ophelia always said that she had no comment for the time being.

Of course, they are probably discussing very important matters, even related to the future of the empire, so there is no need to report to him, a small city lord.

After so many days of getting along, Emil had become accustomed to Ophelia's enthusiasm and cheerfulness, but now her attitude had changed, which made him a little at a loss.

Now, the time to fight against the demons together is approaching, and if nothing else happens, it should be within the next few days.

It's a sunny day today, and the snow outside has almost melted. Maybe the weather will be like this in the next few days.

One day after Anne left, Emil completed the course tasks assigned by her for the last time.

It was already noon, Reina had prepared lunch and was planning to invite everyone in the mansion to have a meal together.

As a result, before she could go upstairs, when she was passing by the hall, she suddenly found that Byron and Ophelia had come down.

The pure white knight had been wearing a helmet, and his expression could not be seen clearly, but Rena could still tell that Byron had a solemn look on his face, which made the atmosphere in the entire hall become cold.

She didn't dare to speak out, but she couldn't violate her duties as a maid, so she was standing by the door with a confused look on her face.

It wasn't until Emil came over that he helped her out.

"What's wrong?" Emil asked gently.

"Ah, Sir Emir, it's meal time now. I want to invite the guests to come for lunch, but you see, they seem to be worried about something. I'm afraid of disturbing them."

"Is that all? Don't worry, leave it to me."

"Thank you so much," Lena said gratefully. "Without you, I would have delayed the guests' dining time. Not only would I have made Paglis angry again, but I would have also embarrassed you.

I……"

Facing Reina's gushing gratitude, Emil couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then interrupted her.

"Okay, okay, you can go do other things first. I will go to have dinner with them later."

"...Yes, yes, I'll take my leave now."

Reina immediately understood that Emil thought she was too verbose, so she ran away as if she was running away.

Watching her finally leave, Emil hesitated for a moment before walking into the hall. Let alone Reina, even he who had seen a lot of storms these days didn't know how to deal with a candidate for the throne who was in a bad mood.

But as Byron's subordinate now, he had to help his master solve problems... Of course, more importantly, he wanted to know what Byron and Ophelia were thinking about these days.

"Ah, Emil, you are finally here, we were just going to find you." Ophelia said in a cheerful tone when she saw him coming.

Emil felt puzzled. The atmosphere seemed solemn just now. Why did Ophelia destroy this atmosphere as soon as she opened her mouth?

"Haha, yes, because you have been busy learning magic from Miss Anne, so we didn't bother you, but now we have reached the point where we have to explain it to you."

"That's it, what on earth is that?" Emil nodded and immediately got to the point.

"Two news, one good and one bad, which one do you want to hear first?"

Emil couldn't help complaining, should he still be too tight-lipped at this time? But he still thought about it for a moment.

"Bad news first."

"Well, the bad news is that the devil is gone and we have lost track of him."

Ophelia said leisurely, but judging from her tone, the news didn't seem too bad.

"Well, how do you know?" Emil asked casually.

"Well, to be honest, I have been investigating the surroundings of Blackpool Town these days," Ophelia sighed and explained, "The reason why I don't tell you is because I'm afraid it will disturb your mentality of learning magic."

"That's it." Emil's knot was finally untied.

"As for the purpose of these investigations, on the one hand, I want to monitor the movements of the demons and prevent them from sneak attacks on the town. On the other hand, for the final battle, I must take this opportunity to find out the location of the demons' lair. But in the end,

The result is just as I said just now, and even the demon clan's lair has disappeared. I can't sense any traces of magic power related to the demon clan. However, this is not a good sign, because the demon clan cannot disappear for no reason. Since the demon king

have been resurrected, then they may start a war with humans at any time. In short, their disappearance is not simple. They must be planning something. Maybe they no longer bother to attack small towns, but are eyeing the capital of the empire, Castil.

Ya.”

"Really? That's really serious."

The demons have left Blackpool Town. This is not bad news for Emil, the city lord, but if they really target the royal capital, then the war with humans will be imminent, and the outcome of this war will not be

They can control it, because the journey is too far and they can't get there at once.

Emil immediately thought of asking Anne to help and teleport them all to the royal capital. Unfortunately, Anne didn't know about this at this time and naturally couldn't help.

However, it can be seen from Ophelia's attitude that this is not a big deal.

"What about the good news?" Emil asked next.

"Well, the good news is this too." Ophelia blurted out.

"..."

Emil was speechless. He didn't understand how she could make such a joke with a blank face, even though it was not funny at all.

"Okay, it's not funny, but it's really good news, because our beheading team failed to form. If the demons didn't leave, we would have to bite the bullet. You have seen the demon king's methods before.

Come on, even I can't do anything about magic on that scale, and we will definitely be annihilated by then."

"Is it because there are not enough people?"

"Well, this can be considered one of the problems. After all, this beheading team currently only has you and me. But more importantly, we suddenly discovered that it seems that it is not possible to deal with the Demon King with more people. Maybe one more person can do it.

It’s just one more body.”

"...Wait, you said it's just the two of us? What about Anne?" Emil paid attention to the question.

"Well," Byron said after being silent for a long time, "I can only say that she doesn't want to work for me, but don't get me wrong, there is no doubt about her determination to conquer the demons."

"Well," Ophelia also nodded, "She is very loyal to her organization. If the leader of the organization had not made up his mind to conquer the demons and seize the throne, I don't think she would have gotten involved."

"No wonder she suddenly wanted to teach me magic. That's what happened." Emil thought thoughtfully, and then asked the key question, "Then what should we do next? Continue to look for suitable companions?"

"Of course," Byron nodded, "this matter must continue to be pushed forward. Regardless of whether more people are useful or not, we will definitely have a greater chance of winning. However, our focus should be on tracking down the whereabouts of the demons.

"

This continent is neither too big nor too small. Looking for the whereabouts of the demons here without any clues is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Perhaps this is the fundamental reason for Byron's solemn look. As a candidate for the throne, he must get ahead of his other brothers and sisters and destroy the demons as soon as possible.

But now, his plan has been completely disrupted, and he is getting further and further away from the throne.

However, Emil thought of a way to comfort him.

"Lord Byron, you don't have to worry. You know, we can't trace the whereabouts of the demons even on the front line, so how can those pampered people in the royal capital destroy the demons before you? Even if the demons really do

Appearing in the royal capital, they may not necessarily have the ability to kill the Demon King."

"Haha, Lord Byron, did you hear that? Even Emile said that." Ophelia laughed, as if she had persuaded Byron in this way before, but the effect was not good.

At this time, Emil also held a similar view, which made his idea somewhat shaken.

However, after thinking for a while, he still chose to stick to himself.

"No, you don't understand at all. There are nine holy knights in the royal capital. Among them, the strongest one, I think, can challenge the Demon King alone."

"...Is this, so powerful?"

Emil was shocked. He had only seen the tip of the iceberg showing the strength of the Demon King in Baifeng Town, and he was already so shocked.

But now Byron says that someone can challenge the devil alone. Is that kind of thing really considered human?

Seeing Emil's shocked look, Ophelia couldn't help laughing.

"Haha, don't be fooled. How can such a person exist? Let me tell you this. If I want to participate in the knight competition, I will definitely get the first place, and then I will beat the second place by a few points.

Street, but even I am like a child in front of the demon king. Otherwise, how do you think humans defeated the demons five hundred years ago? It was just a human sea tactic. Of course, this so-called human sea was actually

Thousands of elite knights."

Ophelia said with a serious face, and Emil couldn't see any exaggeration.

However, Byron still shook his head. He did not believe Ophelia's words. After all, Ophelia had been away from the royal capital for many years and had no idea of ​​the real situation there.

And his worries don't stop at this. He had previously observed the Demon King who appeared in Baifeng Town, and it seemed that the opponent was not a complete body, so during the period of disappearance, the Demon King would probably regain the power he had at his peak.

By then, perhaps humans will really be unable to defeat the demons, because although humans are now more prosperous than five hundred years ago, they are also more divided than ever before. If the demons intend to disintegrate humans from within, then they will

Will succeed easily.

After a while, when everyone fell into silence with their own opinions, a huge magical reaction suddenly appeared. Even Emil, who had just become a magician for a few days, could sense it. However, the coming person and the magic power of the Demon King suddenly appeared.

There is still a big gap in level.
Chapter completed!