Chapter 62: Liz Alcar (1/2)

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In the demon king's castle, on the fourth floor of the North Wing. The luxurious office that was now devoid of most of its furniture was eerily silent and an awkward atmosphere ruled the air.

Five figures were present in the room consisting of two males and three females, they sat opposite each other with one of the males standing beside the other awaiting instructions.

Tyler didn't care that Erin and Albert were present, from the looks of it, the girls were already friendly with Erin and there wasn't a point in hiding this from them. Besides he didn't expect an exact answer to his question on the girl's past but he also needed to have asked that question.

While there would normally be a level of distrust between both parties. As one would not generally want to give out too much information about their past to someone, they've only recently met. The same could actually be said for him, however, he wanted to make it known that, he wouldn't be accepting anything less.

Since they knew he was the only one able to access this castle, they surely knew he held all the advantage. After making several hypotheses, he came to several conclusions, all of which include the girls being on the run from something or worst, someone. Naturally, his first thoughts were to leave them be until he was done with this castle and left.

However, now that he had decided to stay here for a while. He needed them the tell him everything. Even if they didn't want to tell him too much about themselves personally, they needed to tell him everything about their circumstances.

So even if he decides to let them stay, he would have an idea of what he was getting himself into.

Sensing his intentions, the girls had no choice but to consider the issue seriously. When they made the plan to rest in this castle, they only had the intention of hiding here for a while, before seeking help from one of the strongest freemen settlements in the demon continent, the Daki Tribe, which was located in the eastern borders of the continent.

Darknar region was located near the southwest end of the demon continent, closer to the human continent, and close to the Silent sea that separated the Demon continent from the dwarfs. So the journey all the way across the continent would be long, tedious, and extremely dangerous. They would have to cross multiple regions with ties to the people that were after them and it wasn't even a guarantee that they would make it there alive.

Now, however, there was someone here at the level of a demon lord and he even had people like Erin and Albert under him. The fact that he would inevitably claim the title of the demon king was a plus, after all, a behemoth that had claimed the secrets of the previous Demon king for himself would not be stooped by anyone. They had already discussed this with Erin and sought her advice which was pointless giving how anti-social she usually was.

Tyler seeing the girls hesitate, sighed inwardly, this was as he expected so all he needed to do was offer them an alternative, and if that didn't work an ultimatum. That way he would get all the information he could out of them, he was just about to say something when the girls surprised him yet again, and Rain spoke first.

”I'm sorry it's late, but I want to thank you properly for what you did for me. Liz told me how much trouble I put you through, and you even accepted my duel without asking why— well I guess you already know that uh, yeah I'm sorry, I also got carried away back then and did something truly rude to you, I'm really sorry.” They both stood up and bowed in apology which wasn't what Tyler wanted right now so he tried to get the discussion back on track.

”Mmm... That's fine i...”

”...And also, if you'll permit me, I would like to ask a favor of you, please feel free to say no.”

Tyler fell silent for a while, the conversation had taken a turn he hadn't predicted and the last request she asked had almost gotten everyone there killed. He knew quite well he wasn't a genius and looking at the dark elf she looked quite sharp, seeing how she had taken control of the flow in their conversation several times already.

Tyler wasn't stupid, he wouldn't engage in a battle of wits against a superior opponent. There were many ways to outsmart a genius and right now he would use the most basic, and bluff his way through, after all, with his masterful control over his body, his poker face was impenetrable.

”I see... so that's it.”

Rain eyes widen when she saw that her intentions had been read so easily, she really didn't have any intentions of tricking him though, she just wanted to get him to be willing to help them, making it seem like he would be the only one to truly benefit from it and not be at his mercy, where they have to offer him something else in return because they truly had nothing else that could warrant his help.

However, now that she had been seen through, they were in a less favorable situation than before.

”Mm, that's not what I meant, I only wanted to ask for your help once we disclosed our situation to you.” She tried to correct the situation. Tyler wasn't sure what she meant but he was glad his simple plan had worked and he assumed a commanding pose and asked the girls to speak.

Rain got flustered by the sudden change in his presence and could barely formulate her words. ”Well... I'm...Um...”