241 236 苦労の陰で、また別の苦労は生まれる (1/2)

Another side

”Demon King, what did you say?

Yeah, that's why I said I'd set you up with a blind date, Evvia.

While Jiro and the others were hard at work preparing for the training, Evia was also preparing for the training while performing her normal duties.

This training is a necessary measure for contacting the organization with the Japanese organization that Jiro had brought with him.

It will play a very important role if it becomes a bridge between the different worlds.

So you need to have a special person for that purpose and you need to be able to trust them.

That's why the people around me agreed that Evvia, the right-hand man of the demon king, was selected for the role.

You will be able to have a look at a few of the most important things you can do with your life.

...... Is this a call from your parents' house?

No, it's because I thought it was necessary.

But if you're thinking about the future, the demon king wouldn't choose the foolish plan of not making a move here.

You'll be able to find out what he's planning to do, and you'll be able to help him do it.

As she herself is a noblewoman, the story has happened many times in the past.

People say a noblewoman marries at the right age.

But she had postponed her marriage until she was the right age.

For lack of a better word, that's what people call a lapse.

Her loyalty to the demon king and her job were so rewarding that she thought that other people's stories were enough for her to tell.

So she kept refusing for some reason.

In addition, she was in a position to say no.

The right hand of the demon king is such a position.

But there was one exception that couldn't be refused.

That was the only one who could give Evvia orders, the demon king.

When the demon king himself proposed this ludicrously timed marriage proposal, I assumed the demon king had come to Evvia's parents' house to offer her a marriage proposal.

But the demon king's answer was different from what Evvia had expected.

”I arranged this marriage proposal.

The Demon King's own matchmaking.

That's no different than ordering her to marry him.

Evvia herself knows that her status and blood are for the benefit of the demon king's army.

She knew that the day would come when she would marry for political reasons.

I'm willing to marry if necessary.

Especially if that's the demon king's command.

But there was something else going on in Evvia's mind that was connected to the story.

You've convinced everyone that you're prepared to take the greatest care in your dealings with Japan, and you've convinced them that you're ready for the right moment.

What Evvia has done is to convince people around her, so to speak.

Last year we had various troubles, and the demon king's army was at a standstill.

No matter how well prepared we are, we can't avoid some kind of trouble.

For that reason, we have to make preparations and act just in case.

It is not good if you are not prepared for the situation.

Therefore, this training was set up with the aim of training managers who stand between humans and the demon king's army so that it won't be done only by personnel within the demon king's army.

Because of the necessity of this event, Evvia took the lead in selecting usable personnel from among the Japanese dungeon testers and giving Jiro and the others a shot in the arm.

The timing of the meeting was right when the time was right.

I suspect that they might be involved in some way.

May I ask why?

There is no way that Evvia is bored in this situation.

She's usually busy, but the extra workload makes her even busier.

You'll be able to make good progress with your work because you're more comfortable with your husband's relationship, and even if things are going smoothly, you're still busy.

There's no reason why the demon king himself doesn't understand that.

Evvia can predict the answer to that question.

But as far as this is concerned, time is running out, so I decided to listen openly.

This is a story that I brought up at this time.

It could be about a significant other.

Because I have to.

Nevertheless, the demon king answered with a smile and a single word.

It's hard to understand.

In fact, this answer would even make you distrustful.

I understand. Please let us know when you decide on a date and time. We'll make some adjustments to your schedule.

But Evvia understood that she didn't need to listen, and convinced herself that she was right.

Without distorting her expression, she gently bowed her head with her usual expression and returned to her training and went back to her duties as if nothing had happened.

You will be able to see that the demon king is laughing at your heart, not knowing that you are a hard man.

And I couldn't help but wonder how she'd look at me when it came to a marriage proposal.

I hope this action is for the benefit of her and my demon king's army. As they say in this country, in order to deceive the enemy, you must first deceive your friends.

You're going to be able to find out what you need to do to get the job done.

However, that document is not the one brought by Evvia but the one that the demon king asked another subordinate to prepare.

It's good to see that things are going well for you too. It must be quite a pain to work in her dungeon, but she'll have to work hard.

Evvia's matchmaking venue is an eatery in the basement facility of her dungeon.

Not a typical tavern, but an upscale restaurant for her class.

It's located in an area that even Jiro and his friends, who are earning more money these days, wouldn't venture there.

You're going to have a hard time keeping it in place, but the demon king thought it would be no problem, so he memorized the document in his mind and destroyed the evidence with a blue flame, leaving no ashes behind.

As you watch the blue flames gradually burn the documents, you suddenly remember the day you met Evvia.

”Come to think of it, it's been a long time since I met her.

If you count how long in months and years before he became king, ten or twenty years doesn't seem long enough.

It's a long time ago.

Still, the demon king can vividly remember his encounter with her.

”Evvia has grown up to be very tough. It's not easy to find a wife for her now.

You can't help but laugh as you compare the figure you remember with the one you have now.

You can't help but smile as you recall that she was a little cuter in the past.

You'll be able to see that Evvia's old self, or rather, the one she was when you first met her, was not so bossy.

”It's Evia, the eldest daughter of the Nostalfel family.

She is dressed in a light purple dress that seems to match her red hair, and the gesture of lifting her skirt up in a beautiful gesture is a true noblewoman.

The beautiful gesture of lifting the hem of her skirt in a gesture that is just like a noblewoman.

When she was an elegant, quiet girl, neat and clean despite her demonic ancestry.

She once came to the house of the devil king as his maidservant.

Low-ranking noblewomen would go to work as maidservants in high-ranking houses as servants, but her family was high and it was more right for the maid to come than to serve.

Nevertheless, she came to the house of the Demon King.

The demon king himself is the head of a family of demon king candidates.

Although his family was higher in rank than Evvia's, at the time no one imagined that he would be the witch king and his supporters were few and far between, and her family remained neutral.

Nevertheless, Evvia came to the house of the Demon King to serve him.

The demon king wondered if she had married him, but the demon king had a woman in mind.

He would not flirt with anyone else, and he would not have his children born to anyone else but her.

Marriage by age is commonplace among royalty and nobility, and marrying a girl who is not old enough to marry is an everyday occurrence, but the demon king didn't care about any of them, except for one woman.

You can't give me Evvia at a time like that.

In addition, the mention of Nostalfel's Evvia reminds the demon king of a rumor.