20 Episode 4 "Finally found".txt (1/2)
After we left the Adventurer's Guild, we took a randomly available inn.
It was an inn with a small bathhouse, but Elfie was trumpeting the fact that he'd prefer a bigger hot spring.
The next day.
After an extra breakfast, we walked out of the inn.
The results of the review would be out tomorrow, and the weapons were not yet complete, but there was something I wanted to do in this country.
What happened during the thirty years.
About the Purgatory Labyrinth that had been rebuilt by the Demon King.
Dionis, do you have any information about Lucifina?
Do you have any information on the subject of revenge?
So this is what you want to find out.
That's why I dragged Elfi, who was looking at the stalls, to the library.
Along the way, I saw a few werewolves here and there.
It's a good thing that the people in the city seem to be avoiding these people who are waving their hands in the air.
”Mmm, they look pompous.
So don't tell me.
In the meantime, I reached the library.
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I paid the entrance fee and proceeded inside.
I could smell the smell of old paper in the museum, where there are signs everywhere saying ”Do not take out”.
There are not so many people in the building, and it is quiet inside.
There were not many people in the library, and the inside was thin and empty.
The shelves are crammed with books, and I take out the things I want from the shelves.
There are newspapers and such, so I pick up some of the last few years' worth of stuff and sit down in a chair.
Elfi has gone off to find something.
Well.
I look down at the book I brought with me.
It seems that the Demon King's army hadn't been that active until recently after I died.
After kicking out the human army and rebuilding the Five Generals Labyrinth and the half-destroyed Demon King's Castle, they haven't been that active.
But recently, they seem to be moving again.
It seems that many of the people and sub-humans who lost their families and places to live due to the damage have come to this confederation.
The number of people is increasing, not only because of the increased number of tourists - but also because of
--I thought. I've seen so many tearful faces.
----
A former ideal that almost popped into my head for a moment.
I shook it off as nonsense and looked through the newspaper.
As I suspected, the Four Heavenly Kings, who were annihilated, have also become new.
I've heard that the demon tribe that calls itself a ”distorted” tribe is often seen at the moment.
It is said that the human army that attacked the Demon King's Castle was easily destroyed by half.
Unfortunately, I had no information on Lucifina and Dionysus.
However, considering the strength of those two, it wouldn't be surprising if they had become the Four Heavenly Kings or Demon Generals.
Even if the distortions were different, it would be better to look through such information.
As for the Purgatory Labyrinth, there wasn't any new information that was new.
It didn't seem to have changed much from the last time.
That's when I put down the book and glanced at the newspaper to see if there was any more new information.
One article brought me to a halt.
It said that some years ago, a demon had attacked the Confederacy.
The adventurers were gradually being hunted down by the ones who intercepted them.
At that time, it seems that the werewolf species (werewolves) joined the humans.
The person who was leading the werewolf species at that time was ----.
''Listen to me, Iori!''
At that time, an exasperated-looking Elfie walked over to Zuccia.
'Don't shout at me in the library. ...... So, what's up with that?
''That's why there are so many books on Ortegia, but none of mine are in there!
That's because I didn't even know this guy was the Demon King.
It looks like he's only been the Demon King for a few years.
I've only been the Demon King for a short time, but this is too much. I'm sure you've done a lot of things that could have been written into a book.
Oh, what's the matter with you?
Her character is notwithstanding, she's good at what she does.
I'm not sure what they are.
I've won a tournament for the demon race, tamed a rampaging dragon species and turned it into a pet, wrote a book about delicious human cuisine, and did a variety of other things. And I was also known for my hobby of collecting all sorts of things in my head.
Isn't that a little too vulgar for you?
Next to the tyrannical Demon King Ortegia, 'Elfiszaak. The Demon King who made dragons his pets and wrote a cookbook' would not be the place to be floating.
...... mmm.
It's more than that.
I showed Elfie a newspaper article.
”...... It's...
He's my target.
It seems that my target is most likely to be here, after all.
It's quite a while ago, so I don't know his whereabouts in detail.
...... I see.
The harvest had been made.
Satisfied with the information we got, we left the library.
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I left the library and walked around town.
Perhaps because it's daytime, there are more people here than there are going.
...... But there really are humans and subhumans living together here, aren't there?
The crowd included many sub-humans, such as the fairy species (elves) and the cat race (warcats).
Seeing this, Elfie opened his mouth with a somewhat distant look in his eyes.
'I've seen many humans fighting with the sub-humans as well as the demon race. Sometimes even where they're at war.'
Indeed, it seems that the humans used to fight not only with the demon race, but also with the sub-humans.
When I came here, though, it seems that the Demon King's army was not that important.