Chapter 131 (1/2)

Translator: Wawaa

Editor: WilsonWilson

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Lara made a conclusion—the patience of the demons was more ridiculous than she thought.

Acerus was about to sleep when he heard that the saintess had come. He rushed to Valac’s room and smirked at him when he saw him stuck to the wall. After hearing that a demon had appeared at the banquet that Nicholas had prepared, Acerus looked for his armor and weapons.

“We have to kill them right now! How dare they bring a demon to the Empire!”

“Crown Prince Acerus, wait a minute.”

“No, we can’t put this on hold. They may still be doing something to the people of Tarragon. I will take Valac right away and fight with my life…”

“I don’t want to! What did I do wrong?”

Acerus was running wild and Valac refused to take action, saying he was scared. Lara glanced at both of them, then, she blurted out.

“Eunice talked in her sleep and cursed at Your Imperial Highness.”

“Hurry and pick up your… What?”

“She said you’re a scumbag.”

Acerus flopped on a chair. He soon asked Lara with a face like an abandoned puppy.

“Is Eunice okay?”

“Yes.”

“The Imperial family…did not harm her or something like that, right?”

“If they did so, my mother would not have stayed still.”

Eunice was okay because there was Isadora. Acerus nodded with a face of relief and said in a calmer voice.

“Saintess, I think you should ask God.”

“Yes, I think I should do that this time.”

“No matter how hostile a demon is… If they start to take action like this, they won’t be able to stop the intervention of the Gods.”

Leaving behind a worried Acerus, Lara got up from her seat.

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Despite not being able to sleep, Lara’s mind was strangely clear. It seemed that she had gone beyond fatigue and had reached the stage of awakening. She went down to the secret basement of the abode, holding in one hand the strong coffee that Konny had handed to her.

Valentine was not in sight yet as it was not the time for him to get up. Lara walked for a while through the empty hallway and arrived at a palace with two stone statues. The stone statues carved the two appearances of Abraxas.

“A demon had appeared in Dandelion. His way of approaching me was cheap, but I know he is manipulating the Eastern Union.”

The sound of Lara’s shoes echoed in the quiet underground stone chamber. She sat in a small wooden chair—seemed to be brought by Valentine— and placed her cup of coffee on the table. Then, of which of the two statues, she said to the horned god, who stood in front of a mural of hell.

“Red hair, good instrumentalist, and unbelievably beautiful. Had a pair of wine-like eyes and had a knack for pretending to be human.”

<It is Paimon.>

God immediately told Lara the name of the demon who approached her. His voice came from the stone statue Lara was looking at. It was a very subtle difference, but even though they had the same face, the stone statue she spoke to had a cruel smirk, while the other statue had a benevolent smile.

“I heard that the demon that Demian was tracking uses a symbol of a skull covering its eyes. Traces of altars set up by the black sorcerers to offer sacrifices were found everywhere.”

As Lara continued her explanation, God again revealed that the demon’s name was ‘Vassago.’

“Can I deal with both at once? I’m not quite ready yet. How can a demon appear in Dandelion at the time when Demian took all the Barbarians with him…”

<Lara, don’t worry too much. You can deal with him by yourself.>

“It’s not that I’m dealing with him, I’m just borrowing your power to get rid of him. As Valac said, Paimon is a demon so powerful that he can be classified as a candidate for the demon lord. If I get rid of such a being myself, it would just be giving the demons an excuse to meddle in this world.”

Lara thought and thought again. It would be nice if humans could kill the demon only with their own power. But even if that was not the case, if possible, they should stop at a level that did not overuse the power of God. That was what she as a saintess would need to do.

Preparing for the great demon war but preventing it from becoming an all-out war. Minimizing damage. Coordinating Gods and demons not to interfere in this world.

Lilith laughed as she died. She said the Gods were hostile and the demons were said to be the overly jealous type. The breath of the Gods and demons flowed through the gap that Lilith had pierced.

“I don’t mind even if it’s just a very small clue, so please, just give me anything. I will have to at least try something. Just because I’m a God’s vicegerent, I don’t always have to do what God tells me to do.”

Abraxas was silent for a moment and gave Lara a clue. This time, his voice was heard from the beautiful stone statue standing in front of the mural painted with paradise.

<Use Valac.>

“But Valac is weak. He said he became a little stronger after eating Lilith, but as soon as he heard Paimon’s and Vassago’s names, he looked like he would run away to the ends of the world. How can I even use that scaredy-cat?”

Lara’s voice was mixed with a little whining. In front of others, she only looked firm as if nothing in the world could shake her, but her honest feeling kept popping out in front of her mother, Demian, and her God.

God’s gaze was felt from the statue. It was a gaze of warmth as if comforting her.

Warmth, huh?

Lara contemplated and suddenly opened her mouth.

“Can the giant of fire burn down a demon lord candidate?”

<Someday, it will be possible, But it’s still too young.>

Abraxas said. The giant of fire suddenly appeared on Lara’s shoulder and was pointing one hand at the stone statue. The giant stomped its small feet, opened the round part that looked like a mouth, and made a gesture with it toward God.

“How big does it have to grow? What should I feed him to grow? It’s not the type to eat its own kind like a demon, is it?”

<When it’s time to grow, it’ll grow on its own. If there’s anything it needs to eat, it will eat on its own. That is what fire is.>