Chapter 158 - Volume 8 (2/2)

“Is that so?”

When I took my hair back from Onzada-kun’s hands and scolded him, he has a slightly dejected expression.

Stop that, it’s horrifying seeing that on a 30-something year old man.

As the Onzada-kun in my head was still in junior high, I don’t quite know what kind of face I would expect to see from this adult figure.

Although I love dandy uncles, but I don’t think this expression is cute at all.

“Hey…… Why do you even look like that in the first place……?”

“Hmm? Was it better to look younger?”

“Onzada-dono and I look wonderful as we are now. Although we could change what age we look, but it consumes a lot of magic power, so the amount of time we can stay in our human forms will shorten. Oh, there’s a pothole there, so please be careful.”

“Waah”

Before I could even turn my attention to it, Geas lifted me up gently and carried me over to the end of the bumpy road.

We were in the enormous cavern that was home to the forces of darkness.

I asked the two of them to guide me, but I worried about letting them away from those two children for so long, so I called Onzada-kun, who was the chief on-site, to call in 150 [Greater Demons] from [Paradise Lost] and left them behind to guard.

…… Is 150 too much? Nah, there’s no such thing as too much. It’s important to pamper small children, you know?

Though my story’s gotten sidetracked again, we ran all the way here to the entrance of the cavern by foot.

It would have been nice if I could have teleported, but Onzada-kun and Geas didn’t have enough magic power to carry my enormous presence.

I could have been faster had I flown, but because various wild dragons were flying about, it would have been troublesome to deal with them had we run into them along the way.

Well, I can distort space to some degree, so walking normally didn’t bother me since we were travelling at the speed of a car.

“Milady, the dark elves and beastmen will begin to appear from here on in, so please let us deal with them.”

“Leave everything to us, Milady. …… Will you behave?”

“………okay.”

You say it like I’m some sort of troublemaker………

“Hey, you, stop right there!”

……… eehh~…… What is this timing? Were you waiting just for it?

The soldier-like dogman called out to us, two subordinates in tow, and either because we were approaching him, or because it was dark, he lowered his spear towards us.

“Y, you guys, you’re Humans!?”

“Oi, do we look like “humans”?”

“Bugh!”

I burst out involuntarily.

What? Wait, I’m growing rabbit ears!?

Even though they were wary of me having burst out suddenly, as I suddenly stiffened from the shock of growing rabbit ears, the dogman officer…… nodded in assent and walked away with the soldiers.

“What, it’s a beastman. You scared me. That little girl…… well, you’re alright.”

Wait a minute. I didn’t do anything to disguise myself, though?

“……What was that about me……?”

I was told not to do anything, so I only spoke to them with a smile on my face, but the soldiers diverted their eyes in a hurry.

“N-no, it’s nothing……”

“Fufufufu, may I go now?”

“O-ok”

I don’t know why, but we were able to easily slip past the soldiers stopping us and head to the center of the city.

“Thanks to Milady, we were able to get in quickly. Thank you.”

But why?

“Why does Onzada-kun also have rabbit ears……”

“I can’t help it. I was turned into a rabbit by Milady to begin with.”

Ah, it seems that even Onzada-kun knows what shame is. I was a little relieved. At least, I think it’s good. “Geas; What is that?”

Geas was also imitating a beastman, but slightly different horns from Noa and Nea’s were growing from both sides of his head. Well I guess you could say it’s well within expectations, but……

“Why are you horns sheep horns? I thought you had bull horns?”

When I asked him, Geas smiled slowly at me while his eyes lit up kindly like a child’s.

“Yes, but now I am a butler”

“………”

…… GRAMPS!

Then we arrived at the sealed ancient castle in the center of the great cavern with no problems.

The castle of the demon king of old, that had united all of the forces of darkness.

And…… the castle of “the first hero”.

Author’s Notes:

Next time, what was left behind in the castle!