Chapter 85

Chapter 85

H Degree Difficulty of a Move

The demon territory which occupied the northern part of the continent. In contrast to the vastness of its land, it was barren with places for humans to live existed only in a small number.

At the edge of this demon territory. Nanashi now, located to the north of the Haru Empire, was overflowing with liveliness as ever. Despite being located in demon territory, as the town had attained abundant water resources and agricultural land, it attracted even more people and continued its rapid growth.

Under the direction of the acting mayor, Omoi, as the town continued to put heavy stress on the expansion of the agriculture lands and the town itself, arranging the foundation to withstand sudden population growth, one day. All the important figures of the town were gathered in a room of the newly built town hall.

A certain old mans companion, Suke-san, and Kaku-san.

Hero Mikoto and the Great Sage Merlin. There was also the superior spirit Enou Zommer, who had turned Mikotos shoulder into its reserved seat.

And then the guilds A-ranker, Curryman.

Kugel and his little brothers of the demon race, who power wise were on equal standing with them.

Omoi began to speak in front of these out-of-the-norm members.

Im sorry to take up your precious time. A matter that warrants urgency has arisen, so I have asked to have everyone gathered here. According to reports, a full-scale conflict will soon break out between the two major factions of the demon territory.

Hmm, speaking of the two major factions, they are the hardliners who are planning to move south with the aim of reviving the Kingdom of Demon, and the moderates who are in opposition of them, am I right?

Yes, as Sage-sama said, it is a conflict between the hardliners and the moderates. In terms of numbers, the moderates are more numerous, but the hardliners are composed of warriors, so the hardliners are probably at a considerable advantage in terms of battle power.

I see. If the two major factions were into conflict against each other, the sparks would most likely scatter to this town as well, huh.

Curryman shrugged his shoulders. If Tanaka-san were there, he would surely have learned something from that good grief.

The town belongs to neither faction, but it has built a friendly relationship with the Empire. So from the point of view of the hardliners, us being treated as enemies should be inevitable.

If something happens, were to step up and deal with it, right? But do demons really want to wage war against each other? For the hardliners, they would surely want to refrain themselves from exhausting their force, as for the moderates, they want to avoid conflict to begin with.

Your doubts are totally right, Mikoto-san. It is true that both factions surely wish to avoid battle. In fact, Ive never even heard of any conflict between demons. Well, I may just not know about it since the demon territory is vast, after all.

Saying that, Omoi shifted his gaze toward Kugel.

I dont know either. Well, Im not really interested in history, so maybe I just have never heard about it, though. Ill leave that matter to Sage-dono.

Kugel lightly passed it to Merlin. You couldnt sense any semblance of bravery he displayed during battles there.

Good grief, I dont know much about it either. All I know is something along the rumor that the leader of the moderate faction is a beautiful girl. I think its better to ask the Spirit-dono.

Merlin passed at the spirit without paying attention to Mikotos reproachful stare.

I dont know anything about it either. Ive never had much interest in worldly affairs, after all. What about you two?

Hero Yashichi.

That ability to nonchalantly act alongside a beautiful girl, as expected hes good.

Hahaha. As expected hes amazing. The Boss.

Everyone expressed their respective thoughts. Those with no reaction were, perhaps getting their common sense being chipped out, or perhaps being lost for words, feeling refreshed. The fact that they took the majority number was a testament and a way to maintain their pride as a beyond common sense group.

Theres the connection with the leader of the moderate faction, so the matter of us receiving the common folks will undoubtedly take place. Its just, they seem to be living quite sparsely, so its not like there will be a sudden huge influx at once, but. In the end, we are estimating an increase of about twenty thousands of people.

Oioi, are you intending to build a new town? Thats just too many, isnt it?

Yes, it is. But its been a thousand years since they were driven to the north. They may be only from one of the two large factions of demons, excluding the combatants while were at it, but they are still numbered in the twenty thousands nonetheless. How harsh their circumstances have been up until now. It makes me think of a lot of things.

This remark of Omoi made even the always fearless Curryman unable to reply jokingly.

So we have to make sure to successfully receive them, no matter what, right?

Mikoto replied in his stead. This remark was no different than the usual ones, but the feeling imbued into these was without a doubt powerful.

Ive mentioned it earlier, but we will handle the matter of their reception. And with these two gentlemen around, there will surely be no problem with the defense of the town either.

Suke-san and Kaku-san nodded.

Thats why Im thinking about asking everyone else to move and obstruct the movement of the hardliners. As the moderates are at a considerable disadvantage in terms of strength at the moment. I do think its going to be a dangerous job, but Im counting on you.

Well, you should stop being so formal and bowing your hand like that. Because rather thats exactly what we wished for, after all.

Curryman responded in his usual tone.

Youre Tanakas teacher, after all. So you should just act with more bang in it.

As if to compete with Curryman, Kaku-san encouraged Omoi. When would the curtain come down on this tsundere battle?

Leave it to us. Well splendidly show you the results of our training.

Come on, being too overeager is dangerous, you know? Geez, why do you have to end up growing in that direction? The sailor uniform is crying.

No need to worry. As this spirit me is on your side. Rather than obstructing, we might as well triumph over them. You dont mind even if you do, do you?

Uesama said such a cool line in his adorable figure. If Tanaka-san were to be there, he would have surely chewed on a handkerchief in frustration.

If possible, Id like to ask for an option with the least casualty on both sides, hahaha.

From this point on, Omoi began to bear worry for the hardliners little by little.