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Elin surprisingly quickly got up from her seat.

“I have to chase after him. Otherwise, he’ll cause trouble until I get back.”

And I made a pretty reasonable guess.

Luke asked Elin, who was standing with her hair upright.

“Are you okay?”

“No. So kiss me.”

“… … As expected, the princess has a strong heart.”

Let’s pretend we didn’t hear and change the subject.

Ellen grabbed Luke by the collar and pulled him towards her.

Chewy.

This time it wasn’t a very long kiss.

No matter how good I felt, I never had time to relax.

“You were doing a good job earlier… .”

Instead, Ellen’s grumbling followed.

Luke said, not caring.

“Gernom will head towards the place where the devil’s mark is.”

The northern marker was broken and Gernom appeared.

Even though he hadn’t fully regained his strength, the demon’s power was terrible.

Playing constantly.

Shooting magic like a gun.

Until we escape the dimensional distortion.

I couldn’t even guess how much stronger I would become if I absorbed other marks.

“I have to choose between West, South, and East… .”

Gernom disappeared, telling us to guess the correct answer.

I guess he wants to groan about where he will appear.

“Just open all the portals.”

But Elin’s spatial magic achievements were beyond imagination.

A bold statement that he would open three portals at once.

Of course, you have the skills to back it up.

“Mana is fine… … I guess so. I spoke nonsense.”

It had enormous magical power, so there was nothing to find fault with.

“The problem is people.”

Just because there are multiple portals doesn’t mean there can be multiple Elins.

“Need someone to watch over me.”

Always monitor for any suspicious activity near the marker.

We needed someone who could report things right away when something happened.

“I plan to contact the dukes in charge of each city.”

“Will that do?”

If the devil is resurrected, I will help you.

If you think about it, should we use our troops to monitor the demons who may or may not appear?

“… I think it’s not enough.”

Just increase the number of gatekeepers.

It didn’t seem like they would take any other action.

“It would be a good idea to ask for help from someone you trust.”

Leo, who had been silent, said.

“If you ask for help with something related to the devil, aren’t there many people who would be willing to help?”

Leo was looking forward to Luke.

“I’m not that popular. I don’t know if there are many people who can help me besides the saintess.”

“… … ”

“… … ”

Elin and Leo looked at Luke like he was crazy.

“… … ”

The same goes for Anne, Nia, Cherel, and Watt, who were blown away by Kalchad.

“Why is everyone looking at me like that?”

“If you don’t have popularity, who else do you have?”

Anne let out a hollow laugh, her voice cracking.

Luke’s connections are so wide that even the unborn know about them.

“Having a wide network of connections and asking for help are two different things.”

Luke was right.

This is only in theory.

“If I contact the professors at the academy, they will all go on strike and come to help me?”

“That’s….”

It was an undeniable statement.

Doesn’t that just take away the opportunity for education from innocent students?

“I think the students will come too.”

“… … ”

There weren’t many students who could resist the opportunity to help a legendary senior.

“Maybe the entire empire can help.”

“… Don’t exaggerate. Anyway, I understand. I will try to contact you as much as I can. ”

Luke pulled out a piece of long-distance communication paper.

I’m going through my endless list of contacts trying to figure out who to write to first.

“Teacher. Let’s go see our ancestors.”

“Ancestor? Oh, you mean Bertain?”

Ellen made an unexpected suggestion.

“He’s someone who’s fought the devil himself. He’ll give you advice.”

“… But didn’t you also fight with Lady Bertain, Princess?”

Luke asked cautiously.

This was because he only knew that Elin had challenged Bertain to a fight.

“No. My ancestors love me.”

“… … ?”

Are you the type of person who likes belligerent offspring?

But I didn’t understand.

There was no particular reason for Elin to lie now.

“Okay. Then let’s go straight to the cave… .”

“Ah, wait a minute. Look here.”

Ellen tapped Luke on the shoulder.

“Why are you like that?”

Luke turned to Elin without thinking.

“Did you feel empty?”

A short word.

Creepy-

The hairs on my whole body stood on end.

As expected.

Clank-

The leash was fastened again.

I thought that since Gernom had cut it off, it would go over naturally.

“You’re throwing away the gift I gave you.”

There’s no way Ellen would be that sloppy.

“… Princess. I really won’t run away now.”

“Yeah, I know.”

Elin, fluttering her stupid hair as if it were natural.

Luke went a little further out, not wanting to look upset.

“So even if there is no such thing… .”

“That won’t do.”

“Won’t it be uncomfortable to wash?”

“I’ll let you go only then.”

“… … Yes.”

Luke, who was about to protest a little more, gave up cleanly.

Because before we fight to restore human rights, we must first save the continent from crisis.

* * * * *

What Elin showed us in the cave was very unexpected.

“Ancestors.”

Elin runs to him and hugs him tightly.

“Eww. You already brought the devil’s soul?”

But Berthain’s appearance was even more unexpected.

“… … Are you Bertain?”

“Did your pet sage come with you too?”

“What kind of disgraceful title is that?”

“No? Even though you’re wearing a leash.”

Anyway, the leash was the root of all evil.

I am not being raised by the princess.

Instead of making excuses, he expressed his curiosity.

“Why are you like that?”

Luke sees Berthain in human form for the first time.

So suspiciously young.

It means that for the first time, you see a girl who looks exactly like Elin from the past.

“Why. Do you like this look too?”

Bertain fiddled with his soft cheekbones.

“… What does that mean?”

“Berkeley liked this look.”

“… … ”

It was the taste of the ancestor dragon that I didn’t really want to know.

“Really, teacher? Do you like it younger than it is now?”

Elin looked at Luke with wavering eyes.

“No!”

I found myself shouting out loud without realizing it because of the ridiculous misunderstanding.

Of course I know it can be misunderstood.

My brother and father are in present progressive tense.

Even the ancestor dragon liked small women.

But Luke wasn’t strictly speaking a Bucklin.

“I don’t like you because you’re small, I like you because you’re a princess.”

Let’s say something embarrassing to prove our innocence.

Polpolpol.

Steam rose from Elin’s flushed face.

“… Teacher.”

Elin approaches step by step.

Sparkling blue eyes.

It was only then that Luke realized he had flipped the wrong switch.

“Aren’t you going to go out and do the pickling?”

Fortunately, Bertain intervened.

Bertain, who pulled Elin away from Luke with his soft hands.

He asked, stroking her head.

“So what happened to the devil’s soul and why did he come empty-handed?”

“That’s… ….”

Elin began to tell Gernom’s story hesitantly.

From the moment Gernom gained flesh to the moment he fled to the next marked location.

Bertain muttered after hearing everything.

“That guy is still a piece of shit.”

It was a really out of place curse word for someone who looked like the young Elin.

“Yeah. I thought something was strange. You’re saying that the curse I put on you was a contract with the devil?”

Bertain gave Elin a pitiful look.

“Poor thing.”

“It’s okay now. The teacher took care of it.”

“Okay. Keep him close to you from now on.”

“Yes.”

A very natural conversation between ancestors and descendants.

Luke was so shocked that he missed the chance to intervene.

“… It’s right in front of me.”

“I know.”

“I know.”

Two girls who looked exactly alike answered shamelessly.

The expression on his face as if to say, “What would you do if you heard that?” was a bonus.

Luke gave up on talking to the madmen.

“So there is no way to deal with Gernom?”

“Yes. It regenerates when bitten, and it runs away at the slightest touch, so it’s quite annoying. But it doesn’t make sense to say it has no weaknesses, right?”

If it weren’t for the second generation, it would have been like this… .

Bertain continued, muttering,

“First of all, you can’t kill that guy.”

“… … That’s really helpful advice.”

“Listen to me without being sarcastic. Do you know how hard it is to kill an ancient species?”

Whether they were dragons or demons, they were beings that were somewhat distant from the concept of death.

But didn’t Bertaine say that he tore Bucklin to pieces?

“That’s possible because this body is so great.”

“… … ”

“Anyway! What you have to do is not subjugate, but seal.”

“Like Bertain?”

“… Yeah. Just like me.”

Bertain glared at Luke as if asking why he had to use that as an example.

“But you said that dimensional distortion doesn’t work either?”

“It came out easily.”

“That must be because that crazy guy has a wanderlust. He’s been enjoying traveling between dimensions since long ago.”

This was new information.

Gernom is a demon who pursues extreme fun.

It is said that his hobby was to travel to other dimensions because the Demon World and the Continent were not enough.

“Is that possible?”

“There is nothing you can’t do if you have the power.”

He has great power and can travel across dimensions.

As you move through dimensions, your resistance increases… .

By repeating this endlessly for eons, it became even stronger.

“It’s a good thing the gate to the Demon World is closed. If it had been open, we would have already caused a lot of trouble.”

“But how do you seal it?”

If you just listen to it, doesn’t it sound like you’ll never be able to catch it?

“You can just lock it in using an unfamiliar dimension.”

“We should start by finding a dimension that Germ has not visited.”

“No, why go through all that trouble? There’s an easy way.”

Is there a simple method that only dragons know?

Let’s listen and hear the anticipation.

“Stupid wise man. You build a new dimension with Aga.”

He gave me a mission that wasn’t easy at all.