Ch.117[Episode 117] The Full Story of the Incident

His subsequent actions were quite simple.

Demon Lord Princess Teu Le Vante seemed to like Little Sir Dominic who resembled Sir Dominic, so she bathed with him, ate with him, and slept with him.

Little Sir Dominic played quietly with Teu Le Vante like a princess kidnapped by a demon lord.

Despite having magic circuits, Little Sir Dominic was still a stuffed doll.

He could only judge Sir Dominic’s bravery and determine the presence of danger.

Little Sir Dominic judged the demon lord to be harmless, so he merely walked around fluffily or sat squishily.

The sound effects might seem a bit strange, but Little Sir Dominic really did make such sounds.

Despite being an unofficial merchandise, it had superior quality to the official product.

“?”

The demon lord was the person who had observed Little Sir Dominic’s behavior most closely for several days.

And she noticed that, though not as much as herself, he was quite cute.

Isn’t that why heroes come to capture demon lords—because they’re jealous that demon lords are the cutest in the world?

…Demon Lord Teu Le Vante truly believed that.

Such impressive quality that even a demon lord would genuinely find it cute.

The demon lord was curious enough to wonder who had created Little Sir Dominic.

“What’s that? It’s cute! Looks like my master!”

The demon lord really liked Little Sir Dominic.

She liked him so much that she even brought him to the academy.

A child with icy light hair and transparent skin approached the demon lord.

The child was wearing anachronistic chain mail armor and carried a large backpack filled with all sorts of weapons on their back.

As you might have guessed, this child was Alice, Sir Dominic’s disciple.

“Is that a Sir Dominic doll?”

“!”

The demon lord couldn’t remember the exact name, but thought it was something like that.

Although the demon lord and Alice were meeting for the first time today, they quickly became friends due to their shared interest.

“Did Master teach you shield swoosh swoosh this morning?”

“?”

What’s shield swoosh swoosh? The demon lord looked at this big-bodied youngster.

“!”

The demon lord was so bothered by the term “shield swoosh swoosh” that she couldn’t contain herself.

“You’re asking when we’re going to see Master tomorrow?”

Alice understood the demon lord’s language well.

It was similar to the ancient language her mother sometimes used when angry.

“I have training tomorrow morning too. Master said I need to be diligent to become a knight!”

“!”

“Well… I’m not sure…”

“?”

“Master would have to allow it, but Master is kind so he’ll probably say yes! Let’s go see him tomorrow!”

“!”

A conversation that anyone could see was a mess.

Yet somehow, the two were communicating smoothly.

The demon lord thought: How long has it been since I had a proper conversation?

The demon lord was overjoyed.

A cute doll. A cute friend. And shield swoosh swoosh.

The demon lord hugged Little Sir Dominic tightly.

She couldn’t wait for tomorrow.

…

The next morning.

The demon lord woke up earlier than usual without the Chief of Staff knowing, brushed her teeth, and washed her face.

Then she put three candies and Little Sir Dominic into her chick-shaped bag, put it on her back, and went to the meeting place she had arranged with Alice.

“Wow! You came early? Mom! That’s the demon lord!”

“I-see.”

It seemed Alice had come with her mother.

A frost giant woman, tall enough to reach the sky, waved at Teu Le Vante.

A tremendous gust of wind blew, making Alice and Teu Le Vante’s hair flutter.

“!”

Teu Le Vante also held her belly and politely bowed.

“You-are-well-mannered-too.”

“Mom will take us to Master’s house!”

Alice and Teu Le Vante headed toward Sir Dominic’s mansion, cutting through the high sky winds.

Teu Le Vante was filled with anticipation that she would soon see the shield swoosh swoosh.

…

At that time, Sir Dominic was training.

Alice and Teu Le Vante, who had gotten off a bit away so as not to burden their master, called out to Sir Dominic.

“Master-!”

Hearing the voice, Sir Dominic paused his training and turned around.

And now we return to the beginning of this incident.

Sir Dominic’s expression hardened.

Why was the demon lord here?

“We came to see the shield swoosh swoosh together!”

“!”

The demon lord jumped up and down excitedly.

Despite jumping quite high, it wasn’t very noticeable due to her short 2-head-tall proportions.

“!”

“She says she doesn’t just want to watch, Master.”

Alice translated the demon lord’s words.

The demon lord opened her chick-shaped bag and took out a candy.

A melon-flavored candy.

It was one of the candies Sir Dominic had bought her.

Sir Dominic looked at the candy for a moment, then smiled.

It seemed the demon lord had indeed come without any ulterior motives.

“Shield swoosh swoosh, huh…”

Sir Dominic, trying to remember what he had shown yesterday, suddenly recalled a certain technique.

Sir Dominic stood in front of a training dummy with his shield.

Then he struck the dummy three times with the bottom corner of his shield.

In the blink of an eye, he hit the neck, solar plexus, and the area where the philtrum would be—a quick and deadly triple strike.

Due to a system issue, it looked like 3 hits but was counted as a single normal attack.

“!”

“Isn’t the shield swoosh swoosh cool?”

“!”

But the demon lord and Alice were so impressed by the sight that they couldn’t contain their excitement and started jumping around like puppies on a snowy day.

This means training is off for today, Sir Dominic thought.

Having trained with Alice and knowing what kind of child she was, Sir Dominic knew that in this situation, Alice wouldn’t be able to train properly.

She would either try to imitate him and get hurt, or become dejected—one of the two.

If there was no training, what should they do? Sir Dominic thought about what he could do for the two during this time.

And then a thought occurred to him.

He had an appointment with Hime this afternoon.

Then it would be good to go into town, buy them something delicious, and send them home.

“Let’s take a day off today. Instead, we’ll work twice as hard tomorrow.”

“What?”

Alice questioned.

She couldn’t believe these words from her master, who was usually strict about training.

“I also have business in the afternoon, and it would be strange for us to train while leaving your friend… I mean, the demon lord out. Let’s play in town today and work harder tomorrow.”

“!”

“Really?”

Alice cheered.

The demon lord, though not understanding the situation, also cheered along.

…

Sir Dominic, Alice, and Teu Le Vante went into town.

“Cotton candy! Please buy us cotton candy!”

“!”

“Candy too!”

Alice and Teu Le Vante, in high spirits, stuck to Sir Dominic’s sides and told him what they wanted to eat.

“Alright. Let’s do that.”

Sir Dominic took out his phone to check the time.

1:27 PM.

There were still more than 3 hours until his appointment with Hime.

Perhaps if he bought them candy and drinks and then sent them home, the timing would work out.

With that thought, Sir Dominic headed to the candy store in the Market Area.

A candy store he had come to know thanks to the demon lord, and which had become a regular spot because of Alice.

After buying an armful of candy and receiving a freshly made large cotton candy, Sir Dominic handed each of them what they wanted.

“!”

The demon lord proudly held up the bag full of candy above her head, then carefully put it in her bag.

The bag was so big that it didn’t fit next to Little Sir Dominic, making it impossible to close the cover.

After trying for a while to close the cover, the demon lord gave up and tore off a piece of the cotton candy Alice was eating.

“Ah! My wages!”

Alice felt somehow wronged.

“So this is where you were, My Lord.”

It was then.

The demon lord froze in the position of eating cotton candy.

And slowly turned her head toward the source of the voice.

There stood the Chief of Staff.

“Do you know how long I’ve been looking for you since you disappeared this morning? I thought a kidnapper had finally found our home… You, you’re the kidnapper!”

The Chief of Staff recognized Sir Dominic coming out of the store while checking the time.

The current time was 2:42 PM.

It was almost time for his appointment with Hime.

The usual Sir Dominic would have fought with the Chief of Staff, but Sir Dominic, who needed to keep his appointment, attempted a strategic retreat.

“Kidnapper? As I always say, I am a knight. I do not commit crimes.”

“That remains to be seen.”

The Chief of Staff snorted and glared at Sir Dominic, then looked at the store Sir Dominic had come out of.

“This is… a candy store. My Lord! Did I tell you to go with someone who offers you candy, or not to go?”

“!”

“What? Didn’t I tell you not to go with them!”

The Chief of Staff shouted angrily with a face that looked like he might cry.

The worry about the demon lord since morning, the joy of finally finding her, and the anger at meeting the kidnapper Sir Dominic created an indescribable whirlwind of emotions.

Those emotions were primarily concern for the demon lord, but they seemed too aggressive to Little Sir Dominic.

“!”

“!”

While Sir Dominic was taking out his shield in preparation for any aggressive situation, Little Sir Dominic escaped from the demon lord’s chick bag.

Although he rolled on the ground after getting caught on the edge of the bag, Little Sir Dominic stood up as if the dirt on his body didn’t matter and walked squishily toward the Chief of Staff.

Then he took out his scratchy sword and fluffy shield and struck the Chief of Staff’s instep.

Of course, being a stuffed doll, the damage was zero.

But just as Sir Dominic had tank characteristics, Little Sir Dominic seemed to have a knack for provocation.

“Eek! You little thing!”

The Chief of Staff, who was about to lose his mind with anger toward Sir Dominic, saw the doll resembling Sir Dominic hitting him and thought that even this small doll was disrespecting him.

And the Chief of Staff’s anger completely snapped his rationality, resulting in him kicking the doll with all his might.

Little Sir Dominic soared high into the sky.