Ch.133The NPC Who Cannot Rest (2)

My relationship with Avalitia was clearly, if only slightly, in my favor.

I never imagined that guy, who didn’t want people to find out he was a demon, would act like this…

“Because you turned all those cripples in the hospital into eunuchs!! My secretary threw down her papers and quit on the spot, saying she absolutely couldn’t manage those castrated bastards!!! Because you caused chaos in the mountains on your own!! Now we’ve got guards scattered everywhere for additional searches!! Roadblocks set up toward Siltra!!! And on top of that, adventurers are involved so we need compensation negotiations with the guild!!!”

Avalitia shouted with such indignation that she was panting and her eyes were welling up with tears.

Huh? What? A demon crying?

“Fuck! I’m so fucking busy!! You bastard!! Do I have to come personally to hear your report?!!”

“N-no…! If you send someone…!!”

“You crazy bastard!! Do you think I have anyone to send to you?!! Don’t you understand the situation?!!!”

In response to my words, Avalitia finally shed a tear, pulling at her hair as if she might tear it out, and began shouting an explanation of the current situation.

1. From the testimony of the beastfolk I rescued, it’s been almost officially revealed that elves were involved in kidnapping and attempted rape of beastfolk, and that Aigram adventurers and guards were entangled in the incident.

…That’s not my fault, is it?

2. It’s been officially revealed that the elves were all killed by two men who appeared to be adventurers, and one of them was a gold-ranked adventurer personally employed by the mayor.

Huh? Me? Did I get caught? How did that happen?!

3. The guild is demanding that the mayor hand over the adventurer who resolved this incident.

…What? Why?

4. Because I suddenly destroyed everyone involved in this incident, the number of guards and adventurers has drastically decreased, leaving a shortage of manpower everywhere.

No, this is your own fault for not preventing the incident in the first place…

5. Siltra is demanding the surrender of the adventurer who killed the elves and spread false rumors that elves kidnapped beastfolk. They’re also pressing for detailed information about the current situation.

Wait, hold on?! Number 5 is completely backwards…!!

“You idiot!! Even if they’re being hypocritical, how am I supposed to refute anything when I don’t know the situation?!! Who am I supposed to send to you when no one knows you?! The moment I send someone to you, they’ll spread rumors saying ‘that guy is the one’!! My city might end up at war with Siltra!!! And in this situation, you’re fooling around with a woman and having sex?!!”

“No!! You crazy bitch, when did I have sex…!!”

“No!! Who exactly are you?! Why are you yelling at our Jack?!! And!! We haven’t had sex, for your information?!!”

Avalitia was screaming at me like a madwoman.

And in response, Miho began showing hostility toward her, raising her tail straight up, baring her fangs, and growling.

“Hey, hey. Don’t do that. Don’t.”

“Okay!!”

But as soon as I told her not to, Miho immediately closed her mouth and lowered her hands and tail. This somehow gives me the feeling of seeing Rey from back then…?

That’s not it, right?

“I told you not to use formal speech?”

“Yeah!!”

“…Hey. I’m seriously going to turn everything upside down? Fuck, didn’t you hear me say the city might be destroyed? And you’re fooling around with a woman in front of me?”

Though I was just moderately restraining Miho, did it look to Avalitia like we were busy playing with each other?

The light disappeared from her eyes and her voice dropped an octave… Hey, hey, hey, your eyes!! Your eyes!! They’re changing like a goat’s?!

“Huh? That person’s eyes are…”

“Ah, I got it!! I’ll go right away!! I’ll be there first thing tomorrow morning!!!”

“…You bastard. Tomorrow morning at 5. If you’re not there by then, I’ll really turn everything upside down—the city, the threats, everything.”

After saying that, Avalitia finally stopped changing her eyes midway and trudged back.

Everyone, this is how dangerous a person… no, even a demon becomes when they don’t sleep.

“Jack, that person’s eyes just now…”

“Huh? What was there?”

Miho tried to tell me about Avalitia’s rampage scene she just witnessed, but I just raised the corner of my mouth and tilted my head.

I never wanted a situation where a Player and a Deus Ex Machina would fight just because she’s a demon!!

“Jack didn’t see it? …Then, I must have seen wrong!”

And Miho, though puzzled by my reaction, concluded that she must have been mistaken since I didn’t see it.

Huh? Is that possible?

“Hehe! Since Jack, who’s much stronger and has better eyes than me, didn’t see it, I couldn’t have seen it either!”

After saying that, Miho immediately ran to the door and closed it, then turned off the lights and slipped onto my bed.

…What are you doing?

“Aren’t we leaving at 5 tomorrow? Then we should sleep quickly, right?”

“…But why are you climbing onto my bed?”

“Huh? There’s only one bed?”

“…Fine. I’ll sleep on the chair…”

-Grip!!

“Why are you grabbing me?”

“Jack just woke up today, you’re still a patient. You need to sleep in the bed.”

“Then you should get d…”

“Purrrr♬”

“……”

Suddenly purring like a cat, Miho grabbed my hand, nuzzled her cheek against it, and closed her eyes.

…What are you really doing?

As I looked down at her in bewilderment, she opened her eyes drowsily and spoke with a smile.

“You and Miss Ira are the first people I’ve slept with besides my sister. I was really happy then. Just for today, just one more time, please?”

Due to her condition, Miho doesn’t even remember sleeping with her parents.

As she wags her tail and taps my leg while talking, she reminds me of a child… no, of Ira after our father passed away, when she wanted to sleep with me.

Of course, their physical sizes aren’t similar at all. …Sigh.

“Just for today.”

“Okay!”

So I lay back down on the bed.

“…You crazy bitch. Please.”

Though she was definitely in deep sleep, somehow she managed to coil herself on top of me like a cat-dog hybrid, causing me to stay up all night again.

*

Before sunrise, I arrived at the mayor’s office and fell into thought.

The reason was that I might have misunderstood something about the demon Avalitia.

A miser who recognizes the value of human treasures, all sorts of items, money, and jewels, who even built a city to hide her demon identity and has been desperately hoarding money for a long time.

A penny-pincher obsessed with money who even throws away her demon pride(?) and antagonizes her fellow Seven Deadly Sins because she doesn’t want to lose her wealth.

A bat-like being who pretends to be on humanity’s side while not really caring about humans or people.

That was the demon Avalitia I had imagined.

But. Perhaps this was just my own narrow-minded perspective?

She might be a true leader who sincerely desires human culture and coexistence…

“Why do you keep muttering nonsense? Aren’t you going to explain the situation quickly??”

“Ahem! Oh, y-yes!”

Unlike us who had properly rested the night before, her dark circles had grown at least 1.5 times worse than yesterday, and her hair had become even more disheveled.

Anyone would think she’d been struck by lightning.

If you put a flower on her, she’d look not like the city’s highest authority and mayor, but like the city’s craziest woman. Seeing her appearance, I tried to compliment her in a slightly smaller voice, but she urged me to stop talking nonsense and explain the situation quickly.

Well, if she’s busy, I should explain quickly. I nodded rapidly to show my willingness to cooperate fully with Avalitia.

It’s absolutely not because I’m scared. It’s just that she looks too exhausted.

Oh, by the way, since Avalitia showed that side of herself yesterday, Miho is waiting in the lobby on the first floor.

“So… that’s what happened… Um, Avalitia?”

“……”

The mayor, who had been diligently taking notes while listening to my story, slowly raised her head.

…Huh? Her eyes… hey, hey. Hey?! Wings!!

-Flap!!

“…Hey. I need to go somewhere for a bit.”

“Uh, okay? Where? And your eyes and wings right now…!!”

“I’m going to kill all those Siltra elf bastards and come back.”

“Hey!!!”

Black smoke overflowed from her body, and with a hollow laugh and her neck twitching, she looked exactly like a raving lunatic.

What’s suddenly wrong with her?!!

“Hehe, fuck. Anger again? They’re actually being hypocritical and picking a fight? Against my lovely city, trying to revive human hatred? Ha, hahaha!!! Fine!! Great!! Human hatred is great!!! Fuck!! I’ll kill them all!! I’ll just rebuild the city, right?!! War?! If that’s what they want, I’ll give it to them!! I’ll show them what a demon who hasn’t slept for three days can do…!!!”

“Stop this bullshit!!!”

-BANG!!!

“Kyaang?!!”

As Avalitia truly revealed herself like when fighting Wrath before and was about to open the window, I delivered a full-force knock on her head.

This is crazy!! Is she like this because she hasn’t slept for three days too?!

“Ow!! It hurts!!!”

“Hey!! I just barely prevented everything, and now you’re saying you’ll start a war again…!!”

“What did you prevent, you idiot!!”

-SLAP!!!

Holding her head with one hand and with tears welling up, she magically pulled a sheet of paper from the mountain of documents and threw it in my face.

“Look at this!! You idiot!! Do you have any idea how much I’ve been struggling and worrying here for three days?!!”

[Spirit Magic Nation Siltra]

[Letter of Protest.]

[-Please note that this document has been translated and moderated into human language, unlike the original. The content remains unchanged.-]

[Regarding the recent elf massacre, the Spirit Magic Nation first conveys that we are taking Aigram’s treatment very seriously.]

[We hereby state that if you do not confirm within one week of receiving this letter that you will provide an accurate explanation of what happened and hand over the person who killed the elves, our Spirit Magic Nation will unite to declare war on the ‘human’ city of Aigram.]

[And since the source of the strange rumor circulating that elves kidnapped beastfolk is your city, we request the ‘complete’ repatriation of all beastfolk who claim to be victims of this incident to Siltra. If this is not promptly confirmed, we will carry out the aforementioned action.]

[Furthermore, we request compensation and an apology for the damage to the elves caused by this incident, and also the swift transfer to the Spirit Magic Nation of all information regarding the beastfolk victims and the individuals who kidnapped them…]

“…This is what came from Siltra?”

“Yes, so am I wrong to want to invade Siltra?!”

She’s tearing up as if feeling wronged about being hit by me, but at least she seems to have calmed down somewhat, having retracted her horns and wings.

Hmm. Maybe she shouldn’t put those away yet.

“…Hey. Should we just invade together?”

Ah, damn. My elf hatred is rising!!