“An elaborate summoning circle...”
Duke Yubar nodded repeatedly as if he had realized something.
Looking at him, Naberus thought. He did not know what an elaborate summoning circle was.
There was no way that Naberus, a demon, had ever drawn a summoning circle.
In the first place, he had no intention of being summoned by a summoning circle drawn by a human, nor had he any intention of listening to the command called a request.
“I guess it’s better to draw it like this.”
However, he kindly taught Duke Yuvar how to draw a summoning circle.
“Thank you...!”
Duke Yuvar felt that his vague knowledge about summoning circles was finding its way a little. It was
only natural since the demon himself was teaching him...!
He was almost suffocated by the emotion, but Naberus was dumbfounded.
You’d be happy even if I just taught you how to draw graffiti on the parade ground?
The summoning circle that Duke Yubar drew was not intended to function as a summoning circle, but to serve as evidence that Duke Yubar was a demon when the temple people came, so the quality of the summoning circle actually didn’t matter.
“But...”
Duke Yubar, who had been repeatedly drawing the summoning circle with an impressed expression, suddenly made a clouded expression.
Then he lowered his voice and asked,
“If I draw it here, won’t the temple guys see it?”
Then he would definitely be accused of being a demon and executed.
Of course, he had no intention of quitting devil worship under the pressure of the temple. It was certainly fatal to have his life hanging in the balance, but there was a demon right next to him. A real demon!
So what was there to be afraid of?
If he could only find strength, and if he could call other demons and flood this world with waves of evil, the temple guys would be nothing!
As long as he didn’t get executed before that happened.
Naberus nodded slightly at his tense gaze.
“Of course. So before the summoning circle can fully exert its power, make it somewhere where other humans can’t see it.”
“Understood.”
Duke Yubar nodded repeatedly. Then he looked around the room.
The office where he was locked up didn’t have much furniture.
Where would he draw the summoning circle? It wouldn’t be noticeable...
“...Oh.”
What caught his eye was a bookshelf that filled one wall of the office. It was more of a decorative bookshelf with a bunch of documents and old books, but now it looked like a treasure chest.
Even if the temple guys searched this room, how would they find it if the books were drawn very small in every corner?
Besides, even if they searched the Duke’s house, they wouldn’t be able to see sensitive documents.
No matter how much they were suspected of being demons, the Duke’s house was the noblest of nobles.
If they were to search the highest noble house so recklessly, the other noble houses would feel a sense of crisis.
Since so many people were watching, the temple had no choice but to be careful.
...At the same time, there was already some solid evidence that he was a demon, and he was no longer being treated as a Duke, so he didn’t know the situation of Duke Orobas, so he could do it.
“I will definitely do it.”
Duke Yubar spoke solemnly.
Naberus thought as he watched him. Fortunately, he’s not on the same side as this guy. Doesn’t being on the same side as a fool make war more difficult than having a smart guy as an enemy?
“...I’ll come when I have more magic power prepared.”
Naberus thought it was fortunate that the robe could cover his face, and added,
“Demons don’t break their promises to their summoners.”
Humans tend to prepare for betrayal by making various countermeasures out of anxiety.
So the best way to deceive a human is to give him confidence.
That way, he’ll be the one to betray at the last moment.
Naberus raised the corners of his mouth.
“...!”
At those words, Duke Yubar’s eyes widened.
As Naberus had intended, it was words that calmed the anxiety that had been sprouting in his heart.
“I will definitely get you out of here, I promise.”
Although demons are known for their many tricks, it was well known that they ‘keep their word’.
Even so, there were no ones who would make deals with demons who would definitely receive a price, but Duke Yubar, a demon worshiper, was different.
He believed that it would not be long before he would become the world’s greatest demon-worshipper family, no matter what the price.
If only he could push out that temple and allow demons to descend into this world.
“Thank you.”
Duke Yubar bowed his head repeatedly.
Naberus thought as he patted his shoulder.
I will let you out of the mansion.
I will only let you out.
The Duke seemed to think that they were making an equal deal, but the reality was different.
Most of those who tried to summon demons were those who could not get what they wanted even if they paid the normal price in the human world.
Only those who could obtain something by making a promise with a demon, they sought a promise with a demon.
And most of those people had a narrowed vision. Like Duke Yubar.
The end of the Yubar dukedom was near.
Naberus turned away from Duke Yubar.
Wow!
The brief moment that Duke Yubar closed and opened his eyes.
That was enough time for Naberus to disappear.
The realm of night.
A space that had lost daylight. I looked up at the sky and thought.
It felt cozy as if I had been born and raised here from the beginning.
“I’m tired.”
And seeing my personal maid, the star demon, Decarabia, who spoke so bluntly that it was hard to believe she was a maid, made me feel real.
The reality was that this cozy place was now my home.
I smiled as I watched her examine me.
“I guess it’s because Decarabia isn’t here. Will you let me go when I get to the mansion?”
Decarabia nodded her head coolly.
“There’s no one who can properly serve Your Highness.”
As she said that, Decarabia moved some distance away from the carriage window.
After the long and short carriage ride, the Vine mansion was right nearby.
And Decarabia was going to go to the mansion first under my orders.
“Aren’t you tired?”
Belled asked as he listened to my order. I was about to shake my head in denial but then changed my mind.
I want to be honest with this person.
Just like he is to me.
“I’m tired.”
“Well.”
I put my index finger on his lips as if he was about to say that it was okay to stop.
“But I still want to do it. There aren’t many guests in Vine Street.”
I smiled brightly.
“Wouldn’t this be a valuable experience to practice welcoming guests?”
At those words, Belled looked at me and gently grabbed my hand that was covering his mouth.
“...!”
Then he lightly bit the inside of my finger, the delicate skin. Just enough for me to blush at the vivid and racy feeling.
Belled smiled.
“If that’s what you want.”
Then he quickly narrowed his eyes.
“But if I can’t welcome you properly, I might get angry at them.”
Decarabia’s face turned pale as she prepared to leave the carriage at Belled’s words.
“Then I think it’d be scary.”
However, Belled couldn’t help but let go of his fake angry expression in front of me, who had decided to be honest.
“...No matter how angry I am, I won’t be able to lay a hand on those you care about.”
Decarabia tilted her head slightly as she watched her lord raise both hands.
As a demon of the stars, she couldn’t properly observe the two of them in the daytime.
That’s why she didn’t understand this change.
What kind of deep conversation had they had in the realm of daylight?
Of course, it wasn’t a bad change. Above all.
“We’d better hurry and leave.”
The gaze of Demon Archduke Belled on her remained the same, so she didn’t have time to lose herself in thought.
“Then I’ll see you at the mansion.”
Decarabia lowered her head and kicked the side of the horse she was riding.
Hehehe!
The horse, which was running forward vigorously, disappeared into the distance.
The order Beryl gave Decarabia when she first sent her to the mansion was this.
[We’ll be back soon, so treat us as if we were the temple people who stopped by Vine.]
The priestess Cladda must be busy with Orobas and Yunar, but she said she would definitely come back soon.
She was preparing for that.
After Decarabia’s order reached the mansion, the demons naturally became busy.
“Food preparations?”
“It’s finished.”
“Bath preparations?”
“I’m finished, but isn’t the water a little hot?”
“Is this hot enough?”
The demons that followed Ronove’s command looked completely different from before.
If those accustomed to the servants of noble families watched closely, they might have noticed that their behavior was a bit awkward.
For example, they followed the same procedure even when pouring a cup of tea.
However, if you cited the strictness of the family’s discipline, it wouldn’t have been impossible to cover it up.
At least, it was a great improvement just because the food tasted better than expected, or because the gardener lying on the ground in the garden wasn’t picking flowers and looking at the flower shop.
However, they were tense.
‘His Highness said that if you don’t do it properly to please Her Highness, he’ll cut off your head.’
It was because Decarabia had distorted and distorted the order.
“Even if a priest came, I don’t think he’d be more nervous than this.”
Of course, if a priest were to come, he could just cut off their head, but they wouldn’t dare think of such a thing, right?
So it couldn’t help but be more like a real battle.
A carriage was pulling in front of them.
Clap, clap...
The carriage of the Demon Archduke couple approached, gradually slowing down.
The test was about to begin.
Duke Yubar nodded repeatedly as if he had realized something.
Looking at him, Naberus thought. He did not know what an elaborate summoning circle was.
There was no way that Naberus, a demon, had ever drawn a summoning circle.
In the first place, he had no intention of being summoned by a summoning circle drawn by a human, nor had he any intention of listening to the command called a request.
“I guess it’s better to draw it like this.”
However, he kindly taught Duke Yuvar how to draw a summoning circle.
“Thank you...!”
Duke Yuvar felt that his vague knowledge about summoning circles was finding its way a little. It was
only natural since the demon himself was teaching him...!
He was almost suffocated by the emotion, but Naberus was dumbfounded.
You’d be happy even if I just taught you how to draw graffiti on the parade ground?
The summoning circle that Duke Yubar drew was not intended to function as a summoning circle, but to serve as evidence that Duke Yubar was a demon when the temple people came, so the quality of the summoning circle actually didn’t matter.
“But...”
Duke Yubar, who had been repeatedly drawing the summoning circle with an impressed expression, suddenly made a clouded expression.
Then he lowered his voice and asked,
“If I draw it here, won’t the temple guys see it?”
Then he would definitely be accused of being a demon and executed.
Of course, he had no intention of quitting devil worship under the pressure of the temple. It was certainly fatal to have his life hanging in the balance, but there was a demon right next to him. A real demon!
So what was there to be afraid of?
If he could only find strength, and if he could call other demons and flood this world with waves of evil, the temple guys would be nothing!
As long as he didn’t get executed before that happened.
Naberus nodded slightly at his tense gaze.
“Of course. So before the summoning circle can fully exert its power, make it somewhere where other humans can’t see it.”
“Understood.”
Duke Yubar nodded repeatedly. Then he looked around the room.
The office where he was locked up didn’t have much furniture.
Where would he draw the summoning circle? It wouldn’t be noticeable...
“...Oh.”
What caught his eye was a bookshelf that filled one wall of the office. It was more of a decorative bookshelf with a bunch of documents and old books, but now it looked like a treasure chest.
Even if the temple guys searched this room, how would they find it if the books were drawn very small in every corner?
Besides, even if they searched the Duke’s house, they wouldn’t be able to see sensitive documents.
No matter how much they were suspected of being demons, the Duke’s house was the noblest of nobles.
If they were to search the highest noble house so recklessly, the other noble houses would feel a sense of crisis.
Since so many people were watching, the temple had no choice but to be careful.
...At the same time, there was already some solid evidence that he was a demon, and he was no longer being treated as a Duke, so he didn’t know the situation of Duke Orobas, so he could do it.
“I will definitely do it.”
Duke Yubar spoke solemnly.
Naberus thought as he watched him. Fortunately, he’s not on the same side as this guy. Doesn’t being on the same side as a fool make war more difficult than having a smart guy as an enemy?
“...I’ll come when I have more magic power prepared.”
Naberus thought it was fortunate that the robe could cover his face, and added,
“Demons don’t break their promises to their summoners.”
Humans tend to prepare for betrayal by making various countermeasures out of anxiety.
So the best way to deceive a human is to give him confidence.
That way, he’ll be the one to betray at the last moment.
Naberus raised the corners of his mouth.
“...!”
At those words, Duke Yubar’s eyes widened.
As Naberus had intended, it was words that calmed the anxiety that had been sprouting in his heart.
“I will definitely get you out of here, I promise.”
Although demons are known for their many tricks, it was well known that they ‘keep their word’.
Even so, there were no ones who would make deals with demons who would definitely receive a price, but Duke Yubar, a demon worshiper, was different.
He believed that it would not be long before he would become the world’s greatest demon-worshipper family, no matter what the price.
If only he could push out that temple and allow demons to descend into this world.
“Thank you.”
Duke Yubar bowed his head repeatedly.
Naberus thought as he patted his shoulder.
I will let you out of the mansion.
I will only let you out.
The Duke seemed to think that they were making an equal deal, but the reality was different.
Most of those who tried to summon demons were those who could not get what they wanted even if they paid the normal price in the human world.
Only those who could obtain something by making a promise with a demon, they sought a promise with a demon.
And most of those people had a narrowed vision. Like Duke Yubar.
The end of the Yubar dukedom was near.
Naberus turned away from Duke Yubar.
Wow!
The brief moment that Duke Yubar closed and opened his eyes.
That was enough time for Naberus to disappear.
***
The realm of night.
A space that had lost daylight. I looked up at the sky and thought.
It felt cozy as if I had been born and raised here from the beginning.
“I’m tired.”
And seeing my personal maid, the star demon, Decarabia, who spoke so bluntly that it was hard to believe she was a maid, made me feel real.
The reality was that this cozy place was now my home.
I smiled as I watched her examine me.
“I guess it’s because Decarabia isn’t here. Will you let me go when I get to the mansion?”
Decarabia nodded her head coolly.
“There’s no one who can properly serve Your Highness.”
As she said that, Decarabia moved some distance away from the carriage window.
After the long and short carriage ride, the Vine mansion was right nearby.
And Decarabia was going to go to the mansion first under my orders.
“Aren’t you tired?”
Belled asked as he listened to my order. I was about to shake my head in denial but then changed my mind.
I want to be honest with this person.
Just like he is to me.
“I’m tired.”
“Well.”
I put my index finger on his lips as if he was about to say that it was okay to stop.
“But I still want to do it. There aren’t many guests in Vine Street.”
I smiled brightly.
“Wouldn’t this be a valuable experience to practice welcoming guests?”
At those words, Belled looked at me and gently grabbed my hand that was covering his mouth.
“...!”
Then he lightly bit the inside of my finger, the delicate skin. Just enough for me to blush at the vivid and racy feeling.
Belled smiled.
“If that’s what you want.”
Then he quickly narrowed his eyes.
“But if I can’t welcome you properly, I might get angry at them.”
Decarabia’s face turned pale as she prepared to leave the carriage at Belled’s words.
“Then I think it’d be scary.”
However, Belled couldn’t help but let go of his fake angry expression in front of me, who had decided to be honest.
“...No matter how angry I am, I won’t be able to lay a hand on those you care about.”
Decarabia tilted her head slightly as she watched her lord raise both hands.
As a demon of the stars, she couldn’t properly observe the two of them in the daytime.
That’s why she didn’t understand this change.
What kind of deep conversation had they had in the realm of daylight?
Of course, it wasn’t a bad change. Above all.
“We’d better hurry and leave.”
The gaze of Demon Archduke Belled on her remained the same, so she didn’t have time to lose herself in thought.
“Then I’ll see you at the mansion.”
Decarabia lowered her head and kicked the side of the horse she was riding.
Hehehe!
The horse, which was running forward vigorously, disappeared into the distance.
The order Beryl gave Decarabia when she first sent her to the mansion was this.
[We’ll be back soon, so treat us as if we were the temple people who stopped by Vine.]
The priestess Cladda must be busy with Orobas and Yunar, but she said she would definitely come back soon.
She was preparing for that.
***
After Decarabia’s order reached the mansion, the demons naturally became busy.
“Food preparations?”
“It’s finished.”
“Bath preparations?”
“I’m finished, but isn’t the water a little hot?”
“Is this hot enough?”
The demons that followed Ronove’s command looked completely different from before.
If those accustomed to the servants of noble families watched closely, they might have noticed that their behavior was a bit awkward.
For example, they followed the same procedure even when pouring a cup of tea.
However, if you cited the strictness of the family’s discipline, it wouldn’t have been impossible to cover it up.
At least, it was a great improvement just because the food tasted better than expected, or because the gardener lying on the ground in the garden wasn’t picking flowers and looking at the flower shop.
However, they were tense.
‘His Highness said that if you don’t do it properly to please Her Highness, he’ll cut off your head.’
It was because Decarabia had distorted and distorted the order.
“Even if a priest came, I don’t think he’d be more nervous than this.”
Of course, if a priest were to come, he could just cut off their head, but they wouldn’t dare think of such a thing, right?
So it couldn’t help but be more like a real battle.
A carriage was pulling in front of them.
Clap, clap...
The carriage of the Demon Archduke couple approached, gradually slowing down.
The test was about to begin.
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