Belled’s brow furrowed at Ronove’s report. I asked the most important question.
“Has the concentration of Vine’s magic power changed?”
Night generally means a state of being filled with magic power. But daytime has returned?
Ronove shook his head with a serious expression at those words.
“That doesn’t seem to be the case. I checked the magic power concentration first after daytime, and it is flowing more abundantly than at night before the gates of hell opened.”
Only after those words did I let out a short sigh.
“Then you wouldn’t have made this up and reported it.”
If it weren’t something really serious, Ronove wouldn’t have come and said this himself.
Ronove bowed his head briefly at those words.
“...It’s not a serious matter militarily, but His Majesty the King told me to report on matters regarding his servants.”
At those words, even the slightest hint of coldness disappeared from Belled’s face. If it was what I wanted, there was no reason for him to have any minor complaints.
“Ah... the demons must have been very confused because there was daylight.”
Certainly, the confusion was more than imaginable.
Ronove nodded at my words.
“Yes. Especially since the lights used during the day are practically useless and are just wasting magic power... there was an opinion that we should stop lighting fires or putting lights in magic balls.”
Since it was a problem in the mansion, it was definitely right to bring it up to the landlady.
Above all, weren’t there cases like Decarabia that were directly affected by day and night?
“First, I think we need to find out if day and night really come back periodically or if it’s a temporary phenomenon.”
Ronove nodded briefly at my words.
“Is Decarabia okay?”
“She's still affected by sunlight, but if it was almost impossible to move under sunlight before, she's not like that anymore.”
My eyes widened at those words. Beed also nodded slightly at Ronove’s words.
“It definitely seems different from the previous day. If the daytime is much more concentrated in magic power, it will have a positive effect on those who have been living in the gates of Hell for a long time and are not accustomed to sunlight, in addition to Decarabia.”
It was a good story. My expression brightened slightly.
“There are no problems at night, right?”
“Yes...”
Ronove, who was about to answer lightly, trailed off.
“Of course, there are accidents big and small because of the magic power that has become particularly strong in the land of Vine...”
It was then.
Thump!
Ugh!
At that very opportune moment, the sound of someone hitting a wall and a scream was heard.
I swallowed a small laugh.
“I hope it ends with that kind of accident.”
“I will be careful so that it can happen, but since there have already been accidents like several people destroying their dwellings... it seems that there are some who are having a hard time dealing with the increased magic power.”
Ronove’s troubled face and my gaze met.
I tilted my head slightly and fell into thought. It seems like we need more people to control it...
“Is it harder to control a powerful demon?”
“The stronger the demon, the easier it is to control.”
Belled accepted those words. He seemed to understand without further explanation.
“...It’s certainly true.”
Neither Ronove nor Bellhad caused any trouble.
“Then please take care of the strong demons under Lord Naberus so that they don’t cause trouble for a while.”
Since most of the monster colonies had already been dealt with, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to reduce the number of troops.
“Understood.”
I took out the documents I was looking at and marked a few things. It was a note that I needed to check again to see if there were any more places where I needed to organize additional troops.
Belled wrapped his arm around my shoulder as he watched me.
“I think you’re completely used to your work now.”
“I need to get used to it.”
How many people are moving with the tip of this pen?
Belled narrowed his eyes at my gaze as I said that.
“If you come to the land of demons and become familiar with your work, isn’t this a fraudulent marriage?”
I blinked at those words and then burst into laughter.
There seemed to be a reason why he was displeased with the way I worked.
I shook my head repeatedly.
“I do it because I like it. It’s not because Belled told me to.”
So it was okay. I was happy. Working so that those who worked for me and my people could be more comfortable.
I who smiled faintly at him, turned my gaze to Ronove.
“How are the humans?”
I asked about the accidents caused by magic, as well as rumors and people’s perceptions of the temple.
Ronove, who understood what I meant, coughed. I clearly saw a small smile appear on his face right before he coughed. What was so funny?
“It seems that Vine is solidifying as the sacred guardian family.”
“Hehe.”
It was a story that was difficult to hold back laughter. I eventually burst into a small laugh.
Belled also laughed silently beside me. It was a rumor completely different from reality.
However, I also felt bitter on the other hand.
If the demons were really bad people and the main cause of misfortune, then the demons who had endured hardship for a long time wouldn’t have felt wronged. It wasn’t like they had been living doing good things for the humans, but in the end, it was only now that the demons had begun to rule this continent that they began talking about heaven and a true sacred guardian family, which was a bit disappointing.
In the past, when the temple protected this continent, the continent was chaotic and overrun with monsters as if it was on the verge of becoming hell.
“How are the humans?”
I asked about the accidents caused by magic, as well as rumors and people’s perceptions of the temple.
Ronove, who understood what I meant, coughed. I clearly saw a small smile appear on his face right before he coughed. What was so funny?
“It seems that Vine is solidifying as the sacred guardian family.”
“Hehe.”
It was a story that was difficult to hold back laughter. I eventually burst into a small laugh.
Belled also laughed silently beside me. It was a rumor completely different from reality.
However, I also felt bitter on the other hand.
If the demons were really bad people and the main cause of misfortune, then the demons who had endured hardship for a long time wouldn’t have felt wronged. It wasn’t like they had been living doing good things for the humans, but in the end, it was only now that the demons had begun to rule this continent that they began talking about heaven and a true sacred guardian family, which was a bit disappointing.
In the past, when the temple protected this continent, the continent was chaotic and overrun with monsters as if it was on the verge of becoming hell.
From the people’s perspective, the fact that it was like heaven right now meant that the temple was acting viciously.
“It is becoming an established theory that the priests who were kicked out just before the opening ceremony were the ones who truly followed the will of the god, and those who were at the altar were corrupt priests who only fought for vested interests.”
Ronove spread his hands and began to report in detail. He said that since humans did not have any inherent abilities, that is, people who used magic, there were cases where accidents were bigger than those among demons.
Things like blowing off roofs or destroying the pillars of large buildings.
However, some instinctively used defensive magic even under those circumstances, so surprisingly, there were not many casualties.
“It’s a blessing in disguise, but I don’t think that kind of luck can continue...”
“I guess that makes sense.”
I was lost in thought as I watched Ronove’s troubled expression.
Of course, demons were used to handling magic. The amount of magical power that humans have now begun to handle is so small that it seems to the demons much smaller than the magical power of newly born demons.
“It would be difficult to leak the method of handling magical power, right?”
When I looked back at Belled, he slightly closed his eyes and shook his head.
“As you know, if we leak that method, we will be revealed as demons.”
I knew that, so I could not insist strongly.
I thought deeply.
“In the end, humans... we need to give people time to find a way to handle magical power on their own.”
Many people might get hurt in the meantime. I pressed ny lips tightly together.
Belled spoke to me in a low voice, soothing me.
“It won’t take long.”
His warm green eyes had the power to reassure me. He said, gently stroking my hair.
“Humans have always been quick to find a way to survive, and they are already on their way.”
He spread out his hand.
“I know that magic is mainly released by hand, and I heard that there are those who make gloves that can block magic.”
When the demons were first trapped in the gates of Hell when they were cursed by God and became demons.
The demons were also human. It didn’t take them long to find their own way.
What’s more, those humans were in a much better situation than the few demons who were ostracized. They’ll find a faster and better way.
That’s when Belled said that. I nodded slightly.
“It would be like that for people who are gathered together, but people who live in rural areas with few people will get less information.”
Furthermore, since there are few people, there will be relatively fewer people to save them if an accident happens.
I touched my lips and thought for a moment, then opened my eyes wide.
It was because a good idea had come to me.
“Even if people are in rural areas, there must be a place where they meet with merchants or small merchants.”
I heard that there was a place where several nearby villages gathered to form a market.
Belled nodded at my words.
“Yes.”
“Then, please spread the information to the cities where merchants often visit so that they can get information.”
I smiled broadly.
“Merchants are a group that exchanges information frequently, so if you just leak a little bit of information, there’s no way to trace the source of the information.”
In effect, you’re leaking information anonymously.
“...If you hear the story from a few bridges, the quality of the information will drop.”
Belled narrowed his eyes slightly as he listened. I nodded. It wasn’t something he hadn’t thought about.
“But if only crucial information is conveyed, that is... if even just the fact that magic is coming out of his hand is conveyed, accidents will be greatly reduced.”
Belled looked at me as I spoke with sparkling eyes.
In fact, to most demons, humans were a bunch of idiots who were brainwashed by the temple and who opposed the demons without any sense of subjectivity.
And the humans and priests who believed in the temple as their ironclad enemy were the very enemies.
In that sense, now that the latter had almost disappeared, the demons had to help the idiots.
Since the demons were humans, after all, there weren’t many who viewed helping the former group negatively.
Of course, there were those who were reluctant because they had the habit of extracting negative energy such as despair and fear from them, and there were definitely those who viewed humans negatively because demons had never been viewed favorably by humans.
“...Naberus is doing something big.”
It was going in an absurd direction.
Thinking about the rumor that he had been helping humans recently.
According to Naberus, helping humans gave one a strange sense of depravity and satisfaction.
According to him, 'It's a very pleasant sense of depravity that we bow our heads in gratitude without even knowing that we are the demons they cursed so much,' and those who were secretly interested in that were following him and helping humans rebuild their villages.
Where on earth did he learn such a sense of depravity?
'His Highness the Vision gave the order first.'
... It seemed that he was also growing in respect for me with those words, so it wasn't a bad change for Belled.
"Then so,"
Belled was about to turn around and say something after finishing his reminiscence.
"Beryl?"
Belled suddenly felt that my gaze wasn't on him.
To be exact, I couldn't focus on anything.
And ny face and lips were turning pale, the blood flowing from my mouth...
"Beryl!"
He caught my body as I fell. My entire body was already a ball of fire.
Belled's face hardened.
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