I woke up covered in sweat and felt sticky. I was reunited with Blacksmith-san and for the first time in a long while, I had a hot night with Blacksmith-san and companions.
While I decided to bath into the [Fierce God] hot spring before starting the training, I wanted to try out the [Heat Absorption] skill. Having done so, the heat energy rushes within me, and I felt like I was dissolving into water. The test from this experiment of enjoyment has exceeded my expectations.
With, just "Fuuahhh", words cannot be conveyed, and my brain was dominated by happiness. In my mind, it was like I was dissolved in hot water.
Most likely, this was one of the most dangerous states upon my body. I, myself tried to get out of this situation, but I could not.
My mind fell apart and I fell into a trance. While Minokichi entered and saw me in this strange situation, Minokichi called out to me.
Receiving no answer, with one hand, Minokichi pulled me out of the water.
Once my mind returned back into my body, I stopped the [Heat Absorption] skill.
So I survived this crisis which was rather pathetic (which looked pretty stupid, so it was decided to keep this our little secret).
Yesterday was very busy, because the point of the conservation was to reconcile with the "Uninvited Guests" for which it was necessary to keep an eye on.
The "uninvited guests" were Tomboy Princess and Boy Knight.
Lulled to sleep by my poison, they suddenly appeared in two extra barrels.
In her words, "I wanted to look at the home of Aporou and his companions." But Aporou wouldn't allow them into the secret fortress. Thus she decided to secretly sneak inside! Having come to the conclusion, "while everything was going well, nobody would have thought that we would be put to sleep! We were sincerely waiting for the flight across the sky on a dragon!” but it turned out into something like this.
Pouting out her cheeks with a scorch deificating expression that is dissatisfied, she protested as she pounded on the table with both hands.
Apparently after we sent them back to the castle, they used a secret passage to the mansion, and during the time Aporou and his comrades were preparing for departure, Tomboy Princess and Boy Knight climbed into the luggage.
Judging by the expression floating on the face of the Boy Knight who was currently sweating, tried to persuade the Tomboy Princess, not to go, but it was a waste of effort.
I was too tired with continuous problems stacking up. Well, nothing can be done. Yet the Tomboy Princess was somewhat like a niece, but I cannot show it or she would become conceited. As the secret base was discovered, I was angry with her for a long time.
But I'd rather not be too angry and reflect upon the situation.
But should she cross a certain line, I'll have to get rid of the Tomboy Princess. And there will be no negotiations. For I have no pity towards enemies. But, after intimidating her, I would feel pity, such is my thought.
Well, after thinking about the reason that the Tomboy Princess cannot betray us and become our enemy, I was convinced, so it's useless thoughts.
Naturally, Tomboy Princess as a member of the royal family is well aware the danger posed by the Holy Kingdom.
The fact that at the center of this most sacred realm, we were making preparations for the campaign against the [Enemy of Peace] and [Insatiable Gluttony] (me) that kind of [Holy War].
And as befits [Holy War], all who oppose, considered accomplices [World of Evil], shall be destroyed.
As it happens, the Holy Kingdom will not be forgiving. Absorbing the earth, the Holy Kingdom will invade the land, consuming everything in its path. Holy Kingdom has much more power than this kingdom. There is a very large gap in the number of national forces and [Legendary Heroes], and even considering an alliance with the Empire, there is still a high probability of losing.
If we were to add here opposing the Lumen Holy Kingdom, the Atarakua Demon Empire and the Beast Kingdom, we may be able to avoid total destruction, but the damage will be very severe.
Because of this the Sternbild Kingdom simply cannot leave it unattended.
First of all, the damage from the civil war was quite large and has not recovered yet, so there is simply no choice.
From the perspective of the Kingdom, the relationship with me became the purpose of [Holy War].
Because the information is sometimes worth more than a mountain of gold. Thinking about the national interest as priority, there is an option to betray me. If I were an ordinary monster, the Tomboy Princess perhaps would have made a choice to betray me.
After the Tomboy Princess had seen enough of us and our work, then that choice no longer exists. In this I am sure of it.