When they returned from the forest of 《Kohigashi》──
Alicia immediately began a trip to the royal capital.
It seems that she was going to make a report about the recent case to the king.
Since she might be targeted by the troops of the Feudal Lord who was being cautious of an unfavorable report, Diablo thought of going to escort her but……
Because the name Demon King Diablo was more well-known than he expected, it might instead make the royal capital become vigilant of him, so he was refused.
He was told that his degree of danger was increased due to the recent matter. It was because he had silenced the Elven forces, crushed the gigantic Summoned Beast that was summoned with a treasure, and, above all else, triumphed against Feudal Lord Galford who was a hero.
If a person with such nonstandard strength were to get close to the royal capital without advance notice, it wouldn’t be strange for the royal capital to make an excessive reaction.
The current Diablo was something like a huge one man army.
If a country with no diplomatic relations were to suddenly come leading a large army, that would be called an “invasion” in society──When told that, there was no room for rebuttal.
Because of all that, he was refused to being an escort for Alicia.
There was probably no need to worry. She herself was also plenty strong. She was greatly insufficient against Galford, but she played an active role in the fight against the Elves.
Since she passionately said that she would “absolutely get the King to make a peaceful decision”, he decided to hope for good news.
Peace was the best.
Three days after the fight with the Elves──
Diablo was alone in the inn, lying down on the bed.
Once again, having not fully recovered his MP that had gotten close to 0, his days of having no motivation continued.
There were no movements from Galford, but since he didn’t know when he would be attacked, he wanted his MP to recover quickly.
However, the MP Recovery Potions that were in his pouch when he was summoned to this world were things that had a specially high efficiency, so he didn’t want to use them unless it was a state of emergency.
That being said, since he couldn’t obtain the ingredients for MP Recovery Potions, he wasn’t able to make the best use of the 《Compounder》 skill.
──However, people do grow.
He wasn’t lazing around for 10 days just like before.
Diablo made a commission to Sylvie for an MP Recovery Potion.
If it was her who was the Adventurer’s Guild Guildmaster, she could probably raise at least the ingredients.
Though it’s been three days since he started waiting for her to contact him……
Right now, he was alone.
Rem and Shera took a simple quest, and were out on the errand.
The truth was that he should have accompanied them. He was worried about Galford’s movements after all.
However, his motivation was……
His MP was……
The reason why he couldn’t do what he needed to, was because he was out of MP.
It was the same as using time on pointless things right before taking a test, or enjoying a net game right before a deadline.
This was Rem’s point of view but──she said that the Feudal Lord Galford wouldn’t unnecessarily make enemies of Diablo who was stronger than him.
She thought that the safety of Faltra City was his top priority.
She said that even a child could tell that at the present state, making Diablo an ally would be the most beneficial to Faltra City.
He was worried that Shera would be held hostage as the Elven Princess but……
Turning Diablo, who had displayed that much strength, into an enemy, only to obtain the princess of a small country, that would be a complete loss, wouldn’t it──is what Shera herself laughed about.
If Diablo were to take away the girls’ freedom from worrying too much, that would be no different from what Kiira was doing.
If you’re an Adventurer, you should protect yourself with your own body! This was the general rule.
In any case, since Galford will be making a report about the recent matter at the royal capital, until the King makes some kind of judgement, he probably won’t make any movements.
In regards to the Greenwood Kingdom, Selsio said that he would be making a report about everything.
Shera should no longer be pursued anymore──probably.
To begin with, them being told to bring her back seemed to have been Kiira’s own judgement. Come to think of it, it was said that her father was half-hearted about it even though she was being brought back.
Naturally, the bounty for Shera was also withdrawn.
Diablo still had no idea about how the Greenwood Kingdom would react to Kiira being killed.
Putting that topic aside──something very heart-breaking happened.
There was no reward for the quest.