After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King - Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Touching Her Head?

The wings that stretched into the fence were much smaller than her father’s wings. The quality of the mana contained in them seemed to be much worse, but after all, it was still the [Scarlet Dragon].

If he absorbed it and stored it on the [First Wing Pillar (Core)] or [Third Wing Pillar (Remote Attack)], Ira would have the capital to kill his way out of the demiplane prison and all the way from the hinterland of Demon King City to other countries.

It would take some time for Ira to figure out what the Loli Demon King called Satan Leaf was thinking. However, before that, he had already placed his hand on the other party’s wings without hesitation.

How should he put it?

Ira was definitely not the male lead of a light novel. Even if he wanted to give himself a definition, he was definitely the male lead of a [Western Fantasy] novel. Therefore, he did not like to do meaningless things indecisively.

He naturally had to bite off the meat that was sent to his mouth… at least take a bite~

“Relax, don’t resist.”

With Ira’s instructions, Satan Leaf really did not have any consciousness to resist. She allowed her scarlet mana to instantly flow and disappear from her wings, from Ira’s right arm to his back.

“Hmph… Haha… Hahaha…”

Ira, who could not help but laugh, took back her hand. As he smiled, he looked at Satan Leaf’s expression and said, “Eh? It’s over. It doesn’t hurt?”

However, almost as soon as he finished speaking, Ira realized something…

“Ah, interesting. You’re not stupid or naive.”

As Ira spoke, he felt the strength in his body and stood in the prison in peace. He said, “You know that I won’t tangle with the demonic creatures anymore… Because I no longer belong to the Empire.”

Previously, every word Satan Leaf said to Ira was to test his thoughts and see what attitude he had towards the Empire and if he hated the demonic creatures.

This decision was a gamble by Satan Leaf. She was betting… that Ira, who had been abandoned by the Empire, would find some trouble for the Empire after regaining his strength. This would give the demonic creatures more breathing room.

“What’s wrong? Why do you have such an expression?” Ira asked casually.

After ensuring his safety, he now had some thoughts of chatting. He said, “As expected, you don’t know anything about the [Consul]… It’s really difficult for you to last so long.”

“The so-called Consul can obtain enough mana to fight in the eyes of the World Tree after seizing the core of the demonic creature. Although we usually kill the demonic creature, it doesn’t mean we have to kill it.”

Regarding Ira, who was saying this, Satan Leaf was not interested in continuing to hear him talk about things related to the Consul… It made this child seem stupid. There was clearly a Chief Consul kindly revealing information now.

All along, because of Ira’s perfect strategic arrangements, the demonic creatures had never successfully captured any Consuls, not even once… Ah, no, Ira might be the first.

“What are your plans after this?”

Regarding Satan Leaf, who was saying this, Ira narrowed her eyes slightly and said, “Just as you think, I’ll find some trouble for the nobles of the Empire…”

In other words, Ira was very angry now. It was the kind of anger that did not care about the scheme of the demonic creatures and humans and would not think about whether Satan Leaf wanted to use him to weaken the human faction.

“I might go to the elves. If you’re worried about losing your people, tell the demons on the route not to stop me… First Wing Pillar—Scarlet Dragon—Wing Spread!”

As he spoke, the [Rune Bond] on his neck instantly activated mana on his back. Scarlet heat was instantly released from his arm, melting the shackles formed by the Forbidden Magic Stone.

“Oh…”

Because it was mana borrowed from the World Tree in the name of Satan Leaf, when Satan Leaf was still alive, the World Tree would directly ask her to return this portion of magic power.

The feeling of her magic power being extracted was definitely not good.

“I don’t have anyone else anymore. Do what you’re best at along the way…”

Regarding the sad-looking Satan Leaf who said this, Ira could roughly guess what it meant—perhaps most of them had defected.

“Your subordinates… no, your old subordinates during your father’s time did not continue to be loyal to you after you took over your father’s position. You were betrayed, just like how the Empire betrayed me.”

Ira said this indifferently because Satan Leaf nodded silently and confirmed that his guess was correct. He gently cracked his neck and said, “You might not believe me, but I actually don’t like killing demonic creatures…”

Although Ira had killed too many demonic creatures in his life, this still did not stop him from saying such words. After all, “like” was different from “duty”.

The Demon King called Satan Leaf in front of him was really too strange…

Most of her subordinates had clearly chosen to be rebellious, but she still chose to make that kind of gamble just now. She might not be familiar with the Consul, but she must understand that she was very likely to die.

Even so, should he let the demons last for a while? Even if he stood on the side of humans… no, on the side of the Empire, Ira had to admire Satan Leaf’s thoughts.

Of course, this was Ira’s imagination, because in fact, Satan Leaf’s true thoughts might be similar to [In any case, no one will listen to me!], [In any case, the demons will probably die! I want to disgust the Empire at least!], and so on.

“Leave. Kill if you want to along the way.”

As she spoke, Satan Leaf waved her hand and opened the door of the prison, although she knew that it was meaningless. After all, the current Ira had the strength to easily break through this interdimensional space.

“Although you might regret it if I tell you now…”

Ira walked out of the iron grille door of the prison and stood in front of Satan Leaf. He stretched out his hand to her and said, “For some reason, the Empire is not prepared to continue deeper into your territory… The war after that will become relatively passive and even stop.”

Facing Ira’s hand, Satan Leaf gently closed her eyes. It was unknown what she wanted to do…

Pat.

Satan Leaf, whose eyelashes were trembling, opened her eyes in shock and watched as Ira touched her head seriously, messing up her black soft hair… Although it was very warm, Satan Leaf still did not understand the reason.

“You’re very interesting and cute… Children are indeed cuter when they’re young. They’ll have their own thoughts when they grow up. I really don’t know what to do about that…” Ira sighed.