Welcome to the Impregnable Demon King Castle - Chapter 193

Translator: Kobracon

Editor: Weasalopes

193 – Getting Along, Courtesy of the Bandits

Milla took one look over her shoulder and then ground her heel against the head of the kneeling bandit.

「Your boss said to leave the women behind, didn’t he? Pray tell, what did you all have in mind for those women, hm? Go on, there’s a woman right here. Why don’t you show me what you planned to do? Come on, do it.」

The trampled man is trembling while making some strange noises but doesn’t form any actual words. …It sounds like he’s beginning to enjoy this, but I think that’s just my imagination. Right?

「You’re not enjoying this, are you? Incredible. Not only are you a criminal, but you’re also a pervert too.」

「…Milla? It looks like he doesn’t have the will to resist anymore, so maybe stop?」

I gently say to Milla, who seems to have let Carmilla come out to play a little.

She twitched in surprise and turned towards me.

「…! L-Le-Le-Lem?! Y-you’re right. This man gave me a filthy look and then I don’t know what came over me.」

Eyes that just now looked as if she were staring at pure trash immediately became teary-eyed as she approached me.

「The magic you cast moments ago was truly magnificent… I’m sure that even in the investigation team, there are a fair few who don’t fully understand what you did.」

「Th-thanks.」

「By all means, Lady Milla. Please elaborate. I understand that a tremendous amount of Magical Energy surged out of Sir Lem.」

Utterly fascinated, Maggie calls out to Milla.

Milla glances at me, I nod in response.

「Hm, Alright. This might sound completely unbelievable to have happened in only a few seconds, but I swear that everything I’m about to say is true.」

Once, I was an Adventurer who didn’t cut corners, yet tried my best to not expose my true abilities.

Black Magic that is too strong will remind people of Black Sorcery. Once, Black Sorcery was used to kill many people. It makes the government uneasy. It might cause trouble for my allies, or worse, expose the whereabouts of my master.

However, through my activities as Lemegeton, most of that has been revealed.

Proving that I am not a threat to Humanity is one part of this trip.

I trust my fellow Adventurers Merlin and Maggie, but I don’t know who could be lurking among the investigation team.

Not like I planned to in the beginning, but I shouldn’t hold back now.

Besides, Black Magic is terribly plain looking in the first place.

Unless their Magical Energy sense is exceedingly great, they won’t specifically understand what it is I’m doing.

In addition to that, Milla is a fan of mine, so she understands.

I looked away from Milla, who was giving an impassioned speech about my Black Magic, and check on everyone else.

Furcus hands a bandit over to Sitri.

「This one is pretty good.」

Whether by his attire, his behavior, or the way he spoke, she seems to have found someone of a certain status among the bandit coalition.

「Okay~. Ugh, what a not-cute smell.」

「That hurts.」

「I’m not talking about you, Fufu.」[1. TL Note: Fufu is Sitri’s nickname for Furcus.]

「Kidding.」

「Ahaha, good one.」

「Wh-what are you bastards going to do to me?」

「Be a good boy and cooperate, OK?」

I realized that she cast Charm.

「Ask me anything!」

「Well then~, are there any more of you besides the ones here?」

The man incessantly told everything he knew.

Whether or not this was everyone, the location of their base, the places where they hid their stolen goods, etc, etc.

「…Wow, you’ve been a really bad boy.」

Sitri looks over at me.

「Hey Le-…left of Lem, Mary~」

She probably wanted to consult with me out of habit from the Demon King Castle, so she covers up her slip-up somewhat heavy-handedly.

After hearing the report, Maggie speaks a little anxiously.

「I suppose I expected no less from you, Lady Sitri. Hmm, I don’t really wish to use this but…I shall report to the Knights Order using the portable magic communications device.」

It may be portable, but it’s heavy as luggage, it doesn’t have a Magical Energy supplying cable as the public magic communication devices do, so it has to use a Magic Stone, its use time is limited due to its miniaturization, and not to mention it is extremely expensive, which makes it a very unpopular piece of equipment.

It feels like a product that you would use only during a disaster, or a life or death emergency.

「You’re right. It’s not like we can go and do it.」

They would need to investigate the hideout and choose to seal or destroy it, and they most likely also have to find the original owners of each stolen item.

That is the Knights Order’s domain, while ours is the investigation of the Original Dungeon.

「If it was up to me, I would’ve Charmed all of these guys and forced them to surrender, y’know?」

「Thank you very much. However, I would prefer if they weren’t charmed. Telling the Knights Order the information that Lady Sitri obtained, we would then have to leave these people behind, yes? Of course, we have to leave them in a state where they cannot run away.」

「H-hold on! If you call the Knights Order to come here, it’ll take them at least three days to get here! We’ll die!」

Shouted one of the bandits who seemed to have been listening. A man wrapped around with rope.

「What’s this now? You attack people, but then want us to leave you all three days worth of food?」

Milla’s eyes stared daggers into the bandit, he cowered in fear and shut his mouth.

「You’ll be fine, you can last three days.」

I say to him, encouragingly.

Back in my training days, I experienced being tossed into the mountains to fend for myself, so I know the limits of the body well. So long as they don’t move, they should be able to manage three days.

Just to be sure, it may be better to at least give them water.

「Sir Lem I…I thought you were a gentle soul but…are you perhaps a sadist…?」

「Occasionally, Lem says harsh things with a smiling face, but I believe that to be one of his many good points.」

「Huh…?」

I seem to have gotten a rather odd evaluation.

「Food, where is it?」

Furcus asked the still Charmed bandit.

「Rejoice, Ex. The ant still yet lives.」

Merlin came floating back with Wind Magic.

She held on to an ivy that has apprehended the bandit leader. He seems to be unconscious.

「Oh, thank goodness. Truly.」

「Wouldn’t it have been better if you didn’t use Spirit Magic?」

Hearing Arthur’s words, Ex scratches his face.

「Yeah…but it’s important to show what each of us can do to the allies we will be fighting alongside with in the Original Dungeon, so I thought that would’ve been a good opportunity…」

「…Understood, leader. That certainly made the situation tense for a moment. But then it was reduced by Merlin’s laughing.」

「Oh, don’t say that, Arthur. This guy came out like a villain straight out of a Saturday morning cartoon and was blown away in the same fashion, not to mention the Hero who did it was just explaining to him about holding back. Anyone would’ve laughed at that.」

「You should follow Lem’s example.」

「Is this about his magic? It’s true that Lem is remarkable, but I also value my own enjoyment.」

「I’m talking about his attitude.」

「Oh really-」

While that conversation was happening, we finished arresting everyone in the bandit coalition.

Many of them had water in their possession, so we had them drink it, and then tied them to trees.

They have shade thanks to the leaves, and they drank water, so they should be alright until the Knights Order arrive.

A good thing happened in this battle.

The mood was strange because Adventurers and Demi-Humans were going to be working together, but this battle gave us the chance to clear it all up.

Arthur said to Furcus “Well done.” and Furcus said “You too.” in return, which prompted all the close-range combatants to gather and praise each other.

The cat Demi-Human who fought near Milla came up to her and said “May I call you Sister?” to which Milla replied “My apologies but I already have enough people who call me that…”, politely refusing her.

A female Adventurer said to Sitri “I saw you in the Raid Battle and…you weren’t just cute, but strong as well! It was incredible. Professionally, we may be enemies, but I want to be like you, Sitri…” and Sitri replied with “Right~? I don’t wanna throw away my cuteness~.”

All the Wizard types flocked to Merlin. She said “I like diligent students, y’know? Alright, fine. Call me Prof Merlin.” and began a lecture on magic

…Yes, mingling that transcends the racial barrier is a wonderful thing.

Due to the nature of their job, Adventurers don’t get close to Demi-Humans, but I think it’s good to see that happening less and less.

We can at least feel like friends while fighting together.

That said, I guess even in a time like this, Black Sorcerers like me just aren’t popula-

「Uhm…L-Lem?」

It was a young man with pure white hair. Judging from his attire, he was a White Sorcerer.

「What is it?」

「E-earlier…how did you do that?」

「Uhm…」

「You were fully aware of every bandit and you cast the right Black Magic for each one. To be honest, I thought that was simply inhuman.」

…This guy…he can understand what I did.

「…To put it simply, those are the results of my training.」

「Wow…」

His exclamation that he uttered instinctively, honestly made me happy.

「Thank yo-」

「P-please! Can that training me applied to White Magic?!」

「D-do you mean you wish to cast several White Magics on multiple people?」

「Ah, my apologies. I want to be an Adventurer myself, but the outlook on White Sorcerers isn’t very positive, right? But if I can cast multiple powerful spells on all five party members, I’m sure I’ll be of use and perhaps change that outlook on White Sorcerers.」

「… I see…in that case-」

I think I may have seen a bit of my old self in him.

That isn’t the only reason, I decided to respond seriously to serious people.

I later learned that that young man was recommended by Fellow.

However, he doesn’t seem to have ulterior motives, himself. Much like Wraith and Fran, he might be a talented young prospect that Fellow had found.

…Although, from what I saw in the battle with the bandits, he had some pretty good moves.

Wielding his staff like a club, he took down several bandits.

A fighting White Sorcerer? Sounds great to me.

Since that day, we have often exchanged words with one another.

The journey continues in a much more peaceful atmosphere than when we departed.