Chapter 205: It Really Feels… Incredibly Surprising

Via looked at Albion, who was standing obediently.

“I really thought that with your size, even in human form you would be very tall.”

“Demon King, actually Albion is still quite young. Although she is especially large compared to other abyssal beasts, she is still in her growth period and can continue to grow.”

Desolate Fire walked over to Albion’s side and patted the white-haired loli on the shoulder.

“Awo.”

Albion immediately bit down on Desolate Fire’s wrist.

“Aaaah! It hurts, it hurts!!”

Desolate Fire cried out.

She tried to pull her hand out of Albion’s mouth, but Albion bit down tightly.

Even when she swung Albion into the air, the dragon refused to let go.

“It hurts so much, Albion! What are you doing? Don’t eat me!”

“Awo!”

“I can’t be eaten! I’m a weapon! Weapons are not food, understand?”

Desolate Fire’s eyes were almost tearing up from the pain.

Albion finally released Desolate Fire.

“……”

She also showed a very dissatisfied expression.

“Damn dragon!”

Desolate Fire hid behind Via and kept grumbling.

Albion ignored Desolate Fire’s complaints, lowered her head, glanced at a stone on the ground, picked it up, and put it into her mouth.

She chewed it curiously, just like eating a snack.

“Albion, this thing should be… inedible, right?”

Via reminded her.

“Stones outside don’t have much edible value or nutrition.”

“Awo?”

Albion widened her eyes in surprise.

She looked at the stone in her hand and began to think.

“Does Albion not speak the common language of the Theia Continent?”

Via asked Desolate Fire.

“I don’t know. I haven’t heard her speak before. Why don’t you just ask her directly?”

Desolate Fire shrugged.

“Titig, Uu?”

Via directly asked in abyssal language.

Albion shook her head.

“Nh!”

“Alright.”

Via was now roughly certain.

Albion probably did not speak the common language of the Theia Continent very well.

However, after following Sashaya for quite some time, even if she had not learned it, she must have heard a lot.

She should be able to roughly understand what others were saying.

“En!”

Albion nodded.

“Speaking abyssal language will scare people, won’t it?”

Desolate Fire looked around and found that the environment here was much better than the Desolate Fallen Continent.

“Demon King, this doesn’t seem to be the Desolate Fallen Continent. Could it be… that you have returned to the human world again?”

“Yes.”

“Why? Aren’t you already the new Demon King? What are you doing in the human world?”

Desolate Fire was very puzzled.

“It’s a long story.”

“I’d love to hear the details.”

“You don’t need to understand too much. Just talk less usually.”

“Demon King, your words are too heartbreaking. Am I really such a talkative person?!”

Desolate Fire protested.

“Since we have already arrived in the Saint Luo Empire, we should be planning the next move.”

Via took out a list.

This was organized for her by Kurei.

It recorded the names of extremely “special” people in the Saint Luo Empire, along with their current areas of activity.

“Mm, let’s go here first.”

“Master, something happened at the Yamar Border recently.”

The professionally dressed butler had a serious expression as he placed the latest newspaper on the desk.

“What?”

The middle-aged man who had been dozing off immediately sat up upon hearing this.

He took the newspaper, and a tense look appeared on his face.

His name was Alef Armstrong.

He held considerable influence in the southern region of the Saint Luo Empire.

He owned many industries and commanded an armed force with decent combat strength.

Not only did he have dealings with many nobles, but he also associated with many shady underground forces.

He was the type of person who operated in both the light and the dark.

In his early years, this name was not prominent.

He was a figure who had risen rapidly over the past few decades.

His origins were rather mysterious.

The Armstrong family was not some great noble house in the Saint Luo Empire.

It was an unknown existence.

Therefore, many people believed that Alef was a self-made man.

For a person who had seen great storms to suddenly show such an expression, the butler was truly puzzled.

“The imperial outpost at the Yamar Border was attacked by demons. All the defensive magic cannons were destroyed?”

Alef looked at the content published in the newspaper and widened his eyes.

“Could it be that the demons want to wage war on humans again? That doesn’t make sense… Without a Demon King, how would the demons in the Desolate Fallen Continent dare to do such a thing, Master?”

The butler saw Alef’s strange expression and felt a bit worried.

“It’s nothing. You may leave first.”

Alef waved his hand, signaling the butler to leave.

He wanted to be alone and quiet for a while.

The butler bowed to Alef, turned around, opened the door, and prepared to leave.

However, he had only taken a few steps outside when he let out a strange cry.

“! Who are you? Aaaah!!”

“Hmm?”

Alef looked up toward the door.

After the butler’s scream, his voice disappeared.

It became completely silent outside.

Immediately afterward, footsteps sounded.

Alef remembered that he had not invited anyone over tonight.

There was a high probability that these were uninvited guests.

“Good evening, Mr. Alef.”

A black-haired girl wearing a hat stood at the doorway and greeted Alef.

A short silver-haired loli followed beside her.

“Your butler was a bit noisy just now, so I made him quiet down. It’s completely insignificant.”

Alef responded indifferently, as if the border incident was less important than assassins arriving in the middle of the night.

He opened a drawer and took out a cigar without paying attention to anyone else.

“Oh, I thought it was someone else. So it’s assassins.”

“Are you here to take my life? Your skills are not bad. You actually bypassed the guards without making too much noise. Better than last time. I’ll give you a passing grade.”

“So you mistook us for assassins.”

“It’s because my business has taken over some of the traditional nobles’ positions. That’s why they always send you people to assassinate me.”

Alef lit his cigar.

“If you ask me, you can’t really blame them. The traditional nobles’ way of thinking is too rigid. They only know how to use power to force buys and sells. The common people aren’t fools. They prefer to consider obvious factors like quality, price, and service.”

“You don’t seem afraid at all.”

“Afraid? Why don’t you guess where the previous assassins went?”

A trace of violent red light flowed through Alef’s eyes.

Ordinary people who saw his gaze would definitely feel their souls shake, their hearts flooded with fear.

Forget about assassination. They probably wouldn’t even be able to stand.

However, in the face of this intangible pressure, the black-haired girl simply smiled and removed the hat on her head.

Alef froze.

The cigar in his hand fell to the ground.

Mysterious purple. The pitch-black long hair also turned pink.

The other party, like him, had used a disguised identity.

The pair of eyes that had been ordinary black just moments ago had changed after she removed her hat.

“It’s a human.”

“Mr. Alef, are you so surprised to see a fellow human in the human empire?”

Via said pleasantly.