My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 153 Stop playing with the cat, or your man will really run away.
"Roland, that wicked woman seems to really like Nash."

Kalia leaned close to Roland's ear and whispered, "So this guy really likes cats?"

On a terrace in the palace, Roland, who had just finished a dinner banquet, admired the night view of the capital while answering Kalia's questions.

"Girls like cute things, right?"

"Didn't you like Nash when you first saw him?"

Kalia pouted in dissatisfaction: "What are you saying? I like this fluffy little guy now too, okay?"

"But is this wicked woman really coming to Sweden with us?"

Roland shook his head helplessly: "That's right. After all, His Majesty didn't object at the banquet just now, did he?"

"But isn't this a good thing for Iluvia too?"

"Her situation is similar to yours, except she's trapped in a much larger cage."

"This is also the first time she has left the capital."

Kalia sighed, "I didn't expect it either, even though the old woman and that goatee-bearded uncle were both against that bad woman going with them."

"But the emperor seemed completely indifferent..."

Roland nodded silently.

This was indeed something he had not expected.

After all, going to Rieskan with them would certainly be more risky than Iluvia staying in the capital.

Especially after the Demon King's Hand reappeared in the world, even Sean, the chief court mage who was originally visiting the Federation of Nations, was urgently recalled to the capital to strengthen the capital's security.

At this critical juncture, Salah III didn't intend to keep his future successor by his side; instead, he planned to send Iluvia out to gain experience...

Roland could no longer see through this seemingly gentle monarch.

Even though he never regarded the other person as a gentle, ordinary elder.

However, he was now more interested in examining the rewards for this series of missions.

Although the system initially stated that it would take an hour to settle the rewards, the actual rewards for the series of tasks have still not been distributed.

That damn progress bar is stuck at 99% and won't budge!
Even though he had finished eating and was starting to think about how to proceed in Rishkan, the reward still hadn't been settled.

This made Roland increasingly anxious, and he also began to look forward to what kind of reward he would receive this time.

After all this time you've been settling accounts, you have to give me either quality or quantity, right?

Roland began to look forward to it. Although he was now a fifth-circle mage and had accumulated 60,000 experience points, he was still looking forward to it.

But while 60,000 experience points may seem like a lot, for Roland, who is at the fifth ring, these 60,000 experience points can only help him advance one small rank.

After all, the requirements for upgrading the system had increased considerably after he arrived at the Fifth Ring Road.

It started at 10,000 per level, and now it's 60,000 per level.

Following this trend, prices will rise further after the Sixth Ring Road.

In other words, with the support of various means and techniques, one's combat strength can no longer be calculated simply by the number of rings.

"Hey Roland, why are you spacing out again?" Kalia poked Roland's cheek. "You keep getting distracted while we're talking today."

Did you hear what I just said?

"What if that wicked woman really takes the cat away?"

"Don't worry, Kalia, I don't think Iluvia likes Nash that much."

Roland turned Kalia around so she could see Iluvia smiling and playing with a cat in the hall behind her.

“Iluvia would never laugh like that.”

"When she smiles like that, it usually means someone is about to have bad luck."

"Given Iluvia's reaction today when she learned that Nash could talk and understand human language, I think this cat must have overheard some of Iluvia's little secrets by pretending not to be able to talk."

"Look at its stiff body movements, it's obviously frightened."

After listening to Roland's analysis, Kalia turned her head and muttered sourly, "You really know her well..."

Why don't you ever analyze me like this?

Roland wore a standard smile that was both awkward and polite.

Analyze you?
Do you even need to analyze your emotions? Aren't they all written on your face?

If someone is really unhappy, you can coax them back by giving them some food.

If they don't eat, then they're truly unhappy.

In short... Kalia doesn't need such complicated analytical methods.

This woman is so easy to understand.

Even though this guy's attitude towards Roland seems a bit heavy lately... he hasn't evolved the kind of two-faced skills that Iluvia possesses yet.

"Hey... I have a feeling you're thinking something really impolite."

Kalia turned around and looked up at Roland, who silently raised his hands: "How could that be? I was just thinking about Riskan."

"And the shipwreck my father investigated."

With the topic shifted, Kalia's attention was quickly diverted: "Oh right, after all, the only clue right now is that shipwreck."

"Did His Majesty the Emperor mention this matter just now?"

"He seemed to say that the Brotherhood of Chaos had also been investigating and gathering all information about the shipwreck."

Roland nodded: "That's exactly what His Majesty said."

"So this trip to Riskan might involve dealing with the Chaos Brotherhood."

"Therefore, the level of danger is extraordinary."

"More importantly... do you remember what happened at the banquet just now?"

"His Majesty ordered someone to retrieve the files related to this shipwreck." "But... there are no records of this shipwreck in the archives of the capital or in the records of the palace."

"You know this happened, but there's a lack of records. Don't you find that strange?"

Kalia tilted her head: "Maybe the records are missing? After all, this shipwreck happened thirty years ago, right?"

“…I hope so.” Roland nodded. “Perhaps Cellina knows something too.”

"After all, she was a semi-experiencer of the shipwreck. It's just a pity... she didn't dare to come to the palace."

"Sigh, Nina is still too timid." Kalia pouted, looking a little unhappy. "It's so boring without her around. Even the cat got taken away by that bad woman."

"Just forgive her, after all, she's a demon..." Roland ruffled Kalia's hair. "Besides, have you finished reading all those novels?"

"I remember you took quite a lot with you when you left the treehouse, didn't you?"

“Of course you should look at this secretly in your room!” Kalia said, then looked at Roland: “Roland, can I ask you for a favor?”

"Is it a request, not a demand?"

Just tell me if you can or can't!

"Okay, but I need to know what it is."

“It’s not difficult for you!” Kalia said to Roland very seriously. “We should be quite familiar with each other by now, right?”

"Ah."

"Then... then could you please stop calling me by my name from now on?"

Roland looked at Kalia, who was making the request, and asked with a strange expression, "Not call you by your name? What should I call you, Blue-haired Monster?"

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Why are you pinching me?!"

Roland, who had made a fool of himself, soon faced consequences.

"Of course not!"

"Don't you think it's too formal to call me by my full name? Shouldn't acquaintances always have some nicknames or pet names?"

Kalia said very seriously, "How can you do this, always calling me by my full name?"

"It's like we haven't known each other for very long."

"So what do you want me to call you?" Roland rubbed the soft flesh around his waist, then looked at Kalia in front of him and asked.

"Hey, shouldn't you be the one to think about this? Why make the person involved say it?"

"Then...Leah?"

"..."

Roland looked at Kalia, who had suddenly lowered her head and fallen silent, and then smiled as he poked the whorl of hair on her head.

"What's wrong, you don't like it?"

"...No, no! I don't dislike it!"

Kalia responded in a low, hurried voice, then she began to scold Roland in a soft, stammering voice: "And you, in the future, can you at least give me some mental preparation before you speak?"

Roland smiled without saying a word, simply fiddling with a few strands of hair that suddenly bounced up on Kalia's head.

……

“My dear kitty, now repeat what I just said.”

"I...I won't tell you anything!"

"Ah, very good."

Looking at the damned cat whose front paws she had lifted and whose voice was starting to grow hoarse, Iluvia nodded in satisfaction.

That should be enough, right?

He hoped that the interrogation skills he had learned from the hatters would be able to successfully break the will of this silly cat in front of him.

But Iluvia clearly underestimated the will of a dragon!

Even a useless dragon is the same!
Nami is just following Iluvia's lead now, otherwise who knows how long she'll be tossed around like this.

Furthermore, Roland and Kalia, you two heartless bastards! Why aren't you here to save this cat yet?!
Nash turned his head with some indignation to look at the terrace, and then saw a man and a woman chatting and laughing on the terrace, getting along very unpleasantly.

Ugh, you two are such scoundrels! You're heartless bastards who'd abandon your loved ones for the sake of the opposite sex! Can't you please come and rescue your precious pet?!
This woman is driving me crazy!

That elf and that old man with the goatee too! They know I'm a dragon, couldn't they at least show me a little respect?!

He actually left with that human emperor right after finishing his meal!
Hey, wait...

Nash suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with a way to break the deadlock.

It looked at Iluvia in front of it, and then said in a low voice, "Your Highness, why don't you take a look at the terrace?"

"Continuing to pester me doesn't seem like a good thing!"

"Ok?"

Iluvia, who had been focused on playing with the cat, turned her head and looked at the terrace.

Then I saw Roland almost resting his chin on Kalia's forehead, and a man and a woman who were about to hug each other.

In a flash, Iluvia sprang up from her chair.

She let go of the cat's paw that she had been holding and turned to walk towards the terrace.

Unfortunately, the luxurious off-shoulder dress with its courtly style severely hampered her mobility.

Iluvia, walking rather hastily, stepped on the hem of her skirt and tripped over herself, achieving the rare feat of falling flat on her face.

However, she did achieve her goal to some extent.

With a loud thud, Roland and Kalia, who had almost hugged each other, immediately separated and looked toward the source of the sound.

Then the two saw Iluvia, who had just gotten up and was sitting on the ground rubbing her head.

(End of this chapter)