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

Chapter 310 Nash: Oh right, why isn't my dad here yet?

"Hey. What are you looking at, kid? A love letter?"

The Demon King's sudden shout brought Roland back to his senses.

Without much thought, Roland handed the letter to the Demon King: "Read it yourself."

"It was given to me by that woman named Machima."

"I'm thinking of having someone check the information here."

The Demon King took the letter, glanced at it, and then said, "I thought you were the kind of person who would believe anything someone said."

"Hey... even a child wouldn't believe everything someone says, right?"

Roland complained, then put the mystery novel he had barely glanced at back on the shelf, and led the Demon King out of the library.

After leaving the library, Roland said, "I just feel that this news... is a bit too sudden and deliberate."

Even if everything written here is true, I want to pretend I never read this letter.

The Demon King folded the letter with amusement and handed it back to Roland: "Oh~~~ Although the kings of the member states of the Federation are indeed not much more noble than the powerful dukes of the Empire, power is a poison that is hard to resist."

"You really don't want it? A chance to inherit the throne."

Roland shook his head: "My moral bottom line is not high enough for me to be a guy who squanders his power recklessly."

"Rights are just an extra responsibility to me, and a table full of official documents."

"Compared to this, I'd much rather be a more leisurely adventurer... Don't you see His Majesty and Mr. Kefas both think the same way?"

Seeing that Roland didn't seem to care about the throne, he brought up the news that had only been mentioned in the letter.

"What do you think of the news that the princess mentioned, about her brother starting to slaughter the royal family?"

After thinking for a moment, Roland said, "It's almost certain that it was the work of the person who controls the king."

"The reason for killing the royal family... is probably the same as what the princess said, that it was to assassinate a potential legitimate heir, after all, that king even killed his own children."

"More than a transaction, it's like entrusting an orphan to someone in need, given the current situation."

"Of course, all of this is based on the premise that what she said is true."

"If the situation is really as she described in her letter, then she must have realized that the Wang court might speed up the process of assassinating her."

"Once she dies, the king's death will likely follow. He will probably announce a successor before he dies, and this successor may be a puppet controlled by the demons."

"Perhaps this is the kind of thinking the demons are using?"

The Demon King neither confirmed nor denied Roland's statement. After nodding, she sighed and said, "Unfortunately, I still don't know what the Heart-Beating Demon King's Court is planning to do."

"If it's just about controlling the high-ranking members of the federation of nations, making them provide assistance to the demons who are already struggling to survive, or simply using them as puppets to deliver benefits, I wouldn't be surprised."

"But according to Danso, they want to start a full-scale war against humanity."

"This is not a foolish decision that guy from the Heartbreaker King's Court would make."

"Unless... the war is just a pretext. After all, my former trusted subordinates, Danso, have now been squeezed out of the core decision-making circle."

"Not to mention in politics, Danso's mind is not exactly sharp; it can only be said to be slightly better than the average person."

"Just like when he killed his father without even testing my attitude, preventing a betrayal within the demon race that hadn't even happened yet."

Seemingly recalling some past events, the Demon King's eyes became complicated, then he shook his head: "Never mind, now is not the time to talk about these things."

"What exactly happened to the demon race? Why didn't the King of Carrion appear to stabilize the situation... The truth of all this will either come when the remaining five prototypes are delivered to our door, or when I find the old lich for a chat."

Roland didn't listen to the Demon King's monologue in the second half.

Roland wasn't curious about what the demons wanted to do for the time being.

Preventing the war and breaking free from mind control are the only things he cares about at this stage.

That's not right either... Going to Avalon to chat with the Elf King is also very important.

But if the princess is in danger, he will have to consider postponing his trip to Avalon.

According to Furam, if things go smoothly, they can go in the morning and come back in the afternoon.

According to Flam's account, she actually met the Elf King Thran when she was learning magic under her teacher.

This king, whose actions are recorded in human history, actually disliked nonsense. In other words, he was not a person who enjoyed chatting and useless social niceties.

He sought him out perhaps because he had something important to say, something to confirm, or some information that only Roland knew and needed to be conveyed.

Roland quickly made his choice.

Go find Machima and ask about the Princess's current situation and the level of security.

Considering that the Empire, a behemoth among human powers today, has fewer than ten ninth-ring experts, and that we must exclude external aid like Flam, we must also exclude them.

Aside from the powerful figures who need to fight on the front lines, how many legendary experts are there around that princess to be responsible for her security? It's really not a good idea.

If the noblewoman in charge of guiding the three major powers dies, the disintegration of her forces will be a minor matter. The three major powers, who have already reached a preliminary cooperation agreement, will have no choice but to force their way into the Kingdom of Platia, which will almost certainly mean that war is imminent.

Even this is a minor matter.

With the princess dead, the king could easily unify the remaining territory.

At that time, if the six member states pass a resolution simultaneously, they can directly integrate the resources and armies of the federation and launch a war.

Of course, the biggest problem right now is the unclear intentions of the demons. An enemy whose true purpose is unknown is a terrifying prospect.

If you don't know what he's planning to do, you can't take targeted precautions.

But Roland quickly calmed down.

He realized something.

Even if the princess is in danger, I may not be able to help her.

His abilities are unique; when fully buffed, he can rival a nine-ring legendary figure. Even if he can't win a fight, he has plenty of ways to escape. Dealing with mages is a piece of cake for him.

But... this mission is protection, which is beyond Roland's capabilities.

Both the cardinal and the great sage Erebus were more suited to complete this task than he was.

He could have acted simultaneously with them.

"You go back first, I need to go to the hotel to find Cardinal Clark."

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"That's how it is! Nina, Roland is really going too far!"

Nestled in Cellina's arms, the silly cats recounted Roland's crimes to their true keeper.

Even now, she still gets involuntarily furious when she sees someone from the school passing by.

Cellina sighed helplessly and smoothed down the slightly bristled fur on the silly cat's back.

This guy started talking about this while we were eating at the coffee shop, and he's said it over and over again.

Even Kalia, who had initially listened most enthusiastically, used the excuse of going to the toilet to slip away.

Iluvia went straight back to work as soon as she returned.

Well, the only problem is that she doesn't have much work to do right now. She's already taken care of most of the tasks that needed to be completed, and she's delegated the rest to the subordinates sent by Elson.

I originally wanted to take a break.

But now she's thinking about going back to work.

After her usual agreement with Nash, Celinina realized she had to steer the conversation away from the topic as quickly as possible.

She didn't want to hear this story, which was starting to get boring, again.

Cellina quickly figured out how to get to the point.

Come to think of it, I was actually one of the first people Nash met.

"By the way, I remember you said before that when Roland almost attacked you as a wyvern that threatened local security, he destroyed the life-saving spell your father gave you."

"Logically speaking, an entity capable of leaving such a powerful spell on you should have sensed it when the spell was destroyed, right?"

Why haven't your family members come looking for you yet?

Is access control to Dragon Island very strict?

Nash deflated: "I don't know either... Although the access control is indeed a bit cumbersome, it's not to the point of prohibiting entry and exit."

"If they're here to rescue me, that's perfectly acceptable as a reason for safe passage. They might even send multiple dragons for the safety of their kind."

"But more than two months have passed in the blink of an eye. Even if we sailed from Dragon Island, we should have arrived by now, not to mention my dad... that guy is considered a strongman even among the dragons. He's the chief guard of the Dragon God's Palace."

"If he wanted to fly over, it would only take him half a day at most."

Cellina then asked, "Do you know how far Dragon Island is from here?"

"I don't know... Anyway, it's at sea. Even if it's far away, it should take two months to fly there, right?" Nash started to sulk.

Although she is satisfied with her current life, she is still very dissatisfied with her parents' inaction in the face of her death.

Of course, what she feared most was that her parents had already accepted that because the life-saving technique had failed, the child was probably already dead, and they should hurry up and take care of the funeral arrangements before going about their business.

Given her malicious speculations about her parents, this is not impossible.

Celinina clearly had the same idea as Nash.

She also felt that unless Dragon Island was really unimaginably far away, two months was definitely enough time for a giant dragon, who was considered strong among its kind, to cross the ocean without coming to find Nash for so long.

Moreover, dragons are extremely rare creatures, and even when they fly over human cities, they are rarely seen.

If something happens, it's impossible for it not to leave some eyewitness record. And if it did leave an eyewitness record, given Roland's current intelligence-gathering capabilities, it's impossible for them not to know.

After sulking for a while, Nash started to feel sad: "Nina... do you think I'm worse off than dead in my parents' eyes?"

Cellina's expression was complicated; she was unfamiliar with some of the dragons' customs.

We also don't know their customs and culture.

She could only pick up the cat, rub her face against Nash, and then say, "At worst... I'll just be a pet."

"At least room and board are included, right?"

"Besides, there's nothing wrong with being a cat, is there? I think you're quite comfortable with it."

"A dragon can't just laze around by the fireplace every day, and someone has to bring it food when it's hungry, right?"

(End of this chapter)