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

Chapter 348 If you can gang up on someone, never fight one-on-one.

"You idiot, running this far without a word, are you crazy?! And you even took Kalia with you!"

"Do you know how many people are watching you two right now?!"

As soon as Roland arrived at Iluvia's office, he was berated by the Demon King, who was still there.

Roland naturally ignored the somewhat agitated Demon King and looked past the tall, long-haired woman who was half a head taller than him to look at Remilia: "Where is Iluvia?"

"He went to deliver a message. Shouldn't you have been with Dracula? Didn't he tell you any of that information?"

Roland nodded: "I did... but surely Iluvia doesn't need to handle such a matter personally?"

“Perhaps she just found an excuse to escape from work…” Remilia, who already knew quite a bit about Iluvia, said quietly.

Roland sighed helplessly, then continued, "Where is Ms. Fram?"

"I don't know. That old man has been locked in his room ever since he came back from Avalon and hasn't come out yet."

"By the way, what exactly did you two do in Avalon?"

"This guy can actually be shy! That's unbelievable!"

Remilia made no attempt to hide her desire to watch the drama unfold, blinking her beautiful eyes as she stared at Roland.

Even the Demon King temporarily calmed down because of this question and also cast a curious glance at him.

Roland shrugged helplessly: "We only went for a day, and we have to take away the time for sleeping and eating. What could possibly happen?"

"It's nothing more than the elves' boundless curiosity and their extremely boring lives that have led to some strange rumors."

"That's all?" the Demon King asked.

"Gone."

The Demon King leaned close to Roland: "That old monster Thran specifically summoned you to Avalon, and that's all he said?"

"Ah, of course not, it was even less. After a few simple pleasantries, they gave me some things and then the conversation ended."

"Furthermore, Ms. Flam and I acted completely separately."

“Aside from leading the way when we first arrived in Avalon and having a meal with her, she went home to see her parents afterward.”

Remilia was greatly disappointed upon hearing this.

It wasn't that she believed what Roland said, but rather that she knew Roland probably wouldn't tell the truth.

If we can't get any gossip, let's get back to work.

The Demon King had a similar expression, but she was more curious about what gift Roland had received.

However, there was an unspoken understanding between her and Roland that she would not ask questions on her own initiative.

She then gave Roland a look and walked out of the office.

Roland didn't rush out, but looked at Remilia and said, "When Iluvia comes back later, tell her that Kalia and I are waiting for her in the conference room on the third floor of Building 2, and remind her to bring Ms. Flam and Cherlinina."

Remilia nodded, then waved her hand dismissively without looking up, as if to say goodbye.

Tch, does that mean we shouldn't tell Iluvia right away?
Oh man.

If it's just a message, a simple message spell can handle it; there's no need for someone else to relay it.

And just before the Demon King left, he was winking at Roland... Do these two have something to talk about?
Gee...

It's really strange. The demons of three hundred years ago could never have imagined that the Demon King would have such a good relationship with a human three hundred years later.

Iluvia said that the first thing the Demon King did after regaining his physical body was to forcefully kiss Roland... Tsk tsk, will the triangle turn into a square then?
Never mind, it's none of her business.

Although the damned contract's effect wasn't as long as Floram had said, it would still take at least a year to fully end. Fortunately, a year was nothing for a demon of her level.

The thought that this life as a document processor would continue for another ten and a half months filled Remilia with a bleak outlook for the future...

She misses her home.

Fortunately, Iluvia said that the officials sent by the Empire would arrive at the end of the month, and then she wouldn't have to handle official documents anymore.

The same goes for Iluvia.

I just don't know what will happen next, or whether this contract will remain in effect...

……

"Okay, here it is."

The Demon King stood firm on the rooftop, looking down at the streets of Isfar from the railing.

With the passage of time and the addition of several mage squads skilled in earth elemental magic, the city's reconstruction progressed rapidly.

It should take about a month for this place to be restored to its previous size.

Unbeknownst to me... so much time has passed since my experience with Roland in the dream magic.

"Why did you choose this place? Isn't it cold?"

Although Roland is no longer afraid of this level of low temperature, and he uses the magic he releases from his body to keep out the fierce winds that are blowing in, he still chooses the rooftop even though there are plenty of quiet and warm places to talk about serious business.

As soon as the words left his mouth, Roland realized he had asked a stupid question.

Why would the demons care about such a low temperature?

Although Isfar's temperature and climate are no longer considered habitable for humans, the vast continent further north has a similar climate, or even worse.

The extreme northwestern demon realm of Enwa, where the demons reside, has an even more frigid temperature—enough to make the human alliance, determined to exact revenge after the Demon King's death, hesitate.

Because most soldiers would lose their fighting ability due to the low temperature after stepping into that extreme cold, and it was even possible that they would freeze to death.

The cold there is not simply due to the climate, but rather an abnormally low temperature environment caused by magical influence.

Demons can adapt to this environment, but the vast majority of humans cannot.

To ignore temperature, one must at least reach the extraordinary level and significantly enhance the essence of life.

Even though the Demon King has lost her physical body, she now only has a prosthetic body that is no different from a machine.

Although it looks and feels similar to a real body, it is essentially just a bionic machine and naturally cannot feel cold.

"What, you don't like it here? I think the scenery is quite nice." The Demon King smiled and then said, "Regarding the prototype... I'm sorry, there have been some problems."

"That's why I was in such a hurry to find you before."

"As I said before, the prototype contains fragments of my remnant soul that have been corrupted by the power of the evil god and have terrifying contagious power."

"Under normal circumstances, the consciousness formed by the 'remnant soul of the Demon King' standing in front of you should also possess this characteristic. Let alone talking to him, just looking at him could cause him to lose his mind and turn into a deformed, insane monster."

"But the power of the World Tree within you not only cleansed the pollution but also restored my sanity, which is why I am the special individual speaking to you now."

"Do you remember, Roland? Back in Blackthorn Territory, the prototype once collaborated with the Chaos Brotherhood?" "That's why we started our collaboration."

Roland nodded: "I already know about the Absolution Council and the Chaos Brotherhood from Dracula."

"Let's get straight to the point. What happened to the prototype?"

"...They've likely been targeted by the madmen of the Forgiveness Society." The Demon King said with a grim expression, "These madmen, obsessed with spreading so-called miracles, must have their eyes on the corruption attached to my remnant soul!"

"This information must have been leaked during our previous collaboration with the Chaos Brotherhood!"

"Those lunatics are extremely sensitive to the power of evil gods! They will detect even the slightest flaw."

"That's why we've been hiding recently, and when we do appear, it's only to plunder readily available metal materials or ores."

"Although the prototype has the ability to repair itself, it still needs external assistance if it suffers serious damage."

"It's either a huge amount of magic power, or some precious minerals..."

"If nothing unexpected happens, they should have already been ambushed once and suffered heavy losses."

"Although the signal has lost most of its rationality, the prototype's built-in program is still carrying out the hiding command, which may be the only good news."

"The reason the prototype came to me in that small village last time was perhaps because it sensed my soul's presence."

"They wanted to kill me to silence me so that their pursuers could not find a way through me."

"It was only because you and Russell stopped us, and we also lost two prototypes, that we changed our minds."

"With their current intelligence, they cannot determine the state of the contaminated remnant soul after the machine is damaged, so they executed the most basic command—to protect the machine and prevent the contaminants from escaping containment."

“They even severed the original soul connection with me, and I cannot use source tracing to locate their position.”

"In other words, the previous plan to locate the target and then carry out a long-range boarding and decapitation strike may need to be revised."

"I can only pinpoint their approximate spatial location, and the bad news is that the Amnesty Council has also somehow located their location and restricted the movement of their spatial base."

"After I roughly located them, their positions didn't change, which is not a good sign."

"We must clean up the contaminants in the prototype before the amnesty meeting."

After hearing the Demon King's explanation, Roland retorted, "If it's such an important matter, why didn't you just explain it to me through a communication spell?"

"You even made me come all this way? Isn't that a waste of time?"

The Demon King turned his head away somewhat awkwardly: "Well... after all, my soul isn't complete, so I can't concentrate when using communication magic, and the information in my mind is all jumbled up."

“It’s fine to speak face-to-face using a projection, but it’s a bit difficult for me to just transmit text right now.”

"My thinking ability is somewhat single-threaded now. I can't think about too many problems at the same time, otherwise it will become a mess."

"Besides, you should have been with Kalia at that time, right? I can't just project myself onto you and explain everything to you, can I?"

"If she finds out, how can I secretly ask you to do things for me?"

Roland sighed, accepting the Demon King's explanation.

The symptom of "incomplete soul" is roughly equivalent to "brain damage."

Even if the Demon King was incredibly wise and powerful when he was alive, it's perfectly reasonable for him to be damaged in his current state.

Not to mention that she has simply gone from a multi-core processor to a single-core, single-threaded processor.

Apart from the fact that the number of problems that can be handled at the same time has decreased significantly, there don't seem to be any other symptoms, which is already very good.

We shouldn't discriminate too much against people with intellectual disabilities; that's not good.

The Demon King rolled her eyes at Roland. Although Roland didn't say anything, only sighed, she felt that this kid was definitely thinking something very impolite.

Tsk.

"Here, this is a general spatial orientation map, and this is a map of the mainland. I haven't compared them carefully yet."

"After all, human territory has changed quite a bit in the past three hundred years."

"That's how it was during the war; in some places, the place names changed as the fighting went on."

As he spoke, the Demon King took out a huge map, then squatted down and pounced on the rooftop floor. He then used several bricks to cover the four corners and the center, and began to take out spatial coordinates recorded with magic, which he then displayed in front of Roland.

Roland looked at the coordinates and began to compare the location with the map.

While the process itself is not difficult, defining the approximate area on such a large map is not an easy task.

Fortunately, Roland wasn't searching alone. With the Demon King's help, the two quickly pinpointed a general area on the map.

It just fits the spatial coordinates provided by the Demon King.

Kingdom of Plataea, Wislova.

That is, the place where the great sage Erebus planned to initiate the impeachment motion, the family of Captain Götze.

"How could I be here?!"

Roland and the Demon King exclaimed in unison, expressing their emotions simultaneously.

This gave Roland, who had originally planned to operate in secret, a real headache.

"Isn't this a bit too much of a coincidence? Are you sure you didn't miscalculate the location?"

"You actually doubt my abilities!?" The Demon King scoffed, clearly annoyed. "Although my strength is currently lacking, my mastery of spatial magic has never diminished!"

"The location is definitely right, but since it's this place, I think the two of us need to make a proper plan."

"Everyone else is easy to fool when you're around."

"The problem lies with that great sage. He's old and shrewd, and this human who extended his lifespan using bio-alchemy is definitely not someone who can be easily fooled."

"Although there was nothing wrong with your act of destroying the prototype, it is not surprising that you accidentally discovered the existence of the prototype. You can completely use the Origin Tracking Formula that I gave you to fool them."

"But going to fight alone is not in line with your previous style of doing things."

"Unless it's a sudden encounter, in a planned battle you'll always fight three against one rather than one."

Roland looked at the Demon King, already guessing what he was thinking: "You mean... take someone with you?"

"Hmm." The Demon King nodded. "But you need to carefully select the candidates."

"Ideally, it should be someone who... won't ask too many questions or talk too much, especially not someone who can tell Kalia, Iluvia, or Flam."

"If the three of them found out, they definitely wouldn't let you go alone."

"But the corruption by the evil god was so powerful that even I, who had already reached the divine realm at that time, could not detect the corruption, let alone the people around you."

Roland pondered for a moment, then looked at the Demon King and said, "I've got it."

(End of this chapter)