Even the Demon King is worrying about another world today.

Mikaela finished speaking calmly. Reni tilted her head, her face full of question marks. Although she didn't know what the Demon King was planning, as his subordinate, she could only obey orders.

The priest standing nearby listened with a relieved expression. It wasn't unheard of for some remote, small countries to be highly proficient in certain types of magic. Given that, they had absolutely no need to be arrogant because of the difference in healing magic.

Ariel nodded without hesitation: "Information is no problem at all. I wonder how much Mr. Mikael knows about the continent of Lolan? Would you like me to explain all the forces and branches in turn?"

Wow, so this other world is called the Continent of Lolan. Mikayi silently memorized the name; it's only one character different from the Continent of Garan. It's quite a coincidence, isn't it?

Just as Mikayi was about to answer, hurried footsteps came from outside. The synchronized steps suggested a well-trained individual.

015 The Royal Curse

The door wasn't even knocked on; it was kicked open with a bang.

Zera drew her weapon, as

He was determined to teach these people a lesson for their rude intrusion into Princess Ariel's treatment room.

"This is……"

"The Queen's Knights?"

Zera stopped moving. Faced with the Queen's knight, he could only calmly put down his weapon.

"Excuse me...? What happened?" Ariel was quickly surrounded by a group of knights in red armor. Looking at the men in front of her, each a head taller than her, Ariel cautiously glanced around.

"Your Highness, Roald Valmillion was found dead at home this morning. Her Majesty the Queen has ordered the arrest of everyone Roald had contact with yesterday. The guards in the capital say they saw you and Lord Roald arguing yesterday. As one of the suspects, Your Highness Ariel, we would like to trouble you to come with us."

Although the knight spoke politely, his actions were exceptionally rough. The reins, imbued with binding magic, were firmly bound to Ariel.

Ariel didn't struggle at all, her calm face showing a surprised expression: "How could this be... Roald was fine when he talked to me yesterday."

With no intention of answering, the Knights, after taking Ariel under control, turned their attention to Mikael.

"This traveler from afar, would you mind coming with us?" The knights asked, but didn't wait for a reply. They moved forward, preparing to bind Mikayi like they had done with Ariel.

Rene stepped forward nimbly, and destructive magic was easily unleashed from her hand.

Mikael reached out and grabbed Renee, placing her beside him: "You don't need to tie me up, I'll cooperate with you."

The leading knight commander sized him up. He couldn't detect a trace of magic in the foreign man; he was probably just an ordinary commoner. The knights had no need to be wary of someone so defenseless. As for the little girl beside him, the knight commander didn't even consider her a threat.

"Keep up with me. If you try to escape, you'll be executed on the spot." The knight commander said coldly before leading the way away.

The priests made way for them, and even Zera could only grit her teeth and stand to one side.

"Your Highness..."

“It’s alright, Zera, I didn’t do such a thing. Her Majesty the Queen will give me justice.”

Ariel's slender arm was pinned down by the strong knight. Mikael followed behind her, his expression growing increasingly cold.

The three of them were forcibly shoved into a carriage by the Queen's personal knights. After all, she was a princess of the royal family, and it was unbecoming of her royal image to be detained and made to walk on the street.

A small window on the carriage became the only ventilation opening, with an iron bar splitting the window in two, making it impossible to even stick one's head out.

This carriage looks like it's for imprisoning prisoners, doesn't it? The culprit, Mikayi, believes he's innocent and shouldn't be suspected.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Mikael, for making you go through this.” Ariel’s hands were bound, and her entire upper body was unable to move. “You are Zera’s savior… My Ais Federation is ashamed of you.”

Ariel's soft voice echoed in the limited space.

Renee snorted dismissively. She stood on the carriage seat, tiptoed, and peered curiously out the window.

“I’m so sorry,” Ariel bit her lower lip, bending her neck, which she could barely move, towards the little girl’s direction. “I still don’t know your name?”

"You mere human, how dare you... mmm!"

With lightning speed, Mikaela covered Renee's mouth immediately. He gave an awkward laugh: "Her name is Renee Neil."

At this point, Renee no longer cared about mocking the frail human girl, as she had already crouched in the corner of the carriage, covering her burning cheeks.

"Thank you, Renee."

Under these circumstances, Ariel was actually able to smile and thank them. Mikael was a little surprised. The princesses he had ever met would cry endlessly over the smallest things.

The bumpy carriage suddenly stopped, and the wooden door was opened.

This is an unfamiliar castle. Although it is not as magnificent as the royal city, it is still one of the more prestigious family castles in Ais's main city.

The crowd gathered outside the gate was huddled together, whispering amongst themselves, but their quiet conversation did not escape Mikayi's keen demonic senses.

“That eldest son of Bamilian was perfectly fine yesterday, but today he suddenly turned into such a miserable state.”

"It has been confirmed as a curse-type magic, but the specific type of magic has not yet been determined."

"Curse magic, is it the same as the royal family's?"

"The curse magic within the royal family has spread to the nobles...?"

"How terrifying! Can we even stay in the Ais Federation? The curse on the Queen will surely spread to the common people sooner or later! Should we flee?!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, are you out of your mind?"

The incessant noise made Mikayi frown; his exceptional hearing allowed him to absorb the entire conversation. He was curious to know if anyone else's curse magic could be similar to his.

Seeing Ariel's back in front of him, Mikael stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "What is the royal curse?"

Ariel frowned, and as the Knights urged her impatiently, she quickened her pace while quietly answering Mikael's question: "What was a secret of the Ais Federation a few years ago has become common knowledge as the rumors have spread."

Ariel lifted her wrist, white

On her fair skin was a black mark that looked like a coiled, winding black snake: "Ten years ago, during the Federation's war, we angered a dark mage. He cast a great spell, starting with the royal family, and the curse will spread throughout the entire Ais Federation."

Upon hearing the word "dark magician," Mikayi perked up. But then again, in ten years, the curse had only spread to a few people, and hadn't even caused a single death. This rate of absorption was far too slow.

"Curses can be lifted, right?" asked the Demon King Mikael, who possessed the strongest black magic, to the humans.

“The Federation of Ais is powerless to dispel it, and in these times of war, it is difficult to ask other countries for help. Moreover, with the royal family in crisis, Ais’s neighboring countries are already making moves.” As she said this, an angry expression appeared on Ariel’s face. “Those small countries around us, who repeatedly lent a helping hand to Ais in times of crisis, are now uniting to deal with Ais.”

Mikayi remarked that he was used to it; weren't all humans like that? But the fact that he'd ended up on a war-torn continent was just too tragic. Saving this other world, and he, a demon lord, had to do it?!

During the conversation, they had already gone up the stairs to a room.

A putrid stench could be smelled from afar. When the pool of black, foul-smelling water on the ground came into view, Ariel covered her mouth and gagged several times.

The black liquid was seeping from the clothes, the same magnificent aristocratic garment that Ariel and Mikaela had seen yesterday.

016 I'm just a nobody who knows wind magic.

"This is...? Roald Bellemon?" Ariel couldn't believe her eyes. Just how powerful a curse could be to turn a perfectly healthy person into this overnight?

A cordon was set up around the pool of liquid, preventing Ariel and the others from getting close. Rene remained silent the entire time, quietly standing behind the Demon Lord, occasionally stealing glances at his hand, suppressing an urge to take it.

"It's them, it's them! I saw them arguing with Lord Roald yesterday," the soldier said timidly, pointing towards them while clutching his spear.

In an instant, everyone in the room turned their attention to it.

The man wearing white gloves approached step by step, holding a glittering glass ball to his eyes and peering at Ariel and the other two through it.

“Princess Ariel doesn’t possess magic of this attribute, so let’s rule her out for now. This foreigner, I can’t discern any magical attribute in you.”

Through the refraction of the glass sphere, Mikayi saw the man's exaggerated eyes. Mikayi smiled and said politely, "My magic is wind-based."

To prove his point, a small ball of wind appeared in Mikayi's palm, and with a flick of his wrist, it flew out the window.

To talk about his wind attribute, we have to go back to when he transmigrated to the continent of Garan. It was because of this transmigration cheat, the <Lord of Storms>, that Mikayi rose to power overnight, was used and betrayed by various human nations, and finally transformed into dark magic.

What's puzzling is that even after becoming a dark mage and a demon, his "Lord of the Storm" attribute still remained.

Seeing the small ball of wind, Renee's eyes lit up, and she stared at it as it whizzed out the window.

"It's been so long since I've seen Lord Mikayi's wind magic!" Renian said, suppressing her excitement but keeping her face expressionless.

Ariel's fingers twitched, and a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes when she saw the ball of wind.

"Hmm...it really is wind attribute." The person said, then pointed the glass ball at the little girl behind Mikayi. "And what about you, little girl?"

This little white-haired girl always had a sinister aura about her, an aura that came from killing countless people and being soaked in blood and death.

The little girl with white hair carried a suspicious backpack on her back. Unlike the usual linen backpacks, this leather backpack had a distinct outline. It was unclear what was inside, but it kept shifting occasionally.

"Little girl, can I take your bag off and have a look?" The man smiled like a lewd old man, his outstretched hand reaching out to the girl as if he wanted to snatch her candy.

Renee frowned, and Mikayi immediately stepped to the side, shielding Renee behind him: "It's just a little rabbit I bought at the market inside. There's no need for this gentleman to rummage through a girl's things, is there?"

Renee's expression faltered. Huh?! They actually called my noble six wings a little rabbit or something… But if it's the Demon Lord, it doesn't matter. To have my wings carried in a bookcase personally made by the Demon Lord, Renee is so happy!

As I was thinking this, the little bunny in my backpack stirred again.

Only Mikayi could come up with something like putting wings in a backpack. He even followed Earthlings' memories and made the backpack look like a schoolbag.

The man wasn't finished. As the chief investigator, he had the right to search the bag.

"No, no one can be completely cleared of suspicion in the current situation. Give me your bag, young lady."

Mikael took a breath, suppressing the urge to crush the man's head with one hand, and said to the soldier to his side, "Soldier over there, did you see this little girl meet with Roald yesterday?"

The soldier who had snitched hesitated, his expression blank. Although Princess Alyssa had repeatedly emphasized that he should point the finger at Ariel and the foreigner, for some reason, he hesitated when faced with this foreigner...

When questioned by his fellow countrymen, he couldn't even lie.

"No, I didn't see... Yesterday, only Princess Ariel and this foreign man were in the royal city."

Ariel breathed a sigh of relief, guessing that it was her sister Alyssa who was secretly controlling things, but the soldier's honesty was indeed a great help to her.

A useless princess with no offensive magic, a foreigner with wind attributes, and a six- or seven-year-old girl. No matter how you look at it, this team seems incapable of using such terrifying curse magic.

The investigator stroked his chin, somewhat hesitantly: "Hmm...that's certainly true..."

The Queen's knights exchanged glances. Just when all suspicion was pointing to the foreigner beside Ariel, this person had somehow escaped suspicion.

“I’ve heard that some magical artifacts can alter the nature of magic, making it easy to use dark magic.” A gorgeous purple dress came into view, and with a series of soft footsteps, Alyssa gracefully walked down the corridor. “As everyone knows, Roald has almost no enemies. Yesterday, he only had a few words with Ariel, and today he’s in this terrible state.”

No one dared to disagree with Princess Elisa's statement. They all nodded in approval.

Ariel blushed, flustered and unable to find the right words to refute.

Mikayi glanced at her helplessly. This worrisome, foolish princess… at least say something back to her…

“My dear sister just returned from the battlefield yesterday, bringing back the news that the Imperial Army was annihilated by a third party. Even Her Majesty the Empress has some doubts. If my sister can bribe such a powerful force, then a little bit of curse magic would be no problem at all, right?” Alyssa used her feather folding fan to press Ariel's chin, lifting her lowered head. “Don’t you think so, sister?”

Ariel's face was flushed, and her hands, gripping the hem of her skirt, were trembling.

“Ariel fought with her life on the battlefield, and now she’s become a sinner. Your Ais Federation has a serious problem.” Mikayi couldn’t help but speak up.

Elisa glanced at him, a sneer escaping her nostrils: "Don't forget, you're one of the suspects too, you foreigner."

Mikael grabbed Rene, who was trying to step forward, and said, "I'm also helpless to be suspected. I've already shown my sincerity. Have you ever seen a dark mage who uses wind magic?"