The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

Although these words sound utterly absurd coming from the mouth of a demon.

But at that moment, Talomatti couldn't sense that Deloitte was joking at all.

Delois was such an absurd demon.

He possesses all the best qualities of a demon, yet he has a different way of thinking than other demons.

Back when I was taking the exam at the Demon Academy.

The easy question about "what fraction of one's self must a demon sacrifice to integrate into human society" was a perfect score-scoring question.

Every demon knows to choose "discard 0%".

Only Delois chose "abandon 100%".

Later, the teacher deducted points from his score and mocked him harshly, calling him a bad student.

Delois held a grudge about this and punished the teacher who graded the papers.

Delois possesses not only talent, but also limitless potential and malleability.

This is Talomatti's opinion of her brother.

Talomatti was not surprised by the changes that had taken place in him more than twenty years later.

Who changed you?

Talomatti had intended to ask that.

But when she lowered her head slightly and saw Dolois's face, she found herself unable to ask the question.

She wasn't so happy to see Doloice.

This was a side of Dolois she had never seen before.

Talomatti really finds it hard to imagine anyone being able to completely change Deloitte.

But perhaps there really was someone who left an indelible memory on Delois, leading him in a direction that a demon could never reach.

and.

It should be a woman.

For the Great Demon Clan, the ceremony of selecting a successor also carries another layer of meaning—

They have decided that they will never choose a partner again for the rest of their lives.

The woman who changed Deloitte is probably no longer alive.

In the end, Talomatti simply asked:

"You said you wouldn't hand me over to Len tomorrow, is that true?"

"Yes."

"I won't forgive you so easily, but I will continue to observe you until I understand you."

Talomatti also possesses a similar tenacity to Deloitte.

Just like Delois wanted to understand the human heart.

Talomatti also wanted to understand the unusual changes in Deloitte and figure out what had been puzzling her for the past twenty-four years.

that's it.

The brother and sister in the room did not speak to each other. Talomatti continued to flip through the book, while Dekan held his hot coffee in his hands and remained silent.

I don't know how much time has passed.

"Eve went to buy a cake, she should be back soon."

Dekan spoke up.

"Ah."

Talomatti responded.

The atmosphere seemed surprisingly much more harmonious.

324 Dekan's Kind Heart

"Pfft! It's so cold...!"

Eve burst into a sound of insincere joy as soon as she pushed open the hotel door.

"It's snowing now."

She brushed the snow off her coat and stepped into the hotel's first-floor restaurant.

A few scattered guests sat on the benches, warming themselves by the fire in the heater; the number of people was sparser than yesterday.

While the morning hours are partly a factor, it's really just that there are fewer travelers.

After all, it was still wartime, and those who could afford to stay in such high-end hotels were either high-level professionals or traveling merchants.

However, ever since Eve started mining with Dekan at the Demon Realm Hospital, she has purchased a lot of extremely valuable strategic materials. After arriving in the Holy Kingdom, she resold them. The Holy Gold Coins she has are enough for her to live a wealthy life in the Holy Kingdom for hundreds of years.

Originally, the kidnapping of Legion Commander Talomatti would have terrified Eve.

But it was Delois who wanted to do this.

Then it seems quite reasonable.

At first, Eve felt apprehensive every day when she was with these two great demons, but later she gradually discovered that both of them were quite strange.

Surprisingly, they were all very easy to get along with.

After returning to the Holy Kingdom, Delois became like a real human being, completely devoid of the chaotic and evil feeling he had in the Demon Realm.

Talomatti, on the other hand, is extremely rational. Although she may feel disgusted by Deloitte, she will not make things difficult for Eve, who takes good care of her.

Since leaving the Demon Realm Hospital, Eve has been living an extremely leisurely life, seeing scenery she had never seen before along the way.

No longer do we have to live in fear of death, nor do we have to work overtime to make a living.

His daily tasks consisted only of taking care of Talomatti and learning some magical engineering principles from Dekan, as well as the key points to pay attention to when a demon disguises itself as a human.

Eve would even occasionally marvel at how her teacher truly lived up to his reputation as a legendary demon, possessing such a profound understanding of humanity that his disguise as a human gave the impression of a convincing deception.

Of course, she didn't know why the teacher became so angry when she praised him like that.

It doesn't matter.

She now feels exceptionally safe and secure with Deloitte and Talomatti around.

I am now undoubtedly the safest demon in the world.

If my life were ever to be threatened, it would only be if both of them were gone.

Of course, this is impossible; who could defeat this brother and sister?

Eve walked through the warm space and easily exhaled a puff of mist.

Eve no longer has dark circles under her eyes, her hair is smooth, and her eyes are bright. After disguising herself as a human, she looks like a vibrant and lovely young girl.

Seeing Eve carrying a large bag of groceries and occasionally taking small, quick steps to keep warm, the salesman at the counter couldn't help but smile and greet her.

"It must be cold outside, right? But winter has only just begun in the northern border of the Holy Kingdom."

"Yes! I don't want to go out at all this winter!"

Eve replied with a smile.

She has completely learned how to interact with humans like a human does.

Unlike what the Demon Academy teaches, it doesn't teach the ultimate disguise and performance.

Her teacher told her to forget as much as possible that she was a demon, and to treat herself as a human being, and to seriously imitate, experience and understand the human way of life.

Although this is like a strange game for the demons.

But even though it's not as direct as disguise, it seems to have an unexpectedly good effect.

She never imagined that the safe place her teacher promised to take her to would be the Holy Kingdom, and the city of Krantes, which even the most skilled special forces demons dared not easily infiltrate.

So when she was brought to Lenn's territory in a daze, she was almost scared to tears again.

It must be said that Doloice was a devil with a wicked sense of humor, because Eve remembered that her teacher's lips twitched slightly when he saw her reaction.

He was clearly having fun with this.

However, after living there for a few days, Eve discovered that the Holy Kingdom was the place she had always dreamed of living in.

She preferred spending time with these gentle humans to dealing with demons who were always plotting evil.

After all, from the moment she was born, her greatest desire as a weak child was the will to survive.

As long as her demon identity isn't exposed, she really doesn't want to go back to the demon realm.

The only downside is that in the dead of winter, it gets so cold outside that even she finds it hard to bear.

Although some say that people living in city-states far north of the northern mountains don't take this cold for granted.

But for delicate civilized people, winter is indeed a season that makes them long for warmth.

For this reason, mercenaries and merchants who want to make money usually try to earn enough funds between spring and autumn to get through the winter.

But this year.

Even at this time of year, groups of Holy Kingdom warriors can still be seen in the city of Krantes.

If you were to ask whether those who remain are simply poorly paid mercenaries, the answer would be no.

They truly disregarded everything else and threw themselves completely into the war between the Holy Kingdom and the Demon Realm.

Although the demon army is now in a state of collapse, and even in battle they are retreating while fighting, mostly engaging in probing and covering operations, these demons still pose a considerable threat even in winter.

Some demons only become truly powerful during the snowy season, and only then can they rely on the environment and their cold resistance to become exceptionally strong.

Therefore, most of the Holy Kingdom's soldiers, mercenaries, or adventurers in this city will not stop their activities even as the coming winter approaches.

Most importantly, because of the extremely harsh environment, winter is the decisive moment when the dust settles.

As expected, the war between the Holy Kingdom and the Demon Realm will come to an end this winter.

This is what her teacher told her.