My Disciples Know That I Am Strong

Episode 9. Bewitching the Donmisae (完)

“I have to go to the border again.”

On the way out of the mansion, Ella said.

“Because I have to watch the movement of monsters there for several days.”

“Yes. Suffer.”

She had nothing else to say.

There is no sense of her insensitivity, but this was the best kindness she could give her.

“…… In a fortnight or so, I’ll be back at Todia. Then I’ll give you a signal with this. Please come and play.”

She said, holding out the Scroll of Transmission Magic I had given her princess. I handed it over and nodded her head.

I was going to visit Todia Territory anyway.

There were many useful relics in Todia’s territory. In particular, Tina’s final weapon was there.

And I was thinking of seeing the king of the water spirits hiding in the snowy mountains at the edge of the north.

To be precise, I was thinking of getting a chance to see the King of Spirits by defeating the ‘Yeti’, a minion of the King of Spirits.

“Yes.”

I wasn’t going to Todia’s territory because of Ella, but it would be okay to play with her for a day or two.

The warriors are still young, so they’ll want to go play here and there.

“Then let’s see then.”

When I answered, Ella laughed. As she was looking at the woman’s smile, she was a little bit excited.

“That…… It was great, Mr. Prause.”

“Thank you.”

I patted her on the shoulder and turned her around.

Ella stood in front of the mansion and waved her hand at me.

Her warriors only looked at her, but did not accept her greeting. After watching Ella for a while, they turn her body around at about the same time.

Did you fight with Ella? I think the reaction is a bit cold.

“I think we should eat something before we go home. What do you guys think?”

I raised a topic to lighten the mood.

Apart from my wish, the Grand Duke of Rexton gave me money.

It was a whopping 800 gold.

I heard people say thank you, saying that they plan to make a profit by turning the Cartrod mine area into a mining complex.

Although he seemed to be still thinking about the issue of neutrality.

“No. I want to eat the food that master made.”

“I also like the one made by Master.”

“Me too.”

After all, is it a problem that she corrupted her tongue with seasoning?

In this world, condiments were expensive, so most of the food commoners ate was bland. It’s not easy to feel the stimulating taste, so my food felt relatively delicious.

In addition, the fact that the dishes I cook do not match the background of this era may have played a role.

“Yes. Let’s go home and eat.”

“But Master.”

“Huh?”

“That blue-haired woman… …. So, Ella and that… Are you a lover?”

It was a question I didn’t know what the purpose of asking was.

Looking at Tina in puzzlement, he sees other warriors. Iris and Maria’s ears perked up.

What are these? The reaction is strange.

It’s not jealous because it’s obvious…….

Are they worried that they might be neglected?

I certainly think that if she became a lover with Ella, she could become a little insensitive to the warriors.

Because priorities change.

But even if someone confessed to me, I had no intention of dating right away.

I was struggling with how to deal with the demons right now, but I didn’t have the confidence to even worry about my lover.

“No. I refused because I couldn’t afford it right now.”

“I see.”

Somehow, he seems happy. The other warriors were all the same.

There’s no way the warriors would like me, but if they liked me at all, they would of course refuse.

They are still too young, and I thought it would be easier to form a consensus in many ways if they became lovers with kids their age than me.

“…… Then, let’s go buy some ingredients for dinner tonight.”

“Neeet!”

Tina, who immediately felt better, replied vigorously. The others laughed and agreed.

* * *

“Whoa… ….”

Rexton opened the window with his cigarette in his mouth.

Looking at the back of Prause and the others who hadn’t left the mansion yet, he let out a long breath.

“I thought it would look good on me and extort money to play and eat for the rest of my life, but I never thought I would mention the succession war out of the blue.”

He smoked a long cigarette, recalling the conversation he had with Prause earlier. The amount of smoke exhaled was as large as the length of the suck.

The succession war has already been a topic of discussion among nobles many times.

Depending on the direction of the Succession War, countless nobles would experience joy and sorrow, so it was impossible not to mention it.

While the majority chose the safety of Prince Chris, some nobles chose other princes.

To be precise, I had no choice but to choose another prince.

The nobles who chose other princes were the ones that Prince Chris had rejected from before.

And when he became emperor, he would have the title taken away or executed.

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So, in order to live, he had no choice but to choose another prince, crying and eating mustard.

It was because they knew that if they lost this war, their families would be in danger as well.

But Prause intervened as an unexpected variable.

“It is said that commoners, not nobles, become a force in the succession war… ….”

Originally, it was impossible for someone who was not even an aristocrat to intervene in politics.

However, the succession war was a different story.

The succession war was not politics.

It was a bloody battle to claim the single seat of emperor.

Since ‘force’ had to take precedence over dialogue, there was nothing strange about Prause intervening.

So Rexton couldn’t help but hear Prause’s words threatening.

Remembering the vague possibility that perhaps Prause alone might destroy Chris’ power, I watched Prauss getting further and further away.

“If what Prause said was sincere, the war would change.”

So, the information he needed to know right away was ‘whose faction is he entering?’

“It wouldn’t be the princess who recently got engaged…… Except for the princess. After Prince Chris, the one with the greatest power is, of course, the second prince…… So far, there has been no information about contact.”

He pondered, then rubbed some tobacco on the ashtray and rummaged through the locker.

There were documents containing information about Prause.

It was specially collected separately thinking that he was an unusual person from the time he was rampaging from tolerance of warang.

“Prause visited the royal family several times because of Prince Chris. In fact, there is no other member of the royal family that he has frequent contact with other than Prince Chris. But if Prause was going to get into Prince Chris’s forces, he wouldn’t have told me to stay neutral.”

He sighed as he read the data he had gathered without missing a word.

“I don’t know from the information I have. This should be the most up-to-date information.”

Taktak.

He tapped the table with his index finger before opening his mouth.

“Who else is there?”

“Did you call, Your Highness?”

The butler, who was waiting outside, enters without any disturbance. He looked at Rexton and smiled kindly.

‘I can trust a butler.’

“Put in a request to the Secret Garden. Investigate all the imperial family members Prause met and bring them to me. It doesn’t matter how much money it costs.”

“Okay.”

“There should be fewer people who know about this issue. Do not have another servant do it, do it yourself.”

“Okay. Majesty.”

After seeing the butler close the door and leave, he watched the scene of Prause defeating the black dragon again.

Having gone straight through the scene, he marveled once more.

“Really strong. It’s like seeing the first hero from a legend.”

‘That’s why I must never become an enemy with this person.’

It was obvious how the nobles would treat him if he brought this to the noble meeting. They will spit out nonsense saying that they should be scared or used and discarded.

Considering Prause’s position, it was Rexton who thought it was right to hide power-related problems as much as possible.

However, since the knights and adventurers saw the scene of the black dragon’s subjugation, it was impossible to completely hide it.

Therefore, there was only one judgment he could make.

“Instead, it would be best to keep the fact that Prause is participating in the Succession War a secret. That will give me freedom in my position.”

Rexton was moving in a slightly different direction from Prause’s expectations, but his heart was not so different from Prause’s will.

In other words, it was said that Economy Rexton began to view Prause more highly than Prince Chris.

* * *

Southern area based on Demon King.

In the 4th Corps Commander’s Castle, which is smaller than the Demon King’s Castle, a pale man was walking through the wide hallways.

He stopped in front of a door and opened the door without hesitation.

Knock!

“Stella.”

The fifth-ranked vampire, Corps Commander Habito, called Stella Forna, who was closing his eyes in bed.

“… Ah, Mr. Habito.”

Stella lifts her upper body, scratching her messy hair.

“Now that I’ve become a demon, I don’t really need to get any sleep, right?”

“Sometimes it’s easier to close your eyes.”

“I see.”

He sat down on the bed and casually touched Stella’s cheek.

No matter how much she became a demon, the smell of a human still remained in Stella’s body, so her vampire, he, could only see her as her prey.

But since she was now her own minion, she had no intention of eating it.

He asked, holding back his desire and removing his hand.

“So how was it? What is Prause’s power?”

As Habito questioned Stella, he remembered being overwhelmed by Prause’s life.

“…… I honestly don’t know.”

“Not sure?”

“You said that Prause was something to keep an eye on, so he even transformed through form, but his power was something different.”

What Stella felt when she had the power of Prauss as a form at the time was the vast amount of mana and weak body.

“It seemed strong, but it was weak.”

“What do you mean?”

For Stella, there was no better expression than this, but from Habito’s point of view, it was an incomprehensible sound.

She pondered for a moment before opening her mouth again.

“…… I can feel her obviously great mana, but the feeling of using that mana doesn’t seem to be her own.”

“I don’t know what you mean. Didn’t you actually use the skill?”

“Yes. It seems that it was done with Prause’s magical power. I’m not good at explaining either. But what is certain is that the body itself is no different from that of an ordinary person, so there is nothing special about it.”

“The body is a normal person? A warrior must have a good body, right?”

The confusion of information forcibly cut off the conversation between the two.

‘Something went wrong, but Prause killed the black dragon by himself anyway. The power he possesses must be considered real.’

“Once I get it. I’ll do more research later. Rest for now.”

“…… Yes.”

She lay down again as soon as Harbito left.

She closed her eyes, feeling the soft feel of the bed, and recalled what she had thought.

Whether to live as a human or as a demon.

She muttered in the air, remembering Prause’s words.

“When the magic stabilizes, after destroying the Aium kingdom that abandoned me, will you kill me shamefully? Prause.”

You can look forward to it.

For a while, low laughter echoed in the room without interruption.