The Porter Is Not Interested in the Hero Party

74 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (10)

[betrayer! How could you betray us!]

It was something you would only see in a play. Even in a play I watched when I was sensitive, there was a time when the main character shouted such lines toward a traitor. Stauffen, who was still young, used to pray for the victory of the main character in the play.

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Not knowing that the end of the play was fixed, I cheered for the main character with sweat on my hands, and when the main character faced a crisis, I screamed like a child.

And when he realized that a play is a fake that moves according to the script, Stauffen thought that a love game or a hero fighting for justice was a trivial love game.

[Do you think you will betray the country and live comfortably! Stauffen! How do you think of siding with the demons?]

And when he faced a horse that could only be seen in a play, Stauffen was finally able to realize the truth. A play is just a play. Traitors living miserable lives and heroes living good and happy lives are things that can only be seen in fairy tales.

“Sir Stauffen. Reports have come in that the assassins of the Black Society have failed.”

Information quickly, news slowly. Information becomes information even in motion. Urgent information makes soldiers anxious, and slow information is quickly forgotten in the soldiers’ memories. The assassination operation, which was not even communicated to the soldiers, passed through one ear of Commander Stauffen and disappeared into thin air.

He was stroking his mustache and looking at the chessboard. On one side was a book titled [Solving Chess Mythologies], and chess pieces were placed according to the pictures drawn in the book. Huge horns, as if they had been transplanted from bull horns, and a languid face that did not suit them.

A long mustache that makes you want to play with it

The face was bright red, and the body was more optimized for enjoying a comfortable pastime rather than combat. He moved his hands back and forth in the air while holding the chess piece. The movement to find the answer soon stumbled and ended with throwing the object into the basket.

Stauffen said.

“yes. Good job. I wish I could have killed him, but I couldn’t.”

“Rumors are circulating that the hero is injured… … .”

“I don’t believe those rumors.”

When Stauffen spoke firmly, the soldier stood at attention with his shoulders trembling. He twitched his thick eyebrows and glanced at the soldier. The soldier was born as a demon. He was born in the dark world of demons and lived faithfully only for the demon king, and he believed that the demon tribe was the strongest.

Stauffen was not of Bondima origin. He was an aristocrat from another world that the demons had invaded. The enemies were strong and the allies were absurdly weak, so Stauffen chose to betray. The demons favored Stauffen, who surrendered with all kinds of information, and he was recognized for his excellence even among the powerful demon soldiers, and he was finally able to become one of the six commanders.

He also believed that the demons were the strongest.

And, they believed that it was natural to follow the strong. He thought there was no mistake in his choice to betray his country and follow the demons.

“soldier.”

“Yes! Sir Stauffen!”

“What do you think of Kiberes?”

A heroine who attacked Damon, escaped to the human kingdom, and later saw through the diversionary operation of the demon army and manually put one of the commanders in the water. However, her brilliant achievements were not properly evaluated because they were covered by two words, betrayal.

The demons were reluctant to bring out the name of Kayberes in public, and the family of Kayberes was branded as a traitor and their prestige was undermined. Rumors had it that the head of the Lucifer family was grinding his teeth to kill Kiberes himself, but this had nothing to do with Stauffen.

“Uh, that… … .”

And the soldier, who had nothing to do with the betrayal of Cayberes, stiffened his head at the sudden question. After thinking for a while, the soldier spat out his thesis.

“A traitor is just a traitor.”

“right. A traitor is just a traitor. History will put the four letters ‘stupid’ in front of the name of Kayberes. Isn’t that really stupid? To jump into the human kingdom in front of this mighty demon king army, to throw away the opportunity to live a comfortable life as the daughter-in-law of the demon king and to point a sword at her own family.”

“Yes, yes.”

“It has to be.”

Stauffen said. His promise confused the soldier and made the adjutant tilt his head. Stauffen squeezed the handle of the chair and said.

“Cybereth must be stupid, and the Kingdom Army must be lousy. But too many soldiers died for that. Even among you guys, there’s a story going around that you might be defeated by the kingdom army?”

The soldier screamed in bewilderment.

“No, there is no such thing!”

“Is that so? Then let’s pretend that’s the case.”

Stauffen, who was holding the weight, cut off the pulse of the conversation with a sluggish tone. He waved his hands loosely as if chasing a bug. The soldier turned around and left the barracks as if running away, not even feeling the cold sweat flowing down his face.

The adjutant asked before the curtain of the barracks stopped.

“What are you going to do?”

Stauffen cleared his throat and said.

“The assassination operation was enough even if it failed. I mean military operations. It’s like climbing stairs. Only the patient can rise step by step and secure victory. If you imitate those who jump 3 squares at a time, you will fall headlong to the floor and break your bones.”

“Soon the Hero party will return to the front.”

“I know. What we need now is not victory. All we need is to show that we are not wrong. We can’t stop them from coming, but we can decide where they go.”

“The word to decide… … .”

Reports piled up on Stauffen’s desk. He read through the reports one by one.

“The assassination operation itself is bait. I’ve already sent several Demon Assassins to various military camps besides those places. Some of them were successful, while others were caught and killed by mistake. An assassination case in the middle of the capital, and assassins harassing the military camp. The higher up must be aware that this war will not end peacefully unless the Assassins are eliminated.”

Stauffen’s finger pointed at the map. It was once used as a stronghold and hideout for the Black Society. However, there was another existence waiting here, not the Black Society.

“I’m going to give them information. Information that black society assassins regularly gather here. The information that I actually saw one of them get out of here. They will have no choice but to send a Hero party here.”

“Then, are you sure you send an army there to attack?”

“no. The probability of failure is too high to send an army to ambush. He is an ignorant bastard who also killed Greta. You have to see that it can’t be dealt with with just a few soldiers.”

Stauffen shook his head at the adjutant’s question. The adjutant seemed to become more curious as Stauffen lingered. Stauffen said.

“After this war started, my job was to gather information. Peasants pacified near the border and cowards voluntarily surrendered. It was to spread these guys around the city to gather information. What do you think I might have gotten out of this information gap?”

“I do not know.”

Stauffen said with twinkling eyes.

“It is a harbinger of betrayal. The moment we arrive at this cave, the party of warriors will collapse. small cracks. With the slightest crack, even a mighty dam will eventually break.”

The adjutant nodded. He couldn’t understand Stauffen’s strategy, but he trusted him. Because Stauffen was always right. Even when he was ignored for not being a pure-blood demon, he was a commander who proved himself with his skills.

“hahahaha!”

Stauffen smiled pleasantly and then began to laugh loudly. Stauffen’s laughter rose high into the sky. The soldiers outside the barracks heard the sound and stuck their heads out, then went back to their jobs. The adjutant looked around and started laughing along with Stauffen.

“Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!”

Staufen, who had been laughing for a while, stopped laughing and looked at the adjutant.

“…why are you laughing along?”

“….. I laughed because I thought I should laugh.”

Stauffen, who snorted at the adjutant’s words, started laughing again as if the engine were starting. His snout and his mustache twitched, which was not like a Demon, so I naturally laughed.

The adjutant followed Stauffen again and started laughing. Stauffen shouted when he saw the adjutant laughing again.

“After all, you are a funny guy! Ha ha ha ha ha!”

“hahahaha!”

The laughter that grew gradually became one, and the stars were shining in the sky.

Stauffen thought while laughing.

that he was not wrong

That group of heroes had no choice but to betray, just like him.