Chapter 19: The Unreliable Wokan
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The next day, six people stood in front of the demon king again. This meeting was almost a tacit process for both parties, and they were officially assigned the task of going out by the Demon King, and were given three days to clean up. Generally speaking, the process required for the tasks assigned by the Demon King himself should be much more than this, but it seems that this time there is a special reason to make the whole process simple.
"The Demon King seems to want to hide something—not from us, but from a force that we can't see yet, but he doesn't use the form of a secret mission."
Kryld informed Padron of the unusualness, and the father and son began a new discussion.
"The Demon King is on guard against a certain force, no doubt about it, but he does want that force to notice that you are 'doing something'." Padron pondered, "We have so little information at the moment that it's hard to make an accurate judgment - did you have any other anomalies at the time?" ”
Kylde shook his head strangely.
"Strictly speaking, although there is, it should have nothing to do with the intentions of the Demon King." Kryld paused, as if he didn't know what to make, "She...... Biancole did something rude. ”
After the Demon King had arranged his mission, they were supposed to leave the palace. But the girl stubbornly thought that she heard what looked like breathing, which meant that someone else was there.
Regardless of whether there was anyone else with the Demon King, with the Demon King's attitude of no surprise and no action, it must have been the Demon King's acquiescence. In their capacity, pretending not to know is the right way to go. So Kylde told the maiden that it was her delusion, though he himself did not suspect that the maiden had indeed "heard something".
However, the girl was not persuaded so easily, and Kyild wanted to be as gentle as possible with his supervised in front of the Demon King, but it was clear that Bianko would not stop without putting on a cold face, so he had to frown and order Bianko to be quiet.
Although Bianco's obedient silence was silent, his obviously aggrieved expression gave him a big headache. The girl was taught how to express his feelings, and while he was finally able to communicate normally, he couldn't ignore the other person's feelings with peace of mind like before. What's more, the Demon King clearly expects them to get along amicably, rather than really being like a criminal and a caretaker.
But the Demon King did not raise any objections to their relationship, but watched there with interest, without any intention of interjecting at all. Although it seems that the Demon King does not have any displeasure, they should never be so carried away.
“…… It doesn't matter, if this happens in the future, you can let the Demon King know that you have done your duty. Padron coughed softly, "Don't worry about her angering the Demon King." ”
Kyild looked at Padron with an inquiring look.
"Father, what does she have to do with the Demon King?" He asked bluntly, "We're going to be out next, you should always let us know how important she is." ”
Padron glared at Kyird.
"What about the manners I taught you, Kui? Don't make an excuse for Biya, you don't spend much time with that kid at all. ”
Kyild shrugged his shoulders, a look of disapproval evident on his face.
"That's because vague questioning will only get you perfunctory."
Padron looked like he was choking, and he was silent for a moment, eventually turning the subject back.
"Of course she has a relationship with the Demon King, and we haven't told you because we don't know if we're allowed to do it." Padron looked at Kyird meaningfully, "Are we allowed to tell anyone about this, and are we allowed to let the person themselves know?" No one has ever told us the answer, and it is clear that we can't let anyone know what we know. ”
"You mean—"
"It's like she's just been taken to Nobile's house, and she doesn't know anything all the time." Padron said slowly, "She doesn't know anything about her elders or what happened in the past, and she hasn't been allowed to know. ”
Kylde fell into a brief silence.
"Do what you have to do, Kui." Padron said in a tone that ended here, "Whoever she is, you do what you are supposed to do, and that's enough." ”
After walking out of Padrón's study, Kïld still frowned tightly.
Not allowed? Of course, the only one who can have the right to "allow" the nobles to do anything is the Demon King. Not their boasting, Nobile, Tapu and Keta are the three most trusted of the nobles. Even if it is related to the demon king himself, they can understand something - including the fact that the demon king and the goddess Imoriela were lovers.
But when it came to Bianko, his father didn't even know if they would be "allowed"? What kind of story can she have about such a silly girl?
"Young master, Madame Syger asked you to go to the living room to find her."
The crisp voice brought Kyald's mind back to reality, and the "silly girl" was standing in front of him, looking at him with those round black eyes.
The girl's demeanor was really not elegant, she just stood there so casually, and her hands were casually behind her back. Kyld tried to open his mouth to reprimand her, but for some reason, the words swirled around in his mouth and finally swallowed back into his stomach.
His cold face before only made Bianko stop arguing with him like before, but it didn't prevent the girl from approaching him. Just because he brought her out of that prison, she had to follow him like a cub with her mother anyway?
Kyild mentally rolled his eyes at his metaphor, but at the same time, the scene in the Demon King's palace came to his mind, and when he was about to accept the punishment from the Demon King, the stupid girl who didn't know the height of the sky was recklessly saying nonsense, and by mistake made the Demon King retract the decision he was weighing.
The Demon King's failure to punish him in the end did have a reason why he confessed his mistakes, but it was also because Biankom wanted to defend him, so he thought that at least he had done something that Bianko wanted to defend him - this really made him feel indescribable.
Kyild struggled for a few seconds, nodded at Bianco, and let himself ignore the girl's eyes that lit up because he was paying attention, and walked straight to the living room, fortunately, although Bianko appeared to be as elated as a puppy, she did not follow him to the living room.
Well, that's it for now. Thinking about the background of this girl who doesn't even know about the demon king, he doesn't want to suppress her too coldly - even if this stupid girl can't even sue.
Three days passed quickly, and with Siggala's reluctance to say goodbye, Kyelde, dressed in a light brown simple suit, left Nobil's house with Bianco, dressed in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark blue shorts, and went to the city gate to meet the other four men.
“……”
The moment he saw Vokan, Kyild fell into an eerie silence. "What's wrong? Are you amazed by my handsome outfit? Wokan grinned and asked, "I think it's a good fit, huh?" ”
Lanorda, who was standing beside him, rolled her eyes widely and unabashedly, compared to Wokan's outfit that looked like she was going to surf at the beach, her outfit close to Biankom proved to others that the Tapu family's aesthetic was very normal, and that it was only Wokan Tapu who was abnormal.
"That's definitely not what Kai is trying to say." Leti said gently, "Wokan, I don't think we're going on vacation. ”
Although Leti's voice didn't sound accusatory, his tone expressed unmistakable disapproval.
"What does it matter?" "That's what makes people ignore us even more." ”
"Trust me, you're only going to be more noticeable." "Would you like to see the news that the modern aristocracy has fallen into decay, neglected its duties, and is on a mission mission?" ”
"It doesn't make a difference to me." Wokan made a look of serious thought, "My reputation is bad enough. ”
This is indeed true, in this city, everyone from the demon king to the children knows that the heir of the Tap family, Wokan Tapu, always likes to mingle with some ...... It's not a good place to be on the table. But as the heir of the nobles, his other abilities are very qualified, which makes the current head of the Tap family angry enough.
"It's going to be hard work."
Rosette, dressed in a light grass-colored dress, patted Lanoda on the shoulder sympathetically, looking like she was just caring about her friend, but it gave Letty another didactic inspiration.
"Walkan, your parents aren't particularly kind people." Leti said a little unceremoniously, "My parents don't care too much about these things, Kayi's parents are always gentle with their juniors, but if you're always so careless, your mother will blame Lanorda." ”
The Taps are a family that values traditional rules, although something went wrong here in Wokan. One of the reasons why the Tap family was willing to accept Lanorda was that her father was quite prestigious among the nobility, and another reason was that Wokan would go out less often because of Lanorda.
But this also makes the people of the Tap family believe that Lanoda has a duty to watch over Wokan's actions, and therefore she needs to be held responsible.
"I'm not opposed to you teaching Wagan a lesson, but don't say it as if I'd be afraid of it." Lanoda smiled a little disdainfully, "You want to force a responsibility that doesn't belong to me on my head?" Come on, I'm not going to take it, I'm just a 'regulated person', how can I take care of my 'regulator'? ”
"Oh, my Lanorda, you hurt my heart so much." Wokan quickly tossed aside the exaggerated surfboard he was holding and stretched out his arms to Lanoda, "If you want, the Tap family will be fine with you." ”
......," Kyald decided not to comment on Wokhan's unreliable statements, "where did he get those things?" ”
"I think I got it from some of his former friends." Leti said calmly, "Wokan wears what someone gave him to make overtures to Lanoda, and it's no wonder that he is always rejected. ”
Kyild was reluctant to dwell on the entanglement between his friends and their detainees, which meant a great deal of trouble that might arise in the future—though he would have been on his friend's side at that time, but it was really something that I didn't want to think about.
Bianko looked left and right, and the blank expression on her face showed that she didn't understand what was going on.
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