While studying magic, the emir noticed something strange.

Ever since Byron came to Blackpool, he has often locked himself in his room, and he rarely goes out except for his daily activities.

Ophelia, on the other hand, either left early in the morning and returned late, or stayed in Byron's room.

On several occasions, the Emir wanted to ask what they were doing, but Ophelia said she had no comment for the time being.

Of course, people are likely to be discussing very important matters, even related to the future of the empire, so naturally there is no need to report to him, a small city lord.

After so many days together, Emile had become accustomed to Ophelia's warmth and cheerfulness, but now he had changed his attitude, which made him a little confused.

Now, the time to crusade against the demons together is approaching, and if nothing else, it should be in these few days.

It's a sunny day, and the snow outside is almost melting, and maybe the next few days will be like this.

A day after Anne left, Emile completed her assignment for the last time.

It was already noon, and Rena had prepared her lunch, and was about to call everyone in the mansion to dine together.

As a result, before she could go upstairs, she passed by the hall and suddenly found that Byron and Ophelia had come down.

The pure white knight had been wearing a helmet and couldn't see his expression at all, but Rena could still tell that Byron was looking solemn, making the atmosphere in the entire hall cold.

She didn't dare to make a sound, but she couldn't violate her duty as a maid, so she was standing by the door with a tangled expression.

It wasn't until the emir came over that he relieved her.

"What's wrong?" The emir asked softly.

"Ah, Lord Emir, it's time for dinner, and I'd like to call the guests for lunch, but you see, they seem to be bothered by something, and I'm afraid I'll disturb them."

"Is that all? Don't worry, leave it to me. ”

"Thank you so much," said Rena gratefully, "and without you, I'm afraid I'd have delayed the guests' meals, and I'd have not only Paglis, but I've also embarrassed you, I ......"

In the face of Rena's gushing thanks, Emile couldn't help but smile wryly, and then interrupted her.

"Okay, okay, you can go and do something else first, I'll go to dinner with them later."

“…… Yes, yes, that's the first to retire. ”

Rena immediately understood that the emir thought she was too long-winded, and ran away.

Seeing that she finally left, Emir hesitated a little before entering the hall, not to mention Rena, who even had seen strong winds and waves these days and didn't know how to face a candidate for the throne who was in a bad mood.

But now, as Byron's subordinate, it is necessary to help his master solve problems...... More importantly, of course, he wanted to know what Byron and Ophelia were thinking about these days.

"Ah, Emir, you are at last, and we are about to go to you." Ophelia saw him coming, and said in a cheerful tone.

Emile wondered, it seemed that the atmosphere was solemn just now, why did Ophelia ruin this atmosphere as soon as she opened her mouth?

"Hehe, yes, we didn't bother you because you've been busy learning magic from Miss Anne, but now we have to explain it to you."

"So, what the hell is that?" The emir nodded, and then got to business.

"Two news, one good and one bad, which one do you want to hear first?"

Emir couldn't help but complain, do you still have to sell Guanzi at this time? But he still gave it a little thought.

"Let's have bad news first."

"Well, the bad news is that the Demon King is gone, and we have lost his trace."

Ophelia said leisurely, but judging by her tone, the news didn't seem too bad.

"Uh, how do you know?" The emir asked.

"Well, to tell you the truth, I've been investigating around Blackpool these days," Ophelia sighed and explained, "because I didn't tell you for fear of disturbing your mindset of learning magic. ”

"I see." The knot in the emir's heart was finally untied.

"Regarding the purpose of my investigation, on the one hand, I want to monitor the movements of the demons and prevent them from sneaking up on the town, and on the other hand, for the final battle, I must take this opportunity to find out the location of the demon lair, but the final result is as I said just now, and even the demon lair has disappeared, I can't feel any traces of magic related to the demons, however, this is not a good sign, because the demons cannot disappear for no reason, since the demon king has been resurrected, then they may start a war with humans at any time, in short, Their disappearance is not simple, they must be planning something, maybe they have disdained to attack small towns, but have their eyes on the royal capital of the empire, Castia. ”

"Really? That's pretty grim. ”

The demons left Blackpool Town, which is not bad news for the emir, the city lord, but if they really set their sights on the royal capital, then the war with the human race will be imminent, and the victory or defeat of this war is not something that they can control, because the road is too far for them to catch up with for a while.

The emir immediately thought of asking Anne to help and teleport them all to the royal capital, but unfortunately Anne didn't know about it at this time, so naturally she couldn't help.

However, it can be seen from Ophelia's attitude that this is not a big deal.

"And what about the good news?" The emir then asked.

"Well, that's the good news." Ophelia blurted out.

“……”

Emile was speechless, and could not understand how she had managed to make such a joke with a blank face, even if it was not funny at all.

"Okay, it's not funny, but it's really good news, because our decapitation team failed, if the demons don't leave, we have to bite the bullet, you have seen the methods of the demon king before, that scale of magic, even I can't do anything, and we will inevitably be wiped out at that time."

"Is it because there are not enough people?"

"Well, that's one of the problems, after all, there are only two people in this decapitation team, me and you, but more importantly, we suddenly found that it doesn't seem to be possible to deal with the Demon King with a lot of people, and one more person may just be one more corpse."

“…… Wait, you say it's just the two of us? And what about Anne? "The emir paid attention to the problem.

"Well," Byron spoke, who had been silent for a long time, "I can only say that she doesn't really want to work for me, but don't get me wrong, there is no doubt about her determination to defeat the demons." ”

"Well," Ophelia nodded, "she's very loyal to her organization, and I don't think she would have been involved if it weren't for the leader's determination to defeat the demons and take the throne." ”

"No wonder she suddenly wants to teach me magic, that's what happened." The emir pondered, and then said the crucial question, "So what are we going to do next?" Keep looking for the right companion? ”

"Of course," Byron nodded, "this matter does have to move forward, whether it is useful or not, but there will definitely be a better chance of victory, but our work should be focused on tracking down the whereabouts of the demons." ”

This continent is not big, but it is not small, to find the whereabouts of the demons here, and there is no clue, this is simply looking for a needle in a haystack.

Perhaps this is the fundamental reason for Byron's solemn face, as a candidate for the throne, he must get ahead of the other brothers and sisters and exterminate the demons as soon as possible.

But now, his plans have been completely disrupted, and he is getting farther and farther away from the throne.

However, the emir thought of a way to comfort him.

"Lord Byron, in fact, you don't have to worry, you know, we can't track down the whereabouts of the demons on the front line, so how can those pampered people in the royal capital exterminate the demons before you? Even if the demons really appear in the royal capital, they may not have the ability to kill the demon king. ”

"Haha, Lord Byron, did you hear that, even the emir said so." Ophelia laughed, it seemed that she had persuaded Byron in the same way before, but unfortunately it didn't work out well.

At this time, the emir held a similar view, which made his thoughts a little shaken.

However, after thinking about it for a while, he still chose to stick to himself.

"No, you don't understand at all, there are nine paladins in the royal capital, and the number one strength among them, I guess they can all single-handedly take on the demon king."

“…… Is this so powerful? ”

The emir was shocked, he had only seen the tip of the iceberg of the demon king's strength in Baifeng Town before, and he was already so shocked.

But now Byron is saying that someone can single out the demon king, is that kind of thing really human?

Seeing Emir's shocked look, Ophelia couldn't help but laugh.

"Haha, don't be bluffed, how can that kind of person exist, I'll tell you this, if I want to participate in the knight competition, I can definitely get the first place, and then throw the second place a few streets, but even I, in front of the demon king, I am like a child, otherwise how do you think the human race defeated the demon race five hundred years ago, it was just a sea of people tactics, of course, this so-called sea of people is actually thousands of elite knights."

Ophelia said with a serious expression, and the emir could not see a hint of exaggeration.

However, Byron still shook his head, he didn't believe Ophelia's words, after all, Ophelia had been away from the royal capital for many years and didn't know the real situation there.

And his worries don't stop there, he observed the demon king who appeared in Baifeng Town before, and the other party didn't seem to be completely formed, so during the period of disappearing, the demon king was likely to regain his strength at his peak.

At that time, maybe the human race will really not be able to defeat the demons, because the current human race is more prosperous than five hundred years ago, but it is also unprecedented division, if the demon race intends to disintegrate the human race from within, then they will easily succeed.

After a while, just as everyone fell silent with their own opinions, a huge magic reaction suddenly appeared, and even the emir, who had just become a magician for a few days, could sense it, but there was still a big gap between the magic level of the comer and the demon king.

"Tsk, why is there such a disgusting smell?" Ophelia couldn't help but frown.