The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 564
Chapter 564
I was careless.
After returning to the garrison, Ellen sat me on her lap and stroked me for a while, so I fell asleep without realizing it.
No, to be honest, even when I was next to Ellen, she often stroked me in the yard while I was sleeping, so I couldn’t sleep.
And when I came to my senses, I was trapped in a cage.
It was a conspiracy.
It was a ruse.
There was an ulterior motive.
hit by Ellen
I don’t know who I was talking to, but Ellen seemed to have decided that it was better to raise me in the temple rather than on this dangerous battlefield.
If I’m a real cat, it’s a miracle that I’ve survived and somehow followed the allied forces.
It is a situation where there is nothing to say even if the monster was not the problem, but even if it was crushed to death because it was stuck in the gap between the luggage.
If you don’t look at it, you can see what I’m thinking.
Ellen can’t stay at Temple forever.
So even though they can’t see me in the future, they’re trying to send me to a safe place.
Just as Ludwig is dangerous and wants to be returned to the Temple, I am also dangerous and wants to be raised in the Temple.
-Aye!
No matter how much I cried and scratched inside the cage, I could see Ellen gritting her teeth and enduring it.
It’s a pity to break up, but someone else must have decided that it’s better to raise them in a safe environment.
You can break the cage as much as you want, but from that moment on, things get out of hand.
Even Ellen, as well as Scarlett and Lanian Sesor, listened to Ellen’s words and nodded as if they should, and Ludwig, who had decided to return to the kingdom, also tilted his head, but did not say that it was useless.
what… … . Although Ludwig is not in a position to pay attention to a single cat right now.
– Those who are not subject to transmission, please step back!
Mass teleport casting is coming to an end.
-Aye!
– Buck buck!
“It’s frustrating. Sorry. I’ll release you in a little while.”
Ellen whispered quietly, probably thinking I was crying because I was locked up.
– Flash!
The flash of mass teleport wrapped around us.
* * *
Ellen has been particularly busy, but in the end the garrison is hardly ever dangerous. That’s why Ellen was able to make enough time for this.
Rather, Ellen must absolutely be given time to rest.
I don’t know if it’s such a precious and rare few days, but I use the rest time to leave the cat in Templo.
This is a problem.
That’s a pretty big problem too.
If I am entrusted to the Temple from now on, Operation Cat will be unusable.
It’s okay to camouflage another cat, but isn’t it a bit suspicious that one cat disappears and another immediately appears?
It would be nice to sell more temple stray cats than allied garrison stray cats, but I’m not a cat!
Returning to the ecliptic, Ellen put on a hood so that no one would recognize her.
It looks like he’s going to the royal class dormitory, and on the way, of course, there’s a guy who has no reason not to accompany him.
Ludwig lost an arm and is now ordered to stand in the rear.
Ellen returns to take care of the cat.
If you look at it like this, Ellen seems like a person who is crazy, but there is no one to blame Ellen for acting like this. Because of what I’ve done so far.
Ludwig and Ellen are not close friends.
But of course you can’t call it a bad relationship.
“Are you on vacation?”
“That’s not right. I will be back soon.”
Ellen gave a small answer to Ludwig’s question.
It was a guilty voice.
Ludwig seemed to think he was to blame for the loss of his arm.
Since everything after the Gate incident was his responsibility, he had no choice but to regard Ludwig’s work as his own responsibility.
And in the midst of all this, no matter how necessary, Ludwig seemed to consider it a peculiar thing to care about a cat when he had lost an arm.
Ludwig, of course, wouldn’t blame Ellen for this.
“from now on… … . Are you staying at the Temple?”
“huh. But I won’t stand still. I think there must be something I can do in the ecliptic too. It happened like this… … . It will definitely be there.”
Ludwig says cheerfully.
“There will be. clearly.”
Ellen also gives a small answer. Ludwig’s strong point is that he is a bright guy.
It’s getting darker because of the war and a lot of bad things, so a lot of that part has disappeared, but Ludwig doesn’t want his depression to be contagious to others.
“For now, I’m thinking about something like boot camp or guard work. If it’s a small monster, I’ll be able to deal with it. They say the refugee residence area is very dangerous, right?”
“yes.”
Ludwig had no choice but to return to the ecliptic, so he seemed to be trying to find things that needed him here.
“Don’t overdo it.”
Ellen added lightly.
In the end, it seemed clear that Ludwig, by nature, would devote himself to fighting when he got used to handling weapons as a left hand to some extent.
The dangers you will face on the ecliptic will be less than those on the battlefield. However, there was no guarantee that he would not be seriously injured again while trying to kill the monster.
“… … It should be.”
The sleeve of Ludwig’s right arm swayed loosely.
I have already come to the ecliptic.
So, a black cat similar to me could not reappear in the garrison.
Is Operation Cat permanently sealed with this?
Do I have to do it with a puppy or something like that next? Do you think I’ll be tied up on a leash?
No, and there’s no guarantee that Ellen will treat you just as cute as now just because another beast appeared in the first place, right?
It’s not the matter of being cute, it’s the difference between being able to attract attention or not being important. Being cute is not the point!
no… … . Is that what it is after all… … ?
In the long run, information gathering is bound to suffer greatly.
But in the short term, it’s also a good situation.
Ellen took me with her own hands and went to the temple and the royal class dormitory.
Therefore, there is a high probability of encountering Anna de Guerna there, and it is the best situation to see what they are doing with their own eyes.
Even the class B guys who were supposed to be back now ran into me often.
So if I think about collecting the information I need right now, there is no situation like this.
In the long run, it will be frustrating because you can’t spy on allied camps.
It’s not difficult to get out if you do it like a few days in the royal class dormitory and then move to the temple somewhere.
But then, when Ellen returns to see the cat later, I won’t be there.
What if someone tries to forcefully hold you in the royal class dormitory?
My butt hurts slowly.
But what?
It’s my fault that the beast was locked up in a cage in exchange for becoming friendly with humans.
I have no choice but to surrender myself to this flow.
Since the temple is far away and the magic train has stopped, Ludwig and Ellen walk quietly towards the distant temple.
“The members of the Knights Templar were gathering with very serious expressions… … . The commander of the Knights Templar as well.”
“ah.”
“Do you know what’s going on?”
At Ludwig’s question, Ellen nods as if that was the story.
Since Ellen could easily come in contact with the stories going on at the General Headquarters, the level of information she knew was inevitably different from that of Ludwig.
“I don’t know the details… … . Something happened at the Templar headquarters.”
“What happened?”
“Yes, the graveyard of the headquarters of the Knights Templar was robbed… … . I heard something similar happened.”
Rumors had no choice but to spread to the allied camps, and of course they would have reached Ellen’s ears.
No one has yet to know what exactly it is related to.
Ludwig opens his mouth in a daze at the sudden robbery story.
“Why would you do that? who?”
“I don’t know. That’s probably why the Templars returned to the ecliptic to investigate the case.”
“I see… … .”
Ludwig nodded quietly.
There’s going to be an uproar to investigate this seemingly outlandish heinous affair, including Ileion Bolton.
But our Death Knights have already been replenished.
You probably won’t even know that the missing remains were used against us in any way, and even if you did, it wouldn’t change anything. The Templars couldn’t find us anyway.
“Why did you dig the tomb? Are there any treasures in there?”
“I do not know.”
I don’t know if Ellen really doesn’t know what’s going on or if she’s just pretending not to.
And I couldn’t tell whether they knew what the empire was doing or not.
“… … .”
“… … .”
There is another awkward silence.
Ellen and Ludwig didn’t talk much to each other.
At first, the two weren’t close friends.
Around the time the temple gates approached.
“I wish I had been as strong as you.”
“… … .”
I lost because I was weak.
I was hurt because I was weak.
Because it’s weak.
Ludwig hated his own weakness and felt sad that he couldn’t have Ellen’s strength.
“you… … .”
Ludwig looks at Ellen.
“Thinking of getting revenge on Reinhardt… … . there is… … ?”
Ellen’s eyes widened at that cruel question.
Since he couldn’t do it himself, did he want Ellen to do his part?
You shouldn’t say no.
You shouldn’t give such an answer to Ludwig.
Whatever I was thinking, I rather hoped that Ludwig would say what he needed to hear.
“someday… … . I have to fight… … . I’m thinking… … .”
Ellen finally said that with a firm expression.
Ludwig wouldn’t be satisfied with Ellen’s mere answer.
“… … Sorry. like me to you… … . It’s not what I can say… … .”
However, his situation of having to hope that someone will take revenge on him.
own weakness.
It seemed more hateful.
* * *
So.
In other words, I fell for Ellen’s trick.
I couldn’t sleep because I stroked it so much that I couldn’t get enough of it, and when I woke up, I was locked in a cage.
As it is, he returned to the ecliptic while being locked in a cage.
It is unknown whether Ellen thought of this on her own or decided to do this after talking with others.
But whoever in the Royal Class Garrison came up with this idea, no one would have rejected the decision.
No matter how often you want to see them and pet them, you’ll think it’s better to grow up carefree in a safe environment than in a dangerous environment.
That might have a problem with gathering information in the future, but there’s no problem with me getting out of here.
As long as someone doesn’t lock me up, I can go back to Edina.
It can definitely be because there is a teleport scroll in case of emergency.
therefore.
however.
I was misunderstanding again.
I thought Ellen was going to leave me in the Temple Royal class dormitory.
In fact, Ellen did return to the Temple with Ludwig.
We had to stop for a moment at the temple gates.
“Is this the hero’s cat?”
“yes? ah… … . yes.”
Some guards even asked such a strange question.
Anyway, it is true that Ellen took me to the Royal Class dormitory.
but.
After Ludwig went back to the B-class dormitory to pack up, Ellen arrived at the Royal Class 2nd year A-class dormitory.
“Is this the cat?”
“huh.”
After putting down the cage, Ellen carefully opened the door.
“Grow me up.”
The one in front of me was Emperor Bertus.
Judging from the expression on Bertus’ face, it seems that it was even talked about beforehand.
“… … It’s not difficult.”
no.
Even if it’s safe, it’s too safe, this!
Was it not the temple, but the imperial palace, and was it meant to be made to live in Tetra?
It’s more than enough safe, so you can’t go anywhere.
this can’t be done!
-Aaaaaeng!
Ellen jumped up and hugged me as if clinging to her chest, embarrassed.
-Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
“… … It’s okay for a second.”
Ellen carefully separated me and tried to sit me on Bertus’ lap.
– Ae-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ah!
“… … It seems you don’t like me?”
“… … .”
Seeing me screaming, Bertus laughed and Ellen didn’t know what to do.
no!
From the moment I entered the imperial palace, I wouldn’t even be able to go outside, and everyone in Edina would go crazy saying that the Demon King was missing!
Not Temple’s cat.
Ellen was trying to make me the emperor’s cat.
* * *
What if I was a stray cat who somehow got into the Allied Forces?
A kitten that somehow infiltrated the Allied Forces caught the eye of the hero and became cute, eventually becoming the emperor’s cat.
This kind of status and success is not a person, but an animal.
There is no such thing as history in the world of animals, but if there is, it will be an event that deserves special attention in the animal world.
It’s an overseas topic. uh.
However, I’m not a cat for now, it’s just that the demon king transformed into a cat to gather information.
… … Does this feel more like an overseas topic?
Anyway, thank you for thinking of me, but this doesn’t work.
What would happen to the temple, but absolutely not to the imperial palace.
The imperial palace was not important, but becoming the emperor’s cat was important.
It is clear that they will be completely tied up.
It’s about helping Ellen live in the safest place in the world.
Even Bertus is Ellen’s request, so he doesn’t seem to have any intention of refusing it.
What can’t be done is not possible.
I mobilized everything I could.
When Ellen forced me to hug Bertus or sit on her lap, I twisted my whole body, gave a fucking light, cried, and even hissed.
“I didn’t know I was a person who couldn’t be loved by animals this much.”
For some reason, Bertus was hurt.
no.
It’s not like that… … .
“… … Why is this?”
As if feeling upset, Ellen started petting the mad cat that was gnawing at the emperor, the highest human dignity, while sitting on her lap.
It must be because they don’t know what it is because they’re beasts. Both seem to understand it that way.
Because I hate it so much, Ellen is a picture that I can’t leave myself to Bertus.
this.
If you really try to forcefully hug it, you have to run away, even with force, after returning to your true form.
It’s horrifying to imagine what would happen after that, be it a fight or whatever.
Anyway, this is a rare sight.
Somehow, I was able to see the scene of Bertus and Ellen having a private meeting, and there is no suspicion at all.
“I could have gone to the imperial palace.”
The emperor is someone who calls, not someone you go to see.
Even if Ellen was special, it would be more convenient to ask her to come to the imperial palace if she was on her way to drop off the cat, but Bertus came directly.
“Ah, I’ve been here for a few days because I have something to check with Temple.”
Is the thing to be confirmed related to the experiment I think?
Is it true that experiments are really taking place at the Temple and Bertus is confirming them?
But this conversation alone is a clue.
If Ellen knows about this topic, there is no need for Bertus to say ‘something to check’ around the corner.
“I see.”
Seeing Ellen say that as if she wasn’t curious about what was going on, it was clear that she didn’t know.
I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
It was clear that Bertus judged that Ellen did not benefit from knowing this.
“It’s not going back to the Ellen bar, so you can spend the winter here too. The area around Serandia can never be considered safe, but you did the most to clean up the area. And you haven’t been able to rest properly until now, have you? It seems that this cat has no intention of being raised by me. Wouldn’t it be nice for you to take care of me here?”
-You’re
right.
“… … .”
Ellen silently tickled the back of my head.
I’ve suffered the most so far, but I can’t even rest.
Even after the Battle of Serandia, Ellen was busy cleaning up the monsters around her.
However, that has already been completed to some extent, so there is no need to wait for the mission at the garrison.
Originally, it seemed Ellen was going to leave me with Bertus and go straight back to the allied garrison.
“It’s been a while since the dormitory. Get some rest while you’re here.”
Bertus dared not meet Ellen at the imperial palace, but at the dormitory.
It was partly because Bertus had been at the Temple for a few days, but at the same time it seemed that he intended to give Ellen a break after returning to the dormitory.
“… … Will it be okay?”
“Where else can I be but you?”
Ellen puts her hands on my waist as I sit on her lap, looks down at me and says quietly.
“You deserve it… … . Is it with me?”
The remorse and guilt contained in those eyes were conveyed as they were.
Ellen’s constant movement and refusal to allow herself rest must have been partly due to guilt and remorse.
At those words, Bertus was silent for a while.
“All of this… … . What happened this time… … . I feel like it’s all because of me… … .”
He knew that Ellen was blaming herself for Delphine’s death and Ludwig’s work. I watched Ellen’s eyes become transparent.
Ellen.
Bertus.
and me.
It is as if those who were the most important cause of the gate crisis are all gathered here.
“If you really start arguing who was the cause and who was the problem, there will be no end.”
“… … .”
“As if the gate crisis wouldn’t end even if I blamed myself for thinking that it might all be because of me. Just because you treat you harshly doesn’t mean it’s all over.”
“… … .”
“You’ve seen how weak humans are.”
It was a daily encounter with humans dying so easily.
Humans are so easily broken, dying, and getting hurt.
“You are strong, but you are also human after all.”
“… … .”
“You are breaking too.”
At Bertus’ words, Ellen squeezed the talisman around her neck.
“So take a break for the winter. You don’t have to be in the Allied Forces to survive the winter, and if the Allied Forces collapse without you alone, being in the Allied Forces is meaningless in the first place. And the Allied Forces do not need dangerous warriors, but must-have warriors. And to be that kind of you, you have to rest when you need to rest.”
“… … .”
“There is no such thing as an indefatigable human being, and it is time for you to rest.”
“… … huh.”
If you throw your body into fights and fights while thinking too much ahead, human beings will be cut down, and Ellen is no exception.
What the allied forces need is not a dangerous warrior.
He is a warrior who will reorganize his body and mind during the winter and return to perfect condition.
As if unable to refute Bertus’ words, Ellen nodded while holding the amulet.
It had been a long time since he had heard directly from Bertus.
I knew it had changed, but seeing it in person like this made me feel strange.
Bertus, who had been a villain, had become a guy who couldn’t be called that no matter how much he thought about it.
In the first moments of my life at the temple, Bertus was rarely a villain from my point of view. Any moment close to that would have been the moment the Gate incident was about to explode, but it didn’t happen because Bertus was a villain.
After the Gate incident, it felt like Bertus was living with the mask he always wore off.
For Bertus, he feels guilt, guilt, and responsibility.
But what’s even more horrifying is that Bertus, when he was a villain, didn’t do anything like this.
It is presumed that Bertus, who has ceased to be a villain, is doing more terrible things.
“Shut up. I need to talk to Ludwig.”
“huh.”
Bertus stood up from his seat as he left those words.
Fortunately, he was not taken to the imperial castle of Emperatos.
Ellen looks at me with her head down.
“I did.”
Ellen speaks in a melancholy voice.
“I am… … . continue… … . I can’t stay with you.”
It was a word with multiple meanings.
Even if you decide to rest for a while, you will eventually have to return to the Allied garrison.
It also means that Ellen doesn’t have much time to take care of a small beast.
And in the end, it was also a story that existence itself would disappear.
I couldn’t stay with her forever, so Ellen found someone to stay with me, and that was Bertus.
-Aeong
“… … what to do.”
Ellen finally let out a long sigh and hugged me.