125 – My aunt loves her nephew! # 2

125 – Aunt loves her nephew! # 2

midnight.

A wizard from House Walpurgis has arrived.

It was Brigitte’s older sister, Friede.

“I’ll open a portal to the border guard camp near Pandaemonium.”

The white wizard Friede calmly explained the location of the portal. It’s unreasonable to open a portal directly inside Pandaemonium, the country of demons.

“door.”

As the wizard lightly recited an incantation in the garden, a dimensional door shimmering like a haze appeared in front of me.

From the glimpse of the kingdom’s flag and barracks beyond that, it seemed that they were border guards near the kingdom of Ordor.

Garot asked.

“How should I go back?”

“Use this portal scroll. I entered the coordinates of this junk mansion, so I should be able to open the door to return here from anywhere. Although only once.”

It’s a magic scroll.

It was a very expensive item.

Saying so, the white wizard who placed the magic scroll in Garot’s hand now looked at Astarosa, a demon with horns on his head.

“Who is this woman?”

“She is my sister.”

Garot did everything without hesitation, but the white wizard, Friede, seemed to have difficulty understanding the situation in which the devil said she was her sister.

Then she turned her gaze to her sister, Brigitte, and seemed to have something to say, then turned her head and said:

“The door might close soon, so you’d better go quickly.”

That’s right.

It’s better to go quickly.

“Dad, I want you to have a good trip… !”

As I was about to cross the dimensional gate, Naru hugged my legs.

Around 00:23 past midnight.

It was time for the children to sleep, but Naru was rubbing her sleepy eyes to greet me.

“Okay, I’ll be back.”

Woo woo woo-.

I waved to those who remained and stepped toward the portal.

Me, Garot and Astarosa, and finally Cecily.

The journey of Pandaemonium began with a strange number of people.

“What kind of guy are you! This is the barracks of the kingdom of Ordor! Reveal your affiliation and identity!”

Sreung, clap-.

As soon as I came out of the portal, someone pointed a spear and a sword at me.

The soldiers of Ordor.

“Everyone calm down. Because there are little children.”

* * *

“My name is Guardsman, the company commander of the border guard company. I wish I could just call you company commander. It is an honor to meet you again, Judas.”

The company commander of the security company invited us to his office and treated us sincerely. Apparently, I was familiar with him, but I had never seen a middle-aged man named this Guardsman.

Soldiers in armor and helmets all look alike.

“I participated in the Battle of Karchen Plain during the war against Pandaemonium. At that time, I saw your performance from afar. Hey, that was awesome.”

If it’s the Karchen Plain… , It’s the place where the queen and the swordsman of regret, Alcatraz, fought in a life-and-death fight. The battle that took place at that time was a bit amazing.

Garot asked the company commander while I was lost in reminiscence.

“We are going to move on to Pandaemonium. Can you open the borders?”

“… To that dark land?”

The company commander raised his eyebrows as if he had heard an unexpected question.

He soon took on a very serious expression, looked around, and asked in a low voice that only we could hear.

“Have you ever had a problem? Is it really rumored that the demon king is going to resurrect again? Is that why the King of Ordor placed soldiers on the border some time ago?”

Did King Ordor deploy soldiers to the borders?

Maybe it was when I handed out flyers to summon the Thief Lords.

I decided to give a brief answer for the worried company commander.

“It’s not like there’s going to be another war. I’m just going there because I have some simple errands. Don’t worry too much, I’ll keep track of Pandaemonium’s trends along the way.”

“Is that so. So, who is the demon over there?”

The company commander finally asked about Astarosa.

However, he didn’t show any wary attitude, which was probably because the company commander had a lot of contact with the devil while serving as a border guard.

You don’t know that one of the three pillars is “Astarosa, the Witch of Obsession”.

Garot said.

“She is my sister.”

“Is that so? It seems that the situation is complicated in many ways.”

Rumbling, Giik-.

“Squadron commander, we have prepared border herbal tea for our guests.”

Then the door to the company commander’s office opened and a woman appeared. Like the soldiers in the rear, he was wearing a light outfit, and the small horns growing on his forehead and the tail growing behind his hips were quite impressive.

Her hair was short like a garot.

A female soldier in the border area–that’s what I was thinking.

“… Devil?”

clap-.

Garot put his hand on the small sword on his waist.

Then, a female soldier who was coming out of the car to greet the guests was startled by the force and screamed, “Hee-ik!”.

“this… Isabella is a surrender!”

be a rebel

There were a lot.

Come to think of it, there were quite a few demons in the barracks in this border area. Speaking of demons, they’re actually the same as horned humans.

“Right.”

Garrot removed his hand from the sword at his waist with eyes that did not resolve his doubts.

The female soldier, freed from the threat of life, sighed and looked at us, then met Astarosa’s eyes and reared her tail.

“you are… !”

“To surrender and protect the borders of the kingdoms. Not a surrenderer, but a traitor to the Demon King. I want to judge you as the Three Generals who swore allegiance to the Demon King, but—”

Astarosa said something to the soldier, but when she saw me and Garot, she shut her mouth. You must be well aware of your situation.

“This tea is more delicious than I thought. What is the car made of? Cecily von Ragdoll, is this your first time drinking tea like this?”

Then Cecily sipped her tea and asked,

Soon after, the female soldier looked at Cecily and seemed to wonder, “Why is the child in the barracks?”

“It’s a tea made from lunatic herbs that grow in Pandaemonium across the border. Because it is a herb grown under the moonlight, it has a clean and pleasant finish.”

“To think that such delicious tea leaves exist in Pandaemonium. To be honest, it was a trip I wasn’t too keen on, but it doesn’t seem like there are only bad things about it.”

Shuk-.

As Cecily evaluated the tea she had been served, Garot stood up.

Then he said while packing his things.

“Enough with the small talk, let’s cross the border soon.”

It was a good story.

Regarding that, the company commander said, “There is a secret route our scouts use to enter Pandaemonium. We will guide you there.”

The place he headed was on top of a high wall.

Torches were lit on the walls at regular intervals, and soldiers were standing on the lookout, but the direction they were looking at was completely immersed in darkness and nothing could be seen.

Would you feel this eerie feeling when you look at North Korea with the lights off from the southern guard post?

“As Judas-nim knows, if you cross this wall, you are in the area of Pandemonium, the land of backlight. Please be careful. Here, let me drop the rope.”

Charleur-.

We finally crossed the border on a rope heading down the city wall.

* * *

“In school, I only learned that all demons are bad, but I rode cars better than I thought. It seems that there are not only bad people called demons.”

As they walked through the darkness, Cecily spoke softly.

It seemed that his mouth was itching after he had been silent for about 10 minutes.

I told you about it.

“Well, during the war, it’s common for propaganda to accuse opponents of being villains.”

“… Propaganda?”

Was it a bit difficult for Cecily to understand?

I explained more simply.

“Even if there are demons, there are not only bad people. It’s just that Pandaemonium’s barren and radiation-exposed land makes people desolate, so there are usually a lot of bad guys.”

If we were to describe Pandaemonium in one word, wouldn’t it be ‘survival of the fittest’?

As if my explanation was difficult, Cecily kept frowning.

But one thing he said as if he understood.

“The lady-in-waiting, Bellora, said that there are no bad people among those who enjoy tea. The soldier from earlier is also a devil, but he must be a good person.”

However, Garot spoke to Cecily in a stern voice.

“All demons deserve to die. The only good devil is a dead devil. Cecily, have no sympathy for demons. They will trample on you and plunder you.”

It was a tough story.

At that story, Astarosa, who was walking in front of us, snorted, “Huh.” But I didn’t really throw up or anything.

Could it be because we suddenly saw a forest in front of us?

—-Grrr-.

-Garreureu… .

It was a forest where the cries of various beasts could be heard.

They seemed to realize that we had already entered this land.

tall.

Astarosa stopped walking.

“How much do you guys know about Pandemonium? Hey kid, how do you teach about Pandemonium in your school?”

“About a country inhabited by bad demons?”

“Well, half right and half wrong. It’s true that it’s where the bad guys live. But in fact, Pandaemonium is not a country. It’s just land.”

What does it mean to say that it is not a country but just a land?

When neither I nor Cecily understood, Astarosa kindly explained.

“There is really no such thing as a king in Pandaemonium. Everyone is in a state of struggle against everyone because they hate being under someone else more than anyone else.”

It’s a state of war of all against all… .

A little different from what I used to know?

Garot asked about it.

“I have fought the forces of Pandaemonium. They formed armies and invaded neighboring countries. You must have been a part of the Demon King’s army right away, right?”

“That was possible because the Demon King was there. Because Savrnak-sama really created a country by bringing together those who had been torn to pieces. Of course, everything is back to normal now.”

That’s right.

An outstanding figure named Sabrnak claimed to be the Demon King, and a thing called ‘order’ was emerging in Pandaemonium.

The problem must have been that he tried to invade another country using that order.

But I got it.

In a barren land like Pandemonium, there must have been no way to obtain resources other than invading neighboring countries.

As she was lost in thought, Astarosa looked at the claw marks on the tree and said,

“Isn’t it amazing that this troubled land made a city more prosperous than any other place and led history a long time ago? Anyway, now we enter the realm of the Beast King.”