Chapter 31

「Lassie!!」

「Uwa!?」

It was the day after I came back from the lake.

I was in my hut, calmly drinking a cup of tea while doing basically nothing. I was supposed to report back to Wanzardt-san about what I found during my investigation, but it would be better if the one responsible for it to tell Wanzardt-san instead.

「Eh!? Wanzardt-san!? Why are you here? Where’s Av?」

「I heard from that Mr. Ex-Demon Lord that lassie is here. So let’s go!!」

Wanzardt-san grabbed my arm. I almost dropped my teacup.

「Wai- Hold on a second! Where are we going? Something happened?」

「To the royal capital, of course! C’mon!」

「Geh?? Nonono, aren’t you the one who told me to NOT go to the royal capital? So why are you taking me there?」

「They’re back!」

「……who?」

「The Demon Lord Subjugation Corps! They’re back!!」

「EH!?」

My teacup fell to the wooden floor.Doesn’t matter.

「I heard they came back last night, ‘round midnight I… think?」

「…came back?」

「Ou. Y’know that missus that came withcha before?」

「Emyu-san?」

「That’s the one. That young missus asked me to bring you to her, but to tell the truthー O-oi!!」

I jolted from my chair and dashed outside.They’re back.The Demon Lord Subjugation Corps were back.

That means that they……Rey-sama was back.

I hurriedly entered the teleportation circle to the royal capital and ran again after. I ran right into the public cafeteria. Meanwhile, Av was standing right outside for some reason.

「Hm? Where’s that burly man that was supposed to go with you?」

「He’s… I… forgot…… about him. Anyway, Av, where areー」

「……Emyurill is right at the last room on the second floor」

「Thank you!!」

I ran without looking at him.There was so much going on inside my mind at the time.So much that I didn’t even notice Av’s discomfort towards the whole situation.

「Emyu-san!!」

「Rio-chan」

So I just stood there and quietly pat Emyu-san’s back.