Chapter 59

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"Phew, we finally made it..."

We have just returned to the capital after going to the town to pick up Father.

On the way back, unlike the journey there, we encountered no problems such as dragons or being attacked by a group of monsters, and everything went smoothly.

We managed to reach the castle, surrounded by the guards.

"K-King! !"

Upon entering the castle, one of Father's subordinates came to us.

"Hmm, what is it?"

Father called out to him.

"W-Well, it's that... According to him, the princess of the demon race has come to the castle with only a few guards."

The demon race, fundamentally, is not much different from us.

Their appearance is very similar to humans.

The only visible difference is that demons grow wings on their backs and tails on their waists when they reach adulthood.

According to what I've heard, the wings on their backs can be folded up to be quite small.

By the way, the relationship between demons and humans hasn't been very good in the past.

The reason it's in the past is that the current king of the demons came to this country to sign a peace treaty, and since then, the relationship has been good.

Of course, I think there are still people who harbor dissatisfaction in their hearts, but most people are happy with the relationship with the demons, which is very fortunate.

Oh, by the way, I heard that the demons have an aptitude for dark attributes and can use dark magic to some extent.

Also, they have physical abilities that are incomparable to humans, so I would like to see them.

"Is there some kind of urgent matter...?"

I went with Father to the room where the demon princess was waiting.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Father apologized to the demon princess when we entered the room.

"No, I came suddenly. There's no need to apologize."

I thought the demon princess spoke in a rather old-fashioned way, standing behind Father.

"My name is Parfait. From now on, call me that."

"So, Princess Parfait, is there something you need...?"

Father immediately got to the point.

"Actually, it seems that someone from the demon country has brought my younger sister to the human country..."

"...? Is there a problem with that?"

It doesn't seem like there's a problem...

"It's that, the person from the demon country was one of the opposition forces to my father, the current demon king. They seem to have made my sister drink poison when they brought her..."

...Indeed, it's understandable to be worried.

Princess Parfait's face twisted in frustration.

"That's why I came here to ask for your help in finding my sister."

Princess Parfait looked intently at Father's face.

"...Understood. We will use every means to find her!"

Father immediately agreed.

"By the way, it would be helpful if you could tell us her appearance and name when we start looking."

Father asked for the minimum necessary information for our cooperation.

"First, about her appearance, she is a young girl with blue hair. She is usually cheerful, but now that she has been poisoned, it might be difficult..."

"What, what's her name?"

I hurriedly continued to ask questions as Princess Parfait became more and more dejected with each piece of information.

"...Lily."

"「...Eh?」"

Father and I reacted to the name given by Princess Parfait.

"...? Do you know her!?"

Princess Parfait, who noticed this, questioned us.

"Well, we have a friend who is a healer and has a child named Lily..."

The child at Nest's place was indeed named Lily.

But...

"But, that child was completely fine?"

Lily was full of energy, even pulling Father's hair.

Thinking about it, she does seem to have the characteristics of the Lily that Princess Parfait mentioned.

Perhaps Nest managed to cure her illness, but that seems unlikely.

"Healer, huh..."

Princess Parfait also had a troubled look on her face.

"...Recovery magic is not very effective on demons..."

"Yes..."

That's right. Demons have an aptitude for dark attributes, which makes them incompatible with recovery magic, which is a light attribute.

As a result, most healers know that recovery magic is not very effective on demons.

"But, there's a chance, so I'll contact them just in case. Right, Father?"

There's a chance that the Lily Princess Parfait mentioned is the Lily at Nest's place, and she was successfully treated by some method.

"..."

"Father?"

What's wrong with Father, who is frozen in place?

"Yes, that would be helpful. However, I will also search for her."

"Yes, I'm worried about your sister. We will do our best to cooperate."

I exchanged greetings in place of the frozen Father, and Princess Parfait left the castle.

I felt like she was staring at us as she left, but it was probably just my imagination.

"..."

Leaving the still unmoving Father aside, I should go tell Mother that we're back, shouldn't I?