After taking the fainted Zenobia to his bedroom, he told Lou's guards, the mages and knights, that he was going around the royal capital, and Mirage appeared in his own castle, the ghost castle. . The holiday as Falsa has already disappeared, but as Mirage we can still take a rest, but we have no spare time to set up. In the wolf demons village, Lou is missing, and in the royal capital, even a fake Mirage has appeared, so the measures on the demons side are more important than on the human side. Nevertheless, Mirage must act cautiously because there is still more time for the information in which the fake appears to flow to the demonic territory, and it is more unnatural to know that.

"Good evening, Tart-chan. I came to see you a little bit.

"..."

As usual, Mirage meets Astalt in the office and greets with a light greeting. Astart briefly stopped the pen that was busy moving crisply, but resumed working without looking at Mirage. No matter who they look at, they are aware of Mirage but ignore it on purpose, for a reason. The other day, Astalth and Mirage fell asleep on the same bed, hugging each other. Mirage woke up and looked at Astalt's sleeping face, but basically the demons are light and do not need much sleep. The reaction of Astalt who woke up shortly afterwards was not hard to imagine, and he poured all sorts of abusive words into Mirage, repeatedly kicked, and eventually jumped out of the room and stuck in his room. It was. Mirage had left a message saying that she would like to be notified by a contact ball when she settled down, leaving Mirage Castle behind, as she was planning to investigate the archeological site with Bedivia. Until now, the contact ball has not been used, and it would be an unexpected occurrence for Mirast to appear in the office for Astalto. Although Mirage thinks that it is better to give it a little time, it is a judgment based on the thought that it is unavoidable in the current situation.

"Tart-chan, actually bought a mirabelle fruit tart ..."

"...!"

In response to Mirage's words, Astalt stood up vigorously, and rattling and chair legs scratching the floor sounded in the room. So far, what is the Mirabel fruit that reacts to asterte is a refined sweet plum grown in the Lorraine region in the northeastern kingdom of Valois. It is mainly harvested in early fall, but its season is short, and it was so popular that nobles in the Valois kingdom bought it. It's still early summer and it's too early in the season, but the lovers are lovers ... The court mages secretly save mirabelle fruit by their selfish desire to eat throughout the year, Aurelia, the first princess of Valois. Was made to think. After several trials, the result is a process called frozen compote for mirabelle fruit. What was created last fall was extracted this summer, that is, thawed and eaten at this time, and it was judged that there was no problem, and in the future it will be talked about that it can be tasted regardless of the season ing. At present, a limited quantity is on sale at a store in the aristocratic city of the royal capital, and Mirage purchases as a souvenir for asart and handcrafts mirabelle fruit tart. In the past, I liked the Mirabell fruit that I got by accident when I tasted it, but because of the climatic conditions, etc., production in the demons failed, and the country of human beings was also the source of production He had given up. It is a long-awaited Mirabell fruit for Astalto, but the effect seems to be instantaneous.

"The moon is coming out tonight, why don't you taste it elegantly while watching the night view? It's too much for me to eat alone, and I'd be glad if I could help Tart to eat it."

"... If Mirage couldn't say anything, work would be a good place to separate, so I'll just go out with you."

She's not obedient, Mirage smiles under the mask, but quickly opens the gate and begins the transfer. Mirage and Astalto move to the terrace on the top floor of Ghost Castle, sit down on a chair already prepared, and face each other across a table. Mirage quickly took out the necessary set of mirabelle tart, plate, knife, fork and tea set using transfer magic. Then, without exchanging words, Asart starts preparing tea, and Mirage cuts out the tart and puts it on each other's seat. The hot water is always kept at the optimum temperature by keeping it in a warming magical tool, and the area where the cups are pre-heated indicates the goodness of the Mirage preparation. In just a few minutes, the midnight tea party started.

"This tea has a rose scent. It's a taste I've never had before, but it's really delicious."

"I tried to refer to Eastern Flower Tea, but I'm glad you liked it."

Astalt is satisfactorily greeted with tea, and Mirage reacts happily. As a matter of fact, the combination of tea was also uniquely designed by Mirage, and was tailored to the taste of the female Astalt. Astart is surprised at Mirage's words, but tastes the tea without changing his expression, and then begins his hand on the Mirabell fruit tart. One Mirage, with the cup close to the mouth of the mask, was drinking slowly using transfer magic. The castle town, decorated with lighting visible from the terrace, has a fantastic atmosphere and is a scenery not seen elsewhere. Even within the areas controlled by the Demon Army, the culture of the castle town of Ghost Castle, which is governed by Mirage, is very well developed, and lighting of magic tools has been installed everywhere. Basically, the demons are night-light and are more resistant to darkness than humans, but the brighter one still sees the surroundings more accurately. Before the Demon King Lilith launched the Demon Army, the demons lived in small villages and were far less civilized than humans. Most of the original physical abilities and magical powers will solve most of the problems, and there will be little exchange between races, so it is natural that civilization will not develop. However, now it is growing at an accelerating rate as several races gather under the Demon King and absorb the skills and knowledge of other races including humans one after another. In particular, Mirage, an unusual magician who wants to adopt the technology of ancient civilization as quickly as possible, can see such a scene because of the widespread use of inexpensive magical lighting. It is.

"If you notice, the town will continue to grow and become bigger and richer. If I was chosen as the Four Heavenly Kings at that time, could I see such a sight? "

Asart is whispering in a small voice, whispering, while feeling sorrow somewhere. He continued his efforts from an early age to succeed his father, the former four kings, and was expected not only to himself but also around him to be eventually selected as the four kings. However, with the appearance of a masked demonic mirage that appeared like a comet, his dream was shattered, and he is still content as an aide. Astalt always declares that Mirage will be dragged down from the seat of the Four Heavens, continues to make efforts accordingly, and completes his duties as a deputy secretary. Mirage thought that Astalt had the advantage of being serious, and the disadvantage of being too serious. Because they are serious, they tend to take small things from the front and feel more responsible than necessary. Mirage knew why Astart was so bearish, and the first was that he felt ignorant, helpless and imprudent about scabs in a wolf monk village the other day. Is the thing. It is not necessary to mention the first thing now, but if you did not have a Mirage, you could not be satisfied with the treatment of black skin disease and if you did it poorly, it might have spread throughout the demonic territory, or around the world Was a problem that could not be solved by Astalt. And the second Lou went missing during the Mirage vacation, which happened when Astard was acting for the Four Tennos. Mirage had inferred from a Demon King medical team in a werewolf village that information had been received about Lou's missing via Demon Castle. The reason why the four kings, Mirage, are not notified by a contact ball from Astard is that, in a cold word, there is no child after all, and there is no urgency to interrupt the vacation. Now that Lou has been taken away for less than a day, it is possible that those who do not know the information that appeared in the royal capital may be just leaving home. However, the Wolf Demon Village was the epidemic of infectious disease, and had to be isolated for some time in case it had already ended. With Mirage, you can immediately go to the wolf demons village with transfer magic and investigate, but Astart cannot. Of course, not only Astard, but also the same four kings, Rafale, Bedivia, and Kruell, it is impossible for even the devil King Lilith, but a serious deputy here is so serious that there is a super that will accept it stupidly and honestly Exists.

"Tart-chan makes one big mistake. It's not because I'm the Shitenno, you're evolving, you're next to me as a deputy. It's that important to me. The only one I can trust as my partner is Tart-chan, no, not Astalt. ''

"Mirage ..."

`` And I think your serious personality is definitely a beauty and I admit that I have a lazy personality, but if my subordinates have trouble at work, my boss will solve it It's my duty. Sometimes I can't talk to you while I'm on vacation, right? "

"Why do you ..."

"Tart-chan's attitude is clear at a glance, because I can't calm down without cursing me as usual."

Mirage, who wouldn't know anything about Lu's disappearance in a werewolf village, suddenly sounds unnatural to hear. That's why you need to ask the other person to talk spontaneously, but given the nature of Astalt, it would never be possible to talk to Mirage on vacation. Asatarto cannot imitate halfway as long as he decides to complete his job as a substitute for Shitenno and rests on Mirage. The only way to guide the conversation is then, but Mirage, who fortunately or unfortunately took advantage of the depressed Astalt's weaknesses, showed his true value here. While instructing him to correct misunderstandings, giving his maximum evaluation, asserting that he is looking at his position as a boss and his subordinates, he finally made a joke, and Astart poisoned as usual It creates an easy atmosphere. When this happens, there is only one action that can take the astalt.

"It's really a bottomless pervert to say that you want to be abused. Honestly, it's so bad that you're going to vomit, and the sweetness of this is ruined and unpleasant. Mirage is very dissatisfied with taking a vacation. It's a really good job to take a break without working regularly. "

Mirage was raising her mouth under the mask, reassuring that she had finally returned to her usual tart. The first thing you should do as a demons is to gather information about when Lou was taken away, but that's the main point. By the way, in Mirage, there is no possibility that Astalt is involved in his fake that appeared in the royal city. In the first place, Astalt, who creates the hallucination of Mirage and falsifies his absence, can put on any wet clothes if he cares. Based on the danger, Mirage has been cooperating several times in training to improve Astalt's hallucination magic, but as the words of Mirage mentioned earlier, it is impossible if there is no trust in Astalt is there.

"It really hurts my ears. So I'm going to get back a bit of what I usually skip, so I'd like you to let me know if I can do any work."

"Yes, I think it's a very special spirit for Mirage. It's actually a wolf demons village I visited the other day ..."

When Mirage can hear the information that Ruu is missing from Astart, she can go to the Wolf Monarch Village for investigation.