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Episode 16: Towards the Quest

But anyway, is there a quest in the Devil's Land? I can't imagine the demons challenging the quest...

"It's Henri. Does Quest even exist in this devil's land?

In the meantime, I asked Henri, who is kneeling in front of me.

"Is that a quest? Yes, of course."

Whoa, apparently it exists. If that's what you decide, it's time to...

"By the way, the content of the quest is 90-90 percent human involvement, like" Kill 0 people "and" Collect 0 human hearts. "

"... right"

No, there's no way I can take that quest. Ultimately my goal is to improve my image in the first place, so where I accomplished my demonic quest, it means nothing, and it would rather be counterproductive. Should I still take the quest of the human realm when it comes to it?

"Why are you asking me that?

"... I'm actually thinking about taking a quest."

"Yu, Master Youto immediately quest!?"

"Uhm."

But it's human territory. Henri must think it's a demonic quest.

"If it were a quest, I think that would suffice if Yout commanded the demons of the reigning army even if they didn't move themselves..."

That's what you get back, isn't it? I need to think of some excuse.

"Well, I haven't heard enough human screaming just yesterday's outing. I tried to fill the rest of my mind by doing a quest."

"… is it the left? If that's the case, I'll agree with you."

That, if it were the usual Henri, would be here to say, "It would be better if you and Master Youto were Quests, etc!" or "Then I'll have a hundred demons for you! I thought I'd say," or something. I'm sure you reflected on the fact that you overcared for me in one of yesterday's cases. Even for me, I appreciate that.

But having just been reincarnated into this world, I have no idea where or how I can get my quest. Then it would seem better to ask someone. What I want to take is a quest in the human realm, so this is still the best place for an ex-human "girlfriend."

Yes, it's my sister (tentative) Lina. Ask Lina to go as far as the human realm and find one or two quests.

"Henri, I'm sorry, but I need you to bring my sister here."

"Do you take Master Lina?

"Um, actually, I need to ask him a favor."

"So, would you like me to take it instead of Master Lina? I'm not going to put any strain on you, Youto's sister..."

"No. I'm glad to hear how you feel, but this is all Lina can ask for."

If I let Henri go to human territory, it could be like, "I've killed a hundred people at last," and I don't know what to answer if they ask me why I'm going to take a human territory quest before then.

"... Yes, sir."

Henri leaves the Great Hall looking slightly depressed. Then a few minutes later, Henri brought Lina back.

"Dear Yout. We have brought Lady Lina."

"Thank you. Now Henri, I'm sorry, but I want you to take your seat off"

Talking to Lina from now on is a little uneasy when Henri asks.

"Huh? Wah, is that me?

"There will be no one but you. Let me talk to my siblings for a little while. You can rest in your own room."

"... Your will"

Henri left the Great Hall looking even more depressed. I'm sure you were shocked to be treated like an excommunicated person. I'll have to follow up with you later. Anyway, this left me and Lina alone in the big hall.

"Lina, I'm sorry about yesterday, but I need you to do something for me."

"Yes! Say anything you want with me!

So that kind of statement is a misunderstanding... okay.

"The rest of us are going to take the quest of the human realm. So I want you to go to human territory and go through the quest process."

"... Quest, is it?

Lina leans her neck strangely.

"I'll just tell you, the rest is about turning the human beings' perception of the king into something good, which means the goal is to improve their image. Taking a quest is part of it."

"Image up......! I think that's a very good idea! Your brother is such a wonderful man that I want a lot of people to know that too!

Glittering and eye-sparkling Lina. How would you react if you found out that I erased 50,000 people in an instant...

"But the human realm is quite far from here. So I'll give you the rest of the [Momentary Move] spell, so you should use it to go to human territory. However, if you don't have any more [momentary travel], I will have it returned when the mission is over."

I used [Ability Grant] to give Lina the [Momentary Move] spell, just as I did yesterday when I gave her the [Disaster Ray] spell.

"Ask for a quest where everyone would even hesitate to try, if possible. It would be better to make the quest as difficult as possible to let the rest of us know. I don't mind one or two numbers."

"Yes, I did!

"And keep this a secret. If everyone finds out the rest of us are about to take a human quest, it's going to be a big deal. You're the one who knows the rest of the secret."

"... you're counting on me, can I?

"Naturally."

Lina's expression brightens up like the sun.

"Me, good luck finding an awesome quest!!"

"Hmm. I hope so."

Meanwhile, around that time, in Henri's room.

"Ugh... I can't believe Yout can count on Lina more than I can...!! Lina is Yout's sister, so maybe it's natural...!! I envy Lina... I want to be Yout's sister too...!!"

Henri was rolling over the bed holding the Euto's equal-sized doll previously produced by Euto [Creation].

"Ha! But if I'm your sister, I can't marry Master Ute - what am I thinking! Someone like me is frightened of marrying Youto! So, but if Yout will forgive me, I...!! - Yout!!"

A strange voice leaked out of Henri's room, and the demons walking nearby shook their shoulders vividly.