Maou Gun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta

After Eltoria's office, I spoke to Hans, the butler, as she instructed.

"So of the conditions, I decided to let you drink one."

"Which is that? As far as I'm concerned, I'd like you to be the son-in-law of Miss Julia."

Hans said with a joke.

"... you're on hold"

"But Master Eltoria must have been offered two conditions."

"I don't think you can just do half of it and half of it."

"In other words?"

"I want you to halve your deal with the Demon King's Army."

"- Are you so sick of marrying my lady?

Now that's a serious look.

What doesn't my lady care about eating, and her eyes say.

"- No, I was wondering if it was too soon to consolidate myself."

Properly cloud the tea.

I told Eltoria about the complicated circumstances, but I wouldn't even have to tell this man or Julia.

Recently, one after the other, my identity has fallen apart, but I have to choose who I am carefully.

- Is that marriage?

It's a problem, but there's no one I can talk to.

If you talk to Sati, she's going to smile and say, "Do what your husband wants,"

If you talk to Lilith, she's going to smile and say, "Can I kill him?"

If you talk to Sephiro, he's going to say with a mean smile, "Let the child you're going to have name your concubine."

If I talked to the Demon King, I would have said "- or is it" with no expression.

Is the only person who seems to be able to talk to me about it is my married Giron or something?

It's been a long time since I thought he'd be here, but I can't help it.

With that in mind, Hans gave me a rescue ship.

"Well, marrying a lady will best take the form of 'engagement'. That'll convince the lady."

I see, did you have that hand?

I will marry, I said I will, but I didn't specify until that time, that kind of manipulation, no, I can also use convenience.

"Diplomacy is a vain rush."

And Grandpa said it too.

That much lies would be forgiven.

In my heart, when I said yes to myself, I thanked Hans for suggesting so.

"Then we must crusade the pirates first, as we fulfill about two promises to Lord Eltoria."

"Right."

"Shall we start explaining then," Hans urged, leaking his accumulated fine mustache from between.

When I agreed, I went with him to the reception room.

Heading into the reception room, Deacon Hans spreads the nautical chart over the table with "rudeness".

First, point to Zenobia.

"As you may be aware, Zenobia is a trading city facing the South"

"I heard it flourishes primarily as a relay point for dealings with island cities in the Southern Ocean."

"It's the left. Pepper, cinnamon, saffron, turmeric, nutmeg, 30% of the spices on this continent are said to go through this Zenobia."

"That's amazing"

"And the warm climate in the South is good for growing crops."

"There's plenty left to export to the north," he said.

"- Left, sir."

and Hans bows his head respectfully.

"I want you to export it to my demon king's army."

"I thought that depended on what Ike did."

Hans says so, pointing again to the nautical chart.

"I think we've already heard the story that our Zenobian trading route is currently threatened by pirates."

"I'm listening to that. If you defeat the pirate, Lord Eltoria will meet his covenant with the Demon King's army."

"Yes."

"What is the size of the enemy pirates?

"One ship, sir."

Surprised by the unexpected words.

"A person called a pirate never groups together. Because it stands out. As small as possible, it also takes advantage of speeding ships, jumping into the pocket of merchant ships and storming them."

"The point is, is it hard to capture because of the disgrace? and"

"Exactly."

"Don't you know their Negijo?

"Each time they change Negijo. That's why the Navy was working with them."

Well, apparently the pirates in this world are similar.

I guess it's just a story in the story, like pirates forming a large fleet.

Disguised as a merchant ship in a discreet manner, he flies and jumps the pirate flag closer to the merchant ship.

That seems to be the usual means in every world.

Well, then...

The story was simple.

"Now have a merchant ship loaded with gold and silver."

"... but the maneuver of that hand was carried out many times. They're deaf. If it's fake gold and silver, they'll see right through it and never come close. And if you leave merchant ships and mercenaries on board, you'll see them too."

"I guess that's because it's fake gold and silver. They can be deaf, but aim, that much information, leak out of the men who let the port workers get into it."

"- I see, indeed"

Hans agrees.

"Then let's really load up some gold and silver this time. It's a pretty good bet, but instead, we've got plenty of handsome mercenaries."

I shook my head in those words too, no.

"Aren't they going to have mercenaries, too?

Hans is surprised.

"If you recruit a large number of mercenaries at this time, that's all you'll be suspicious of. Besides, the mercenaries are both victims of gold. I need to assume enough to sell the information."

"Then you have to challenge them with your normal fighting power..."

Hans suddenly has a strange face.

But I have to confuse him even more.

A few moments later, further suggestions were made.

"It's natural to challenge with normal force. It is also natural to actually pile gold and silver. What's more, you'll need more food to catch the pirates' eyes."

"On top of this, is there anything you need?

"Yes."

When I said that, I uttered the name of the bait Hans would definitely disagree with.

"There are 'things' in this city that are more expensive than gold and silver"

"Something, is it?

"Yes, not a thing, but a person."

I heard that word. Hans changes his complexion.

"No way"

and let that fine moustache wield.

"That's not true. Perhaps, the recent attack on Miss Julia also leaked information in advance. I was therefore attacked in such a place. You can expect Miss Julia's ransom to be of astronomical value."

"But..."

And Hans argues naturally, but when I control it,

"Rest assured. I won't let Miss Julia touch a finger."

And I ran out.

In fact, I was going to prepare measures that would never harm her.

That would convince this overly loyal butler as well.

With that in mind, I gave him an overview of the operation.