* ref demon guide emperor *
It has been a long time since the Emperor of the Empire met Anastasia, a gift from the High Elf royalty (...). Besides, that's the first time if that's what you asked for from Anastasia.
The two rooms without going through the others were the Emperor's private rooms. The old emperor's hobby is to collect foreign art, decorated with paintings that cannot be hung on the walls of a large room, and ceramics lined the shelves.
Those works of art were what is said to be "the least necessary" in this land of machines and sorcery, the Lev Demon Guided Empire.
"... I thought we were talking about Lulusha, but I didn't think I'd bring something like this"
What was on the table was a shoulder bag paid to the Labyrinth Tactics Division. The belt part was melted, but the contents are safe.
Yes, Anastasia brought this bag all the way to the Emperor.
"This will set Lulusha free, won't it?
The emperor put his fingers on the note paper he was offered —— the clenched fingernails were cracked.
"I thought you didn't have any desires. Looking up close at the rise and fall of this demonic empire and ending its long life as a high elf. But... did you have a desire too?"
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"Disgruntled? There's a life here as an unspeakable show?
I can't read the emperor's idea of saying pale. Instead of answering the question, Anastasia wrote:
"It was written by the boy who entrusted this bag."
Another note is given —— that was a message Reggie wrote to Anastasia.
'If this doesn't work, I'll look for other evidence. Tell me the results'
Even if this bag is said to be "missing" as evidence.
I'm not giving up yet. He is.
I thought even Anastasia, who could thus meet the emperor in person, might not be able to "help Lulusha".
Perhaps so if they say "desire".
That boy's behavior, treated like a work of art - alongside the paintings lined up in this room - lit Anastasia's, cool-cut mind, indeed, with fire.
Even if it was as small a fire as the tip of a needle.
It is a fire that can be seen from a thousand miles away in the dark.
"... who is it?
The emperor snarls as he alerts Anastasia, whose condition has changed.
"He said he was an acquaintance of Lulusha's blood relatives. More than that, I don't know. I'm sorry. '
"Huh. I don't expect you to be capable of intelligence."
When the emperor stood up as he spoke, he turned behind Anastasia. Removing the scarf wrapped around her —— there appears a bandage with a curse on it.
"You're a birdcage bird. Poor bird who can't even whimper."
When the Emperor's fingers crawled over that curse -- the curse emitted light in Boo and in blue and white.
Anastasia closes her eyes and holds both hands on her knees.
"Why would you want Lulusha's liberation? I can do anything in the Elf Forest, but did you think this lizard country (...) could do it?
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"The lizard (...) isn't as easy to plot as you think, huh?
When the emperor let go of his hand, he returned to his chair.
"The bag makes Ava from the out-of-court bureau look into it. … thoroughly."
"In the meantime, it will be difficult for Lulusha to be killed. But assuming you're out of jail, there's no place to go back to Lulusha. Not to mention anyone who wants to leave the collapsed Labyrinth Attack Section 4 to him."
The Emperor's finger pointed to a piece of paper.
"... unless one of Lulusha's trustees intends to attack the 'Labyrinth of Fear' completely (...) and dedicate its honors free of charge (...)."
It was -- it was paper written by Reggie.
* Lulusha *
A visitor showed up in Lulusha's cell, and I was wondering if that was anastasia-- guess what, it came off.
The chair in the visiting room is a common size, but when he sits down, he looks small enough to think it's as if it's for kids —— the visitor was Ava.
When the noodled Lulusha stopped at the entrance, Ava put out a stick that was peeling water candy from her mouth,
"Chuppah. You, you. Guards. Stand back, please."
"... but Lord Abba. Detainees can get busted..."
"I'm an outside expert, aren't I? There's no way a detainee could be so provocative as to forget me and be angry."
"... but this is on a mission"
"I'm here on a mission, too? Or what? Do I look like I'm here to see you? Chupah."
Serving water candy must be part of the mission, Lulusha said, but that would have made the guards feel the same way. The guard left the room unacceptably nodded. Lulusha was a little surprised to learn that there was a way to get rid of him outside of the gold coins, although he was a guard who was hard to say he was loyal to the mission.
When Lulusha got to her seat, Ava cut out.
"There are two issues of your responsibility: one is that the great failure of the labyrinth strategy caused a great loss of good offensive personnel; one is that the lack of communication significantly led to mistrust on the part of the central government, that the possibility of a coup d 'etat was pointed out as a possible danger, and that the military was framed to prepare"
"Wait a minute, the first is my responsibility, and I can admit it cleanly. But the second --"
"I've been in good touch, you didn't say. Chupah."
Says Ava as she wraps around the next water candy.
"An order was given to me to re-examine that point. From His Majesty the Emperor, directly."
"... what?
"It doesn't look so scary. I don't want to do this, either, because it's an order. I'm still busy with this. Yeah, of course I'm hippo enough to keep an observation diary of mushroom logs compared to the Director of the Non-Negotiations (...), huh?
Myka mushrooms, the staple food of the refs, grow in bangs if left alone. It breaks bones to set up the growing environment, but after that, there were times when such rhetoric was uttered even in the "hippo" because there was nothing in particular to do.
"All you have to do is flatter my father. But doubting my loyalty is too pointless. I'm going to introduce you to a good vendor, so look at the mushroom logs."
As Lulusha continued to say back, Ava laughed as she creaked in the back of her throat.
"Let's hear about the vendor next time. I don't seem to be the right person for a non-negotiable job."
"... Huh?
"At least I can't do what your father did. No, I thought it was easy."
"If you're fooling my father--"
"Oh, no, I'm not"
Ava waved this time in advance.
"I thought so. It was His Royal Highness Anastasia who moved His Majesty the Emperor to" reconnaissance. "
"Again... Really?"
"You have a dark face, but isn't that where you should be happy? You're the only one who cares so much."
"If Your Highness is going to have a hard time because of me, it won't be a pleasure"
"Your Highness hasn't had a hard time. It would be the adventurers who struggled --"
"Adventurer?
"Oops, that's too much."
Instead of blocking his mouth, he stuck a stick of water candy in his mouth.
And there, a guard came in.
"It's time"
"Chuppah. Uh, already? Or didn't you have a time limit?
"Because an order has been given not to keep the visitors long. This is also a mission (...)"
"Oh yes..."
It was less than half the time compared to an interview with Anastasia.
Apparently Ava doesn't notice there, although the key item to prolong the visit time is "gold coins".
Lulusha and he are not close enough to teach it —— although I was concerned about the last word.
"Deputy Director Abba"
The guard urged me, and as I stood up, Lulusha said.
"Doesn't seem like a very good fit out of the bargain, does it?
I knew as much as the guard demanded under his sleeve, meaning.
When Lulusha was taken to the guard and left the room, one, Ava, was left in the room.
Porky Ava snapped.
"... after all, isn't it right for you? Like former director Carl, I can't even get a woman outside the race to turn around...... Chupah."
Squeezing the water candy, Ava stared into the space where the --out-of-people woman (...) was sitting in front of her.