Retired Hero Wants To Sleep

Mission No.1 Return of the Magic Swordsman (02)

“The reason must be clear, Kasper.”

Can’t give you a compelling reason? Then, the emperor, Nabal, and I don’t know, all of them will be harpooned. Ewald gave Kasper a blatantly sharp look.

The emperor, Casper Elgenor, slightly averted his gaze at Ewald’s gaze, scratched his cheek.

“When you hear it, you will thank me.”

Ewald’s eyebrows twitched.

“Maybe…”

“… Maybe?”

Kasper’s reply seemed to be skipping over his question, and Ewald’s eyes literally lit up.

A look that is never friendly. Kasper looked at Ewald for a moment, then fixed his gaze into the distance.

Thanks to this, Ewald harshly exposed his teeth towards the continent’s highest leader.

“Do you want to build a new imperial palace?”

A cold sweat trickled down Kasper’s face as he looked into the distance.

The man who was imprisoned in the dungeon for 27 years with a dirty temper is a former warrior with enough power to blow up the entire capital, ‘Rotume,’ rather than destroy the imperial palace.

“Let me listen first.”

“I’m listening, so don’t drag on.”

The emperor carefully controlled his breathing. He hoped not to be seen. However, he couldn’t fool Ewald’s eyes, who were focusing all his attention on him.

Eventually, Kasper cautiously opened his mouth.

“To give you a present.”

“Ah, a gift.”

Ewald’s voice, void of emotion, fell to the floor of the vast imperial palace reception room.

It would have been better if he had been angry, sarcastic, or laughed out loud. However, Kasper’s words gave him goose bumps.

“Don’t you remember I sealed that damn Beelzedeus in my body because I couldn’t extinguish it?”

Casper kept his mouth shut. But Ewald had no intention of stopping him.

“Don’t you know why I’ve been locked up in a dungeon of silence or hell for 27 years?”

Very slowly, Ewald’s voice rose. Noticing that pent-up anger was seeping out of him along with him, Kasper cautiously opened his mouth.

“… Know.”

“No. I still have three years left, but judging from the fact that you took me out, you don’t seem to know?”

Only then did a sneer come to Ewald’s face. Although it was momentary, relief spread through Kasper’s chest.

If he’s laughing at himself he dont have room to talk. With that thought, Kasper was able to regain the confidence that had been evaporating endlessly.

And Ewald showed it again and sarcastically.

“Have you already suffered from dementia?”

Done. Calm returned to Kasper’s face. With a more relaxed expression on his face, he quietly accepted Ewald’s words.

“Well, I’m taking good care of it…”

“It’s rude!”

One of the guards surrounding the emperor roared. In an instant, Kasper, who was trying to respond appropriately to Ewald, contorted at once.

“How dare you insult His Majesty!”

“If you recklessly tease your snout, you will be beheaded!”

“Your Majesty, please give the order right away! I will bring that disloyal bastard to his knees right now!”

The color drained from Casper’s face. It was because the smile on Ewald’s face had disappeared. At least being sarcastic is debatable, but not that.

And Ewald’s hand spread out toward the floor very naturally.

“Gluggi sem lýsir upp helvíti.”/

Ewald’s feet shook. Then the floor began to become transparent. The rift spread in an instant,

“aaagh!”

Dark demons began to rise up from the other side.

Kugoong! Cooong!

It’s hell. The demons, spurring up the red flames and lava, collided with the invisible ceiling. But they looked like they would smash the ceiling and jump up and tear people to pieces.

And Ewald’s cold, sunken eyes turned to Kasper.

“Either get them all out and talk to me one-on-one, or let them shut up.”

The soldiers couldn’t even scream and were wrapped in fear.

“Or I’ll give you all the pieces to build a new imperial palace.”

Cold sweat ran down Kasper’s back.

If it was Ewald who came out to the world after 27 years, it would be enough. Because he had been imprisoned for so long without any guilt.

Kasper’s mouth opened with a stiff expression.

“It’s a fish name. From now on, those who open their mouths will not be spared.”

All eyes in the audience room turned to Kasper. Who the hell is that ronin, so the emperor listens to his words…

“… Do you want me to shut up too?”

Ebalt lifted one of his lips long, deliberately sending a rotting smile to Kasper. For a moment, Kasper’s eyebrows narrowed sharply, but soon his lips spilled out a word full of playfulness.

“You’re not the kind of guy who would shut up even if you told him to shut up.”

That’s right. Ewald responded with a deeper smile and crossed his arms leisurely.

“What gift are you giving me?”

Emperor Casper’s lips moved.

“Three years early freedom.”

* * *

The demons trying to climb through the floor disappeared. Only then did the soldiers sit down here and there, breathing a sigh of relief.

And Ewald started glaring at Kasper.

“… If you’re saying that it was 27 years instead of 30 years because you miscalculated, I won’t let you go.”

Kasper shook his head slowly at the growling Ewald.

“No. 30 years is right. That’s why I took it out in a hurry.”

“Why are you in a hurry…”

For a moment. Ewald furrowed his brow.

“Could it be that my location has been leaked out?”

“… It seem to be like that.”

“Wouldn’t it have been enough to have a guard force stationed around the dungeon?”

A short sigh escaped Casper.

“We can’t take out a lot of troops because we’re at war, but shouldn’t we be prepared for an enemy that can’t handle it as a guard force?”

Ah… Ewald only then realized the seriousness of the situation.

If protecting the dungeon where Ewald sleeps is not enough, there is only one answer.

“The remnants of the demon king?”

“Please, I hope not. But bad expectations always come true.”

“… I will turn.”

“So do i.”

Kasper, who had somehow grown old in that short time, licked his dry lips with his tongue.

“Assuming the worst. There is an intelligence that the remnants of the demon king are trying to kill you and revive the demon king.”

“Haa, anyway, you bastards who are sincere to the bad side, really.”

“That’s why I brought you out.”

The people surrounding the two carefully exhaled their breath and listened to their conversation.

Everyone knows that the emperor participated in the subjugation of Beelzedeus, the rare king of demons. So, with a little bit of thought, it was clear that the issue of the ‘resurrection of the demon lord’ that appeared in the conversation between the two was also related to Belzedeus.

“… I locked him in the dungeon to avoid getting stabbed while wandering around, and now I brought him out to avoid being stabbed while sleeping in the dungeon.”

“There are few things more unfair than being stabbed and killed in your sleep.”

Besides, it won’t just end in a bad way, but it will come with a set of side effects such as the resurrection of the worst demon king, Belzedeus. I absolutely wanted to avoid that.

“Since he’s been asleep for so long, he must have become much weaker than before, but since he was the best magician on the continent, I believe he won’t be taken lightly.”

“It should be. If I die, half of the continent’s population will die.”

It was a very calm voice, but the meaning contained in it could not be calmly accepted.

Confusion came. However, Ewald, who swallowed that emotion, met Kasper’s gaze.

“So, do you have any plans?”

“First of all, bringing you out was the plan.”

“… Proud.”

That’s what he said, but Ewald’s voice didn’t contain any reproach at all. That’s also true, because escorting the continent’s strongest person, ‘E’Dawn’, in the empire is also funny.

While Ebalt was immersed in such thoughts, Kasper changed his expression with his hard face.

“And some nasty things have happened lately.”

“What’s ugly, does it have anything to do with me?”

Kasper sighed and looked at Ewald.

“… It’s something related to the Demon King.”

For an instant, Ewald’s body stiffened.

“Details.”

“Recently, the Demon King has appeared.”

“…”

While looking down at him with his hands spread out, Balt tilted his head with a disapproving face.

“Hey, I’m not dead yet, and Belzedeus is still sealed inside me, but what kind of demon king will freeze to death?”

“That’s Beelzedeus, another demon king.”

Ewald’s face contorted quickly.

“Another demon king?”

“There are only five reported cases.”

Kasper scratched his head and started talking to Ebalt, who looked at him with a puzzled expression.

“After Beelzedeus was sealed, he conducted research on the Pandemonium. And it’s not exact, but I think the demon kings we know are some kind of titles given to those who say they use strength in the demon world when they move over to the middle world.”

“Then what about Belzedeus?”

Casper nodded his head.

“Beelzedeus was a very strong demon king. Actually, the demon king appeared about 5 years ago, but it was nothing special. It’s the information I got from beating him. The information about demon lords that has been studied so far is that the demon lord is not the only one, and that the powers vary widely, and that he is an existence that only refers to those who have crossed over to the middle world.”

“Variety, really. I made a fuss to catch the demon king, but the demon king comes out again in my generation…”

Ewald’s words stopped. At that moment, Kasper’s eyes flew to Ewald.

Kasper felt a strange feeling welling up in his thoughtful appearance with his tilted head still.

This is unsettling

“To… Balt?”

“Ooh!”

“Oh, what?”

“It’s enough if I play the player.”

Goosebumps ran through Kasper’s arms.

“What are you going to hit?”

“Those who want to kill me, it’s a problem that I have to deal with first.”

“Ewald!”

“It’s okay. That’s a good way. I go on adventures that I haven’t been to before.”

“What is it, man?!”

It was already the emperor’s body, and there was no time to argue. Kasper called out to Ebalt in an urgent voice, but he nodded his head and muttered something.

It got on Kasper’s nerves.

“Now, are you saying you’re going to catch the demon king?”

“Take it down before you get it.”

“Nonsense! Are you going to go into the pit with your own feet right now!”

“Wouldn’t that be better than sitting there and burning?”

You’re crazy. Even 30 years ago, I knew that person was an adventure lover, but I didn’t know that he was a person who was crazy enough to go on an adventure even in this situation.

“Hello!”

Kasper stood up from his seat with a red-hot face and reached out his hand toward Ewald, who was talking nonsense.

“Get him in jail right now!”

hahahahaWhen he didn’t know what kind of person Ewald was, he went on a rampage with the momentum to cut him down at any moment.

You saw demons climbing from the floor.

In addition, stories about the warriors like legends were popping up in their heads.

From the story that the demon king would be more gentlemanly if we were to judge it as a dirty temper, to the story that the demon king and the hero fought, but it was hard to tell which one was the demon king.

But Kasper, who had known Ewald for over 30 years, shouted at the hesitant soldiers.

“What are you doing! That guy right now… !”

“Would you like to run?”

Kasper, who was speechless at Balt’s muttering right in front of him, trembled his lips. And like Ebalt said, no one around him had the courage to run into that monstrous warrior.

Ewald’s gaze fell from Kasper. And a strange light came into his eyes.

I won’t kill you, but I will make you suffer enough to die. After revealing those feelings, Balt turned his gaze away from Casper to his soldiers.

“If you want to run, run quickly. Because there is no time.”

However, the soldiers were only looking at each other, trying to get away from Ewald.

For a short time, after watching his soldiers with pity, Balt turned his gaze to Emperor Casper again. Then, with a mischievous expression, he opened his mouth.

“Give me all the information about the demon lords who appeared.”