The Demon King’s Seal Has Been Broken

23 – Empire being invaded [Invasion has begun] – 3

Today is the day I went to the empire for a short time with my sister Lili and my childhood friend Arne.

‘Hmm, it feels like the old days for some reason.’

I couldn’t help but laugh at the thought of three people moving together like this for the first time in a while.

Even when I was young, I took care of Lili, and Arne played with me.

I remember the three of us hanging out together and playing together like this.

Arne and I have already become full-fledged adults, and Lily has grown considerably compared to that time, but…

Even so, it was true that it felt like the old days for some reason.

That’s right, what’s important is age, it’s sure to be fun if three like-minded people go to the empire happily.

So, I had pretty high expectations about going back to the Empire today.

But…

‘Ugh… Why is Arne’s sister here?’

‘Why is Lili here?’

Contrary to what I expected, it was strangely not a very friendly atmosphere.

When I met Arne at the scheduled time with Lili, the expression of the younger sister and childhood friend, who had been in a good mood until then, distorted.

Each other looked at each other dumbfounded as if they didn’t understand why they were going to the Empire together.

And he suddenly started to get angry with me and argue.

‘Why are you doing this…?’

what did i do wrong

I just thought it would be more fun and better if the three of us went to the empire like we did in the past.

Strangely, Lily and Arne didn’t seem to welcome it.

Then, for some reason, after leaving me alone and going to the other side, we started arguing (?).

Fortunately, somehow, the story went well, but it became a story that the three of us went to the empire together…

As if it wasn’t completely resolved, it was so quiet and chilly on the carriage to the empire.

As if there was something very, very dissatisfied with this situation.

‘weird. Why are we not getting along so well?’

For some reason, I had the feeling that I had done something wrong, but this must be an illusion, right?

No matter how much I think about it, there was absolutely nothing wrong with me in this matter.

One thing is for sure, the relationship between Lili and Arne didn’t look very good.

The two didn’t seem to be very happy to go to the empire together.

‘Did you fight something?’

I know for sure that the relationship between the two is not that bad.

I heard that they were like sisters even when I was out of town.

But suddenly fighting like this, I don’t know what to do because I don’t know why.

What, did something bad happen? I thought, but I haven’t seen anything like that lately.

So I’ve been thinking about this issue for a while…

‘Ah… no way?’

I finally had to figure out a good reason.

The current time is 12:00 am, and if you are looking at the sensitive two, that would be the answer, right?

‘It’s because I’m hungry.’

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Maybe the answer is because I’m hungry?

It’s been quite some time since we had breakfast, and lunchtime is quickly approaching.

It was most likely because he was obviously hungry.

When you’re hungry, people tend to be a little more sensitive.

These two would be the same.

Also, this was the only reason. I nodded and understood somewhat, and then there was only one thing I had to do.

“Guys. Let’s eat first. I know what’s delicious. I’ll shoot it today.”

We rode a wagon and arrived at the Empire before I knew it. As soon as I arrived, I went into the Empire with the two of us who were still sulking.

I was thinking of taking them to the most delicious restaurant in the empire.

Even though I’m like this, there are times when I was a warrior, and I know pretty well about the best restaurants in the empire.

“Here.”

It was a store that I took my childhood friend and younger sister to, and it was a store with a very luxurious feeling from the entrance.

Upon entering the store, it was decorated with gorgeous chandeliers and pretty lights.

It was a store that looked very expensive at first glance, and it felt like such a store.

“Yeah… It looks very expensive here, oppa…?”

“Hmm… I’ve never been to a place like this before.”

And the younger sister and childhood friend who entered the store started to get nervous for some reason.

As if they had never been to a store like this before, and they weren’t qualified to enter…

They seemed to be full of doubts about whether they could come in here.

‘Of course it’s a very expensive place.’

Well, that prediction is actually correct. I won’t deny it.

Originally, the restaurant here was a place where the rich and nobles often stopped by, and even that, it was a restaurant where no one could enter.

That’s also true, because the stores here are really filthy expensive, so expensive that ordinary people couldn’t even dream of.

“It’s okay. When I was in the Empire, I made a lot of money. I’ll buy you one this time.”

But, it didn’t really matter.

When I was a hero, what I had accumulated was money.

I received quite a lot of money for three years, and Emperor Wilhelm also took care of me quite a lot in one way or another.

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My wealth accumulated like that is quite negligible.

Of course, it’s not like he’s accumulated as much money as the wealth of an aristocratic family, but he saved enough money to spend his whole life while being moderately extravagant.

So it was about going to a store like this a few times, so there was nothing particularly wrong with it.

“Wow… This is the first time I’ve eaten this kind of food. Oppa.”

“Umm!? A little. It’s very delicious!?”

Anyway, I ordered this and that food from the store, and the food came out just in time.

The reaction of his younger sister and childhood friend who had eaten such food, and the reaction that it was the first time to eat such food.

In particular, Lili’s side would puff out her cheeks like a squirrel and smile happily as she ate the food, probably because the food was so palatable.

Arne pretended to be calm as much as possible, but judging from the happy smiles she showed in between, she must have liked the food quite a bit.

‘As expected, they seem to feel relieved since they feed them something delicious.’

Looking at them, I let out a sigh of relief.

After all, there is no business in front of delicious food, right?

I felt very fortunate that the chilly atmosphere was relieved.

Anyway, with a full stomach like that, it’s time to get up.

“Then shall we go see the wand now?”

“Ugh… Arne’s sister’s first? Can’t you go to the place you want to go to the Empire with me first? Oppa?”

First of all, we decided to go see Arne’s wand.

It was Lili who puffed out her cheeks at my words and glared at me as if she had pouted again.

Asking why Arne came first, Lily insisted that we go first in the empire where she wanted to go.

“You have to finish the work you have to do first so you can have fun comfortably. Lili.

“… okay.”

As if I couldn’t help it, I comforted Lili and told her to understand.

Lily nodded as if she couldn’t help it.

I thought that Lily was very special.

She’s also my little sister, she’s so nice.

That’s how we headed to the magic tool shop of the empire, and there were many staffs on display at the magic tool store.

“wow…”

Arne was surprised to see those wands.

Looking at the wands with different enchantments attached to each one, he spat out a series of exclamations.

But, that’s for a while.

“Ugh…but what should I choose…”

Her expression couldn’t help but get darker.

I looked at this and that and listened to it, but it seemed that I couldn’t decide easily.

There are wands with different performance and characteristics, but it seems that there are many thoughts as the number varies.

‘Certainly, choosing a staff is difficult.’

I don’t know that feeling either.

I have no experience using a weapon called a staff, but a colleague named Drek thought a lot about a staff like Arne.

It was really annoying because he was the kind of person who thought about and carefully choosing a real cane.

Somehow, I felt the need to choose a little together.

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My sense of choosing a wand was recognized even by Drek, so it should be helpful.

“Arne. Does this look good?”

“Huh? This?”

“Uh. It suits you perfectly.”

I looked at the wand and found what I wanted to be exactly like this.

And handed it to Arne.

“Um… sure this looks good too.”

Arne is taken aback by my words.

Soon after, she looked at the wand I handed her with quite interest and tilted her head.

“But isn’t there a big difference between that and this?”

However, as if he wasn’t sure yet, he put on an expression that he still couldn’t choose between the wand I gave him and the wand he was holding.

Certainly, as Arne said, it was such a wand that there was no big difference from the outside, so it would not be unreasonable to think that way.

“The two have similar performance, but maybe this one suits you better? You’ll feel it right away if you collect mana very lightly, right?”

However, unlike the performance shown on the outside, there are some individual differences in the wand.

There are wands that work well for some people, and there are wands that aren’t for others.

It’s very important, but hard to notice.

I’ve been quite aware of that since before, and this wand went well with Arne.

So I pointed my cane at Arne once again and said as if recommending it.

“Umm… is that so? Really?”

“Because it is.”

Arne, who was at first thinking of longing, also touched the staff here and there, put a little bit of mana on it, and it seemed that he felt it exactly as I said.

“hehehe. Thanks Rag. Thanks to you, I got a good staff.”

“It was nothing.”

Arne immediately puts on a very satisfied expression. Fortunately, I think I chose the wand well.

After thanking me, Arne happily purchased the wand.

So Arne satisfactorily chose the wand, and we went out into town again.

“Now. So, where shall we go now?”

Now that we’ve finished our work, shouldn’t we take Lily on a tour of the capital of the empire?

Where should I introduce myself? The moment I was thinking like that.

“Huh…? What is it?”

It was then.

Suddenly, something cool, terrible energy felt in me.

I couldn’t miss something familiar yet creepy.

So I turned my head in the direction I felt the energy.

In the direction I turned my head, there were a lot of people packing their bags and looking like they were evacuating, entering the capital.

‘what? Did some demons come in?’

Just in case, I asked them if anything was wrong.

“Ah… We came to evacuate the fortress city in the east because demons were attacking.”

“…? Yes? Asmodians?”

I couldn’t help but doubt my ears for a moment.