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Volume 2, Chapter 2 (1)
Part 1
An envoy from the demon world.
The visit of Elfiena that introduced herself as the Queen of the fairy race.
That notice immediately reached the Japan government that managed the Tokyo life sphere with a shockwave along it like lightning.
The prime minister Kinugasa Yoshinori who had continued to haul this dying country all this time since the ~Walpurgis Night~, immediately put out a gag order in regards to this situation, and then, through Onjouji Kai he gave the instruction to the 101st trainee platoon so that they led Elfiena to New Tokyo Sorcery Academy without coming into contact with anyone.
And then, not even a hour since that, Kinugasa himself rushed to the New Tokyo Sorcery Academy.
The ones who welcomed Kinugasa, who jumped out from his official vehicle as if he was abandoning a crashed vehicle, were two people, Onjouji Kai and Kamishiro Homura.
"What a panicked arrival. It makes your tailored suit messed up y'know."
"Ha, haha, I'm really in a panic here.... After all this is not an evil god, but for a demon of all things to come proposing political negotiation, this is the first time in the world."
It was something that was truly misunderstood throughout the world, but evil god and demon were different from each other.
Both of their ominous appearance that surpassed humans' understanding had many points in common, but if the existence of evil god was described in Japanese language, the most appropriate word was [space alien].
They had lived in this world long before humans, the existence that was ruling over this plane, even though their existence itself was not of the earth, most of them had their origin from any of the end of galaxy.
Therefore, no matter how ominous they were, but till the end they were still an existence of this world.
However, the demons were different.
They were invaders that came passing through the dimension from an adjoined alternate dimension called the demon world, their origin was not of this world.
In other words they saw this world as nothing more than an object to be devoured greedily.
―The gap between demon and evil god existed in this point.
A century ago, ~The Crawling Chaos~ that introduced itself as ~Man of Darkness~ came into contact with the representative of mankind who was ruined by Baphomet, the magician Aleister Crowley, his reason for handing over ~Liber Legis~ also mostly originated from this.
For them, too, who were glorified as [god] that reigned over this territory as ancient ruler, the present condition where outsiders stepped into their world as they pleased and then acted like they owned the place was unpleasant.
Correct.... For the evil gods, in actuality they had the warped reason that [the only ones who could make sport of mankind was just them], but even so, although imperfect, they had a reason to cooperate with mankind.
However, ―the demons had no such reason.
Such reason supposedly didn't exist.
But on this occasion, for the first time in human history, a demon of the demon world attempted to make contact politically.
In Kinugasa's heart who had to deal with this situation as a country's representative, he was filled with shock and impatience, there was also confusion in him.
Truthfully, he didn't understand at all how he should treat the other party.
It seemed that the other side said that they wanted to form an alliance, but was that the truth?
In the first place, was the introduction as the queen of the [Fairy race] even true?
―Rather, wasn't it better to just kill her immediately right now...
Even with many thoughts crossing his mind, but because this was something without precedent, he was unable to decide which was the best way.
(Sheesh, thinking too much is your bad habit, Kinugasa Yoshinori. )
Kinugasa scolded his brain from thinking all over the place.
Trying to solve something that had no precedent before using one's own experience itself was a mistake in the first place.
(First her title as the queen of the [Fairy race], I guess that's not fake. If that's not true, then her coming to the human world will only become a stupid meaningless action that just asked to be killed. )
As expected no one would do something that stupid.
Then if she was really a queen, putting aside everything that could possibly happen, he first had to meet her so that they could start somewhere.
After coming to that clean decision, Kinugasa asked Onjouji.
"... So, where is the demon that introduced herself as the fairy race queen right now?"
"It seemed that before she crossed over to the human world from the demon world, she was swallowed by a kraken and got trapped inside its stomach all along. She said that she wanted to rearrange her attire before the negotiation, so I lent her the bath of the academy. Because of that we need some time before the meeting."
"Tha, that's truly.... ."
Truly like a human, was what Kinugasa honestly said.
He didn't even think that the demons had a culture of bathing.
Further, to want to arrange her personal appearance before a negotiation meant―
(By any chance, perhaps this is someone that unexpectedly can be talked to... ?)
Kinugasa harbored such expectation inside his heart from this unthinkable common point with humans, but right at that moment.
The door at the back of the official car that Kinugasa rode was,
"Hah! Just a vulgar demon trying to put her clothes in order you said?"
Along with a hoarse jeer, the door opened with a force as if it was kicked open.
And then a man with a large body like a bear came out from the door of the official car that was kicked open.
The man was wearing a white suit adorned by golden buttons all over it, making it seem like he was shining.
The large man with muscle mass that could be perceived even with his body covered with a thick suit was―
"It's extremely overstepping itself for a monster to act like a human. Drag her naked right now and throw her into a cage. That's what is fitting for a demon."
The secretary general of China Republic Union?Wan Tairon.
In essence, the man was one of the pillars of the ~Five Great Leaders~ that ruled over the present world, he was also one of the S-rank magicians where only ten existed in the whole world.
And then there was one more person following after that giant body, his figure appeared from inside the official car.
"Haha, well isn't that fine, secretary general Wan."
A medium built man that was wearing a deep blue suit.
It was a dandy with his vibrant blonde hair, and his white teeth that sparkled even more than his hair as his characteristic.
"The demon's appearance is really painful to look at even at the best of times. Our eyes will rot if we don't at least let it rearrange its attire."
He was the president of the large country United States of America that once reigned over in the position that could essentially even be called as the supreme ruler on the earth, Joseph Franklin.
Homura bluntly made an unpleasant expression from seeing the figures of the two.
"Hey prime minister. You brought over some really troublesome bunch ain't you."
Kinugasa too was in a position that really could understand that grievance of Homura.
Doing something like a diplomacy with the demons, just from that it would become a fact that could worsen the position of Japan.
Kinugasa himself wanted to keep this a secret from them and took care of it behind closed doors.
However, the timing was too bad.
"When I received the notice, the timing was just when we were having the regulation conference about the ~One Year Plan~."
This was just a bad luck. It couldn't be avoided in any way.
Especially when the other party was the ~Five Great Leaders~, there was no way that he could take leave from his seat to accept the notice.
They had the conceit that they were exactly the order of this new world.
And in regards to that order, there was no way that they would tolerate anything to be hidden from them.
"... Besides, Homura-san and the other members of the 101st trainee platoon coming into contact with an existence of humanoid nature that seemed to be a demon had been caught by the satellite of some country, so... There is no way to hide this."
"Ah... Now that you mention that, that's right huh."
Homura's expression turned into a late realization from the rebuttal that Kinugasa whispered into his ear.
He forgot that he was constantly put under satellite monitoring.
"That's depressing. Maybe I should just shot all of them down by pretending about some kind of incident soon."
"Pl, please be gentle about it if you can... -"
When Kinugasa's expression paled for real from that joke of Homura,
"Oy, you there. What are you bastards mumbling at each other over there? Aa?"
A harsh and rude voice cut in their conversation.
It was Wan Tairon.
Tairon grasped the shoulder of both of them unreservedly before separating them and entered between the two.
And then he held up the collar of Homura―
"By any chance you bastards, are you thinkin' of doing something. Aa?"
After hanging up Homura's body with one hand, he brought his face closer while baring his eyes threateningly.
That rudeness was just like a hooligan.
But, ―the coercion that resided in his eye gleam was in different magnitude compared to a mere hoodlum.
Inside the yellowing, stagnating, murky eyes.
The dull light shining slipperily there was―[madness].
Seventeen years ago, he was a dictator that made rain of blood all over the continent under the name of revolution in order to solidify his own ruling body even more. Because he was a man that killed a lot of humans in a number that couldn't even be compared with the average demon, he was able to emit this coercing pressure that could even surpass a bladed tool in reality.
That eye's power could even make most people quiet.
It was not something that should be able to be praised, but this man was unmistakably possessing a dominating aura of a [supreme ruler that had reached the extremes].
But even that dominating aura was,
"It's not like we're thinking of anything like that y'know."
In front of Kamishiro Homura it became nothing more than a paper tiger.
Homura was not moved for even a bit against Tairon's eye gleam.
"Rather don't get your mug so close to me. Your breath stinks, geezer."
He lightly brushed off the thick arm that was like a log constricting his collar.
This casual treatment made Tairon's voice shake.
"You bastard, it ain't the place of a chained dog to put on an air here.... The other day that senile gramps Innocentius swallowed your bluff whole and released ~Aureole~, but I ain't got tricked here. Thinking of it calmly that's just something impossible. Just the magic power of a human surpassing the magic power of this star, that's bullshit."
"Ain't that right. Though I think I remember someone that got ready to piss himself from that. That yellow eye looked like it was gonna pop out you know. Looked really cute on you. Can you imagine your face at that time eh."
"...... -!"
Homura's ridiculing and laughing gaze made a vein protrude out throbbingly at Tairon's forehead.
"This big mouthed shitty brat... Then let's just try talkin' again after I cut open you bastard's neck right here!"
Tairon's temperament raised in proportion with the loudness of his voice.
But in inverse proportion to that, Homura's tone was lowered down in an amazed voice.
"Even though I just crushed more than half of your country's army you are already starting something like this again, what a fanatic geezer huh. Just stop it. You are gonna lose anyway, this is just a pointless waste of life whether for you geezer or for me, most of all the air of you geezer are gonna be pitiful in front of your underlings like this."
"Youuu... -"
Tairon grinded his teeth in frustration.
But even so he didn't go as far as grabbing his hand at Homura.
No, he couldn't do anything like that.
One couldn't become a king of a country with just violence.
Laying out trickery with the cunning like a fox was also this man's nature.
That was why, although he put on an air, he wouldn't brave the risk.
Homura too understood that, so he was merciless at Tairon.
Like that, Joseph who couldn't just watch the two who were being like that made a deep sigh.
"A fine adult won't get provoked by a kid's talk. Please calm down Wan-kun. We are not coming here in order to have this kind of quarrel. We are the representatives of the ~United World Government~, therefore as the consensus of mankind, we came here in order to face the new threat."
"... Chih. I got that even without you tellin' me."
Tairon said that reluctantly while drawing back his threatening attitude.
However, surely, inside his heart he was actually relieved.
With his character, it was hard for him to draw back the threat that he let out himself.
He acted violent. That was because he understood how to personify his own dominating aura.
That was why, he was waiting for a third person's interference as a chance to withdraw his threat.
... Really, what a small man that was too cunning.
After Homura glared at Tairon being fed up from the bottom of his heart, he looked at Joseph behind and said.
"Oi you geezers. I'm gonna be present at the discussion too."
Both of them opened their eyes wide in surprise from that sentence.
"Aaaa!? You bastard, what are you sayin'?"
"There is no need for that right? Haven't you heard for yourself from the demon that introduced itself as fairy that its business is to [form a friendly alliance with mankind], that's the report that Kinugasa-kun received isn't it? Then for you who has no connection at all with [mankind] to be present is unnecessary―"
"Shut up."
But Homura forcibly cut down the objection of the two with a sharp voice.
""-...... !""
"This is my decision that I decided myself. You two got no right saying this and that about it."
From the start he was not looking for permission or anything.
Homura was just telling them straight his decision, to that the two ground their teeth in frustration.
These men who were standing at the top of their countries were at their wit's end.
And then Homura didn't even pay attention to them anymore.
He walked ahead by himself,
"Then, gentlemen, follow me. I've opened the board chairman's room as the place for the conference."
After that, Onjouji's voice called out to the three visitors.
And then like that the three people were showed into the school from the guest gate,
"Aah, dirty shoes are strictly prohibited. There are slippers for the use of guests over there, so please change into that."
Before Tairon and Joseph who were going to enter still wearing their shoes got warned.
Part 2
A little before the arrival of Kinugasa and the others.
Both Sumika and Chikori moved through the school in a stealthy way and guided Elfiena to the public baths in the female dormitory that had been reserved by Onjouji's request.
"This is the public bath that we are always using you know~"
With a rattling sound, Chikori opened the door noisily and then she pulled Elfiena's hand to enter into the bath.
The public bath of New Tokyo Sorcery Academy was designed in the style that matched the appearance of the academy that looked like an old western castle, its size was vast enough for students of two classes to use at the same time.
"My, how lovely! This is the first time I see a hot spring this big!"
"Is that so? Right now it's being reserved, but usually there are several dozens of people using it at once so it feels cramped though―"
Chikori started to run in pitter patter while saying that, then she took hold of one of the showers that were lined up beside the mirror.
Then she twisted the shower knob as much as she could and hot water burst out nicely on her head.
"Aah―. My body is sticky all over from the sea water so this feels good~?"
"Hot water come out from that kind of place..."
Elfiena blinked her green eyes looking at that happening while murmuring in wonderment.
(I wonder if there are no showers in the demon world by any chance?)
It was not something impossible.
It was hard to imagine the demon bunch to build scientific culture that was similar to humans.
Sumika who was standing beside Elfiena thought so,
"E, err..."
As if to support her thinking, Elfiena was beginning to get nervous in front of the shower.
It seemed that she understood that hot water would come out from the shower head from looking at Chikori's action, so she was following what Chikori did, yet from there she didn't know what to do next.
Elfiena shook around the shower head left and right, then she took a peek inside it, while in the end she tilted her head with a confused expression, wondering of the puzzle.
"... If you twist that knob, water will come out."
Sumika who couldn't bear to watch, sat in front of the mirror beside Elfiena while pointing out, then
"Ah, thank you very much for your kindness.... Kyawa-!?"
Elfiena said her gratitude while turning the shower knob fully open with all her strength.
Naturally, powerful water stream mercilessly burst out from the shower head.
And then that water hit Elfiena's face directly.
The girl screamed strangely from great shock while falling back face up.
Stark naked.
Looking at that figure that was too unladylike even from the view point of the same sex, Sumika unintentionally let out a wry smile.
"A, are you okay?"
"I... I'm fine. I just fell over from a little surprise. I, I showed you something embarrassing."
She really looked like she was embarrassed.
Elfiena's whole face turned bright red even until the tips of her pointed ears, while the wings on her back were busily flapping repeatedly.
But it seemed that she somehow grasped the way to use the shower from that painful expression, she began to properly adjust the water amount by opening and closing the knob.
"So it's no good to turn it over too much. Somehow I understand it.... But even so, to not need to scoop up hot water frequently, the world of humans is really convenient isn't it-"
"... , ... yes. Well."
The smiling face of Elfiena that looked innocent was turned to Sumika.
On the other hand, Sumika reflexively averted her gaze to the side.
―In reality, Sumika was harboring a strong alertness towards Elfiena.
After all, although her appearance really looked like a human than a demon to this degree, the girl was still the same demon like baphomet or Typhon and Jambure.
She was one of the existences that had inflicted severe harm to humans until this much.
She couldn't let her guard down at a moments notice at all.
No matter how her appearance looked really close like a cute girl, she mustn't let herself get tricked.
In place of Chikori who wasn't being alert at all, Sumika had to pay attention to every single thing.
(... Is she does something strange, I'll quickly stop her breathing. )
That was her duty as an S-rank magician who was the protector of mankind.
While Sumika persuaded herself like that, she began to wash her hair that was a little damaged from the salty wind.
She pushed out shampoo from the shampoo bottle for communal use and made it foam in her hand.
Then, looking at that,
"Haa~~"
"......"
Sumika noticed Elfiena who was looking at her hand with intense concentration.
"E, err. Is something wrong?"
"Ah, forgive me. That, those foamy bubbles completely caught my mind."
Elfiena pointing at the white foam at her hand made Sumika understand what this was about.
"By any chance there is also no shampoo in the demon world?"
"I wonder about that.... In the end I'm nothing more than the head of the [Fairy race], so I'm not really that detailed about the culture of the other races, but at the very least it doesn't exist in the culture of us the [Fairy race]. Because of that the meaning is also not really transmitted that well through the [Concept Translation]..."
"[Concept Translation]? What is that?"
"My. Is there nothing like that in the human world?"
"Yes. I've never heard of it."
"What is called [Concept Translation] is a sorcery for the sake of exchanging words with every living being.
There are several thousands of demon races in the demon world, among them there are those whose body construction cannot make some specific pronunciations, there are also those races that in the first place don't even speak, so most races possess their own characteristic language or method to transmit their thoughts.
Because of that the majority of races in the demon world differ in the words that they used, in the first place a conversation between race cannot be established, we cannot make a proper communication between each other.
What we make use of to solve this problem is the sorcery called [Concept Translation].
By using this sorcery, our own words will be converted into the concepts possessed by the other race and we can have them understand the meaning of what we say, it can also convert the other party's words into a concept that we know so that we can listen to what they are talking about. ―Although, the more powerful a demon becomes, they seem to think that there is no need to match the inferior race, so there are only few who use this [Concept Translation] though."
"Aah, so that's why we can talk normally like this."
"That's right.... But, a culture that we of the [Fairy race] doesn't possess in the first place, things that we don't know, namely words where the concept to explain cannot be established, the concept to deal with things like that doesn't exist on our side so it cannot be translated. And so... that, my apologies but, that-, shampoo? Is that what you called this thing? Can I trouble you to teach me what this thing is used for?"
Being asked that, Sumika was lost for a moment at what she should do.
Because it was not Sumika's intention to become intimate with a demon.
... Especially because Elfiena was really human-like, so she didn't want to be attached to her.
If that happened, then when the time came, ―it would make it harder to kill her.
But―
(Doing a kindness just that much should be fine. )
Rather if she bluntly refused here, she got the feeling that she would hate herself a little.
That was why Sumika couldn't help herself to answer Elfiena's request.
"Err, shampoo is a chemical to wash the hair and the skin of scalp."
"My. So humans make use of medicine when they wash their hair then?"
"Yes. Using this will wash away the oil and micro-bacteria. If you push at the top of that pink container, it will let out the shampoo solution from the tube inside, so first please take that with your hand."
"Like, this?"
Elfiena who did as she was told pushed at the head of the shampoo bottle for communal use.
Thereupon, milky white liquid spurt out onto Elfiena's small palm that was held under the tube,
"Kyaaa!?"
Elfiena instantly screamed and shook away her hand.
"For, for some reason what came out from the inside in not something foamy but something slimy instead! What came out is something liquidy like the gooey droll of an orc you know!?"
"Please don't give such a disgusting example. That is the solution of shampoo. After you take a proper amount in your hand, please try rubbing it between your hands like this. If you do that it will foam up."
"Uu, I understand."
The shampoo was compared to the droll of an orc.
She seemed to dislike the sensation of the shampoo very much.
But Elfiena still obediently took some shampoo even while being nervous just like Sumika told her, and then she rubbed it between her hands.
Thereupon,
"Wa, wawawa-! Amazing... -!"
Similar like with Sumika, bubbling foam was produced from between her fingers.
The more she rubbed her hand, the bubbles kept coming out one after another.
Just from a handful of drops of shampoo liquid, it created bubbles that overflowed from her hands.
The expression of Elfiena whose eyes turned bright from that sight was truly innocent―
(... Uuu, it's just making it harder to do it. )
Whether Sumika wanted it or not, her alertness was being shaved.
That was why Sumika tried to not look at Elfiena's direction.
"Next you only need to wash your head with that foamed hand. Stroke your hair until its end and also massage your scalp sufficiently. And then after finishing washing your hair moderately, please wash away the bubbles with the shower. Do it as properly as possible, because if there is some shampoo that remained in the hair it will damage the hair."
After giving the detailed instruction of how to wash the hair, Sumika too began to wash her own head.
With a detailed instruction like that, then surely there would be no more need for her to supervise.
But―that thinking was immediately betrayed.
(...... Eh?)
Bubbles that were continuing to multiply endlessly in burble were reflected at the corner of her view.
When Sumika turned her gaze wondering what was going on,
"Wh, what are you doing Elfiena-san!?"
There was Elfiena there with her whole body covered in foam instead of just her head.
"Ahahahaha-! This is really fun for some reason! The more I knead the more bubbles are going burble burble~, it's so fun~!"
It looked like what made the bubbles increase was filled into the bottle, so Elfiena seemed to have squeezed out the shampoo many times over and made more bubbles.
"You pushed out too much! I told you already to only take the proper amount!"
"Uwaa-, ... that looks fun―. Yosh, I'll do that too!"
"Please don't get provoked Chikori-san!"
Sumika remonstrated Chikori and also washed away the hands that were the source of the infinitely multiplying bubbles.
However, Elfiena continued to laugh like a child even while she was being washed by hot water,
"Ahaha, forgive me. It's my first contact with this culture so it feels fun for some reason. The townscape that I saw on the way here was also like this, there were various things there that seemed like fun places. The human world is so interesting."
Elfiena showed a pure smiling face without any trace of shadow at all.
"...... -"
From that... Sumika recognized her own defeat.
She let out a deep sigh in resignation,
"... I'll wash your hair for you, so please don't do anything strange anymore. We are going to be late for the important negotiation like this."
Saying that, Sumika returned a smile where even civility couldn't be seen from it.
That was the moment Sumika let go of her vigilance towards Elfiena.
Although she was a demon, but for Sumika, who had a kind nature, she was unable to continue holding her tension even to the point of assuming [murder] towards someone that showed nothing but good will until this much towards humans.
Part 3
"Hafuu~..."
The three that had finished washing their bodies soaked their bodies inside the tub lining at each other's side.
The fatigue had been piling up from watching over the children since the morning.
Sumika and Chikori looked as if they had completely forgotten that there was a demon right beside them and soaked in the hot water with a face without tension.
But more than the two of them, Elfiena that was between those two was completely melting.
In the middle of crossing over from the demon world to the human world, she met an accident of getting eaten by a kraken that met her completely tired.
Elfiena murmured with an entranced voice from the feeling of the heavy fatigue that had been piling up at her body's core like a pile of lead melting out.
"... The goodness of a hot spring is the same whether in the human world or the demon world isn't it?"
"Speaking accurately this is not a hot spring, but if the [Concept Translation] transmitted it like that then that means there is no culture in the demon world to heat hot water by yourself and everyone only uses hot springs then."
"I think so. Everyone in the village use the hot spring inside the forest. We, the [Fairy race] live alongside trees and flowers, so we never really use fire."
According to Elfiena's story, it seemed that these females called as the [Fairy race] usually resided inside a tree or a flower.
In other words the nature itself was the town of the fairy race, their home.
That was why, these females didn't really like fire that had the possibility to considerably damage their home.
What a really fancy story.
―However, when Chikori heard about the hot springs of the demon world, she thought of an unpleasant imagination.
"... By any chance, is it a hot spring of blood?"
Sumika herself didn't say it loud, but the image depicted in her head was also similar.
After all, for humans, a demon was merely a terrifying invader that attacked humans earnestly, that made their image of the demon world from where the demons crept out was hell itself.
However, here Elfiena shook her head left and right in an overly big motion in denial.
"We, we would never soak ourselves in something so terrifying. It's just a normal hot spring where underground water warmed by the geothermal heat gushed forth."
"Tha, that's right isn't it. Sorry. That's because I imagined the demon world as a horror place that's more like hell.... I wonder if it's actually really similar to earth?"
"Looking as far as possible from the demon world, there is not much difference between the demon world and the human world. There is land, there are trees and flowers, and there are lives that live here in the human world. The demon world is the same as that. No, by any chance perhaps there is a lot more of that kind of nature in the demon world."
"Haa~. For some reason the image is far too different from what I imagined that it shocked me."
Listening to the story of Elfiena, their images of demons and the demon world that they believed until now was broken down one after another.
And then Sumika realized.
That they, humans, really didn't know anything about the demons.
Well, a method to cross over to the demon world from the human world's side was never established, so it was also something that couldn't be helped.
(... Perhaps through this encounter, it will be profitable for mankind if we can obtain information of the demon world even for a little. )
Like that, Sumika was thinking of serious things that was really like her.
"But if that place is really that full of nature, then it's a place that is really comfortable to live for El-san and the others right~"
"......"
The exchanged conversation between Elfiena and Chikori beside her suddenly stopped.
When Sumika became concerned and turned her gaze at them, Elfiena's expression that looked happy until just now had completely changed, her lips thinned with a sorrowful expression.
Looking at that Elfiena who suddenly turned quiet, Chikori tilted her head wondering if there was something wrong.
On the other hand Elfiena, she moved her trembling lips,
"... Yes. It's as you said, but. But, the current demon world is already, become a place that we the [Fairy race] cannot live in anymore."
Elfiena murmured so with a thin voice as if grieving for someone who died.
―It became a place they couldn't live in, she said.
Just what in the world,
"What do you mean?"
When the concerned Sumika asked, Elfiena answered without hiding it.
"A war began. A really great war, so great that it swallowed the whole demon world."
―Right now, just what was happening in the demon world?
"In the first place, the demon world is a brutal place that where power is everything.
It feels like conflict happened somewhere everyday, there is not a single day for a time of peace.
However even so, there is barely a gap for those like the [Fairy race] that doesn't like conflict, and also races that don't have sufficient power for conflict to live.
But, ―in the recent year, a big political disturbance happened in the demon world.
Due to the death of a certain demon king, whose name was famous through all over the demon world, a conflict for hegemony began due to the powerful clans of various places.
This struggle is extremely severe, in the blink of an eye the whole demon world was swallowed in the fire of conflict.
Most of the demons that once invaded the human world, were the [fleeing soldier] of this conflict.
Whether it was Jambure or Typhon―
They were defeated in this conflict and lost their territory, so they aimed for the new land called the human world."
The current condition of the demon world that for the first time was exposed to mankind, and the other side of the invasion, the human world.
Hearing that details, Sumika and Chikori were both dumbfounded.
"Tha, that Thyhon was... fleeing soldier...... you said!?"
"Exactly. He was defeated in the struggle for hegemony, he was nothing more than a loser that escaped to the human world barely with his life."
"... What, a thing."
Sumika felt faint from Elfiena's reply.
It was a too shocking fact.
The ~Demon King class~ that messed up the earth surface until that much was, that symbol of despair was―
Nothing more than the demon world's, just a mere loser there.
(If that's true...... )
The power of the demons that drove off Typhon and Jambure to the human world... just how great could it possibly be?
She couldn't even imagine it.
Elfiena continued her words towards Sumika who was at a lost for words from such too despairing a reality.
"And then, before long our village of the [Fairy race] was also swallowed into that war. Our village was burned, the forest was trampled down... many of our brethren were abducted. As the ration of the demons..."
"Ration...... wait, you mean they were eaten?"
Elfiena returned a nod towards the taken aback words of Chikori.
"The body structure of us [Fairy race] is an energy body that is made from magic power of high purity, so the absorption efficiency of magic power from our body is high. As food, we are the most suitable, seeing the circumstance where magic power is constantly consumed in large amount in war. The [fairy pill] made from the minced meat of fairy, just from a pill it can make you obtain vast energy to the degree that a ~General class~ demon can continuously exercise sorcery for three days and three nights."
"Ho, how cruel... -"
Chikori closed her mouth with a pale expression.
Most likely, it was because she imagined the figure of a fairy being processed into mince meat while still alive.
And then it was not just Chikori's imagination, even now it was a scene that was happening in the demon world.
The effect of [fairy pill] right now had been known all over the demon world. Causing the powerful clans to search for them in a frenzy.
"We the [Fairy race] don't wish to fight.
However, the other demons don't care for that and come to capture us.
And then, us [Fairy race] are excellent as food, but... our fighting ability as a race is the lowest of the low even in the demon world. Even I who possess the strongest magic power among our race, only has strength on the level that was easily swallowed whole by a single kraken... our body size too, those that possess the size around your average human are only those to the extent like me, most of our people only has the size that can be put atop the palm of humans."
If they were attacked, they could do nothing other than get trampled down.
In these few years since the war started, even the fairy race that was numbered almost at a billion, became reduced to only a number of two million, Elfiena talked of that with a heartbreaking expression.
"... The demon world, has already turned into a place where the powerless [Fairy race] cannot live in anymore."
"El-san..."
Surely the current conditions of the fairy pained her heart.
Chikori whose grieving expression looked as if even now she was going to cry snuggled up to Elfiena and she hugged Elfiena's body tightly.
It was an action that was really like the kind Chikori.
Although Sumika couldn't take a honest action like Chikori, she felt an emotion as if her heart was squeezed from Elfiena's story.
But that emotion―
"That's why we resolved ourselves. We are going to abandon our birthplace, the demon world, and negotiate with the humans...
―to let us live in the human world."
"Wha...... -!"
Changed into a cold shudder following from the words of Elfiena.
"But, that's...... -"
After Sumika reflexively let out her voice like that, she shut her mouth in panic from having done that.
Saying it was [impossible], was not a word that she should say as someone who wouldn't participate in the negotiation.
But, it was a little too late. Elfiena was also not an idiot.
She immediately understood, what the world was that would come out from Sumika's interrupted speech.
"Is that, impossible?"
"... I, I'm sorry......"
"No, that's fine. I too understand how hard this is. The story of what the demons that once visited the human world did here, has been circulated so I know..."
"Even knowing that... you are going to rely on humans?"
On the other hand Elfiena nodded without any hesitation.
"Because, we already don't have any other choice. In order to survive, there is nothing that we can do except to do what we can. Because that's... the duty of those that still live."
"―-"
In order to live, they needed to do the only thing they could.
The words that Elfiena said shook Sumika's heart greatly.
It was exactly Sumika's way of life―
Because it was just like what she believed in front of the despair called Typhon, the way those who still live ought to be.
(... We are the same. )
Whether it was herself and also this girl.
Whether human, or fairy.
To continue to fight the unreasonable desperately in order to live.
There was no difference at all.
That was why, surely humans and fairies could understand each other.
Just like right now, where Sumika understood Elfiena.
―However,
(That's, only if talking about individuals... -)
Elfiena didn't understand.
No, she might actually understand, but she was looking at this naively.
The fear and hatred in human society towards the existence called demon that seeped right into the marrow of their bones.
Different with Sumika and Chikori who had a chance to talk directly with Elfiena like this, human society could only comprehend the fairy race as nothing more than demons.
Even Typhon and Jambure, for humans, those two were nothing more than the same demons.
There was no way, the human race could accept such thing.
Elfiena's wish... would never be realized.
Far from that... if Elfiena ever said things like wanting to migrate to the human world in front of those people of the ~United World Government~, surely they would never let Elfiena return home alive.
She would be killed. Cruelly. Unreasonably.
When she imagined such a sight, Sumika's chest was burned in an unpleasant feeling.
And then that detestable feeling, made Sumika decide a single thing.
"... Elfiena-san. Will you mind if I also attend the negotiation meeting?"
Elfiena was making a shocked face for a moment towards this request, yet,
"Yes. That will be very reassuring if you would do that for me."
She readily consented towards that proposal with happiness.
Surely it would be reassuring for her to have a human that could understand the fairy even for a little attending the meeting.
However... that wish couldn't come true.
It was impossible to shake mankind's decision with only Sumika's backing alone.
Because Sumika understood that, she returned a bitter expression at Elfiena's ready consent,
(For Elfiena-san's sake... there is only one thing that I can do. )
For the sake of this girl who faced the unreasonable with all her might, similar with herself once before, Sumika swore to herself that she would do that much.
Part 4
Thirty minutes after that.
The first diplomatic negotiation between human and fairy, between mankind and demons, was opened.
The place was the board chairman's room of New Tokyo Sorcery Academy.
With a table between the two sides, each representatives of the two camps faced each other.
The representative of the fairy race didn't even need to be said, Elfiena who had finished changing her dress.
The representatives of mankind were Kinugasa Yoshinori, Joseph Franklin, and Wan Tairon, three names from the ~United World Government~.
Behind those three names, the ~Evil God User~ Kamishiro Homura was standing by with his arms crossed. Similarly, behind Elfiena were the members of the 101st platoon that, the same as Homura, knew about the arrival of the fairy on the earth, Hoshikawa Sumika and Ichinotani Chikori standing by. And then at the left and right of the only entrance of the room were Onjouji Kai and Onjouji Shiori with their backs to the wall just like door guards. The representatives of both camps were staring at each other wordlessly.
The atmosphere was extremely strained.
It couldn't be helped. This was the first time for everyone.
As it were, this moment could possibly become the turning point of human history.
At such a time,
"For Japan to share its time during such busy time, truly I give you all my deepest gratitude for that."
Knowing that it was her role to break the ice as the one who dearly wished for this conference, Elfiena first expressed her thanks.
"My name is Elfiena. The person in the position that governed one race called the [Fairy race] in the demon world."
She displayed her position.
The one who responded to this was Kinugasa who sat at the center of the three human representatives.
"Thank you for your courteous greeting. Elfiena-san.
I am called Kinugasa Yoshinori, the one who is entrusted with the administration of this country called Japan.
These two at my side are similarly like me the people in charge of two human countries that exists on earth, United States of America and China Republic Union, Joseph Franklin and Wan Tairon.
And then the one behind me, is the greatest battle power of us human race, the ~Evil God User~ Kamishiro Homura."
With a truly tactful behavior, Kinugasa finished the introduction of all that gathered here.
But, Elfiena's eyes turned wide open in shock from those last words of Kinugasa.
"My. So the one who kindly helped me before is that ~Evil God User~ you say-?"
"Nn? How unexpected. You know about me?"
"Of course I know. The hero of the human race who controls ~evil god~ and removed the valorous warriors of the demon race, Typhon and Jambure. The fame of the ~Evil God User~ is well known even in the demon world. However... I never thought that such a person will be a young gentleman like you, it surprised me a little."
(... Hero of the human race, huh. )
For some reason it seemed the degree of his power was also circulated in the demon world, but Homura discerned that Elfiena didn't grasp as far as the more concrete information of his appearance or the complexity of Homura's distorted relation with the human race.
Well, though that was only something trivial in this place.
"~Evil God User~-sama. On this occasion you have saved me from danger, thank you very much."
"No need for thanks. Saving you was mostly just by chance anyway."
And then, when Elfiena and Homura were exchanging greetings like that―
"Gahaha-!"
Tairon raised a loud laughter with his hoarse throat that was offensive to the ears.
"What's with that ~Evil God User~. So you bastard is also famous in the demon world huh. Ain't that great. You can just live at that side. That's what suits you bastard."
"Haha. Isn't that a wonderful proposal of great wit from you. How about you seriously consider that, Homura-kun."
Hearing Tairon's words, Joseph too also agreed to that while making a sarcastic smile at the corners of his mouth.
"......"
But Homura didn't even meet the eyes of those two.
The side of his face told that it was stupid to listen to them.
"Both of you. Please leave picking a quarrel with him for later. The talk won't move forward like this."
In place of Homura who decided to ignore the two, in the end it was Kinugasa who warned them.
In regards to that Joseph said "Excuse me for that" and shrugged his shoulders provocatively before drawing back.
But― Tairon was different.
"Keh!"
Along with a spitting voice, *GAN-!* he struck the reception table with all his strength using the heel of his white enameled boots.
"-...... !"
Elfiena's shoulders jumped in surprise from the sudden barbarous act and her wings trembled.
Tairon glared with bloodshot eyes sharply at Elfiena who was being scared like that.
"Just where is the need to move forward the talk with a demon as your talk partner. There ain't even a need to politely introduce yourself. Everything will get settled if I just rip off the head of this bitch right now. Yet even so, you bastards and that Innocentious gramps just kept prattling, try to listen to her story or whatever, ain't that too sluggish. We ain't going to respond to whatever a demon tries to negotiate anyway. Then what we gonna do won't change. It's only a matter of doing it sooner or later."
"Secretary general Wan. Please put down your foot from the table. It's an act that is just too lacking in dignity."
Joseph presented a candid advice while looking amazed towards Tairon's unreserved attitude, but,
"To be thought as undignified by vermin like demon, that's just too humiliating for a human."
As expected he too didn't try to hide his hostility towards demons.
Well, after all these two were the representatives of the human race that had been thoroughly harmed by the demons starting from ~Walpurgis Night~ until now.
It was inevitable for them to be unable to come into contact with a demon in good will, but,
―As expected it was really childish for them to so frankly let out their emotions until this far.
Even though this meeting had been arranged after great trouble, but only kept getting rejection like this wouldn't result in anything productive.
That was why Kinugasa was,
"Elfiena-san."
"Ye, yes-"
"I beg your pardon for my compatriots' behavior that are lacking in decorum. After all, until now, humans and demons are mutual sworn enemies. There had never been something like a demon that came wishing for peaceful dialogue, so they too are judging based on their position as humans with a position of responsibility what kind of manner they need to take in regards to you. Please forgive their behavior somehow."
Saying that he apologized for the two's impoliteness.
But even while apologizing courteously, at the same time Kinugasa was also clearly alluding to the stance of the human race and the animosity that they held towards the beings called demon, the way Kinugasa was taking a distance was ingenious.
"... Yes. I understand. After all, I too know clearly what the demons that crossed over from the demon world to the human world until now had done to all of you humans. It's only natural for you all to hold hatred towards the residents of the demon world."
Elfiena also showed her understanding towards Kinugasa's words that was measuring their distance.
But on top of that,
"And then, it's exactly this hatred that I think is the emotion that can connect us [Fairy race] and [mankind] together."
Elfiena closed this distance saying that.
"What could you possibly mean by that?"
"Because us the [Fairy race] too, has had our residences burned by the demons whose eyes were blinded by the desire to rule, driven out from our birthplace, our brethren killed, they are [invaders] that we hated."
And the Elfiena talked.
About the current condition of the demon world that she had told to Sumika and Chikori inside the public bath just now.
"Several years ago, a powerful demon with strong influence all over the demon world died.
And then, following that event, the powerful clans in every place began a struggle for hegemony where they washed blood by blood.
With Jambure who appeared on this side the other day and Typhon as the beginning, a lot of demons were defeated in this struggle for hegemony and unable to stay in the demon world any longer, and so they searched for a new land in the human world and invaded into this world."
"... So the reason for the increasing frequency of demons' appearance since a few years ago is because of something like this."
"Really, what a bother. No matter what, demons will be nothing more but harm for the humans."
Joseph who now understood the reason for the increase in the demons' appearance rate in the recent years leaked a deep sigh from being fed up.
But in regards to this,
"But, even though we are all demons, we cannot be lumped together."
Elfiena immediately put a denial at that comment.
"Demon races that are not interested in war or territory like the [Fairy race] also exist.
For us too, demons like Typhon and Jambure who trample other people underfoot only for the sake of their greed are also enemies.
... But, while unfortunate, the [Fairy race] is not a race that is strong in battle.
The sizes of most of the fairy race are nothing bigger than the size to the degree they can be put on top of the palm of a human. Even I, who has the strongest magic power among our race, has the size that is at best the same with a human. To face an opponent like the gigantic ~Demon King~ whose size completely covered and hid the sky itself, there is nothing we can do.... There is no other choice available to us [Fairy race] other than being trampled down. For that reason, we want to form a cooperation system with the human race, who is in the same position as us."
"And this is where the alliance comes in, is it?"
Elfiena nodded towards Kinugasa's words.
From there she started to talk again.
"Yes. Saying it more concretely...... we the [Fairy race] want to be accepted, as the compatriots of the human race."
She was saying, that she was wishing for they, the [Fairy race], to live together with the humans in the human world.
But in regards to that, the three names from the ~United World Government~ who sat in front of Elfiena opened their eyes wide.
"I'll confirm it again but―you said 'accepted', in other words you want to migrate to the human world?"
"Yes."
From that affirmation, the expressions of the three were clearly showing agitation.
That was natural.
Even though they had already been surprised from a demon bringing up a proposal for an alliance, but to go as far as wishing for [coexistence] was just―
It was a talk that just couldn't possibly be accepted.
"Oi oi oi oi. Don't shit with me you bitch. Talking whatever you pleased while I'm stayin' quiet. Askin' for demons to get welcomed to earth, ain't no way such thing is possible huh―. Besides, what merit is there for us humans to do such a thing!?"
There was more or less a problem in his choice of words, but that question of Tairon filled the minds of everyone present in this place.
That was why both Joseph and Kinugasa didn't warn off Tairon and waited for Elfiena's answer.
And then surely the side of the fairy race had also assumed that this question would be thrown at them from the human race's side. An answer was returned back without hesitation.
"Of course we are not thinking of having this favor given to us without any compensation. The [Fairy race] intend to offer [production cooperation] and [military cooperation] as the compensation to be given to the human race."
"... Hoo."
The merit for the human race's side from the alliance that Elfiena suggested.
Hearing that, Homura leaked out an admiring voice that couldn't be heard by anyone.
(She was careless about the relation between mankind and me, but... it looks like she properly investigated any beneficial information for her negotiation with the ~United World Government~ before coming here. )
That was because the two points that Elfiena presented accurately caught the weak points that the current human society held.
As expected, Joseph immediately bit at the bait.
"―[Production cooperation] and [military cooperation] is it? How deeply interesting.
Both are matters that the human race feels uneasy about even now.
Only humans that can handle magic power can become magicians that are able to oppose the demons.
In addition with the attack of demons that continue everyday, that number is chronically insufficient.
And then from the lack of magician's number, we are unable to expand the ~life sphere~, because of that we are unable to perform large scale agriculture so our food supply circumstances are always pressured.
This negative spiral might be able to be resolved, is that what you are saying?"
"Yes. Exactly as you said."
"Interesting. Let me hear your story."
Joseph showed a listening attitude to Elfiena's words for the first time since the talk began.
Although he didn't say anything, Wan Tairon also pricked up his ears.
Towards those two, Elfiena explained the merit of the alliance that fairy race's side proposed to the human race's side.
"First, in regards to the [production cooperation], in the first place we, the [Fairy race], are existences that are truly close of being nature spirit, dwelling within nature like trees and flowers, soil or water. And then, in exchange for providing us with dwellings in [nature], we promise abundant harvest from plants, fertility in the land, and purity in the water.
In other words, with us the [Fairy race] residing in the land, the harvest will become abundant to that extent, and the land will be able to produce crops with extremely high nutritional value in large amounts."
"In short, it will become possible to produce food using less land and time, is that what you are saying?"
"Yes. I have confidence that our power that fertilize no matter what kind of land, and grow in abundance whatever kind of crop, will surely become an assistance to all of you humans."
"I see, that's certainly valuable, and extremely worthwhile. I understand about the [production cooperation] now.... Then, next, I wonder what kind of [military cooperation] you can offer? It's impolite but, from listening to the talk from just now, I cannot think of you [Fairy race] to be generally useful in combat though."
Elfiena honestly returned a nod towards Joseph's words without hiding anything.
"It's exactly as you said. We are not specialized in battle. That's exactly why we were driven out from the demon world. Because the body of a fairy is really small, we are disadvantaged in battle no matter what. ―However, until the end that's only in the case if it's the fairy itself who fights."
"What you are saying is?"
"Just as I said before this, we are existences that lives inside material of nature as spiritual body.
In other words... similar with living inside a plant, we can also live inside a weapon.
And then if we reside inside a weapon, the weapon will not only be a mere lump of iron, it will become a magic sword or a magic spear clad in magic power that makes it possible to hurt a demon."
"So you're talking about ~Magic Power EndowmentEnchant~ ―"
Suddenly Tairon vigorously stood up from his chair while raising a loud voice.
The displeased expression on his face from before had disappeared somewhere, now he was being really excited.
The reason was because ~Enchant~ was a technique of dreams for mankind.
It had been said before, but the battle power of the human race was constantly insufficient.
The reason was mainly because of the devastating damage from ~Walpurgis Night~, but... the most fundamental reason was the fact that the great majority of the human race couldn't control magic power.
Those who could oppose demons were limited to the extremely small part of the human race that could control magic power.
Due to that, the battle power of mankind was always pressed for more.
But, a technique that made magic power resided inside a weapon―if there was this ~Enchant~, this premise would be overturned.
Even humans that didn't have magic power, if they made use of a weapon that was enchanted with magic power, they would be able to fight equally against the demons which couldn't be injured except by magic power. In short, humans that until now couldn't be counted as fighting strength would be able to made use of as fighting strength from then on.
That was why in this one century, the whole of mankind had striven for the research of ~Enchant~ until now, but... this technique still couldn't be established yet.
Although mankind had reached the stage where they could create ~Sorcery Machine~ that assisted sorcery operations of the magician using electronic circuits, the way to make magic power that didn't have substance to stay for a long time inside substantial material still couldn't be established yet.
But, Elfiena said.
That they the fairies could do that.
That they possessed the method to resolve the difficult problem that mankind encountered.
"Currently the remnants of the [Fairy race] are two million fairies. Even if we generously filled a weapon with ten fairies each, it will be possible to increase the manpower of mankind by two hundred thousand at maximum."
"I wonder if this enchanted weapon can chant sorcery in the place of the one equipping it?"
"Of course it's possible. That's right. I think any fairy can use sorcery without trouble until the ~third grade~ sorcery in human standards."
"... That's, amazing. Not just a mere enchant. That's already reaching the level of an Stand-alone Sorcery ArmamentIntelligence Device. Furthermore, even among humans there are many magicians that cannot use ~third grade~ sorcery to satisfaction from its difficulty. Form the view point of mankind, this battle strength augmenting... has a really large merit."
"―Gahaha, then it's decided."
It was a term that would make mankind water in the mouth.
Joseph and Tairon showed a positive reaction that they hadn't showed until now from this compensation for alliance Elfiena presented that was great beyond their imagination.
Like this, wouldn't the talk go well with this development?
Such tinge of hope was born inside Elfiena's heart.
But,
"Yosh! Let's capture this bitch alive right now and dissect her thoroughly!"
―Such thinking was just too naïve.
"Eh...... ?"
"Good idea. Let's quickly finish the arrangement for the research lab and the researcher. If we just understand the mechanism of fairy's Enchant, we have no need of anything from this filthy demon."
"That's how it is! Oi you magicians over there, capture this demon right now-!"
"...... -!"
Elfiena was astonished from listening to the words that Joseph and Tairon spouted out while they were wearing fiendish smiles.
But the two were serious.
Joseph was the head of the United States of America―the large country that once reigned over calling itself the justice of the world.
From the beginning he was not a human of a country with a quality that would compromise with the enemy.
After all since the founding of their country, they were a nation that removed all obstacles standing in their path.
And similar with them, Tairon too was a man that cleared open his path using only his own strength for his whole life.
He didn't even respond well when talking with fellow humans, he was a politician that crushed ideology and forced those that opposed him with strength.
In the first place he was not someone which one could negotiate with.
Pushing away Kinugasa who tried to stop them in panic, Tairon deployed his own ~Arms~ that was a large halberd. He approached Elfiena just like that.
But against Tairon's barbarism,
"Wha... ! Yo, you must not do that you know!"
Chikori jumped over the sofa and stood in front of Elfiena blocking Tairon's path.
Looking at this act of Chikori, Tairon's eyes' gleam that was like a wild beast became even more severe.
"Haaa? What is it you brat? You bastard, are you plannin' to become an ally of the demons even though you are a magician?"
"I, I don't plan to do something like that, but-"
"Then why ain't you acting like what I commanded, huh, you trash-! Just who the hell do you think I am! I'm the secretary general of the great China Republic Union, one of the S-rank magicians that protect mankind, the great Wan Tairon-sama! Incompetent underling bastards like you just need to follow my decisions-!"
Tairon opened his mouth loudly, that even spit were spewed out with his rough voice.
Most people would completely wither down just from facing that scary look of Tairon.
However, Chikori didn't back down.
Her face paled and her eyes projected fear, yet
"No, no way... -"
Because this petite girl, possessed a gentle bravery.
And then as if to back up such a girl,
"Then maybe you should face the same S-rank magician as yourself."
Sumika smoothly went through Chikori's side and declared that to Tairon while looking at his eyes.
The same S-rank magician.
With the entrance of an opponent that would be difficult to subdue with just his violence, Tairon ground his teeth in vexation.
"What d'you say?"
"I'm saying that I cannot approve of such an extremely savage decision. Even if what is behind me is a demon, but apprehending a person that visited as an emissary and killing them is not something that a civilized person will do. Secretary general Wan. Do you not have this thing called dignity?"
"Now you really said it ~Grim Bullet~. Then what? Are you sayin' to accept the fairy? That they can live on this earth!? Are you thinkin' something like that can just be DONE―!?"
Sumika shook her head towards that question.
"... No. That's impossible. We humans have had too many of our brethren killed by the demons. After all, even I still sometimes see the ~Walpurgis Night~ in my dreams... at the very least, while our generation who had experienced that night still live, harmony between humans and fairies is surely impossible."
Even though inside her heart she felt sorry towards Elfiena for saying this, but that was Sumika's point of view.
"But, capturing the unresisting Elfiena-san, then treating her like a guinea pig... such behavior where I cannot understand which side is actually the demon, there is no way I as a human cannot approve of that."
"...... -!"
Using strong words, Sumika rejected Tairon and Joseph's method.
In the first place this was the reason why she attended this meeting.
In this negotiation, no matter how attractive the terms that Elfiena presented, there was no way the human race's side would accept her demands, Sumika understood that.
The gulf that existed between the human race and the demons was just that deep.
And then in that case, surely the ~United World Government~ wouldn't let Elfiena live.
They would undoubtedly try to harm Elfiena.
Well, such development was only natural in a certain meaning.
After all, humans and demons were a mutual sworn enemy.
Even Sumika, if it was before she had met Elfiena, then she might not have stopped Tairon's act here.
But―Sumika had already met her.
Elfiena, who for the sake of her comrades was desperately fighting the unreasonable reality.
And then Sumika knew.
Elfiena's smiling face that had no difference at all with humans.
Sumika was already unable to lump all demons as one and consider them all as evil.
She didn't and couldn't have any intention to overlook Elfiena being killed unreasonably.
That was why Sumika attended this meeting.
For the sake of protecting Elfiena.
In order to let her get back home to the demon world safely.
(For that sake―)
"Prime Minister Kinugasa. Elfiena-san. I have a proposition."
Sumika talked to those two.
"This encounter between mankind and fairy, can you treat everything as if it never happened?"
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