The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind

to also be traveling with a new companion.”

“Yes.
She is a very important companion to me.”

Browning nodded towards Zich.
She seemed to be very pleased about being called an important companion as her face beamed with pride.

“May I ask why you came here? Isn’t this a restricted area of the ruin?”

“Isn’t that also the same for you, Mr.
Zenard?”

Glen shrugged.
“I heard that monsters barged into this city a couple of days ago.
While I’m on break, I thought I should patrol around this place.
I thought that some monsters might have entered this complicated ruin and hid here.”

“Yeah, I thought it was weird that you wanted to take a break.”

Browning complained behind Zenard’s back.
Glen turned around and consoled her.
“We’re still resting in the end.
If monsters don’t come out, won’t this be the same as taking a break?”

“You’re really…!” Browning let out a sigh.
Even though her voice sounded frustrated, she could not disguise the obvious pride she had for Glen in her voice.

After consoling Browning, Glen looked at Zich again.
“Since I told you the reason why I’m here, would it be alright for me to ask why you’ve come here?”

Even though Glen’s words were soft and gentle, there was a forceful tone in his voice.

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“For sightseeing.”

“… Sightseeing?”

“Yeah, there are too many people in other areas.”

“…You know this is a restricted area, right?”

“I know.” Zich was shameless about breaking the rules; in contrast, Glen was the one who got taken aback by Zich’s confident reply.

“…I think that it’s a bit off-putting to talk about entering a restricted area so confidently.”

“Oh my, as someone who’s made the same mistake, are you seriously saying that to me?”

“What do you mean by mistake! We came here to check if any monsters are hiding here!” Browning intervened in their conversation.
It seemed as if she could not endure Glen receiving the slightest insult. 

However, Zich didn’t even blink.
Instead, he folded his arms and stared at her with a slouched posture.
“Did you receive permission from the city?”

Browning was not able to answer. 

Zich continued, “If you’ve received permission from the city, there should be at least one or two soldiers accompanying you two.
I’m sure the city would like accurate information about what you two are doing, and there’s something called ‘procedure’ that people have to go through.”

Browning hesitated; it seemed as if she wanted to reply but did not know what to say.
In the end, Browning stared at Glen with a troubled expression.

“…I understand.
Then we should act like we never saw each other, right?”

“Hahaha! As expected, we speak the same language!” Zich tapped Glen’s arms a few times. 

Glen let out a sigh and pushed away Zich’s arm.
“We will leave first.
Mr.
Zich, what will you do?”

“We’re going to look around a bit more and go back.”

“I hope you don’t lose your way.
Then goodbye.”

Glen pulled Browning and moved towards the ruin’s exit.
The meeting between the two groups, which had begun rather cordially, ended with an awkward, tense atmosphere.

*   *   *

“What the heck is up with those guys?”

As soon as they were a good distance away from Zich and his companions, Browning let out her frustration.
She swung her fists as if Zich was standing right in front of her.

“Restrain yourself, Browning.”

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“How can I restrain myself! He was talking as if we are the same as him!”

“There was some sense to his words though.
We did come here secretly.”

“But we came here for the city’s protection! It’s completely different from those guys who came here to sightsee!” She stared at Glen.
“How do you know him?”

“I got to know him through Karuwiman.”

“Is he related to the Karuwiman?”

“He’s a Karuwiman Honorary Knight.”

Her eyes were full of disbelief.
“An Honorary Knight? The same as you? That guy?”

‘Yeah, it doesn’t make sense.’ Glen agreed with Browning inside his mind.
He couldn’t believe that Zich of all people was a Karuwiman Honorary Knight; things were going completely amiss. 

Browning continued to complain; Glen heard her saying things like, ‘I can’t believe it’ and ‘what the hell is up with their standards.’ Browning seemed to have been very shocked to find out that Zich was a Karuwiman Honorary Knight.
Then a thought popped up in her mind.

“Come to think of it, except for the elf, don’t they look like the statues that were raised in this city?” Then she shook her head.
“No, that can’t be.
There’s no way that a hero who saved this city would have such a shitty personality.”

“Browning.”

“Hmm?”

“Can you be a bit quieter?”

“Ah, yeah, yup.
Sorry, I was a bit loud, right?” She closed her mouth and stole a furtive glance at Glen.

It was the first time he had ever directly scolded her.
Browning wondered if there was something that she said that might have crossed Glen’s mood and she blamed herself while thinking back on her words.
However, Glen paid no attention to Browning at all as his mind was full of thoughts about Zich and his companions.

‘Zich Moore.’

Zich was supposed to be his archrival, the Demon Lord of Strength.
After the incident with the Northern Branch of Bellid, Glen wanted to attach a spy to Zich, but Zich had disappeared too fast.
Now, they had met each other in such an unexpected place.
Just his existence in Violuwin’s ruin made his head hurt, but the sight of his companions hurt his head even further.

‘The Earth’s Tyrant Nowem.’

In the future, the Earth’s Tyrant Nowem should have extinguished an entire country as a Demon Person.
During the incident with the Northern Branch of Bellid, Glen had only seen him briefly from a distance so he didn’t recognize him, but now that he had a good look at Snoc, he was sure that Snoc was the ‘The Earth’s Tyrant Nowem.’

‘Leona.’

Leona was the elf who was going to be his companion in the future.
A companion that should have helped him eradicate ‘The Demon Lord of Strength, Zich Moore,’ in the future was now working with the Demon Lord.

And there was more.

‘Estellade.’

After seeing that sword on one of the man’s waists, Glen’s eyes burned with fury.