Hataraku Maou-sama! - Volume 19 - Chapter 4

High School Girl, Starting to Move the World 
“W………… what are they thinking……!!” 
Maou hugged the helmet used for deliveries and hid behind the MdCafe counter while holding his breath. 
After returning to the store from the delivery area, he noticed a familiar figure at the first floor counter. 
Just seeing Suzuno’s figure which was impossible for him to misidentify caused Maou’s heart to clench. Unexpectedly, Chiho was standing beside her, and with this, he did not know what will happen after this. 
“That Suzuno, did she tell Chi-chan about what happened earlier!” 
Considering Suzuno’s personality, this was possible. 
“Damn it…… what exactly is wrong with Suzuno?” 
Because Suzuno was clearly acting strange since morning, Maou felt that there was a need to properly listen to her. 
Until the middle, she was still talking about how disappointed she was with the Archbishops and the Church and briefly reported on the current situation in Ente Isla. 
But later on, her voice stammered more and more, and when Maou noticed…… 
“Ugh.” 
He also felt that his behaviour later was really useless. 
Humans, no, even the Demon King would be unable to make a calm judgement when they were truly faced with a completely unexpected situation. 
The shining gaze, the cheeks with a hint of red and that sentence which came out from those well shaped lips caused Maou, who thought he was going to handle a malfunction, to feel as if his temples had been hit by a hunting rifle. 
When he came to his senses, Maou was already on his bicycle and heading towards MgRonalds. 
He did not even remember what he did before he left the house. 
“T, thinking about it, the cram school Chi-chan attends seems to be nearby…… yeah, they probably met outside coincidentally, then came to eat lunch together.” 
“Eh? Why is there no one around. Excuse me?” 
“Ah, y, yes, welco……!” 
“Good afternoon.” 
The instinct of a MgRonalds employee craved within his DNA caused the idiotic man’s hide and seek to dissolve into nothingness. 
“O, oh…… Chi-chan.” 
“Yes.” 
Once Maou got up, he discovered Chiho standing in front of him with a smile as she positioned both her hands behind her. 
“What’s wrong? Why you are staying here while wearing the jacket and holding a helmet?” 
Chiho’s smile did not change. 
“Uh, erhm, I happened to have something urgent going on……” 
To the person who once worked together with him as a Barista at MgRonalds, Maou spouted an excuse which was so poor that it was despairing. 
“I see.” 
As expected, her smile did not change. 
“W, what you do want to order?” 
Pushed back by that intimidating smile, Maou started to serve the customer in a way which clearly violated the rules. 
He had just come back from outside, so he did not keep any of the delivery gear and had not washed his hands. 
Chiho probably understood this, but she did not mention this at all. 
Maou firmed believed this. 
Chiho already knew. 
“Uh, today’s speciality brew, the coffee beans are from Columbia……” 
However, only his mouth continued to move meaninglessly. 
He was completely acting like a useless man who was scared to death because his affair had been found out. 
“Maou-san.” 
“Yess” 
“Actually, Amane-san will come by later on.” 
“…………Eh?” 
This name and topic which was also unexpected caused Maou to blink in shock. 
“Nord-san will help look after Acies. Because there is something we need to ask of Shop Manager Iwaki, Suzuno-san and I alone would not be able to negotiate properly, so based on the situation, perhaps Shiba-san will come together with Amane-san.” 
“Landlady-san? To do what exactly?” 
This was very scary as well, but Maou, unable to predict the flow of the conversation, could only respond with a dazed expression. 
“We’re still at the planning stages and we don’t know if it can proceed smoothly…… either way, if you see Shiba-san in the store while not knowing anything, Maou-san would get a shock, right? So I wanted to remind you first.” 
“That is true……” 
“Ah, since you introduced it, please give me a cup of hot speciality coffee. Please add creamer and sugar.” 
“Ah, I, I understand. P, please wait a while.” 
It seemed like Maou had jumped to conclusions too quickly. 
When it came to actually preparing the order, Maou finally noticed that he should store away the helmet and the jacket. 
He stuffed the delivery equipment in the corner of the counter for the moment and washed his hands properly at the sink installed at the coffee counter. 
“Ah, that’s right, Maou-san.” 
“Hm?” 
Just as Maou finished washing his hands and shook off the water off his hands and took out a warmed up cup from the shelf. 
“You need to answer Suzuno-san as soon as possible, alright?” 
“…… Ugh! …… Wah! Ah……!!” 
After the cup bounced in the air a few times on his hand, Maou barely caught the cup in a position close to the floor. 
Then, he raised his head nervously and discovered that Chiho’s gaze that turned extremely cold. 
“Y, you heard about everything?” 
“I heard. About everything.” 
“…… E, erhm.” 
“Based on what I heard.” 
Maou remained in his kneeling posture when he caught the cup and was unable to stand up. 
“I feel like Suzuno-san has a chance as well.” 
“Eh, ah, no, what do you mean by having a chance.” 
“Since you did not reply, it should be like that. I kept waiting because of this as well.” 
“Ugh.” 
“Whether it’s acceptance or rejection, it should both be doable. Since you did not do either one, this means that Maou-san is still hesitating, right?” 
The temperature of the cup in his hand had already decreased to room temperature. 
Maou had not even activated the cashier. 
Chiho’s gaze caused Maou to freeze, and he was unable to move at all. 
“I know it’s not the time to say this right now. Because whether it is this side or that side, there are many matters to handle and worry about. I know this very well. However,” 
With a stern tone, Chiho said determinedly, 
“You can’t continue running away and being vague forever.” 
“W, what do you mean by escaping?” 
“Is that so? It feels like things are going to continue dragging on in this vague manner.” 
Chiho said harshly. 
“In fact, things will only get busier after winning the Battle to Defeat God. At that time, there will be a need to handle many things which cannot be settled in one or two years. Even if we ignore this, based on Suzuno-san’s explanation, using the Holy Conquest as a trigger, the situation afterwards will become much harsher. Once things become like this, when will I be able to receive my reply?” 
In the past, because Chiho had considered Maou’s situation, she decided not to push him into giving a reply, but the current situation had changed. 
If things continued like this, there will definitely be no conclusion. 
Maou would not accept Suzuno’s feelings, but he would not reject them as well, only continuing to run away. 
In other words, this was simply because Maou, 
“Maou-san is a coward.” 
That was it. 
Amongst everything Chiho had said to Maou before, this was definitely the harshest and most brunt sentence. 
Then, this was also purely the truth. 
If Maou could be like Ashiya or Urushihara and show a firm attitude to female humans, they could just find any reason to gently reject the other party. 
After all, whether it was the world they live in, their mode of life or anything else, everything was different for both of sides. 
He should not be so bad that he could not even do such a thing. 
But Maou did not do this. 
Whether it was to Chiho, or to Suzuno. 
He was puzzled about the warm feelings others directed towards him, and because he did not know what to do, he looked away. 
“I saw Suzuno-san as an opponent since the beginning. In addition, someone also told me that she was the person who was most likely to contend with me for Maou-san, so I don’t mind Suzuno-san confessing to you. However…… I also have things which I cannot compromise on.” 
“T, that is……” 
After Maou asked this using his throat which was so dry that it hurt, Chiho replied, 
“That would be the order of receiving the answer.” 
What was that supposed to mean. 
“I, don’t wish to be placed in front of Suzuno-san. Do you know……” 
“…….” 
“…… No, forget it.” 
When Chiho became more agitated as she spoke, she noticed that Maou showed an expression like he was thinking as hard as he could, so she swallowed her words. 
The matter of Suzuno confessing was enough for Maou to be unable to turn his head around it. With the addition of Chiho finding out about it being too shocking, he was unable to think properly at all. 
“It’s almost time for Amane-san to arrive. Is the coffee not done yet?” 
“…… Ah, s, sorry……” 
Even in this extremely chaotic situation, the employee DNA did not allow to use a cooled down coffee cup, so he took out a new cup, brewed the speciality coffee and placed it in front of Chiho together with the creamer and sugar. 
“Then I’m leaving first.” 
After placing exact change on the counter, Chiho accepted the cup, turned around and left. 
Maou could not help but shout towards her back. 
“Chi-chan, I……!” 
“Maou-san.” 
But he was cut off by Chiho’s sharp voice. 
“I am also planning to properly make a choice after this.” 
“…… Eh?” 
“I have always been troubled. I thought that this is something I would definitely be unable to achieve. However…… 
after I knew that Suzuno-san is ?the same?, I was slightly relieved.” 
“W, what are you saying……” 
“From today onwards, I will no longer care about what others think. I am going to make my own choices and move forward on my own. After everything ends,” 
At that moment, Chiho finally smiled. 
However, that was not the youthful and warm smile which Chiho had shown in the past. 
 
It was a burning smile which contained a steel-like determination. 
“I will definitely show you that I can graduate from being ?Chi-chan?.” 
“……!?” 
“I’m leaving first.” 
After leaving behind this mysterious sentence, Chiho walked down the stairs. 
After Maou froze on the spot for a while, he grabbed the helmet and jacket and caught up, running at a speed as if he was being chased by something. 
However, Amane happened to have arrived on the first floor at this time. Iwaki, Chiho, Suzuno and Amane were talking with serious expressions, and they entered the employee room just like that. 
“Maou-san, what’s wrong?” 
Akiko initiated a conversation with Maou who had frozen once he came down the stairs, but Maou was still unable to believe what he had experienced today and was unable to answer properly. 
After that, during the time Maou was doing work as usual, Chiho, Suzuno and Amane went back at an unknown time. 
Then, Iwaki actually left the shop after the dinner peak period. 
From his headphones, 
Sorry, I need to go to the office to handle some affairs and I need to leave the store for about one hour. I will keep in contact, Maou-kun, can I leave it to you?? 
When he heard this voice, Maou instinctively thought that it should be related to the matter with Chiho, Suzuno and Amane. 
After arriving at the first floor, he tried to ask Libicocco about Chiho’s situation in a roundabout manner, but unfortunately, Libicocco had stayed in the kitchen the whole day, so he did not know anything about what happened in the dining area and employee room. 
“Did something happen?” 
Libicocco sensed Maou’s anxiety and asked this. After Maou hesitated for a while, and honestly spoke the thoughts he had on his mind. 
“In the end, I also don’t know what is wrong.” 
“Oh……” 
“It’s just that…… I don’t wish to go home today……” 
“Huh? Did you do anything to make Crestia Bell angry?” 
“Shut up! I don’t want to hear that name now!” 
“Haah. Then I won’t say it.” 
There was nothing else Libicocco could do. 
Time passed mercilessly and some time later, it was closing time. 
Libicocco, who started work in the morning, had ended work at 10pm. Maou finally started to feel lonely. 
Iwaki had already returned, but Maou was afraid to know what Chiho and the others said to Iwaki, so he was unable to muster up the determination to leave the second floor. 
However, there was a need to close the store now. 
Maou-kun? Are you alright? Is there something wrong on the second floor?? 
Iwaki called out to Maou via the headphones, causing the latter to give up and go downstairs. 
“Good, you’re done with your work, right? I feel a little bad about it, but is it convenient for you to stay back for a while?” 
“Eh?” 
“The tasks on the first floor are about to be finished soon. Because I need to talk about this matter with Ooki-san and Kawada-kun, so please wait in the Employee Room for a while.” 
“Alright.” 
Taking a closer look, Akiko and Kawada were truly carrying out the last of the closing up tasks behind the first floor counter. 
“What exactly is the matter?” 
Maou felt an indescribable uneasiness. After handing the accounting documents of the second floor to Iwaki, he returned to the Employee Room first. 
Because Iwaki had not asked him to sign out, he did not change his clothes. 
This judgement seemed to have been correct. After around 10 minutes later, Iwaki brought the other two in and asked them to sit on the folding chairs in the Employee Room. 
“It is something which is rather strange.” 
Iwaki put her hat on the table and sat down as well, then looked at the calendar hanging on the wall. 
“After this, our whole store will be reserved.” 
“Reserved!?” 
This shocked Maou, Akiko and Kawada. 
“O, our store can be reserved!?” 
It was expected that Akiko would ask this. 
They were not an Izakaya or party venue, normally speaking, it should not be possible to reserve even a franchise fast food store. 
“Of course, it would normally not be possible. But it’s an exception this time. It’s sudden, but it will be from tomorrow afternoon onwards.” 
“Tomorrow afternoon!?” 
Regardless of how rushed it was, there should be a limit to that. 
Maou and the other two looked between Iwaki and the calendar repeatedly, while trying to fish more information with regards to the true purpose behind this exception. 
“Chi-chan and the others came in the evening, is this related to them?” 
After Maou said this, Iwaki unexpectedly showed a puzzled expression and nodded slightly. 
“Yeahh…… erhm, it’s a little unbelievable, but Sasaki-san introduced an Ooguro-san over. That person said she wanted to reserve the whole store. I don’t know how they know each other…… have you heard of this company?” 
After saying this, Iwaki passed a business card to Maou. 
After seeing the contents written on it, Maou almost shouted on reflex. 
SHIBA Properties Pte Ltd 
District Manager 
Ooguro Amane ? 
There was an urge to rebuke about what SHIBA Properties, what District Manager, but he knew that the Landlady managed many businesses at the same time, so if this was a family business, it was normal for her to arrange an appropriate position for her niece. 
“This SHIBA Properties is a major shareholder of the MgRonalds in Japan.” 
“Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?” 
He finally could not hold it in this time. 
“Ehhh, Maou-kun, you took part in the full time employee hiring exam, right? Did you not read the summary?” 
“Eh, uh, erhm, I did read it, eh, that SHIBA is……!?” 
When Maou was challenging the full time employment training, he definitely investigated all the major shareholders of MgRonalds shares. 
The name?SHIBA Properties? was definitely there. 
Of course, Maou did not link that company with ?Shiba Miki? at that time. Iwaki ignored Maou’s confusion and continued speaking, 
“Anyway, since it’s a major shareholder, it means that the other party has a right to vote in the General Meeting. 
Therefore, from the point of the view of the company, they cannot ignore this name. When I was called over to the office, the matter of the reservation seemed to have been decided already.” 
“Right……” 
“Then, what comes after is the important part.” 
Iwaki’s voice sounded tense as well. 
“The employees working on the day of the reservation, the three of you were named to be on duty.” 
This time, Maou was really at a loss for words. 
This matter could not simply be a business interaction between two companies. 
Chiho and Amane had planned something. 
And the contents was definitely really ridiculous. 
Did Chiho know about the truth behind SHIBA Properties? 
Since this business card appeared, and it had already been settled between the companies, this implied that not only Amane who was normally dressed very casually, even Shiba was participating in this. 
“Erhm…… what exactly is going on? We should have no relation to this company at all.” 
Compared to Kawada who was confused, Akiko reaction was, 
“I don’t know what is going on, but this experience would probably help during job hunting.” 
She actually said these flippant words. 
“Of course, all of you can reject this. Unfortunately, your hourly pay on that day will not increase. What do you guys think?” 
““……”” 
Kawada and Akiko looked at each other with mixed emotions. 
“Is it just us?” 
At this moment, Maou asked this. 
“Are we the only ones working on that day?” 
“No.” 
Iwaki replied while still having a puzzled expression on her face. 
“Yusa-san, Libicocco-kun, and just for that day only, Sasaki-san will also return to work.” 
“Eh? Chi-chan!?” 
“Chi-chan was named as well?” 
“…… I mentioned this just now as well. Ooguro-san was brought over by Sasaki-san.” 
“…… What kind of person is Chi-chan?” 
“I do feel that she does not act like a high school student……” 
The two people who were puzzled were hit with another blow. 
“Of course, I will be in the store for the whole day, in addition,” 
Behind the large spectacles, a sharp gaze appeared in Iwaki’s large eyes. 
“Kisaki-san will come back as well.” 
 
“Wheeeeeere iiissssss Suuuuuzuuuunooooo!!” 
Once Maou arrived home, he pushed what happened in the morning and being refuted by Chiho in the afternoon to the back of his mind, pounding on the door of Room 202 with a fierce look on his face. 
“Please calm down, Demon King-sama! Bell is not in that room right now!!” 
“What did you say!?” 
“She is doing shifts with Emilia’s father tonight and went to the Landlady’s house to take care of the Yesod young lady!” 
“What……!” 
He did not have any evidence, but Maou was convinced that Suzuno must have escaped to the Landlady’s house because she knew things would turn out like this. 
“D, damn it, she knows I dislike going to the Landlady’s house!” 
Chiho seemed to have turned off her mobile phone, and at this kind of time, it was inconvenient to enter Shiba’s house. 
Even if he really went over, Amane might not tell the truth. It was awkward meeting Suzuno now. 
“You! You’re going tomorrow too, right! Did you hear any information!” 
“Eh? Ah, no, I heard that I can just work as normal.” 
“This actually makes it more worryinggg!!” 
Who was pulling strings in the shadows, and for what reason? It seemed like he could and could not guess it at the same time. 
He could vaguely confirm that the mastermind was Chiho. As for the Shiba family and Suzuno, they had agreed with her plan, but why did they involve the MgRonalds employees? 
“Could it be…… for the sake of letting Acies eat……” 
This was the most probable answer. 
They had looked after Acies for less than a week, but all the people involved were already reaching their limit. 
Suzuno had already contacted Ente Isla, but there was no news about Alas=Ramus’s physical condition. In this situation where they could not predict what would happen, it was normal to try to increase their options. 
Either way, Acies’ appetite was really abnormal. 
When she finished eating in the past, her stomach would grow bigger, but right now, regardless of how much Acies ate, her figure did not change, causing others to suspect if she opened a Gate in her stomach. 
Even if she ate an amount which obviously exceeded the capacity of her body, her stomach did not grow. She did not even need to go to the washroom. 
Until now, Shiba had not appeared, but with Amane and Nord at the core, Suzuno as well as Maou and Libicocco who would both occasionally join in, they would make onigiri together. Chiho seemed to have went over for a short time to help out. 
Until this point, these were all things Maou knew. 
Currently, the most probably situation was that Shiba and Amane planned to use their finances to reserve MgRonalds for a day. With this, they would be able to feed Acies continuously. 
However, there were still some areas which were puzzling with this conclusion. 
Considering the number of onigiri Acies ate, was there a need to reserve the whole store? 
As long as they order beforehand, it would be enough to order around 200 hamburgers. 
Based on Maou’s work experiences in MgRonalds, there were student clubs or companies who order a few hundred hamburgers at once. 
Even if Shiba was a major shareholder, making that order should save more money than reserving a whole store. 
The money sent on reserving the store should cost a few times more than Acies’ meal expenses for the past few days. 
Maou could not think of any reason why they would specially choose to do this. 
More importantly, Kisaki, Kawada, Akiko and Iwaki did not know anything about Ente Isla. 
If Acies was brought to their workplace, they would definitely be curious about who she was. 
Regardless of whether they were the company employees or part time workers, they had a duty to protect the secrets related to the business, but with Kawada and Akiko being university students, it will not be easy to get them to keep this secret. 
“I don’t know! What are these guys thinking!!” 
He should run over to Shiba’s house and confirm their true intentions after all. 
If not, it felt that things would develop to the point where it could no longer be salvaged. 
It was already 1am, and just as Maou decided to leave the apartment, prepared to walk determinedly to Shiba’s house which was standing in the darkness, 
“You.” 
Suddenly, someone called out to him. 
“Eh?” 
The streetlights illuminated the face of that person, but Maou had no impression of that person’s face. 
That person was wearing a western suit and his features did not look Japanese. His hair appeared to be a natural blonde as well. 
“Sorry, I have something to ask you.” 
The man asked in fluent Japanese, but Maou’s wariness was raised to its highest level. 
Middle of the residential area, late at night, and strangely neat clothes. 
Especially since this person called out to Maou at this time and was clearly emitting some mysterious aura but did not appear disturbed at all. 
“…… Who are you……” 
“I said it just now. I have something to ask you. You’re Maou Sadao-kun, right?” 
“Yes, that’s me.” 
He said he had something to ask, but it seemed like that man already knew Maou’s identity. 
“There’s no need to be so wary, I don’t have any intentions of harming you. It’s just that can I ask you to go home directly and sleep today? You plan to go to Mikitty’s house after this, right?” 
“Mi, Mikitty?” 
Maou’s deep consciousness rejected understanding this name. 
Then he only noticed this now. 
He could not see it clearly due to it being night and because of the light from the streetlight, but only one section of hair was not blonde. 
It was yellow. 
“…… Could you be, Earth’s……” 
“I also feel like a meddler doing this. There has been no precedent, but my clans people were all very shocked. It seems like the seed will sprout tomorrow, blowing a gust of wind across the stars. So don’t worry about anything and just watch. The person who will bring forth ?the Eleventh Existence? of the Holy Cross, it will not be you.” 
Maou felt that he had not looked away. 
But the man who only had one section of yellow hair amongst his blonde hair suddenly appeared in front of Maou in a blink of an eye. 
“You have to go to work tomorrow, right? It’s not good to stay up overnight, you know? Sleep early, child of the world.” 
Maou did not sense any demonic magic, holy magic or any physical power. 
But after hearing that last sentence, Maou’s consciousness left him quickly and he lost consciousness immediately. 
Therefore, even if there were nine other figures surrounding the apartment and Shiba’s house, he did not sense any presences at all. 
Maou did not fall over. 
When he came back to his senses, he was already welcoming the morning while still in his futon. 
Libicocco was greeting him as normal on the other side of the kotatsu. 
It was 6:30am. If he had a 9am shift, he would normally wake up at this time. 
Seeing his mobile phone next to his pillow which had been kindly plugging into the charging cable, Maou could not help but punch his pillow. 
“What…… is happening!” 
Blonde and yellow hair. 
That man who addressed the master of the Shiba house as Mikitty was definitely from the same clan as the Landlady. 
He was the Sephirah child of the Earth’s Tiphareth. 
Considering that Amane’s father was the Sephirah child of Binah, that man should be the relatives living overseas who Amane and Shiba mentioned before. 
Shiba’s clan, the children of the Earth Sephirah, seemed to be scattered all over the world, and all of them had extremely high positions in society. 
Amane was considered a direct descendent, but her appearance did not contain any characteristics of a Sephirah child. 
Conversely, that man yesterday should be a Sephirah child on the same level as the Landlady. 
Basically, those people only cared about maintaining peace on Earth, including Amane, they have not actively intervened in Ente Isla’s issues. 
It was only when Alas=Ramus and Acies, who can be considered their distant relatives, were in serious trouble would they lend a helping hand. But basically even if they possessed a power which far exceeded that of Maou and the rest, they could not be counted as fighting forces on their side. 
A tenant wanted to ask his Landlady why she wanted to reserve MgRonalds, but one of the Sephirah children came up to stop him, what was going on? 
“The Eleventh Existence…… what is that…… what is…… going on……” 
Were Chiho and Suzuno related to them in any way? 
Or was it Amane, agreeing with their thoughts, who did something in the shadows? 
Maou felt frustrated because he could not grasp the situation at all, but he could only rack his brains while in bed, 
“……?” 
At this time, the sound of someone walking up the common staircase could be heard. 
And it was two people. 
Once the door to the common corridor was opened, one of the two people immediately ran in front of Room 201 with light steps. 
“Papa! Papa! Wake up! ‘ood morning!” 
The moment Maou heard that voice, he almost cried for some reason. 
He got up from the futon and rushed to the porch and while being careful not to hit the visitor outside, he opened the door lightly. 
There, 
“Mama! Papa is up! Papa, ‘ood morning!” 
Alas=Ramus, with an energetic smile and showing no signs of being sick, raised both her arms and looked up at Maou, 
“I’m sorry for coming over so early in the morning. I don’t know why, but Alas=Ramus wanted to see you no matter what, I couldn’t dissuade her at all…… fwah~” 
Behind that girl, Emi was standing there, carrying a backpack and looking rather sleepy. 
 
What was surprising, was that Emi had been called over by Chiho. 
At the beginning, Chiho only relayed information about the abnormalities occurring in Acies’ body and asked about Alas=Ramus physical condition, but the impression she gave others only turned weirder as time passed. 
“We should be minimising communication, so I kept thinking that this kind of action did not fit Chiho-chan’s style. 
Should I describe it as forceful, or scary…… I can’t explain it clearly, I just felt it was strange, so I came back earlier.” 
Emi had forcefully changed shifts in the first place, so it was planned for her to return once before tomorrow. 
“I feel that…… everyone’s situation have turned really strange.” 
Libicocco, who woke up because of Emi’s visit said this while keeping the futons and Maou nodded. 
“This means that the situation over there, are the problems not serious?” 
“The problems…… are piled as high as a mountain…… fwah……” 
Emi held in her yawns and started to explain the happenings at the Demon Fortress in Ente Isla. 
When Emi reached, Kinanah has started causing havoc on a scale which far exceeded the ?special effects monster? 
as described by Gabriel. After the Five Continent Knight Alliance detected his demonic magic, they started to move out from Saza Quarters in the South to investigate the truth. 
To the Demon King Army, who were only guarding against the Holy Conquest from the West before this, this was a bolt out of the blue. The Demon King Army leaders, including Emi, Alberto and Lailah were even mentally prepared for the possibility of deaths from the humans who did not know anything. 
“However, the people who came from Saza Quarters was Warrior Leader Lagides from Wathewlama.” 
“Lagides from Wathewlama was one of the people Ashiya negotiated with, right?” 
“That’s right, then Em, Al and I did him a bit of favour some time ago.” 
Dragon extermination. 
That was the justification Wathewlama Warrior Leader Lagides Raz Ryan announced to the Alliance Knights at Saza Quarters. 
After Lagides sensed Kinanah’s demonic magic, he instinctively thought that Ashiya, who carried out things carefully and sincerely, would definitely not do such a stupid thing. 
He judged that something unexpected happened and sent out a scout and as a result, received a report that a dragon as large as a mountain was causing havoc. 
Ashiya had explained to Lagides in detail about the migration of the citizens of the Demon World, but Lagides judged that if this went on, the Alliance Knights in the West and South who did not have a clear grasp of the situation might take action. 
After Lagides declared that he had no intention of invading the land and only wanted to ?exterminate the dragon?, he brought a small number of troops to attack the Demon Fortress, successfully stopping the troops related to the Southern Continent’s Harlan royal family and the small number of Alliance Knight troops who remained in the Central Continent from acting carelessly. 
“That’s really amazing, But why did the people around him accept it when Wathewlama said that they were going to 
exterminate the dragon??” 
“The Great Olutima Desert where Wathewlama is located in…… is the habitat of a type of troublesome ?dragon?.” 
Emi said this succinctly with a strange empty gaze. 
“Anyway, Kinanah is full of energy, and there were fortunately no sacrifices from the humans. However, the matter of Bell’s ordination of Archbishop still caused a huge impact. I heard that Madam Din Dem Urs and Farfarello are having a very hard time in the Northern Continent.” 
The members of the Five Continent Knight Alliance who were born in the Southern Continent have gathered together to obstruct the Church’s Holy Conquest. 
When viewed objectively, this was the situation. 
This incident seemed to have caused the atmosphere of the Church Knights, who were also being obstructed in the North and West, to become very tense. 
Many reasons were found to carry out these obstructions, but because the Holy Conquest overlapped with the ordination ceremony and ceremonial parade of the new Archbishop, in reality, this was equivalent to publicly going against all the Theocracy believers in the world. 
There was a significant number of Theocracy believers in the Northern Continent, and amongst those, there were even clans who openly criticised Din Dem Urs. 
“After the end of Bell’s ordination ceremony, the Church Knights will start to take action seriously. Based on Alsiel’s explanation, the Eastern Continent will deploy the Hakin Knights for assistance.” 
“…… Haah, the two sides will end up fighting each other like this.” 
“That’s right.” 
If the Church Knights who did not know the truth of the situation and the Hakin Knights who were not told of the truth were to fight, it would definitely end up igniting a war. 
And the flames of the battle would probably extend to the Demon Fortress after a few days. 
“Based on Lucifer’s explanation, it seems like the Demon Fortress can fly now. But if it flies now, the Central Continent might end up in a sea of flames. With this, even if the demons can migrate to the various continents after this……” 
After Emi finished speaking, she lightly patted the hair of Alas=Ramus who was sitting on her lap and playing with the mobile phone. 
For the sake of Alas=Ramus’s happiness. 
The spirit behind this goal had not changed. 
However, they could not spread the flames of battle across Ente Isla for the sake of this goal. 
“We definitely cannot make a mistake with how we clean up everything. So if we want to implement any counterstrategies, we can only do it now, taking the chance when we can still barely maintain this stalemate……” 
Din Dem Urs, the Unifying Azure Emperor and Lagides were on the same side as the Demon King Army, but the factions they are involved with was not just the Demon King Army. 
If the leaders of the various nations judged that protecting the country and the interests of the continent was more important than the future guaranteed by Ashiya via a verbal promise, the world would immediately be divided. 
“I still worked at the same place as you and Libicocco for some time. So I don’t wish to see only Alas=Ramus and the Sephirah children getting saved, and the demons of the Demon World dying because they have lost their chance to migrate.” 
“That’s such an understatement.” 
“It can’t be helped. After all, I am only acquainted with all of you, Camio and the ones at Isla Kentorum.” 
Emi replied with a shrug. 
“Therefore, when I heard from Chiho that Suzuno had returned, I got a shock, then to find a way to discuss future plans with her, I insisted that Gabriel send me back.” 
“Cold~ water. Huge~” 
“Cold water? Huge?” 
Alas=Ramus suddenly dropped Emi’s mobile phone for unknown reasons, spread out her arms with all her might and said this. 
“Chiho-chan mentioned it before, right? About the place Gabriel opened a Gate. There is a cave to the east of the Demon Fortress and there is a huge underground lake inside. I asked Gabriel to open a Gate there last night to let me return here.” 
“…… I see.” 
Maou roughly understood the situation. 
With regards to the matters with the Northern and Western Continent, even if he referenced the information Suzuno provided before she did that kind of thing, there was nothing unnatural about it. 
But this still caused Maou to feel troubled once more. 
“The situation over there feels really bad.” 
“That’s right. Warrior Leader Lagides made a wise and decisive move, but this will only buy us one or two weeks of time.” 
Maou looked towards the calendar, there was a little more than four days until the end of the ritual which Suzuno 
appeared to be participating in?. 
If they wanted to make any adjustments, it seemed like they could only take action during these four days. 
Once Suzuno returned to Ente Isla and was officially ordinated to Archbishop, they could no longer change this trend. 
At that time, regardless of what they did, there would definitely be huge number of sacrifices in the places which were unrelated to ?the Battle to Defeat God? initiated by Maou and the others. 
“Haah, that’s how things are now. I was in a rush to go out with Alas=Ramus this morning, so I forgot to bring the umbrella over. It’ll be some time before I can return the umbrella to you.” 
“Ahh, well, you can return it anytime.” 
“How can I do that. You barely used that umbrella, right? Use it properly. I went out of the way to get you such a good one too……” 
“Wait! Please don’t say it now! Don’t mention that thing now!” 
Maou suddenly shouted to stop her, causing Emi, Alas=Ramus and Libicocco to look surprised. 
“Huh? Why are you suddenly acting like this?” 
“Don’t talk. I don’t know if anyone is eavesdropping.” 
After Maou said this, he stared at Libicocco for some reason. 
“W, what? Did I do anything?” 
“W, what’s wrong?” 
Was it because he did not want Libicocco to know that the umbrella was bought by Emi? 
She understood that things would be bad if they were not prepared and Chiho heard it, but for the others, it would not be that awkward as long as they explained things properly…… 
“Seriously…… I don’t wish to think about those unnecessary things now…… haah.” 
However, since Maou’s expression and tone were so serious, Emi could only swallow her words. 
“Papa? Are you okay? Hurts?” 
Both Maou’s expression and mental state looked listless. Seeing this and feeling worried, Alas=Ramus climbed onto his lap, stretched as far as she could and patted Maou’s hair, which was messy due to just waking up. 
“Haaa…… Alas=Ramus, Papa is a little tired. Can I hug you?” 
“Un! Hug!” 
Alas=Ramus hugged the Papa she loved the most very tightly and Maou answered her with a soulless expression. 
“Hey…… what happened with the Demon King?” 
“…… Honestly, I don’t know either. Ever since that Yesod young lady started feeling ill, everyone has been acting weird.” 
Emi asked Libicocco softly but the latter shook his head with a serious expression. 
“It’s a little late for me to ask this, but is Alas=Ramus isn’t feeling unwell at all?” 
“I had no problems on my side at all, but I was surprised when Chiho-chan mentioned this. Because the situation was urgent, I did not have much time to play with her. In the worst case, she would only cause a fuss because of this.” 
“Acies needs to eat 300 onigiri every day, you know.” 
“…… I heard it was 200.” 
“It seems like the situation differs every day. You probably have not seen anything chew open a watermelon in front of you, right? That can really cause trauma.” 
Maou suddenly looked at Alas=Ramus and spoke in a puzzled tone. 
“I heard that she started to feel unwell after both of you went to Ente Isla. Since Alas=Ramus is back now, she might have recovered.” 
“Should we visit her then? If it is better to bring food over, then we can go to the convenience store first to buy some things……” 
“No, forget it.” 
“Eh……?” 
Tension and silence descended onto Room 201. 
“Do not go near Landlady-san’s house now. Especially you.” 
“What is it? What is going on?” 
“Landlady-san might not be on our side right now.” 
Maou told Emi about what happened last night. 
“Even if the other person is a Sephirah child, I still find it hard to believe…… did Libicocco see that person?” 
“That’s true. You were still awake when I left, right? I lost consciousness less than five minutes after that.” 
“Eh? Me? Uh, erhm, I fell asleep without realising it and only woke up just now…… so I didn’t see anything.” 
“How can this be…… even though I really want to say that.” 
Since Maou was subdued easily, it was likely the same case for Libicocco. 
“Anyway, we are unable to make contact with Chi0chan and Suzuno now. It’s really strange. However, what you felt was off about Chi-chan might be related to this.” 
“This means Shiba-san and the others are planning to use Chiho to do something?” 
“I don’t know either. Considering that it was Chi-chan who brought Amane-san over the MgRonalds, the actual situation might just be the opposite.” 
Maou and Emi shivered because of an indescribable feeling. 
“Oh yes. How about my Father? My father goes to Shiba-san’s house to take care of Acies, right? Has he not returned?” 
“Ah, that’s true. Let’s go look for him now.” 
Maou led the way, brought everyone downstairs and pressed the doorbell to Room 101, but there was no response. 
“Excuse me. Father! I’m coming in!” 
Therefore, Emi could only open the door with the spare key and entered, 
“What, so you were in after all.” 
And discovered that Nord was lying in the futon, still asleep. 
“Father, it’s me. Please wake up, wake up…… what’s wrong?” 
“Mama. Grandpa, strange.” 
“Eh? Ah, hey, Alas=Ramus.” 
Alas=Ramus, who was in Maou’s arms, jumped down to the floor, took off her shoes nimbly and ran to Emi’s side. 
“Grandpa, will not wake up. Before the alarm rings, he will sleep.” 
“W, what alarm clock……” 
Alas=Ramus placed her hand on Nord’s forehead and said this with a serious expression, causing Emi to frown. 
“Did that Tiphareth do something to Father? By the way,” 
The next moment, Emi noticed something and started to look around. 
“It’s strange. What happened to Iron?” 
Logically, Iron should be staying in Room 101, but there was no trace of him now. 
“C, could it be that Iron also went rampant?” 
“No, with things as they are now, we should not need to worry about such things……” 
“Demon King-sama?” 
There was no one else in Room 101, but Maou turned around and said this with a stern look on his face. 
Libicocco followed Maou’s line of sight, 
“……. Who is that guy……” 
There was a figure on the roof of Shiba’s house, and he was looking straight at Maou and the others. 
From how the blonde hair was glowing in the morning sun, it should be the Tiphareth they mentioned earlier. As if he was trying to aggravate Maou, he was waving his hand in Maou’s direction. 
“How far do they plan to mess with other people……” 
“W, what is going on?” 
“…… It was probably the Landlady’s relatives who caused Nord to sleep. They probably did not want us to obtain unnecessary information. Since that guy appeared so boldly, Iron should be under their management now? At least they would not leave him alone and let him move around freely. Seriously…… Alas=Ramus.” 
“Orh.” 
“Do you know when Grandpa will wake up?” 
“He will wake up at lunch.” 
The reason was unknown. 
But Alas=Ramus declared this without any hesitation, and even though he should not be able to hear it, Maou felt that irritating blond haired guy on the roof of Shiba’s house had nodded. 
Maou frowned. 
“I understand. I will just not think about these unnecessary things and let myself be manipulated by you guys.” 
Then he said this unhappily. 
“It’s too late to say this, but I’m not good at handling Landlady-san after all.” 
 
That morning, the MgRonalds in front of Hatagaya station was enveloped in a strange atmosphere. 
The reservation only started at 12pm, so they were operating normally before that. However, when everyone was working, they were harbouring an uneasiness of not knowing what would happen next, and their actions were clearly not as sharp as usual. 
“Continuing like this…… would be bad.” 
It was the same for Kisaki Mayumi who wore a uniform after a long time and returned to the store in front of Hatagaya station. 
Maou, Kawada, Akiko and Emi. 
When the four of them reunited with Kisaki, they were very stiff. 
When everyone saw Kisaki’s expression when she came to work, they knew that she also did not know why things had become like this. 
“Shop Manager Iwaki. I know that the reservation starts in the afternoon, but were there any instructions with regards to deliveries?” 
“No, the explanation was strange too.” 
When Iwaki answered Kisaki’s question, she also looked puzzled. 
“ They said?Do not worry, no one will ask for deliveries?.” 
“I, I see……” 
Maou and the others have never expected that they wold see Kisaki looking flustered when the issue had nothing to do with Tanaka Himeko. 
“Haah, no matter what happens, it’ll be fine as long as we carry out the work as normal. Maa-kun, Kawacchi, Aki-chan, Saemi. It’s been some time since we last saw each other, but I’m counting on all of you today as well. Libicocco-san, I’m also counting on you today.” 
“…… Alright.” 
Libicocco did not know Kisaki that well, but he frequently heard other people mention how much Maou respected her, so just like when he was dealing with Iwaki, he bowed respectfully to Kisaki. 
The number of customers in the morning was around the same as a normal Sunday morning. 
There was some customers who felt happy that Kisaki came back to help only for today and there were some customers who were surprised about the sudden closing of operations in the afternoon, but all of this were within expectations. 
Only the employees knew that the store would be reserved in the afternoon. The reason on the surface was that they were temporary halting operations. 
If not, the precedence of reservation would be publicised. 
The publicised reason for the halting of operations was because equipment had to be changed due to a malfunction. 
To increase the credibility, they even stopped providing some meal items today. 
Maou and the others were puzzled, but they continued working as normal. 
Other than not providing some meal items, the situation in the morning was about the same as normal, 
“…… What’s going on?” 
Should they say that it was expected from Kisaki? She was the first one to notice the abnormality. 
When it was 11:50am, the customers in the shop started preparing to go home together. 
“Eh? Huh?” 
As if they had agreed on it beforehand, the customers stood up together and started to queue in front of the dustbins to return the trays of the food they had finished. 
Everyone left the store within five minutes. 
“What is going on? This is my fist time seeing this kind of situation.” 
“Y, yes. It’s my first time as well.” 
It was expected for Kisaki and Iwaki to feel this confused. 
There were originally more than 30 people in the store, all eating, rest or chatting. 
Regardless of which eatery, it was rare to encounter a situation where all the customers strictly followed the timing set by the store. 
They announced that they were operating until 12pm today, but all the employees naturally assumed that it would be delayed by 10 to 15 minutes. 
However, five minutes before the store closed, all the customers started to move in an organised manner. 
After that, until 12pm, no other customers entered. 

Normally, even if they hung up the “Closed” sign, played the music signalling the closing of the store, or if the employees had already moved the chairs on the table and started to clean in earnest, there would still be customers coming in without any care, but there was none today. 
Not only that, even the crowd walking past the store was less than that of a usual Sunday. 
“Now that I think about it, Chi-chan hasn’t come to work……” 
“It, it feels eerie……” 
“……” 
Kawada and Akiko showed stiff expressions because of the strange actions by the customers. 
Maou, Emi and Libicocco were on their guard so they could respond to any situation. 
No matter how they looked at it, Amane and the others had done somethings which were completely out of the ordinary. 
Because Chiho and Suzuno participated as well, then it was not to the point where something serious would happen, but if it would harm Kisaki and the others, they need to protect with all their might. 
Just as Maou walked out from behind the counter and headed towards the dining area, that person suddenly came to the store. 
The clock within the store showed that it was exactly 12pm. 
“Ah, that was dangerous, I was almost late. It’s so hot. Oh my, Maou-san, it’s been a long time. Good afternoon.” 
“…… Eh.” 
“W, why……?” 
Not just Maou. 
Even Emi got a shock. 
“Oh my, Yusa-san is here as well! Hello, good afternoon.” 
The automatic door opened again after some time had passed, someone used a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off their forehead and walked in…… 
“Ah! Shop Manager-san! Chiho was often under your care and guidance! I heard that you were transferred later on, thank you for your invite today!” 
“Eh, ah, oh…… invite, you said?” 
It was expected for Kisaki to stammer like this. 
Because the person who appeared was actually Chiho’s mother, Sasaki Riho. 
The day after Amane used Shiba’s name to negotiate the matter of the reservation, the first customer of this reservation timeslot in which no one knew the details was actually Sasaki Riho. 
What exactly was going on? 
And she even said ?invite?. 
“Eh, I heard this from Chiho. Weren’t family members of the employees invited to have something like an appreciation event? Chiho had already resigned, but I was invited as a special exception……” 
“E, erhm, excuse me, but did your daughter tell you all this?” 
Iwaki, who was standing at the side, took over Kisaki who was at a loss for words and asked Riho this. 
“Yes…… that is correct……” 
“I am Iwaki, the Shop Manager who took over after Kisaki. Erhm, Sasaki-san, the store was reserved by someone in the afternoon…… however, we do not know who made the reservation and we don’t know what activities the other party is planning to carry out.” 
“Ehh? Then why did Chiho say that it was an appreciation event…… did Maou-san or Yusa-san hear anything about this?” 
“N, no.” 
“Sorry, we have not heard anything about it either.” 
Because that was the truth, Maou and Emi could only answer this way. 
“Oh my……?” 
Riho became flustered as well and the place turned silent. 
Kawada, Akiko and Libicocco could only quietly stand at the side to observe these developments. 
At this moment. 
“Ah, a car.” 
A black sedan car stopped in front of the store and everyone looked in that direction. 
A man who looked like the chauffeur opened the door of the back seat, and after seeing the first person who alighted, everyone started to doubt their vision. 
“…… Chi-chan?” 
“Chiho? What is that child doing?” 
Maou and the others were surprised, but Riho was the most surprised. 
No matter how they looked at it, that car was a premium car which could only be used by executive staff of a large company or a politician. 
If anyone saw their daughter walk out of that car in casual clothes, there would be no mother in the world who would not feel surprised. 
The ones who got off next was a pale looking Acies and Suzuno, who was supporting her from behind. 
The last one was Amane, getting off from the front passenger seat and was, in a rare moment, changed into a suit and was dressed formally. Taking the lead, she entered the store with Chiho and the others. 
Amane walked directly in front of Iwaki and bowed slightly. 
“Shop Manager Iwaki, thank you for accepting our unreasonable request this time.” 
“It, it’s fine, this is also a part of the business……” 
“Kisaki-san as well, I apologise for suddenly nominating you when you’re busy.” 
“Ah, yeah……” 
“…… She, Sasaki Chiho, hope that you could be present no matter what.” 
After saying this, Amane looked at the store interior. Suzuno, supporting Acies, brought her to a table which could be seen very clearly even from the kitchen and sat down. 
“Then, Amane-san, I’m going to change first. Shop Manager Iwaki, is my uniform is still on the shelf?” 
“Y, yeah, it’s in the same place as before.” 
“Thank you. Ah, Mother, you came early. Preparations will be done soon, please find a place and sit down first.” 
“E, ehh? Chiho, what are you saying? Even if you ask Mother to sit down…… ah.” 
Chiho ignored her mother’s question and quickly entered the Employee Room. 
Even if everyone looked puzzled, Iwaki, Kisaki, Kawada and Akiko could not interrogate Amane, Suzuno and Acies, who were still considered customers. Maou, Emi and Libicocco really wanted to interrogate Suzuno, but they could not do this in front of Iwaki and the others. 
“I feel…… very sorry…… having so many people gather here for my sake.” 
““Hah?”” 
Taking out the part of having no energy, Acies’ sentence was just like the opening sentence of an idol concert, causing Maou and Emi to react on reflex. 
Since they gathered so many people for Acies’ sake, this meant Amane and Chiho planned to ask these members to help make hamburgers for Acies to eat. 
However, even if that was the case, it was done too exaggeratedly. There were also many areas which did not make sense. 
The thing which could not be explained at all was Riho’s presence. 
The most awkward person in this place currently was Riho. 
She thought she had come to attend an appreciation event, but not only was there no such thing, the people present did not know what they were doing next. 
And she was clearly the only outsider. 
No one was able to speak and the extremely awkward five minutes passed just like that. 
Then. 
“Thank you for waiting.” 
In this awkward atmosphere, Chiho appeared wearing the MgRonalds uniform which everyone was familiar with. 
Chiho looked towards Amane, and the latter nodded lightly. 
“Shop Manager Iwaki, Kisaki-san, also Kawacchi-san, Akiko-san and Mother. I think everyone should be very confused right now. I’m sorry for making things so weird.” 
Chiho called out everyone’s name in order and strangely stared to apologise. 
But just doing that caused a chill to run down Maou’s spine. 
The five people who Chiho apologised to did not know anything about Ente Isla. 
“Wait, Chiho-chan……!?” 
Emi also noticed this immediately. 
However, Chiho only directed a glance at Emi and immediately shifted her gaze onto Iwaki and the rest. 
“Next, I want to ask everyone to help make food for this child. However, this child’s appetite is unbelievably large. One or two hundred burgers might not be enough.” 
“Ah! I remember now! That child ate close to 40 burgers by herself……! That girl wearing the kimono was with her that time too……” 
Kawada seemed to have some impression of the Acies and Suzuno pair, and suddenly shouted this. 
“One person ate 40 burgers?” 
Even Kisaki was surprised, she looked at Acies and Kawada in turn, then suddenly remembered something. 
“Wait…… I remember…… all of you came to the store before. Whether it was that girl, or you……” 
“You remembered it really well. I only came once too.” 
Amane’s eyes widened in surprise. 
“No, it was because you glared at me when you went back…… I’m sorry.” 
“Ah, hm, d, did something like that happen……?” 
Amane seemed to have an impression of that event. 
“Chi-chan, please explain first. We only know that the store would be reserved today. What is going on? If this Amane-san from SHIBA Properties and that young girl sitting there are customers, we would definitely work earnestly, but because you are related to this matter, it only made the situation hard to understand.” 
“Ah…… ka, gu.” 
“Oh no! Chiho-dono, it seems like she can’t hold on any longer!” 
“…… As expected, just depending on those were not enough. She had eaten so much before we left. Maou-san, Yusa-san! Please take out all the apple pies in the machine first and give them all to Acies! Libicocco-san, please serve all the salads which can be served!” 
“Eh, w, wait a moment! Did she not eat at all!?” 
“She did eat, but it was completely not enough! She had already eaten 100 onigiri today!” 
“Eh, t, this can’t be!?” 
“S, stop joking around!” 
The fat that Acies was very hungry right now caused Maou, Emi and Libicocco to take action in a panic, but Kisaki and the others could not move at all. 
“Acies! Hold on! Just wait a moment!” 
“Uu, I’m, reaching…… my limit……” 
“Stop it, you idiot! Amane-san, why are you sitting there in a daze! Didn’t you bring any snacks!” 
Maou did not care that Iwaki and the others were present and shouted, but Amane was completely ignoring Maou’s shouts for some reason. 
“Chiho-chan’s mother, it’s dangerous here, please back up a little.” 
“Eh? Ah, alright. Eh?” 
Not only that, Amane seemed to be allowing Acies to lose control, standing in front of Chiho’s mother to protect her. 
“Suzuno! Think of something quickly! The apple pies need to be fried once! No matter how quickly we move, we still need one minute!” 
“E, even if you ask me to think of something……!” 
“Chiho-chan! Amane-san! Bell as well, what are all of you thinking! If this goes on……!” 
Emi, who also did not have a clear understanding of the situation, also shouted at Chiho and the others who were actively allowing Acies to lose control in front of Kisaki and the others, but the next moment, everything was too late. 
“A, ahhhhhhhhh!!!” 
“What?” 
“Eh!?” 
“What’s happening what’s happening what’s happening!?” 
“Eh, what’s that!?” 
“Kyahhh!” 
Accompanied by screams, an intense purple beam started to shoot out from Acies’ eyes and mouth. 
Seeing this situation, Kisaki, Iwaki, Kawada, Akiko and Riho shouted out in shock, the next moment, 
“Ugh!!” 
Emi and Maou moved. 
The light shot out from Acies’ face was heading straight towards Kisaki. 
Emi and Maou jumped over the counter and erected demonic magic and holy magic barriers between Acies’ beam and Kisaki. 
The beam made contact with both their barriers at the same time, 
“Ugh!” 
Then changed its angle as if it wanted to force through Emi’s holy magic barrier, 
“Gwah!” 
And after being deflected by Maou’s demonic magic barrier, it blew a hole in the table beside it, shattered a chair and punched a hole through the floor. 
“Libicocco! Quickly feed her something! I don’t have any demonic magic right now! It won’t hold on for long!” 
“A, alright!!!!” 
Maou shout caused Libicocco to spring into action, he picked up the fryer basket from the fryer and grabbed the five apple pies which Maou threw in earlier. 
“Eh!? Hey! You’ll get a burn like that……!” 
After Akiko saw Libicocco grab the apple pies which had just been deep fried in oil at 180 degree celsius with his bare hands, she screamed, but Libicocco did not have time to care about that. 
He held the apple pies in one hand, the salads in the other and rushed in front of Acies, 
“Hey! Help to hold her down!” 
Libicocco passed the salads to Suzuno, stuck his finger to the mouth which was shooting the light beam to force it wide open and stuffed the boiling hot pies into it. 
“Ough!” 
The light instantly dissipated. 
“Ugh!” 
“Ugh!” 
Emi and Maou, who erected the barriers, lost their balance and staggered because the impact suddenly disappeared. 
Then, Chiho, who observed everything develop from the side, watched Acies being stuffed with food by Suzuno and Libicocco like a goose, and said, 
“We can probably hold out for five minutes like this…… Shop Manager Iwaki, Kisaki-san.” 
“…… Eh.” 
“…… Chi-chan…… t, that was……” 
“I will explain in order when working, but just like what everyone saw, this child, Acies=Ara needs to eat continuously, else she would continuously shoot that beam and destroy surrounding objects. So…… everyone, please hurry and make 100 normal burgers and 50 cheeseburgers.” 
“O, one hundred and fifty burgers!?” 
“The stock which came in yesterday should be enough! Please hurry! She’s going to shoot out the beam again!” 
“P, please, Kisaki-san!” 
Maou, who had fell on the floor, shouted at Kisaki and the other who were frozen to the spot because they just witnessed an overly shocking situation. 
“It sounds very strange, but Chi-chan is speaking the truth! Kawacchi! Aki-chan! Shop Manager Iwaki! If this goes on, the store would be destroyed! Hurry!” 
“E, even if you ask me to hurry……” 
Faced with this completely illogical situation, the MgRonalds employees were still unable to move. 
Therefore, Chiho rushed behind the counter and operated the cashier quickly. 
The counter started to display the standby screen for meal ordering. 
Once she saw that screen, Akiko was the one who moved first. 
“I, I don’t know what’s going on, but we just need to make burgers, right?” 
“Ooki-san!?” 
“Shop Manager Iwaki! I don’t know what’s going on, but since someone made an order, we need to make it! This is probably something we won’t understand unless we do it! Alright, Kawacchi should hurry up too!” 
“O, oh……” 
“Y, yeah……” 
Akiko’s encouragement, no, it should be the screen showing ?Burgers 100? at various areas behind the counter, had awoken the instinct of the MgRonalds employees. 
“…… Argh! It can’t be helped! Maa-kun! Chi-chan!” 
Finally, a huge mountain shifted. 
“Before providing me an explanation which I can accept, none of you will be allowed to go home today!” 
After saying this, Kisaki personally jumped into the kitchen to start cooking. 
“In the end, we just need to let her eat, right!? Maa-kun, Kawacchi, Aki-chan, focus on making the burgers! Shop Manager Iwaki, as much as possible, fry more French fries and apple pies! To avoid running out of ingredients, Saemi, go and carefully confirm the stocks in the various locations, and when you’re free, find a place to provide support! I’m going to the café counter upstairs to prepare desserts and drinks! Chi-chan and Libicocco-kun are in charge of serving and feeding! Everyone, wear your headphones!” 
“““““““Yes!””””””” 
The seven people responded to Kisaki’s instructions with gusto. Influenced by them, Suzuno, who had finished feeding the salads, 
“C, Chiho-dono! I will also……” 
She expressed that she wanted to help. 
But. 
“Chi-chan! Libicocco-kun! Do not bother the customers!” 
Kisaki’s lecture in a sharp tone, rather than reminding Chiho, it was more like she was keeping Suzuno in check. 
“Customers should return to their seats and wait. Sasaki-san’s mother and Ooguro-san should take a seat as well. For the work after this, please leave it to us MgRonald employees.” 
“I, I understand.” 
“A, alright……” 
“She switches gears so quickly. I’m frustrated, but I’m leaving it to you……” 
Suzuno, Riho and Amane submitted to Kisaki’s intimidating aura and sat down. After Kisaki confirmed this, she showed a satisfied smile. Turning on the microphone of the headphones and announced in a clear voice. 
“Alright everyone, although there are many first time experiences with the job today, we will definitely overcome it! 
Let’s do our best!” 
Yes!? 
“Also, Chi-chan, Maa-kun, Saemi, when we are free later, the questions I want to ask are as high as a mountain, prepare yourself.” 
“Understood!” 
“Y, yes……” 
“I understand……” 
A ton of strange situations have occurred, but what they could do currently was the provide the order to the customer as quickly as possible. 
As long as they understood this, the MgRonalds employees trained by Kisaki would not waver again. 
Rather than that, it was Maou and the others, the people related to Ente Isla who knew about Acies’ situation who were more shaken. 
Kawada was using the platform used for grilling the burger patties. Maou wanted to go over to help, but he first looked at Suzuno, who was sitting beside Acies. 
Suzuno, who met Maou’s gaze, immediately looked away with a blush on her face. 
“……!” 
“…… Consider the time and place.” 
It seemed like the words at that time was not simply because she was affected by the atmosphere, she was still really bothered by it after that. 
However, this caused Maou to make up his mind. 
This place was the same as usual. 
After Japan and Ente Isla mixed together, they have become a part of everyday life. 
No, it was Chiho who changed this place. 
Currently, it was not known why Amane, Shiba and Shiba’s clans people allowed her to do so. 
But since the die had been cast, then there was no other choice. 
“I’ll think about it again, after everything has ended!” 
“Hey, Maa-kun! What are you doing! If the three platforms are not operating continuously, when will be able to finish those 150 burgers!” 
“Ah, sorry, Kawacchi! I’m going over now!” 
Just like that, Maou finally rushed behind the counter with his identity as an A grade employee of the MgRonalds in front of Hatagaya station. 
He recalled that recently, he had grumbled that he had not participated in the Battle to Defeat God at all and was only living a normal life. 
“Even so, I was not expecting this kind of development!” 
After Maou shouted this, he turned towards the smoking hot grill. 
 
Nine o’ clock at night. 
Everyone was very tired, but no one planned to leave the store. 
Acies had fallen asleep. 
The scary thing was that in these nine hours, counting the burgers alone, Acies ate 500 of them. 
Acies kept on eating and eating and in the middle, everyone was even worried that the ingredients would not have enough stock. 
Those members who did not know Acies’ true identity and the situation in Ente Isla were shockless speechless after seeing Acies suck the burgers, fries, drinks and various side dishes into her body as if she was casting magic. 
Even if they had done this much, she still damaged two tables, four chairs and punctured one hole in the wall and floor respectively. The holes were so large that they would definitely be unable to open the store unless they fixed these. 
During this time, Kisaki, Iwaki, Kawada, Akiko and Riho accepted the explanation from Maou, Emi, Amane, Suzuno, Libicocco and Chiho. 
There were many things they had to explain. 
But the main topic still revolved around the existence of the world known as ?Ente Isla?. 
Everyone was shocked speechless. 
Specifically for Riho, the impact was especially huge. 
After all, the friends her daughter normally associated with had such unknown backgrounds that it reached the level of a different dimension. 
After Kisaki glanced sideways at Riho’s pale face, she cleared her throat. 
“I want to ask a question.” 
“…… Yes.” 
Kisaki’s stern tone caused Maou to shrink back and answer thus. 
After all, with the truth getting revealed bit by bit, the lies Maou said with regards to his existence have been exposed. 
He did not think that Kisaki would forgive this kind of betrayal. 
However, the words which came out of Kisaki’s mouth were completely unexpected. 
“After we know this secret, can we still return alive?” 
“Huh?” 
“Eh?” 
Not just Maou, even Chiho who prepared this stage today let out a strange sound. 
“The Demon King and Hero from another world…… normally speaking, this should be information on the same level as a state secret, right? After we know these things…… will we end up becoming your disposable pawns for fulfilling a greater purpose, or will we get killed directly in order to silence us?” 
“O, of course not! Nothing of that sort will happen!! We’re not people who are that important!” 
“In fact, I am Japanese as well, and until one year ago, I did not even know these things about Maou-san and the others, so this isn’t some state secret at all! Why are you suddenly worrying about such a thing!” 
“I should ask you in return, why do I not need to worry! Do you understand? We were suddenly involved in this sort of thing and after accepting this explanation which did not match any standards of common sense, I still do not have any material which I can use to refute this! And from the attitudes of Maa-kun, Saemi and Libicocco-kun, they were probably planning to keep this a secret from us forever!” 
Kisaki slammed her hand on the table. Iwaki, Kawada and Akiko flinched back in fright. 
“Even if I observe your actions during work, you were using strange magic to block the beam of light one moment, and flying in the air the next moment, or jumping down from the second floor with a nonchalant expression…… a bunch of unbelievable things! And…… Maa-kun! That young girl who appeared next to Saemi’s feet in the middle and played with Ooguro-san! That was the child who Chi-chan brought over before, who you explained as your relative’s child, right! I saw her appear out of thin air with my own eyes. Damn it, what exactly is going on!” 
If they really wanted to explain what was going on, they could only start explaining Ente Isla’s situation from the beginning, but rather than that, Maou was more bothered by why Chiho, Suzuno and Amane wanted to specially prepare this stage and reveal the secrets of the foreign world to the people in front of him. 
“Erhm, with regards to that……” 
To make Kisaki calm down, Maou spoke while choosing his words carefully. 
“Erhm, even this result is not what I wished for, but the reason why I came to Japan and started working at this shop was really just a coincidence at the beginning. There is no deep reason for it. It was simply because I needed money to live, so I had to work, that is really all there is. In addition, Kisaki-san, wanting to become a full time employee and my feelings of helping Kisaki-san’s work are not lies! I am sincere about them! Please believe me!” 
“This! What you want me to believe is actually this! You guys should have more important things you need to provide an explanation for, right!” 
The result of choosing his words carefully, was a scolding. 
“We…… don’t know. From now on, how should we interact with all of you……” 
“T, that is……” 
Even Kisaki reacted this way. 
The aura Iwaki, Kawada, Akiko and Riho gave off actually included fear. 
And Maou and Emi, who had been lying the whole time and were far stronger than them, no matter how much they spoke right now, they would not be able to salvage this trust. 
“…… When I first knew about the matters regarding Maou-san and the others, I was like this too.” 
“…… Chi-chan?” 
“Witnessing an unbelievable power, encountering many scary things…… our relationship had always been good, but I suddenly did not know how to interact with them. But……” 
Chiho suddenly looked at Emi, then her mother. 
“I discovered that my own feelings still belonged to me in the end.” 
After Chiho said this sentence, she started to stammer, and her feet kept wriggling without stopping. 
“Erhm…… it’s embarrassing for me to say this here…… but I actually, erhm, whether it was before I knew the truth, or after, erhm…… I always, like, liked Maou-san……” 
‘““““We already knew this long ago.””””” 
“Eh!? W, why!?” 
Everyone replied simultaneously, giving Chiho a shock. 
“You’re asking why, did you really think that you hid it very well!?” 
“Most of the people probably noticed, right?” 
What Akiko and Kawada said caused Chiho to blush furiously. 
“…… Haah, in fact, I’m afraid that even your father found out.” 
“This can’t be!?” 
With her mother saying this, Chiho pressed both her hands onto her cheeks and started to squirm vigorously. 
“Wha, wha, wha, what should I do Maou-san! I didn’t expect that even everyone in the store and my family have found out……!” 
“D, don’t throw the topic to me!” 
“What do you guys think you’re doing?” 
Only Amane, who used her lap as Acies’ pillow and decided to become an observer, yawned while feeling stunned. 
“Auu…… s, since it was found out, then there’s no other way! I, I, I…… even after knowing the truth, I still really like Maou-san, actually I already confessed to him!” 
“Eh!?” 
The one who reacted the most strongly to this was Kawada, 
“And he already dragged it out for almost a year and has not replied me yet!” 
“Honestly speaking, this is the thing I can’t accept the most today! I never thought that you would be this kind of person!” 
“This is no good, Maou-san, this is no good! One year is really too much.” 
And showing a gaze as if he cold use it to kill someone, he glared at Maou together with Akiko. 
“Is this an interrogation directed at me?” 
As if he was sitting on pins and cushions, Maou could only continuously try to make himself look smaller. 
“So, erhm, so! The incident this year, this was partially done for Acies’ sake, but mainly, it is for you, Mother!” 
“Eh? Me?” 
Her daughter pointing her out caused Riho to raise her head quickly. Chiho looked at her mother with a gaze which was frantic but still extremely sincere, which also harboured courage and cowardice at the same time. 
“I hope…… that Mother will acknowledge my future dreams. This time, causing this commotion, I am really sorry.” 
“Chiho…… what do you mean? Please explain it properly. Mother is still very confused now……” 
“What…… what kind of life do you wish for me to lead, Mother?” 
“Eh? W, why are you suddenly talking about this?” 
Her daughter’s serious words caused the mother to blink her eyes in shock. 
“My future dream is that I hope to eat together with Maou-san, Yusa-san, and Ashiya-san, Urushihara-san and Suzuno-san when I like to do it. But if this goes on…… within the near future, this dream will become unachievable. Of course, I will go to university. But…… I hope Mother can understand my favourite people and know the things I currently treasure. This is why I said it and prepared this state of Ente Isla such that Mother cannot deny it and would definitely believe it, just like me at that time.” 
“That is…… what happened today?” 
“Yeah. Just like what I said just now, there are actually still a few more reasons……” 
After saying this, Chiho looked towards Kisaki and the employees in sequence. 
“Everyone, I am really sorry. I think these strange things should have made all of you feel really confused. Acies still needs to stay in Japan for some time. However, she is in this state right now. If we depend on the current group of people, we will definitely be unable to hold on. The issue Maou-san and the others are facing right now needs Acies to maintain a healthy condition to be solved. To overcome this uncontrollable state, the facilities and employees of MgRonalds are needed, and……” 
Chiho looked at Acies’ sleeping face as she started to snore while lying on Amane’s legs, and spoke, 
“Acies is really bad at keeping secrets. So I hope that other than the apartment and Shiba-san’s house, there can be other places where she can relax. For this purpose, I made use of all of you without considering everyone’s situations and feelings. I am really sorry.” 
Chiho bowed deeply towards Kisaki, Iwaki, Kawada and Akiko. 
Iwaki, Kawada and Akiko did not know how to respond. 
Only Kisaki, 
“Raise your head. You don’t need to do this.” 
Said this and asked Chiho to raise her head. 
“MgRonalds is place for customers to relax at eat happily. If she thinks that the store in front of MgRonalds is like this to her, then to us, we can count it as a kind of blessing, there is no need for anyone to apologise. The people who you should really apologise to…… are Maa-kun, Saemi and Libicocco-kun.” 
“Eh……” 
“No matter what, those three did not know about your plan. The revealing of their true identity would probably cause a lot of inconvenience to their normal lives in the future. It’s impossible for you to not know this, right?” 
“…… Yes.” 
“Then why did you do this?” 
“The reason is, I don’t think it would cause any trouble to them. I believe in the people I chose. Because…… Kisaki-san, you’re already acting the same as usual, right?” 
“That’s because I am an adult. In addition, the amount of trust that they have accumulated up until today allowed me to barely accept it……” 
“I know that there are many people who are adults, but act like children and unconditionally hate things and people who they are not familiar with.” 
Chiho rebuked with an unexpectedly determined tone. 
“Acies-chan is such an illogical existence but Kisaki-san still treated her as a ?customer?. When Akiko-san saw that I entered an order of 100 burgers, she was the one who moved first. The burgers which Kawacchi-san made were still as beautiful as the ones in the advertisements. To prevent Acies-chan from getting sick of eating the same side dishes, Shop Manager Iwaki spent a lot of effort on the sequence. I believe that when everyone is facing customers…… 
regardless of whether they are people from Hatagaya or people from a foreign world, they would be given the same treatment. Because I think that everyone can be reasoned with and are willing to believe me, I asked all of you. Even after getting a shock…… as long as I, a Japanese person, did my best to convince all of you, everyone will definitely understand in the end…… didn’t Kawacchi-san and Akiko-san rebuke Maou-san just like normal just now? So……” 
Tears gathered in the corner of Chiho’s eyes. 
The adults were focused on listening to the young lady who was talking. 
Chiho had involved the world because she hoped that others could accept the ones she loved the most and the truth behind them. 
The young lady involved the people in her life. Even if this was just a small store when compared to the whole of Japan, to a high school girl, this was already considered a world which was too big. 
“Mother. When I become an adult, I wish to work for the people of Ente Isla.” 
“Chiho. What you mean is……” 
“No. I mean for the people of Ente Isla as well. I was born in Earth’s Japan and my family is in Sasazuka.” 
(T/N: When Chiho said the first sentence, Riho thought Chiho was going to go to Ente Isla and work there permanently. 
But Chiho clarified that she wished to work for the sake of Japan as well as Ente Isla.) After Chiho said this, she thought about those who were here and those who were not, and spoke, 
“I wish to become a person who places equal importance on my hometown, family and the place I feel a sense of belonging to. Maou-san and the others and I are only complete opposites in all elements. Therefore…… Mother, please. 
I will definitely not say such wilful words in the future, so please allow me to save a world.” 
It was truly an extremely wilful request. 
What was Chiho thinking, what odds did she think she had? In this situation, Chiho, who was just one human, what exactly could she achieve? 
However the ones who felt shaken by this sentence were only those who did not know what would happen today. 
The expressions of Suzuno and Amane did not change at all, and they were only watching Chiho silently. 
“…… Mother no longer understands what my daughter is saying.” 
Ignoring the content, perhaps this is considered the most tolerant reaction. 
Normally speaking, it would not be strange even if she started to panic. 
The guy her daughter had a one sided crush on, was not even someone from this world. 
Everyone was lying to her and hiding things from her. 
But. 
“But Mother understands. Maou-san and the others, haah, they are all dependable people. The areas which make people think they can be trusted, haah, there are actually a number of them.” 
Those sighs which acted like buffers were stuffed with thousands of words and thoughts from a mother. 
Even then, Riho still held them in. 
“I have two conditions.” 
Riho held up her index finger. 
“First, it doesn’t matter even if you have to re-take the exam or stay another year, but you must enter university. Of course it should be in Japan…… or Earth? I don’t know how to phrase it well, but it must be a university here.” 
Then her middle finger. 
“Second, listen well to the people around you, and don’t injure yourself or fall sick. As long as you follow these two conditions…… haah, when there is a need to convince your father in the future, I will stand on your side.” 
“Mother!” 
Chiho wiped the tears which flowed out and nodded forcefully. 
Seeing this, Kisaki started to think of the past in a dazed manner. 
“…… Kisaki-san?” 
“No, I just felt that it’s really strange.” 
Kisaki looked at the Sasaki mother and daughter and spoke to Iwaki who was also a working adult. 
“I was just thinking that when I made my decision to work towards my dream, my mother also said the same things to me. At least go to university. Watch my health…… it’s mysterious. Could it be that all mothers are like this?” 
“What… about me, hmm. My whole life, I did not have any future dreams, so I don’t remember being told these things. 
I was a mild-mannered child in the past.” 
Listening to the adults who entered society earlier than them, 
“…… That’s true. If I was just inheriting a small eatery, I did not need to attend university at all…… why did my father and my mother keep asking me to go to university……” 
“For my family, they sternly told me that I must go to university, so I had a lot of unpleasant memories. However, the initial wish from just knowing one world and having to choose one out of many options again should be different things. In fact, Kawacchi also said that you want to use what you learned in university on the business, right?” 
Kawada and Akiko, who were already adults in terms of age, but had not gained any self-awareness of being adults, cross their arms and mumbled. 
“Then again…… Demon King, and Hero huh. Kukuku……” 
“No wonder Libi-kun addresses him as ?Maou-sama?……” 
“Hey, Maa-kun. No, if all of that is true, then you should be much older than me, right? Addressing you with a nickname seems to be too rude.” 
“Should I follow Libi-kun and address you as Maou-sama?” 
“Eh!? Uh, no, please let me off! If Kisaki-san and Shop Manager Iwaki addressed me that way, I would be so scared that I won’t be able to do anything. Please just follow the same way as before. I’m serious.” 
“What the heck.” 
“So strange.” 
The two superiors whom Maou respected were a little puzzled, but they smiled, then said this, 
“I want to ask. Erhm, can I also go…… to your hometown?” 
In response to this question, Chiho who had cried until her face was messy, replied energetically, 
“It only takes forty minutes one way!” 
In response to that, the people who Chiho viewed as the ones most important to her in Japan, said simultaneously. 
‘““““So close!!””””” 
 
“Ugh…… wah.” 
“W, what is this!” 
“T, the smell of wind……” 
“This is hard to believe……” 
“How can there be…… such a thing.” 
Kawada, Akiko, Iwaki, Riho and Kisaki were speechless after seeing the scene in front of them. 
Until just now, the five of them were on the first floor of the MgRonalds in front of Hatagaya station. 
However, they were currently on a high platform buffeted by winds and could see the faraway steep mountains. 
From here, they were able to look down towards the?Goat’s Enclosure?of Ente Isla’s Northern Continent, Fiensi. 
“This isn’t Japan! This definitely isn’t Japan!” 
“I, I know that Aki-chan! Don’t push! There are no barriers here!” 
“W, what is that town!? Is, is this real, this is a lie, right? There’s actually a goat the size of an elephant over there!?” 
“…… This is the Northern Continent of Ente Isla. There are a lot of people Chiho-chan knows over there. Ah, Kawada-san, the ground over there is weak, please step back a little.” 
“Yusa-san, what are you doing!? Eh!? Why are you floating in the air with such a nonchalant expression!? Eh!? There’s no ground over there, right!?” 
“A, s, sorry, I was worried that it would be dangerous if Kawada-san loses balance.” 
“Ah…… this is bad, I seem to be feeling dizzy.” 
“Shop Manager!? Are you alright!?” 
When Emi was reassuring Kawada, Akiko and Iwaki while she was at the edge of the platform, Chiho, Suzuno, Kisaki and Riho were looking down at Fiensi below them with stern expressions. 
“This isn’t good……to me…… this is too large of a scale…… Chi-chan just said that you wanted to save the world, right? 
This place is only a small part of the world known as Ente Isla, right? What do you plan to do?” 
“A large scale war is going to happen in Ente Isla son. And it’s a war large enough to turn the world upside down. 
However, whether sacrifices will occur in this war or not will be decided based on what happens in the next few days.” 
“This has something to do with that child called Acies needing to maintain her healthy state, right? Is it really alright to leave her in the store?” 
Amane, Acies, Libicocco and Maou, who was unable to merge with Acies who went rampant, remained at Hatagaya. 
“The symptoms are a little different, but Acies’ comrade had went rampant before. At that time, we depended on Yusa-san’s power to calm him down. Right now, rather than bringing her here, it would be better to leave her on Earth. 
It will be safer in various ways.” 
Chiho, let me say this first, I will not help you pay for the renovation fees for the store, alright?” 
In response to Riho who felt uneasy, 
“Don’t worry, Riho-dono. Amane-san is considered Acies’ distant relative. The damages related to them will basically be paid by us or the Shiba family.” 
Suzuno explained thus. 
“Oh my, is that so? Then I feel relieved…… no. I still feel worried. Just like what Kisaki-san said, Chiho, what do you plan to do here? You said you want to save the world, but the Demon King who will appear in games is Maou-san, who is currently working at Hatagaya, right?” 
The Demon King was Maou-san who was working part-time. After Riho said this, she realised that this sentence was really strange. 
“…… Hm, that is true…… Suzuno-san.” 
“Yes. Currently, the entire world’s military forces will gather at one place and spark conflicts. The ones residing at the centre is our Demon King Army. But the current goal of the Demon King Army is to guide the world into the next stage. 
We wish to keep the sacrifices created during this process to the minimum. However, if this goes on, forget about 
reducing, the four continents might go into an all-out war at any time. This might cause our actions up till now to all go to waste. 
“O, oh…… this feels like content which can appear in history textbooks……” 
“Chiho-dono plans to stop this war.” 
“Do what? Chiho is just a normal high school girl who is rather good at cooking and archery, you know? She is already very familiar with all of you and this world, but she probably can’t do things like floating in the air just like Yusa-san, right?” 
In response to these questions filled with worry, Suzuno pointed to a spot faraway. 
“Riho-dono, Kisaki-dono. The distance is a little far, but do you see a pillar, which looks like its glowing, erected in the plaza of the town?” 
“Yeah, I can see it. It looks like glass or ice.” 
“That is an ice spear created by using ?magic?, a power present in this world. And what created that ice spear is Chiho-dono’s archery skill.” 
“……” 
Kisaki, who did not know how to reaction, fell silent. 
“This is bad. I think I’m burning up.” 
As for Riho, she was starting to escape reality. 
“Chiho-dono has a unique weapon which no one in Ente Isla possesses. I believe that if we rely on that power, we can avoid the tragedy of the world descending into all-out conflict. This is not my own delusion…… the people meeting us are almost here.” 
“Eh? Meet?” 
Emi was surprised by what Suzuno said. 
“Bell? What do you mean when you said meet?” 
Suzuno turned to Emi rather guiltily, but she did not reply and shot a holy magic bullet from her hand. 
“Is, is that magic!?” 
Just as Kisaki shouted in surprise, three people suddenly appeared on a cliff overlooking Fiensi. 
“Alsiel! Lucifer! Gabriel!?” 
“Kyahh??!? Something came outtttt!?” 
“Aki-chan, don’t push me ahhhh!!” 
The people who came were Ashiya, Urushihara who showed his black wings and Gabriel, whose tastes have not changed at all, was wearing a T-shirt with ?????????? printed on it. 
“Oh my, group customers huh.” 
“It feels like there are more people than we had heard in the beginning?” 
Gabriel and Lucifer did not seem that affected and joked around as usual, only Ashiya, who remained in his human form, landed lightly in front of Kisaki and Riho and kneeled down. 
“Sasaki-san’s mother. Shop Manager Kisaki, and everyone from MgRonalds, I believe everyone must have received a fright. We have lied to everyone until today, no matter how we apologise, it will not be enough…… but, I can promise everyone one thing. Sasaki-san is the last hope for us and the citizens of Ente Isla…… I swear on the reputation of my master that nothing bad will happen to her.” 
“O, ohh……” 
“Uh, Ashiya-san, erhm.” 
Kisaki and Riho nodded while feeling perplexed. 
“Alsiel. The Demon King lost his face many times over there. Even if you swear on your master’s reputation, it probably would not be that effective.” 
Suzuno also interrupted out of turn. 
“Be quiet Bell. When it comes to the root of the issue, if you able to keep yourself together…… no, forget it. Rather than that, Sasaki-san, do you really want your mother to come along?” 
“Eh!? What does that mean?” 
“Yes, I hope I can ask all of you to help me.” 
“Chiho, wait a moment, I didn’t hear anything about this!” 
Her mother became frantic when her heard the phrase ‘come along’, but Chiho spoke with a serious expression. 
“Even if I said I want to save the world, Mother would probably not understand what I am saying, right? So it would still be better for you to watch from the side. Just like earlier, if there is a need to go back, it will only be 40 minutes, don’t worry.” 
“H, how do you expect me to not worry……” 
“Wait Bell! Alsiel! What do you plan to do with Chiho-chan and her mother!?” 
It was not only Riho who felt frantic. 
Emi was also shaken by this sudden development. 
“What? Emilia, I though you already know about the situation this time…… did Bell not tell you anything?” 
“Eh?” 
“S, sorry. I thought that Alsiel will tell you before you returned to Japan.” 
“Ehh!?” 
It seemed like a misunderstanding had occurred due to wrong assumptions, but from this situation, nothing will change even if they started to explain now. 
“The Demon Fortress will launch one month earlier than scheduled, but there are a lot of preparations to be made before that. And depending on who is carrying out these preparations, the impressions which other people will have differ greatly.” 
“One month earlier!? What is this! Why didn’t you tell me before I returned!” 
““ It was purely a mistake in communication.”” 
In response to Emi’s protests, Ashiya and Suzuno said this shamelessly. 
“We have obtained Chiho-dono’s agreement last night. This time is the same as with the Jirga, there is no danger and will not cause any burden to the body. She can return to her home in Sasazuka, but we can’t do anything about the cram school and her high school, therefore to protect Chiho-dono’s lifestyle in Japan, we will need Riho-dono’s help in the end. This matter can progress so smoothly thanks to Chiho-dono’s virtues.” 
“Around half of the main members have gathered in Noza Quarters, it’s about time for us to set off.” 
“Who are those main members! What do you plan to make Chiho-chan do! I have to return to Japan after this! At least give me some information for me to explain to the Demon King!” 
“Eh? Could it be that even Maou had not heard anything about this?” 
“Eh? No one told the Demon King at all? Like this, he will get angry afterwards again, right?” 
“Speaking of which, hey, Bell.” 
“B, because of, erhm, a lot of things happened, so I could not find the opportunity.” 
She did not know the details, but after Kisaki watched these panicking men and Suzuno, 
“An organisation with an inadequate communication system will easily encounter issues during an emergency.” 
She said this mercilessly, it was really admirable. 
At this moment, Gabriel placed his hand next to his ear and said. 
“Ah, Lailah relayed a message, saying that the Unifying Azure Emperor has arrived at Ia Quarters and is preparing to head towards Noza Quarters. It would be bad if we don’t set off soon, right?” 
“This would be bad. Sasaki-san, let’s talk properly after reaching Noza Quarters. If honoured Mother wants to say anything, please wait until we reach that place and talk. Hey, Gabriel, I’m leaving honoured Mother to you.” 
“Understood. Mademoiselle, please give me your hand.” 
“Eh? Ah, alright.” 
“Wait, Gabriel! Alsiel! Lucifer!” 
“Everyone from MgRonalds will be sent back by Bell. Bell, I’m leaving the explanations to you when you return.” 
“Ah, I understand. It feels like the Demon King will definitely get angry again.” 
“…… I’m leaving it to you to handle that part as well.” 
“Yes, leave it to me.” 
“Then, Sasaki-san, let’s go.” 
“Alright, I’m counting on you Ashiya-san. Then, Kisaki-san! Shop Manager Iwaki! Kawacchi-san, Akiko-san! I caused all of you a lot of trouble, I’m really sorry! When I return, I will think of a way to compensate all of you!” 
“Mademoiselle, you have to hold on tightly, alright? Hahaha!” 
“E, ehh…….” 
The next moment, Lucifer, Ashiya, Chiho and Riho entered a Gate opened by Gabriel and disappeared from this place. 
Seeing people disappear into another space with their own eyes caused the MgRonalds employees to be frozen on the spot, at a loss for words. 
“Hey, Bell! That was a Gate just now, right!? Is that alright! There are Church Knights in Noza Quarters, right!?” 
“…… There are still no problems now. At least there will be no problems before the end of my ordination ceremony and formally becoming an Archbishop.” 
Suzuno looked up in the sky where Chiho and the others disappeared and said softly, 
“The Demon Fortress is going to launch. As for whether the bottom of the fortress will become a sea of fire or a farce…… this will all depend on Chiho-dono.” 
“What do you mean? What do you plan on having Chiho do? The Demon King might really get mad this time, you know.” 
Emi said this worriedly, but Suzuno shook her head and replied, showing fearless confidence on her face. 
“Even if the Demon King gets angry, I have already prepared counter-methods. Emilia, you don’t need to worry.” 
“…… Bell? What are you saying?” 
“…… Who knows, it’s about time for us to us to return. Kisaki-san and the others would probably start to feel cold soon. 
I am also worried about Acies and the others. We need to calm everyone down first.” 
Suzuno pulled out an Angel Feather Pen from the front of her clothes and asked for the MgRonalds employees to gather. Emi looked at her back in surprise. 
Looking back, Adramelechnius’ ice spear which was erected in Fiensi seemed to be sitting cross legged on the ground and watching the developments of the world after its death from above. 
“Hey, Bell. Please at least tell me what Chiho plans to do before we return to Hatagaya. If not, if the Demon King reacts strangely later, I will not be able to stand on your side.” 
“Regardless of how the Demon King reacts, I will always stand on his side, you know.” 
“If possible, I would also like to know why your attitude towards the Demon King has become so weird. It’s about time you explain things clearly. This is actually frustrating.” 
Even if Emi vaguely sensed why Suzuno would feel strangely happy when she mentioned Maou’s name, she still persevered and asked. Suzuno seemed to give up, followed Emi’s actions to look at the ice spear and spoke, 
“A meeting will be held at Noza Quarters tomorrow. The attendees will be Madam Din Dem Urs, Warrior Leader Lagides Raz Ryan, the Unifying Azure Emperor, General Heather Lumark, as well as…… Archbishop Servantes Reberiz and me.” 
“…… What?” 
How many times had she become speechless today? 
This kind of line-up was equivalent to a world summit. 
Historically, these members probably have not gathered together before. 
Even during that huge war with the Demon King Army, those leaders basically only stayed in the background. 
And the most prominent ones would be the Unifying Azure Emperor and Servantes. 
The Unifying Azure Emperor was the first party Ashiya chose to negotiate with, but unlike Din Den Urs, he normally would not appear on the scene and leave everything to the Hakin Knights to handle, so his true intentions could not be deduced at all. 
As for Servantes, he was currently the biggest enemy to the Demon King Army, second to Heaven’s forces. 
“We want Chiho-dono to become the moderator of this meeting.” 
However, after becoming speechless, her mind grinded to a halt this time. 
“Besides Chiho-dono, the other people are not suitable. Chiho-dono is the only person who all the meeting members can acknowledge as a moderator.” 
“What…… what does that have to do with saving the world?” 
In response to Emi’s question, Suzuno showed a lonely smile and answered, 
“There is only one topic for the meeting. Under Chiho-dono’s guidance, re-enact the deeds accomplished by Hero Emilia in the past.” 
At this moment, the wind grew stronger, causing Emi’s and Suzuno’s hair to sway vigorously in the wind. 
The dim and cloudy sky which is unique to Fiensi seemed to reflect Emi’s current mental state. 
In the howling winds, Suzuno definitely said this. 
“The contents of the discussion, are the plans to attack the Demon Fortress for the second time.” 
-- To be continued –