The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing.

Chapter 417 Late Night Tryst
The information Alice inadvertently revealed made Zun Zun keenly aware of a possibility, but after further questioning, he found that she did not know too many details.

Maybe it’s because it happened too long ago, or maybe it was simply described in fairy tale books, but the relevant information is always ambiguous.

Perhaps there are no detailed records.

I'm not trying to show off or be arrogant. Almost all useful or hidden information and secrets can be found in the library in the Scarlet Devil's Village.

The Crimson Demons are not the recorders of the world, but the old masters of the Crimson Demons have gathered a lot of unknown intelligence by saying, "Ah! Keep some secrets in the tribe, such as 'revealing the truth of the world!' Isn't it cool! ? 】
For example, there was a generation of brave men who defeated the demon king alone, and then became the new demon king. However, the brave man who defeated the demon king did not receive any reward from the goddess, and in a fit of anger, he became the new demon king himself.

Then, the hero who was told to break through his defense during the battle with the Demon King - You have no friends! - passed down the ability to his descendants to strengthen others to the level of the Demon King's army cadres just by making friends.

Yes, I am talking about the ability of the current Demon King.

This has gone slightly off topic.

In short, what Zun Zun meant was that some secret information would be collected from the Red Demon Clan, who even knew the measurements of the Demon King's daughter. Since the Red Demon Clan didn't know, they had to give up.

...No, if I think about it carefully, it seems like there is someone else who should know!

"Aqua! Hey, Aqua!"

Zun Zun called out to the sleepy-eyed stupid goddess.

That's right.

Since ordinary people don't know, then the goddess must know, right? However——

"What? You can become a god by creating a professional inheritance? I don't know about this kind of thing, or rather, I have never heard of it... Huh... Huh..."

"Don't fall asleep! Hey, this matter is very important, think about it carefully!"

Aqua fell onto the bed and fell asleep.

Zun Zun, who already knew that she was unreliable, was already prepared. He took out a bottle of precious wine that he and Shimaki Yosuke had found and placed it in front of her.

“————It smells so good!”

"If you tell me, this bottle of precious fruit wine will be your reward...Listen to me!"

Zun Zun still underestimated the stupid goddess's obsession and love for alcohol. She was seduced and completely lost her intelligence. She was in a trance for a long time before she sobered up again. But——

"do not know."

"Hey!"

"I really don't know! Have you forgotten? I am the goddess of water, not the god of swords, magic, or war. I am different from some small-timer like Wobak who just jumped out of nowhere. I am a congenital goddess!"

While showing off, Aqua DISSed Wolbach.

It was you who neglected it.

Even though the stupid goddess has a lot of nonsense in her head, she is still the goddess of elements. In addition, Eris said that Aqua is of a high generation, so she must be the original goddess or something like that.

"…Wait a minute Aqua, how old are you now?"

"Uh!"

Aqua, who was holding the bottle of wine happily, immediately stiffened. She twisted her neck and looked at Zun Zun with a complicated expression. After a long while, she said very seriously:

"Listen to me, sir. The speed of time in the heavens and the human world is different. It is better to say that the speed of time in each world is different. In addition, the lifespan of gods is very long, so I am still a young girl..."

She said a lot of things, but no matter how hard it sounded, Zun Zun was avoiding telling her real age.

Forget it, this guy is useless.

It seems that if I want to know relevant information, it would be better to ask Eris and Wolbach instead of asking Aqua who knows nothing. They must know something.

However, no matter whether it is what one thinks or not, what Zun Zun wants to do has not changed.

Create a large number of artificial immortal spirits, and then let talented people become immortal spirit sorcerers and knights, thereby indirectly opening up another profession.

From then on, they traveled during the day and set up camp at night. In order to let Alice taste delicious civilian food on the road, they took turns cooking every day.

Among them, the dinner made by Zun Zun was the most praised.

"good to eat!"

“I’ve never had fried rice this delicious!”

"If we take it to the palace, the ministers won't say anything, right?"

"—— Delicious! Although they are just ordinary ingredients, they blend together perfectly. The onions highlight the umami flavor and add a touch of embellishment to the whole dish. Even though the soup stock was added, the fried rice still has a strong flavor of fireworks. This fried rice has reached the realm of God!"

Others were full of praise, and Darkness even turned into a gourmet and kept commenting on it.

Zun Zun curled the corner of his mouth.

Is it really that delicious? It’s just stir-frying it twice…

He hated that his cooking was so good.

After eating and drinking, the others simply washed up and fell asleep. Even the noisy Aqua had lost her former energy. After all, they had been fighting monsters at high intensity for 9 consecutive days, which was really tiring.

Yes.

After setting out from the royal capital, every day Zun Zun and the others would fight monsters that inexplicably blocked the road. At the beginning, Sato Kazuma, Aqua and the others enjoyed it and felt that they had played their role as guards.

However, as the days passed, the smiles on their faces had long disappeared, and they were only so happy tonight.

In addition to the delicious dinner made by Zun Zun, they also went to bed early to get enough rest because they would arrive at their destination tomorrow.

Zun Zun is doing his daily homework.

When the moon was dim and he was about to go back to his room to sleep, he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the direction of the kitchen.

Maybe it was Aqua who wanted to drink, or Sato Kazuma who came to eat secretly. Only these two people with night vision could move freely in the middle of the night.

No, it could also be a thief.

With the mentality of being cautious, Zun Zun still went to the kitchen.

It turned out that they were not the two people he thought of.

Standing at the entrance of the kitchen in the darkness with only the little starlight coming in from the window to rely on was Alice.

"Alice?" "Yes!"

"Don't be nervous, it's me."

Walking out from the shadows, the moonlight shone on Zun Zun's face. After Alice saw clearly, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong, can't you sleep?"

"Excuse me, I came here to pick flowers, but it's really dark. Can you take me back to my room?"

The girl timidly extended her hand.

Zun Zun grabbed her little hand without hesitation. If he were a straight man, he would just turn on the light, but he wouldn't say that.

"Let's go, watch your step."

Holding Alice's slender and small hand, he led her in the dark corridor. Perhaps because he was afraid of disturbing others, Alice walked very lightly to avoid making any noise.

"Um……"

"what happened?"

"No, I just felt that when everyone was asleep, only you and I sneaked out, as if we were doing something shameful."

"Yes, it makes me nervous..."

Alice held Zun Zun's hand tightly.

To be honest, this experience is quite novel. If there are some people who want to feel liberated, they might wander around naked in the middle of the night - this can be seen everywhere on the streets of Liben late at night.

Alice's words...

In the moonlight, he saw a girl in a white dress and nodded.

It doesn't seem to be the case.

She was concerned about the unobstructed gaze, so she hugged her thin shoulders with both hands, blocking the rude gaze in front of her chest, and complained slightly:

"Your Excellency, I always feel like I've been offended."

"Feel sorry."

"You should make some excuses now."

The girl puffed her lips slightly to vent her dissatisfaction, but Zun Zun didn't want to argue about what he had just been thinking about, because that would be disrespectful to the girl.

Soon, Alice burst out laughing.

"You are different from my brother..."

“Wait a moment, Alice. The brother you are talking about, isn’t that Kazuma?”

“Eh, ah…”

It seemed that they had met Alice in private without her knowledge. No, maybe Alice had sneaked out to meet them.

But was Alice really fooled by Sato Kazuma into calling him "brother"?

"Um...Zun Zun, are you jealous?"

“No. Although Kazuma is a despicable, shameless, evil, and cruel scum, and Axel and Dust are called dust, he is indeed a good person.”

“…This isn’t a compliment to him.”

"No, I was just praising him."

Obviously, the words that Zun Zun just said were not positive compliments, but they were very appropriate when applied to Sato Kazuma, making people marvel at how such a thing could appear in the world.

“I just find it strange. Why do you, Alice, call Kazuma-nii-sama, but call me just sir? By the way, I should be older than Alice, right?”

“Well… there is a reason for this.”

"Reason? What reason?"

"Well, well...how should I put it..."

The girl suddenly became shy. Although it was late at night, her rosy cheeks could still be clearly seen in the moonlight.

"If possible, I don't want to call you Brother-sama, but another name."

"Another name?"

"that is……"

Alice took a step forward, leaned gently against Zun Zun's chest, then put her mouth to his ear, and her warm breath came out.

"--secret."

Then he suddenly distanced himself from her and gave a devilish smile, a smile of triumph, a mischievous smile of a successful teasing.

He smiled helplessly.

I don’t know who she learned this bad behavior from.

Alice, who had already arrived in front of the room, opened her door and turned around.

"Please respectfully ask that you stay in the kingdom. I will work hard for my goal!"

She seemed to have made up her mind and returned to the room.

Zun Zun stood there and thought for a moment.

"Could it be that Alice doesn't want to facilitate this marriage... No, she doesn't want to get married in the first place, right? But she has to sacrifice herself for the sake of the kingdom... Let me tell you, what do you two think?"

"Yes……"

"Let's talk about this matter after we get back."

At some point, two figures appeared behind him, their eyes emitting a terrifying red light in the dark night.

(End of this chapter)