The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing.

Chapter 425: The Prince Who Worships the Dragon Slayer

Upon hearing that the prince of the neighboring country was his little fan, Zun Zun actually felt quite complicated. He had never expected it to be like this.

But I can probably guess some reasons.

First of all, the prime minister of this kingdom is actually a spy planted by the Demon King's army. Zun Zun has been in the limelight recently, and the successive attacks on the cadres of the Demon King's army have made him very vigilant. In addition, it is unknown who has received the orders but always mentions Zun Zun's name. Over time, Prince Levi became interested and became a fan.

Sato Kazuma's face lit up with joy when he figured this out.

"That--"

"It's impossible to get me to relent. This is this, and that is that."

I had originally hoped to get Prince Levi to give in so that I could take this opportunity to give them the support money, but I didn't expect this guy to still not give in.

But Zun Zun had a changed opinion of him.

It is the duty of every royal family member not to put personal likes and dislikes in state affairs, and he has done a good job in this regard... Although using competitions to determine the amount of support funds is still criticized, it is normal in a country with a large casino population.

"I said, you should know me, right?"

"……what?"

"I'm Satou Kazuma! I'm a superb adventurer who shined in battles with many Demon King's army leaders. I'm very popular right now!"

"What is that? I've never heard of it."

"What!?"

Sato Kazuma seemed to be very angry because he was not well-known. He kept emphasizing how crucial his support was in the battle with the cadres of the Demon King's army. However, just as no one ever pays attention to the second place, he was far from being as famous as the first one because he did not play the final role.

Just think about it and you will know.

When Prince Levi first met them, even Megumin, Youyou, Aqua and Darkness didn't know about them. Even Zun Zun changed his attitude after hearing the Prime Minister's introduction. How could a mere Sato Kazuma go to the trouble of collecting intelligence?

Seeing that he was not really famous, Sato Kazuma could only angrily poke the steak on the plate, which made Alice scold him.

Although he is Alice's brother on the surface, it is still too much.

There is actually some confusion on Zun Zun's side.

In fact, before attending the banquet, he thought that Prince Levi had thought of some tricks and wanted to take the opportunity to deliberately make things difficult for them. He was already prepared to lose his temper at the banquet, but he didn't expect it to suddenly turn into a fan meeting.

Especially when the object is yourself!

how to say……

Suddenly I don’t know what to do.

Especially when Prince Levi looked at him with shining eyes, Zun Zun felt very uncomfortable. That admiring look was definitely not fake or acted.

He even felt sorry for threatening and coercing Prince Levi before.

As an idol, he threatens his own fans... If this happened in another world, he would be pissed off!
Just when Zun Zun didn't know how to start, Sato Kazuma rudely shook the hand holding the fork and said, "Okay, okay, Prince Levi, I know you admire Zun Zun very much, but don't stare at him like that, it will disgust your idol."

"…This is really rude. I'm sorry."

Prince Levi retracted his gaze and apologized politely.

It was completely different from when we first met.

It immediately made Zun Zun and the others realize that Prince Levi was not a truly naughty child. Rather, he acted naughty on purpose to arouse their disgust.

This is also a social tactic that can provoke confrontation between the two parties and take the opportunity to reduce the support funds under the pretext of disagreement.

They should have gotten to the point where they spoke frankly, but as this banquet was still very plain and simple, Prince Levi had no intention of tearing off this clumsy disguise.

But his admiration was genuine.

"Um, Zun Zun...can I ask you a question?"

"Anyway, how did you defeat the Demon King's army general?" Sato Kazuma interrupted. He seemed to have expected this and said, "In that case, you might as well ask me. I can tell you in detail..."

"No, I don't care about that."

"……Um?"

Prince Levi's reaction surprised everyone. When the Demon King's army was wreaking havoc on the continent, it was impossible for him not to care about how to defeat the Demon King's army leaders, right? Or rather, under normal circumstances, everyone would care about this, right? In the Heroes' Stories, it was clearly described that they would be beaten to death.

It's totally not according to the routine.

"What I want to ask is..."

"What I want to ask is..."

As he continued to draw out his tone, everyone actually became slightly nervous. Then, Prince Levi slowly spoke:

"Have you ever defeated a dragon?"

"Dragon...?"

Zun Zun was slightly stunned.

I didn't expect this would be the problem.

Prince Levi seemed to have opened up a chatterbox, and said excitedly, "Yes! Isn't it cool? A dragon-slaying hero! Whether it's in comics or heroic stories, it's true that conquering a dragon is more exciting!"

After saying this, he stared at Zun Zun with burning eyes.

"Hmm... Hey... That's how it is..."

Honestly, it's not that Zun Zun looked down on dragons, but among those Demon King's army cadres he conquered, any one of them - even Wiz - could easily defeat the so-called dragon, even the existence of the Dragon King.

That’s right, the Demon King’s army cadres are so powerful, that’s why they are such a headache.

however--

"A dragon... a dragon... a dragon... is it a giant lizard with wings?" Sato Kazuma kept scratching his head and couldn't help but say, "I know that Aqua bought a dragon egg some time ago, but it turned out to be a chick... So, we have never conquered a dragon, right?"

“I-Is that so…”

Prince Levi did not hide his disappointment. His expression was as if his father, whom he thought was omnipotent when he was a child, suddenly told him that he could not have children. He felt so disappointed, as if the sky had fallen.

Looking back, they had conquered many Demon King army cadres, and even General Dong had made reckless attempts, but it seemed that they had never encountered Long.

After all, Axel is just an ordinary novice town.

If it were Yu Jian Xiangye, he might have conquered many ancient dragons with his magic sword Grame.

Seeing that the topic could not go on, Sato and Shinji said hurriedly, "Compare, compare to this! How about the Demon King's army cadres, such as the Dullahan who escaped despite our best efforts? Or the Clairvoyant Demon who can see through people's hearts and tricked everyone? Or the poisonous slime that almost contaminated the hot spring city of Alcanretia... or something like that?"

"No, no thanks."

No matter what he said, Prince Levi still looked listless. On the contrary, Alice's eyes lit up and she looked very interested. However, she did not act willfully but quietly asked them to tell her what happened when they returned.

Sato Kazuma was at his wit's end.

"Well... Thank you very much for your hospitality today. We will..."

"Wait a moment."

"Respected?"

When Alice wanted to get up and say goodbye, she was stopped.

Zun Zun looked at the lost Prince Levi and said, "I have had adventures in subjugating dragons..."

"No need to use fabricated experiences or something..."

"No, it's true."

Then, Zun Zun used magic.

"——The memory appeared."

"what is this?"

"Virtual screen!?"

When seeing the screen floating in the air, Sato Kazuma opened his mouth in surprise, while Prince Levi and Alice looked confused.

“This is magic. It extracts past experiences from my memory and plays them back. And it can tell you what happened when you first came to this world, Kazuma. How about giving it a try?”

"Please don't do that!"

Sato Kazuma lowered his head decisively.

You have to know that it was very embarrassing for him when he traveled through time. If Prince Levi knew about it and laughed at him, not only would Alice's filter for him be broken, so that was absolutely not possible.

Zun Zun did not continue to tease his idea, but looked at Prince Levi and said, "How about it, is this convincing?"

"Well..."

"Also, I'm not sure what your definition of a dragon is. Although I have encountered poisonous dragons, wind dragons, and mirage dragons, this is the one that really makes me feel the most threatened."

As he was speaking, a creature hundreds of meters tall appeared on the screen, its entire body ablaze with flames. The heat could be felt even through the screen.

"——Devil Flame Dragon!"

“What is this…!?”

Apparently Prince Levi also discovered that this dragon was the fairy dragon that appeared in the castle yesterday and intimidated everyone.

"Don't be nervous, you will know why when you watch it later."

Then, the documentary will be played again.

An hour later.

"——That's it." Zun Zun closed the screen and said, "Although the Demon Flame Dragon has disappeared, I really don't know whether it should be considered a crusade. I actually can't accept it. Don't you agree?"

I thought they would express their opinions, but——

"Zun Zun, what's going on with that beautiful elf girl!?"

"That's right! I can't accept that you are so close to me! Tell me the truth, what is your relationship?"

Alice and Sato Kazuma shouted excitedly.

Although they had different reasons for their excitement, they were all interested in the beautiful elf girl - Cui.

"There are profound reasons for this. Anyway, this is not the problem, right?"

"How could he not be here?"

"That's it!"

These two guys are so annoying!

I was clearly talking to Prince Levi, but I was actually concerned about other things. If I made him unhappy, what would I do with the support money?!

The two of them finally reacted and looked at Prince Levi.

But I found that he was shaking with his head down.

Sure enough, this approach of stopping abruptly at the critical moment was not as refreshing as the thorough and satisfying conquest of the Demonic Flame Dragon. I should have played him the video of myself fighting the Wind Dragon.

"that……"

"So handsome!"

"what?"

"So cool! So cool! Such a powerful dragon, so big, and in such a critical situation, you actually managed to defeat it successfully. It's really... really, really cool!"

Prince Levi's eyes sparkled and his face flushed with excitement.

Seeing him like this, the three of them tilted their heads.

"…Huh?" X3
(End of this chapter)