In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

There really hasn't been a demon king who spied on the families of his subordinates...so far.

However, these perceptions have gradually faded over time.

After all, Maria, as the key core, has not appeared many times in these years. Even though everyone knows each other's thoughts, they rarely mention it.

only……

Now I can actually smell this.

This made Lamaren feel a little subtle.

Did she miss him to this extent?

Almost the same as myself...

"is that so……"

Theresa couldn't see Lamaren's expression.

She just felt uncomfortable being looked at by Maria.

There was even a vague feeling of burning hot all over.

Now she just wants to finish things here as soon as possible!

"If you like... I can find someone to organize this brand and tell you..."

Theresa spoke, and her words sounded like the casual chat of girls, but her tone was soft and weak.

She felt her body begin to shake uncontrollably.

Maria seemed to notice this as well.

After hesitating for a few moments, she silently reached out her hand, gently closed her eyes, and placed her fingers on Theresa's thigh.

She had intended to ease Theresa's embarrassment in this way.

But perhaps because Maria's body temperature was too low, when her cold fingers touched her hot skin, a strange sound almost came out of Theresa's throat.

Until this moment, she could only look at Maria with tearful eyes.

She finally understood why Ramalen had such a strange expression when she had talked to these two people about her psychological problems.

Apparently, Lamaren was also the one bullied by Maria!

This guy……

Too bad!

"No need."

Ramalen didn't think too much about it...mainly because she also believed that Maria, who had disappeared for so long, would not suddenly appear. She simply attributed everything to coincidence, bowed slightly and nodded, then left.

As the door closed, Theresa seemed to have completely lost her strength and slid down.

Maria reached out and picked it up.

"Let...let me go..."

Theresa's face was already quite red at this point.

There was no sense of authority in her tender words, and she even felt ashamed to look at Maria.

So embarrassing...

How did that happen? !

"Ah."

Maria didn't quite understand what Theresa was saying at this moment, but after hesitating for a few seconds, she nodded slightly.

He let the girl go and made sure she was really okay before blinking.

Beside her, Theresa hurriedly grabbed a bath towel and wrapped herself in it. She gasped for a long time before coming to her senses.

Eyes are red.

Like being bullied.

"so……"

The girl pursed her lips and asked, "Is there something that brought you back this time?"

Directly found myself...

"I just wanted to ask about the situation."

Maria blinked, her tone calm.

The doll hasn't contacted her yet, which means it will take a long time for her to make the next journey. This period of time may be very short... maybe the next minute, the next second.

It could also be in the next few months.

Although Maria once said that she would not have anything to do with any actions of any country, she could not really feel at ease about the girls after all.

She wanted to see if there was anything else she could do.

"Condition?"

Maria's calm tone made Theresa stunned for a moment, and then she decisively suppressed the subtle ambiguous emotion in her heart.

Although she had many thoughts of her own, at this moment, she could still clearly realize that she was the Demon King of Kazdel.

"You want to ask about Kazdel's situation...right?"

"Ah."

Maria nodded without denying it.

"The Military Committee's proposal...was it you who came up with it?"

"……no."

As soon as Maria opened her mouth, Theresa understood what Maria wanted to ask.

It was called a military committee, but in fact, everyone knew that this was the beginning of an ideological struggle between Tracy and her.

"So, what are you going to do?"

Maria blinked.

From Theresa's answer, she knew that since Theresis had openly proposed a military committee, he must have discussed this issue with his sister in secret.

This is not only to weaken the power of the royal court, but more importantly, to allow Tracys to develop on his own.

"I heard a lot about you on the way here... Everyone generally sees you as a cowardly demon king, and they hope you'll hand over the demon king's authority to Tracys and let him lead the way."

Maria blinked.

"Your brother, Tracy, probably told you the same thing, right?"

"Ah."

Theresa didn't deny it, but nodded with a look of disappointment in her eyes.

She knew exactly what Tres meant.

Even at this moment, he still had the idea that as long as Theresa did not confront him directly and was willing to hand over the power of the Demon King, the two of them could still be brother and sister.

but……

"I refused."

Theresa spoke.

Although she looked very weak, her words were as hard as steel.

She's not stupid.

But during her more than a hundred years in power, she also knew that her greatest confidence was not the Tower of Babel, nor the support of the royal court.

But it's her identity as a demon king.

As long as she is alive, her identity as the Demon King is her biggest brand.

No matter when, there will always be Sarkaz who choose to stand by her side and obey her orders.

As long as he still holds this power, no matter what his brother does, it cannot be considered as Sarkaz's choice.

This means that she has a final braking mechanism.

Therefore, if Tracy wants to achieve what he said and use fire to wash away the thousand-year shame of the Sarkaz, he must become a demon king.

Or rather.

There cannot be a demon king in front of him to stop him.

If this conflict continues to stalemate, there is only one possible outcome...

Parricide...

Such guilt is obviously not a very pleasant thing to hear.

"Kazdel is already too tired. We should rest, and we must rest... War can only take away, but we cannot gain anything from it."

Theresa said, silently extending her hand.

A black crown appeared in her hand and gradually took on a shape full of spikes.

This was also the first time Maria observed the Demon King's black crown at such a close distance.

To be honest, that ferocious posture is quite different from something like royal power, but it is very consistent with Maria's understanding of the Demon King.

Powerful, evil, hideous, yet with a hint of holiness.

Maria reached out and wanted to touch it, but after hesitating for a few seconds, she stopped.

She looked at Theresa.

"In my context, 'Demon King' is actually a neutral term with a slightly derogatory connotation, but... if that's your choice."

Maria said this and looked at Theresa.

And Theresa was also unusually happy from the bottom of her heart.

"You mean... you'll support me?"

Theresa was a little excited.

If Maria could join his side, it would be a blow to those who advocated war.

After all, apart from promoting ancient history, their biggest job was to publicize Maria, who died in the defense of Kazdel a hundred years ago.

Even Theresa admitted that Maria was the main contributor to the war. It could even be said that Maria accounted for at least 90% of the credit for the city's survival.

But under the propaganda of the Kazdel Military Committee, it seemed like Maria's lone hero achievement.

She protected Kazdel alone and ignored the early efforts of the Stonewing Demons in building the city walls and the subsequent contributions of the Liches.

Theresa didn't know whether this action was appropriate or not, but she knew that Maria's image gave the Sarkaz people today a great stimulus.

It can even be said that Maria is the spiritual leader of the Kazdel Military Committee.

And if Maria joins his side at this time.

Maybe she still has a chance.

But Maria shook her head.

"I do not know."

Maria will appear in the war...but she does not want to appear in the vortex of political struggle.

She didn't really want to choose between Theresa and Theresis to support... Besides, she didn't know how long she could support Theresa.

So in the face of Theresa's expectations, she could only give a negative answer.

This made Theresa feel a little disappointed.

But after a moment, she nodded seriously.

"I understand……"

Although she did not get Maria's support, she also realized that Maria would not support her brother.

But when she learned that Maria was not helping either side, she felt relieved.

That's enough.