Ankoku Kishi Monogatari ~Yuusha wo Taosu Tameni Maou ni Shoukansaremashita~

hat a certain shut in had finally decided to leave her room.
Ribbitribbitribbit」

Heqet laughed like a frog.

「U~h.
You’re overexagerrating it.」

The empusas(female mantises) were Heqet’s kin.
Heqet knew the situation in the demon king castle from them.

「Heqet-dono, allow me to express my gratitude for the matter regarding Kuna.」

I relayed my appreciation to Heqet.

Heqet seemed to only accept female disciples, Kuna being one of them.

Kuna had taken lessons from Heqet to become stronger in the past.

Heqet could teach everything about medicinal plants and medicine.
In those areas, not even Loughas, the god of knowledge, could beat her.

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Even Fanacea, the Elios’ goddess of medicine and medicinal plants, was her former student.

Nevertheless, I heard that her relationship with Fanacea’s mother, the goddess of childbirth and marriage; Faeria, was the worst.

And she also stopped her contact with Fanacea after Modes was banished from Elios.

「Yeah.
It’s not big deal, Black Storm.
She’s a bright child after all.」

Heqet said so while waving her hand at me.

「I see, thank goodness.」

In fact, I was really anxious when I sent Kuna to take a lesson at Heqet’s place.

I wanted to go with her too but Heqet only took in female disciples.
Thus, I couldn’t help but leave her there by herself.

I felt relieved upon hearing her remark.

「But, I really can’t take my eyes off what you do.
You’re also amazing.
Oh right, I shall go to see that child too.
You don’t mind me doing that, right?」

「Yes, please do so.」

「Uhm, what are you talking about?」

Polen was tilting her head upon hearing our conversation.
Looks like she didn’t know anything about Kuna.

「Ribbitribbitribbit.
Just a matter between us.
Well, it’s already time for lunch.
Since this is a rare occassion, why don’t we have lunch together.」

 

◆Princess of Hell; Polen

The Nebula’room was the dining room of the demon king castle.

However, it was different from the dark hole-like room which were used by my father, the demon king, for his meals.
The ones who ate in this room were the subordinates of the dark knights.

Nevertheless, there was no one but us in this dining room right now.
Reason being, they were giving us some space for a private lunch in this big room.

Gems of various colors were inlaid in the ceiling made of black marble, making the ceiling look like sea of stars;Iit was apparently the representation of a nebula.

The gems were shining on their own, illuminating this room.

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A variety of insect dishes loved by dear grandma were being lined up on the giant table.

The insects were freshly caught from the forest of darkness in the south of Nargol.

I ate my favourite deep-fried giant locust with gusto.

The aroma and flavor of the finest oil pushed the deliciousness to a whole other level.

Suddenly, I looked over at master Kuroki.

He didn’t touch his meal.

I noticed that they’d eaten less than 1/20 of my portion.

Stew of decomposition flies was grandma’s favourite and he ate it less than Poh-chan who stuffed her mouth with honey.

「Is something the matter, master Kuroki? Why are you eating so little?」

「Er, Your Highness Polen.
Please don’t mind me.
I’m not big eater.」

Master only ate the veggies which came with the dishes.

「Which reminds me, Your excellency prefer fruit and vegetables more than meat.
Moreover, he eats so little.」

Poh-chan explained.

「I can’t bear to see us wasting them, they’re so delicious after all.」

I scooped mouthful of salty and sweet stew filled with small worms.

「Polen, you eat a bit too much.
You’ll gain weight if you keep eating like that and you won’t be able to swing your sword properly.」

「Ugh!」

Grandma rebuked me.

In fact, I was slowly losing my confidence the more I thought about it.

I couldn’t swing my sword properly since the meat around my joints kept hindering my movements whenever I swung my sword.
Yeah, it seems I have to go on a diet.

But, I really couldn’t control myself around the sweets that I loved so much.