Chapter 180 – Mysterious Criteria for Recruitment
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“TRANSLATOR: Anargya”
“EDITOR: GhostApe”
「Rēvendia. I’m asking this just in case but, is that memory true?」
「I don’t know anything about this.」
As the *kyakyafufu* is shown on the screen, my facial expression along with Ariante’s turned cold.
Sousou has an ecstatic face, and Rēko is looking down on her while gritting her teeth.
The saintess and the Hunt God don’t seem to be interested in this whole thing from the very beginning, and they are having a godly discussion at a distance.
「Oi, you bastard. Stop with the playful delusion. If you don’t recall the memory regarding the Demon King right away, I’ll squeeze your head to bits right here.」
「Hah! I’m sorry chibikko! But this is a secret memory of me and Rēvendia in our Demon King’s army era…hm…?」
Sousou attempted to argue against Rēko, but she gradually stopped talking.
「Wait, no. This is a delusion that I indulge everyday before going to bed… not a memory… hmm…?」
「Wait stuffed animal. I’ll look into it again.」
Rēko’s right hand that is holding Sousou’s head began to shine even stronger.
And then, Rēko’s expression turned into a frown.
「I see. Whenever I try to make it spit out information about the Demon King, it tries to protect itself from that by disturbing it with false memories. However, with my current power, there is no protection that I can’t break through.」
The light that was projecting to the rock wall disappeared for a moment, before starting again with a message “Loading” displayed.
And then, what was reflected there was—
『Yoshi. I’ll have to write the invitation for the first Demon King Army’s executive meeting hosted by me. After all, I want to invite that Evil Dragon Rēvendia as the main guest… I’ll have to prepare a lot of offerings.』
It was a scene where Sousou is rushing to write the invitation for the Demon King Army’s executive meeting on the table with a brush.
It was a tragic memory for her since nobody came to the meeting.
「U…a…a」
As expected, it’s a black history for her. Sousou began to groan in a dying voice.
However, a great deal of hints about the Demon King Army were hidden in this scene.
The first one who noticed it was Ariante.
「Kin girl. The invitation. Can you expand the invitation part further? If we look at the address and the text, we might be able to grasp the names and location of the other executives.」
Rēko focused on the invitation part while saying “I know that without you telling me.”, showing her annoyance at Ariante’s instruction.
「The first one is “To Evil Dragon Rēvendia-sama”」… it’s you.」
「Don’t look at it.」
The problem is the content after that. I remember that only that grasshopper, the demon with a spiritual body that we fought in Seiren, came to the meeting, so I wonder if the second one will be addressed to that demon.
However, that speculation of mine is instantly dismissed.
「The second one is… it’s you again. “To Evil Dragon Rēvendia-sama”.」
「Did she make a mistake on the first invitation?」
I’m sorry that it bothered you so much that you rewrote it.
While bowing at the past Sousou, I looked at the third one that follows.
「The third one is also addressed to “Evil Dragon Rēvendia-sama”…」
The Sousou on the screen is moving the brush with all of her might, repeating the invitation to me again and again with a crazy atmosphere.
When Rēko fast-forwarded, the invitations piled up in the blink of an eye.
「Oh, looks like it’s finally completed. She is putting a seal on it with satisfaction. Right now… it should be on the 200th.」
「She is so obsessive on the invitation, isn’t she?」
In the future, if I get some kind of invitation from Sousou, I will store it carefully.
Or there would be a consequence otherwise.
Well then, the crucial one is after this. She should start addressing it to other executives other than to Evil Dragon Rēvendi—
And with a bang,
Perhaps because of the fatigue when she was making the invitations to me, the past Sousou slumped into the desk and began to take a break.
When Rēko fast-forwarded again while clicking her tongue, there was a figure coming in from the corner of the screen.
『Looks like she finished writing it. Well then, I’ll take the responsibility of delivering these invitation.』
A person in a black coat wearing a mask that has a cross on it. It’s unmistakably the fake kin.
Sousou nodded while laying down on the desk. Then the fake kin took the last invitations that Sousou wrote.
「Did he deceive her and steal the letter to Evil Dragon-sama? That’s a mortal sin. I have already killed him, but if I had known, I would have made him suffer more.」
「Chibikko… I don’t get along with you, but I’m grateful for that. Thank you for taking out my invitation’s enemy.」
「Fun, don’t get me wrong. I just can’t forgive the rude person who stole Evil Dragon-sama’s personal belongings.」
By witnessing a common enemy, a slight bond emerged between Rēko and Sousou.
But, something was strange.
After handing over the letter to the fake kin, Sousou did not write any other invitations to the other executives.
Rēko starts speeding up to a fairly high speed, but there is no scene where she is writing a letter to another executive.
「What does this mean, you bastard? The invitation to the executive meeting, shouldn’t you have written one to the other executives as well?」
「Maybe. But, I can’t remember well… Ah! I see! Maybe no one came because I forgot to write it! It’s not because it was unwanted or because I was hated! Thank goodness!」
“Sleep talk when you are sleeping”, said Rēko as she put Sousou in a chokehold.
Sousou lost consciousness in a second, and the screen with her memories stopped.
「Ariante. How should we interpret this?」
「I don’t know yet. We’ll have no choice but to search on the next source of information.」
The next source of information should be Doradora.
Almost everyone’s eyes turned on him, who is still dying—
「Ah! Is it my turn at last? I see that everyone is fully prepared to listen to me! To be frank, I was invited to the Demon King Army to be treated as an executive! If I had responded, there will be a good chance that I would stand out in Demon King Army and be recommended to be next Demon King!」
The Saintes-sama began to talk energetically.
I’m happy that I get to see you today for the first time in a while, but to be honest, I didn’t consider you as a source of information.
Then, Ariante looked at the saintess.
「Hm…wait. Saintess, was it this Doradora who came to invite you to the Demon King Army?」
「That’s right, I’ve been solicited many times. I guess they wanted human resources like me. It’s a sin that I was this talented. I am so troubled.」
At that time in Seiren, she was frightened by the Demon King Army’s recruitment, but now that the threat has passed, she turned it into a noisy and boastful story.
「Um, Ariante. Is it okay to talk about Saintess-sama later?」
「No. I have some doubts.」
「doubts?」
“Yeah”, Ariante nodded.
「The Demon King Army—why did they bother to solicit this Saintess, who is the lowest rank of demon, as an executive?」
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