An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride: Volume 17 [Parts 1 to 7] by Fuminori Teshima

Author:Fuminori Teshima
Language: eng
Format: epub

“A friendship that starts with a smile is in no way a bad thing. If it is bound by that smile, then you can ask for no more.”

The sorcerer spoke with a voice that was neither male nor female, young nor old, shrill nor deep, harsh nor sweet. It was like his voice had no characteristics to it at all, yet was a mix of all of them. He was like a man straight out of an opera. Despite it being the end of spring, he wore an old-fashioned black coat with a scarf tied around his collar. He looked around fifty years old, had slight wrinkles on his face, and his eyes were green. He had wavy black hair split perfectly even down his brow, highlighted by gray streaks. His chiseled features were topped by small pince-nez glasses on the tip of his nose. He gripped a cane in two hands, both covered in white gloves. One of those gloves had to be hiding a certain Sigil. Shax’s Sigil of the Archdemon could sense it.

Puppetmaster Forneus—now that Shere Khan was defeated and Andrealphus was retired, he was the oldest Archdemon. He was seated across from Shax, who had Kuroka standing behind him, her face stiff with tension. Their mission was to get this Archdemon’s cooperation, or that of his disciple Furfur.

One of their goals on this trip had, of course, been to visit Kuroka’s home in Liucaon, but they hadn’t spent an entire month on that. Using Liucaon’s intelligence network, they’d searched for this Archdemon’s location. They’d located him just a few days ago, and Forneus had appointed Aristocrates as their meeting place. And yet, upon meeting, this was the first thing he had to say.

What does that even mean? Does he want us to make him smile?

That didn’t sound right, even for a demand directed at a fledgling Archdemon. There had to be some other meaning, but Shax felt like it was useless to try to figure it out on his own.

“What do you mean by that?” Shax asked.

“People these days understand the price of goods, but not their value,” Forneus replied. It was like he was mumbling without moving his lips.

Is this some kinda riddle?

He couldn’t read Forneus’s intent from his expression either. In fact, the man’s gaze wasn’t even directed at Shax. It made it unclear whether he was talking to Shax or himself. It was a matter of course for an Archdemon’s behavior to deviate from the norm, but it was hard to even hold a conversation here. That was when a certain thought came to mind.

This sorcerer’s second name was Puppetmaster. It wouldn’t be strange for the man before them to be a puppet. In that case, perhaps this was a test. Shax crossed his legs the other way around and thought things over once again.

“I can’t say anything in my defense if you accuse me of ignorance,” Shax said. “It’s an unmistakable fact that I’m still a youth in my twenties.”

He started by affirming Forneus’s words and was met with an unflinching expression and yet another riddle.

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