How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord, Volume 6 by Yukiya Murasaki

Author:Yukiya Murasaki [MURASAKI, YUKIYA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2018-12-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3: Horn’s Battle

Horn ran with all her might. She was so afraid of the believers that went after them, she had found herself running as fast as she could before she even realized what had happened.

“That’s crazy! Totally impossible!”

She rushed across the city, screaming, and had no idea how she made it back, but...

Horn found herself in front of the inn. It was after sunset. She had always entered the inn after Diablo and the rest, and was anxious going into such a high-class establishment by herself. However, as she made her way into the Firebird Inn’s lobby, a dwarf girl bowed before her politely.

“Welcome back, miss.”

“Ah, yeah...I’m back.”

“Here is the key to your room. We’ve been told to cancel your reservations for dinner, but would you like for me to prepare it now?”

“N-No, it’s fine.”

She didn’t have much of an appetite. They had planned to storm the Church, and knew that, whatever the result would end up being, they wouldn’t be back for a while. In a manner of speaking, she was the one out of place here.

Horn grabbed the key and ran up the stairs, throwing herself on her bed as soon as she entered the room. She had only stayed here shortly, so it didn’t...quite feel like she was at home here, but she had gotten used to the room. She almost wondered if what had happened during the day was just a dream.

Her eyelids fluttered shut...and when she opened them again, a knock on the door jolted her awake. She thought Rem had come to call her to join everyone in the large room so they could tell her what happened in the Church, but that was just a dream. An optimistic illusion born from her belief that no matter what, they would always pull through. After all, they had Diablo on their side. He would defeat any powerful enemy that might come their way—or so she believed.

The real result was...a crushing defeat...

“He should have just...” Horn mumbled, lying on the bed. “Boss should have just beaten that jerk who tricked Lumachina and the believers who tried capturing her...”

She had said it so bitterly, but knew that wouldn’t resolve the situation. That would just be the “Purification by the Demon Lord’s hands” Alicia had talked about. Not being able to convince anyone with words, and just forcing the people to do their will by violence... That wasn’t the reform Lumachina was trying to achieve.

Diablo and the others were probably captured because they decided fighting wasn’t the right thing to do, and Horn couldn’t think of anything else.

“I’m sure Boss’ll think of something... Yeah, if I just wait, the Boss’ll come back looking like nothing even happened!”

She closed her eyes again. She heard another knock, and once more thought she had dreamt it.

—That’s not a dream...

Jumping from her sleep, she unlocked the door.

“Yes!?”

A dwarf girl was standing on the other side of the door. It was one of the inn’s employees, but she wasn’t smiling like always.

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