The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases: Volume 3 [Complete] by Shin Kouduki

Author:Shin Kouduki
Language: eng
Format: epub

The Demon and the Child

The elf’s mouth flapped silently, searching for the words to repudiate Allen’s assertion. In the end, he saw the conviction in Allen’s eyes and relented. “I suppose it would be foolish to ask how you know.”

“Not at all,” said Allen. It was mostly by chance that he had noticed. After surveying the plaza and noticing a child he’d never seen before, clearly not an elf, he’d taken the precaution of examining them with his Boundless Knowledge skill and discovered they were a demon. If the king’s representative had come a moment sooner, he might not even have noticed. “Anyway, it’s not like I’m about to dress you down or anything.”

“Is that so?” said the elf with a dubious look.

Allen smirked. It was true; just as he’d told Anriette, as far as he was concerned, the matter with the demons was settled. He didn’t have any particular issue with demons as a whole. “I’m more interested in the fact that there’re other races here at all. I thought elves were a reclusive race. I didn’t expect you to have guests.”

Especially not ones with a reputation for obliterating other countries. Setting his lack of personal enmity aside, facts were facts. Though he hadn’t asked, it seemed that the elven territory had been annexed by the empire. The empire, too, repeatedly waged war against foreign nations, but it at least conquered them rather than destroying them. The empire could be talked to and would recognize surrender. Demons would not. And yet the elves had no apparent issue with demons in their midst.

The elf contemplated for a moment. “You seem to be close with Lady Anriette, and as such, I am sure you will learn the truth regardless. So I suppose there is no harm in discussing it with you now.”

“So Anriette is involved,” said Allen. He’d guessed that either the elves had some long association with demons or that Anriette had some connection to this. “By the way,” he continued, “I assume the fact that they all look like kids is relevant too?”

“Most perceptive. I see Lady Anriette keeps good company.”

“I’m just using my eyes.”

“I suppose so. Well, I am not sure how much I can say, but...it was Lady Anriette who proposed that we harbor them here.”

“Huh, I guess this is a great place to hide out. How long ago was this?”

“It must have been three years ago.”

“When Anriette first moved here,” said Allen. It seemed that his first thought—that it must have had something to do with the killing of the emperor—was mistaken. Or perhaps it was too soon to jump to that conclusion. He would have to ask Anriette himself. “And nobody pushed back? You didn’t?”

“No. We understood the necessity.”

“Of harboring demons?”

“Of living in harmony with other races. That they were demons is incidental. Lady Anriette gave us hope about finding a king, but she also proposed another path. Whatever happens now that you have arrived, we cannot guarantee that a similar tragedy will not befall us again.

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