Inside the pavilion in the garden.
A faint fragrance emanates from the teapot, lingering on the stone table.
Just feeling this fragrance can make people feel calm and peaceful.
"...It feels like it's been ages since I've had tea with Hulim like this."
Gurgle, gurgle~.
Tea was slowly poured into two teacups.
After filling the teapot, Irus put down the teapot and placed one of the cups of tea in front of Hulim.
"Here you go. I haven't been researching new scented teas lately, so this is something you've had before."
"Thanks."
Hulim picked up the teacup and took a sip silently.
An expression of enjoyment appeared on his face.
“It’s delicious.”
"As long as you like it~."
"It would be better if you could put some sugar in it."
"Uh...if she didn't have this problem, she'd be a perfect little cutie."
"I don't think there's anything wrong with me."
"I'm so unconscious~."
Irus smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
“Huh~.”
Then a comfortable and relaxed expression appeared on his face.
The garden was suddenly enveloped in a quiet and leisurely atmosphere.
“… It’s so relaxing.”
Irus made a lazy sound.
“It feels like I’m back in the shop, playing the role of a relaxed shop owner again.”
“… …”
Hulim put down the teacup and looked up at Irus.
"Are you finally admitting that no one is patronizing your store?"
"Um???"
"That's nothing. Did I ever say that? Please don't slander my signboard. My store still has a lot of customers."
"It's a lie."
"In three years, I've never seen anyone other than myself patronize your store, and you don't even have a sign."
“Guuuu!?”
Irus suddenly looked shocked.
"I didn't expect... as he grew taller, his words became so sharp. Where is that cute and easy-to-bully little Hulim? Give her back to me—"
Hulim looked at Irus, who was pretending to be stupid, speechlessly and said with disdain:
"Are you stupid?"
“Eh—!!? Me, me?”
Then Irus covered her chest and slowly lay down on the stone table.
"Hulim, did you hear that..."
"?"
"What did you hear?"
"The sound of my heart breaking."
"Heh... so cold."
"Ah! Ah! Really, this is too unlovable. Naughty children must be punished~!"
“… …”
A few minutes later.
Irus was defeated.
“Wuwu…”
She collapsed in the garden with a sad face.
"I can't win... I can't win at all, wuwu..."
In the pavilion, Hulim seemed not to notice her appearance and continued to leisurely enjoy her scented tea.
"Sure enough, it would be even better if there were sugar cubes..."
call--!
A figure flew through the air at high speed.
After passing the garden, it suddenly stopped.
Then he turned around and flew back.
"Irus, Hulim! I finally found you two! Something big has happened—!"
Laqi said anxiously after landing in the garden.
... ...
Meeting room in the city.
The atmosphere was very solemn.
Because the urgent battle reports from the front line really don't make people feel optimistic.
"Bongistol... has fallen?!"
Tsarkin looked incredulous.
"How is this possible? How could the Demon King's army arrive so quickly? Didn't the forbidden area work?"
Himlier's forbidden area.
That was a world-class magic set up by the gods of Tiramsuin, centered on the landing point of the demons in the Demon Continent.
The main effect of this magic is to indiscriminately suppress the non-native life forms of Himlir, that is, the demons, and the stronger the demons become, the more obvious the effect of this suppression will be.
However, the effects of suppression are not the same everywhere.
The place where the demons descended, that is, where the Demon King's City is located, has been completely eroded by the demon world and is out of the control of the Himlier world. Therefore, it will not be suppressed by the forbidden area and is considered a safe zone for the demons.
The Demon Continent outside the Demon King's City will have a primary suppressive effect on the demons, reducing their strength by half.
In places outside the Demon Continent, a high-level suppression effect will be formed, causing the strength of the demons to plummet, with only one tenth of them remaining!
Here, the strength of the upper demons who were originally S-level will even drop directly to the level of B-level.
Of course, this suppression is not permanent. As time goes by, the demons will gradually adapt to this world and gradually get rid of the suppression.
At that time, they can completely spread throughout the world and truly launch a full-scale invasion war.
From this point of view, the forbidden area does not seem to be as effective as imagined, but in fact its original purpose is to buy time so that the people of Himlir, especially the brave, can make adequate preparations for this war.
This period usually lasts from three to four years.
It is enough for the brave warriors to fully grow up and fight at their peak condition.
But now...
Less than a year had passed since the Demon King descended, and a Heavenly King-level demon had actually crossed the sea and landed with a large demon army.
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