I Misunderstood the Date and Saved the Demon King

21. Fire!

“Let me apologize for you. Sir Lethe.”

The princess who sneaked up to her side spoke to her with her bitter tone.

At that, Lete waved her hand, saying that it was unreasonable. Why do people who have done nothing wrong apologize?

Even the Crown Princess apologized? If she receives it, she will say that moderate nobles like it. To receive an apology from the next emperor when he was neither a member of the imperial family nor a nobleman.

For those who want to keep Lethe in check, there could be no better excuse than that.

But she didn’t seem to have any intention of reaping her apology.

“Aren’t they my younger siblings anyway? Even if you are greedy and greedy, you can’t help it. It would be natural to apologize for their rudeness.”

She even said that, but Lethe, who couldn’t come up with anything to answer, only drooled.

Actually, those words of the 2nd prince probably don’t just mean that person. Perhaps some of the nobles, and even some of the empire’s citizens, may be vaguely thinking about it.

The ‘what if’ that they and even the war heroes they thought were great once gave up hope and tried to turn their backs on the empire.

From the beginning of the war to the end of the last, the existence of a traitor continued to appear.

Those who fought well until yesterday would suddenly change and stab their comrades in the back. He opened the castle gate and let the enemies inside. So many lives were lost just like that.

It would have been better if the traitors were treated like prisoners. Then at least I would have done my best without thinking about betraying. But the demons were smarter than I thought.

They took great care of those who betrayed their enemies and turned away.

It was a decision made after knowing exactly how to cut down on this side’s power and what to do to create a crack.

“This is something I was determined to do. The guy who killed the demons saved the demons before, and now he is friendly with the demons again, so it’s only natural for people to say things like, “Didn’t you have thoughts of betraying me in the past?”

“Has anyone risked their lives to act? I’ve never seen such a person.”

After saying that, the princess clicked her tongue as she looked at the moderate aristocrats behind her.

The point that the 2nd prince was so confident, and the point that the crown princess couldn’t stand out openly. That’s because many of the many traitors have a fatal problem that they were close to the moderate aristocrats.

Thanks to this, the position of the moderate aristocrats seldom improved, while the hardliners retained their right to speak. Even with the support of the moderates, it was precisely because of that weakness that the Crown Princess’ side was not sure of her victory.

If you grab Lethe’s ankle, you can cause an even bigger mud fight. The succession structure can be completely returned to the starting point. That is the judgment of those, including the princes.

You don’t have to label Lethe a traitor. For a war hero, it was an excessive burden, so it was natural. Just silencing him, putting him in neutral would be enough for a hardliner.

If you bite off more than necessary and turn Lete into a real enemy, you won’t have any head left.

“It would have been better if you hadn’t backed down from the front lines.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Ah, I didn’t mean to hear that. What do you do when you are seriously injured? I’m just sick of seeing my younger siblings and people talking nonsense.”

Injury, injury. Lethe looked down at her arm.

At the height of the war, I did get some injuries or something. Even as the Demon King was dying, she insisted on taking one of her arms. She’s not some crazy b*tch.

But the injury wasn’t so great that it hampered her movement. If you use some healing magic, apply some medicine, and eat well, your new weight will come back and heal. It was just a very ordinary injury.

Lethe wanted to take advantage of that moment. It was when the warriors were all ready.

Now, as a war hero, he figured he could step back from the frontlines and toss the rest to those destined to bring peace to the world. He gave the warriors something to do, and he himself retired with honor.

‘By the way, voila. Our children are demon lords and demons before the warriors, and they all messed up?’

She put on a show saying, ‘I’m not recovering well from my injury, but I’m going to miss it’ in order to hand over the work to the warriors at best, all of which ended in vain. As a result, it became something I couldn’t do.

Something, something got mercilessly twisted here and there. He obviously ran as hard as he could, imagining a life full of cider, but now that he did, sweet potatoes piled up thanks to his actions.

When I tried to hand over the hero position to the warriors, only the emphasis was on ‘the war hero was injured and retired!’.

First of all, trying to buy the hearts of the warriors was mistaking the date and saving the demon king.

I tried to make those demon lords not become demon lords, but eventually they became demon lords and came to the academy.

I want to hold onto my face and sigh. If I could have been honest, I would have said it. ‘Actually. I misunderstood the date and saved the demon king instead of the hero! Ha ha!’

‘… Will you believe me?’

Asking himself, Lethe immediately shook his head. There’s no way. Will you honestly believe me? It’s good if you don’t listen to the madman.

“….”

Once again, as the possessed, Lete, who was acutely aware of her mistakes, the crown princess saw as a war hero who was depressed after being injured. It seems that you talked about something. Let’s quickly change the topic.

“Ah. Come to think of it. I know about the academy because I heard it from Marquis Agnes.”

The academy is a place that delivers good news to the Crown Princess in the midst of an uneasy political situation.

You don’t know how surprised I was at first. Imagine. To say that the demon lords, who were the subject of that fear, would come to visit us, ‘We want to enter school.’ It’s also like what’s so good while laughing.

I really did my best to imagine that there would be an accident inside. Did they even say that the academy should have a contingent of knights to watch over them?

You must rebuild the war-torn empire. We must take care of the wounded.

But that’s only possible when peace is certain. When the hardliners said, ‘Asmodians can never be trusted,’ both the Crown Princess and the moderates thought so.

‘Until I heard the news that they had killed and eliminated all of their own people who had been crying out for war.’

I believed. She decided to believe it. Because of the strange trust I felt from the four demon lords.

Imperial history could have written down as the insane princess, but she trusted her instant judgment.

And the result was approaching as something more mysterious than expected.

“A club. It’s a club. Look, Sir Lethe. I really couldn’t have imagined it. I never thought that those demon lords really wanted to mix with the students at the academy.”

“That’s right. That’s a good thing.”

Actually, the Hell Yam launched by Ashu was also started as a smoke screen. But I didn’t expect the reaction to be this good. As expected, the club seems to be the truth at the academy.

Lethe just laughed hahahaha, holding back what she wanted to say.

“Good job. Yeah, that’s a good thing In that way, if the demon lords show their sincerity, the students will open their hearts first, and if that happens, the next one will arise. I understand your hostility and anger toward the demons. You want to stay away from them, of course. But we cannot continue the war any longer.”

“You are right.”

Of course, no more wars. It’s a simple logic that doesn’t go far.

Empires, elves, and dwarves struggled because they couldn’t catch the demon lords properly, but the four demon lords boasted about it and then caught and killed them all. Can you catch those four? Absolutely impossible.

They were even taught by Lethe herself. Her skills must have become stronger than before.

Therefore, Lete was no longer confident. If the war really resumes, will I be able to take the side of the Empire?

When he thinks he has to slay Astaroth, Mar Mar, Sitri, and El to enjoy his academy life… Maybe, maybe not.

“For the sake of our descendants and our future, we must make concessions and step back. In the meantime, if you look closely at them, the demon lords, it’s like taking ten steps back. Then, can’t we pass on at least one step?”

The Crown Princess knew that the demon kings truly took ten steps back ‘for peace’.

Actually, it’s only for Lethe, but if it’s not, you’re women who will ignore peace and all.

“If you look at it that way, Sir Lethe. I’m rather relieved that you saved those demon lords in the past-“

“Your Highness the Crown Princess.”

An attendant attendant suddenly intervenes. The princess frowned for a moment at the fact that she had been interrupted, but soon relaxed her expression and looked at her.

“Why are you making such a fuss?”

“Me, Your Highness. For a moment….”

The lady-in-waiting notices Lete standing in front of her princess. It seemed like it was a story that should be shared secretly, but the princess shook her head.

“Okay, tell me. What’s going on?”

“That, that’s the news I just received… They say a huge fire broke out at the academy!”

“… What?”

At the sudden news, the crown princess unconsciously looked at Lethe.

And Lethe, who received that gaze—

‘… Hey guys? Isn’t it? Oh, please. Say no. Please!!’

I was trying to force myself to grab her hair.