, I tell you.. to split a mountain with my bare hands..

But could it be that.. I’m finally free? I want to return to Leigie-sama’s side already..

I’m actually quite busy. I’ve no time to follow along with Heard-san’s games.

Whether she understood his state or not, Kanon merely nodded once.

“Yes, Heard Lauder. If it’s you, you’d definitely be able to handle it. Her station has already come to light.”

“.. You already know Serge’s location?”

“Yeah, a Demon of Envy witnessed a scene of her battle. She’s now but a caged bird to us.”

“Hm.. let it be so. At best, she’ll make for a quick snack.”

It didn’t seem the other Lords had any opinions to share.

Of course. Those guys had no incentive. Orders were one thing, but they wouldn’t choose to do something like opposing Kanon-san or Heard-san of their own volition.

Or so I thought, but the ghost girl went right into her fifty cents.

“Hey~ Heard-san. I don’t really have a problem with you going for the Valkyrie or anything, but.. if she attacks me, I can kill her, right?”

“Hm.. I mind it not, Rank Six. If she had the power to bring ruin to Rank Seven, I can understand your sentiment of wanting to fight her.”

Well I don’t get it at all.

“.. No, no, no, no, I just hate it when people like that get in my way, you know~?”

And the ghost girl didn’t seem to get it either.

As if to say the conversation was unexpected, she crossed her arms. She needlessly emphasized her needlessly bulging chest.

How sly.. as I thought, this woman is formidable.

“Are those Angels made of nice parts?”

“No clue.”

On the other side, Schitol-san was, of all things, conversing with the Demon Lord whose arms she had stolen about some pointless topic, only to receive a flat out refusal.

How shameless.. she really is the worst.

And what’s with this lack of tension discussing out arch nemesis?

Well.. just do whatever you want. The ones who’ll pay for your unsightly display here is you guys after all..

In my eyes, I could clearly see the form of these Lords facing destruction at their oen negligence. You reap what you sow.

Kusu kusu..

How unsightly. They’re taking everything in jest. Even if they may call themselves the rulers of Demon-kind, those gathered here are nothing but an extension of those third rate Demons scattered all over the place.

I can’t.. even take them into consideration. The one I want to prove myself to is one man alone. Only Leigie-sama. That is the starting point. If I don’t get anywhere with that, my life won’t find its beginning.

For a while, the surroundings were astir, and when a moment of silence finally came about, Vanity spoke up, as if he had just remembered something.

“.. Ah, come to think of it.. that Devourer.. survived, you know?”

The thunderous voice clearly reached my ears.

The hustle and bustle that had been resounding through the room, as if taken by the tide, died down in an instant.

His voice was one thing, but his tone was one where he seemed to be giving a trifling report over something that didn’t matter all too much.

But I did see it by chance.

Standing to the back right of Heard-san, I was in a place where I could pick it up.

That’s why, I may have been the only one to notice it.

For a moment, just a slight moment, Vanity’s eyes were colored in an eerie light.