Crash!

Ashuban broke in through the window.

Linda raised both her hands and greeted the guest who had come in the dead of night.

"Wow! It's the devil!"

Gustan looked at the jumping Linda and Ashuban, who had broken in through the window, with a dumbfounded expression.

Why did he have to break the window and come in when there was a perfectly good door?

"Devil!"

Linda ran to Ashuban and hugged him.

But Ashuban didn't even care whether Linda was hugging him or not, and after looking around, he soon spotted Gustan looking down from the second-floor railing and immediately shot up.

"You bastard!"

Gustan watched the guy who was coming up the stairs with a frightening momentum, and the moment he reached the second floor, he kicked him.

"Ugh."

Ashuban tumbled down the stairs.

Gustan yawned as if it were a sigh and looked at Ashuban, who had fallen at the bottom of the stairs.

"Why is this crazy bastard acting up again?"

Ashuban shot up and pointed at Gustan on the second floor.

"You beast! Using the terrain, you're quite something!"

"...."

"But if you want to fight fair and square, come down here!"

Gustan picked his ear and replied.

"I don't want to."

"For a beast, you're quite clever!"

Ashuban ran up the stairs again and was kicked by Gustan, and he tumbled down.

Only then did Gustan rub his eyes and come down to the first floor.

"Has this guy's crazy disease acted up again? What's with this in the middle of the night?"

Ashuban, who had shot up, glared at Gustan.

"Leader."

"What."

"You know where Hud is."

"I told you I don't."

Gustan replied, looking at Linda, who was now clinging to Ashuban's back.

"Hehe."

The way she was clinging to him, it was like seeing a baby bear on its mother's back.

Ashuban pointed at Gustan with his fingertip.

"Your lie has already been exposed. Tell me the truth. I am an adventurer who wanders in search of the truth, and a navigator who sails towards the truth."

"What are you talking about?"

Ashuban pointed at Shushruta, who had followed him in through the shattered window and was watching with a half-resigned expression.

"Our proud thieving cat has found out Hud's whereabouts."

"Oh."

"What 'oh'. Hudmilla Richtiello. Haven't you heard of her?"

Gustan crossed his arms and tilted his head to one side.

"Hmm... Richtiello. Richtiello... Come to think of it, that's right. I think she said she was the young lady of some count's family."

"But you told us she was a fallen noble from a ruined family."

"I did."

"Why did you hide it? Why did you cover the truth with a lie?"

"Because you hate nobles to death, so she probably said that."

"...So now it's my fault?"

Gustan shrugged.

"It seems she was also a little conscious of the other guys. If she said she was the young lady of a noble count's family, it's obvious they would feel a sense of rejection. They're all from humble backgrounds, having rolled around on the streets."

"I'm not."

"What do you mean, you're not? You especially would have been like that."

"Let's say that's true. Why did you keep your mouth shut when I asked about the whereabouts of the other guys? Do you really want to die?"

"I just said I didn't know what I really didn't know. I've been stuck here ever since the mercenary corps was disbanded. How would I know?"

"But if you had just told me that her real name was not Hudmilla Everett but Hudmilla Richtiello, wouldn't we have been able to innovatively reduce the waste of time and movement? What do you think?"

Gustan scratched his chin.

"Come to think of it, that's true."

Ashuban's eyebrow twitched.

"...Come to think of it, that's true?"

"But I don't think that girl would have gone back to her family obediently."

"Why?"

"What should I say? She seemed to hate her family very much. Doesn't it just come out when you see a young lady of a count's family who was raised gently run away from home and hang out with guys like us?"

"Hmm..."

At that moment, Shushruta chimed in.

"It's true that she went back to her family. Because I heard that Hudmilla Richtiello is preparing to inherit the family."

Gustan and Ashuban looked at Shushruta at the same time.

"Succession?"

Shushruta nodded.

"It seems there is no other suitable successor besides her."

Gustan and Ashuban nodded their heads.

"...Hmm. Definitely."

"That girl is smart."

"If she doesn't talk to herself, she sometimes looks normal."

"That's the same for you... ah, no."

Shushruta continued.

"According to the rumors, the eldest daughter of the Richtiello Count's family was suffering from a chronic illness for a long time and then miraculously woke up. It seems that the family is trying to hide the fact that she is the spirit user who brings disaster to Sherwood."

Ashuban's eyes widened.

"What? They're hiding Sherwood?"

Gustan replied in a nonchalant tone.

"Why? They might want to hide it."

"Is Sherwood an embarrassment? Are you saying we're an embarrassment?"

"I'm a little embarrassed. Especially you."

"I even changed my name to Sherwood."

"Good for you."

"You can't cover the sky with your palm. This won't do. Let's go right now. We can't ignore the truth forever. We have to reveal everything."

"...Looking at it this way, it seems like it was a good thing we disbanded."

Shushruta said.

"And, I also obtained the information that the succession ceremony is three days later."

"What?"

Ashuban looked at Shushruta with a rather surprised expression.

"Then we don't have time for this?"

"That's right."

Ashuban immediately glared at Gustan.

"You're doing a good job, you beast. If you had given me a hint earlier, I would have gone and brought her back with plenty of time, wouldn't I?"

Gustan snorted.

"Well, I'll be. Did you ask? Did you ask? You're getting angry at the wrong person when you didn't even ask."

"What? Are you done talking? You irresponsible bastard. You're not qualified to be a leader. I'll kill you today and formally succeed Sherwood. If Hud is the successor of Richtiello, then I am the successor of Sherwood. Today was the succession ceremony."

Gustan muttered, cracking his neck.

"That's good news."

"Master, don't stop me. I'm going to kill that beast today."

"Bring it on."

"For Sherwood!"

Thud!

The former leader and the current leader of Sherwood clashed.

The table broke and the chairs flew.

Shushruta sighed and moved to the side.

Crack!

A chair flew to where Shushruta had been and shattered.

It didn't seem like she could be stopped even if she tried, so Shushruta just watched the fight with a half-resigned expression.

"Hehe."

Even in the midst of that, Linda was somehow clinging to Ashuban's back.

In the midst of that chaos, a languid voice was heard from the second floor.

"...What's going on?"

The two leaders, who were entangled with each other, breaking each other's arms or choking each other, stopped and looked at where the voice had come from.

"Heok!"

Ashuban, who was choking Gustan, gasped.

There, leaning against the railing with an extremely cold face, was Scarlet, looking down at the two of them.

She looked very tired for some reason.

"Ashuban."

"Yes, yes. Sis."

Ashuban immediately let go of Gustan's neck and answered politely.

"What's going on in the middle of the night?"

"Th-that's..."

Scarlet said, running her hand through her red hair rather nervously.

"You woke me up because it was so noisy. I was having trouble sleeping lately because of insomnia, and I finally managed to fall asleep."

Although Scarlet was smiling, a cold killing intent like that of a thousand-year-old snow was pouring from her eyes.

Fwoosh— Fwoosh—

Small flames formed and disappeared in the air around Scarlet.

It meant that she was very angry.

Ashuban broke out in a cold sweat.

"Uh, sis. It's not that, this beast..."

"Yes. Explain. I'm sure there was a serious reason to break in and wake me up in the middle of the night. Right?"

"Th-that's..."

Ashuban swallowed hard and then.

"I'm sorry, sis!"

Crash!

He jumped out of another window, and Shushruta also quickly followed him.

Gustan muttered with a dumbfounded face.

"No, why on earth do you go out the window when there's a perfectly good door?"

Scarlet yawned and grumbled.

"Yawn... I finally fell asleep. What's going on?"

Gustan answered.

"It seems he found Hudmilla."

"That's good. Hud was having a hard time too. She must have been, to go back to her family. She said she had to bury herself in work so she wouldn't think about it."

"Was that so?"

"She stopped by here before she went back to her family and said so."

"Well, I'll be... my memory is going. I should have told him earlier if I had known."

"I don't know. I didn't tell him on purpose."

"Why?"

Scarlet smiled.

"Wouldn't that be more fun?"

Gustan grumbled.

"And yet that guy only gets angry at me."

Scarlet looked around.

"Huh? But where's Linda? I think I heard Linda's voice earlier."

At Scarlet's words, Gustan remembered Linda, who had been clinging to Ashuban's back the whole time.

"I think she went with him."

Scarlet expressed her disappointment.

"Ah... what a shame. I wanted to keep her a little longer."

"It was about time."

"Yes, well. I taught her everything I could."

Gustan looked up at Scarlet with a puzzled face.

"You taught her everything?"

"Just about poison. That girl Linda, she's a genius. If you teach her one thing, she learns ten."

"Well, I'll be..."

At that moment, a brown-haired girl came out of the room Linda had been in, rubbing her eyes.

"Ugh... what's going on?"

Scarlet clicked her tongue.

"You're quite a heavy sleeper. Look at you, coming out after it's all over."

Mary blinked her eyes for a moment at the chaotic scene on the first floor.

"...Is this a dream?"

Scarlet took Mary and went down the stairs.

"Let's clean up and go back in since you're awake."

"Eh... did someone come and go?"

"Ashuban came and went with Shushruta."

"Really?"

"And Linda was with him when he left."

"Hing... he should have taken me too."

Mary sullenly picked up a broom.

***

"Heok... heok..."

After running for a long time, I stopped and caught my breath.

"He's not chasing me, right?"

Shushruta nodded.

"He's not chasing."

"Huu..."

I wiped my forehead with the back of my hand.

That was a close call.

The Heavenly Demon snorted.

[When did you say not to stop me, and now you're running away with your tail between your legs?]

"I couldn't help it. My sister is very scary when she's angry."

If I hadn't gotten out of there quickly, I might have been roasted on the spot...

I wiped the corners of my mouth with the back of my hand and muttered in a tragic tone.

"Hehe... I was lucky, leader."

"...."

"I was going to end his life today."

I felt a gaze and looked to the side, and Shushruta was looking at me with a pathetic look.

"What are you looking at?"

"...Hmph."

Shushruta said bluntly.

"Check your shoulder. There's a strange creature clinging to it."

At her words, I turned my head, and a girl with bright green hair was smiling at me.

"Ait, you scared me. What's this?"

"Hehe."

"When did you get on, you?"

Shushruta said.

"She's been clinging to you ever since you broke the window and broke into the restaurant."

"What? This clingy thing. You're so meticulous."

I reached behind me and grabbed Linda by the scruff of her neck and brought her forward.

The glistening green eyes of a madman.

A bright smile.

The green hair that was always in two braids was now long and flowing down to her shoulders.

Linda said, dangling.

"Devil! I missed you! A lot!"

The girl who was expressing her feelings by spreading her arms wide.

"You missed me a lot too, right, devil?"

"Hmm."

I had completely forgotten.

This crazy girl. I had left her here.

I looked at Shushruta, holding Linda dangling.

"You said there are three days until the succession ceremony."

"That's right."

"Do we have time?"

Shushruta unfolded a map and then nodded her head.

"Hmm... if we run fast, it might be possible."

"Alright."

I put Linda back on my back and said.

"Linda."

"Yeah?"

"Hold on tight. You might fall off because it's so fast."

"Okay! Devil, can I bite your ear?"

"No."

"Hing."

I created a wind and made it pass through the path of the wind.

Hwoooong!

The wind rose from the tips of my toes and enveloped my whole body.

"Woooong! It's cool!"

Linda giggled as her green hair flew in the wind.

"Shushruta. Guide me."

"Follow me."

Thwack!

I ran after Shushruta with Linda on my back.

A succession ceremony?

That's ridiculous.

The only thing you will succeed is the will of Sherwood.

[What is the will of Sherwood?]

I don't know that either.

[....]

Anyway, a succession ceremony.

Do you think it will go as you wish?

I'll crash it.

I'll crash it and make a grand mess.

As I made that promise, I unknowingly sped up and caught up with Shushruta, who was running ahead.

Shushruta looked at me with a dumbfounded face, as I had told her to guide me and then had caught up with her.

The strange sound of the wind and Linda's giggling laughter were heard alternately in my ears.

I used those noises as fuel and shot forward like a gust of wind.

"Hahahaha..."

Shushruta shouted.

"You fool! That's not the way!"

Ah.

The Heavenly Demon is stuffed in my head, Chapter 194