A few days later.The top of each country who made plan about Liliana――ten people were gathering in a certain place while they were all cordially sweating coldly like waterfall together.
It was a lineup that would make one wonder if an international summit would begin here, but the gathering this time was completely unofficial.
On the contrary, they weren’t gathering for negotiation or cooperating with each other.
To be more accurate they were gathered. Forcefully. All within these few minutes.
The top of a certain country who had only taken over after his predecessor not so long ago glanced at the cause, or rather the culprit.
「Perhaps you have any business with this one?」
「……No.」
‘Rather, it’s you who got business with us!’ Was how the leader wanted to tsukkomi, but he didn’t want to stir up the hornet nest so he shook his head.
That person――a maid was standing by silently once more near the wall.
Yes, that maid was exactly the culprit who abducted a leader of a country.
Just when he thought that a maid suddenly appeared behind him, he suddenly ate a fist to the guts, and when he noticed he was inside a spacious room that he didn’t know where it was located.
And then, he believed that the leaders of other countries most likely also went through the same thing like him.
Because standing behind each of the leader of each country who was made to sit around a round table, were maids who seemed to be in charge of the leader in front of them.
Every single one of the maids was a beauty who would make anyone to be taken aback in surprise and their breath stolen away. Anyone who was a man would surely got their eyes reeled in.
But, naturally no one had the composure to admire the view.
(Former president Schwarnenegger. I was wrong calling your attitude weak. I should listen to your warning……)
He rubbed his stomach that still felt a bit hurt while murmuring in his heart. When he looked closer, it seemed the other people were also oddly concerned with their stomach. It appeared everyone ate a punch to the guts.
This was where he wanted to say just what they were doing to the leader of a country, but the person who would come after this was a monster who would crush the unreasonableness brought by country with even more unreasonableness to have his own way.
「Forgive my rudeness but, just now, are you perhaps thinking of something strange?」
「N, nnoo, I’m not thinking anything!」
「Is that so……my apologies.」
The maid was too sharp. And then too terrifying. An aura of wrath leaked out for a moment, no it was a killing intent. The amount of his cold sweat doubled from that. It was already a waterfall. It was as though he was getting showered.
When he glanced at the clock, it would soon be the time that was told to him.
*Tick tock*, the sound of clock’s hand was strangely reverberating.
Before long, the time arrived.
Without any advance warning, all the maids moved in front of the door simultaneously. Without making a single sound of footstep, they split to left and right with five people on each side. Their posture was beautiful.
「The lord has come. ……Don’t you all know manner?」
The maid――Heliotrope-san emitted a gruesome killing intent!
The leaders of the countries simultaneously stood up! Cold sweat was flowing from them to the degree that there was a worry of dehydration!
A beat later, Heliotrope opened the door with a reverent gesture. His majesty the demon king who showed his figure was……
「O, oou?」
Leaking out a bewildered voice that sounded slightly creeped out.
He gave the order to gather the ringleaders of the case this time because he wanted to talk to them, but the moment the door was opened, the maids were lining up in good order while bowing their head, furthermore the leaders of each country were lowering their head with face that looked like they had seen death. Especially while they were sweating so much it caused Hajime to be taken aback!
Even the demon king――Hajime-san too was a bit surprised.
*Cough* Hajime cleared his throat. He entered inside after pulling himself together.
There, a spasming voice rose from among the wive~s who were accompanying him together.
「Ve, Venri!? Thy, what art thy doing in this kind of place!?」
「I am a maid, princess.」
Well, of course. She was wearing maid uniform after all.
‘That’s not what I wisheth to ask!!’ Tio stamped her feet in frustration.
Real name Venri. Her true identity was a dragonman. Furthermore, she was Tio’s wet nurse. An existence that wouldn’t be an exaggeration even if she was called as her second mother. (TN: Appeared in the extra story of LN vol 3)
Such existence was being her husband’s maid when she noticed!
No, she was from a clan that was serving Klarus family for many generations, so it wasn’t strange even if she was serving Hajime now, but still! ‘Still, still, I di~dn’t hear anything about this thy know!?’ Tio argued vehemently, but Venri or rather Fleur Knights rank three Ivy-san only smiled sweetly. (TN: Until now I have been using Claus for Tio’s surname, changing it to Klarus here cause it seemed I have misread the reading until now)
In addition, she was older than Tio so originally she was woman that looked like past her middle age, but now no matter how Tio looked at her, she looked like she was around the middle of her thirtieth. She felt like an attractive mature lady who was overflowing with motherhood and sex appeal. No matter how Tio saw it, her age was rejuvenated.
It couldn’t be helped that even Tio whose mental strength was at cheat level got flustered.
Tio was going to speak further, but before she could, this time it was Shia who raised her voice.
「Nea-chan!? Don’t tell me, don’t tell me even Nea-chan!?」
「I am a maid, Shia-oneesama.」
Well, of course. She was wearing maid uniform after all.
And then Liliana asked further with a gesture as though she was enduring a headache.
「Excuse me~, could it be that you are her highness the imperial princess of the empire, Tracy D Hoelscher?」
「I am a maid, Liliana-sama.」
Well, of course. She was wearing maid uniform after all. ‘I get it. This pattern. I’m used to it already! Even if it’s an imperial princess of the empire, furthermore it’s a princess who is famous for being a war hawk even among the imperial family, yes, that’s right isn’t it! You are a maid aren’t you!’
The maid imperial princess-sama――or rather Fleur Knights rank 7 Torenia was chuckling 「Ufufu」 bewitchingly. In respond Liliana also smiled back 「Long time no see, ufufu~」looking like she had abandoned everything.
Naturally, because Liliana had obtained such immunity that she didn’t make any tsukkomi or anything when at the corner of her sight she caught sight of one other person who she recognized. Even if for example that person looked exactly the same like the captain of the kingdom’s knight order, Kuzeri Rail!
「He, hey, Shizuku-chan. No matter how I see it, that can only be Kuzeri-san though.」
「Kaori, what a coincidence. I also see it like that.」
It seemed Liliana wasn’t mistaken. By the way, she was rank 4. It was something terribly concerning about who was the present knight order captain of the kingdom. Though Liliana wanted to believe that the seat wasn’t empty by all means.
While feeling the gazes that insisted 「Give us detailed explanation!」 from everyone, especially Tio, Hajime returned his gaze toward the country leaders who were looking at each other’s face idly.
「Now then, why are all of you gathered in this place, you all should understand the situation already.」
The atmosphere changed. There was an abnormal pressure that even felt like it was giving physical pressure.
When Hajime moved forward, the transcendental maids who annihilated the force they dispatched and abducted them without regards of the existing security were standing by behind him.
That figure which was clad in black based attire and served upon by combat maid group――
「Demon king……」
Someone muttered.
「Well then, let’s have a talk. Rationally, peacefully, just like cultured people, agreed?」
Hearing those words, the expression of the leaders who thought that surely they would be killed just like this and were seeking for a chance to make excuse became a bit anticlimax. Some had their toughness that was fitting as the leader of a country restored thinking that perhaps there was ground for negotiation.
Right after that, they became aware that it was only their misunderstanding.
「And? Whose relative do you guys think you are trying to lay your hand on huuh?」
Black wind blew. It was an overwhelmingly ominous pressure that made them hallucinated that. They saw the vision of their heart being tightly grasped!
How were they going to pay to settle this?
Nobody was able to answer that “first discussion”.
