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"Hmm." Her casual expression vanished, replaced by a serious one, and Mino slowly sat up.
"Since the First Secretary and the zombie demon are here together, it can only mean one thing."
With an unprecedented seriousness in his eyes, Mino looked at the two demons present and chuckled softly, "It seems..."
"Massage and food services are offered as a combo package, right?"
"What nonsense are you spouting?!"
Taking a deep breath, Kletina decided not to engage with Mino's conversation any further and asked directly:
“Mino, I think you should remember, a year ago, the Frost Dragon King Callest and the Fire Dragon Queen Ignis descended upon the capital of Kur, and they made a pact with you. Do you know what that pact was…”
"You mean that 'marriage contract'?" Mino asked, slightly surprised.
Kleidina's question caught in her throat, and her eyes suddenly widened as if she hadn't quite grasped the situation.
Fim's bow swayed slightly as she turned her head and stared blankly at Mino.
The air suddenly fell into a vacuum-like silence.
"So that secret contract really exists, and it's a marriage contract... right?"
With some difficulty organizing her thoughts, Kletina looked at Mino and asked with a strange expression.
In the corner, Artotai stood at attention—just as he was about to update the tip of his sword on the wall with a history of giving away freebies, he suddenly didn't know what to write.
"Huh?" Mino was taken aback.
Then, he let out an even louder, unbelievable scream: "Ah—??!"
Chapter 101 Fim, Your Uncle Dotes on His Dad!
With wide eyes and a hoarse voice, Mino looked at Kletina and asked, trying to deceive himself:
"How did you know?!"
"How the hell did you know... You've practically revealed yourself right on their doorstep!!!"
Unable to contain his rage any longer, Artotai pierced the writing on the wall with his sword, roaring, "Congratulations, my lord!!! You've broken a record for a freebie that even you yourself can never surpass!!!"
"Wash the motor (Oh no—)!" Mino exclaimed in disbelief, clutching his head in his hands.
"Is it because things have been going too smoothly lately, with all the freebies coming out of my head like they're not even mine..."
"Is what's flowing out of your brain just water?!"
"No, no, how could this be... Oh! I see!" Mino suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with a naive clarity:
"They actually exploited my blind spot... to set such an ingenious verbal trap?! Damn it! You despicable demon!!!"
Mino glared angrily at Kletina, her face contorted with grief: "Don't you feel any remorse for doing this?!"
"Don't you have a conscience about shifting the blame to the demons like this?!" Altotai was shocked.
What a clever verbal trap! Anyone with eyes can see you automatically replied before the other person even finished speaking, right? That's faster than the Kingdom Library's AI traversal magic response!
“Uh… actually, our interrogation hasn’t even started yet.” Kletina felt a little guilty for some reason.
But upon closer reflection, she was a demon; she had no heart.
Ignoring Mino's sighing and looking up at the sky, I frowned and pondered, skipping the process and going straight to the result... Unexpectedly, the dragon contract made a year ago was actually a marriage contract, and it belonged to the two pure-blooded dragon kings who ruled the dragons.
No wonder, she had also heard that the dragon kings of the ice dragon and fire dragon races had a relationship that was both irreconcilable and extremely close.
This makes sense. A year ago, the two dragon kings made a pact with Mino because Mino, the dragon slayer, had become famous throughout the continent. And the only person of significance who could witness the marriage of the ice and fire dragon kings was the strongest human warrior, who was independent of the dragon race.
Kleidina's eyes widened, and her body trembled slightly, as if she had realized a serious situation.
Now, the year has passed.
The Frost Dragon King and the Fire Dragon Queen are about to officially unite—but at this time their "matchmaker," Mino, is tied up in the Demon King's castle.
If those two Dragon Kings were to come together, leading a large number of dragons to rescue Mino... even with the Demon King's Castle's barrier and Lady Mia's Demon King power, it would probably be a tough battle. After all, the dragon race is the only race that can suppress the demon race with air superiority.
"No, dragons are proud and aloof by nature, and would never get involved in such a thing."
Kleidina frowned slightly, and based on the information from Swell, she deduced something:
"Judging from the fact that the Frost Dragon King Callest descended upon the palace and then left quietly without being enraged... that Frost Tyrant has already obtained what he wanted, which is just a contract, and he can simply change the witness."
"Without the Kingdom of Kur, where Mino resides, it would be impossible to trade on equal terms with a high and mighty Frost Dragon."
"It's more likely a compromise. The contract witnessed by Mino carries enough weight, and the two dragon kings, whose marriage is imminent, are unlikely to have the time or inclination to assist Mino, who has already 'lost his value'..."
Thinking this through, Kleidina gradually calmed down, though a hint of worry appeared in her eyes:
"However, once the engagement is finalized... those shrewd humans might actually be able to use Mino's remaining favor to request help from the Ice and Fire Dragon King, or at the very least, the dragon races of both races!"
"Regardless of the circumstances, the Kingdom of Kur has a very high probability of forming a formidable dragon cavalry force!!!"
"We must stop Callest and Ignis from getting together... but how?"
Krytina held the sleeping Mia in her arms, her eyes slightly closed. The shadows on her body peeled away, splitting into two shadow clones... One carried Mia silently back to her room on the ground floor, while the other went directly to the top floor of the Demon King's castle. Krytina then summoned Svir's true form.
“Sviel, calculate the information Mino just gave us… Also, how much information do you have about dragons, especially the Frost Dragon King and the Fire Dragon Queen?”
Kleidina informed Swell of the latest intelligence and calmly asked.
"So fast?" Somewhat surprised that Mino confessed in just three seconds, Swell knew the gravity of the matter. Without further ado, the pages of the book were rendered in the inky darkness of the night... Fragments of knowledge emerged from the depths of the book demon's mind, connecting with new information and constantly deducing and verifying the authenticity of the "knowledge".
"The existing 'knowledge' is far too scarce... However, the information about the marriage contract between the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings is highly likely to be confirmed by calculations!"
Swell said somewhat solemnly, and then answered another question from Kletina:
"Dragons have always been a small race, and they prefer to live in remote and unbearable places... They leave very few traces, and there is very little written knowledge about them. It is unlikely that there will be an opportunity to secretly disrupt a dragon's ceremony elsewhere."
"Lady Kletina, if you want to break up the engagement between the two dragon kings, I guess... you'll have to start with that contract!"
Having received the intelligence, Svir quickly deduced Kletina's intentions from her questions and, using the computational power of the Book Demon, gave the most pertinent advice.
As soon as he finished speaking, the clone suddenly disintegrated.
Inside the cell, Kletina nodded as expected, which was similar to her final plan: find out the location of the dragon contract and destroy it secretly!
Whatever that contract may be, once it is broken, it means that all the plans of the Frost Dragon King Calest, the Fire Dragon Queen Ignis, and Mino and the human faction behind them will be shattered like a dream, never to make a ripple again...
Although it may be cruel to those involved, the struggle between humans and demons has always been like this—
After seeing Mia off, Kletina looked at Mino in the cell: It seems that the crux of all this still has to do with the person in front of her, the instigator of all this trouble... The plan remains unchanged, we still need to extract that crucial information from Mino's mouth!
Looking at Mino, who was lounging in a slumped "Ge You slouch" on the large prison bed, exhausted from the recent freebie, Kletina smiled back:
"Hero, now comes the interrogation—"
"What?!" Mino, lying on the bed, trembled and said, her lips shaking.
"You guys want me to give myself to you twice in such a short time... My body can't take it!!!"
"This is an act of evil! We condemn it! We strongly condemn it!"
“Thank you for the compliment.” Kletina smiled elegantly. “However, I think this won’t stump the strongest hero of light in human history, will it? Or are you saying… the legendary torturer hero’s spine is so weak, hehe, that’s truly—”
She gently raised her right hand, the pale pink lace sleeve sliding down her wrist to reveal her fair and fragrant arm. Kletina's pinkish-white fingertips were slightly cupped in front of her chin as she chuckled softly:
"Oh, kawaii koto na~ (So cute!)"
In an instant, Mino straightened his spine and glared angrily. Even though he knew it was a provocative spell from the Rose Shadow Demon, the pride unique to the Holy Body of Freedom still wouldn't allow him to back down at this moment.
"I'll come!" Mino said confidently, his face beaming with righteous indignation.
"Anyway, after so many times, your massage techniques and pressure have completely taken on the shape of my body ('Isn't normal the opposite?') Altotai complained. The effect has been greatly reduced. It's no longer '1x1,' but '1+1'!"
A proud voice echoed quietly in the cell.
"The same finger placement won't work on me a second time!!!"
"Really?" Upon hearing this, Kletina paused, then listened intently, murmuring softly, "It seems I'll have to ask Swell to provide me with some advanced finger techniques..."
"However, I am not the one being interrogated today."
A moment later, Kleinna, who had been distracted, looked up and gracefully stepped aside.
The zombie maid, who had been standing quietly to the side, blinked, and the large bow on her back began to sway rhythmically, appearing in the center of Mino's field of vision.
Seemingly surprised that the interrogator was Fim, Mino shuddered, as if betrayed and utterly devastated. She looked at Fim in utter shock and murmured:
“Fim, is it you too…”
Fim tilted her head, her sleeve tightening slightly as if she were making a great effort to convince herself not to spoil Mino today, and said earnestly:
"Mino, confess?"
"Why? Why?!" Mino suddenly clenched her fists inexplicably, her voice filled with agitation:
"I ate your food! I slept in your blanket! I heard your goodnight every day! And now, you're pretending nothing happened and trying to interrogate me?!"
"Why you? Why you of all people?!"
Looking up at the ceiling, Mino blinked two tears, like someone who had just eaten and was dozing off, and her voice was filled with deep disappointment.
Across from her, the zombie maid, who had barely managed to suppress her emotions, tiptoed nervously and lowered her head with a hint of guilt.
"Hey!" Altottai looked at Mino in shock.
"If the maid had eaten a little more omelet rice, she wouldn't have said such childish things, would she? Don't you want to listen to what you're saying—"
"Fim's already a bit slow, and you're still teasing her?!?!"
"The struggle between humans and demons has always been like this!" Mino waved his hand and rebuked Altottai in the corner:
"Once interrogation begins, they become the enemy. If the interrogation can be done in a daze, you absolutely cannot be soft-hearted. Otherwise... otherwise..."
Mino looked up, her face filled with sorrow: "You'll end up like me!!!"
"..." Altottai was speechless, and for a moment he felt that what was said made a lot of sense, and he had no words to say in response.
Looking at his hero's spoiled, good-for-nothing face, and thinking that the maid also bore some responsibility, his urge to scold him lessened slightly. Altote could only nod slightly and listen attentively to the hero's heartfelt words:
Inside the cell, Mino, with his spine held high, spoke in a resounding voice:
Therefore, when faced with the devil's torment, our answer is only one word:
【Ding--】
The torture quest for the demon "Fim" has been generated.