I Misunderstood the Date and Saved the Demon King

29. Ruined

The second Tribal Alliance meeting was held. As expected of this topic, is it possible to trust the demons and move forward along the path of peace?

However, it was the moderates who spoke first at this meeting.

“Look, everyone. The demon lords are still quietly waiting at the academy. We’re waiting for the academy’s school closure to end! What does this mean? They want peace.”

“I agree. There is a high probability that the previous raid was an act of force majeure.”

The demon lords, who had already made a justification for defending against demon raiders with their own hands, now became another good reason by keeping quiet.

If he had just disappeared from his seat, he would have asked what hardliners were like and said he was certain that he came to the academy with some ulterior motive.

But that didn’t happen. Thanks to this, the moderates were able to speak out more strongly.

“Ummm….”

“Do demon lords really want peace… ?”

Thanks to that, some of the hardliners were showing signs of faltering.

If you want to change sides, now is the time. If you quickly go over and raise your opponent’s hand when the balance is still tight, you won’t be treated as a more perfect contributor.

“Isn’t that even possible a trap?”

“Unless the demon lords are fools, there is no way they can move there.”

Of course, the extreme hardliners seemed to have a strong desire to hang on to their pods somehow.

Because I was convinced that if I backed off, I had to vomit everything out, somehow, to get a promise to guarantee their minimum rights.

That’s why he increased the danger of the demons to them. He said, “Have you forgotten how cruel and despicable they were during the Great War in the past?”

I am not trying to persuade the moderates. This is what I want to say to the people of the empire, the elves, and the dwarves who will hear the news out there. Can you guys really hold hands with the demons?

‘I bet you, at least 5 out of 10 would say you can’t.’

‘No matter how hard I try, I can’t easily turn their hearts around.’

That’s why hardliners touch Lethe’s past and secretly tinker with the ‘betrayal’ card.

Did Lete really want to betray? I do not know. Be not interested in. It doesn’t matter. The really important thing is that the demons were strong enough to shake even that ‘war hero’ in the past.

If you hypothesize that trusting them in that way could result in betrayal at the crucial moment and meet a terrible end, it is certain that anyone will nod their heads and say that peace is premature.

After that, the tedious war of words continued between the moderates and the hardliners. It doesn’t end like this.

Where a little more weight is put on one side, some moderates who are watching can join them and get a quote to end this fight.

“Ah, come to think of it. Eridike Where is the commander? Didn’t he say he was coming to meet Lord Lethe, who will be at the academy on our behalf?”

When an imperial noble opened his mouth, everyone nodded and looked at Ridike.

At that, the blue-haired elf, who had been silent until now, let out a sigh.

“Warrior leader. Did you go and see Sir Lethe?”

“What do you say? Is he still on the side of the Demon King?”

“You should be proud. The demon lords taught by Lord Lethe are working hard for peace!”

“How many times do you say you don’t know if it’s an effort or a goal?”

Can’t stand it and argue again. Boring. I’m sick of it, so I’m going to go to the middle of the day.

One of the elven elders taps the conference room floor with a cane to lighten the atmosphere.

“Okay, quiet everyone. Quiet! Let’s listen to the words of the warrior commander Eridike.”

Humans, elves, and dwarves all waited for her answer. No, to be precise, I was curious about the opinion of the war hero in the academy. What will he really think about this matter?

“… Everyone.”

Soon after, the warrior chief of the Blue Moon Tribe, another war hero, and the strongest of the elves parted their lips.

“Before I convey Lethe’s words, I declare that I will completely follow his opinion.”

“Oh, no!”

“Warrior leader! What a shame! How can you be a proud guardian of the forest to the likes of a human!”

“Shut up! Don’t open your mouth to something you’ve never fought properly!”

On the other hand, the human and dwarf sides reacted like that or not. The elves in the conference hall were bickering with each other, saying, “Shut up, you shut up.”

The reason was that the humans and the dwarves would look down on them if the hero and strongman of their camp went out in a low profile like that.

Thumping!—

Once again, the elf elder tapped the floor of the conference hall, this time with a very angry expression. As you said, in front of both humans and dwarves, it was meant to denigrate what kind of ugliness this is.

Fortunately, that action kept the elves silent and sat down in their seats.

“Eridike Warrior. Say your opinion.”

“Thank you, Elder. Then… I will pass on Lethe’s words.”

After catching his breath, Lee Dike took a look around his audience and slowly let go of his rhyme.

“He wants to sell his worries.”

“… ?”

“Hmm?”

A word full of meaning that no matter who hears it, it is pitiful. The moment the hardliners distorted their impressions and tried to say something.

“I believe in our children. There will never be a stabbing in the back, so please stop now and focus on returning to your life before the war. In addition, I think it is right for those who have suffered from fighting the demons before to receive a reasonable reward.”

Moderates up to the middle, and hardliners towards the end. When everyone hears the answer they want, they either nod their heads or get lost in thought.

Once Lethe officially sided with the moderates. Mentioned directly. Rest assured that you will never have anything to worry about.

If something like that happens, the person who was sure of it will be responsible, so stop it now.

In addition, it opened its own final retreat for hardliners. Let’s give some compensation to those who went through a hard time fighting the demons. What does this mean? It is, of course, the story of the hardliners.

It has been a long time since we have already conducted a non-gong award for the war veterans. There is no need to talk about compensation here again. Even so, if Lete said that, wouldn’t that mean taking care of the hardliners?

‘While raising the hand of our moderates….’

‘… I won’t completely flirt with us hardliners.’

Not bad. Just looking at what he suggested, it can be seen as the best way.

It is to inform those who are slowly paying attention, ‘Now is the last train.’

“Mmm.”

The 2nd Prince, who attended as a member of the imperial family, also quickly caught on to the inside.

‘A person who is better at fighting than anyone else, but also capable of wielding people just as well.’

The second prince’s evaluation of the character Lethe was like that. My older brother looked at him and dismissed him as a commoner who only ate kabobs, but at least he never thought of him that way.

If he really only knew how to eat kabobs, would he have come this far? When you bow down, bow down, when you back down, back down, when you have to negotiate, you negotiate. You can do that because you know the right moment.

If I had swung the sword foolishly, my sister, the crown princess, would not have snatched it right away in the first place.

‘Bonus, he fights when he has to fight and kills ruthlessly when he has to kill.’

Many people who gathered at the alliance meeting would think of it as a simple presentation of opinions or a kind of guarantee to show their trust in the demon lords while listening to Lette’s words from Lidike.

But the second prince didn’t see it that way. Rather, the man named Lethe was a little afraid.

‘What is this… Isn’t this the final, chilling warning?’

Why would you offer generous conditions? It means that we have no intention of conceding more than this. It is the warning of the war hero that he will now laugh and kill the bastard who wants more here without notice.

I’m sorry to the hardliners, but it’s good to step back a little from this point. So are the demon kings, so are the moderates, and so are Lethe. Since we backed off first like that, it was right to back off together.

If you get greedy and say sh*t like ‘just one more step’ here, you might end up in big trouble―

“This is disappointing. Sir Lethe is not an academy instructor. As that instructor, are you just passing by the tragedy that happened at the academy? It seems that you are too lenient with those four demon lords!”

“… ?”

What is that bastard talking about now? The second prince quickly checked who had said that.

‘Damn it.’

My older brother, one of the 1st Prince’s subordinates. The master is stupid, so the subordinate must also be stupid. No, if there is such a thing as a thinking head, do you mean that you have to say such a thing right here?

No matter how much it is done to shake public sentiment, the opponent is Lete. He is that war hero!

“Who is really sure that the demon lords have no ulterior motives? This time it was an academy, but who guarantees that next time it won’t go for the system!”

It must be dried. If the first prince ordered her to do it, she should end the relationship immediately.

This went too far. There is a line that must not be crossed no matter where you go, and neither the moderate wave nor the hardliner wave nor himself tried to cross that line. I mean, stepping on it.

“So.”

At this time, Ridike said in a voice that seemed to know that.

“Lethe told me to tell you this too. Even if that thing you worry about happens, it doesn’t really matter.”

… Ruined. The moment he heard those words, the second prince was certain that all calculations were wrong.

A war hero who withdrew from the front line due to an injury, the first prince and the hardliners who knew it and quietly poked at it from behind. And to yourself.

But that’s what you’re worried about. That saying that it doesn’t matter even if the demon lords have ulterior motives meant one in the end.

‘Everything has recovered. hahahaha. Screwed up sh*t.’