Volume 6 Chapter 8: Lisabeth’s Lie

---

Author: 夜州 (Yashu)

Previous | TOC | Raws | Next

---

Having moved over to the reception room, Cain explained the circumstances to Seto and Lefane, who were sitting facing him.

Lisabeth changed in a different room; they decided that she would go back to her own room to change and then join them again.

Their departure was also changed to the afternoon, and Darmeshia was now making black tea for them.

“But still, Cain-sama, you’re a real piece of work. To think you’d lay your hands on Her Highness.”

“Like I said, you’re wrong… Lisabeth will explain once she comes here…”

While Seto was making light of it, Lefane had a strict expression.

There was a knock on the door, and Lisabeth entered the room, having changed clothes.

She silently sat down next to Cain.

However, she sat so close to him that their shoulders were in direct contact.

“Good morning, everyone. That was quite embarrassing earlier…”

Cain smiled bitterly at Lisabeth, who greeted them while blushing.

“So then, let’s hear it. Why were you two in the same bed…? Your Highness, you should know. The meaning of sleeping in the same bed.”

Lefane asked that question with conviction once they had all properly settled down.

“We were talking about what would happen from the next day onwards last night. Then, Lisabeth said she wanted to sleep together… then…”

“But I mean, Cain-sama, you should also be plenty aware that a boy and girl sleeping together will cause problems…?”

“About that, Lisabeth said… That for minors, sharing the same bed is not a problem… right?”

Cain turned to Lisabeth, sitting next to him, asking for her agreement.

But when he looked around at her, Lisabeth just stuck her tongue out at him and smiled smugly.

“Ehehe. I –– lied.”

“W-what…”

That was what Lisabeth, who was usually quiet and collected, answered, blushing slightly.

Cain’s shoulders slumped, crestfallen, but Lefane’s expression was still stern.

“So then… you’re unmarried, moreover you slept with Her Highness the Imperial Princess, how are you going to take responsibility?”

Unable to answer by himself, Cain glanced at Seto, who however, perhaps feeling Lefane’s anger, simply looked downwards, not saying anything.

At that moment, Darmeshia opened his mouth, smiling.

“Lefane-sama, if you say such words to Cain-sama all of a sudden, he won’t be able to answer instantly. He is only a human noble, after all. Moreover, currently, this is an important time for Her Imperial Highness. I think giving him a little time and asking him later would be the best, if possible.”

Darmeshia knew all too well that if Lefane got angry, there would be no mercy.

She had already chased him all the way to death’s door once before.

So, he had advised to make the focus not Cain’s relationships, but the problems with the imperial capital.

And while Lefane was really strict when it came to love, she also understood that there was something extremely important going on in the demon countries.

If a war broke out, Cain would take part as a human, and be their enemy.

And Seto had already told her, that if it came to a war with the humans, the demons –– would be destroyed.

So, they should not be hostile towards Cain at all costs.

When Seto had first explained it to her, she hadn’t believed him.

If that cute boy were serious, the country would be destroyed? Thinking of it normally, it was impossible.

Having made a full revolution in her brain, Lefane sighed.

There was no use in thinking any more about it right then and there. Just as Darmeshia had said, they currently had bigger problems.

“It cannot be helped, then. Demons really are in grave danger right now. But, once this is over, we will hear your answer.”

Unopposed to that, Cain nodded obediently.

But still, he had thought of Lisabeth as dignified and collected up until then, but today she had a charm about her and was constantly smiling.

While wondering which one was the real Lisabeth, Cain listened to Seto talk about what would happen later.

◇◇◇

“So then, let’s depart!”

Cain and the others’ carriages had left Seto’s city, and were now heading towards the imperial capital.

Originally, a dedicated carriage had been prepared for Lisabeth, and Cain was to ride in Seto’s carriage, but Lisabeth had stubbornly insisted she wanted to be in the same carriage as Cain, so Cain had no choice but to ride in her carriage instead.

As it was to be ridden by the imperial princess, the carriage was luxurious.

At first, Cain had wondered if they couldn’t use Transfer or fly through the sky, but apparently only higher-ranked demons could use transfer magic, meaning their bodyguards couldn’t. Moreover, using transfer magic was supposedly forbidden in the imperial capital.

Darmeshia was Cain and Lisabeth’s carriage’s coachman, and the carriage made its way slowly towards the imperial capital.

The demon countries, while each Demon King called them countries, were only one capital-sized city as a hub with a scattering of smaller towns around them under their management.

The imperial capital was also called a country, even while it was just a single city.

They weren’t too far off schedule-wise either, as even though they had departed in the afternoon, they would still arrive by next evening.

Moreover, it seemed like there was a town a day away, so there was no problem in regards to accommodation either.

On the way, they stayed a night in the town’s inn, but the rooms were rather more luxurious than Cain had been expecting, which was new.

Due to Seto passing through countless times, apparently they had made a few rooms luxurious.

Finishing breakfast, they left the town.

The road to the royal capital was paved with cobblestones, and the public order was relatively good too. And while there was a forest inhabited by monsters nearby, they were regularly exterminated, so they were unable to really rise up.

The carriages proceeded along without incident, and by the evening, the imperial capital had come into view.

“That, is the imperial capital.”

Sticking his face out of the carriage’s small window at Lisabeth’s words, Cain saw the white-coloured imperial capital.

It wasn’t flashy, but the cityscape was beautiful due to the uniformity in colour.

“I have high expectations of you.”

Said Lisabeth, and Cain felt that her profile was even more beautiful than usual.

---

Previous | TOC | Raws | Next