Magical Comprehensive Travel

After Wilbert's death, the new demon king Leohart's ascension created a new force.

That is the current Demon King faction, which is a fusion of radicals and conservatives.

However——the highest decision-making power of the current Demon Lord faction is not only in Leohart's hands. Because there are still some high-level demons whose ages are innumerable.

The Cardinal, the organization that elected Leohart as the new demon king, has seven deadly sins - namely "arrogance", "jealousy", "rage", "laziness", "greed", "gluttony", "lust" " is the symbol of the seven seats. Now--

"I never imagined that Marquis Zolkier would die like this."

"That's right. The thought of never being able to go to his playground again makes me regret."

"What's the problem... He's not the only one who can open the playground. Wouldn't it be better to let someone else take over? It would be a pity if the banquets and women there just disappeared."

These demons are located in the royal city of the current Demon Sect—the lowest underground level, a high-level meeting room that only a few people know about. They were sitting at the round table in the center of the room, and you were chatting with each other before the upcoming meeting, and the topic revolved around - the death of Zokiel, who once sat in the "Lust" seat.

"Speaking of which, why did he die when he was suspended for inspection... He was suspended because he wanted to attack Willian's only daughter, so he should be punished."

"Are you saying that you were cursed by Wilbert? Don't make trouble... I think, he is probably playing with his masterpieces all day long, killing himself."

"Makes sense." When everyone laughed so low--

One person closed his eyes and remained silent. That young demon sitting in the eighth seat, which was set aside from the Seven Deadly Sins, the young man with sharp eyebrows, was the current Demon King Leohart.

He listened to the cardinals talking endlessly about Zokyr's death--

A bunch of lustful thieves.

In my heart, I thought it was disgusting coldly. If he doesn't speak his mind directly, there is a reason why he can't do it. ——Now, the Cardinal has power equal to or higher than that of Demon King Leohart.

The surface talk is to prevent excessive centralization. The Council of Cardinals was not only a consultative body for the Demon Lord, but also had the effect of removing the Demon Lord’s status if it were determined that Leohart was too out of control in exercising his power. But—in fact it wasn't.

Leohart had indeed made outstanding achievements in the previous war, but he was selected as the new Demon Lord simply because he was the best tool for the Cardinal.

On the one hand, electing the young Leohart as the Demon King can show the military and civilians the rejuvenation of the political core and attract more support; on the other hand, it is easy for them to exert political influence on the Leohart they have elected. Although the power or combat power of a single member is lower than that of Leohart, if Leohart opposed the entire decision of the Cardinal, they would be able to drag him off the throne of the Demon King on the spot.

Therefore, in fact, the political core has not become younger, but has returned to the political system dominated by the Cardinal as before Wilbert's reign. It's just that, as far as the status quo is concerned, if Leohart wants to keep his position as the Demon King, he must let the Cardinals use it.

But that's at best the status quo. Just wait for me.

Demon King Leohart opened his eyes slightly, stared at those cardinals with hostility, and made a secret oath.

I must destroy you blood-sucking worms in the demon world with my own hands, and leave none of them.

Leohart won't be content to play the cardinal's puppet forever. If you want to create a new order in the Demon World, it is important to pacify the moderate factions or other forces that have resisted for a long time - but the most important thing is to eradicate these old pests in front of you.

Of course, they had lived in the Demon World for a long time, and their influence was inestimable; if they handled it improperly, they might fall into death in a blink of an eye, but Leohart's determination did not waver. So - first...

Leohart looked at the empty seats at the round table, but it wasn't Zokiel's "lust". Of the eight seats that included Leohart, only six were seated.

That's right - there's one more that hasn't arrived yet. ——At this moment, the heavy door of the high-level pavilion meeting room suddenly opened slowly, and then——

"I'm sorry everyone, I'm late..." A high-level demon entered the conference room with a low voice, and took a leisurely pace to sit on the highest seat in the Seven Deadly Sins.

That was the president who ruled the Cardinals - Archduke Belphegor.

"What's the matter, Lord Belferge? It's very late today." A member of the Cardinal asked Belferger, who appeared much later than the scheduled time.

"Well... I was dealing with Zokyr's affairs, and I accidentally delayed." Belphegor replied with a deep smile.

"Isn't it decided before that until his successor is elected, I will be the seat of "Lust" for the time being? I have no interest in his research and property... But that playground is another matter, no wonder It's a pity. So I think I'll take over that place in the future."

The remark made the other MP laughed with joy. "Oh...that's really good. It's absolutely appropriate to leave it to Lord Belphegor, and I won't be afraid of finding a place to play in the future."

Belphegor, who symbolizes laziness, is the longest-lived demon in the demon world, and he is also famously lecherous, even higher than Zokiel. It is said that the number of women in the harem in his city has as many as four figures.

However, the president of the Cardinal is naturally not a general person, and Belphegor is also a figure standing at the top of the current high-level demons of the Demon King faction, which is itself a symbol of the ancient times.

"I'm really sorry to ask your majesty to wait for my old bones... I've been busy making all the women over there my things, and it's hard to control the time."

After listening to Belphegor say so without blushing and breathing—

"It's a good thing to have energy, Belphegor." Leohart replied calmly. Compared to Mio Naruse, who inherited Wilbert's power, or Ramsas, the leader of the moderate faction, Leohart wanted to get rid of Belphegor, so he must not discover the killing intent in his heart.

Afterwards, Belferguetti announced with "Then everyone": "Let's start today's meeting - first of all, it is about the preservation of those heroic spirits that slept in the ruins dug up in the Western Regions a few days ago."

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In the space filled with heavy silence, there are nightmare sisters who are staring at each other.

Naruse Maria and her older sister Lucia. Maria came to Lucia's office and started reporting everything.

And now——the heavy silence in the room was caused by Maria, who finished her report, waiting for Lucia to speak.

In the breathless silence, Maria lowered her eyes and didn't move, and finally——

"Is that all there is to it?"

Lucia spit out an extremely cold voice. then--

"Maria...I am very aware of your love for your mother, and I don't blame you for this. Your feelings when you learned that your mother was a hostage, and your thoughts of betraying Mio-sama, all of this. I'm not completely incomprehensible."

"I understand." Maria raised her gaze and met Lucia who was sitting on the chair on the other side of the desk in front of her.

"But—even so, at that time, your priority was to carry out your mission to protect Mio-sama, not to worry about your mother's safety. If Mr. Hantian didn't know about it, I don't need to tell me what the consequences would be. I just don't understand. , why are you doing this?"

Maria had an answer to Lucia's question in her heart, but she couldn't say it, because she still didn't want to believe it was the truth—and she didn't want to say it with her own mouth. But--

"Tell me, Maria, how exactly did Zokyr seduce you?"

Lucia pressed her further. The shrewd elder sister in front of her is not someone who can be fooled by being silent and lying.

"It's because of Sheila." An unexpected voice came from the side.