JOURNEY TO THE KINGDOM OF STARS

Mountains of documents piled up on my desk, I've spent about three days in this place. After the Demon Lord revives, I must complete these documents as soon as possible to make the King's work easier.

As the Demon Lord's secretary, I must continue to assist with all his needs. And this activity I've been doing for hundreds of years, so I quite enjoy this job.

Knock... Knock...

The sound of a knock on the door made me stop my work.

"Come in..."

A soldier came into my room very politely.

"Miss Alpha, I have come with a report."

I immediately got up from my work chair when I heard this and immediately sat on the sofa in this room.

"Come and sit down..."

"ah...thank you very much..."

The soldier sat on the sofa opposite me, and he looked very nervous.

I'm used to treating other people in the best way possible, because I don't want my subordinates to feel pressured when they're talking to me.

"what is it...?"

I asked this while handing him a drink.

"Miss Alpha, Roe is back..."

"Oh… did he succeed…?"

"I'm sorry, but Roe came home with a loss…"

Aah... apparently he failed. I had high hopes for him though.

"You don't need to apologize, it's not your fault..."

The soldier was silent as I said this.

"Please call Roe and the six Generals to meet me in the meeting room."

"YES!"

The soldier immediately got up from his seat and immediately left the room.

Alright... looks like it's time to start this plan.

I tidied up the clothes I was wearing and prepared to meet the King, I also tidied up some of the documents that had piled up and immediately left this room. I immediately went to the King's room to pick him up.

After walking for about a few seconds, I finally arrived at a room with a very large and luxurious door. As soon as I got there, I immediately knocked on the door.

Knock... Knock...

The big door opened as soon as I knocked on it, and there was a servant who opened the door for me.

The maid immediately bowed as soon as she saw my arrival.

"Miss Alpha, welcome..."

I entered the room as soon as the maid opened the door.

"The King is currently taking a bath, so could you wait for a moment…?"

"of course, it doesn't matter..."

I immediately sat down and waited for the King to finish his activities. The waiter who was here also immediately made a cup of warm tea to accompany me to wait. As soon as the tea was served, the aroma of the tea immediately filled the room and made me want to drink it even more.

Not long after I enjoyed my tea, the King came to see me.

"oh... my dear sister came to visit me...."

The king said this with a very wide smile on his face.

"How does it feel to take a bath after 200 years, big brother!"

"hahaha... of course very delicious..."

Me and the Demon King Omega are siblings, since my brother was born with immense power. Because of this power, he was chosen to carry out the duties of the Demon King.

When my brother officially became the Demon Lord, I volunteered to be his secretary and since then have been helping my brother work as a Demon Lord.

"So... what happened to meet me...?"

"I've called the others, we will have a meeting regarding humans."

"Alright....let's go."

My brother immediately got up from his seat and went to her room to get ready for this meeting.

The two of us immediately went to the meeting room as soon as the King was ready, and I finally arrived at the meeting room after a while of walking.

I immediately opened the door of the room when I arrived.

The six demons in this room immediately prostrated as soon as the King entered the room.

"Welcome King..."

The six demons greeted the King simultaneously.

The king responded to them with a smile on his face, and immediately sat down at the designated seat.

The six demons also sat back down after the King had sat down in his chair, while I chose to stand next to the King and continued to accompany him.

"Alright everyone...let's start this meeting."

With this said, I begin this meeting.

"First I will explain, what happened after you were sealed…"

The king just looked at me with a small nod of his head.

"A small part of the Demon Kingdom's territory has been occupied by the human kingdom that won the war two hundred years ago, namely the Star Kingdom. Then, a few days ago I sent one of my subordinates to reclaim our territory, and yet again we failed.

Even in these two hundred years; Humans have established a new kingdom, which is called the Moon Kingdom. And from the information I received, this kingdom is a fragment of the Star Kingdom.

As for the territory of the Demon Kingdom, all of us have tried our best to defend this territory even without a leader by our side. the seven of us continue to train the young demons to go to war, we also always pay attention to the economic situation of the residents of this kingdom."

All the things I'm talking about are taken very seriously by the King and everyone in this room.

"I thank all of you who have guarded this kingdom with all your heart…"

"We all do not deserve your praise, Your Majesty the King..."

A general named Delta said this while lowering his head.

Knock... Knock...

I reflexively looked towards the door after hearing a knock from there.

"Come in..."

I ordered the person who knocked on the door to enter, and a person I knew entered the room. Yes, it is Roe.

I was quite shocked when I saw his appearance, he had injuries almost all over his body and what surprised me even more was that Roe lost one of his hands.

How could it be like this! What human could do that to Roe? All those questions popped up in my head after seeing Roe's state.

As the other demons did, Roe immediately kowtowed and greeted the King.

"My king, I am so glad to see you back…"

"What caused you to be hurt like this?"

It seems the King is also curious about what happened to Roe.

"This is all caused by the Heroes..."

The whole room was taken aback by Roe's words.

Hero? How is that possible, wasn't the hero who defeated our kingdom long dead. Or could it be... the hero that Roe was referring to was a new generation of heroes...?

"Not just one, this time humans have five heroes..."

Shit! Turns out my speculation was right, those humans have a new generation of heroes.

"My king, allow me to lead more demons to attack those humans again. This time I'm sure it will work!"

"Huh!? you said you would win? Don't all the wounds on your body make it clear that you're a failure, and I don't need a weak demon like you in this Kingdom!"

The king looks very angry when Roe asks permission to attack the humans again.

"B-but King… this time I will definitely succeed…"

"You really are very noisy aren't you…"

I immediately thrust my sword at the King, and suddenly...

SLAASSH.......

Roe's head had been severed from being cut by the King Omega.

I'm sorry Roe... but just as the King said, the Demon Kingdom doesn't need weak people.

"Fire magic [ Burn ]"

With my fire magic, I burned Roe's body to ashes and left no trace. This I do to honor his passing, one of the best subordinates I had.

After cleaning the ashes from Roe's body, we resumed this meeting.

"How is it, those humans already have a Hero again?"

Gamma's question re-opened this conversation.

"This is just a small suggestion from me, what if we attack the Star Kingdom on a small scale at the same time…? then they will definitely be confused to deal with our attacks…"

"I also agree with Beta's proposal."

"Are you doubting my strength…?"

Suddenly the King cut off the conversation with this statement.

"Of course not my King, I never meant it like that."

Beta immediately lowers her head when she says this.

"Alpha, gather all the soldiers and also the citizens who can fight, we will attack the humans on a large scale."

I was very surprised by this statement of the King he just made.

"Are we also going to deploy civilians to fight…?"

"Yes, we will do anything in this war..."

"Eh!? Are you sure you want to do this?"

"King, I will always follow your orders. But I don't think this is possible…"

All the commanders in this room strongly disagreed with the Omega King's statement.

"aren't you going to take my orders…?"

"No my king, we will definitely carry out your orders."

The seven of us immediately prostrated before him and said this at the same time.

"Good, then immediately put this plan into action."

The king immediately left the room after saying this. while we were all still in this room.

As soon as the door of the room closed, I immediately sat in the King's chair.

"SIGH... why would he have such stupid thoughts..."

I sighed very loudly when King Omega had completely left.

"Oh... it turns out that your breasts will look bigger if you're angry huh..."

"Once again you say that, I will definitely kill you."

I pointed at Gamma with my finger slightly annoyed when he said that to me.

"haha...sorry"

Gamma raised both her hands as I scolded him.

Gamma always teases me when I'm angry, and this has become a habit. But I don't know why, I always get annoyed when he teases me.

"Alpha, it looks like your brother has become even more stupid after breaking out of the seal."

"Keep your voice down Delta, don't let others hear it."

Honestly, I totally agree with Delta's words, my sister is only thinking about strength. But it was because of his strength that he could be recognized as a King.

"So how is Alpha, are we going to continue our plan…?"

"Of course, we will continue the plan to the next stage. So everyone, be careful…"

These words that I said marked the end of this meeting, and we all immediately left this room to return to our respective activities.

****

After we managed to get out of this abyss of darkness, our stomachs rumbled loudly from hunger. I justified it because I continued to use magic to get out of the abyss of darkness.

Hana had also been sealed for two hundred years, so it was quite a face if she felt hungry.

"Okay, let's go get some food..."

"Come on..."

The two of us finally decided to go to a nearby town and intend to fill our stomachs there. After walking for about an hour, the two of us finally arrived at a town called Altair.

This city is still under the Star Kingdom, and I have also been in this city to rest while heading to Rigel city. This city can be said to be quite large when compared to cities located in the territory of the other Star Kingdoms.

The two of us walked closer to this city gate to quickly enter the city. But unexpectedly, several guards stopped us and pointed guns at both of us.

What is this? Why do they look so wary of us...?

"BOTH OF YOU, PLEASE STAY AWAY!"

One of the guards shouted at us and that really surprised me.

"Quickly state your needs in this city...?"

Again the guard shouted at us both and looked very alert.

"tch… annoying humans, should I get rid of them all…"

Eh!? Did I hear wrong?

I immediately looked at Hana when she said this.

All these guards were still looking wary at the two of us, and they were walking closer and closer while brandishing their weapons.

"We both just want to rest in this city, nothing more..."

I raised my hands as I said this, and hoped they would let their guard down a bit.

"Are you two an adventurer?"

"i..yes, we are both adventurers."

Basically adventurer is a very popular occupation in this world. Adventurers usually defeat monsters using magic or weapons, then sell items from the monsters they defeated to the Guild.

The concept of adventurers in this world is quite similar to the concept of adventurers I read about in novels, so I understand a little about these adventurers.

"If you are an adventurer and have no ill will towards this city, can you get rid of the terrifying aura that keeps emanating from your body…"

Terrible aura...? What is he talking about...?

I really don't understand what the guard said. and immediately asked Hana.

"Is there an aura emanating from my body…?"

"Yes, here. So what?"

So there really is! Why didn't I notice it at all?

"Why didn't you tell me that my aura came out earlier..."

I asked this with a bit of annoyance at Hana.

"I let it be because I wasn't bothered by it..."

Sigh....how about this? I don't know how to get rid of this aura.?

Oh yes Greed? Do you know how to suppress this aura of mine...?

[ I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT THERE IS A WAY THAT I KNOW ]

Really? Please tell me...? I ask!

[ YOU ONLY NEED TO CREATE A MAGIC ITEM TO SUPPLY YOUR Aura ]

Uh? How, I don't understand...

[ YOU HAVE SKILLS THAT CAN CREATE ANY THINGS, DON'T YOU? AFTER THAT OBJECT IS DONE, IMMEDIATELY CENTER YOUR Aura ON THE OBJECT. MAYBE THAT WAY WILL WORK ]

You're right, I have that kind of skill. But what items can be turned into magic items...?

I was silent and thought for a long time, until I finally found something.

Oh yeah I just remembered! When I first saw Zarias, the aura emitted by him was not very conspicuous. So I guess it could be the material for magic items.

Alright... let's create that thing. Ultimate Skills [ Create ]

In an instant, a necklace made of crystal contaminated with Zarias' mana was in my hand. I immediately put on the necklace, and started doing the things Greed said.

And sure enough, the guards suddenly changed their expressions and loosened their guard.

Did it work? Is this necklace really suppressing my aura..?

"Hana, is my aura not coming out...?"

"Yeah, your aura suddenly slowly disappeared after you put on that necklace..."

Eh!? It's true... apparently it really works... you're really really great Greed.

[ HMM... HMM... ]

Why do you sound so happy...?

[ .... ]

Greed just kept quiet after I asked him that.

"I have suppressed my aura, so could you please lower your weapons…"

These guards immediately lowered the weapons they pointed at us, and immediately apologized.

Finally, the incident that was holding us back a bit was over.

"Okay sir. If you want to enter the city, can I see your badge...?"

ID card? Unlucky! My badge disappeared when I fell into the abyss... how is it, I don't know what to do.

"ah… all of our equipment was lost against the monsters, so we can't show any identification…"

I made up this story so that they wouldn't all suspect us who couldn't show us an ID.

Believe me... please believe this story...

I kept muttering in my head, and hoped that the guards would let us in.

"I feel sorry for you guys… let's make it like this, you only have to pay to enter this town… how about it?"

Very nice! They believed my story.

But now I'm confused, how to pay the entrance fee to this city. I don't even have any money...

"We currently have no money, so can I repay you with this."

I gave them magic crystals as payment to them.

All the guards' eyes went wide when I gave them a magic crystal. I don't know why, but their reaction was very-very strange when I gave them the thing.

"Sir… ah… where did you get this thing...?"

"I got it from a monster..."

I'm not lying this time, the stones I did get from Zarias.

"a… are you sure you can give it to us…?"

"Yes of course, weren't you the ones asking for payment?"

What happened? Why did they act so weird when I gave them the stone.

"Sir... pardon our impudence just now, please enter the city..."

Suddenly the guards lowered their heads at me and changed their attitude to be very friendly. But since my purpose of entering the city was fulfilled, I ignored their sudden change in attitude.

Hana and I immediately entered the city, we both immediately looked for a restaurant as soon as we entered the city.

Most of the townspeople are adventurers, I can tell this from the clothes and weapons they carry.

Perhaps this was the reason the guards believed that we were both adventurers. Or maybe they're just too easy to fool, well… I don't know.

"Hana, we have to go to the Guild first to get some money..."

"Haa... can't we just go find something to eat..."

"But we need money to buy food."

"Okay..."

With a very sad look, Hana agreed to this.

I immediately asked the location of the Guild to a nearby merchant. After he told the location, the two of us immediately went there.

After knowing the location of the Guild, I immediately carried Hana and used my skills to get there.

"Hold on strong, OK! [Heavenly Steps]"

I used my ability to move very quickly, and we finally arrived at the Adventurer's Guild in an instant. And of course, lots of adventurers are hanging around here.

The two of us immediately entered the Guild as soon as we arrived.

"Ugh..."

"What happened to you...?"

"No, I'm just not used to crowds..."

As soon as I stepped into this place, all the eyes of the adventurers in the room looked at us. Of course that really depressed me.

I ignored the gazes of the adventurers and immediately rushed to the reception desk. But suddenly, an adventurer with an enormous build blocked our path.

"Hey... Hey... Are you guys new?"

Ah.... Like every story I read, it seems that adventurers will always make fun of people they see for the first time.

I ignored his words and immediately pulled Hana's hand away from him.

"Hey... Are you guys ignoring me..."

The adventurer looks annoyed and tries to grab Hana with his hand. But suddenly...

Booooom......

Hana threw the adventurer away and knocked him into a wall unconscious.

"Tch... don't ever try to touch me with those filthy hands of yours, human!"

Woah... Hana is really scary, and it seems she really hates this.

I immediately went to the reception desk to register myself and Hana as adventurers. We both want to go to the Star Kingdom, so I guess we really need badges.

"E... excuse me sir, c... can I help you...?"

This receptionist had a wry smile on his face and looked very nervous. Well... it's only natural that she feels nervous after seeing what just happened.

"We both want to register as adventurers, can we...?"

"Haaah....?! You two aren't adventurers...?"

The receptionist looked very surprised to hear that we weren't adventurers.

"Yes... We were just about to register..."

"A-alright, you need to pay 10 silver coins each."

"Can I pay for it with a monster...?"

In every story I read, the Adventurer's Guild would always buy items from monsters defeated by adventurers; so I guess this Guild is doing the same.

"If the monster items you sell can cover the registration fee, then that's fine."

As I suspected, it seems that this can indeed be done.

"By the way, where did you put the monster item...?"

"Oh... I put it in the [Item Box]"

"Item Boxes!?"

Huh? Why is this receptionist always surprised? Strange...

But apparently it wasn't the only receptionist who was surprised, other people who heard this also gave the same reaction as this receptionist.

"Why are you all surprised...?"

I'm asking this out of curiosity.

"[Item Box] is a very rare storage magic, and only a handful of people can possess it..."

Oh... So it's like that, no wonder they were all surprised.

"In that case, please immediately take out the monster item you wish to sell..."

"I don't think this place will fit..."

The monsters I wanted to sell were the ones I had defeated at the bottom of the abyss, and they were enormous in size.

"It won't fit!? Alright, please come with me..."

This receptionist led us out of the Guild and led us to the monster sorting area.

In this place, you can see many workers skinning monsters, pulling fangs from monsters' mouths, and other things. Anyway they took all the parts of the monster that seemed to be for sale.

"Okay sir, you can put the monster here..."

I immediately took out a mammoth-type monster that was very large in this place. Everyone here stopped their work when they saw this huge monster.

"Oi… oi… oi… how did you manage to get a monster this big without getting hurt…?"

A worker suddenly came up to us screaming.

I chose to remain silent and did not answer the worker's question.

"So can this monster be sold…?"

The workers in this place immediately checked all the body parts of this mammoth monster. After they checked it, one of the workers came up to me and told me the results of the inspection.

"I really can't believe it… all parts of this monster really have such a high price. Even the tusks alone can cost up to 10 gold coins."

10 gold coins? Woah... I didn't expect the price to get this high...

"Actually I still have 99 more monsters…"

Everyone in this place fell limp after hearing my words. I didn't think this would surprise them so much.

"I'm sorry, but it looks like you can't sell it in this town. One monster is already too much trouble for us, I can't even imagine if there are dozens more…"

"Okay then, I'll just sell it in another city. Then what about this monster, can I sell it…?"

"Of course sir, but we have one problem. We need some time to assess all the parts of this monster, so we can't give you the sales results right now…"

Impossible? I desperately need the money from selling that monster...

"Let's face it, what if the Guild will pay you 10 gold coins first; and you can take the rest when the assessment is done…"

Ah... I think it's the most appropriate solution at this point, so I agree.

"Okay, I accept it..."

After I agreed, the two of us and the receptionist returned to the Guild. The two of us were given a little bit of service when we returned to the guild, well… services like a special room for us, they also served us a cup of tea, and other services that made us comfortable.

We both enjoyed the services provided by this Guild, I sat very comfortably on the sofa drinking a cup of tea. It feels like I haven't been lying in a comfortable place in a long time, so I really enjoyed this.

Hana also did the same thing with me, she even surpassed me. The sofa in this place was used as a place for him to lie down, and Hana was seen lying very comfortably in this place.

After a while, finally the receptionist and an unknown person entered the room. I was a little wary when I saw the person enter, while Hana ignored it and was still relaxing very comfortably.

"Sir, this is the Guild Master of this city"

"Greetings, I'm Chris! Guild master in this city"

"My name is Yoru..."

We both shook hands as we introduced ourselves to each other.

This guild master really looks very dashing, with a bald head and scars all over his body; make him look really brave.

Not to mention his large body and the large sword he carried on his waist, as well as the aura emitted from his body made him look dashing and scary at the same time.

I also just realized a moment ago, it turns out that I can now see the aura of a person's body. But this can only be done by my right eye, even though I can see someone's status using this eye if I want to.

No wonder at that time Zarias could know everything about me, apparently these eyes can see everything. I'm really lucky to have these eyes.

"Yoru...? Does that sound like the name of one of the heroes?"

Chris asked this with a curious look on his face.

Should I reveal my identity...? but I also have no intention of hiding it, I guess it's fine to tell him.

"Yes, I am one of them. But I have already decided to leave the party."

I mean it when I say this, apart from getting revenge on Axel; actually I also have a goal to cut ties with my classmates. This may sound like an exaggeration, but I really don't like their attitude.

Of course Chris was surprised after hearing this.

"Oh… I see, so that's the reason you were able to defeat a chatarstrophe class monster like a mammoth outside…"

"Yes, that is so..."

I couldn't help but chuckle when I responded to Chris' statement. Since I couldn't possibly say that I possessed the [Greed] skill that could steal souls, only a fool would reveal the secret of its power to others.

"Alright then, this is the money we can pay for now. You can pick up your ID and the rest of the money tomorrow…"

I immediately received a bag containing ten gold coins as the Guild receptionist had promised.

"Thank you, then I'll go first..."

Chris and the reception lady immediately bowed their heads to us as we both left the room.

"Hana, let's go find something to eat...?"

"Come on, I'm really hungry right now."

The two of us immediately left the Adventurer's Guild and intended to find a restaurant to find food. The two of us kept walking and looking for the whereabouts of a restaurant.

Where is it... where is the restaurant that has good food? I kept looking around, but couldn't find a restaurant.

"This smells so good!"

Hana suddenly screamed and made me a little surprised.

Hana immediately grabbed my hand and pulled me into a small alley around this place.

"Hey... where are you taking me...?"

"Can't you smell this scent..."

As I walked deeper into the alley, I could finally smell a bit of the delicious aroma wafting through the air.

"You're right... this smell is very delicious."

After walking for a while, we finally arrived at a small home-style restaurant. This restaurant has a fairly small sign, so I was a little hesitant when I wanted to enter here. But from the aroma produced by this place, it made me want to immediately taste the food in this restaurant.

The bell on the door rang when I opened the entrance to this restaurant, a waiter immediately came out as soon as this bell rang.

"Welcome… Please choose a seat that makes you comfortable."

As seen from the outside, this restaurant only has six tables for every customer who comes to this place. And currently we are the only diners in this restaurant, so we can freely choose any seat.

Hana and I sat down at the table right under the window. In this place we can still see the atmosphere of the city even if only a little, that's the reason that made me choose this place.

"Hmm, can you make us your greatest dish...?"

"Alright, please wait a moment..."

The waitress immediately left us after taking our order.

This place was completely deserted, and I just sat quietly waiting for our dishes to finish. Likewise Hana, she just silently stared out the window.

Come on Yoru... You have to open a chat with her so that this atmosphere is not awkward.

"Hey... Why did you hit the guy in the Guild...?"

"Because I really hate humans!"

That answer really took me by surprise, I didn't expect him to answer the question directly.

"In that case, do you hate me too...?"

I'm human too, it's only natural that he hates me too.

"No, I don't hate you... Maybe because you helped me, or because you have some of my mother's powers, I don't know either..."

Hana said this with a very sweet smile on her face.

I even blushed a little after seeing this smile, I'm sure other boys would react the same way I did.

"Oh... Good, I'm afraid you hate me too..."

Not long after that, the waiter came out with some dishes; so our conversation should be cut off here. The waiter brought two main dishes and some side dishes.

The first dish the waiter served was meat cooked in gravy; I don't know what meat or sauce is used in this dish, but the aroma is very appetizing.

And for the second dish, this restaurant serves grilled fish which is quite large in size. They also serve soup, bread and potatoes as side dishes.

Bread and potatoes are staple foods in this world, but I really miss rice. I once asked if rice is in this Kingdom to the chef who works in our mansion, he just said that rice is very famous in the Sun Empire.

After the food was neatly arranged on the table, we immediately took the cutlery and immediately tried it. I took a small piece of meat and immediately put it in my mouth, the delicious taste of the sauce and the tenderness of the meat burst into my mouth.

All these flavors mix so well in one bite, ahh... This dish is absolutely delicious.

"Hmm.... It's really delicious..."

Hana also seems to really enjoy these dishes. Even Hana always smiled after feeding this food into her mouth.

We even ordered all the menus in this restaurant because the food we tried here was delicious. I feel like my stomach is getting bigger after eating all this food, but it's not over yet.

The waiter brought us the last course of dessert, shaved ice with syrup and milk with various fruits in the dish. The appearance of this dessert is really tantalizing and makes me want to eat this dish immediately even though my stomach is full.

"Hmm.... this is really good..."

I didn't expect this food to taste like this.

"Wow... this food is really good. Hey humans, who made all this food...?"

The waiters looked a little confused when she heard Hana's question. Maybe she was confused because Hana called him a human.

"er… do you want to meet the person who cooked this meal…?"

"Yes… yes, I want to meet him…"

"Please wait a moment, I will call her…"

The waiter immediately went to the back to call the cook who made all this food.

Not long after, the waiters was seen coming out along with a woman who was quite old. And the woman pulled out a chair near us and immediately sat on the chair.

"Sir customer, do you guys need anything from me…?"

"Hey human! How can you make food this delicious?"

The woman smiled when she heard Hana's question.

"thank you for complimenting my cooking, I'm a former head chef in the Kingdom..."

Oh... so that's the reason he can make such good food.

We got acquainted and chatted briefly with the owner of this restaurant. He also recommended some good lodging locations in the city. From this chat, I got very, very useful information; I heard that the hero party is currently stopping all their activities.

And it seems that this is my best chance if I want to take revenge on Axel.

I handed him a gold coin and immediately prepared to leave this place.

"Sir… this amount is too much…"

"This is the price for the information you have given me..."

"Eh...!? t... thank you very much..."

The two of us immediately left this restaurant and walked back to look for lodging.

The two of us walked back to the main street of town and intended to head to the inn recommended by the restaurant owner. We Walked for a few minutes, and finally we arrived at a fairly large inn in this city.

"Welcome..."

The inn's receptionist immediately greeted us as soon as the two of us entered the inn.

"Both of us want to stay...?"

"What kind of room do you need? A room with one big bed or a room with two beds…?"

"I want a room with a big bed and maximum service..."

Huh? I was shocked when Hana suddenly said all this to the receptionist.

"Please give us a room with two beds..."

"no, I want a room with a big bed..."

The receptionist was a little confused by the two of us arguing.

"We don't need a king size bed, a room with two beds is enough..."

"if I want a big bed, then I have to get it..."

I was a little confused about Hana's attitude, which turned out to be very stubborn.

"Let's face it, we'll be renting a separate room..."

"Nooo!"

Hana immediately refused my request and instead embraced my hand very tightly. And of course I blushed a little because of this, especially with his very adorable expression.

"Okay then, we'll rent a room with a big bed..."

With Hana being spoiled for me, there's no way I can refuse her request.

"It costs 50 silver coins for one night..."

I immediately paid the cost of this inn and the receptionist immediately showed us the room we were going to stay in. We immediately went up to the second floor and the receptionist indicated that we would be staying in room number 11.

"Please let me know if you need anything, thanks..."

The receptionist immediately left us and the two of us also immediately entered the room.

This room turned out to be quite large with all the facilities in it, such as a bathroom, balcony, and sofa, but what caught my attention the most was the mattress which turned out to be really big. In fact I feel this mattress is more than enough for the two of us.

"Yay..."

Hana immediately jumped and sank into the softness of the mattress. I also immediately lay down on this bed after seeing Hana lying very comfortably.

"Oh yeah, why don't you want to split up with me...?"

"because it's troublesome... and another reason is because you're my link to humans..."

"Do you hate humans that much...? ah… you don't have to answer if it bothers you…"

"I guess it's fine if I tell you this..."

***

At first I was just a dragon who was living in a forest, but over time the Elf race began to live in the same forest as me and even worshiped me as their god. I just ignored them and let them worship me, after all they always gave me a banquet at that time; so i have no problem at all.

I did this for hundreds of years, until I finally got bored. To fill my boredom, usually I will fly to the nearest town and make humans run in fear. I feel very happy when I see humans running around in fright.

Until one day there was a human who introduced himself as a hero, the human persuaded me to help him defeat the devil and of course I refused the request. But the human persisted even to the point of challenging me to a duel.

After several duels that I always won, I finally agreed to his request. I accepted his request because I thought it would be fun.

I continued to assist him in defeating the demon race, all the way to the peak war between the humans and the demon races. During this peak war I managed to massacre around 10 million Demon Races alone, and that human also managed to seal the Demon Lord.

But after successfully defeating the demon race, the human instead stabbed me with his sword and sealed all my strength within the sword. I returned to human form because the human sealed all my powers.

And I will also never forget the words he spoke before sealing me.

"The humans have won, so I don't need your power anymore..."

Honestly I didn't expect him to say something like that to me, so I attacked the stupid human with all the strength I had left. I managed to kill all the human soldiers but that stupid human managed to survive thanks to his divine protector.

All my strength was exhausted and I couldn't do anything more, and of course he immediately sealed me in [Infinite Prison] and since then, I really hate humans.

I didn't expect Hana to have such a dark experience, I understood why she hates humans so much.

"But you wanted to chat with the restaurant owner?"

"It's only because he can make really good food, if the food isn't good; maybe I hate it too…"

"Hmm, it's up to you. Oh yeah, if the hero who sealed you was a hero from the Star Kingdom, I guess I know his descendants."

"Good… I think I will kill him the next time I meet him…"

Hana said this with a very evil smile on her face.

"Okay then, I'm going to take a shower..."

I immediately got out of bed and removed the sword that was on my waist and placed it on the table. I also took off all my clothes after being in the bathroom and immediately soaked in the warm water that was already prepared in the bathroom.

Ahh... the pleasure....

I felt all my tiredness disappear after soaking in a bathtub filled with warm water. I relax all parts of my body while in here.

It turns out that bathing can be this enjoyable... I even forgot what it felt like...

After a long bath and my whole body also felt better, I finally decided to stop this activity. I got out of the bath and immediately put on the bathrobe provided here.

I came out of the bathroom with a slight smile on my face and still saw Hana lying on the bed comfortably.

"Do humans really like bathing...?"

I was a little surprised by Hana's sudden question.

"Does the Dragon not like it?"

"I usually just soak in the lake at certain times…"

"Why don't you give it a try...?"

After persuading her several times, Hana finally got up the courage to go take a shower.

"Alright, alright… I'll give it a try…"

After a few minutes passed, Hana finally came out of the bathroom and she was also wearing a bathrobe like me.

Honestly, her body was very tempting as soon as I saw her. Her smooth white skin, slender body, and her two big balls... really made me lose focus.

"Why are you looking at me like that...?"

"Uh... uh...? wh-how! Do you like it…?"

"Yeah... not too bad I guess..."

"Hmm... Well, over time you'll enjoy it too..."

Hana sat on the bed as soon as she finished showering, and it turned out that her hair was still dripping water which made the mattress wet. Of course I rebuked him after seeing this.

"dry your hair before getting into bed..."

"Hmm..."

Hana realized this and immediately tossed her hair like a dog.

"hey… you can get the whole room wet…"

"Oh, sorry..."

Hana just smiled like nothing happened. But I realized one thing, it turned out that his hair was really dry after he did that.

How did it happen...? I'm really surprised.

"Continuing my story earlier, I wonder how you got to the bottom of that abyss...?"

"Are you curious...?"

"I don't think it's fair if I'm the only one who tells the story..."

"Okay, I'll tell you..."

I told all the things that happened to Hana. From the start I was forced into this world to finally save him in the abyss of darkness.

"I think our fate is similar huh... we were both betrayed by people we considered friends."

"Yeah.. you're right..."

The two of us chatted for quite a while until finally drowsiness began to attack me. So I decided to go to bed, with a very soft and comfortable mattress so I didn't have to struggle to fall asleep.

Before I actually fell asleep, I realized that Hana had already fallen asleep beside me. And finally we both sleep together on this big bed.

**

Chip...chirp...chirp...

The sound of birds chirping woke me up. I opened my eyes and realized that the day had changed. The sunlight also entered the room, this all happened because I forgot to close the window before we both went to sleep.

Hoaam... Well, time to wake up.

Eh!? Why this, why can't I move...?

It turned out that Hana was hugging me very tightly like a bolster pillow.

"Hey Hana... get away from me quickly..."

I really had a hard time letting go of his arm.

"Mhnn… um…"

Hana just groaned as I tried so hard to get out of her arms. I didn't think his arms were really that hard to let go of.

"Hurry up... I'm having trouble breathing..."

"Hmmm..."

Hana finally let go of me when she was already awake.

"hosh… hosh… you know, I was starting to have trouble breathing earlier…"

"hehe...sorry..."

Hana apologized with an innocent smile on her face and went back to sleep.

I quickly got out of bed and went to the bathroom. I washed my face and immediately changed clothes inside this place, because apparently we were both still wearing bathrobe when we fell asleep.

After putting on all my clothes, I wake Hana back up to take her out for breakfast. I shake her body a few times, but Hana still hasn't woken up.

"I want to go eat. If you don't wake up, I will leave you."

I immediately left him, but suddenly Hana grabbed my wrist.

"Wait... I'll come along if it's food..."

Ah... I understand now. It turns out that food is his weakness. Hehehe...

"Okay... quickly change your clothes."

We both finally went downstairs to enjoy breakfast. The first floor of this inn is a bar, so we can get food easily in this place.

As usual, Hana immediately became the center of attention as soon as she was in this place. But Hana doesn't seem bothered by this, because she always acts normal even though I'm sure she feels like she's being watched.

Hana and I immediately went to the table that looked empty. I pulled a chair and sat there, as did Hana. After the two of us were seated, a waiter immediately approached us.

The maidservant looked very young, she could even be categorized as a child. The waiter looks very energetic with a smile always on his face.

"Would you like to order something…?"

The female waitress asked us with a very sweet smile on her face.

"Do you have a breakfast menu recommendation for us...?"

I'm not very familiar with the breakfast menu in this town, so it never hurts to ask for a recommendation.

"We have various kinds of bread preparations, such as toasted and steamed bread, we also have waffles and croissants. And for drinks we have tea, milk and coffee which are served warmly..."

Uh? I was quite surprised when I heard a food menu that was so familiar to my ears... I didn't expect, apparently a menu like this also exists in this world.

"I want waffles and warm milk. Hana, how about you…?"

"I guess I'm the same as you..."

"two waffles and two warm milk please..."

"Alright then, please wait a moment…"

The waitress left as soon as she wrote down our orders.

I just realized that this place has quite a lot of visitors. I don't know if they also stay here or just enjoy breakfast at this place, but for sure this place is visited by quite a lot of people.

Our orders finally arrived, a waffle with ice cream on top and warm milk neatly arranged on the table.

"ice cream...?"

I was quite surprised after seeing the appearance of this ice cream on my waffle.

"What is it? Why does your face look so shocked…?"

Apparently Hana also noticed my surprise.

"Why is ice cream in this place...?"

"Huh!? this food has been around for even two hundred years…"

I was even more surprised by the facts mentioned by Hana and I also felt a little annoyed about this. How come the Kingdom never gave me food like this!

And finally I enjoyed this food, the blend of ice cream and waffles that went into my mouth really gave a very delicious taste. Warm milk also gives a warm sensation in my throat.

Hana also seemed to really enjoy this meal, and we both finished this breakfast very deliciously and comfortably.

After breakfast is finished, I intend to return to the Guild to quickly settle all my business and then continue my journey to the Star Kingdom.

"I want to go to the Guild, do you want to come?"

"I think I'll go back to sleep..."

Ha! I was quite surprised to hear that Hana wanted to go back to sleep, but never mind; I finally decided to go to the Adventurer's Guild alone. Meanwhile, Hana went back upstairs to enter the room.

I also immediately left the inn and headed for the Adventurer's Guild as quickly as possible. I walked for a few minutes while enjoying the atmosphere of this city in the morning. And finally I arrived at the Adventurer's Guild after a few minutes of walking.

The Guild Receptionist greeted me as soon as he saw me enter this place.

"Ah... welcome sir..."

"Oh, good morning..."

I responded to the receptionist's greeting with a faint smile.

After greeting, the receptionist again led me to the special room we used yesterday. Once there, the receptionist immediately knocked on the door.

Knock... Knock...

"Master... I brought Mr Yoru..."

"Please come in..."

The voice of a man responded to this question and invited the two of us in.

"Morning… Mr Yoru."

Chris came up to me holding out his hand to shake my hand. I took his hand and we both shook hands. I immediately sat on the sofa in this room after shaking hands.

"So how about it, is the monster appraisal done...?"

"This is your money, a total of 83 gold coins, including the identification fee. And this is his badge."

Chris held out a pouch containing gold coins and badges on the table, so I quickly took it. But I was a little surprised when I saw the badge that was just given.

I looked at my and Hana's ID, it was written very clearly with an A rating.

"hey… what does this A rank mean?"

"That is the rank given to the two of you…"

"Why are we being given a rating…?"

"The monsters you sell are either S or Cayarstrophe rank monsters, and that is the reason why you are ranked…"

Ah... so I see, I see...

I put gold coins and badges into the [Item Box] then immediately prepared to return to the inn.

"Okay then, I'll be back now..."

"Oh yeah, I really thank you…"

After shaking hands with Chris, I immediately left this place as quickly as possible.

After leaving the guild for a while, I remembered that I had a teleportation skill. This skill can only be used to go to places I've been, so I intend to return to the inn using this skill.

I turned towards the small and deserted alley near the Adventurer's Guild. After making sure no one saw me, I immediately activated this skill.

"Alright… let's try this skill. Return to the inn [Teleportation]"

A magic circle immediately formed under my feet, and suddenly I had moved into the inn's room.

Woah... I didn't expect this to actually work. I'm quite happy to know that this skill can actually be used properly.

I was quite surprised when I got to this room, it turned out that Hana actually went back to sleep like she said. So I immediately woke him up after seeing this.

"Wake up!! We must continue our journey…"

I screamed while shaking her body for her to wake up, and finally Hana woke up after I did this for a few minutes.

"Hmmm... Yoru...?"

Hana rubbed her eyes as soon as she woke up.

"Sigh... you're really hard to wake up huh..."

"Why are you so fast..?"

"I used the [Teleport] skill to get to this place, but it's all unimportant. Let's get ready, we will continue our journey."

Although with a sullen face, Hana immediately got up from the bed and prepared herself to continue the journey.

The journey to the capital is still about a week away, therefore we must leave this city immediately. I have to reach the Capital as soon as possible since the Hero Party is still there.

Once ready, the two of us immediately left this inn and headed straight for the next town. Hana and I walked about an hour and a half to reach the back gate of the city.

Actually the trip to this gate can be taken in less than an hour. But Hana always asked to buy something every time she passed the food stall, she would be cranky and wouldn't walk if I didn't fulfill her request.

His behavior is really like a toddler who wants candy. I also wonder with all the food that goes into its stomach, don't dragons have capacity in their stomachs...? but it can't be helped, what is clear is that we have reached the gate now.

After arriving there, I saw a lot of horse-drawn carriages lined the side of the road. I remember a bunch of taxis at the airport or in front of a shopping center when I saw this line of horse-drawn carriages.

I approached one of the horse carriages that were there. I intend to rent this carriage for the trip to the next city.

"Sir, do you need a ride? I'm ready to take you anywhere…"

Before I could open my mouth, suddenly one of the coachmen had offered himself first.

"Ah… can you take us to the next town…?"

"Of course, I will definitely take you anywhere."

The coachman has a very positive aura and I'm quite happy with this.

"Alright then, please escort us to the next town…"

"It costs 100 silver coins for two, do you mind…?"

"no problem..."

I immediately paid the coachman and he looked happier than ever.

After I paid for it, the coachman looked around us and tilted his head as if in confusion. I also reprimanded him after seeing this.

"what is it...?"

"Uh.. no! It's just, don't you two have any luggage...?"

Oh so because of that, it's only natural that he looks confused.

"We have no luggage."

Even if we had luggage, I would have put it in the [Item Box]. To be honest that skill really helped me a lot; it had the ability to store anything as long as it had no life and with its unlimited capacity, made life in this world even easier.

Hana and I immediately got into this carriage. Apparently this train has a pretty good interior, you could even say it's a little luxurious.

A soft chair that can be adjusted as a place to lie down, a bottle of what looks like alcohol with a few glasses, and a few warm towels. With everything in here, I think 100 silver coins is a good price.

HIIIEE .... the loud sound of horses signaling the start of today's journey.

The sound of hooves continued to accompany this journey, but it didn't bother me at all. Until suddenly, the coachman warned me to be vigilant.

"Master, please be careful! Around here bandits often operate..."

Because of that, I activated the ability in my right eye.

Indeed, at this time we had left the city of Altair quite far and had now entered the forest. So this location is indeed very suitable as a place for bandits to operate.

It wasn't long before the coachman warned me, and suddenly the horse stopped moving. After I looked outside, someone with an enormous body was blocking our path.

"M... Master, how is this...?"

The coachman was a little scared when he saw the big man.

After looking at it for a while, I realized I recognized the man. He was the adventurer that Hana beat unconscious.

"Isn't that the person you beat up in the Guild...?"

"Is that so, I don't remember..."

If it's him, I suspect he intends to take revenge on us. So I immediately got off the train to serve him.

"Master, what do you want to do...?"

"Relax... I'll take care of this."

I approached the big man who is currently looking very angry.

"Where's the girl who was...?"

Looks like my guess is right, this man really intends to take revenge on Hana.

"She's in the carriage, but I'm sure you'll pass out again when you see her..."

Hearing my words, this big man immediately looked at me with a very terrible look.

Ah... Looks like he's really angry.

He immediately swing the bigsword that was in his hand, but I was easily able to dodge it.

My body feels very light while doing this, even though I'm not using any skills. Is this the result of my transformation into a high human?

After dodging his attack, I launched a kick at him and sent him flying several meters away.

"It's better if you don't want to take revenge on her. That woman is really very strong..."

The big man was just silent and looked staggered, even standing up was already very difficult.

Clap… Clap… Clap…

The sound of applause from a man suddenly sounded in almost all directions.

"Interesting, very interesting show..."

Suddenly four people were seen coming out from the side of the forest. I was quite surprised because they all had the exact same appearance.

Eh!? Why do they all look the same...?

[ YOU'RE VERY BAD, HUH... ]

Eeh... are you making fun of me...?

[ WATCH THEIR BODY CAREFULLY ]

I used my Dragon eyes and watched them all.

After watching them for a while, I realized that all four of them had the same aura color and soul shape.

What is this? Are they an illusion...?

[ IT DOESN'T LIKE IT, MAYBE IT WAS CAUSED BY A SKILL ]

Is there such a skill...?

[ I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF THAT'S REALLY SKILL... I THOUGHT I'LL STEAL IT ]

Hee... just like your name, you really are greedy huh...

[ HAHA... BECAUSE I WAS CREATED AS GREED ]

I immediately drew the sword that was on my waist and prepared to fight the boy. Even though the man is still silent, I can't let go of my guard against him.

The man on the left suddenly attacked me by throwing several weapons like knives, so I used wind magic to block the attack. The other three people also started to attack, they were running towards me while carrying different weapons.

With swords, clubs, and spiked chains held by each of them, attacks were launched. Seeing this, I immediately used water magic to guard myself against these attacks.

And in the end the weapons only hit the water shield I made. Since they were trapped, I immediately used a sword technique to attack them all at once.

My sword strike managed to slash them all until their stomachs were slightly torn, and they ended up falling on the puddle created by me deactivating the water barrier magic.

One of the bodies that didn't attack me could only stand still after seeing all this, then I immediately made my final attack. I jumped using [Heavenly Step] then immediately shot lightning magic towards the pool of water that covered the three boys' bodies.

The lightning caused everything that was above the water to stun, and finally the three people disappeared after being hit by the attack.

"No way… how could I lose so easily…?"

The man fell limp after seeing three people who looked like him disappeared.

I immediately approached the person shortly after he fell.

"What do you want...? please… Please don't kill me… I'm sorry…"

The man looked very scared when I approached him.

"Calm down..."

The man immediately looked at me when I said this. And sure enough, the man looked so scared that even a few tears came out of his eyes.

"Are you a bandit...? Do you always attack people who pass this way and take their money...?"

"Im... I'm sorry... I'm really sorry... Please don't kill me!"

The man prostrated in front of me while apologizing with great fear.

"I forgive you, but you have no right to have that kind of power anymore."

"Ha!?"

I immediately put my hand on his face and let [ Greed ] steal his skill.

[ TIME TO EAT... ]

Aarrgghh... The boy screamed in pain as [ Greed ] stole all his skills.

[ SUCCESSFUL SKILL PICK UP ]

[ UNIQUE SKILL "DOPPELGANGER" WAS SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED ]

[ THE INDIVIDUAL'S REND FIGHTING ABILITY HAS BEEN DROPPED OUT ]

[ THE ABILITY TO USE DAGGER WEAPONS, SWORD, AND THIN CHAIN HAS BEEN DROPPED OUT ]

[ UNIQUE SKILL "DOPPELGANGER" CAN EVOLUTION TO ULTIMATE SKILL "DUPLICATE" ]

[ EVOLUTION OF SKILL NEEDS 100,000 MANA COST ]

[ DOES INDIVIDUAL YORU WANT TO EVOLUTE THE UNIQUE SKILL "DOPPELGANGER" INTO THE ULTIMATE SKILL "DUPLICATE" ? ]

[ YES/NO ]

Now I have a lot of mana, so I guess it's fine. Yes...

[ EVOLUTION THE UNIQUE SKILL "DOPPELGANGER" INTO THE ULTIMATE SKILL "DUPLICATE" ]

[ SUCCESSFUL EVOLUTION ]

[ INDIVIDUAL YORU HAS OBTAINED THE ULTIMATE SKILL "DUPLICATE" ]

The guy immediately fell unconscious when I finished stealing all his skills and abilities. I even just found out that [Greed] can actually steal someone's abilities.

Satisfied...?

[ YES… ]

After seeing that the man fainted and the big man who was fighting me had also passed out, I immediately returned to the carriage.

"Master... I didn't expect you to be so strong."

Looks like the coachman was quite surprised to see the fight just now and immediately praised me for this.

"Haha Thank you"

We ended up quickly moving on after experiencing this minor incident.

We stopped at midday for lunch and also to rest the horses, then resumed our trek after about an hour's rest.

Finally the two of us arrived at the city of Vega in the afternoon. Although this journey is quite far; but thanks to the very comfortable horse carriage, I didn't feel tired at all.

The two of us finally decided to spend the night in this city. Apart from resting, I also try to avoid traveling at night as much as possible. Traveling at night is very risky, because we not only have to be wary of bandits but also monsters who are usually more active at night.

I got all this knowledge while training in the Star Kingdom. And it turned out that this knowledge was indeed very useful, so I was quite grateful to Xorra for this.

Hana and I continued to do this trip for about a week. I will sell monsters every time I stop in a new city and Hana of course will try the food in the city we stop by.

Until the two of us finally arrived at the Capital of Arcturus, Hana and I immediately rushed to the hero's mansion as soon as we arrived in this city.

Ah... I can't wait to meet you.... Axel.