112. Pre-Conference

After the magic effect on Hiiro had worn off, his entire body ached, especially his muscles and nerves. This was all due to the side effects of his magic, forcing his body to contain a huge force that was too excessive for his physical body.

Whereas, Izumi who lost the effect of Hiiro's magic immediately counterattacked. However, as soon as he was one step ahead of Hiiro while swinging his sword, he felt something was off about Hiiro.

Izumi slowed the momentum to reduce the power of his attack. Hiiro, who still seemed to be feeling pain from the side effects of his magic, tried his best to raise his sword in a vertical position to block Izumi's attack. He was blown off and slammed into the wall, unable to withstand the power of Izumi's attack.

Liliyn, Shamoe, Nikki, and Mikazuki cried out. They ran close to Hiiro in concern.

He felt that Hiiro was already defeated by him, so he took off the blindfold.

Seeing Hiiro who was getting the attention of the loli girls, his mouth twitched. It was no wonder he got the title "Lolita Slayer".

"Well, just like saying, "Flat is justice, Medium is premium, Oppai is truth". That's a mantra that is mainly used in the anime community to voice their preference for a certain breast size. In truth, it also applied in the real world." Izumi muttered.

Izumi walked toward Hiiro. He only got a few wounds on his waist, left shoulder, and left hand. A lot of blood was pouring out of the wounds. However, even though he felt a slight sting, he seemed to be alright.

Hiiro's back kissed the ground while he was gasping for breath. His face twitched from the pain. At that moment, he heard.

"Hiiro. Are you alright? Hmmm, I guess not. What happened to you?"

Izumi gave Hiiro a question. Without looking at Izumi, he replied,

"It was the side effects of my magic."

Izumi's brow rose.

"What the hell!! Then, why did you use that magic if your body couldn't hold up?" Izumi reprimanded him because of Hiiro's recklessness.

"It's not my fault! I didn't know it would turn out like this because it was my first time trying it out!" Hiiro said in a slightly annoyed tone.

"Are you stupid? You're stupid, are you? You should know, anything that can increase physical strength depends on the body of the user! I thought you used that magic because you understood the consequences and that magic wouldn't burden you. But…sigh. You're lucky to only increase your strength by about twice or thrice. Any more than that, your muscles and bones could be crushed!"

Izumi crossed his hands while shaking his head. It seemed he needed time to heal his own wounds.

Izumi then walked over to a first aid kit near the training ground, then started to bandage his wound. He turned to Hiiro.

"I don't have medicine to heal internal injuries. So you take care of your wounds yourself!"

If he had known it would come to this, he shouldn't have forced Hiiro to fight seriously.

"Do you need help?"

While Izumi was still wrapping his wounds in difficulty, Silvan politely asked.

"No need! Even if I wanted to, I don't want to be taken care of by an old fart like you." Izumi waved his hand while refusing Silvan's offer. Then Izumi's index finger pointed at Hiiro.

"See that? What if Hiiro's position is replaced by you?"

Silvan glanced at Hiiro, he saw Hiiro who was surrounded by cute lolis. Then imagined that he was in the same situation as Hiiro. His facial expression changed, Silvan's body was trembling, and he was breathing heavily with a flushed face. Then he said,

"Uooohhh, such bliss!" Silvan quickly moved toward Liliyn, then shouted. "Oh dear, oh dear. Nyohohoho! As usual, the beautiful and adorable young lady. If young lady hugs this servant, I AM INDESCRIBABLY OVERJOYED!" Then Silvan stretched his arms as if he was about to get a hug from Liliyn. Izumi just wondered what the hell that hentai was saying. Meanwhile, Liliyn began to frown as her face was filled with disgust. She took a step forward and…

*snap, whack, crash, thump, bang*

Liliyn beat Silvan to death. Silvan's head plunged to the ground, the figure that had trampled on his back with a single foot was Liliyn.

"Unbelievable, this hentai old man bastard! Why the heck don't you just die already?" Liliyn said something outrageous. Even so, a muffled voice could be heard from the ground.

"This… This… is… what they call… Love…"

*bang*

"Ugguuhhh."

Liliyn had apparently dealt the finishing blow toward the hentai old man.

— — — —

Three hours later.

Izumi brought Hiiro, Liliyn, Shamoe, and Silvan to a certain room in his mansion. Nikki and Mikazuki weren't cut out for the conversation that was about to be discussed, so the two of them were sent by Hiiro to take a tour of Xaos.

Hiiro's side effects have already worn off. So he could heal himself and then Izumi discussed his plans on the day of the peace treaty conference that would be held next week.

Since Hiiro had already agreed to the contract offered by Eveam, Izumi explained what might happen that day. Besides, even if Liliyn had said she wouldn't be helping out, there was no way she would refuse if it had anything to do with Hiiro.

Izumi told Hiiro that no matter what happened, Evila's safety was in Hiiro's hands, whom Eveam had trusted. If Hiiro didn't want to do so, he would lose his only purpose for going to Xaos, the grand library. Other than that, he would find no other grand library other than in Xaos.

Izumi also said that there would be enemies that shook the world. And as long as there was such an enemy, Hiiro would not find the freedom he wanted like traveling from one place to another.

Hearing everything Izumi said made Liliyn even more furious. Liliyn didn't want to get involved with the world of Edea's troubles. However, Liliyn didn't expect that Izumi was actually scheming by indirectly forcing her to come along if she didn't want to leave Hiiro's side.

"You did it on purpose, didn't you?" Liliyn pointed at Izumi.

Izumi tilted his head.

"Hmmm? What do you mean?"

"Don't play dumb! You should know what I mean!" Liliyn gritted her teeth.

"Oh, c'mon little girl! Why do I need to do that? Wasn't it obvious that I was discussing something with Hiiro? Why are you making such a fuss?"

Hiiro didn't understand what those two were talking about.

"Red loli, doesn't this have nothing to do with you?" Hiiro was slightly confused as to why Liliyn was angry after the discussion just now. It was he who had bound into a contract with Eveam. After all, if he broke it, he might die.

Izumi just chuckled inwardly. Since Edea was her world, why did Izumi have to let that girl be lazy when there was a big event that shook the world? Naturally, Izumi indirectly dragged her into it.

Liliyn couldn't refute Hiiro's words and glared at Izumi.

"Oi, Izumi! I can take a warm bath here, right?" Hiiro asked. As a Japanese person, he felt uncomfortable if he didn't bathe.

Izumi just waved his hand to fuck him off.

"Just fuck off! I've installed a magic core in it to warm up the bathwater."

After Hiiro went to the bathroom, Izumi put on a serious expression while looking at Liliyn.

"You know, little girl! I've already told you that there is a powerful enemy who wants to mess this world up and down. However, looking at your expression, you seemed not to care about that."

"So what?"

"If you don't move forward, your dream won't come true, little girl!"

These words were like a bomb being thrown at her. She frowned and looked at Izumi seriously. Izumi only responded by smiling after seeing Liliyn's serious eyes, then he said.

"Hiiro… You already know that Hiiro isn't of the Evila race, but Humas. Or rather, he's a human who was summoned to this world." Following that, Izumi pointed at Silvan and carried on. "On the other hand, that butler… is Pheom race, isn't he? And that maid should be the Gabranth race… ah no, she's half Gabranth. Am I right?"

Liliyn narrowed her eyes.

"Did Hiiro tell you?"

"Do you think that brat has such a loose mouth?"

Liliyn could only respond in silence. What Izumi said was true. He doesn't really care about other people, how could he still have time to reveal other people's secrets?

At that moment, she heard…

"I can see you don't discriminate against other races and instead accept them. Your dream, to unite all races, isn't it?"

Liliyn only responded by looking at Izumi. He continued.

"Having a dream is good. But if you don't put in the effort, how long will your dream come true? If not for Hiiro, how long are you going to lock yourself in your cage?"

Liliyn could only grit her teeth without being able to deny Izumi's words.

Izumi heard from Aquinas that he had a younger sister who hated Evila. The reason for that was because of the former demon lord, Avoros, who ruled over Evila previously.

Naturally, Izumi knew that Liliyn's dream was to create a world for Evila, Humas, Gabranth, and Pheom to live side by side peacefully. But that dream was crushed by Avoros who insisted on destroying other races besides Evila. Liliyn finally left Xaos because she couldn't stand Avoros' madness.