127. Identities

But then, she saw two Humas coming with them. She frowned.

"Izumi, they are—"

Izumi bowed his head down and said.

"Yes, they are two of the summoned heroes."

Teckil and Aquinas looked at each other as if both of them already thought of the possibility.

Aquinas whispered to Teckil. "It seems he wants to tell everything."

"It would be a disaster if he is an enemy."

"Well, if he wanted to, he could have crushed us a long time ago."

Meanwhile, Marione snapped at Izumi.

"What do you mean by this, brat?"

"Shut up for a moment, Marione!" Eveam yelled.

At the banquet, there was not only Eveam. The Cruel Brigade, higher-ups, and elite soldiers were also there.

The stares directed toward Shuri and Shinobu were particularly hostile. There was no possible hint of friendliness being undetectable. However, that could not be helped. After all, this time, they had betrayed the Evila. Following this, they also conspired with the Gabranth in order to destroy the Evila thoroughly. The king of the Humas race had also assaulted them with complete disregard, they committed such acts believing that they were just.

Shuri and Shinobu had a sufficient understanding of the meaning behind those stares, they lowered their heads, while anxious eyes contracted their bodies as they hid behind Hiiro.

Eveam didn't ask directly, but she turned to Hiiro instead.

"You did well to make your way here, Hiiro!"

"You've prepared a meal already, right? Then hurry up and let me eat. I'm hungry."

Marione put a blank expression on his face. Even though he knew Hiiro's personality after he met him in the war, he didn't think Hiiro was audacious enough to say that to the demon lord.

Weirdly in everyone's eyes, Eveam let out a smile toward Hiiro.

"Preparations will be finished in a little while longer. However, before then, would it be alright if you were to introduce me to your comrades, Hiiro?"

Since Shuri and Shinobu were behind him, she naturally thought that both of them were Hiiro's acquaintances.

"They're not my comrades."

Eveam returned such a reply while tilting her neck to the side, Shuri and Shinobu stood before Hiiro and fell onto their knees.

"It is an honor to meet you in this way, Your Majesty."

Shuri was clearly trembling. Her voice was also shrill and imbued with nervousness. One could grasp that she was tensed to quite a large extent.

*Clap* *clap*

"Alright. Can all of you retract your pressure? You know, if you pressure them like that, they won't be able to speak."

In that instant, all of their gazes turned to Izumi.

"You bastard!! Whose sides are you on? You're clearly the one who brought them." Marione pointed at him as his anger reached its peak.

Izumi ignored him but turned to Aquinas instead.

"Aquinas, can you help me for a bit?"

"Well, to be honest, I'm quite intrigued by their story. So…"

Aquinas turned to Marione and the higher-ups. Aquinas asked them to retract their pressure, otherwise things wouldn't end well for them.

They were naturally afraid of him since he was still number one in their eyes. So, everyone immediately retracted their pressure. Marione felt uncomfortable, but he couldn't really say much if Eveam didn't help him.

After the atmosphere calmed down, Eveam asked Shuri.

"Be it Izumi or Hiiro, I believe there is a reason they brought you here, right?"

"Yes."

"Then, speak!"

"Thank you very much."

Shuri bit her lower lips. Her physical condition was still in a weakened state. And after she was assaulted by killing intents just a moment ago, her mental strength was exhausted.

Noticing her situation, Izumi suggested.

"Your Majesty, this girl's condition is not that good. This subject suggests letting her sit on a chair."

Eveam nodded and told Shuri to sit down. But Shuri dismissed it with a shake of her head.

"I'll take care of the rest. Please rest for a bit!"

At that moment, Shinobu voiced her thoughts while placing her hand on Shuri's shoulder.

Afterward, Shinobu turned her gaze to Eveam and started to speak.

Shinobu spoke about their group, the heroes who had been summoned to Edea, as well as the reason why they had come to the Xaos without concealing a single detail.

"I see. You two are undeniably heroes, correct? However, that leaves one small question."

"Wh-what might that be?" Shinobu gulped.

"You said that you had already entered the Evila continent when we were crossing the bridge. If that was the case, then who were the heroes that we saw on the bridge?"

"Ah, that was an illusion, Your Majesty. The heroes were already on standby near Xaos when we crossed the bridge. Iraora was the one who let them in." It was Izumi who answered her question.

Shinobu stared at Izumi blankly. Even Eveam was no exception.

"Izumi, you know from the start?"

"We knew. I don't know if Marione has been notified or not. What is certain, apart from Iraora, everyone knows that."

Eveam stared at Aquinas. Aquinas nodded. Izumi's voice was heard once again.

"Forgive me for not telling you the plan beforehand, Your Majesty. This subject is already prepared to be punished because Your Majesty already trusts our judgment to take care of Avoros' plan. Your Majesty is the type of person who won't believe that your side can betray you anytime. So, I created the opportunity for you to learn and experience for your greater future. At the same time, I must guarantee your safety."

Except for the Cruel Brigade excluding Marione. Everyone was astonished by Izumi's words. Nobody expected that he was audacious enough to let her grow. Everyone looked at Aquinas as if to ask if all of the perfect plans against the Gabranth and the Humas race betrayal were Aquinas' doing.

Bet then…

"Forgive me too, Your Majesty. Izumi's plan was so logical and had a higher chance of success. So, I didn't dare to tell the plan. Even Shublars, Ornoth, Teckil, and Grayald were also trained by Izumi quietly in the past few months. The reason is to increase the success rate of the plan. No one would dare to let out any word about the plan unless they wanted the failure."

Even Aquinas confirmed that it was Izumi's doing all along.

But then, Aquinas turned to Shinobu.

"By the way. Do you know something about Kiria? Or maybe Valkyria?"

"Valkyria? If it's Valkyrie. I know. But, Valkyria…"

"Where did you see Valkyrie?"

"Ughh, Valkyrie is a host of female figures in Norse mythology from my world. Well, Valkyrie is just history in my world. She didn't exist in the current era of my world."

Aquinas was dumbfounded. That wasn't the answer he was looking for.

Izumi wanted to laugh, but he held it back.

"Your Majesty, it is likely that these two do not know anything. It's the King of Victorias after all. I bet he sent the heroes over here, and was planning to use them as a pretext for war later on."

"Use that as the reason for a new war, huh? Just as Izumi said to that king when he betrayed us."

Then, Aquinas and the others discussed Shinobu's explanation.

Shinobu's heart began beating violently at the thought that there were still some inadequacies with her explanation.

However, Aquinas who saw her expression said,

"You don't need to get that nervous. Although, even if I say that, I guess it can't be helped. But, more importantly…" Aquinas glanced at Izumi and Hiiro. "Izumi…"

Izumi nodded.

"I know. Otamegane, return our appearances. Let them see!"

"No need to order me. I know already."

Izumi and Hiiro returned to their human forms.

Except for Aquinas and Teckil, everyone was stunned silly.

Even Liliyn widely opened her eyes since she didn't think he was human.

For a short while, nobody said anything. Liliyn only sighed and was amazed. A human can even become the elite guard of the other race. This was simply unthinkable.

"Wha—" Eveam couldn't contain her surprise.

While Shinobu pointed at Izumi.

"No way… he is… Japanese?" She couldn't believe that Izumi was Japanese like her.

In that instant, an incredible killing intent welled up from Marione. He didn't think he could be fooled by Izumi. He immediately rushed without caring about the surroundings.

When the punch launched straight at Izumi, he shifted his footstep slightly, twisted his body, then launched his left hand outwardly to strike back.

*Whack*

Marione was thrown to the side. Marione got up again and prepared to launch another attack. But Aquinas stopped him.

"What are you doing, Aquinas?"

"That should be my line! Stop making trouble in front of Your Majesty, or I'll take care of you personally!"

"You bastard! He conspired with the heroes and brought them here while intending to kill Her Majesty!"

However, what Marione said got a chuckle as a response.

"Fufufu. This is why I hate a braindead guy like you."

Marione clenched his fists.

"Your Majesty! We should arrest them immediately!"

"No can do!" Eveam denied it right away.

Then, Izumi spoke.

"Your Majesty, this is one of the things you lack. See! What he did was obviously disregard your presence as a ruler. It was as if he didn't have respect for you. Your lack of a domineering presence and decisiveness to rule will result in this kind of situation."