Translated: Sei, MTL-sensei-tachi
Edited: Sei, Grammarly no Danna
Source: Syosetu

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A Quiet Story: The Demon King's "Request" Part 2


　Koga-san, who was in a good mood, gave an extra-large stir to Hannah-sama, who was fiddling with the soil in the flower bed.
　Naturally angered, Hannah-sama attacked Koga-san and me with a large number of magic bullets by illusion.
　I was prepared to die in an unfamiliar situation, but just before the magic bullet hit me, Koga-san made the magic bullet disappear with a tentacle-like object made of dark magic, so I managed to stay unharmed.
　And――,

"I can't. Unlike you, I'm busy."

　The location is a room in a building owned by the corps leader, Hannah-sama.
　When she regained her composure and listened to the reason why Koga-san and I had come to this place, Hannah-sama answered immediately without even having to think about it.
　Well, I thought it was obvious.

"Why? Don't you have enough free time to play with the soil?"
"Are you silly? I take advantage of the few hours I have to take care of my vegetable garden after I do what I have to do as the Commander of the Third Army."
"O-Oh"

　Koga-san with a subtle expression, as if to say, "Do you really enjoy doing that much?"
　Seeing him like that, she let out a sigh.

"If it is the order of the Demon King-sama, then I have no choice but to accept the responsibility of escorting her, but it was Koga-kun's decision to increase the number of guards, and it was the maid there who actually received the order."

　That's right.
　Since it is only me who was asked by the Demon King-sama, I myself must go to the destination and see it.
　...I thought, but isn’t this pretty unreasonable?
　Even though I'm a maid who doesn't even know how to fight...

"In addition, I made the great mistake of being taken prisoner by the enemy in the last war."
"Ah, Usato caug———"

　At that moment, a hand stretched out without a sound and grabbed Koga-san's chin.
　He was caught off guard by an unexpected hand from Hannah-sama, who was supposed to be his ally, and his eyes widened.

"Please don't mention that name. How are you going to take responsibility if he accidentally comes flying here."
"Eh, comes flying here? What?"
"Of course it is the d-d-d-d-devil in the skin of that healing magician...!"
""Haa?""

　Her voice trembling more than ever, Hannah-sama said so, shaking with fear and holding her head.
　The way she kept saying "forgive me" and "I'm sorry" in rapid succession was not normal.

"Aa, aa, aa, between illusion and reality, the white figure with the wings of the devil, accompanied by the bird of ill omen, emerges from the darkness—"
"K-Koga-san! Isn’t this bad!? She's muttering something that sounds like she's about to summon something!?"
"What did he do, seriously...? Well, for now..."

　As expected, Koga-san panicked and slapped the distraught Hannah-sama lightly with his hand.
　With a gasp, she comes to her senses and looks up with a scowl on her face.

"... I'm sorry. I was distraught."
"No, it wasn't at the level of distraught. You were deranged."
"Let's continue the talk "
"Oi, are you ignoring me?"

　In a complete change from her earlier behavior, she clears her throat and continues the talk.

"It was originally a blunder that could have cost me my position as Commander of the Third Corps, but considering the current situation of the Demon King's Army, Demon King-sama told me to continue as Commander of the Third Corps. You know what that means, don't you?"
"...Sort of"
"So I cannot throw away my role because there is no more left for me. If I blunder once more, I must give this life to the Demon King-sama."

　As expected, Demon King-sama doesn't seem to want it that far...
　Hannah-sama says such a thing to me with an impassioned look on her face, and I, not daring to deny it, remain silent and listen to her.

"Even the First Corps Commander went away to train Amira while his wounds were still healing. I and Gillette, the assistant to the first corps commander, have to do our best here. Koga-kun is usually useless, and even more so."
"Isn't that a little more harsh than when we first met? No, I'm aware that I'm only useful in combat, but."

　Right? He looks at me as if asking for my consent, but I pretend not to notice.
　It's too frightening for a mere maid to answer.　

"Instead, let me introduce you to a competent soldier. The name is Nono Helestea. She is an excellent rider who is skilled in handling flying dragons and can make calm decisions even under unforeseen circumstances." 
"Oh, that's great. I was just thinking of riding the flying dragon."
"Flying dragon..."

　I-I-I-I've never ridden a flying dragon before.
　I've been living in the countryside of the demon king's territory all my life, and I've never even ridden a monster.

"Well, then, let's go that way"
"Yes, she seems to like riding flying dragons, so she should be happy to accept it."
"Oh, got it."
"Ah, please avoid talking about the healing magician to her too."
"Is she too...? As I thought, he's a dangerous guy..."

　After exchanging such conversation, we leave Hannah-sama's quarters and immediately head to our next destination - the stables where flying dragons used during the war are kept and other monsters are bred.



　It seems that it is not far from the quarters where Hannah-sama was, so we soon arrived at the stables ... There are only well-behaved Glow Wolves and regular horses.
　I decided to look more carefully, and as I looked around the stables with Koga-san for the target person, I finally found a flying dragon that seemed to be a flying dragon.

"Oh, there they are. A flying dragon."
"Yes"

　A red body with sharp fangs.
　Its wings, which seem to be integrated with its arms, and its tail are so large and powerful that a mere bump could cause serious injury.
　Slightly pressured, we go closer and notice a single demon race figure beside the flying dragon.
　The demon woman was stroking the growling flying dragon with her eyes narrowed as she spoke to him about something.

"Sean. I'm sorry. I haven't been able to feed you well. And you haven't been flying well lately, have you?"
"Gyea..."
"Uwh, I know. I want to fly. I understand. I know how you feel."

　She is extremely sympathetic to flying dragons...?
　Surprised by her trusting relationship that was so obvious to see, Koga-san approached her.

"You are Nono Helestea, right?"
"Who the hell!? What, Commander Koga!? Ah, eh, I-I-I-I'm not thinking of an escape plan!? I-I was just thinking about taking him for a little walk!!"
"That's a beautiful self-destruct, oi. I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that, so listen to me."

　She seems to be a funny person again.
　I watch the conversation between Koga-san and Nono Helestea-san while feeling a little tired.
　When she hears about this escort mission of mine, her eyes light up a little.

"I-I'll take it! If I can fly with this child again, I'll go anywhere!! If you want, we could surprise attack the Lingle Kingdom like this!? We can do it now!?"
"That's a very attractive idea, but not possible from my position. Unfortunately."

　Shouldn't this person stop being the Commander of the Second Corps?
　If that were to be done, even I would have to go to the Kingdom of Lingle.

"This time, I just need you to go to the place I instructed properly."
"Yes! Sean! I did it!!"
"Gyururu..."

　Nono-san jumps up and down and reveals her joy, and the flying dragon called Sean sniffs with satisfaction at seeing her.
　I wonder what it is.
　Could it be that the soldiers of the Demon King's army are a bunch of weirdos?
　My head hurts at the fact that I couldn't see it because I was a maid.

"...Haa, why did Demon King-sama ask me..."

　I think many times I am just a demoness who is entrusted to be Demon King-sama's maid.
　Although I am aware that Demon King-sama trusts me, as far as I am concerned, I have never even used magic, and I have only ever held a knife.
　I wonder what Demon King-sama expects me to do.
　Although I could see that it was definitely meaningful, for once I felt a little bitter at the lack of explanation from Demon King-sama, who was a little less talkative than usual.