Funeral, what should I do if I reincarnate as a demon?

Although this is a compliment to himself, when it comes to good education... just listening to Ash feels inexplicably harsh, and he unconsciously lowers his head and rubs his swollen temples.

This makes Felen see it, and he can't help but be curious: "Lord Ash, it seems that you don't like the king very much?"

"...Should I say I don't like it or what? I can't say I don't like it..." After all, he is actually behind the scenes, what can he say now.

At this moment, Aize suddenly looked at Ash and said earnestly:

"Ashe, if you don't have anything important, how about protecting them as a warrior? As long as you meet the kings of the Kingdom of Ester and the Empire, it's almost time to go to the imperial capital. It should be quick, right?"

"...Imperial capital?"

Aize's words made him unconsciously fall into deep thought.

Under normal circumstances, it is very difficult to go to the imperial city of the imperial capital and meet the emperor who has lived in seclusion for generations and tried to avoid assassinations. It seems that it is indeed a good opportunity for an outsider like him to sneak in and capture the king first... Following Fulilian is indeed a good opportunity.

If he could bypass the guards and reach the imperial city directly, then getting rid of the emperor would not be a problem. The biggest problem would be how to avoid involving Fulilian and Philen.

But he could think about this problem slowly on the way. Anyway, he would have time to make a decision on how to act in the end when he arrived at the cabinet.

On the long and narrow supercontinent, the area of ​​the north is almost larger than the center and the south combined. It's just that it takes time to go to the south of the north, which is not unacceptable to him.

After all, where they are now is almost the edge of the middle, and it's very close to the north, and he should spend more time with Philen occasionally.

Therefore, after a long period of thinking, he finally came up with his own answer, smiled at the three people who were staring at him, and slammed the table with an obligatory look:

"——Of course, one of you is a child I watched grow up, and the other is my old friend, I really can't refuse!"

"Thank you for your kindness, but..." Looking at his serious look, Philen squinted his eyes unconsciously: ".... Lord Ash, you have been thinking about it for a long time, right? What exactly did you think about? Can you tell me?"

"Uh, apple?"

"... In your heart, we are not as important as apples?"

"Ah, no, it's not like that..."

"Um~~~~~"

He realized that he said the wrong thing and found the wrong reason, but before he could change his words, Philen was already staring at him, puffing up his cheeks in dissatisfaction.

This made him look at Fulilian next to him, but...

At this time, Fulilian really didn't let him down... She just lowered her head to look at the book, and didn't meet his eyes at all, it can be said that she was afraid that he would drag her down.

As for Aize...

"....You have such a good relationship."

He just sighed and drank tea quietly beside him, and he also didn't intend to intervene in this matter.

So the time after that was almost as difficult as imagined.

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Evening.

Because Aize's cave basically didn't consider the issue of guests visiting or even staying here, the three of them naturally had to leave here.

"....But you have all changed. You obviously didn't plan to have a deep friendship, but now you have an apprentice and a child."

Aize walked out of the cave to see the three off, looking at Ash and Fulilian, and unconsciously showed a rather emotional expression.

"Really?" Fulilian herself didn't care much about the change, she just tilted her head in confusion.

"The one percent trip you mentioned obviously didn't change you in the end. You are still stubborn and unwilling to contact people and take disciples... Why do you want to take disciples now?"

"... Just being plotted by Ash and Haita, those two despicable guys."

"Lady Fulilian..."

"But even if it was plotted, the target was Philen, and I am not dissatisfied."

When Philen showed a gloomy look, Fulilian smiled and raised her hand to touch her hair.

This made Philen smile, and she carefully looked in the direction of Ash, obviously caring about his answer.

Even Aize couldn't help but be curious: "Your reason... is it because she is the offspring of a friend?"

"No... To be honest, I don't know how I accepted the situation of having to take care of a child." Ash seemed a little distressed, and couldn't help muttering: "Obviously there should be more important things, and I shouldn't delay it, but... I really can't leave Philen behind, um, that's probably it."

"... Want to grow apples again?" Philen was already quite dissatisfied now, and even a little hurt.

"How is it possible? How can apples be more important than you, Philen..."

"What is that?"

"... You will know later."

"Why don't you say it? You are really lying..."

"It's not a lie, it's just... well, if, Philen..." When the girl couldn't help but get angry, he smiled: "I'm just saying if I become a bad guy, we become enemies or something, you don't have to care about anything, just follow your own ideas."

"What, this?"

"Well~ Men, sometimes they want to become a big devil... this feeling? Or want to conquer the world? To some extent, stand on the opposite side of humanity or something?"

He was vague and couldn't make things clear, which made Philen's mouth curl up with a helpless and gentle smile, and sighed softly:

"Master Ash, you are so old, how can you still have such wild ideas?"

"That is to say, if that time really comes, will you stand on my side? Or will you choose to attack..."

"Do I need to ask this?" Philen said without hesitation, "No matter what, I will of course stand on the side of Lord Ash."

"This...should I say it's a bit unexpected, or something else..."

"Why should it be unexpected? Even if Lord Ash occasionally messes up, he is definitely not a bad person. If there is a special reason, there must be a reason behind it that you have to do it. In short, you must find a way to help you first, right?... I think so."

This trust is pure and firm. It not only comes from the understanding of Ash as a person, but also from the indescribable emotional bond deep in her heart.

Moreover, Philen couldn't even imagine the scene of herself and Ash in opposition. She seemed a little unhappy about his idea of ​​not completely trusting her.

The girl's unconditional trust made Ash unable to hold back, and he hugged her, and stroked her hair with emotion:

"-Although I am sometimes strict~ But you are a good child~ I finally taught a good child~!"

"What, what? Suddenly like this..." The sudden hug caught Felen off guard, her cheeks flushed slightly, and her face was a little embarrassed.

However, she did not struggle, but twisted her body slightly, and seemed a little uncomfortable.

"....Suddenly a strange topic came up, and you just wanted to find an excuse to hug Felen? You became a lonely and spoiled baby after being ignored for a long time?"

Fulilian observed the two of them for a long time, and unexpectedly came up with a strange and inexplicably harsh answer.

This made Aize open his mouth and hesitate to speak, and it took a long time before he closed his mouth and closed his eyes.

Although he could see Ash's seriousness, he still chose to believe his former companion and gave up talking to Fulilian, who was slow-witted.

Of course, Fulilian was not stupid, although her EQ was very poor. She just believed in Ash, a friend she had known since the village, and did not think that he would do anything evil.

Rather, Ash had made a lot of strange jokes, and there was no need to care about them at all - at least Fulilian thought so.

After this short episode, the three of them happily set out on their journey again. It is worth mentioning that Fulilian was in a surprisingly good mood. When he walked in front, he raised his hands and palms parallel to the ground, just like a penguin.

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After a simple farewell, the group left here temporarily under the eyes of Aize.

Ash and Flyllen looked at Flyllen, who was swinging in front of them happily like a penguin, and couldn't help but smile at each other.

"It would be great if Flyllen's mood could always be like this."

"Ash, don't make her angry on the road. I really like Flyllen when she's happy."

"That's what I want to say... After all, I never thought of making Flyllen angry." Ash looked at the elf who was advising him seriously, but couldn't help but smile again when he looked at Flyllen's back:

"But... Growing up really has its benefits~ Well, my education is really good!"

".... You are so shameless. Flyllen is basically taught by me and Haita, right?"

"But I knew Flyllen first and spent a few years together."

"How dare you say that? It was basically Flyllen's nightmare at that time, right?" Flyllen looked at him with a sidelong glance, her eyes full of disgust and obvious displeasure: "And... you want to find someone else to teach Flyllen Lost it."

"....Don't exaggerate, I'm actively looking for someone more suitable than me."

"Is it true that you want to abandon me?"

"...Although there may be some shortcomings, please respect the precious memories between me and Philen. After all, it's not abandonment, but looking for someone better."

He tried to defend himself, but Fulilian was cold and said another killer sentence: "Philen said that when he was a child, he hated being alone at home."

"Uh, this...I'm sorry...but, but! Anyway! Overall, there are some good influences from me, right?"

"Is he scary when he's angry?"

"No, this is definitely not my problem!"

......

At the beginning, the two of them were talking happily, and even sincerely hoped that Philen would always be like this, but for some reason, Fulilian turned to scold Ash.

In other matters, Ash was the one who criticized Fulilian. After all, Fulilian was right and couldn't argue with him. But he couldn't defend himself and felt guilty. Even his defense was a bit guilty.

During this process, the three of them paid for a ride on a carriage that was on the way.

The two girls fell asleep at the same time without knowing it, and leaned against Ash unconsciously.

Among them, Feren didn't slide sideways accidentally, but leaned against him sideways and half-lying.

Although the road was bumpy, she slept quite peacefully. She was breathing steadily while leaning against him, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, as if she was dreaming of something.

On the other side...After being thrown upside down, Fulilian, who was too lazy to get up, had a sad face and made strange dreams from time to time:

"...It's so cold...The north...I hate it...I...I won't...go..."

"...I'm still afraid of the cold as always."

Fulilian's strange dreams, as if she was struggling in a nightmare, made Ash shake his head and laugh.

In fact, the two destinations are not only located in the north, but the entire northern continent, although occupying more than half of the world, is basically on the plateau. It is conceivable that the temperature of "north" plus "plateau" will be much colder than that of the south and the center. It just so happens that Fulilian is afraid of the cold...

"How pitiful~" He touched the hair of Philen with his left hand and Fulilian with his right hand, but soon closed his eyes and began to exercise his magic power.

As for the development of the country, which should have been a headache....the nobles and ministers have found some capable and loyal talents. As long as there are no major problems, there will be no problem in the current stable development without war.

As for those troublesome people....he can only find time for them to settle down temporarily, and then rush to the north to solve the problem within a month each time.

After all, Fulilian and Feilun's team....with Fulilian's presence, it is normal for them to stay in one place for a year or two.

Of course, with him, in this case, unless they go far to the north, they can only find a way to prohibit it.

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The carriage moved leisurely, and arrived at the canyon called Rigel two days later.

And when they passed the village next to the canyon, they unexpectedly noticed a stone statue that was obviously Azer.

Fellen stared at the statue and couldn't help but think of what the villagers said when they were purchasing supplies. It seemed quite unbelievable:

".....I heard that Lord Aize defeated a red mirror dragon when he passed by, but didn't Lord Aize say that he was old?"

"Even if he is old, he is not that old." Flillian corrected her point of view casually, but she was not very interested in the statue and the story behind it.

At this time, Ferren subconsciously turned his head to look at Ash, and asked curiously: "Lord Azer said that you are stronger now than he was when he was young, which means... Lord Ash can also defeat dragons with martial arts?"

"Well, there are many kinds of dragons, but it is very easy to defeat weaker ones like the Red Mirror Dragon."

"... So there are weak dragons?"

"Because there are many warriors who can defeat the Red Mirror Dragon. It just has good magic resistance. The rest is only flying, melee and fire-breathing ability. The strong dragon is like the Royal Prison Dragon. Not only can it breathe fire, but also its magic power is extremely strong, it also has the ability of reverse detection, and its flying speed is also very fast."

He casually gave an example of the strongest and most dangerous dragon in the north.

When Fulilian heard the name, she couldn't help but sigh: "Imperial Prison Dragon? The Red Mirror Dragon has strong magic resistance, but it's slow and can't use magic. I can still try a few more times to deal with it, but if it's the Imperial Prison Dragon... it's better to run away quickly if you really meet it. Even Azer in his prime can only run away."

"Is it that dangerous?"

"Of course, so if you meet it, you should pay attention to running away as soon as possible?"