The Unemployed Demon Lord

"What are you talking about?"

"Cough... that..." Duke Rose paused for a moment, his expression became friendly, even flattering, "I know Lord Merlin, you are powerful enough to rival the Thorn Knight. Talents like you are no longer available today. See you more, I think you also understand that strength is directly proportional to responsibility, so..."

"I refuse!" Merlin interrupted Duke Rose unceremoniously, knowing what to say after listening.

"Master Merlin, I haven't finished yet..." Duke Rose became embarrassed.

"Needless to say, I know what you mean." Merlin paused, then continued, "You must be asking me to deal with that water monster, right? But unfortunately, I don't want to get involved in further trouble. This protection Michelle is already in trouble, so I'm sorry..."

"It's not Mrs. Merlin like this. I want to ask your wife, Miss Alice, to help me." Duke Rose corrected Merlin's wild thoughts.

"Huh!?" Merlin frowned suddenly, he didn't expect that he had misunderstood, he was not looking for himself, but Alice, obviously he was the invincible strong, Alice can only be regarded as his little follower!

"Although you are also very powerful, Mr. Merlin, it must not be enough to deal with that water monster. However, Mr. Alice is a higher level adventurer than you, and you must be stronger than you, so I would like to ask you to say something nice. , let Master Alice help us, I think she can fight that water monster with her strength." Duke Rose expressed his plan, hoping that Merlin could act as a messenger to help convey the meaning.

Merlin's face darkened, feeling that he was being underestimated, so he slowly stood up and said lightly

"I'm sorry, my lord, the purpose of our trip is to protect Michelle."

"And I saved you once in the capital, and I have helped you enough."

"I still want to involve us in deeper troubles, forgive me..."

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Merlin walked away angrily, not agreeing to Duke Rose's request.

Because if Merlin can't beat the water demon, let alone Alice, she's going to die.

In fact, Merlin's expression in front of Duke Rose is strong enough, but the illusion that Alice is stronger than Merlin is deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Merlin didn't want to meddle in other people's affairs at first, but now he doesn't want to meddle even more. He always feels that he is being treated as a softie for no reason.

It is estimated that the Rose Duke himself does not know that Merlin is the real thigh.

As the situation is unclear right now, Michelle is not yet completely safe.

So Merlin and Alice didn't count as completing this mission, and naturally they couldn't get the money, so they couldn't leave the station for the time being.

back to the tent

Merlin saw Alice sitting on the bed, looking like she was thinking about something.

After being treated by the priest of the Rose Legion, Alice's complexion has improved a lot, but she still needs to continue to cultivate for a few days.

Merlin walked over, sat by Alice's bed, and asked tentatively, "How is your body? Are you better?"

Alice woke up as if she had just woken up from a dream, she looked at Merlin next to her in surprise, her face flushed and she thought to herself

What's up with this guy?

Didn't you say you won't take care of me?

Now you suddenly care about me so much, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon~

Could it be that he did something wrong?

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Chapter 45: Monthly Ticket Addition

"Did you bastard do something wrong outside?" Alice showed a questioning expression.

"Who did something wrong?" Merlin pouted.

Alice couldn't understand Merlin, a guy who thought he was honest, so she couldn't help squinting her eyes and asking.

"Then didn't you say yesterday that you would never take care of me? Why are you so enthusiastic all of a sudden?"

Merlin was stunned, showing a pensive look, "I'm just asking casually, there is no other meaning, we can leave this place of right and wrong as soon as you recover."

"Tch!" Alice curled her lips immediately, and replied in an angry tone, "I'm already much better, I can walk around by myself, I don't need you to worry about it, hum~!"

Merlin nodded and suggested, "That's good, let's get paid quickly and go back to Wrexham tomorrow. It feels like this place is getting more and more chaotic."

"This..." Alice looked at Merlin with a hesitant expression, "Isn't it good?"

"What's wrong? Can't you see it? It's getting more and more chaotic here now. The Queen and the Rose Duke are fighting fiercely. We are now at the center of the conflict. In order not to cause trouble, it's better to get out as soon as possible. "Merlin said in a very serious tone.

"We can't leave for the time being, because the matter has not been resolved. If the fake queen is not overthrown, Michelle will always be in a dangerous situation. We can't just abandon her." Alice retorted, seemingly disapproving of Merlin. Irresponsible advice.

"Miss, do you know our current situation, Duke Rose has obviously begun to show weakness, we should break up with Michelle and leave quickly, otherwise endless troubles will come to you and me. Merlin frowned, not wanting to be dragged into this muddy water.

"Isn't it too heartless for you to do this? Do you want to treat Michelle with death? Cold blood..." Alice frowned and complained.

Merlin looked a little unnatural, and said patiently, "I admit that I am a bit cold-blooded, but considering our own interests, getting out in time is the best choice."

"No, I don't agree. Since we promised to protect Michelle, we should do it to the end." Alice said persistently.

Merlin immediately rolled his eyes, feeling that he and Alice were not the same at all.

If it weren't for the need to pay off the debt together, I'm afraid there would be no intersection in this life.

Merlin is a typical realistic egoist, Alice is idealistic, and there will always be great conflicts in thinking.

"His Royal Highness Michelle has come and chatted with me just now." Alice said suddenly.

Merlin's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise, "What did I talk to you about?"

"I hope I can get rid of the water demon entrenched above the palace." Alice did not hide anything, and explained the core of the conversation with Michelle just now.

Merlin's expression suddenly became strange. He didn't believe that it was Michelle's suggestion to come to rescue Alice, and it must be the instigation of the Duke of Rose.

I'm going, this Duke of Rose actually works hard on both ends! ?

Not only did he encourage himself on this side, but he also asked Michelle to come over to supervise Lisi's ideological work.

It seems that this posture is determined to ask Alice to help!

Merlin felt that the other party saw Alice as a little guard of justice who was easier to talk about, so he was so active.

"Alice, calm down, you won't agree, will you?"

"Well, I agree." Alice nodded honestly.

"Sigh~"

Merlin gasped, and immediately supported his forehead.

Sure enough, he thought!Alice is so naive!

Why are you so easy to talk about! ?Can't you just refuse! ?

Merlin calmed down a bit, he had a big opinion on this prodigal daughter-in-law.

"Why can't you refuse well? Isn't this taking the trouble on yourself?"

"Because..." Alice paused, and said seriously, "Because Her Royal Highness Michelle is very pitiful, she said that the current Queen is her aunt and treats her very badly, like a cold stranger , the biological mother seems to have been harmed, if her aunt's rule cannot be overthrown, then His Royal Highness Michelle will be miserable, she may be harmed, or wander outside forever, with this kind of background, isn't it worthy of sympathy?"

"Just...just out of sympathy, you agreed to this matter?! You..." Merlin was almost stunned by this little guard of justice. He felt that this was definitely a pig teammate. He ran wherever there was any danger. .

"That's right, His Royal Highness Michelle is so pitiful, we can't just ignore it, since we have accepted the task, we have to help it to the end, we can't give up halfway!" Alice said solemnly.

Merlin looked at Alice's upright look, and was speechless immediately, his eyes were almost blinded by the radiance of her Holy Mother.

"Okay, you are strong, then you go and get rid of the unknown water demon in the palace, I won't stop you."

"Eh? I'm still injured, so your ability to kill that water demon shouldn't be a problem?" Alice glanced at Merlin's face.

"Ah? Why did you throw trouble on me so confidently? You promised to go, but I won't!" Merlin gave Alice a white look.

"This is not my business alone. Don't you have a share of the 70 gold coins for this mission? You only get half of it now. If you don't help Michelle overthrow her aunt's rule, the other half will be ruined." Alice asked Merlin back.

"Tsk tsk tsk! You sound good, when did I get more than 100 gold coins? Even if I pick up trash, I won't earn so little~" Merlin satirized with dissatisfaction.

"This..." Alice blushed, and said with a guilty conscience, "Aren't you our common property for food, clothing, housing and transportation? What's more, you still owe me [-] in the small treasury! And if you didn't rob me back then Will the inherited mithril armor become what it is today?!"

"Uh..." Merlin's face darkened, and he asked suspiciously, "You bastard, why do you become so shrewd when it comes to money? Are you clearer than anyone else?"

"For the sake of living, we are almost out of control, and we can earn more." Alice showed a trace of housewife's sadness on her face.

"Then you can't ask for trouble, can you? Hurry up and get out, it is obvious that you will have no future with the Duke of Rose." Merlin said forcefully.

"We can't escape now, and we have no choice." Alice said seriously.

"Why?" Merlin was a little puzzled.

"Because we killed the Thorn Knight, if the Duke of Rose's resistance fails, do you think the queen will let us both go? But if the Duke of Rose succeeds, then our situation is completely different, and we are the heroes who help the orthodox~" Alice Thumbs up, it seems that it's not that they haven't thought about it seriously, they have thought about the retreat of the two of them.

When Merlin heard it, he felt that Alice's words made sense. Now he and Alice are the prisoners who killed the Thorn Knight. In order to avoid trouble, they just assist the Duke of Rose to kill the grass. Damn, this guy Alice has already prepared this set of arguments Bar! ?

"Merlin, please, this is the first time I'm begging you..." Alice pursed her mouth, her eyes widened, and she looked pitiful while tears were shining.

"Tsk!" Merlin couldn't bear to look directly at Alice, looked away, and sighed

"That's enough, bitch, don't be cute to me."

"It's disgusting, like a stray dog, not cute at all..."

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Chapter 46: Blossom

Due to the relationship between the goblin in the lake, the water in the entire underground river began to stir.

A large amount of water began to pour out of the surface, and the ground began to sink.

The torrent was surging wildly, and there were still many people drifting in the water.

The royal capital, which had not yet been fully rebuilt, fell into an even more dilapidated situation.

Masefield had already released the seal collar, and moved towards the palace on the roof.

The water at this time is not very deep, at most the height of a floor, maybe there is still time to organize quickly.

Masefield looked at the goblin in the lake entrenched above the palace in the distance, its huge body was shocking.

There was also such a frightening pressure in the air that even Masefield could feel the slightest difficulty in breathing.

that's too bad...