The Adventure Story of the Devil, the Maid, and the Hero

Fuono, who was holding green tea in both hands, took a peek at her, and couldn't help but tighten her hand holding the cup. After a while, she hesitated and asked softly:

"Ellie... cares a lot?"

"Huh?" April was stunned, "After all, this is considered a big event, not to mention that in Nofeyd, where brave men appear frequently, I don't think anyone will care about it at all."

Even though she said so, in fact, the fact that the devil king came to the world is just a sigh for most ordinary civilians when they hear about it, and it will not have much impact.

In fact, April's reaction to this so far has only been a sigh of relief.

"Yes."

Fuono, who was half a beat late, realized that he was a little self-conscious just now, looked down at the liquid surface, and agreed with a bit of frustration.It's a pity that April has already deduced something from her reaction, and asked straightforwardly:

"Is there anything special about this to us?"

"Of course!" Iluna put one hand on her chest, and said with an expression of "you don't even know this", "This is related to our plan."

"Wait……"

A little worried that she would say the part that shouldn't be said casually, Yulia interrupted.It's just that before she finished the sentence that stopped her, Iluna spoke triumphantly like a child showing off her toys:

"After learning the news of the arrival of the Demon King, we can proceed with the DQG plan."

"D–Q–C... anti-gravity acceleration magic rune?"

April didn't know why.

"D, D...could it be a deluxe ice cream cake?"

Fuono looked puzzled.

"Who can understand you when you use abbreviations?"

Giulia said helplessly.

"Hey?" Iluna was very puzzled by this, "It's clear and concise, easy to understand and confidential."

Giulia only agrees with the last point she said, and there is really nothing to say in terms of the degree of confidentiality.At first, she was worried that she would miss something in front of April, who didn't know the inside story, but now it seems that this worry is unnecessary.

However, the acronym DQC——

The two letters D and Q in front probably refer to Shirpasha and her initials respectively. As for why it is D instead of X, maybe it is because of the concern that Shirpasha's identity cannot be revealed?

But what does the last C refer to?Candy, cherries, change?

Just as her unconscious common sense was substituting the words one by one, Shirpasha’s voice came from the side——

"It's a bit inappropriate to say it's a counterattack."

Hearing this, Iluna tilted her head, took a deep breath, and then explained without a pause:

"The side that everyone thought was bound to lose unexpectedly defeated the side that everyone had been optimistic about. Isn't this a standard counterattack?"

After she finished speaking, she couldn't help puffing out her chest, with a proud attitude of "Luna is really smart".

"Little Luna is awesome."

Shirpasha completely forgot what she said just now, and while praising, she couldn't help reaching out and touching the smooth hair on the top of Iluna's head, while the latter squinted her eyes like a small animal and gently rubbed it Rubbed the palm of the former.

Giulia was slightly shaken by this familiar scene, so she didn't make a sound to correct her.

But since ancient times, evil has never prevailed over good... No, truth will surely defeat falsehood. Even if Giulia didn't choose to fight this time, someone else would stand up.This time it was Fuono who shouldered the important task of defending the truth—to be precise, correcting Iluna's common sense. She was stunned for a moment, then let go of the hand holding the teacup, and said with some hesitation:

"That refers to the dark horse?"

Hearing her voice, Shirpasha seemed to put down her hand regretfully.

"Hei, horse?" Iluna turned her head to look at her, blinking her eyes with some doubts, "The kind of horses that are mostly ugly and can't run fast, and are said to bring bad luck to people?"

"...This kind of statement is very subtle."

Giulia who came back to her senses looked at Iluna with a complicated expression and said.

"In that situation, objectively speaking, this word generally refers to a horse that ran slowly at the beginning and unexpectedly overtook No.1 to win the first place in a horse race, and your previous one should have lost because of this. Subjective interpretations made by disgruntled people with money."

Receiving the sight of her childhood sweetheart pleading for help, April concluded.

"That's it," Iluna nodded earnestly to mark it down, and then asked, "Then what about the counterattack?"

"The word generally means counterattack or attack."

April explained tirelessly, watching Iluna repeating "Counterattack, Invasion" and nodding her head -- while meeting Fuono's grateful eyes -- waited patiently for a while and then asked:

"So, what exactly is your so-called counterattack plan?"

Giulia realized that the point was coming, and was thinking about how to make a reasonable explanation, when a voice answered one step faster than her:

"Of course it is to carry out our original intention of forming the adventurer team!"

As the answerer, Iluna raised her head proudly.

"Then, what is the original intention of this team?"

April asked patiently, not minding the other party's meaningless answer.

At this time, Yulia finally realized a very important thing that had been neglected for a long time——

"Wait, that is to say, did you decide to join us without even knowing this?"

"Because Fuono is a member of the team."

April said with a natural smile.

"..."

Giulia had nothing to say.

"It's not too late to know now," April said calmly, "What is our next plan?"

"Of course it's to sneak in among the adventurers who are hunting down the Demon King, and then take the opportunity—"

"Luna."

Giulia yelled softly, hoping to interrupt Iluna's words, but unfortunately the latter ignored it and continued:

"—Take the opportunity to follow the brave man to fish in troubled waters and get a bunch of shiny gold coins!"

"……Aha."

Giulia, who heard the unexpected answer, looked at Iluna who was excited, and sighed lightly.

——The so-called play by ear does not refer to this.

"Understood, in short, it is to earn rewards, right?"

April nodded, then looked at the obviously expensive ring on Eluna's hand with shiny gemstones, and recalled that objectively speaking, they were not frugal during this period of time. Inferior clothes and weapons, etc., said strangely:

"You don't look like you're short of money."

Iluna looked like "Why don't you even understand this", and said without hesitation:

"How can there be too many shiny gold coins?"

After thinking for a while, April took a sip of tea and said:

"If you want to make money, it's actually not the best way."

"It's a pity, but of course it's not just because of this, the most important thing is—"

Iluna took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, there was no false sincerity in them, and then she smiled playfully:

"I want to meet Lord Brave."

April failed to comprehend the meaning of it for a while, and returned a puzzled look.

"Luna is an admirer of Lord Brave." Iluna said very sincerely under her gaze, and then glanced at the others one by one:

"Everyone wants to get to know the Brave-sama, right?"

Everyone other than April looked different but nodded in unison.

"Very well, I have no doubts."

The corners of April's eyes twitched unnaturally, and she smiled wryly.

Giulia gently pulled off the corner of the demon king's clothes with the hand placed under the table, and asked in a voice that would not be heard by a third person:

"Could you have discussed it with Luna before?"

"No." Lord Demon King smiled softly, "Little Luna has that kind of talent."

The author has something to say:

Because the background of the world is superficial, and the language is also considered semi-superficial, so the abbreviations in the article are actually not very relevant to reality, um.

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I edited a lot of chapters this time, basically just adding a little content that has no effect on the development of the plot, that's it.

&Preview of the next chapter&

CH.9 Combat meeting of five people

Same place, same members, and different times.

After collecting enough information, the group finally decided where to go.