Chapter 553: Intermission: The Lurker (2/2)

[……Stop and listen, you have instructions from Shalltear-sama.]

[Whaaaat~~ is it~~? ”Astaroth”?]

The voice belongs to a subordinate of the Phantasmal King…… He is one of the ten leaders of the Phantasmal King Corps, a group of Count-level, high-ranking Demons which is also known as ”the Ten Demons”…… Known as the ”Imaginary Informant” and the person who bestows Demons their peerage, Astaroth.

(T/N: Astaroth's gender isn't clearly specified. I don't remember it being clearly specified either.)

[On the Sixth night of the Six Kings Festival…… In other words, tonight, ”all leaders of the Phantasmal King Corps are to assemble in the Central Tower”…… End of message.]

[Assembleeeee? Whhhhhhyyyy?]

[I don't know, I wasn't told the reason why. Anyway…… I've told you about it, so make sure to come…… ”Pandemonium”.]

With those words, Astaroth seemed to have left and the corridor fell into silence again.

[……My name heeeeereee…… is Illness thouuuuughhh…… Oh weeeell.]

After muttering to herself, Illness…… No, Pandemonium started walking down the corridor again.

[……In the Central Tower of the Six King Festival's venuuuuue…… ”Kaito-sama” is also there…… I guess I'll bring him somethiiiiiiing…… Kuhii, kuhihihihihi.]

Her uncanny, yet innocent giggles echoed in the corridor…… The Incarnation of Abominable Diseases that even pierces through the True Blessing of High-ranking Gods…… Thinking about the night, the ”Doomsday-Invoking Plague”, Pandemonium let out a simple happy smile on her lips.

Actually, only her setting had been established since Sieg's Intermission.

~ ~ Extra : The Legend of Kaito's Golden Age ~ ~

> 1 flag a day for him is normal, 5 flags a day is normal too

> Maximum Affection Points at first meeting is a frequent occurrence

> For Kaito, collecting flags isn't a way for him to make a certain noble lady faint

> It's not uncommon for the other party's Affection Points to Limit Break at first meeting

> Just by playing Othello against him, his opponents cried and apologized to him, and even the Phantasmal King had given up in despair before his abilities

> He's raising too much flags, and even if the other part isn't nearby, he's still raising their flags

> Those flags would also be firmly collected soon

> Build a flag → Collect it → Raise another flag

> Even on days when he didn't see anyone, he would still raise 2 flags without his knowledge

> If he wasn't aware of the flags he raised even after he raised 3 of them, the Underworld King would appear at night to bring him another flag

> Just brushing his teeth in the morning raises a flag

> It's not uncommon for him to collect 3, or even 5 flags at the same time.

> He's raising a flag even to those who tried to stop him from raising flags

> Just by raising his fist up high in a guts pose, he already raised the Affection of about 5 people to Maximum

> From the other side of the national border, he was also collecting flags from another country

> Even if he had never met the person before, he'll raise a flag

> Even if it's a character whose setting was the only thing written about them and hasn't appeared in the first place, he will still raise a flag

> There's a really famous rumor going around that the reason the gender ratio of the world is skewed towards women is all because of Kaito

> There's a fan service out there that he had apparently materialized the flag he had raised and rode them to travel around the Demon Realm

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