Chapter 448: Makoto in admiration (1/2)
Now that I think about it…
“Hey.”
Rona.
The effect of the Charm has already been diluted to a degree where she can completely suppress it.
In just a few days, she should be healing completely.
But I would say there’s no problem letting Rona go already.
“…Hello?”
Demons are living in a world where your ability is everything.
Looks like I didn’t understand properly just how much of a thing the path to become a Demon General is.
Of course, if we are talking solely of battle power, there isn’t really anything special about demons.
That’s not where it is.
If it is Io and Reft, it would be command and strategy, and depending on the role, even domestic affairs?
Mokuren looked like a researcher, so it would be development capability, outstanding ideas, and viewpoint, I guess?
And for Rona, it would be…stealth, information gathering, grasp of oneself, and manipulation.
“Putting pressure on someone to make them talk, Raidou, that’s not a technique that suits you, you know?”
The Demon General Rona being the one approaching the Kingdom, the Empire, and the hyuman force the most is natural, so the chances of her getting exposed by the Charm of the Heroes are high.
Well, I don’t know if the Charm of Senpai is suited to make others betray though.
However, the Charm of Tomoki is clearly dangerous.
It shows especially high effects against the opposite gender. It is possible to make them understand that they themselves have been under the effect of it if it is analyzed.
Even so, they can’t just pull back their hand against the Empire.
Of course their sense of danger will increase.
And so, that’s where I come in, huh.
The countermeasure for the time when she gets hit by the Charm.
After being Charmed, for the sake of not going straight to Tomoki’s place to blabber all the info of the demons, for the sake of not being an hindrance to her Zef, she would kill me who Tomoki is hostile against and present it to him -that’s the kind of suggestion she placed in her head in order to take an action that wouldn’t be contrary to the charm’s effects.
“You really are quite the person, Rona.” (Makoto)
“?!”
““?!?!?!?!””
My true feelings leaked out.
There was no negotiation technique or anything about it, just plain honest feelings.
I think I felt a strange atmosphere being created in the other room after that, but well, it shouldn’t be that big of a deal.
“Wa-Waka-sama?” (Sari)
Looks like Sari, who was with me, was concerned about me.
Her eyes were wide open.
Why are they getting this surprised just because I praised Rona a little bit?
I have had Sari cooperate in hearing things out every day, but maybe I asked a bit too much of her?
“This time you are going to flatter me into submission? You won’t be able to know the effects if you test out a technique that you learned just recently, you know? Despite my looks, I am a pro in that area. I understand that it is pretty hard to say your true feelings towards your subordinates but—” (Rona)
“I think you have planned and understood your surroundings pretty well.” (Makoto)
“?”
“If it were me…” (Makoto)
“…”
“I would be able to treat your charm or kill you. You really thought it well.” (Makoto)
“Heeh.” (Rona)
“Moreover, even though you charged at us in such a dangerous fashion, you were sure that me and the Kuzunoha company wouldn’t judge the demons as enemies and confront them…right?” (Makoto)
“…”
“Rona? You…” (Sari)
Rona stays silent.
As if finding fault in that silence, Sari called her name.
“I am not as good as you at seeing through the minds of others, but there’s one thing I want to ask. If I am right, please tell me.” (Makoto)
“I don’t mind if it is that much. Or more like, I should be answering if asked in this scenario after all.” (Sari)
“Did you decide that I should be a safety measure when I took Sari in?” (Makoto)
The condition for her to judge that I would not get antagonistic against all the demons if Rona were to do a surprise attack on me or assault me.
It might be at the time when I would take one of the demons into my side.
“…Correct. But I wonder about that. I feel like it would be more correct to say that it is the right answer as a result. Of course, I think you can use your head a whole lot better than at the time when you met his Majesty though.” (Rona)
“Isn’t it because you obtained a clear instance of me accepting the demons?” (Makoto)
“Fufu, that was the last key. Even if you hadn’t taken in Sari-sama, I was already almost completely sure. Sari-sama was more like a protection charm.” (Rona)
…
So she is saying that she judged I wouldn’t get hostile against the demons by getting a grasp of my actions, personality, and the opinion of my surroundings?
That would mean Sari was simply in the case it didn’t work.
This is getting even more dangerous.
This demon brought me to such a cold place, and managed to read that I would have no choice but to kick the ass of a Demon General that had gone weird.
The reality of it is that I wasn’t thinking that far.
But considering the case where I would have died, there was the chance to fall into a war against us.
While my brain was spinning with those thoughts, I sat in front of Rona and looked at her face, and I suddenly felt the fearsomeness of a schemer or a strategist.
It made me admire it from the bottom of my heart.
“I see.” (Makoto)
“…Uhm, Waka-sama, this is an aside, but can I ask you one thing?” (Sari)
“What is it, Sari?” (Makoto)
Now that I think about it, this girl has been totally dyed by the colors of Asora, and that stiff feeling of hers has begun to fall off already.
Ah, right, I have to advance the plan of accepting a part of the demons and hyumans too.