The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#295 - The child I pushed

Princess Alice, who was usually strict with herself, was throwing a little tantrum, and both Claire and Rein were willing to indulge her.

"Zun Zun is also at fault…"

Alice said softly, looking very dejected.

I'm also at fault?

Zun Zun pointed at himself.

"Because Zun Zun said in his letter that he would come play with me soon, but three months have passed, and you still haven't shown any intention of coming."

Ugh.

Stared at by Alice's resentful eyes, Zun Zun was momentarily speechless.

Come to think of it, he did ask Chris to send a letter three months ago, and said he would come play with Alice in the near future. Although various things piled up, that wasn't a valid excuse for not coming.

Zun Zun understood the pain of waiting the most.

Whether it was in his previous life or the life before that, it was always the same.

"I understand," Zun Zun sighed and said, "I will stay here and play with Iris… no, Alice, for a few days. Miss Rein, my companions must be very worried, could you please explain to them that I will be staying here temporarily?"

Mainly Huihui and Youyou.

Although even if he told those two, they would still rush to the royal capital in a fit of anger, it's not about whether they come or not, but about whether he tells them or not.

Zun Zun understood this very well.

Rein nodded to show she understood and left the room.

There were two guards outside the door, their magical power was quite noticeable, which was probably the reason they weren't worried about a lone man and woman being alone in a room. Of course, Zun Zun wouldn't do anything strange to Alice, especially to a little girl whose eyes were shining with adoration for him.

Zun Zun was actually afraid of what she might do to him.

"Father has taken the generals and elder brothers on an expedition, and they are currently in the town at the forefront of the war with the Demon King's army. Unless it's a very dangerous situation, no one will blame us."

"I see."

Zun Zun nodded knowingly at Alice's explanation.

"Compared to that…!"

The little girl suddenly leaned closer, and said with a somewhat impish tone, "How is it! When you saw me, Zun Zun, weren't you very surprised? Didn't you find it unbelievable!?"

No, not at all.

Not to mention that he already knew Alice, the royal family's portraits were posted all over the streets and alleys, so it wouldn't be surprising… but if he answered like that, it would definitely hurt her, right?

Zun Zun raised both hands in a gesture of surrender.

"I'm totally defeated by you! Do you know how shocked I was at that time, that the thief companion who sneaked into the viscount's house with me had transformed into a princess of a country. Although Iris, you were never an ugly duckling, you were really a swan at that time!"

The extremely exaggerated tone, and the name 'Iris,' made Alice smile happily.

It seemed like he had scratched her itch.

But she quickly pouted unhappily and said, "Zun Zun, you're lying. You clearly didn't look shocked at that time."

"My lady, we Crimson Demons have received professional training, no matter how shocked we are, we won't be shocked, unless we can't help it."

After saying that, Zun Zun showed a perfectly timed, shocked and funny expression, which made Alice giggle.

Her silver bell-like laughter was very pleasant to hear.

It's just…

Recalling the time when Alice encountered danger in the royal capital's dungeon, and how she had the same laughter, Zun Zun's mood became very complicated.

"Speaking of which, where is Miss Chris?"

"Her ah… to be honest, I really don't know. That guy is very busy. But my divination tells me that she will come to the royal capital soon, but I don't know if I can meet her."

Chris is a goddess.

Her main purpose in descending to the lower realm is to clean up after Aqua—collecting the scattered divine artifacts, so it's often difficult to find her踪迹.

The necklace that allows Alice to exchange bodies is clearly her target, so there's a high probability of running into her.

"That's right!"

"That's right!"

The two of them spoke at the same time.

They looked at each other and burst out laughing.

"Alice, you go first."

"Yes! I wanted to ask Zun Zun, where did you go at that time? You got that red gem in the dungeon… which is now the gem on the crown on your forehead, right? You suddenly disappeared. Miss Chris and I looked for you for a long time, but we couldn't find you. In the end, Miss Chris said you were fine, and I was relieved."

Chris probably returned to the celestial realm and realized that he wasn't dead, so she assured herself that he was fine.

Under Alice's "I'm very curious" sparkling gaze, Zun Zun told her about the other world.

"That's how it is. After agreeing to many requests, I returned to this world."

"So, so amazing!"

This was a true adventure story.

It wasn't limited to this world, but another brand new world. Unique spiritual armaments, Blade Breakers, Blade Breaking Techniques, knights, magical beings… etc., the brand new story moved Alice. It's just that the one-sided crushing made her regret that the story didn't have any ups and downs.

"Huh?"

Alice said strangely, "Wait a minute, so the Gut Hunter and the White Whale were also…"

"That was another world's adventure."

"Ah!?"

The little girl opened her mouth.

"Strange, didn't I say that?" Zun Zun was a little strange, and after Alice shook her head, he scratched his head and laughed, "This gem seems to have the ability to pull people to another world irregularly, to be honest, it's quite annoying."

"How could it be… so you've been through so much."

Alice looked at him with sympathetic eyes.

In her opinion, Zun Zun was suffering from a curse and had no choice but to go to another world to adventure. Moreover, he was taken away irregularly, and the degree of danger increased exponentially.

"…I'm sorry."

"Huh? Why are you apologizing all of a sudden, Alice?"

"If I had been able to shatter the gem along with it at that time, you wouldn't have suffered such dangerous things as the Gut Hunter and the White Whale."

Indeed.

Alice, who uses her ultimate move as a normal attack, could easily cut the chimera, including the gem, in half with one slash, but—

"I was the one who insisted that you hold back at that time, it's not your fault."

"But…"

"Besides, I don't hate going to other worlds either. Not only does it make me stronger, but it also broadens my horizons, and more importantly—"

Zun Zun looked at Alice with a smile.

"I can bring you back interesting adventure stories."

The little girl's eyes welled up with tears of emotion.

"Speaking of which, is it really okay to tell me about going to another world like this?"

"It's okay, it's okay, Iris is a companion, a member of the thief party, so I only told you. I didn't even tell Darkness and the others, this is our secret, you have to keep it a secret."

Two, two people's secret!?

Zun Zun's words seemed to have triggered a keyword. After Alice repeatedly chewed on this phrase, her eyes suddenly panicked, smoke came out of her head, and she didn't know what her little brain was thinking and short-circuited.

Her body softened and she fell to the side.

"Careful."

Zun Zun wanted to protect Alice, but he obviously forgot that her seemingly petite body contained a huge amount of power, and she fell to the floor with thick carpets, along with himself.

The little girl straddled him.

The two stared at each other.

"Excuse me… Your Highness Alice, I have completed all the procedures. In this way, Lord Zun Zun officially has the status of a visitor and can stay in this castle without any worries…"

As if to make the story more dramatic.

Claire, who had completed various reports and procedures, happened to return to the room.

She saw the T-shaped position of the two.

She was only silent for one second.

The long sword with a cold light was placed on Zun Zun's neck.

"Death penalty."

"Wait a minute, Claire! I did it voluntarily! I pushed Zun Zun down voluntarily!"

"Wh, what…!?"

Claire's pupils shook, and the hand holding the long sword kept shaking, as if her heart was also producing the same shaking. Zun Zun could feel how much mental trauma she had suffered.

Alice saw Claire's collapsed expression as if the sky had fallen, and quickly realized that the words she blurted out had caused the other party to misunderstand, and quickly got up to explain.

"N, no! I accidentally fell, and Zun Zun was protecting me, so I accidentally pushed him down!"

"Is that so————"

It was seen that Alice's words seemed to have turned into a watering can, constantly irrigating Claire's shriveled body, causing her to transform from a listless state back into a sunny sunflower.

She coughed pretentiously.

"Cough cough, I won't pursue the responsibility this time. Lord Zun Zun, this is the royal palace castle, in order to avoid misunderstandings, please keep a safe distance from Your Highness Alice."

"I will."

"At least 30 meters."

"Why don't you just kick me out of the castle!"

Zun Zun rolled his eyes.

Just when Claire was about to say something, the noisy bell suddenly broke the silence of the night, causing her expression to freeze.

"Is it coming again?"

"Is it the Demon King's army?"

"Yes."

[Demon King Army Attack Alert, Demon King Army Attack Alert! Knights, please sortie immediately. In order to maintain the security of the town, please adventurers be responsible for guarding to prevent monsters from entering the town! Please high-level adventurers help a lot! Repeat!]

After the broadcast ended.

"Lord Zun Zun, I wonder if I can ask you to contribute a little too?"

Claire said with a pleading tone.

After all, he was a strong man who had subjugated many Demon King Army executives, and it should be much easier with Zun Zun around.

"That's right, I was talking to Iris, and the Demon King's army came to disturb me, I'm a little annoyed." Zun Zun straightened his clothes and came to the window, "But I won't go to the front line, I'll just cheer here."

"Cheer…?"

You must know that the royal palace is at least several thousand meters away from the front line, and no matter what skills and magic are used, they can't reach it.

Could it be that he's just too lazy and wants to pretend?

Under Claire's slightly contemptuous gaze, a two-person-high, colorful magic bow and arrow appeared in Zun Zun's hand.

With such a large bow and arrow, Zun Zun's arm span couldn't pull it open at all.

Just when the two were wondering how to use it, they saw Zun Zun prop up the bow and arrow with one foot, and use his hands to pull the bowstring hard. The strange but extremely beautiful posture was reflected in their eyes.

Then, between the bow and arrow and the bowstring, an arrow radiating a terrifying magical aura condensed.

"——Go!"

The light arrow cut through the night sky and landed behind the dark Demon King Army in the distance, and then——

A mushroom cloud rose.

A slight vibration accompanied by a breeze came, the curtains kept fluttering, Zun Zun gave a thumbs up with a hearty smile, and said, "Yeah, it's gone."

"Heh heh heh…"

Claire twitched the corner of her mouth and didn't know what to say at all.