Four days had passed since their meeting, but Orthrus still had yet to revisit Eugene.

‘It seems that they aren’t in any hurry yet,’ Eugene mused.

Perhaps it would be less of a shocking offer to shorten the fifty years to just twenty-five?

Eugene also had the intention of one day finding Iris, who was sailing around the southern seas, and killing her. However, honestly speaking, that was far down on his list of priorities.

The very first thing that Eugene needed to do was to visit Helmuth’s Dragon Demon Castle. He would find Raizakia’s hatchling there and, if it was possible, he would kill it. Of course, before that, he would use the hatchling to find Raizakia in the gap between dimensions.

Iris and any other unfinished business would come after that. Judging from how Orthrus had phrased his request it seemed that the Shimuin side still thought of Iris as just a nuisance, and hadn’t yet decided to take care of her as soon as possible.

Also, the biggest problem with capturing Iris was that the seas were just too wide. In addition to that, Iris’ Demon Eye of Darkness was formidable not only in combat, but also when it came to fleeing.

In the middle of those wide open seas, what were they supposed to do if Iris used the Demoneye of Darkness to escape? Not only Eugene, but any other wizard in the world wouldn't be able to stop Iris from leaving.

‘Well, compared to Noir Giabella, Iris is pretty crazy,’ Eugene thought idly as he brushed the snow off his cheek.

Two days before, Molon had suddenly left the fort.

Leaving behind the words ‘I’ll be back’ on the wall of a hallway, the idiot had left without saying anything to Eugene or Anise. Out of the blue, he had just suddenly disappeared in the middle of the night.

They could guess the reason for this. What other reason could Molon have for suddenly disappearing? Wasn’t it obvious? In Lehainjar, beyond the Great Hammer Canyon, the Nur had probably reappeared.

“Idiot,” Eugene grumbled as he thought of Molon.

After arriving at the fort, Molon had been extremely busy.

On that first night, he, Eugene, and Anise drank and chatted away until dawn. After the Demon King of Incarceration left, Molon spoke with knights from all around the world, starting with the Lionhearts, and attended several meetings with the other kings.

He briefly observed the knights during their training and gave them similar sorts of advice, and he held a small banquet with the other Bayar tribesmen living in the fort. He also spent some time with Aman Ruhr and the White Fangs. Then, even though he had already talked to most...