Eugene Lionheart had come to Helmuth.

Noir Giabella smiled brightly when she heard the news. For an incident of this scale, a meeting of the Loyalty should have been held, but Babel was staying silent.

It was easy to guess the reason for this. During the Knight March held at the Lehain Fortress, the Brave Molon had made an appearance and even the Demon King of Incarceration had descended upon the scene. Gavid Lindman, who had visited the event in order to gauge the strength of the continent, had been forced to withdraw in humiliation.

“An important guest has arrived,” Noir said with a giggle as she swirled her wine glass.

The Demon King of Incarceration had said that he was looking forward to the Hero visiting him in his castle. As such Gavid, who was unwaveringly loyal to the Demon King, had no way of touching Eugene currently.

It wasn’t just Gavid either. There was also the Demon King of Destruction who had been silently biding his time within his fief of Lavista for hundreds of years. Even if the servants who were sworn to the silent Demon King of Destruction and the Demon King of Destruction himself were still alive and well, it was the Demon King of Incarceration who had been ruling Helmuth for the past three hundred years.

The Demon King of Incarceration was the emperor of Helmuth. There were none among the demonfolk who could deny this fact, and most of the high-ranking demonfolk were members of the vassal households who had sworn their allegiance to the Demon King of Incarceration. As long as Duke Gavid Lindman, who could be considered as the pinnacle of these loyal subjects as the Blade of Incarceration, remained silent, the other demonfolk who were under his command wouldn’t rush forward to make a move.

In other words, Eugene Lionheart was surprisingly able to walk quite safely through Helmuth. If he chose only to travel to the ‘safe’ cities, any casual manifestations of violence on behalf of the demonfolk would pose no threat to him.

[What do you intend to do?] a man’s voice inquired.

Noir replied with a laugh, “What else can someone like me do? I’m...