“Belial! You skipped your meals again, didn’t you?”

“…”

A voice rang from inside a small hut in the quiet forest. This forest was located near the Imperial Palace and was rarely used for closed-door training, so there weren’t that many people. It was in this place that Belial continued to recuperate with Illyna’s help.

The man sitting on top of a rock did not even turn his head at the girl’s loud cry. However this was a daily occurrence since Illyna had brought the man here, so this was nothing new to her.

“Haa… I feel like I’m always talking to a statue…”

“Human woman.”

Human woman was how Belial referred to Illyna, even though she kept asking him to call her by her name.

“What?”

“When does the sun rise in middle earth…?”

“Yes?” Illyna frowned at Belial’s sudden question. She said, “What on earth are you on about?! This demon. When does the sun rise? Of course the sun rises in the morning. That’s common sense, you know?”

“I see. Does the sun rise at the same time every time?”

“Then, are you telling me that it shouldn’t?”

“…” Belial remained silent.

Raising his finger, the small lark that was fleeting around the garden slowly settled down on him. He then said, “There’s no sun in my hometown.”

“Belial, you said that you came from another place, right? Where are you from?”

“Black Slave Corps.”

“Black Slave Corps? What’s that? You know, you have to speak in a way that makes it easier for others to understand you,”...