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Demons, like monsters, do not have the custom of raising children.
Most demons are orphans born without parents.
It wasn't until that great Chosen Demon ascended the Demon King's throne and issued a decree that demons must raise their children until they successfully graduated from the Demon Trials.
Only then did demons gain another significant distinction from monsters.
This allowed demon civilization to advance further, and the number of demons also increased significantly.
It also made demons possess emotions, albeit faint, more than ever before.
Even if still very faint, demons indeed learned slight shyness, slight sympathy, slight defiance, slight... that is to say, they gained slight emotions, bringing them closer to "humans."
Beast-like demons also became like a distorted human civilization.
"Lord Lugner, wasn't your father killed in a fight with another demon?"
Draht pushed aside his bangs that were obstructing his vision and asked in confusion.
"Yes."
Lugner pursed his lips and chuckled softly.
"That good-for-nothing father of mine."
"Then why did you tell Count Granat that your father was lost in a war with him?"
Draht said, but was met with a glare from Lugner.
"Draht, are you an idiot?"
Lugner looked at the non-mainstream-like Draht beside him, speechless, suppressing the urge to hit him.
"What?"
Draht was stunned for a moment.
The red wine he was pouring for Lugner overflowed because of his sudden daze.
"Drip ~"
"Drip ~"
The red wine flowed onto the table, then down the table onto Lugner's blue robe.
Lugner's clothes were soaked, a large black area was wet.
"Idiot."
Lugner's face was expressionless, his fists tightened.
"My apologies, Lord Lugner!"
Even if Draht was foolish, he immediately reacted, quickly pulling out a silk handkerchief from his pocket and wiping it on Lugner's thigh.
"Truly foolish."
Lugner had no interest in talking to this idiot, and with a hand gently supporting his forehead, he looked out the window helplessly.
If Linie were here, it would be great.
Lugner was lost in his thoughts when he suddenly cried out in alarm.
"Idiot, what are you doing!"
Feeling his private area touched, Lugner kicked Draht away fiercely.
"Bang!"
"Cough — cough!"
Draht, who was kicked away, collided with tables and chairs, creating a huge noise.
Draht crawled out of the ruins of tables and chairs, coughing violently, and shakily held up the handkerchief in his hand.
"Lord Lugner, I'm cleaning it for you."
The idiot's innocent gaze made Lugner clench his fists but make no further move.
"Forget it, you..."
Lugner sighed, his gaze falling on his wet clothes, and he suddenly froze.
"Draht,"
Lugner's tone was icy.
"What is this yellow stuff."
On his wet clothes, there was a smear of yellow.
If it looked like he had peed his pants before, now it probably looked like he had done a number two in his pants.
Unacceptable, incomprehensible!
Lugner's tone was as cold as ice.
"Oh, you mean that?"
Draht blankly held up the handkerchief in his hand, which had a thick yellow smear on it.
Undoubtedly, it was the stuff on the handkerchief that had stained his clothes.
Lugner stared at Draht with an icy gaze.
Or should he just kill him?
A murderous intent surged in Lugner's heart.
This idiot seemed useless except for helping Lady Aura deal with corpses, and often just caused trouble.
"It must have been left when I wiped my mouth after eating mango pudding this morning,"
Draht didn't notice Lugner's killing intent and crawled to Lugner's side.
As Draht knelt beside Lugner, the door to the guest room suddenly opened.
"..."
"Oh!"
It was the silent voice of Count Granat and the exclamations of the guards.
Undoubtedly, Count Granat, who had entered with the guards, froze the moment he saw this scene.
But a count was a count; he was well-versed and immediately turned to leave.
"My apologies for the interruption."
"I've come at an inconvenient time."
"Wait, Count."
Lugner suppressed the anger in his heart, fiercely kicked Draht away, and then stood up.
The stains on his clothes were instantly removed by his magic.
"I presume Count has made up his mind."
Lugner stood up, smiling as he looked at Count Granat.
Putting aside the eye-sore scene just now, Lugner's appearance still seemed full of gentlemanly grace in Count Granat's eyes.
If he hadn't known Lugner was a demon, Count Granat would have almost thought he was a noble of high standing.
Unfortunately, Granat couldn't completely shake off that eye-sore scene from just now.
Should it be called the love of the dragon and phoenix?
A peculiar light flickered in Count Granat's eyes.
He never expected that demons would also... "Count Granat,"
Lugner looked at the complex expression on Granat's face, and he could tell what he was thinking.
He could only call out in a slightly angry tone, simultaneously giving Draht a fierce glare.
When they returned, he would definitely report everything to Lady Aura and ask her permission to kill this idiot.
"Ah,"
"Hmm."
Count Granat came back to his senses, his gaze sweeping over the guards beside him, and then, surrounded by the guards, he approached Lugner.
"We agree to the peace talks,"
"The adventurers who attacked you last night have already been imprisoned in the mansion's dungeon."
"This is our sincerity."
"Those two sneaky fellows?"
Lugner nodded slightly, thinking for a moment.
"You can release them. After all, as demons, we can accept not being liked."
"We are also willing to earn your trust little by little through our sincerity. Everyone can be friends."
Lugner said quietly.
However, surprise flickered in Count Granat's eyes.
"You mean release them?"
"If I'm not mistaken, those three not only harbor strong hostility towards your demon race,"
"but even possess the ability to threaten you."
"Lord Lugner, are you..."
"Are you sure?"
"Then release them after we have safely departed."
Lugner looked out the window.
"Within three days, Lady Aura's army will withdraw from the dozens of kilometers surrounding the city,"
"ending the siege of the city."
"You can rest assured and go out to farm and repair your villages."
"Then what about you? What do you want to gain?"
Doubt flashed in Count Granat's eyes.
Lifting the siege of the city, heaven knows how great a sincerity this was.
"Us?"
Lugner smiled slightly, recalling the conversation from last night.
"We only need to gain the right to communicate with Count."
"To help each other, understand each other, eliminate the barrier between humans and demons, and strive to achieve... true peace."
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