The Devil Who Grants Wishes

‘Well, it’ll be fine.’

There are still a lot of absurd parts, but from an objective point of view, there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with it.

You brought them back to life as equals according to the moral standards of humans that you remember, you didn’t get paid as much as it was my fault, you leveled up properly to correct the mistakes, and you gave a clear explanation, right?

If there’s still a problem… I’ll have to think about it then.

Above all, from now on, even if something goes wrong with the hero, it’ll be fine because we can know in advance.

[What is this…?]

[Let’s call it the sign of the contract.]

[…]

Every time I look away from the hero, something happens, so I put the magic of sharing the senses on the hero to prevent that from happening again.

It’s best to put magic on things if possible, but swords, armor, and enchanted accessories will have to be replaced with better things over time, so I put magic sentences on the invisible skin.

If the hero feels threatened that his life is in jeopardy, or if he wants to protect those he considers to be his colleagues or friends, the magic engraved in the sentence will be activated immediately, and his vision and hearing will be shared with me.

If the magic is activated and the senses are shared with me, once I grasp the situation with the eyes and ears of the hero, and if the hero can solve it enough, I will let it go. If it’s the same, you intervene immediately.

Well, that’s a great plan.

Then you have to go back home. Lucia is waiting for you.

………….

“…Have you been?”

However, Lucia’s condition is strange.

As she had always done, she opened the portal and returned, but Lucia didn’t rush in and just gave her a cold greeting.

From the time I adopted one-year-old Lucia to now, 16 years later, Lucia has never done anything like this to me.

uh… huh?

“Lucia?”

“Yes, Dad.”

I tried to inquire about what happened, but Lucia asks again what is the reason for calling me.

A very fresh smile is built on Lucia’s face, but in that smile, only warmth is felt, not cold.

It’s as if Lucia isn’t Lucia.

“…what happened?”

“Nothing happened. It’s so peaceful, nothing happened.”

Lucia responded with a stronger tone than before, and smiled again.

driving me crazy.

obviously something happened But why are you saying nothing happened?

“I’d rather ask.”

At that moment, Lucia on the contrary asks a question to me.

The attitude, the expression, the mood, everything seems to be Lucia asking questions… but, strangely, it didn’t feel like that at all. Should I see it as an interrogation rather than a question?

“This smell is the same as back then, can you tell me who it is?”

…?

what are you talking about

What else is this smell, what was it then, and who is what?

Lucia seems to have used those words because she thought I could understand her perfectly, but I have no idea what she’s talking about.

How do I understand a sentence that consists only of a referential such as this and that and a relative pronoun such as who without any context?

But first, I’m sure I’ll understand who you are.

So, roughly, it means someone just summoned me with a wish.

“Iris.”

“Iris… what kind of woman is she?”

As the hero’s name came out of my mouth, Lucia took a step forward as if waiting and asked about the hero.

“What kind of woman…”

Yes, of course, Iris is a hero. He is a warrior who protects the world by receiving an oracle from the goddess, and is so important that if he disappears, the world will be destroyed.

Then, of course, Iris would have to answer that she was the hero who saved the world, but if she just answered that she was a hero, Lucia would not understand.

The concept of a hero didn’t exist in the story at this time.

If so… Shall we answer by appearance first?

“He has white hair and blue eyes.”

“…You’re the complete opposite of me? So?”

Lucia takes another step forward. No, not a single step.

“Appearance… Of course, she must be pretty. So what’s her personality like? Are you kind? Are you kind?”

Each time she asked a question, Lucia’s feet moved.

I’ve always seen Lucia rushing towards me, but now everything is completely different except for the way she approaches me, starting with her expression, her spirit, and her mood.

Lucia’s spirit is so great that even Faust’s body faltered a bit.

“How old are you? Are you taller than me? What’s your body like? What’s your height? Your chest—”

“Lucia.”

As soon as she managed to call Lucia’s name, Lucia, who had been spitting out with a rapid-fire cannon until just now, stopped talking. Even the legs that were moving quickly stop there.

Too many questions, even then, is too fast.

Before answering the question, the next question immediately follows, so I can’t give a proper answer.

“Why are you doing that?”

“…I’m sorry, I’m so excited. My head is so dizzy, can I just go in and rest?”

Lucia said so suddenly and put one hand on her head.

It would not be a lie to just get out of this uncomfortable situation.

Lucia’s face, which had a natural smile until just a moment ago, was not like that at all now.

He is still smiling, but just by looking at him, you can tell that he is doing it forcibly. It looks like it will fall apart if you make a mistake.

“…Come on in and get some rest.”

“Thank you. Croquette, follow me.”

Aigo, who has been restricted in his actions by asking for the sin of not caring for Lucia properly, follows him in.

…it looks very bad.

After I get better, I’ll try to talk calmly.

**********

“Korokke, do you know?”

“…what do you mean?”

However, unlike Faust’s concern, Lucia’s condition is not bad.

Lucia, who was playing the exhausted girl in front of her father, stopped acting as soon as the door was closed and turned her head to ask Aegokeros.

“The place Daddy went to. You can tell because you’re tied to your father in a complete kinship relationship.”

“that…”

“Come on, tell me, where are you?”

There is no way to deny Lucia’s coercion to the present Aegoceros.

Lucia, who had previously been able to suppress Aegoceros by force, became even stronger through the Cranion incident.

“It’s a forest northwest of Antala. We don’t have any detailed information other than that.”

“It’s a forest… It’s definitely a good environment for a date.”

Aegokeros presses his forehead with his hand.

It can be seen that Lucia’s guess now is definitely wrong.

Dating, where in the world is that crazy bitch who summons demons with all that stuff?

“Haha… It’s funny that you always take Daddy every time I say something important. That girl is looking at me with so much fun.”

However, Lucia’s ears are not open enough to correct the misunderstanding.

It is almost impossible to change the perception of Lucia, who always suffers from confirmation bias and chooses information, no matter what great orator comes.

“Then shall we go there? I need to find out what happened.”

“Lu, Lucia-sama… No way. It’s too far away…!”

“What didn’t happen every day?”

However, Aegoceros had no choice but to dry this with all his might.

If you move to such a distant place, it is natural that it will take a lot of effort and your position in the empire you have barely built may be shaken.

In order to take control of the empire stably, the emperor barely blamed the other nobles for summoning demons, but it is an act that quickly thwarts such efforts.

Even that action has no meaning or income.

It can only satisfy the girl’s wish that she just wants to see her loved one’s date.

“You can just ignore it.”

“Ignore?”

“Yes, such a woman can’t take Lucia-sama’s place, can’t she? You just have to look at them in a trivial way.”

“But there’s no way to see it, so I’d like to go and see her face in person.”

“…Keep, above all, Lucia-sama, isn’t it different? A girl who has only recently met cannot defeat Lucia-sama, whom she has met for 16 years.”

Realizing that logical persuasion will never work, Aegoceros changes his method of convincing Lucia.

Infinitely lowering Iris and raising Lucia at the same time, she tries to make Lucia not even care about Iris.

“Ummm… Croquette, can’t you use the portal? Demons teleport to those who want to sell their souls.”

“You can teleport, but unlike Faust-nim, you cannot use a portal that other people can move through.”

“Then why don’t you come and see it for a while?”

“I can never leave Lucia-sama because of Faust-sama’s punishment.”

“Uh… well, that’s it.”

In the end, Lucia, who was overcome by Aegoceros’ water ride, nodded her head and decided to postpone meeting Iris until later.

First, on the advice of Aegokeros, he proceeds with preparations in advance to dedicate this empire to his father in a coma.