The Melancholy of the Demon Army Officer
Translator: Tsukii
Editor: Shizukuku
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Chapter 096 – Holy Gal Demons 3 [B]
“…Eh.”
Carol suddenly turned in his direction and spread her palm as if to introduce him. While Leonhart let out such a stupid voice, Carol’s voice made the spectators follow the direction of her hand all at once. The demon captain and demon soldiers’ eyes went wide because they hadn’t noticed Leonhart’s presence, and they called out to him.
“L-Leonhart-sama…! Since when were you…?!”
The demon captain and demon soldiers were all looking at him in awe. As everyone’s attention focused on Leonhart, he heard Carol’s voice.
“—Please come over here!”
“She seems to have noticed you… she called you there, but what will you do?”
“…That idiot…”
Leonhart responded to Bezeleye’s voice that came from his side in a whisper. But now he thought about it,
“What a blunder… there’s no way that Carol wouldn’t notice my presence when I’m nearby…!”
Leonhart should have noticed it the moment Carol didn’t immediately run toward him. Her sense when detecting him was especially sharp after all. So much so that it was superior to Galtia’s radar and Ssulal’s detection magic in that regard. Now that Leonhart thought about it again, Carol was abnormal after all…
In any case, the people’s attention was already focused on him. There was no way he could just ignore it. So he came to a decision and walked forward slowly.
Step by step, as Leonhart moved closer to the front of the fountain with a certain gait, Housesnurse looked at him with an astonished expression,
“Y-you are…”
“…Aah, that’s right. It is as you’ve thought—”
Leonhart spoke to Housesnurse in a calm and dignified voice. His voice trembled,
“—F-father…!”
“Indeed, I am the father of the town you love—”
Eh?
“There’s no way that’s the case?!”
“Ah, he did nori tsukkomi.”
“Leonhart-sama has a first-class gag sense…!”
As Bezeleye spoke from behind with half-lidded eyes and Carol spoke with a gaze of respect, Leonhart confronted Housesnurse. If I seriously went along with her conversation, my dignified image would collapse. So I should say things that needed to be said and end this quickly, thought Leonhart as he decided,
“…You are Housesnurse, aren’t you?”
“You fell in love with something weird as usual, Hau.”
“Ohau-chan! Long time no see~!”
“…Ha-chan, you don’t change.”
Bezeleye, Wenlina, and Serachrolas said their greetings to Housesnurse. Housesnurse was surprised when she heard that,
“Wha… Be! We! Sera! Why all of you together at this place… or rather, stop calling me that!”
“Likewise, I’d like you to stop calling me Be.”
“That’s right~… We sound like Ue~ and it doesn’t sound cute…”
“Fuah… I don’t mind either way…”
“…Do you girls always interact like that?”
“I guess so,” said Bezeleye as she nodded together with the other two, which made Leonhart sighed in exasperation. I don’t think how you are called is that big of a deal, he thought to himself. He didn’t actually say it since it would likely become even more troublesome.
Anyway, I’m sorry to disturb the reunion, but I should say what needs to be said, thought Leonhart as he looked at Housesnurse,
“Oi, Housesnurse.”
“W-what is it…?”
I wonder what she’s thinking about since she looks scared. Recently, there have been unexpectedly few who fear me, so her expression feels fresh. The same could be said about the other holy gal demons’ reaction toward me. I feel bad since it feels like I am bullying her, but I wish to be forgiven for it since I want to end this soon.
With that in mind, Leonhart uttered his words.
“…Sorry, but I can’t allow you to marry this town — give it up.”
“…gh.”
You already noticed it yourself, right? Implied Leonhart without words,
“In the first place, it has no gender or, rather, it’s not even a living being to begin with. Even if it were otherwise, I couldn’t approve of your marriage. That’s why—”
“…Uh.”
Just as Leonhart was about to continue to persuade her, Housesnurse suddenly looked down,
“…Ah, it’s coming.”
Leonhart wondered what Bezeleye, who spoke from behind him, meant by ‘coming’. The next moment, the phenomenon she referred to occurred. That was,
“—Biieeeeee———–nnnn!! I-I was rejected again——–!!”
—crying loudly.
“………Ah?”
While Leonhart was dumbfounded seeing the tears that flowed out of Housesnurse’s eyes like a waterfall, Bezeleye held onto her head,
“Hau usually cries like this when she gets rejected. —I told you, Hau. Choose the person you fall in love with properly. It at least needs to be a living being or your feelings won’t be answered, you know?”
“I-I, chose properly! I sure did! Uwaaaaaahhhhhhhhh—nnnn!!!”
“It is worse if this is what you chose… wouldn’t this make the 70,000th rejection by now?”
“Hic, sniff… I-it’s still 69,999 times now! Bieeeehhh—-nnnn!!”
“……That’s still amazing.”
Leonhart felt impressed at Housesnurse who answered through her tears and runny nose. Leaving aside a romance that was not possible to come true like this one to begin with, to be actually rejected that much could already considered some sort of talent.
But if he actually said that, it was easy to imagine that she would cry louder so he couldn’t say it.
What should I do about this? When Leonhart was thinking that, Carol came at him from behind,
“Leonhart-sama, what should we do about this? We came here due to a report of a suspicious person… but should we really arrest her?”
“Stop that. That’s too much to do to a crying person… but it is also troublesome to have her continue to cry like that…”
“Leo-chan, what are you going to do?”
Leo-chan?! Leaving aside Carol, who was astonished by how Wenlina called him for the first time, Leonhart began to think. If this went on, rumors that Majin Leonhart made a gal demon cry would spread. Such gossip would lack the details of the actual circumstances. In order to wipe that off, he needed to overturn the whole thing. And for that—
“…Fumu. Oi, Housesnurse.”
“Fueh… w-what is it…?”
Leonhart told the idea he came up with to Housesnurse.
“Since it turned out this way, how about I help you with love — yes, finding your partner through matchmaking?”
“Heh…?”
“What does that mean?”
Leonhart’s suggestion not only made Housesnurse pay attention, but also Bezeleye and other holy gal demons. He spun his words to explain to everyone. That was,
“Despite how I look, I know many demons. I could gather good men among the Demon Army. Why won’t you choose one among them? You came here to look for a partner, didn’t you?”
“…”
Housesnurse stopped crying for a moment. Okay, that’s not a bad reaction. Just another little push, thought Leonhart.
“There would be residents of this town that you love as well. You could also choose among them… well, of course you need the consent of the other party, forcing them would be bad after all.”
“…”
“If you don’t feel like doing it at the moment, you can stay in this town until you’ve calmed down. It’s not like things are good just because it took place early.”
Leonhart stopped his words there. Then,
“—How is it? Why don’t you find a new love in this town that you like?”
“—”
It felt like a catch phrase from a book. Leonhart was singing fanfare of such phrases. But he was thinking of the benefit,
…Well, saying this much should be enough. She already stopped crying anyway, and she would feel indebted to me. If things go well, she and Bezeleye might even fight with me. 1
He tried to prevent the holy gal demons from causing trouble. Leonhart did this in anticipation of the strength of the holy gal demons, and he felt relieved thinking his goal might be achieved for the time being.
There wouldn’t be a big fuss at the moment. As for sparring, neither Serachrolas or Wenlina seemed to be combat types, but both Bezeleye and Housesnurse seemed to be, so he might have fun fighting them.
Even if they ended up not fighting, well, that was fine too. It might be a little disappointing, but earning their friendship might be useful later.
Such was his extremely political and calculative thoughts. I guess I’ve become a bad guy now… thought Leonhart. But it’s not like I’m being persistent about it and I won’t treat them badly, so it should be okay, thought Leonhart as he tried to convince himself.
…Well then, what would her answer be?
He reached out to Housesnurse lightly as he waited for her response. Now he thought about it, this situation might make a good story. It should be enough to dispel the bad rumors from earlier. It was full of merits. For the time being, he was thinking of introducing her to General Lee if they agree. There wasn’t a problem with him in terms of strength and personality.
When he was thinking about that, Bezeleye suddenly called out from behind,
“…Did you forget, Leonhart-kun?”
“…Ah? About what?”
What did I forget again? Thought Leonhart with doubtful expression, which was followed by Bezeleye telling him after a sigh.
“…I told you that you shouldn’t make such an opportunity.”
At that moment, from front of Leonhart,
“…Wonderful.”
“Eh.”
Leonhart doubted his ears due to the words coming out of Housesnurse’s words. Don’t tell me this is,
“Eh, um… Leonhart — sama.”
“…What is it?”
As Leonhart’s doubt turned into conviction when he was suddenly being referred to with –sama, he waited for her next words.
Then as he expected, Housesnurse turned her enthusiastic gaze toward him,
“Well, you… don’t have to do that. After all… I already found my new love—”
Then she said it. That was,
“Leonhart-sama— Let’s get married.”
“………A.”
…So it’s that after all—?!
As Leonhart’s hand was grasped firmly and he was screaming inside, Carol’s voice called out from the side.
“What are you talking about!! No no no! Of course it’s a no!! Leonhart-sama is not to be monopolized!! That’s the rule of the fan club and rule of the town!! Read the town pamphlet properly!!”
…So there is such a rule. Leaving the fan club aside, don’t write that on the town pamphlet.
I’ll make sure to scrutinize and proofread the pamphlet later. While Leonhart decided so, Carol said indignantly,
“If you want to be loved that much, you have to join the fan club and earn the affection points! Once you do that, you could participate in an interaction with Leonhart-sama—”
“Ah, then could you make me your apostle, darling…?”
“N-no, that’s—”
“Listen to people until the end!!”
Carol exhaled hard as she said that. As Leonhart was surprised by Carol sudden outburst, Bezeleye then,
“…Well, I expected it would turn out like this. But leaving aside being attracted to him as a potential partner, being his apostle is no good. Even beings like us might be rendered unable to bear children.” 2
That’s not the problem here, even as Leonhart retorted inwardly, Housesnurse was dissatisfied but reluctantly,
“Eh-… but we can’t say for sure, perhaps I would still be able to bear a child…”
“Because we can’t say for sure, it’s no good.”
“…Then I guess I’ll have to make do with just the marriage for now.”
“I TOLD YOU! That’s no good—!!”
“What, you want to disturb me again?! I won’t be merciful this time!!”
Carol and Housesnurse began to glare at each other again. This time Carol also glared intimidatingly as she furrowed her eyebrows. As Leonhart saw that,
“…”
“Err… Leo-chan, are you okay?”
“Nyuu… want to sleep…?”
“…Sleep, huh. I guess that’s also an option…”
He began to look away from reality that was becoming even more ridiculous. The first thing he chose to do was,
“…Oi, demon captain.”
“Ha… hah, what is it…?”
Leonhart called the nearby demon captain who was in charge of security and commanded him. The order was,
“…Conceal what happened this time to all residents including the whole Demon Army and spread another rumor instead.”
“Hah, what kind of rumor…?”
“Aah,” nodded Leonhart,
“…There’s suspicious people who are seeking marriage.”
“…Certainly.”
Leonhart sighed and held his head.
Then Bezeleye called from behind,
“…Anyway, I’ll stay here for a while since it’s a good town. Is there any procedure for it?”
“Eh, ah, yes. If it’s that, you can fill the application form included in the pamphlet and take that to the government office on the main street, then the resident card would be issued — hey, why did you already go ahead and write it! I’m not finished with you?!”
“You’re noisy. I have already decided to live here!!”
Leonhart looked away at the two demons who were quarreling and looked up to the sky,
…How to say this, it feels like I’ve ended up taking in something unnecessary…
While feeling the headache, Leonhart prayed to the sky that the commotion wouldn’t get any bigger.
—However,
“…Leonhart. I heard there’s yet another one who’s fallen for you…?”
“N-no… S-she’s just a gal demon… isn’t it something that happens often?”
“…Fu-hn… Anyway, I feel irritated so can I shoot thunder magic at you? Like Thunderstrike.” 3
“Oi?! Your magic has different power than usual—”
And so, until Ssulal vented all the irritation she felt from hearing the rumor from who knows where, Leonhart ended up getting blasted by her magic.
Author Note:
That’s the end of the holy gal demons arc. All of them have thick characters.
I didn’t have a plan for what the next chap would be. Perhaps it would be about a date with Kesselring, or something, or maybe — well, you know it. Please look forward to the next chapter.
Tsukii Note:
Here comes the last of the four holy gal demons illustration, Housesnurse!
Housesnurse (child): https://i.ibb.co/QQnVPR8/Housesnurse-Development-Blo.png
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