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Esbern and Andras. The two asked for help with desperate eyes. It was a request while worrying about the safety of the family member. They were very desperate and a huge burden fell up on my shoulders.
My head was overloaded with too much information that I wasn’t able to process it.
This problem was complicated in many ways and could even turn dangerous. But, when I looked at Andras I couldn’t refuse it.
Andras has helped me a lot since I started working on the Demon farm, and he has always been by my side when I had a hard time.
If I could be of help to him, of course, I wanted to do it. Still, thinking about all the complications involved in it, I couldn’t open my mouth immediately.
Even though I was not going to refuse, I couldn’t accept it immediately and Andras who watched me hesitating bowed his head deeply and asked me again.
“Sihyeon! Please help me find my sister. If you do it, I will never forget that grace. I promise you in the name of my family.”
Surprised by his sudden oath, I hurriedly shook my hands.
“Raise your head, Andras. I was never going to turn down a request from you. It’s just that everything was too sudden and I was startled.”
“Really
? Will you help Sihyeon?”
“Of course, I will. Andras has always been there for me when I had a tough time and I will be there for you when you need my help, as a Friend.  I’ll cooperate as much as I can if I can be of any help. I’m not sure if I can be of any help though
”
“No! If you help me, I’m sure that I’ll be able to find my sister and bring her back.”
Andras was greatly moved by my answer, and his eyes were slightly teary. Esbern also expressed his gratitude with a brighter expression.
“Lord Cardis, thank you very much. Your help will be remembered until the day the Schnarfe family disappears.”
I nodded with an awkward smile at a very burdensome and grand oath.
As soon as the rigid atmosphere in the room warmed, Kaneff suddenly stepped in and poured cold water on it.
“Ah~ Now I have a rough idea of what’s going on. Cut the crap. You’re here to ask him to help you catch the runaway colt, aren’t you?”
Esbern replied with a sour look.
“
yes.”
“For a second I thought you’d grow some balls and refuse. It seems once a pushover, always a pushover.”
“Boss, what are you saying? Andras is a member of the farm family. If he needs help, we should help him. And there are a lot of good expressions rather than the word pushover, such as being warm-hearted or kind.”
“Be grateful that I didn’t call you stooge.”
After organizing the situation very roughly, Kaneff stared at Esbern with a piercing look and asked.
“So what are you going to do? Don’t tell me you’re going to trust Sihyeon and leave everything to him. If you came here with the intention of blowing your nose without touching it, I won’t allow it even if he allowed it.”
Esbern, who was not flustered by Kaneff’s piercing gaze, answered the question immediately in a calm manner.
“Of course not. I’ve already talked about this with Ryan and came up with several ways to move forward. Although Lord Cardis’ help is absolutely necessary, we also have plans in case he were to refuse our request.”
Kaneff smiled without moving his eyes from Esbern.
“You’re still thorough. I was wondering whether your brain cells got rusted after placing your butt on the Lord’s seat for a long time.”
“That can’t be true. And
.”
There was a brief momentum in Esbern’s eyes.
“Above all, the safety of my family is at stake. Of course, I can’t neglect a little thing.”
He expressed his firm will in a calm tone.
Andras followed, shining his eyes and burning his will.
“So you mean you already have a plan?”
“Yes, I already have a rough plan in place.”
Esbern went on to explain his plan without hesitation.
“The most important thing is not to be caught by the Angels. Our objective is to bring the child to the Demon world as quietly as possible. To do that, we need a few preparations.”
“Preparations?”
“It’s important to find the child quickly, but we also have to prepare equipment to send her back to the Demon world. We won’t be able to take the equipment from here and cross the dimensional door and it won’t be easy to prepare the equipment in a different dimension.”
His gaze, which stopped explaining for a while, turned to me.
“The first thing about all of this preparation is that we absolutely need your help, Lord Cardis.”
At those words, everyone’s eyes turned toward me and I swallowed my saliva in the strange atmosphere.
“Hello, Sihyeon. It’s been a while.”
“Yes.”
“The last time I saw you was because of the Angel Mission, right?”
“

”
“Hahaha! At that time, we would have been in a big crisis if it weren’t for Sihyeon and Miss Demon.”
Director Lee, briefly greeted me while talking about the last mission.
After my small greeting, he greeted Ryan, who was next to me.
To find the daughter of the Schnarpe family on Earth, the cooperation of the Korean government was unavoidable, so we came to Director Lee.
Director Lee was dumbfounded as soon as he heard the story.
The search should be done as confidential as possible, so I was skeptical at first about speaking to Director Lee. The answer to my question was explained in detail by Ryan before coming here.
“Andras’ sister got to know the coordinates of this place through Sihyeon. So, she should be in the city around the places where Sihyeon goes. However, even if we know that we can’t just search for her openly because we have to avoid the eyes of the Angels.”
“

!!”
“In this situation, the best choice would be to get help from Director Lee. Using the national security system, we can gather an overwhelming amount of information. In addition, we also need Director Lee’s support to move Andras’ sister to the Demon world.”
“Why that..!?”
“It’s not easy to get the equipment that is needed to prepare the device that Andras’ sister used to come to this world. Even if we get the equipment, we need a place to avoid the eyes of the outside world. In the end, we have no choice but to get his help.”
Ryan stiffened his face and continued.
“No matter what, we can’t proceed with the search without the cooperation of Director Lee.”
As soon as his explanation was over, I nodded reflexively.
“So, what brings you to me today?”
Ryan explained the current situation in detail to Director Lee, and his face kept distorting as he heard the explanation.
“You mean an acquaintance of yours has somehow come over to our world?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Umm
 until recently, there was no particular movement from the Angel side. And, I also haven’t heard of any sighting of a Demon. I guess your acquaintance is hiding pretty well.”
When Ryan heard that nothing was found in particular yet, he sighed quietly, while Director Lee continued the story with a stiff expression.
“So now you’re asking me to help you find the Demon acquaintance?’
“That’s right, Mr. Lee.”
“And it shouldn’t be revealed to the Angel side?”
Ryan replied in silence to the question.
“I understand the situation roughly. But, it’s hard for me to help here.”
“
is it because of the Angels?”
Director Lee smiled bitterly and nodded.
“Angels value the discipline of the dimension above anything else. Of course, we have no choice but to be wary of them. We’re getting help from them for many things.”
“We’re also aware of your situation. That’s why I’m asking you to do it behind closed doors.”
“Um
 It’s not easy. If it’s known that I’ve been part of breaking the rules of the dimension, I’ll be in a lot of trouble
”
He repeatedly said that it was not easy and kept responding negatively. However, he did not reject our proposal. He was constantly groaning and looking at our reactions.
If interpreted, it also meant that there was room left for negotiations. His attitude was a little off, and there was no other way for us. We are in a situation where we’re in the dire need of Director Lee’s help.
Looking at the situation Ryan slowly slipped the bait.
“The Demon who came here this time is a member of the Schnarpe family. One of the children of Lord Schnarpe. You’ve heard of the Schnarpe family, haven’t you Mr. Lee?”
“Of course, I’ve heard about them. Isn’t they the family that’s famous for their great artifact production skills and magical abilities?”
“Now, Lord Schnarpe is very worried about his missing child. If the Director helps him, he said himself that he would pay the corresponding price.”
“Specifically, what price
?”
“He said he would provide the Schnarpe family’s handmade artifacts and share some of the production techniques if you wanted.”
“Hmm
”
Director Lee was lost in thought as he stroked his chin. He seemed to be weighing profits and losses quickly in his head.
After thinking for a while, he shook his head.
“I think it’s going to be hard. No matter how good the reward is, this job is very risky. If the Angels get to know about this and impose sanctions on our country, then those compensations would be meaningless.”
Director Lee stood firm in his decision.
I exchanged glances with Ryan and immediately threw the second bait.
“Director Lee.”
“Huh?”
“You still lack Demon Stones these days, don’t you?”
“Yes
 We’re always short of Demon Stones.”
“If you could promise to help us, I will sell the remaining half of my Demon stones to you.”
I pulled out the Demon Stones as my trump card.
It was the other half of the Demon Stones which I had sold to Director Lee previously.
His eyes shook rapidly from side to side as soon as he heard my suggestion.
Soon, he was lost in thought. He continuously scratched his head while weighing everything. Unlike his calm appearance earlier, he was now mixed with nervousness and anxiety.
After a long thought, he changed his expression again and opened his mouth carefully.
“I’ll tell you in advance. If a situation arises where you get caught by the Angels, I will immediately withdraw from this. Do you agree?”
Both Ryan and I nodded our heads in agreement.
We understand that from his point of view, he couldn’t help but be wary of the Angels.
Even after checking our reactions, Director Lee hesitated for a long time. In the end, he sighed quietly as if he had given up.
“Whoa
 I’ll help you as much as I can to the extent that we don’t get caught by the Angels. Please let me know if you need any information or things.”
A smile bloomed on both our faces as we crossed the first hurdle in bringing back Andra’s sister.