And she had no hope of changing, and so she wished for nothing but to die at my hands now.
This was all very annoying.
âBy the way, who do mean when you talked about someone from your home? The people who died in the war with the empire were mostly brought back to life.â
The reaction of those three to my question far exceeded mere surprise.
Apparently, it was news to them.
âHey, hey. Didnât the resurrected soldiers tell you anything?â
âN-no. We had heard, but we couldnât believe it. We thought perhaps they had hallucinated it amidst the horrors of the warâŚâ
âYes. How could we believe such a thingâŚâ
Magnus and Rozari shook their heads in firm denial.
âShinji Tanimura. Also Mark Lauren and Shin Ryusei⌠People from my home⌠They were âotherworldersâ who came here. I searched for them desperately, but could not find them. You killed them, didnât you? Even if it was the work of your subordinates, it is ultimately yourâŚâ
It was probably her answer to my question, but Irina looked me straight in the eyes and began to talk.
And the names that came out of her mouth were all familiar to me.
I told her to stop and gave her the truth quite plainly.
âYou know, they are alive?â
What are you saying? I shall not be fooled! She seemed to say as she glared at me.
âI mean, I guess they havenât bothered to contact their friends?â
âAs for that, Lord RimuruâŚâ
Souei seemed to know the reason.
Shinji, Mark and Shin had all betrayed the empire and defected. That was why they could not contact anyone.
âThey are very obsessed with their research and rarely leave the country. But they do enter the labyrinth occasionally for exercise and stress relief.â
Ramiris would have laughed loudly in this situation.
Now that I think of it, Ramiris and Veldora were rather quiet recently.
I was worried that maybe they were plotting something, but it looked like it was just their research.
âHehehe. Now that I think of it, they had been asking for more personnel. Among the documents in Benimaruâs room, there was a request for an increase of workers.â
Diablo had a sharp eye and had looked through the documents addressed to Benimaru.
In fact, I had known about it.
However, there was no one that we could send, and it had been ignored.
It had to be someone knowledgeable with a resistance to mana.
Such personnel didnât come easilyâŚ
âIrina. If you donât believe me, why donât you go and see them?â
I could see that Irina had tensed up.
âYou will have to work there as a researcher too. And if you refuse this offer, you will be subject to a one hundred years sentence. Then you will not be able to confirm that what I have said is true, and you will not be able to meet them if it is. Itâs up to you. Choose as you will.â
Irinaâs expression was deeply troubled.
However, she came to a decision surprisingly quickly.
âRegardless of it being true, research is preferable to a sentence. I will work there even if you are lying to me. Besides, youâŚprotected the students. I do not think you are the kind of Demon Lord who would lie and toy with the hearts of othersâŚâ
I did not know if she was being sincere, but she said this as she accepted my offer.
âOf course. After all, you were honest enough to tell me your plans. Quite freely too. How could I not have taken that into consideration?â
I smiled devilishly and nodded.
âBut! Do not say that.â
Irina looked very embarrassed.
âHehehe. Irina. While I do not lie, it is no difficult thing for me to play with the hearts of people. I might tell Shinji and the others about this. Especially when we are drinking. It canât be helped, can it?â
Irina imagined this scene and shouted with embarrassment.
âI, I swear to be loyal to you. But, please donât talk to them about thisâŚ?â
âI will think about it!â
I said victoriously and nodded.
Magnus had listened to this whole exchange.
âSatoruâŚno, Great Demon Lord Rimuru. I, no, I donât care what happens to me. But could you not forgive Rozari for her crimes?â
âI am very aware that this is very selfish of me. But she was only following my orders. If you could at least allow me to take the blame for it and forgive herâŚâ
I had thought he was one of those shallow types, but this was rather dashing of him.
Well, he was actually part of the imperial family.
I wanted to avoid earning anymore hatred through dealing with him too harshly.
It would be a diplomatic issue, and I didnât care to act so extremely just because I could.
As I wondered about this, I heard a knock on the door.
I felt the presence of two people.
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I was expecting themâwell, I wanted them to come.
Now I could prepare a point of compromise.
I gave them permission before Souei could stand up.