The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind

rates in the sea, so he is very troubled.”

“So that is why you accepted his request?”

“It seems as if the Count here was extremely impressed by our ability to defeat Condel Siede.
I think he was even more impressed because his forces weren’t able to catch even a sliver of the culprit’s shadow, but we were able to find and finish him off in an extremely short time period.
It’s mostly thanks to you, Sir Zich.”

“Hmm.
Then it seems like what I have to do is find the bandit’s home base around Bambis.”

“Yes.”

“I got it.
I’ll accept the request.” Without much thought, Zich easily accepted Joachim’s request, and Joachim’s face brightened up.

“Thank you so much.
Sir Zich, I keep being indebted to you in many ways.”

“Sir, you just have to return back the favor with a lot of interest.”

“Hahaha! I’ll make sure to repay you,” Joachim chuckled loudly.

“However, I plan to take care of this matter by myself.
I ask for your understanding in this regard.”

People stared at Zich with surprise.
Lyla had been planning to return to her room and gather her belongings without much thought, but she was especially surprised.

“What? Why suddenly?” Lyla’s voice reflected her surprise.

However, Zich continued with a calm voice, “We decided to stay here so that you can focus on your work.” Zich was referring to Lyla deciphering Clowon’s letters.
“There’s no reason for you to go out of your way and hinder your work time.
I’m also really looking forward to your results.”

Lyla was secretly pleased with Zich’s words since she thought that her translating time was going to get cut again.
“But why are you going by yourself? You’re not going to take the others with you?”

“Elena probably won’t want to part with you.
Rather than for our group to separate like that, it’s better for me to go by myself and quickly take care of this matter.
From what I heard, it doesn’t seem like we need a lot of people for this job.
The others will actually be a bother.”

If Zich spread his senses as wide as possible and ran like crazy, he could probably catch at least a few targets.
Considering this method, if anyone wasn’t able to match up to Zich’s speed yet, they’d merely be a hindrance.
Moreover, it was not as if Hans or Snoc’s sensing abilities were as advanced as Zich’s.

“Just let those two play here.
I’m sure they’ll like that.”

“Yeah, for sure.”

Even though Zich did give them free time before, there was no greater freedom than the absence of a terrifying watch guard.
Zich decided to give them completely free reign while he was gone.

“Okay, while you’re gone, I’ll work hard in deciphering the texts.” Lyla agreed with Zich’s suggestion.

Zich stared at Joachim.
“Sir, it’s turned out like this, so please send a report that I’ll be the only lookout.”

“Yes, I understand.” Honestly, Joachim was a bit worried that Zich was going by himself, but he soon erased this concern from his mind.
From what he knew, Zich had the best sense of judgment among his companions.

Like this, it was decided that Zich would be the only one traveling to Campbell.

*        *      *

After their meal was over, Joachim and Evelyn rode on the same carriage and headed towards Joachim’s lodging.
Since Evelyn’s lodging was in the same place as Zich’s group, she didn’t need to ride in a separate carriage from them, but she sometimes rode on Joachim’s carriage when he visited to enjoy a short conversation together.

It was not strange for the two people who experienced an intense and troubling event to grow closer.
Moreover, that feeling had slowly developed further, and it now progressed into a state where they could exchange casual conversations like this in a carriage.
Joachim stared at Evelyn who was sitting in front of him.

She sighed while frowning deeply, “Phew, it really seems like there’s been no progress at all between those two.”

Joachim knew about her concern, and he smiled bitterly.
After talking to her a bit more these days, he found out what type of person she was.

“Well, it’s Sir Zich and Ms.
Lyla after all.
It’s difficult to judge them based on normal standards.”

“But I wanted to see them get a bit closer.
I know it’s for a short while, but now they’re even thinking about separating from each other.”

Since he was the reason for their separation, Joachim remained silent.

Evelyn noticed his reaction and was immediately startled.
“Ah, I’m not blaming you at all.
I was just frustrated that those two are…”

“I understand.
You don’t have to be concerned about me.” However, the atmosphere couldn’t be lightened up with just a few words; he needed to change the topic.

Joachim threw in a topic that Evelyn would be very interested in.
“But I think there is some hope for those two.”

As he intended, Evelyn immediately showed interest, “Really? Honestly, Ms.
Lyla is just indifferent to romantic emotions and her sensitivities are still within ordinary boundaries.
But Mr.
Zich is so eccentric, he shows no interest in those matters at all—I mean, how uninterested do you have to be to bring your date to a casino?” Evelyn even brought up past events and complained.

“For me, I think that’s why there’s hope.”

“In what way?” Evelyn wondered what aspect of the casino date caused Joachim think that there was still hope for a human who planned such a ridiculous day.

“To be honest, it’s not the first time Sir Zich faked a date.
When I met him for the first time, he pretended to date someone during that time too, and his partner was Ms.
Bargot.
She was the one who killed my family and tried to ruin my estate.”

Evelyn knew about this event to a certain extent, so she quietly nodded.

“During that time, Sir Zich approached Ms.
Bargot to retrieve information from her, and he was extremely skillful.
He escorted her so perfectly that in an instant, rumors spread around that they were lovers.”

“What? Then, why would a person like that…”

“Yes, so that’s why I was also very surprised.
After thinking deeply about this matter, I made a few conjectures.”

Evelyn looked at him with great interest, and Joachim continued, “I thought that Sir Zich did something that he really enjoyed on his date with Ms.
Lyla, rather than doing a date for the sake of showing others.”

“…So what you’re saying is that the date he had with Ms.
Bargot was merely an act, and the date he had with Ms.
Lyla was Mr.
Zich’s idea of a real date?”

“Yes.”

Evelyn was momentarily shocked by the completely unexpected answer.
However, she was also excited that Joachim’s conjecture fit her hopeful outcome.
Unfortunately, her excitement quickly died down.

“If that was his idea of a real date, isn’t that also a serious problem?”

“…” Joachim was unable to respond to that question.