S-Class Dungeon’s Mistress - Chapter 133

“Adele.”

“Hmm?”

After walking for a few minutes, Lisianthus suddenly called Adelaide. She answered, wiping the sweat off her forehead.

“The female demon you just saved is following you.”

“Yeah, I know.”

She nodded her head with an expressionless face. She, too, felt her presence. The short-haired female demon she had helped seemed to be following her.

“Shall we subdue her?”

“No, let’s wait. It doesn’t seem like she’s sneaking around.”

She was too obvious about following them. She wasn’t sneaking around, she was running and out of breath. Adelaide stopped walking and looked behind her. Soon the female reached Adelaide.

“Wait!”

Adelaide turned around, and the female demon stood in front of her, gasping for air. She seemed to have exhausted her stamina from running too fast. Adelaide smiled briefly as she waited for her to catch her breath, she seemed to see her past self in her weak figure.

“What’s going on?”

“I, thank you for your help. I know you said not to thank you, but I still wanted to say thank you no matter what……!”

“You’re the first person who cared about my injuries.” The female demon’s cheeks blushed pink.

Upon seeing this, Lisianthus immediately frowned. Even female demons were sticking to her now. Of course, it was Adele’s charm so she can’t help but attract both male and female. However, he can’t have his competitors increase even more.

“So, by the way, this is my contact information! If it’s okay with you, would you like to meet me tomorrow, just once?”

“Our master is busy.”

Lisianthus took the initiative before Adelaide could even answer. However, the short-haired demon did not back down from this.

“Yes, of course you are busy, but……. There is something I really, really want to tell you……!”

She looked up at Adelaide with earnest eyes, pitifully drooping her eyebrows. She had such an adorable impression, and her voice was so cute that made her seem even more pitiful.

Lisianthus bit his lip. He was even more upset because he knew well that his master was weak against pretty girls.

And as expected, Adelaide reflexively accepted the note the girl had handed her. But, contrary to what Lisianthus thought, it wasn’t just for her appearance.

‘There’s something you want to tell me. What is it?’

Curiosity arose.

Adelaide slowly glanced at the fragile demon in front of her. The female demon with pink hair and blue eyes looked very nice. Her tone and voice were also soft and polite.

The only problem was that she was a demon that belonged to Uriel. Maybe this was all smoke to get Adelaide into her trap.

‘Just one meeting, huh? It’ll be fine.’

Even if it was Uriel’s plan, there won’t be any problems if she prepared ahead of time. Especially with Lisianthus. Adelaide nodded her head after coming to a rational judgment.

‘It’s not because you’re pretty.’

Thinking like that, she recalled the cozy cafe in Esperanza. The thought of having afternoon tea with a three-story snack tower while sitting face to face with that cute demon already made her heart race.

“Okay. I will call you tomorrow.”

“Th-Thank you! Thank you so much!”

The lady bowed deeply and thanked her again and again. It was too much of an expression of gratitude.

After Adelaide told her to go back, she turned around and walked forward. It wasn’t until a little later that she realized she didn’t even hear her name, but since she had her contact information, it would all work out.

* * *

Adelaide and the group hailed a ladybug and headed back to Esperanza. She was worried that she might meet the abominable ladybug again, but luckily a different one came.

It was the biggest ladybug she had ever met. It looked five times bigger than the ladybug in Belial. Thanks to this, Adelaide, Lisianthus, and Raham were all able to ride on one ladybug. Even this ladybug showed a graceful attitude saying that he would not add additional charges. Adelaide clapped her hands and cheered in delight, saying that she’d be able to save money.

“Adelaide.”

As they traversed the sky for a while, Lisianthus asked.

“Have you decided?”

“About what?”

“Who to wage war against.”

He asked with a sly smile. His voice was so calm that anyone who heard it would think that he was asking about today’s menu.

Adelaide was silent for a moment, and then she answered firmly.

“Yes, I have.”

“Is it Sol Dungeon?”

He spoke again in a calm voice. Then Raham’s large body stiffened.

He wanted Adelaide to answer yes. However, he did not want to burden her with these feelings. Whatever Adelaide chooses, it is what they would want.

“That’s right.”

And the words he wanted came out of Adelaide’s mouth. Raham happily clenched his toes while Lisianthus tilted his head in wonder.

“I see. It’s actually surprising. I thought you might have wanted to declare war on the Los Halde dungeon.”

C-Class dungeons going into war with an A-Class dungeon. It was very unrealistic and irrational.

The condition to become a B-Class dungeon was a war with a C-Class dungeon or higher. Then a C-Class dungeon would have been enough. There has never been a single crazy dungeon master who dared to initiate war against a B-Class, even more so an A-class.

“That’s right too.”

And Adelaide wanted to be the first.

“That means……?”

“Sol Dungeon and Los Halde Dungeon. I will declare war on both of them.”

There was an ‘ack’ sound from somewhere. She couldn’t see it but it was the sound of Raham’s mouth dropping wide open.

Not just one, but war with two dungeons. Was it really the pure and kind demon Adelaide talking? That Adelaide, who was restless for fear that even one of her demons might get hurt? Raham panicked and fumbled.

“In what order? I don’t think it will be easy to face two dungeons at the same time.”

Lisianthus was not surprised by this shocking declaration. Rather, he seemed to support her nonsensical decision.

“The order is, according to the norm, let’s start with the weakest. I think we should bring down the Sol Dungeon first, and then immediately declare war on the Los Halde Dungeon. It will all depend on the justification.”

“You’re right. Anyway, we already have enough justification for Sol Dungeon, so it wouldn’t be strange even if we declared war today.”

“W-Wait. Are you really going to declare war today?”

Raham couldn’t hold back anymore and stepped in. He was afraid that if left alone, war would break out as soon as they returned. Although Shavarma and Sol Dungeon were hateful, he felt that it was too early to go to war right now.

“Ah, of course not. War is no joke, how can we do it without preparation?”

Adelaide burst out laughing. Raham was finally relieved.

However, he had to listen to the demon’s words to the end.

“We should prepare for at least a week!”

One week. Not a year, not a few months, but a week. Raham’s body drooped and he remained silent, as if he no longer had energy left to be startled. He had nothing more to say.

“And before that, we need to find Caladi.”

Adelaide’s face quickly turned bitter.

It wasn’t just because of the war that they had to find him. She herself was stronger than most high-level demons and Lisianthus alone was enough to be able to win against Sol Dungeon in no time. For base defense, she could just ask Lupinus for help.

However, she wanted to make important decisions such as war with Caladium there. No, more than that, she was worried and just wanted to see Caladium.

“I will organize information about Caladium and give it to you by tomorrow. I think announcing our position should be quickly made after that.”

“Yes, thank you, Lisian.”

Adelaide buried her gloomy face on the ladybug’s back. She was less depressed because she had a lot to worry about for the meeting, but as soon as the meeting was over, her mind was troubled again. Though she wanted to trust him and wait, she was distraught because she wanted to go and ask him his exact situation in person.

‘Caladi you p*nk, just you wait.’

She sniffled and huffed. She vowed to scold him for worrying her. However, she felt like she would cry and say that she missed him once she actually met him. Then after hugging him for a while and crying, she will convince him to try and clear up the misunderstanding.

Adelaide did not believe the evil words that still circulated about him. He was a good devil so she had this idea that one day the misunderstanding would be resolved and they would be happy again.

But the next day. Adelaide heard a story about Caladium in the most unexpected place. It was a very different story from what she knew.

“Just now…… What did you say?”

Tak. Adelaide set the beautiful teacup down the table. The tea was obviously fragrant, but it didn’t taste like anything. She couldn’t even hear the beautiful music playing in the cozy cafe. That was because she just heard something shocking.

The pink-haired demon looked down at her fingers then determinedly opened her mouth again.

“All of the articles about Caladium are true.”

Adelaide’s face, which had been relieved only a little while ago, became surprisingly cold. The demon who smiled and offered her delicious scones disappeared, and a feral face was revealed.

“Did you want to meet just to talk about nonsense?”

There were no more kind words of respect. How could she be kind to the demon who dared to insult Caladium?

Unsurprisingly, the pink-haired woman had a sad expression on her face, as if it was more unfair to her.

“I really……. At least, it certainly was like that 100 years ago.”

“I’ll just leave now.”

Adelaide said it wasn’t worth hearing more, and stood up straight away. She had already lost her appetite, so there was no need for her to remain here. Lisianthus, who had been watching from afar, also prepared to leave.

But a tearful voice caught her by the ankles.

“I am the victim!”

Adelaide twisted her eyebrows and slowly turned her head back.

“My name is Ellie. I was Caladium’s subordinate when he lived in Helheim.”