Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody

I am Satou. There have been several times when, because I didn’t properly confirm what the client wanted, I suffered setbacks near the end with everything being overturned. Thanks to those experiences, ever since I started attending meetings with clients, such tragedies have decreased.

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“We’ll protect Lady Aze!”

“Yeah, Shiro. We will absolutely fulfill the mission given to us by Mashitā.”

In front of Lady Aze stood two dependable bodyguards.

They were Shiro and Crow, winged young girls clad in the latest silver armor.

“Cheeky—”

“Shall we take them down? Should we?”

Pointing their swords at Shiro and Crow were not demon gods, but the demon god’s followers—pink-haired little girls. They were clad in purple equipment, including large purple scythes.

Since there had been quite a bit of traffic coming and going from the Isolated Island Palace lately, they must have infiltrated through the gate at some point.

“Who is Aze, I wonder?”

“Isn’t she that High Elf?”

“Don’t care.”

—Huh?

Weren’t they here to abduct Lady Aze on orders from the demon god?

Just then, Core Two flew in.

How it got through the gate along with the green dragon’s larval form, no one knew.

“Shiro, Crow! I brought the young dragon!”

—KYEEWRROUUUN.

—pipir! piru! piru!

—chuiii!

—KAAAA.

If you look closely, the divine bird Jade and the sage mouse’s Raven Riders were also with them.

Unlike the young dragon, you guys should hang back since it’s dangerous if you get hurt.

“Ahh, a dragon!”

“I hate it because it bites!”

“Geez, no more eggs or demon kings around.”

“Let’s leave before we get bitten!”

“Yeah, let’s go!”

The pink-haired girls apparently disliked dragons, so they rushed headlong through the gate they had used to infiltrate.

I pulled out a small clone from Lady Aze’s shadow and called out to her.

“Are you okay, Lady Aze?”

“Yes, these children protected me.”

Shiro and Crow smiled happily, and I praised Core Two, the young dragon, Jade, and the sage mice, who all seemed somewhat proud. I then entrusted them with Lady Aze’s protection.

The demon god’s target seemed to be reincarnators like Arisa and demon kings like Shizuka.

Probably, they were trying to retrieve the “fragments of a god” distributed at reincarnation.

Arisa and the former sword demon king fox girl were safe with their small clones attached; Shizuka had secluded herself in the otherworld, and the former mouse demon king Nezu, who was hiding near Shizuka with the squirrel Hamuzaemon, lost the “fragments of a god” when stopping the demon king, so she should be safe.

Also, those in danger were the reincarnators in the lower labyrinth, true ancestor vampire Van, imp princess Yuika, the “iron phantom (iron stalker)” Yoroi, and the “king mummy” Mukuro—wait, there was one more.

Kei, a reincarnator working as an apprentice priest at the Zaikuon Temple in the Makiwa Kingdom.

I need to instruct the child dispatched to the Makiwa Kingdom to protect Kei.

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“Ryuryu, scatter them!”

—LYURYURYUUU.

In the Makiwa Kingdom, Pochi and the dragon-riding Ryuryu were unstoppable.

They had already eliminated the stampedes in the Royal Capital and the four large territories and were now sweeping away the vanguard troops overflowing around the Purple Tower.

Since the devastation ended quickly, I spoke through the small clone hidden in Pochi’s shadow.

“Pochi, I want you to protect Kei.”

“Understood. —Where is Kei?”

“With Ryuryu’s wings, it’s quick.”

Through the small clone, I requested this from Pochi.

After I gave the direction, Pochi turned Ryuryu’s nose toward the temple where Kei was.

Kei should be safe now.

I switched my consciousness to the small clone attached to Hikaru.

“Hikaru, I have a favor.”

“Okay. Which reinforcements do you want me to go to?”

Hikaru had already quelled the stampede in Duke Bistal’s territory and was now touring the countries of the central minor states.

“I want you to deliver a warning to the reincarnators in the lower labyrinth.”