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[Demon kingdom castle]

[New female paladin of the demon kingdom point of view]

"And this is the list of orphans in this country" [Welfare minister]

"Thank you. Regarding their new house?" [Female paladin]

"I already buy a small mansion for their use, but as for their caretaker..." [Welfare minister]

"No need. I already have it covered" [Female paladin]

"May I know who will it be?" [Welfare minister]

"Me. I'll take care of them" [Female paladin]

"Pardon...?" [Welfare minister]

"I have grasp the scope of job needed to be done, and as such I believe it will be manageable for me to take care of them" [Female paladin]

"But, wouldn't it be hard?" [Welfare minister]

"It is, but that's also why I will take this job. The two guardian of children of Estel and Malsia, as well as Mrs Saga, it's hard for the three of them, and yet, they still manage to take good care of the orphans. One is a traveler that keeps on bringing changes with Princess Diana, one is a merchant that keeps on striving despite the setback, and one is the strongest adventure. All three are a great role model and as such, even if it is just a little, I wanted to take care of them, to aspire those orphans as to become a better person in the future. That's the role of the Director of Orphanage, not simply just feeding them" [Female paladin]

"I understand, still let me know if you wanted any help. Surely, taking care of children are no mere task" [Welfare minister]

"Yes I will... How about you search the list of single mother who are jobless with good record. I might consider hiring them to help manage the orphanage" [Female paladin]

"I'll do just that!" [Welfare minister]

After the fruitful discussion, I left my chamber for a while, and just ten seconds afterward, Demon king Druser come and approach me. It's regarding the person whom we will send to take care of the Embassies in Estel and Kiserre.

"I see. I'm not well acquaintance with them, so can you arrange a meeting with them?" [Female paladin]

"Hahahaha, isn't it suppose to be the other way around. Some king am I getting more works push by his assistant" [Druser]

"I'm sorry! I didn't meant that way! I swear!" [Female paladin]

"No need to worry, I already have you covere..." [Druser]

"Such low grade assistance! Don't you dare increase the burden of our king!" [Demon duchess]

A cold beauty from the succubus line, though she have a tinge of humanoid features as well, suggesting her ancestors marrying a human. Her shiny gray horn with lustering silver hair and her choice of clothes, truly a beauty that surpass other succubi. She held from the duke family. She's the eldest daughter of the house, and inherited the title after her parents die due to ailments. She's still single and hard to approach but somehow my feelings tells me that...

"Don't be like that. You do that to Aries and now to her" [Druser]

"But!" [Duchess]

"It's fine, and my lord, can I have a moment with her?" [Female paladin]

"What do you want!""Sure. Have fun" [Duchess][Druser]

King Druser quickly leave the two of us alone... Where did he run off to this time...

"What do you want!" [Duchess]

"I'll be straight. You actually love Druser aren't you" [Female paladin]

"THAT'S!" [Duchess]

Bingo

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[Rean point of view]

It's straining. Using Chrono Mellontikós right after the fight with man-eating pig, but it has to be done in order to ensure their safety

A quick dash at the serial killer dwarf, and instead of avoiding my attack, he dashes right into my direction, parrying my slash before punching me right in the solar plexus

~Vomit~

"Not bad kid, but I don't have interest beating my son's adoptive elder brother" [Serial killer dwarf]

Can I take it for granted... No! Better be sorry than

~Poof~

"Rean!" [Farhah]

"Let go of him!" [Karon]

"Sure" [Serial killer dwarf]

After transforming back, he tosses me like a paper back into the group. Just as he is about to say something

"!" [Serial killer dwarf]

A dark fire attack is launch toward him

"Make it in time" [Kucin]

The S rank adventure, black female cat beastman Kucin. Seo Ah manage to get help from her. That's good

"Dwarf! Won't you surrender?" [Kucin]

She already takes an aggressive stand

"Interesting. My only target as you manage to deduce is only the true beastman group. I have no interest on other, and surrendering... As If!" [Serial killer dwarf]

(How did he knew we manage to deduce his true intention!) [Diana]

He tried to escape, but a wall of black mana prevent him from doing so

Kucin quickly cover the surrounding perimeter with her own dark mana, forming something like a zone of dark mana, and from there, countless hands sprout out from it carrying various weapons. She didn't use this technique when during her sparring session with Brother Ash, so I guess this is a new technique she develop later on

Still, even when multiple darkness hand restraint and injured him, his movements isn't affected at all, in fact, he is becoming even nimbler!

As the multiple hands keep on attacking him, couple with Kucin own swordsmanship, the battle continue, so much so that Princess Diana's hidden guard came out to help.

(I knew that they will only act openly during true emergency, but why didn't they help during our fight with the pigs...) [Rean]

Still, you would think that this will give nothing but trouble to the serial killer dwarf, and yet there he is, still standing strong. He manage to grab one of the male vampire and throw him at the direction of spear holding dark hand, and Kucin aren't able to act fast enough to dispel the hand, causing the male vampire's right knee to be pierce from the back

(This dwarf. His tenacity is admirable. Mrs Saga can boast about her unparalleled strength, Mrs Aries about her defense, Saint Louis is said to have astronomical affinity to light magic, and Ash with his magic and unique scythe weapon, but none of them come close to this level of tenacity... This fight, the longer I drag it, the harder it is for all of us) [Kucin]

What this... I can sense Kucin gathering her neutral mana. That as well as her dark and fire mana. What will she do

(I thought of testing my new found power to beat Ash, but it can't be help...) "Evolved beastly transformation! Splinter cat!" [Kucin]

She become larger, and her tails grow even longer, with dark fire hovering around her, forming a layer on top of her clothes and fur. She quickly become quadrupedal and

"!" [Serial killer dwarf]

"Dark hell slash" [Kucin]

Her speed drastically increases. I see, splinter cat evolution focus more on the speed aspect as compared to other parameters. She also gains access go higher spell variant. Plus, the hand from the mana zone quickly transform into countless kittens, ready to become a suicide bomber, exploding when it comes in contact with the serial killer dwarf

"Blood... NICE!" [Serial killer dwarf]

"!" [Kucin]

His shout makes even Kucin flinch. Even when it is obvious that Kucin got the upper hand, it's nothing more than a mere illusion as the serial killer dwarf can quickly throw out the advantage his opponent have

"Let finish this quickly!" [Kucin]

With her sword's handle now on her mouth, she gather around all of her mana and make one final slash, cutting the dwarf in a vertical line from his chest up till his umbilicus, and still

"NICE! NICE! NICE!" [Serial killer dwarf]

(Are you kidding me!) [Kucin]

How come he's still standing! Just what kind of person is actually this serial killer dwarf! Is he even a mortal!

Kucin's evolved beastly transformation have come to it ends. Things look bad, should I use another Chrono Mellontikós spell?

"Karon! Wait!" [Zerolith]

"Huh?" [Rean]

Karon quickly run toward his father, with a more menacing blood lust than he displayed during the training, and yet

"Nice hammer technique" [Serial killer dwarf]

"SHUT UP!" [Karon]

"You still lack power. How will you protect humanity once you awaken your blessing!" [Serial killer dwarf]

(Again... How did he knew... True, the fact that the orphans are in fact, the ten heroes should be widespread by now, but the information are still hazy to outsider, and yet, he speak it confidently) [Diana]

"Train more you weakling!" [Serial killer dwarf]

Again, another powerful punch to solar plexus, and again, he toss someone like a paper, and what's that he give to Karon!?

"Consider this a gift to the slow working princess there. This paper shows the location of the true beastman group right inside this country" [Serial killer dwarf]

"How!?" [Qis]

"How. Lady, how do you think I manage to kill thousand upon thousand of people and yet I am still here? Brute force aside, nothing can beat me when it comes to this kind of intellect" [Serial killer dwarf]

"AND YET YOU THROW THE GIFT OF INTELLECT JUST TO KILL OTHER!" [Diana]

"Yes, because it's more fun that way" [Serial killer dwarf]

And with that, he left, leaving three furious person behind

"Father... I hate you!" [Karon]

"Even after all that, to think I lost!" [Kucin]

"Very well. For the sake of other, I'll take this gift of yours. When our path meet once more, I'll capture you!" [Diana]