Strongest Alchemist System
Chapter 25: Demon Lord Estella

“So, what is your purpose in actually looting this village?” I asked Estella, who was the mastermind behind all this mess.

Right now we are in a small room in the Elves' hideout, and there are only me, Alicia, and Estella.

To be honest I was a little doubtful whether we should bring the Demon King's lead here, but since there are too many monsters outside, we can't speak safely.

I also forced Elvy to come out, as there was a chance that the girl would get angry and thoughtlessly kill Estella upon hearing her motive. Although she had previously refused due to security concerns, but I said that everything was fine since there was still Alicia near me.

After I pressed her on and on, she finally left this room a little reluctantly. But, before he got out of there, he turned around and looked at me worriedly.

“Riku-san, you promised to rest, right?” tanyakanya.

My eye brows lifted.

Hearing that made me a little happy, I smiled and answered gently. “Don't worry, I will definitely rest, after all I have promised.”

Elvy seemed relieved when she heard my answer, and then she left this room.

That kid is really a good kid.

All right, let's move on to our initial conversation.

“What are you looting this Elf village for? What's your destination?” I asked with a serious look on my face, and looked at the little girl sharply.

But—

“Oi, dammit! If you want to talk at least do something to this woman first! Why is he still sitting on me?! I don't understand at all! Are you stupid?!” shouted Estella who until now is still occupied by Alicia.

“Well, this is just a security issue. We still can't trust you, I'm no longer going to be as mushy as before.”

“Cih, whereas I had little hope for you because I heard you managed to defeat that troublesome lizard.”

“As expected, you guys are plotting yes. Is he also the leader of the Demon King?” my many.

Hearing that Estella laughed.

“Ahahaha, that lizard? Demon King Leader? He didn't even fit into the pet category of His Majesty. The lizard was just a coward, after getting a little reprimand from His Majesty, he immediately wagged his tail like a stupid dog,” replied Estella who mocked the dragon.

Your Highness yes…

I think he pointed to the Demon King.

This might be a rare opportunity, I should be able to extract all the information about the Demon King from this girl.

It's not that I want to fight the Demon King, it's just that maybe this could be important information for me to give to the other Heroes when we meet later.

“Estella.... chan,” call me who is a little confused whether to give a sign of respect or not, because of his small child appearance, it is a little strange if I call him with an additional ‘-san’.

Well whatever, it's not important right now.

Now I want him to tell me everything he knows about the Demon King.

Whatever it is will be very valuable to the Heroes if they know a little about the Demon King.

“Umm, can you tell me what kind of person the Demon King is?” tanyaku, who is trying to be as friendly as possible.

Hearing that Estella narrowed her eyes, and she replied without hesitation.

“No.”

Well I guessed it.

“Riku, it's free. They have been given a curse that makes them never be able to betray the Demon King,” said Alicia.

“Seriously? Really troublesome, I wonder why you can follow such a person,”, I said when I heard the statement. “What might that mean that you are following the orders of the Demon King just because you were forced to?”

“Of course not!” estella who spontaneously rejected my opinion. “Indeed, we were cursed so that we could not betray! But, even so, we also have a strong reason to accept the curse and obey it obediently!” Resist Estella.

“Reason?” seruku wondered.

“We each Demon King army leader has his own reasons for following His Majesty. It was a very important wish, and the only one who could grant that wish was only His Highness the Demon King!”

“What do you want?”

“Well, if you do not intend to say anything, I will not force you,” I said with a faint sigh, then I continued with a serious face. “Alright, let's go back to the first question. For this one alone, I hope you want to answer it.”

“Huh, are you stupid? Do you really think I'll answer? Look, even though you guys tortured me, I still won't say anything.”

“….”

“He-Hey what's with that look of yours? Y-You don't intend to sexually abuse a little girl like me, do you? Aren't you? I believe in you, son! I bet you're not a lolicon! I believe in you!”

“Why are you panicking by yourself? Why do you believe in your enemies. Well, but it's true anyway, I'm not a lolicon, so you're safe— Hey, Alicia-san, I'm seriously not a lolicon, so can you not look at me with such a look?”

Seriously, I'm not a lolicon.

Well, I may not hate children, but that doesn't mean I love them in a far-off sense. I just love seeing their growth.

“Serious, so can you not look at me with a look like that of a suspicious person, Alicia-san.”

Geez, can't they be serious. If it continues like this, want to be until whenever this conversation will never be finished.

“Haaah..” I let out a long sigh tiredly.

“Alright, let's go back to our previous conversation. I will not sexually abuse you, but in exchange I may snatch what you call ‘desire’,”.

Hearing that, Estella furrowed her brows troubledly.

Seeing that reaction I was a little relieved, it meant that he took my words seriously.

“What do you mean?” ask the girl.

“You said that if all of you Demon Lord higher-ups have some kind of curse that should be the price to grant that wish, right? I wonder, what will happen if I remove the curse?”

“…..”

Estella was speechless, her face frozen with no expression.

Seeing that, a wide smile began to be painted on my face.

“You should know how strong the person currently occupying you is, right? Let you know, he could have used the [Break Spell] spell to break your curse,” I said as I stared intently at the tense Estella.

When he heard that, his face became even more pale.

“It's impossible! Even the strongest priest in this world or someone with the title of Saint would not be able to break this curse! There is no way that anyone can break this curse!” the argument is trying to stay strong.

But, it seems that he was also still a little hesitant by his own words, I could hear him speaking with a slight tremble.

All right, let's keep this up.

“You sure you can't?”

“Ahahaha, whatever you do is free! In fact, even with a powerful magic item, this curse can never be lost!”

Even though he said that with a bold smile, I can still see him trembling. He looked extremely frightened, from his face dripping with cold sweat.

It seems that this threat really works.

I patted my hand, smiled gently and said. “Oh right! If so, why don't we just try it?”

“Huh?”

Hearing that, Estella exclaimed in surprise, but I did not care about it at all, and continued to say with a sweet smile.

“Alicia, can you do it,” my door.

“Yeah, what can I do. [Break—“.

“Wait! Wait up! Please wait a minute! All right, I'll answer whatever you want! Please do not remove this curse! Please, I'll do anything for you! Please don't remove this curse!” estella screams in despair before Alicia can cast her spell.

“Good, I like an honest child,” I said while grinning like a demon who managed to tease its prey.

Seeing that, Alicia let out a languid sigh.

“I'm so confused who the villain is now.”