Chapter 209
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#5 Their circumstances: Atia nel Karuan's circumstance
“What did you say? The demon king has appeared?”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
I tilted my head in confusion at the report made by the dispatch rider who had made an urgent trip to my office. I turned my head to Reia and asked her. "Reia, I thought Ast was the demon king?"
“Could it be that Sir Ast finally understood your heart and decided to come back to us?”
“What, that Ast? No way.”
Reia must've said that to make me feel better, but I was too aware of our reality. That guy, Ast, would do everything in his power to avoid me until the day I died and was reborn. Still…
“Well, that did make me feel better, so thanks, Reia.”