Chapter 366

"Alice, did you come to welcome me back too?"

With light steps he vaulted over the fence more than two meters high on the side of the annex, traversed a dozen-odd meters horizontally, and landed beside the golden-haired girl at the front door; Broly looked up and asked, recognizing the little princess who had once lodged in the annex for a fee.

"Who are you?!"

The boy's manner of appearance startled the guards; one by one the female guards placed their hands on the sword hilts at their waists.

"Stop, he's not an enemy!"

Guard Captain Claire hurriedly spoke up; she recognized the boy, who had hardly changed from the past, and prevented her subordinates from taking any rash action.

A surprised expression surfaced on the golden-haired girl's face; she blinked and answered honestly: "Ah, I didn't know you were back; I just came to play with Megumin-nee and Yunyun-nee."

The little princess had changed quite a bit since the past, but what hadn't changed much was that she still had very few friends her own age.

If not for the experience of lodging in this annex, she might not have had a single friend of a similar age.

"Pardon the intrusion, Broli-sama; Her Highness the Princess has been feeling rather troubled lately, and therefore came to visit her friends here in Axel."

Claire stepped forward and gave a further explanation.

"Uh, so you didn't come to welcome me after all..."

His assumed guess having fallen through, a hint of disappointment showed on Broly's face.

He had thought that all his acquaintances in this world would welcome his return.

"No, I can welcome you too, Broly... um, Onii-chan, welcome back to our world."

The princess looked at the Saiyan boy who was obviously much younger than herself and said this with a touch of playfulness.

Although the man named Kazuma Satou no longer existed in this world to influence her, one must not forget Megumin's existence.

Affected by the little princess, she who had been overly steady even in childhood grew a bit mischievous after maturing into a girl.

And when facing the boy who had defeated the Demon King once more, Princess Alice felt a slight complexity in her heart.

Following the tradition of the Belzerg Kingdom, had the other party not left this world after defeating the Demon King, she herself, as the only girl of the Belzerg Royal Family, might well have been betrothed to him by the King.

Leaving aside whether Broly would accept such a thing, in any case the little princess Alice's impression of him, besides his formidable power, was that he was the one who nearly became her prospective fiancé.

On top of that, while spending time with her friends in Axel, she would occasionally hear the two Crimson Demon girls and Darkness mention the boy.

Self-consciously believing that friends must have common topics, Princess Alice subconsciously counted herself as a member of the wife group.

All right, all right, this little girl is simply worried that without common topics she might be rejected by her similarly-aged friends Megumin and Yunyun, and combined with her former vague good feelings toward Broly (the only boy who ever drew close to her), Princess Alice arrived at this subtle understanding.

"I should be younger than you."

Broly gave a reminder.

"I know, but you helped me, helped my older brother and father, and this country a great deal, so I am willing to call you Onii-chan."

The little princess Alice's cheeks flushed red as she explained.

"Is that how it is?"

Broly tilted his head and didn't bother with the strange form of address.

"Come in; Megumin and Yunyun both stayed up late yesterday, so they might not be up yet."

Taking out the key and opening the door, Broly ushered Alice inside.

The little princess Alice followed in, accompanied only by two maids and two guards.

Broly didn't know the two maids, but the two guards looked somewhat familiar.

One was a mage with very low presence; the other was a female knight who was a distant cousin of Darkness.

These two had followed Alice before, and it was still the same now.

"Broly, did you not bring your key..."

Megumin's voice trailed off, her posture frozen in sleepwear, scratching her little belly.

Exposing her smooth little abdomen before outsiders — her appearance was really rather slovenly and unseemly.

Normally in this house she didn't care, but now facing a group of outsiders.

Er, no, this isn't a group of outsiders either; at least the little princess Alice, Megumin is quite familiar with.

But at this moment her face still reddened.

"You bring someone into the house and don't even call out!?"

Megumin complained while straightening her clothes and hair.

To speak truly, the Goddess of Luck Eris carries the burden of her goddess status.

But does Megumin not also carry the burden of her status as an older sister?

Especially when the little princess Alice keeps calling her Megumin-nee.

"Yo, coming to freeload again this time?"

Aqua, on the other hand, has no goddess-status burden whatsoever; even with outsiders visiting the house now, she still exudes her characteristic air of relaxation.

The goddess sat disheveled at the dining table, chin propped on one hand, legs crossed, and after receiving the breakfast her disciple had bought, she began eating in big mouthfuls.

"Alice, do you want some bread?"

Yunyun took out a bread knife, cut a large loaf into small portions, and asked.

"No thanks, Yunyun-nee; I already ate before coming over."

The little princess Alice waved her hand.

"By the way, can I still freeload here?"

She asked again, looking expectantly at the buxom Crimson Demon girl.

"This..."

Yunyun was about to agree directly, but suddenly remembered the boy had already returned home.

"Broly, can we let Alice stay here?"

She turned to the boy and inquired.

"Huh?!"

The Saiyan boy, mouth open biting the bread in his hand, stopped, and at this moment Princess Alice also looked over, gazing at her with somewhat expectant eyes.

"Does lodging cost money?"

Broly thought for a moment and asked.

"It costs money."

Megumin, having changed clothes and come out, answered.

"And it's not a little either~"

She added another sentence.

"Is it troublesome?"

Broly looked at Yunyun and asked again.

"Not troublesome, the maids Alice brings with her always help me do housework together."

Yunyun shook her head and said, every time Princess Alice comes to lodge, she always brings her own guards and maids, which is equivalent to giving this annex the staff it should have had, and instead reduces her daily workload.

"Then it's fine."

Since it pays and isn't troublesome, Broly naturally had no intention of objecting.

Moreover, if Yunyun hadn't asked his opinion, he might not have said anything; Yunyun could just decide herself.

"However, Princess Alice, your timing isn't great; today we might not have time to entertain you."

Darkness, also having changed clothes, walked over and said, reaching out to take the plate with fried eggs and fried sausages that Yunyun handed over.

Squeezing salad dressing and ketchup on the bread, placing the fried egg and ham on top, then covering with another slice of bread, a perfect egg and sausage sandwich was made.

"Do you have some arrangement?"

Claire brought a chair, the princess sat on it and curiously asked.

"Aqua is going to find colleagues to come over for a dinner gathering, Yunyun has to go prepare today's needed ingredients, Broly, Megumin, and I will be teleported by Wiz to the dungeon side to level.

And after Wiz returns, she has to go run the magic tool shop; besides my family's girl... uh, my female friend Miss Eris, there's no one else at home."

The knight girl explained.

"Hey hey hey, not like this, Princess Alice finally came here once, you don't say you'll properly entertain Her Highness, you're not even leaving someone to keep her company?"

Eris, eating bread, paused her motion of spreading jam on the bread slice, really wanting to ask, isn't she a person?

But thinking carefully, she's a Goddess, really not a person, so she didn't speak up to interject.

"After I finish buying ingredients, I can keep you company drinking tea."

Yunyun hurriedly said at this time.

"Compared to drinking tea, I actually want to go to the dungeon more; can I go with you all?"

Princess Alice's eyes shone bright, looking at Darkness and asking.

"Princess~"

Claire at the side was somewhat anxious, as if worried about her own princess's safety.

"What does it matter, I haven't fought in a long time."

The princess waved her hand.

"It's fine, but the dungeon we're going to is the strongest dungeon, the monsters there are high level, Alice, can you handle it?"

Megumin, chewing sausage in her mouth, had a kind of 【I am a top-tier adventurer】 showing-off air.

"As long as the monster subjugation level doesn't exceed ordinary dragon-type magic beasts, I think I can manage."

Princess Alice thought for a moment and said.

Hearing this, Megumin's expression stiffened.

Claire stepped forward at this time, glanced at this smug Red Demon Clan guy, puffed out her chest and said loudly: "My princess subjugated a giant dragon alone at age 11, now she's nearly 15, her strength has grown even more, she's not someone like you, a mage who only knows explosion magic, can compare to."

"What explosion magic, it's Explosion Magic, the world's number one destruction magic, war magic!"

Megumin immediately slapped the table and stood up.

And in terms of professional level and ability values, Princess Alice is probably, among this world's local people, the existence with the highest ability:

Inherits Hero bloodline (cheat transmigrator bloodline); raised in luxury since childhood (various high-level magic beast meat); underwent Belzerg Royal Family training (guidance from high-level swordsmanship teachers, equally formidable sparring partners who sparred with her since childhood).

This heaven-defying aptitude, plus everyone's family background, plus she herself still follows the royal family's responsibility, when the Demon King Army was still around, the sense of mission to prepare for war against the Demon King Army.

With aptitude, effort, and resources all stacked to the max, Princess Alice's strength is not the slightest bit weaker than top adventurers like Wiz.

"Alright, your strength is so-so, although compared to my Broly it's not worth mentioning, but tagging along to the dungeon for adventure is still fine~"

Princess Alice clasped her hands, eyes narrowing into a slit, looking very happy.

After Broly and the others finished breakfast, she ordered the maids to go help Yunyun.

Princess Alice refused the two bodyguards' idea of wanting to follow to the dungeon, only bringing Claire's sword and boarding the Lich lady's teleportation array.

"Teleportation~"

With the teleportation magic's light shining, a group of figures disappeared from the spot, arriving in a gloomy dungeon.

Not the entrance, but the core area position; this place was originally a human-faced scorpion nest, but now it's occupied by a group of high-level wraiths.

Miss Wiz greeted these wraiths friendly, then pointed out the recent leveling area situation to Broly and the others.

"Left side is the Earth Dragon Lizard nest, right side is the Cave Spider territory, further in there lives a Black Dragon, the other party came to settle in this dungeon last year, occupying the underground active volcano region, but I don't recommend you make a move on it..."

"Is it a formidable character?"

Megumin was somewhat eager to try; although she came today to be carried by the boy, she still couldn't help wanting to be a dragon-slaying mage.

"Not formidable, I alone could solo it, just that the special moss continuously produced in its living area has a pretty good blood-activating effect, and is one of the main materials for our magic potion shop's high-level vitality potions."

The Lich lady explained seriously; if not for this reason, that not-very-old little black dragon would probably have been dismantled by her long ago, materials taken to the magical tool master to craft products.

"Oh, it's a resource point..."

Megumin was somewhat dejected; she could no longer be a Dragon-Slaying Mage.

"Then, you all properly farm monsters and level up; I'll come pick you up again at noon."

Wiz left those words and, with another Teleportation Magic, returned to her own Magic Tool Shop in Axel.

"Wiz, what good thing did you encounter? Your mood smells pretty good~"

Vanir lives at the Magic Tool Shop on this side, working as a clerk by day and a mask commodity by night; and while he was sweeping the floor, seeing the Lich Lady appear, he sniffed his nose and asked.

"Broly has returned."

The Lich Lady did not conceal it either, and told the matter of Broly's return.

"Then I must go pay him a visit."

Hearing this, the Duke of Hell wearing a pink apron licked his lips, recalling the high-quality negative emotions he had eaten from Broly back then, and felt a bit peckish.

"That works out; tonight many guests are coming to our home for a dinner party, Mr. Vanir, would you like to come together?"

The Lich Lady enthusiastically invited, and had not thought over that among the group of guests coming tonight, many are active-duty Goddesses and Angels from Heaven.

"Then it's settled; I'll definitely come over."

The Duke of Hell gladly agreed to the Lich Lady's invitation; others eat dishes and meat at dinner parties, while he goes to eat the negative emotions that might waft off others.

Just right, recently his long-term meal ticket, the Quest Board Lady Luna at the Adventurer's Guild Reception, has been in very good spirits, so the production of negative emotions has been somewhat low.

During his stay in Axel, this Duke of Hell was always dallying with flowers and grass, but recently for one year he has been getting along famously with the Quest Board Lady at the Adventurer's Guild Reception.

Lady Luna considers Vanir an extremely good good man, willing to listen to her troubles at work.

And Vanir considers Lady Luna an extremely good negative emotion production machine; the negative emotions she accumulated in her work as an Adventurer Reception Lady are the top-grade rations he has eaten.

This one person and one demon, it counts as a perfect match~

(Chapter End)