"Sorry, we have an acquaintance here, so we need to wait a bit for her to arrive."

"An acquaintance, is it? That's even better. Well then, I hope you all have a pleasant day~"

Dream Demon bowed, and with a flutter of her little wings, she flew away.

"…"

The rest of us exchanged glances, feeling slightly embarrassed.

"You know, why do I feel like the Abyss here… actually gives off more of a modern civilization vibe."

I said with a wry smile.

"Yeah, truly admirable how the Demon Lord managed that. How did he even do it?"

Bai Yueguang nodded in agreement.

"I guess he just excels in that area, unlike me," Aliyah chimed in.

Ah, you do realize you're not good at it. No, actually, we knew you weren't good at it from the start, no need to repeat it.

"Achoo!"

Aliyah suddenly sneezed beside me, and I quickly averted my eyes to avoid her catching me talking behind her back.

"But why do the people from Hell think this place is full of conflict? And the records from the mortal world... and that undead from the Abyss, judging by his tone, it seems like there should be chaos in the Abyss, but we are currently in a very peaceful situation."

"That's because you are near the Demon Imperial City."

A voice sounded, and the next moment, we were all teleported directly into a room!

"Huh?"

And there was an additional person in the room, a white-haired woman wearing a golden mask. Of course, I couldn't determine the person's gender based on their face as they were wearing a mask.

"I am Greed, the Third Commander of the Demon Lord's Guard."

The person introduced herself.

"The Demon Lord has sent me to greet you all. She has some matters to attend to, so she may be a little late."

"It's alright, we are well aware of that."

I have learned the hard way that being late is a trait favored by the Demon Lord.

Greed tilted her head in confusion, then bowed.

"Please rest here for a while. I shall take my leave for now."

With that, she disappeared in a flash.

"What a convenient skill…" Oyado remarked, resting her chin on her hand.

Seems like you're eager to learn, but don't you have something similar already?

I walked to the window, lifted the curtains, and glanced outside.

On the other side of the city, I could still see the passage we had come through, indicating we were still in the same city.

As for this room... I wondered if it was designed to accommodate the tall demons as the ceiling height was remarkable.

And the decor looked like those so-called retro European-style furnished suites.

"The Demon Imperial City, perhaps the most modernized place around here? And the conflicts usually happen in the outskirts, not here, which makes it safe, right?"

"That seems to be the only way to interpret it. But is it really useful for us to contact the Demon Lord? Weren't we here to find your body?"

Bai Yueguang inquired.

"Because the person controlling my body is our common enemy, right? The one controlling my body is currently using it to attack the Abyss under the Demon Lord's control, and I have to defeat that person who took my body. We have a common enemy, so wouldn't it be better to practice by taking them down together?"

"Indeed..." Bai Yueguang nodded.

"It seems like this will be a long war. After all, the other side is not simple. If we're lucky, they've only controlled your body. If we're unlucky, they can use all your skills, and then we'll be in big trouble."

"Well... it's just having more skills, I can always withstand a bunch of spells with my body, and you guys can sneak attack. If worse comes to worst, we just blow them up, don't worry, I'll take the blow."

"Aren't you afraid that blowing up might completely destroy your body?"

"...We'll cross that bridge when we get there!"

I gave him a thumbs up.

"You are really something, aren't you?"

"It's alright, worst case scenario, you can just live on with your body~ Isn't your body adorable enough?"

Suddenly, a hand reached out from above and lightly touched my face, causing me to shiver with goosebumps all over.

Just as I was about to turn around, I realized someone was hugging me from behind, and then I was lifted into the air.

Wow, so the ceiling is so high to allow people to fly.

"Oh wow, even better physique than I imagined. Looks like you have good taste~ Picked yourself a nice body~"

"What are you talking about! It's not like I chose it. Let me go, stop touching me!"

Arcane·Mental Overload

A surge of blue electricity ran through my body, accelerating my senses and making me shudder, causing my magic robe to fall off.

"Don't look!"

On the other side, I heard a loud slap, and turning around, I saw Bai Yueguang being knocked to the ground by Hei Luoli.

"You there! Hurry up and put your clothes on! What are you doing!"

I looked down and realized that I had only worn my underwear and magic robe in the morning because it was hot.

Ah, no wonder this robe was so easy to take off.

"Haha, you guys are really interesting."

The person who grabbed me slowly descended from the air.

She was clad in a shiny black armor with rows of spikes on each piece, long black hair that could rival Bai Yueguang's (Bai Yueguang: Why compare with me?), a pale face that looked very charming, but her eyes, one red and one black, overlapping, could scare the average person.

Why do I say average person? Because some people actually like red eyes, we have to consider that scenario.

And her name directly told me her identity.

The Demon King with the 【Bloodthirsty Black Pupils】—Bick·Lucifer.

"We finally meet, although it's a bit of a shame not to see your true form~" She smiled.

"Anyway, shall we start with a cup of tea?"

You really have a lot of free time, don't you...