The outside of the Demon King's Territory was very lively today. It seemed that since early in the morning, Celina, Satan Leaf, and the ghost girl had arrived in the south of the Demon King's Territory. One could also see the mighty carriage from the castle.
It was the caravan, the traveling merchants who had been waiting in the Demon King's Territory for a period of time.
"…"
"Ira, don't you have anything you want to buy?"
Vera walked to Ira's side and carefully looked at the distant caravan on the platform of this castle with him. She looked sneaky and said, "Why do you look sneaky too?"
"Too?"
Ira expressed this doubt. He retracted his head and used the city wall on the open-air platform here to block his body. He said, "I have to hide the fact that I'm in the Demon King's Territory. What's wrong with you?"
As the former Chief Consul of the Empire and now a wanted criminal of the Empire, if they knew that he was in the Demon King's Territory now, the Empire had reason to ask them to hand over Ira.
That was a very bad situation, so Ira could not tell these merchants who liked information and goods about him in the Demon King's Territory.
Since he had chosen the Demon King's Territory, Ira naturally had the knowledge that he needed to temporarily lie low. He looked at Vera, who seemed to be avoiding the gazes of the merchants, and did not know why she had also done strange actions.
"I'm also a wanted criminal, okay?" Vera said helplessly.
She quietly looked up at the caravan over there, then shrank back. She looked at the helpless Ira and said, "It's not good for me to be discovered, right?"
"…"
In a little silence, Ira stared at Vera's face close at hand. As he watched her complain, he looked into her emerald green eyes and retreated slightly. "There's a very good way for you to hide. You don't have to be so close to me."
Vera, who did not sense anything wrong, turned around and gently raised it. After taking a look, she retracted it and said, "Because I want to see the situation of trade. Everyone is actually observing that side…"
Vera was definitely right because she had been in the Demon King's Territory for a long time. If this was her experience, it was probably quite accurate. After all, she had definitely experienced the arrival of the trade team many times.
Was it like this every time?
Thinking of this, Ira could not stand the smell of Vera's perfume and stayed further away… Actually, it smelled quite good, but he was just not used to it.
In his heart, Vera was still only a fool who liked to play and needed to be taught well. Now, he suddenly realized that the other party might have sprayed perfume, causing him to be a little unaccustomed… even if Vera was twice his age.
"Yes, Ira, what are you doing?"
Because of Ira's actions, Vera, who had finally discovered something, smiled. She thought of something and leaned closer to Ira with a naughty smile. She said proudly, "How is it? My corpse fragrance smells good, right?"
"…"
Wasn't it perfume?
"Corpse… corpse fragrance?"
Looking at Ira, who was frowning and asking, Vera nodded and introduced, "After becoming a lich, although my body won't emit the stench of corpses, my mana is always filled with an uncomfortable lifeless feeling."
That was true. As long as it was an undead creature (inanimate object), Mana was always like a leech, giving people a cold and nasty feeling, but this did not affect the battle.
"Therefore, I used the huge bee yesterday to research a way to make my mana emit the aura of the living. The price is that my body will emit this quite pleasant smell."
As Vera spoke, she did not know why Ira was gently raising his eyebrows, nor did she know the value of her invention. She only placed her hands on her hips proudly and said, "I named it [Corpse Fragrance]!"
"…"
Ira did not know whether to laugh or say something first. He shook his head helplessly and smiled, "Can't you change your name? However, your creativity is very good. If you sell the finished product, it'll definitely become popular in the Empire. However, you have to change the name."
Otherwise, this name was too strange.
"Do I smell good then?"
Vera's question sounded like it was from a real little girl. Ira glanced at her, then nodded honestly and said, "It smells good. Give some to Celina and the others later."
"I'll give it to you even without you saying it. I've already packaged this thing into the most beautiful perfume. Everyone will definitely like it… Hmm, do you want the [Corpse Fragrance Potion]?"
Regarding Vera's kindness, Ira shook her head gently and said, "What I mean is actually to let that ghost girl give a portion of your… perfume to those travelers as a gift."
In the end, Ira did not say a term like [Corpse Fragrance Potion]… because it was really too strange.
"Why should I give it to them? Shouldn't I be selling it?"
In response to Vera's question, Ira looked at her and confirmed that she really did not understand, so he began to explain, "There's an exchange of benefits behind all human interactions. However, some are material benefits, and some are mental benefits."
"In addition, if they really use your perfume, they'll understand that this thing has a completely different competitive track from other relative perfumes. It can be used to grab a share of the market. Therefore, they'll want to buy your perfume in the next trade."
"…"
"…"
Ira shook his head helplessly. He looked at Vera, whose eyes seemed to have turned into mosquito coils. He shook his head to shake a figure out of his mind and said, "Alright, your current expression is very similar to Isabella's, but she'll always work harder to absorb knowledge than you."
"…"
Hearing such words, Vera was stunned. She looked at Ira, who spoke calmly, and said, "You look like you've gotten over it… No, Ira, you've never been angry at Isabella's betrayal?!"
Looking at the shocked Vera, Ira, who did not expect her to mention this, was stunned. Then, he calmly nodded and said, "That's true, because I know that Isabella definitely doesn't want to kill me. It's just that the situation has been pushed to a bad place by some external force."
In these words, Vera looked a little breathless… It was unknown if she was angry or something, but perhaps she was angry that Ira was still absolving Isabella at a time like this.
"She only wants to suppress the Ira faction a little as I taught her as usual. Although I know she can force me to stay… she might want to prove herself or something?"
Ira's words made Vera grab her own heart tightly and look really suffocated.
He said simply, "No matter what her will is, I realize that it's not suitable for the Empire. If the Empire can become more prosperous after I leave…"
Vera was speechless.
"I'll be gratified by Isabella's growth… She's already sacrificed too much for my dream, although it might be a little twisted from my expectations, right? As teachers, you and I have to be responsible for this."
Looking at Ira, who was smiling and talking like this, Vera stared at him. She swallowed. Unable to say anything, she realized something the entire world did not realize. She stated, "I see… You, Yosef, and Isabella are all crazy."
"What's the dream you painted for them?!"
Facing the puzzled Vera's loud question, Ira could not be very specific.
"Yosef, Isabella, and everything they did with me were to fulfill my dream. If you ask, I can only tell you…"
Ira sighed as if seeing something very far away.
"That's a very, very beautiful country."