Izax had exceptionally sharp ears and heard Hao Ren muttering on the spot. He was rather curious. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Hao Ren gave an awkward chuckle. "That was an unlucky thing to say—the last guy who said something like that turned around and got stabbed by his own son. His country fell and his family was destroyed. It was pretty tragic."
Izax immediately realized that this foul-mouthed fellow had started spouting nonsense again, so he stopped paying him any attention.
Little Elizabeth looked around at the adults, turning her head from side to side. Then she sighed with astonishing maturity. "Sigh... Those who are capable really do end up doing more. I thought that once Dad came back, I'd finally be able to return to my old life of eating until I was full and playing everywhere without a care. Why did Dad just quit?"
Hao Ren had never doubted whether this little girl understood what Izax meant. From the moment they met, he had seen that this seemingly underage child was actually extremely clever. She had been able to impersonate the Mad Demon King and keep the situation under control by herself. How could such a bear child be ordinary?
Izax entrusted the future of the Demon King's City to his trusted successor. For the two or three centuries before Elizabeth came of age, the city would be overseen by Gadamor, his most trusted old steward and the most senior veteran in the Demon Lord's Army, with Lanina assisting him from the side. Once little Elizabeth came of age and was crowned, the Demon Empire would welcome a new Demon Queen. At this thought, Hao Ren could not help looking Elizabeth up and down. Who would have thought that this little thing, not even 1.3 meters tall,