"Your Highness, it seems our luck is rather good, doesn't it?"
The Thermodynamic Demon, sent by the upper ranks of the Demon King Alliance to monitor this group, chuckled as he watched the savior before him apply to the Demon King Alliance to retrieve Arcadia's banner.
"Yes. Who would have thought Lord White Night Yaksha would suddenly return to the Heavenly Realm?"
Kalki, who had recently visited another world, stared at the demon possessing the Third Perpetual Motion Engine's Divinity with a somewhat unrestrained expression.
"Cheer up, Your Highness."
Clearly aware that Kalki hated him yet utterly unconcerned about it, the Thermodynamic Demon chuckled.
Just three days earlier, after the Demon King of the Black Death attacked the Fire Dragon, the Layer Ruler known as White Night Yaksha had suddenly decided to return to the Heavenly Realm to discuss certain matters with her friend Indra.
"The strongest of the lower levels, White Night Yaksha, has returned to the Heavenly Realm and cannot come back anytime soon. Isn't this the perfect opportunity for us to make our mark?"
The Demon King, who was extraordinarily invested in certain matters, reached into the space behind him. Before long, a banner appeared in his hand.
The banner was made of red cloth with golden trim, depicting a girl born in the Sealed World, with the free land and hills she had traveled as its backdrop.
Without a doubt, it was the banner of Arcadia, the community founded under Canary's leadership to kill the strongest Demon King that sealed away humanity's future—one of the Final Trials of Humanity, the Sealed World—and prevent humanity from being reduced to livestock.
"The higher-ups have tremendous faith in your abilities."
The Thermodynamic Demon handed the banner to the young man before him. A teasing smile appeared on his face