That "Evil God" had ultimately been destroyed only because Principal Arte intervened in secret.
In short.
The final conclusion was this.
The most dangerous moment when facing an [Evil God] was the "first encounter." After all, they were not true gods and always had weaknesses. As long as one survived the initial onslaught, they could concentrate their attacks on those weaknesses.
That was also why Free City had ultimately emerged victorious in the battle a few days ago.
However.
That only applied to mindless "Evil Gods."
The Black Goat Evil God's intelligence was clearly no less than that of a human.
Time passed swiftly, and before they knew it, it was lunchtime.
During that time, people continually came to visit the City Lord's Manor, gradually turning the banquet originally prepared solely for Dark Demon into a grand feast.
Though Dark Demon did not enjoy this sort of socializing, as the duke's son, he could only brace himself and handle it.
Together with Aurora, he moved through the venue, attending to every matter from all sides with impeccable care.
Representatives from every faction had gathered together, and they looked at him as though he were half the host.
That was probably because, in the eyes of outsiders, Free City was a city almost single-handedly supported by Alvitr.
But Dark Demon knew very well that the Duke's Mansion had played only a very limited role in all this.
For Free City to develop to its current state, at least ninety percent of the credit belonged to its own people's efforts.
Though the remaining ten percent had been indispensable, it was indeed a comparatively small portion. After making a round through the hall, he discovered that the attendees' attitudes toward Aurora had also changed drastically from before.
This was not "approval" or