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After sleeping in a comfortable tent all night, Ansel was charged with full energy. After eating the hot breakfast that Guxin had prepared for him while wearing an apron, he was remotely handling the affairs of Suberbian City, when a demon suddenly invited Ansel to the big tent.

Ansel was somewhat puzzled. He glanced at the time and made sure that it wasn’t the eight o’clock meeting time that was agreed yesterday, but it was only seven o’clock. What is Saros doing?

He certainly recognized that the demon who came to deliver the message is one of the close ministers of Saros. So there is no need to doubt its authenticity.

Anyway, since there was nothing else to do, Ansel decided to go.

The night in the Seventh Abyss was very long, and the sky is not bright yet, and coupled with some rain clouds, it looks even more gloomy. Ansel’s white hair was still very dazzling in the dim light, pressing against the dark cloak, the contrast was very sharp.

The attendant demon lifted the curtain of the tent for him, and Ansel walked in, only to see the room full of darkness.

Suddenly, one flame lit up, followed by two, three… A group of flames burned wildly, and the fire illuminated the face of Saros, who was neatly dressed and sitting in front of the table, looking a little gloomy because of his expressionless face.

Ansel: “…”

What the hell is he doing? Is he trying to scare him?

Hearing the movement at the entrance of the tent, Saros immediately raised his head, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

Ansel’s gaze turned to the table. Oh boy, because the candlelight was too bright just now, he didn’t notice that there was actually a cake underneath. Because too many candles were poked, it looked like a honeycomb with too many holes, only the honeycomb had no coal left.

Ansel’s Wonderful Metaphor√

He even hesitated for a moment as he was shocked by this scene.

“What are you… doing?”

“Celebrate the anniversary.” Saros said lightly, “Today is the anniversary.”

“What……”

Ansel felt that it was even more outrageous. Anniversary? Since when do they celebrate the Anniversary together? What a joke! This time, it was for the sake of the joint expedition that they restrained themselves a little, otherwise the two of them would fight every time they met, and it would be their anniversary? What kind of anniversary can there be? The anniversary of their big fight?

…slow down.

Ansel suddenly had a terrifying guess.

“Could it be…”

Saros simply affirmed his outrageous thoughts.

“The 250th Anniversary of our big fight”.

The silence lasted for a few seconds. Ansel looked at the cake that had been poked with 250 candles, and spoke slowly, from the bottom of his heart.

“……are you crazy?”

Saros had already achieved his goal. He looked at Ansel’s incredulous eyes and his slightly blown up hair, and his tone suddenly became more cheerful and pleasant.

He even made a “please” gesture to Ansel.

“I prepared for the celebration ceremony, so you can cut the cake.”

He pushed the unrecognizable cake full of candles towards Ansel, and even tied a fancy bow on the cake cutting knife.

Ansel’s face was filled with words of suffocation. This bastard, Saros, obviously took the initiative. He is so angry now, even more angry than when he last saw the newspaper report ordered by the other party, and he couldn’t think of how to get back at him right now. Anger may be good for brain development, Ansel managed to think of a way before his whole body started smoking.

“Okay, I’ll cut it, you just watch.”

He suddenly smiled, snatched the knife, and divided the cake without blinking.

 * * *

When Levi arrived a little later than eight o’clock, he thought he would get scolded because of being late. However, the atmosphere in the big tent was very strange. There was a plate in front of Saros and Ansel, and Ansel was attentively pulling out candles from the cake on the plate.

One, two… three, four… nine, ten…

Levi: “…?”

What the hell is going on?

He looked at the plate in front of Saros again, and saw a lump placed on it——

Cream and crooked candles.

Levi: “???”

What the hell are you two doing?

Different from Saros, who had a low pressure around him, Ansel, who was pulling out the candles for a long time and finally ate the cake, seemed in a happy mood. He even greeted Levi, who had always been unpopular, and was greatly flattered.

“Are you…” he asked suspiciously.

“It’s nothing, Saros invited me to eat the cake, so I divided it.”

Ansel replied happily.

Levi: “…”

Divide the cake horizontally! Give the cream and candles to others, and eat the cake yourself, right? !

Also, since you divided it…

Where’s Levi’s cake? ? ?

“What?” Ansel was surprised.

“What?” Saros, who had his head lowered just now, also looked up.

Levi had an ominous premonition, he felt that these two guys couldn’t spit out their mouths…

“Wake up, how could there be your share?”

He knew it!

With the sweet aroma of cake floating around, Levi’s mood was extremely bad. He sat down, and shook the luxurious robe made of freshly flayed deerskin today, with his eyelids drooping.

“Is it okay if we don’t have a meeting today? The follow-up troops will arrive in a few days, and we will go directly to the front line then.”

Levi said this rather weakly. Among the three Demon Kings present, he was definitely at the bottom when the combat force was considered.

Ansel, who was born from the lake of fire, has a fierce reputation. Saros, who has been in power for more than a thousand years, has made great achievements in battle and Levi is more like a rower, complementing the perfection of the remaining two demon kings with his ruined city of Idian.

This feeling is too irritating.

“No, the meeting will still be held.” Saros had already organized his thoughts, and looked sideways at Ansel who was eating the cake with bulging cheeks while waiting for him to speak, and suddenly felt that this was not too bad.

It’s not too bad to eat crumpled food in Ansel’s hands, he looks too cute while eating cakes.

 …Stop!

Saros forced himself to gather himself again.

“Last night, my subordinates discovered something.”

A row of transparent containers were brought up, and Ansel paused while eating the cake. These transparent containers are filled with rainwater, collected from different places at different times. Saros collected the rainwater, and carefully labeled each one, which is now presented in front of them.

“There really is something wrong with the rain.”

The dark blue vertical pupils of the Demon King showed a cold light. He picked up a glass of rainwater taken early in the morning, and fully covered the mouth of the glass with his palms open. Then, he began to use magic power to boil the water.

A small scream gradually came out from the cup. This sound was like slowly crushing a piece of foam board.

In the originally transparent rainwater, a group of white filaments slowly emerged. The appearance of this filamentous object is very similar to that of a dandelion in the Demon Realm, but its body is composed of pale white filaments, appearing sharp and treacherous. In the high temperature, this group of pale silk threads was still twitching incessantly.

“The intruders are not heat-resistant.” Ansel said solemnly, “Guxin mentioned to me last night that the larvae are more vulnerable than adults.”

Adults may be able to withstand high temperatures of thousands of degrees, while larvae may die at only one hundred degrees.

Saros held the heated cup firmly, and pushed it in the direction of Ansel, intending to let him take a closer look. Ansel was about to reach out to take it, but for some reason, Saos suddenly avoided his hand and handed the cup to Levi first.

Ansel was somewhat puzzled, and before he could think anymore, the “hiss” that Levi made when he took the cup unprepared was enough to explain everything.

“It’s hot, very hot.”

Saros said without any expression.

Levi, who is not used to constantly opening his protection cover and got his hands burned: “???”

What the hell!

However, the demons have rough skin and thick flesh, and Levi is at least considered a demon king. He didn’t receive any substantial damage, and only suffered a little pain. After looking at the dead and faded larvae in the water glass, he handed the glass to Ansel angrily, who shook his head and raised his chin as a gesture.

“Put it on the table.”

It’s hot.

Levi: “…”

The ancestor of the demons! Sooner or later, he will be angered to death by these two!

“So, while these things are still larvae, it’s best to dispose of them as soon as possible.” Ansel looked at the dead larvae in the cup, “It’s relatively easy to deal with them now.”

Saros nodded slightly.

A cauldron was set up outside the big tent, and the demons collected rainwater under the protection, and poured all of it into the cauldron. The demon soldiers who were contaminated by the rain last night were temporarily isolated, and the relevant equipment and weapons had to be sterilized by high temperature before they could be used again… The preparations were almost done outside, and the demon kings got up to supervise the execution in person.

The rainwater in the pot was boiled to a high temperature, and large clumps of larvae began to die. Ansel seemed to hear a distant roar, mixed with anger, and it should be the voice of the mother of these larvae, which is the【Empress】 on the front line.

“The generals on the front line have already begun to shrink their ranks, and these monsters will only be proud for a few days.” Ansel said lightly, “Saros, have you read the comprehensive battle report? The investigation results brought back by the winged scouts showed that there are about four million monsters gathered on the front.”

Levi’s eyelids twitched, and he began to hesitate.

“This amount…”

The three demon kings each sent hundreds of thousands of troops, he was the one who sent the least, with only 300,000 troops, Ansel 400,000, and Saros 600,000. But listening to the number of enemies, even if the demons are stronger than the monsters, manpower and the resources needed to completely suppress them are enough to make one’s scalp tingle.

He doesn’t intend to add this extra expense to his Idian City…

Levi was thinking about a way to get out of this situation, when Ansel suddenly smiled after hearing that sentence.

“It’s only four million.”

It was so arrogant that Levi was dumbfounded!

Before he could close his wide-open eyes, he saw Saros beside him smiling too.

“At this time, your arrogance is really pleasing.”

Crazy! Two lunatics!

The steam is still surging around, and the sound of boiling water in the cauldron can be heard, many demons are busying around, and Levi’s jumping feet were as comical as ever, and Ansel is beside him…In such an atmosphere, Saros was in a surprisingly good mood.

He even thought silently in his heart that this is what an anniversary should look like.

We are happily gathered here today.

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of my horns being touched by Ansel.

Translator’s Note: Today, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of Saros’ horns being touched by Ansel….😂 

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