The Demon Saint is Missing, so I Ran to Another World

The Scheme of the Biorno Clan (Part 1)

***The private quarters of Lady Srexe of the Goblins***

"Heya, Srex! Tama and Nari coming right in!"

"Damn it, you two!" the goblin girl quickly—but clumsily—hid the letters she was writing the moment her orc and werewolf friends burst (they destroyed it) through her door. She growled at them, "Can't you guys fucking knock? You're giving me a heart-attack!"

"Eehhh, that's too much of a hassle," Tama'lee complained.

"You stupid orc! Where did you get the gall to protest when you're the one who destroyed my door?"

"Ahehehe...Tama will replace it with a new one, okay?"

The goblin girl just stared at her and smirked, "Well, you better be. Hmph!"

"Srex is cute," Nari suddenly spoke, "Especially when angry."

"I'm always cute, Wolfy!" Lady Srexe countered.

"W-Wolfy?" the werewolf couldn't hide her surprise. "T-Tama...she called me Wolfy!"

"Isn't that nice?" the orc smiled, "Srexe now sees Nari as her friend!"

"Hooo!" Nari, in her excitement, couldn't keep herself from howling.

"Alright, alright! Stop that 'wolf'-thing you're doing," the goblin girl told her. "You'll annoy my neighbors."

"Sorry."

Now that the silence returned, Srexe was free to go back to whatever she was writing earlier. Pulling up a fresh piece of paper (the one she was writing on before was crumpled and the ink was smudged all over), she began rewriting her letter.

Of course, that didn't escape Tama'lee's attention.

"What 'chu writin', Srex?" the orc asked.

"A letter."

"Tama can see that. Tama means what kind of letter?"

"It's for my parents."

"Eh? Srexe misses her parents already even though they were just here a few days ago?"

"That's not it!" the goblin girl snapped. "I'm writing a letter to ask them to come back to the Conclave."

Tama'lee flashed a sly smile, "What's the difference of that from what Tama said?"

"Well, for starters, I'm calling back the Goblin Legion to the outskirts of the city. And to make them obey me, I have to ask my parents—especially my father—to return."

The nonchalant attitude from Tama'lee immediately vanished, and she was now shivering.

"What are you shaking for, Tama?" Lady Srexe teased her. "Scared?"

"A-Are we going to war a-again?" the orc asked.

"Tama," the werewolf was quick to comfort her friend, "there's no war."

"Hey, Tama," sensing that the orc's situation was serious, Lady Srexe backed Nari up. "Calling back the Goblin Legion doesn't mean we're at war already. However, we're preparing for it...just in case everything erupts into an open conflict."

"Tama is scared," the orc admitted. "Tama had seen how the war killed people."

"It's okay to be scared," her friends gave her a pat on the back. "Don't worry...we have the Special Scholar fighting for us."

"Yes..." However, there were tears in the orc's eyes. "The Special Scholar will help Tama and her friends...Tama doesn't want war! Tama doesn't want to see friends die! Tama doesn't want to die!" As she said those words, she was now bawling her heart out. Nari remained at her side, trying to reassure her. Nevertheless, the orc continued to cry.