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 The imperial capital Urzak was quiet and still.

 In this land that had been ruled by devils for a long time, it was not wild dogs but large magical beasts that barked at midnight. Now that they were gone, only the sound of insects echoed slightly.

“……Sigh.”

 Urza Government Palace, Fifth Floor──

 In the lighted commander’s office, Jeanne sighed exhaustedly. She sat down in the center of the round table and bit her back teeth.

 ……It still had to be Farin after all.

 ……She shouldn’t change her complexion in this situation.

“Jeanne-sama!”

“Hu, hurry and run please!”

“Calm down.”

 He strongly admonished his two men, who were holding their guns in fear, and sighed heavily again.

“I’m busy. I’ve been busy handing work over to the officers who will be staying when we go to Western Schultz. What can I do for you now?

“You’ll see.”

“……Have you taken up the hobby of disguising yourself as a human, devil?”

“Don’t you think it’s important to practice?”

 In the center of the office──

 Illuminated by the light of the ceiling, there stood a girl with glossy black hair. Jeanne knew that her appearance was human-like, but was a devil’s transformation.

 Succubus Princess Hinemarill.

 In the daytime, she was disguised in civilian clothes, but this time she was wearing the battle garments of the Urza Humanity Rebellion Resistance. This devil had disguised herself as a mercenary to get in here.

“I changed my appearance with an application of the illusory enchantment. I wanted to try to deceive humans with this.”

“Did it bother you that Kai saw through you during the day?”

“Yes. That’s why I had to be more serious. I decided to change my clothes as well as the amount of perfume.”

“……The clothes taken from my subordinate.”^[a] 

“Don’t look so scared. They’re getting a little sleep outside this building. So don’t be scared like that, okay boys?”

 Succubus Princess Hinemarill who had turned into a mercenary soldier of the Humanity Rebellion Resistance, winked to men who stood besides Jeanne.

 And took a step forward.

 From the center of the room to the commander standing in the back.

“You!”

“D, don’t come closer!”

 Succubus Princess Hinemarill did not stop.

 In front of Jeanne who sat in a chair. To a distance such that this devil’s hand could touch her.

“This distance──”

 The devil reached out her hand.

 The purple claws touched the surface of Jeanne’s armor. She looked down happily as the surface of the amor melted slightly, making a sizzling noise.

“I eliminated body odor with human perfume. If I’m dressed in mercenary clothes, I’ll look just like one of your men. So I’m sure we can get close to this distance.”

 Jeanne took a breath.

 She understood now. What this Succubus Princess Hinemarill was aiming for.

“Do you understand?”

“……A surprise attack on the cryptids?”

“Good answer. Ideally this would be Rath=IE, but it doesn’t matter if it’s someone else.

 In the form of a low-profile soldier of the Humanity Rebellion Resistance──

 Her true identity was a hero-class devil. It must be impossible for even Rath=IE to guess, if he was confused by hundreds of soldiers.

“Devils will also move to defeat the cryptids. Are those devils you?”

“────”

 Through the edge of the black-haired girl’s lifted lips, her thin fangs peeked out slightly.

“I’ve been ordered to do so. Didn’t I say that?”

“……By who?”

“You’ll see. That’s not alway good news for humans.”

 And Succubus Princess Hinemarill turned away.

“I hope you have a fun trip. Ah, and while you’re at it, prepare some clothes for me. These clothes is too tight in the chest for me, even if the size is perfect.”^[b] 

(TL: Hi everyone, short end to World 1 so I was able to get it knocked out quickly. I do have a lot of school stuff to get through until the end of next Tuesday, so I can’t really say how much progress I’ll have made on World 2 Part 1 by then, nor do I know how long World 2 Part 1 is. I do post my schedule, or at least expected dates for my next releases in my discord, so if you’re interested in joining, just look at the translations page by hitting the “Back to Translations Page” button or something. Also sorry if there are some typos in the last two parts, I did not do an editing readover as I have a lot of stuff to do. So I figured it was just better to post this now as opposed to like two weeks from now since it was so short anyway. Also I was too lazy to take out the sentences I wanted to check back later, so those are in as well.)