Nazarick.
Draco wiped the sweat from his forehead. He had finally finished modifying all the Yōki's Magic Cores after working for a month without eating or drinking.
"Lord Draco, are you alright?"
Shion watched from the side, her heart aching for him.
My Lord worked so hard for them, I'm so moved!
"I'm fine, just overexerted. I'll be okay after some rest."
Suddenly Shion remembered something, so she quickly ran to the kitchen and then brought back a cup of tea.
"My Lord, please have some tea and rest."
"Oh, th—thanks..."
Looking at the tea cup still emitting black fumes, Draco swallowed hard.
Hey, hey, hey, we agreed you weren't allowed to be a chef, so you changed to a tea master instead?!
I wonder if my current 'Poison Resistance' can withstand this.
Shion looked at Draco with expectant eyes.
"That..."
Draco hesitated whether to take the cup.
"Does My Lord think it's too hot? Don't worry, My Lord, I put ice cubes in it. It's refreshing!"
"Uh... you really are considerate."
"Of course!"
Seeing Shion's proud expression, Draco couldn't find any reason to refuse.
Helpless.
With a 'do or die' mentality, Draco took the cup and downed it in one go.
"Eeeh—!!"
A bizarre flavor—bitter yet astringent, astringent yet sour, sour yet spicy, and spicy yet fishy—instantly swept through Draco's entire taste buds!
That sensation was simply unimaginable!
Draco's body began to tremble slightly.
Seeing this scene, Shion happily cradled her cheeks.
"Lord Draco actually likes the tea I brewed so much that he drank it all at once. It seems I should brew more in the future, otherwise there won't be enough to drink."
Draco's face was pale with pain, but hearing Shion's words, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. "The tea is good, don't brew it again next time."
"Does My Lord not like it?"
"...Hehe, the weather is nice today, I'll go out for a walk."
After saying that, Draco used Spatial Transfer and left the place.
Shion was too terrifying. A cup of tea actually broke through his 'Poison Resistance' and directly activated 'Abnormal Status Nullification'.
If he didn't run, God knows what other horrors were waiting for him.
However, when Draco regained his senses, he discovered...
"Where is this?"
He looked around at the world of ice and snow, feeling lost.
"I just picked a random direction for a transfer, how did I end up in such a remote place?"
What Draco didn't know was that Shion's cup of tea had caused a stress response in his body. His energy mobilization was several times faster than usual, effectively accelerating his metabolism to digest it quickly.
As a result, when he used the transfer, this scene occurred: too much energy was used, leading him to the Frozen Continent at the extreme north of the world.
In other words, the continent where Guy was located.
Just as Draco was dazed, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Who dares to trespass into the Demon Lord's territory!"
A cute girl with blue shoulder-length hair, wearing a maid outfit, appeared behind Draco.
"Hiss!!"
"It's really cold."
The girl didn't seem to like the icy environment at all, muttering incessantly as she sped along.
"That hateful Misari, she won't come out herself and says something about me being the guide and so on. Hmph, she's making me so mad..."
The girl arrived before Draco, looking puffed up with anger.
"Hey, you there! What business do you have here?"
Draco caught many pieces of information from her words. After a bit of thought, he realized where he was.
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