After all the mercenary corpses were burned and buried, Dante led the little monsters back to Cogwheel in a convoy of wagons laden with booty. The ambush was in the middle of the night on February 24, and by the time they returned to Cog, it was already early in the morning of February 25. The so-called trophies are just ordinary weapons and equipment, exploration tools and some dry food, which Grande doesn't need, and gives them all to the Demon King Army.

After returning to Cog, Dante and Ash stay in Cog, as Grandet wants to talk to him about how to get to Gem Harbor. Gollum leads the little monster warriors to drive the carriage back to the Demon King's Castle. It was still early, so Dante and Ash went back to the hotel to rest and talk to Grande after dawn.

……

On the bed, Ash meekly licked Dante's sensitive parts, sucking and licking made him feel good.

After a while, the essence that Dante had held back finally exploded in the warm tongue of the elf girl......

"Uh-huh......" "Good, swallow it, lick it clean." "Hmmm......"

After Ash licked and sucked it clean, Dante took her in his arms, felt very tired, closed his eyes, and began to take a half-nap pleasantly.

"Dante......" Ash whispered, leaning his face against Dante's chest, "Tomorrow is my mother's birthday." I want to go back to the castle and see my mom and dad. ”

"Uh-huh......" Dante kissed her forehead, caressed her long red curly hair, kissed her little mouth again, and whispered, "yes." Do you have any other traditional requirements for tomb sweeping? For example, what should I do to put something delicious in front of the grave? ”

Ash thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "There are no special requirements. Originally, the daily life of our shadow elves was very simple, and it was not easy to make something delicious, and there was no habit of making food specifically for the deceased. ”

Dante continued: "Did you cook your own meals at home?" I don't know what you think is the best dish? ”

"Poof...... Ash chuckled quietly and said, "It's my mom who cooks at home." My partner and I would go to the forest to pick mushrooms, spread them with leaves, and burn them to eat. If you pick fairy grass, mix it together and burn it to eat. When the leaves are about to be charred, it's almost there. ”

Dante asked, "Can you eat it?" Is it cooked? ”

"Half-baked." Ash also seemed tired, and his voice gradually became quieter, "I was making do with my life at the time...... I didn't think there was anything strange about it...... When the time comes, I'll roast two fairy grass chicken legs for my parents, one for each person......" As she spoke, she fell asleep.

Dante looked at the elf girl sleeping soundly in his arms, and also felt a strong sense of sleepiness, and fell asleep......

……

The next day, both Dante and Ash slept and woke up late. Grandet seemed to be busy with something, and did not take the initiative to call for them. When Dante woke up in a daze, he found that it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and when he looked out the window, he found that it was snowing heavily.

"Oops, what a beautiful snow!" Ash got up after getting dressed, looked at the snow outside the window, and excitedly said to Dante, "I like snow the most!" ”

Dante said to her, "Wear more clothes and don't catch a cold." I'll go find Grande, and you'll stay in the hotel. ”

"Hmm!" Ash nodded.

Ash stays in the hotel, and Dante goes to the office to find Grande. He walked into Grandet's office in three steps and two steps, and saw Grandet sitting and writing some paper.

"Ah, looks like you slept late last night. Let's sit down first. Grandet was concentrating on writing his papers, when he saw Dante walk in and said, "It's a pity, the airship was supposed to come here today, but it was snowing heavily." ”

"Huh? Airship? When Dante heard this, he immediately became interested, moved a chair, sat down and asked, "What?" I don't think I see an airship tower built in Geartown? ”

Grandet said, "The airship tower is behind Cog, not in the town, you must not have noticed, right?" ”

Dante thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "This...... I really hadn't noticed. I've been in Gear since I've been in Gear Town and haven't been walking around much. ”

"Hmm." "The Airship Tower has been under construction for a long time, and when you first came to Cog, it was topped out. Now more than a month has passed, and the installation and decoration of the relevant facilities have been completed and can be put into use. ”

Dante thought, airship? Could it be that Grandet wanted to use an airship to send him to Gem Harbor?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked Grande, "Grande, do you want to use an airship to send us to Gem Harbor?" ”

Unexpectedly, Grandet shook his head and said, "No. You are not fit to fly in an airship. ”

"Huh?" When Dante heard this, he asked suspiciously, "This...... What do you mean by that? ”

Grandet leaned back on the edge of his desk, squinted at Dante, and said, "Don't forget, your cooperation with me is still only in secret. The killing of Charlotte yesterday will definitely harm the interests of the Kingdom of Gilneth. I'm well prepared to cover these things. ”

Then, he pulled out a cigar, lit it, took a puff, spat out a string of smoke rings, and continued: "This airship is one of all two airships in my company. That's a lot of money for me. I used these two airships to traverse the Dongyang Continent, going back and forth between Cogwheel Town and Gem Harbor, but the airships had to stop at a transit point within the Hammer Kingdom to resupply. ”

"Oh......" Dante understood what he meant when he heard him, and said thoughtfully, "so we can't take your airship to prevent being discovered by the Alliance?" Really? ”

"Yes, you're smart!" Grandet smiled, took a puff on his cigar, and said, "My company still has to do business with the alliance because I have a lot of orders on their turf, which is something that cannot be avoided. Now I'm going to concentrate on cleaning up the mess in the kingdoms of Charlotte and Gilneth, and I have to be careful in everything. As for sending you to Gem Harbour, I've already made arrangements. ”

Then, he stood up, picked up the intercom on the table, and said, "Xiaoli, come over here." ”

After a while, Xiaoli, the goblin female secretary, walked into the office and asked Grandet with a smile: "Boss, what do you command?" ”

Grandet said, "Has the space-time portal we installed already debugged?" ”

Xiaoli nodded and said, "The commissioning has been completed, and the engineer has tried it himself once, and he has successfully walked back and forth from Gem Harbor." ”

"Huh? Space-time portals? Dante heard their conversation, became interested, and asked with a smile, "What?" Did you make portals too? I thought only magicians could summon portals. Hehe......"

"Please, man......" Grandet glanced at Dante and shrugged, "Look at our goblins, who are so thin and weak, but can survive and thrive in such a treacherous environment, thanks to this well-developed brain." He said as he smirked and pointed to his head.

"Poof......" Xiaoli, the secretary was amused by her boss's humor, and asked Grande, "Boss, when are you going to leave?" ”

Grandet heard the secretary's question, looked at Dante, and asked, "When are you going to go?" How many people to take? You're not going to want to bring all your little monster soldiers with you, are you? That's not going to work, portals can't teleport too many people at once. ”

Dante thought for a moment and said, "I, Ash, Chen Xiaoyao, Pushkin and Black Wind." Just these few people go. Then, remembering that Ash was going to sweep the grave, he continued, "Ash has something to do, and we will go back to the castle tomorrow." It's time for me to go back and check it out. Well, the morning after tomorrow, around ten o'clock. We're coming to you. ”

"Hmm!" Grandet nodded, and said to the secretary, Xiaoli, "Just according to what Mr. Dante said." You go and tell the engineers to make sure the portal is working properly. ”

"Yes, boss!" Xiaoli bowed to Grande, turned and walked out of the office.

Dante said to Grandet, "Well, that's all. I'm taking Ash and Blackwind back to the castle now. Chen Xiaoyao and Pushkin, I'll trouble you to entertain you. ”

Grandet said, "No problem, you go." See you the day after tomorrow! ”