EX-Brave, Plotting

“In other words, you want me to beat that evil lord to a pulp, right? Well, there’s only one way to do that.”

“One way?”

“Do as much harm as you can, if not more.”

“Are you saying that you want to scam Count Serawyn?”

“That’s the thing. No need to be shy when you’re dealing with a villain.”

But how do I trick them?

I’ve never fooled anyone before, and I’m sure they’re not that easy to fool.

“The basic principle of fraud is to make you gain first and then make you lose a lot. People who have a false sense of confidence that they won’t be deceived are the ones who are most likely to be deceived. Or they don’t even know they’re being deceived.”

“But what happens when they realize they’ve been deceived?”

“That’s when you show them the evidence of the evil lord’s past misdeeds.”

“I see! “You guys were doing it too!!” So you can accuse like of that.”

Now we just need to figure out how to fool them.

“Then why don’t we ask Alice to help us?”

“Alice? Why?”

“We’re going to have a peaceful relationship with the demon race. We have to use that against them. You must bring Count Serawyn a good story about the demon race. The general public doesn’t have much knowledge about the demon race, so it will be easy for them to get on board.”

I see!

“But Aina, you really know how to scam people.”

“I was fooled before, too. Right after I set out on a journey to defeat the Demon Lord, I was forced to buy a wand from a fake toolmaker, and when I used it, it broke in one go… I’ll never forgive that person…”

I’d like to blame my imagination for the flames that seem to be shooting out behind Aina.