I was interested in this country because it was one of the three largest, yet it was dominated by a stagnant atmosphere.
"Indeed. The Daros of my memory is the same. Everywhere I went, people's faces were dark and somber.
I suppose so. But I wondered why it was so stagnant. I wondered why they were so stagnant and cloudy.
"The gloom of Daros.
Yes. That's what they say about it.
Astaroth said as if it were something else.
Gaius was puzzled.
The fact that it was said, does that mean that it is not true?
Astaroth shook his head slowly.
No, it doesn't. In fact, I think this country has been plagued by the melancholy of Daros. I think the country was actually plagued by the Daloz melancholy, but the source of that melancholy was something really trivial.
"Well, what kind of a thing was it?
"Well, as I said, the demons had taken over the palace. That's why it was stagnant. No wonder.
"Hmmm ......, well, if you put it that way, yes, that's true.
So I wiped them out. It wasn't that I wanted to save the country. I was just kind of pissed off.