Fred the Cleric Zenia asks about Leo, another of Max's former party members who famously defected from the Kingdom to found his own country, and the Gamma Republic, which is now at war with the Kingdom. Max leaves too angry to talk about Leo and is ambushed by a reporter. Fred, now Chief of the Bureau of Magic, later arrives at Max's apartment, so the Demon Lord hides in the closet. Fred is concerned about the Gamma Republic because despite claiming to be a country, it is actually an army of criminals occupying land stolen from the Kingdom...