Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle (魔王城でおやすみ)

That special night will come for the abducted princess.

Though she is beyond the Human Realm, imprisoned at the ends of the earth.

Oh, yes. I'll ask Santa for them.

The princess is looking forward to Santa Claus coming?

Yes! She was happily...

...writing a letter to him.

What's she doing writing a letter to him? She's a captive.

Do you think she's requesting a present?

Probably. But...

...this is the Demon Castle. He's not taking requests from here!

Even so, I'd hate if she escaped because she wanted it so badly.

"Off to visit the Human Realm~"

Look what happened before...

Yes. Discover her objective and plan before it's too late!

Okay.

Dear Santa, I want to go home. From: Sya.

What?

"Final Night" "Sleeping Princess of the Demon Castle"

She's homesick?!

Seriously?

Wait, Santa's not even the right person to ask for that.

Have you checked with the princess about why?

Not yet.

Then, we'll just have to ask.

No, but she doesn't know that we read her letter to Santa without permission--

I can't find the letter I wrote to Santa.

Not here. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.

Know where it is?

"(All) Know"

Demon King, what now?

Will you ask her now?

Princess. D-D-D-Do... er... Don't you...

Demon King!

Do-Don't you think time flies? It's almost Christmas!

I know, right?

You suck at this!

You want to go home to pick up your special Christmas woolen underwear?!

Yeah.

It wasn't because you're homesick?!

I have these specially made ones... in my bedroom... my favorite.

A reason like that is unacceptable! And to travel to your bedroom?

It was already a hassle to get to the nearest city.

Why would we deliberately return a hostage back to their home?!

Let's go if it's that important to you.

Why are you giving the go ahead?

It'll just cause more trouble if we don't let her, right?

And then throwing a Christmas party will be out of the question.

Can't you go and come back in ten minutes?

"Remembers previous escapes"

Fine.

But! On one condition! We absolutely must return immediately!

"Special Quest" "Obtain Special Christmas Woolen Underwear and Sleep in Warmth"

"Human Realm, Goodereste Castle"

Wow, so this is your actual room.

"Princess Aurora Sya Lis Goodereste's bedroom"

Wow, so this is your actual room.

That's right.

Hurry up and get what you need--

Look, these are my favorite dresses.

How nice.

You lost focus of your goal in a split second!

Listen, you two! Especially you, Princess! Great isn't here this time!

So I'll have to be extra strict to make up for his absence--

Look, photo album.

--Hm? --Wow.

No!

The castle will be in an uproar if they find out the princess is back!

I'm sorry.

Right. Woolen... Christmas ones...

It's exhausting without Great.

Come on, cheer up.

"Dogs become sad when their masters leave them behind."

Bed... bed... My bed...

--Now we can finally return. --Fluffy. So soft.

--Yes. --Fluffy. So soft.

Highest quality bedding.

"Right on cue"

I knew it!

"Gave her space since she was getting underwear"

Oh, no! How careless of us!

"Gave her space since she was getting underwear"

There's no way she could resist that!

A king-size bed, though I'm a princess.

Oh, shut up! Princess, if we linger any longer--

Shh, Demon King!

Is someone there?

Could it be?

My dear Sya, have you returned?

This is bad, Demon King. We must warp at once!

I can't. I need more time!

Sya, my dear?

"Queen Goodereste" "Aurora Nem Lis Goodereste"

Is that you, Sya?

"Pulled her out from here"

What the hell did you do?!

Well, I brought her for emergencies. I threw her out there without thinking!

No way she's falling for that! That's a demon!

And that's Queen Goodereste, the princess' mother!

There's no way you can fool a mother!

My dear Sya!

Shocked!

Welcome home! You came back.

Come visit my room before we announce this to the public!

It worked!

I got a quick nap!

With a mom like that, I guess a kid could turn out like this.

Yes.

This is bad. She took the succubus instead of the princess.

But it would've been worse if she took the real princess.

We must rescue the succubus,

but returning the princess to the Demon Castle is our top priority!

Then, we'll save the succubus after regrouping at the Demon Castle?

Yeah. You good with that, Princess?

You'll never be able to save her if we return without her.

She can't revive here. Such cruel superiors.

It's your fault that we're even in this mess!

I will retrieve the body double.

What?

One moment. It'll be fine. I'll see this through.

Princess...

I'm hyped up. Let's go.

Uh, Princess. You know that we must not be found, right?

Though it's your own home.

Yup.

What's that dragging along the floor?

A paladin!

Princess, we must hide!

Okay.

--All good! --You're in plain sight, dammit!

"Morgen the Paladin"

Where are you, fiend?!

Oh, no, he'll spot us!

Show yourselves!

I feel like the humans are purposely overlooking us.

Yes...

"Enjoying herself at home"

You can't find the intruders?

They're here. No question about it!

There was brief interference in the magical shield earlier

indicating demon presence!

Curse you, demons.

"Evening Star the Paladin"

You'll be caught the next time you cast magic!

The man knows what he's doing.

Yes, I don't think it'll go as smoothly from here on out.

Princess, you've got to actually hide this time.

All good.

Find them!

Demon King, he's headed this way.

Dammit, there's no other way out.

And he'll capture us if we use magic. What to do?

There must be... must be a way!

Who's there?!

Oh, it's just you, Morgen. Assist us.

A close call!

This armor belongs to the huge guy we just encountered?

We were very fortunate. Are you all right, Princess?

I know him. Morning Star, captain of the royal paladins.

He's honorable and strong, but I know his weakness.

His weakness?

What is it?

It's...

It's...?

It's so warm in here.

Zzz...

Are you determined to not be helpful?!

Princess. What is it? What's his weakness?

Hey, Morgen, you listening? Accompany me to search for the intruders.

Curse those demons. First, they abduct the princess. What are they after now?

"After woolen underwear"

Morgen, you're inattentive. Put more effort into looking for the intruders.

So the person who owns this armor is called Morgen?

It seems so. Let's slip away while he's talking.

Morgen, do you slack off due to your lack of familiarity with the princess?