August regarded the alleged ruby-eyed demon lord with the same sparkly-eyed wonder he had seemed to look at everything with so far. After all, this whole situation was exactly the sort of break from the monotonous parts of his life he'd been dreaming of up until now and it seemed not too different from a trip through an amusement park themed after JRPGs so far.

"Lady...did you know you're a penguin!? I mean seriously, you're like the most adorable little penguin at the aquarium I've ever seen! Are all demon lords in this world so adorable!? And- wait, whatsis about a grand and glorious whatnow? Also my name's August, and um...I kinda sorta just assumed this was all a really weird vacation offer. Or a dream...it isn't after all, huh?"

He supposed that might change things a little, if there really was some big mission to go along with all of this. But he really didn't have much to do these days, so if they were going to save the world well...it was still better than boredom right?