episode_0215

“…You took off your armor?”

As Athena looked at him with a suspicious expression, Tyros avoided her gaze with his cheeks slightly raised and muttered.

“I just took it off because it felt stuffy..”

“And you’re not even using that old-man-like tone.”

“Well…well…well. There’s no need to show off your dignity without armor.”

Athena glares at Tyros with her eyes narrowed.

She was thinking deeply about something by herself, then approached Tyros with a sharp face.

“Did you have any change of heart?”

“Huh? There’s no such thing?”

Tyros’s shaking voice only amplified Athena’s suspicions.

With a frown, Athena whispered softly into Tyros’ ear.

“You…like the Demon King, right?”

“Ha..?! Isn’t that obvious? Who else but the Demon King should I look at!”

When Athena saw Tyrus shouting in great confusion, her sharp expression finally softened.

“Okay. Okay then.”

I approached Athena, who was stepping back, and greeted her with a hehe.

“Good morning Athena.”

“…Hello Hera.”

She looked down at me with her cheeks slightly flushed. As I leaned closer, I felt her body tremble.

“Me. To help Tyros’ love. What do you think?”

When I whispered softly in Athena’s ear, she was taken aback for a moment, but then a faint smile formed on her face.

“Yeah. Good idea.”

I ran to Tyros, smiling brightly, and linked arms with her.

“Let’s go together, Tyros. On the way, I’ll teach you various techniques I learned from the master! ”

“Uh…yeah, okay.”

Athena felt uneasy as she saw the blush creeping up Tyrus’ face.

“….No way.”

Even if Hera was a genius female, she wouldn’t have stolen my sincere, single-minded love in just one day.

It has to be that way.

Otherwise, it would mean that it was really dangerous and that he would have to be tied up somewhere.

But this uneasy feeling that torments my insides.

There was no way to explain why.

*

[Disciple.]

‘yes?’

While walking arm in arm with Tyros, I heard my master’s voice from beside me.

[Are you really going to help me connect with the Demon King?]

‘Yes! That was the goal from the beginning, wasn’t it?’

To prevent the world from being destroyed. To create something precious to the Demon King.

Originally, I was going to take on that role, but I ended up giving up due to Athena, Lily, and Marie’s strong denial.

Tyros appears in the plan that has been so vague.

If her love comes true.

Tyrus will be happy, and the Demon King will also come to value the world, killing two birds with one stone.

There was no reason to refuse.

[I don’t know.]

But the Master’s voice was extremely calm.

When I didn’t respond, a moment of silence passed between us.

In the end, it was the teacher who broke the silence, speaking in a soothing voice.

[You clueless disciple… You don’t know that the Demon King likes you-]

‘Master.’

The teacher’s words suddenly ended when I interrupted.

The teacher seemed flustered and didn’t say anything, as if he hadn’t thought I would do that.

The silence continued like that for a while.

[no way.]

After a while, what the teacher brought out was a voice that was shaking violently.

[Disciple. You probably knew everything…]

“Hey. Are you listening to me?”

Suddenly, a voice coming from next to me brought me back to the surface of consciousness.

When I turned my head, what caught my eye was a pretty girl with black hair like mine.

I spoke to her with an embarrassed smile.

“..I’m sorry. What were you talking about?”

“Where are you keeping your mind? You’re asking where you’re going right now.”

“Ah.”

Looking around at Tyros’ words, I realized that I had come quite deep into the castle.

I went to the room where Lily and Marie were sleeping and tried to wake them up.

While I’m on my way, I’ll teach Tyros various techniques…

But I guess I was too absorbed in the teacher’s conversation.

“I accidentally came too far…Should I go back..?”

“How pathetic… This won’t do. I’ll take you, so just follow me.”

Tyros extends his hand to me, slightly avoiding eye contact.

For some reason, her face seemed to be slightly red.

“…..Yes.”

As I took his hand gently, Tyros coughed and led me away.

I followed her with an awkward smile on my face.

I said this while hiding my slightly depressed feelings deep inside.

*

“Okay. So where should we go from here?”

As soon as I started talking, they all looked at me.

We were gathered again, sitting in a circle.

It might be a stretch to call it morning since it was a demon world where sunlight didn’t shine through much. But everyone had gotten enough sleep now.

Now it was time to act again.

“The new demon who inherited the power of the demon god is said to be the commander of the 2nd legion. It would be better to go to his residence.”

The first to answer my question was Athena.

Then Arbes nodded and continued Athena’s words.

“I agree with you. If you want to persuade someone, you should talk to the person who is the highest level. Even if the people below you follow suit, their attitude may change immediately under the influence of the higher-ups.”

That wasn’t wrong.

Although they are scattered all over the place, the place where the largest number of demons are gathered is probably the new Demon King’s residence.

I also secretly thought that was the most efficient way.

“If the 2nd Corps Commander has obtained the power of the Demon God…”

I muttered softly and looked around at the girls one by one.

2nd Corps Commander, Battle-Maniac Lycan.

A giant mine with a lion’s head.

Although his intelligence was low, when considering only his physical strength, there was no one who surpassed him.

If he had been given the power of a demon, he would have been reborn as a being that could be called a disaster.

It would probably be a huge threat to humanity.

‘Yeah. We’re definitely going to win.’

But here, there are four such beings.

Demon King Arbes.

Lily has awakened to become a perfect warrior, surpassing the Grandmaster.

Marie, the being of natural disaster.

Finally, the strongest human, Athena.

And of course, I can’t help but be pushed aside compared to them.

Iris, the saint, and Ariel, the next great magician, were also significant forces, and Sephir, who was also a commander of the legion, could not be ignored.

It wouldn’t be a big deal if all the demons decided to attack at the same time, but otherwise, it’s a power that can be called an easy victory.

Then, as Athena said, it would be most efficient to head towards the new Demon King’s residence.

“What do other people think?”

As I looked at them one by one, Marie slowly crawled towards me and jumped into my arms, saying:

“Marie will follow her mother’s will!”

“…Thank you Marie.”

In return, Iris and Ariel, and Sephir also looked at me and gave me an answer.

“I will also follow Hera’s words”

“Me too.”

“Then me too!”

Their positive words naturally brought a smile to my face.

“Then let’s rest for a bit and then start right away-”

Kwaaang-!!

A huge explosion.

That interrupted my speech.

The entire castle began to shake slightly with a loud explosion, as if a bomb had been dropped.

Amidst the falling debris, a tremendous roar could be heard from outside.

“Hera. Hide behind me.”

Despite the sudden situation, they act quickly.

Athena and Lily immediately joined me, each taking hold of one of my arms.

“I guess I don’t have to go there in person.”

Athena lets out a leisurely laugh.

Lily also held the holy sword in her hand with an extremely calm expression.

“I will protect you, sister.”

Lily looks at me with persistent eyes.

Her rather sticky eyes made me instinctively cringe.

Let’s hold their hands and slowly walk towards the gate.

A sight that was hard to believe even after seeing it with my own two eyes was unfolding before my eyes.

“Hahaha!! If you surrender now, I, the Demon King Lycan, promise to give you a painless death!”

A lion-shaped demon with a gigantic body that appears to be about five times the size of a human.

2nd Corps Commander Lycan.

Of course, the aura emanating from him was not ordinary. What surprised me were the troops standing behind him.

An overwhelming number, easily surpassing ten thousand.

I expected that since they are one race, their numbers would not be taken lightly…

Nevertheless, seeing so many demons in front of me made me feel a little intimidated.

As the Lycan, who had been standing proudly in front of them, lowered his giant axe to the ground, the surrounding ground began to shake slightly once again.

“Which of you four is Hera? If you come out now, I’ll make sure to make you my sex slave.”

“”……””

Frozen silence.

Other than that, this situation is not explained.

His words brought about a moment of silence that seemed to stop time.

This atmosphere is so quiet, so calm, so out of place.

It was like the calm before a storm.

Athena put her hand on my shoulder, and my gaze naturally turned to her eyes.

Her sun-kissed eyes, which had always been burning hot, were now, for the first time, cold and without a trace of warmth.

“As expected, persuasion didn’t work.”

“Huh..? I haven’t even asked yet..?”

Athena’s voice, frozen like frost, made a drop of cold sweat run down my neck.

“What are you talking about, sis?”

While I was swallowing my saliva like that, this time Lily put her hand on my other shoulder and spoke to me.

“Didn’t you hear me just now telling you to tear me to pieces?”

Lily’s eyes as she speaks like that.

Just like her in the novel.

It was a terrifying eye, as if all the light had been sucked out and killed.