episode_0034

Because the Demon King’s hasty words made a lot of sense, Anise found herself drawn to the Demon King’s words.

While Barce was listening to the Demon King’s words, thinking that it was quite plausible, Elise struck the remains of the Demon King’s Castle with the mace she was holding, making a loud noise, attracting everyone’s attention and speaking.

“Everyone, come to your senses! Subjugating the Demon King is the mission given to us by the Goddess along with the Hero. What are we going to do by leaving the seed of the Demon God on this land? Do you know what he will do if you give him time? The opponent is the devil! We are not creatures of a goddess like us, but servants of a demon god! Even if everything the devil said was true, there must be something he’s hiding that we don’t know about. Defeating the demon lord right here is the best way to avoid worrying about possible consequences!”

“There’s really no other meaning… If we fight now, it’ll only be a waste of time.”

“What do you mean, wasting time?”

“Barce!”

Elise frowned and shouted loudly at Barce, who suddenly asked the Demon King a question, but Barche avoided Elise’s glaring gaze and spoke.

“First of all, let’s listen. As someone who walks the path of the devil, I am also curious about what the devil is saying. Nothing much will change if you listen to what I say before fighting, right?”

“If you treat the devil with such easy thoughts, you will end up being deceived! This is really what a witch is,”

“I can go back. You can turn back time.”

At the words spoken by the Demon King in a casual manner, as if revealing an insignificant fact, not only Anis but also Barche and Elise, who were arguing, turned their heads to look at the Demon King.

“What nonsense! If you have such ridiculous abilities, why would you ever say something like surrender? As expected, like a servant of the demon god, he only tells shameless lies.”

“It’s a ridiculous ability, but honestly, the hero’s power bestowed by the goddess is also ridiculous. In comparison, this is the ability that the Demon God gave to me, the current Demon King.”

Elise couldn’t bear to refute it and flinched. A demon god who is said to be unable to reach the level of the goddess, but is known to send her servant, the Demon King, to the extent of harassing the goddess’ creatures, humans, and causing trouble for the goddess.

Although it is not omnipotent and is inferior to a goddess, such a ridiculous thing could have been possible if the demon god, who was in the rank of god, had directly intervened and given the power to the demon king. As a saint, Elise could not deny that fact.

“But it’s not that omnipotent and it requires time and preparation, but for this episode, preparations have already been completed, and if things don’t go well with you guys, I’ll just turn back. So fighting is just a waste of time.”

“But those are just your words. There is no basis for our belief.”

Anis, who had been silent until now, spoke in a calm tone.

Of course, the basis for what the Demon King said was all the words he himself had said so far, and there was no basis for them to believe it.

Although Anise’s words hit the nail on the head, the Demon King did not panic and instead responded as if he had been waiting.

” That’s right, so let’s try to trust each other’s words from now on.”

“How?”

“No matter how much of a devil I am, I cannot avoid the restrictions engraved on my soul through magic and the power of the goddess. If you two are there, as long as I don’t resist, you can at least restrict them from telling lies to me, right? How about it, even if you can’t believe in me, you can believe in magic and the goddess?”

Anise, who heard the Demon King’s words, was wary of the Demon King and did not turn her head, but glanced sideways at Barche and Elise to see their reactions.

“Is that a good idea?”

“Do you want to accept the power of the goddess? The devil?”

Unlike Barce, who welcomed him warmly, Elise frowned and cast a skeptical eye at the Demon King.

“Is there a law that prohibits me from accepting the power of the goddess? It’s not uncommon for us to inject demon powers into you.”

“That’s the story of corrupt heretics!”

“What do you think? You may look at me and say that I am a servant of the Demon God or something, but unlike you, I don’t have any particular faith in the Demon God, so I have no objection to being restricted by using the power of the Goddess. Anyway, the important thing is that it is possible. Do you admit that?”

Elise did not respond to the Demon King’s words, but it was just a matter of her mood, and she seemed unable to deny the Demon King’s words.

“But how can you trust us and accept us touching your soul? Do you know what restrictions we will impose?”

“Of course, I have no intention of giving it all away completely defenseless. So let’s make a simple contract.”

The Demon King said that and lightly snapped his fingers.

The three women were startled by the Demon King’s sudden actions and raised their respective weapons to guard against the Demon King, but nothing happened between them and the Demon King except for letters made of magic floating in the air.

“That witch over there, it must be familiar to you, right? It’s a contract that uses pure magic, without any demonic power involved. how is it? Let’s see if there’s a problem.”

When Barce, who was pointed out, came out to look at the letters floating in the air, escorted back and forth by Anis and Elise, the Demon King even stepped back as if he would not interfere.

Barce carefully looked at the magical letters for a while and then opened his mouth.

“There is no problem…. We did not create a corner to use by vaguely setting conditions, and there are no hidden conditions. I think it’s true that there’s nothing harmful to us and that it’s made purely of magic. It’s a contract that only guarantees that we can’t do anything else to each other while restricting the demon soul from telling lies. If this is really the case, I have no choice but to believe it. Elise, what about you? Do you feel the power of a demon or anything suspicious?”

After hearing Barce’s question, Elise shook her head.

“No matter how I look at it… I can’t feel it.”

Elise, who didn’t want to admit it but couldn’t bear to tell a lie, looked back and forth between the group and the Demon King with eyes full of complex emotions.

“So, are you going to keep it like this? A contract with the devil?”

“Even if we put aside surrender, shouldn’t we know whether it’s true that we can turn back time? If that’s true…”

Anis couldn’t even say that the battle with the demon king was meaningless in front of the saintly woman Elise, and her words were slurred, but there was no way she couldn’t infer the afterword that Elise had omitted.

“I’m not stupid either. If it is true that the Demon King can turn back time, I understand that there is no point in confronting him without any other solution.”

“Then this magic contract will be activated as is? Everyone agree?”

Both Anis and Elise nodded at Barce’s words.

Since the Demon King had already agreed, under the supervision of Barce, when all three of them agreed, a magic contract was concluded between the Demon King and the three of them.

“I’m relieved because the contract has been signed! ruler! Hurry and make me into a body that can only tell the truth!”

“Do not speak in an imperative tone on the subject of the devil. I feel bad.”

“I never thought I would be able to use magic to restrict the devil’s soul, but I’m excited. Let’s get started quickly.”

Although there was a stark difference in temperature between Elise and Barce, as per the contract, they did not do anything else, and only engraved the restriction that they could not tell lies to the soul of the Demon King, who had left them defenseless to touch everything.

After finishing their work, Barce and Elise immediately retreated behind Anis. According to the contract, the only restriction placed on the Demon King’s soul was that it could not tell lies, but it did not prevent the Demon King from attacking them.

However, as he said, the Demon King still showed no signs of being hostile towards them.

“Hmm…. I feel like this. I am not the devil, I am not. My name is Behelat, no. Hehe, if you’re going to lie, you have to change your words as you please.”

The Demon King continued to mutter a few things to himself and nodded.

“When the verification is complete, I ask, do you really want to surrender?”

“Yes, I don’t want to fight with you.”

“Why? Aren’t you a servant of the demon god who wants to exterminate humans, the goddess’ creation?”

” That’s true, and it’s my instinct that the Demon God arbitrarily added to me when he created me, but it’s not like an intelligent being lives by instinct alone, right? I don’t want to fight.”

Anis winked at Barce and Elise. This was because I wanted to receive assurance again that the restrictions were really in place and that the Demon King was not lying when he said that he did not want to fight.

Barce and Elise nodded at the same time. This was because they felt that the restrictions placed on the Demon King’s soul were working properly without any problems.

In that case, I had no choice but to see that there was no lie in what the Demon King said.

Anis felt both bewildered and relieved at the existence of a demon lord who honestly said that he did not want to fight, and did not suppress the question that came to mind.

“Why on earth?”

“If I fight, I lose!”

“What?”

Anis, Barce, and Elise simultaneously questioned the reason given by the Demon King without realizing it.