episode_0209

“Ah…?”

A weak voice escaped my mouth as my cheeks flushed.

I looked ahead with trembling eyes, and there was a succubus with a mischievous smile on her face, and behind her, there were countless demons laughing at my appearance.

thud-

“Don’t humans even know their own subject?”

“How pathetic. It would be better if it were all cleared up.”

“You don’t seem to be able to read the mood.”

thud-

My breathing gradually became faster and my heart began to beat faster.

My mind was slowly becoming blank.

‘This…this isn’t right…’

Everyone was looking at me, laughing and making fun of me.

I thought it would be nothing, but their words began to bring back painful memories that I had hidden in my mind, little by little.

– It would be helpful if you stayed still, young lady.

– Miss… Honestly, you don’t know how to do anything, do you?

– Miss, please don’t show yourself in front of us again.

Their thorny words and those of them that pierced my heart, which had utterly destroyed my spirit.

I knew that all of these actions were done under orders.

Still, the sharp words haunted me like a nightmare from my childhood, tormenting me.

It’s definitely gotten a lot better recently.

In a similar situation, I started to feel a little out of breath.

‘…No. Calm down, Hera.’

It’s okay.

I had them.

They are more precious than my life.

Because there are those who continue to love me despite my shortcomings, I will be able to overcome this and move forward.

“….Do you really not want peace? Do you only want to fight?”

At my words, the demons began to laugh loudly again, one by one.

So many sarcastic remarks flowed back. But among them, Lartia frowned and approached me as if she didn’t like it for some reason.

“Hey, is he getting a little annoyed now? Didn’t I tell you to know the topic? ”

I tried making another offer, but again all I got in return was cold ridicule.

…It seemed that persuasion was no longer meaningful.

Maybe I failed to persuade him.

I suppressed my sorrowful heart and made a firm decision inside. I turned around and looked into the empty space.

“…Sorry. I think I failed.”

The surrounding demons began to laugh even louder, perhaps because they thought I looked eccentric talking to the air.

Lartia, who was in front of me, was also covering her mouth to hide her laughter.

“Pfft. What the. Who are you talking about-”

Lartia’s words were not continued.

bang-!!!

With a huge impact sound, as if a meteor had fallen,

A strong wind began to blow like a typhoon.

“What..what is it!!”

Lartia, who was flustered by the sudden situation, tried to hurriedly take a step back.

There were already people on either side of her, approaching her at a speed that was too fast for the eye to see.

” This dog dare to Hera.

“Hit your sister’s cheek…?”

On the right was Athena, wielding a sword that seemed to be filled with the intense light of the sun.

On the left was Lily, swinging her sword with moonlight streaming in.

Their swords rush forward quickly.

Eventually their swords clashed.

“Okay…just a minute…”

With a very short will.

Lartia’s body was engulfed in an intense light.

Everything disappeared without a trace.

A moment of silence came when Lartia, who had been leading the Demon Legion, died.

“What…what…”

One of the demons, who had been blankly staring at where Lartia had been standing until just now, muttered.

And at his words, the other demons suddenly started to move their bodies.

“He is a hero and a warrior! Kill him now!”

“You wicked humans..!!”

“Bite off the hero’s neck and offer it to the new Demon King!!”

“Get out of the way! I’ll kill you!”

The other demons and beasts who had been blankly watching Lartia die horribly began to rush towards Lily and Athena with blazing eyes.

But their rush was short-lived.

Countless branches of ice rose from the ground and quickly began to wrap themselves tightly around the demons and their beasts.

The demons were suddenly tied up with their entire bodies tied up and were unable to move, so they had no choice but to struggle.

“What…what is this!!”

“My body… won’t move!”

“Krrr….!”

As I followed the ice line, I saw Mari with her huge wings spread out to the sides, looking at the demons and beasts with her long, slitted eyes.

“This is the punishment for daring to throw away my mother’s mercy.”

At the end of her life-giving voice, Marie clapped her hands together by hitting them hard.

The demons wrapped in ice were instantly frozen in an instant.

Lily and Athena easily cut down those frozen demons.

The remaining demons, whose momentum was dampened by the general massacre, began to retreat little by little.

But before they could escape, a black flame suddenly rose from the ground, trapping everyone in an instant.

Then, as she appeared walking out of the pitch-black flames, deep confusion appeared on the faces of the demons, and then smiles gradually began to grow on them.

“The… Demon King…?”

“Demon…Demon King!!”

“You came to save us!!”

Arbes walks proudly between them.

The demons began to praise her one by one.

In the middle of them, the Demon King smiled coldly.

He took out the magic sword from his bosom, his eyes shining red with blood.

As the demons who saw the magic sword began to cheer even louder, Arbes focused their attention with a calm voice.

“Quiet.”

The surroundings suddenly became cold.

“When will you serve the new Demon King? Why are you relying on me now?”

At the Demon King’s unexpected words, the surrounding demons began to panic greatly.

Arbes swung his sword sharply at them.

A sticky darkness that made it impossible to see even an inch ahead began to engulf all the surrounding demons.

That’s how the disaster started.

“This is a punishment for daring to touch what’s yours.”

Among the screaming demons, Arbes muttered with his eyes glowing red.

After that, they each swung their swords and slaughtered the demons.

Iris came urgently to me between the piles of corpses of demons and demons.

“Hera..!! Are you okay?!”

“Uh..yeah.”

With a worried look on her face, Iris placed her hand on my cheek and began to recite a prayer for healing.

“That evil satanic bitch… dared to touch Hera’s face… I should pray that she spends the rest of her life in hell, burning all over her body and screaming in agony.”

For a moment, my body trembled at the harsh words that should not have come out of Iris’ mouth.

But as if nothing had happened, she soon smiled faintly and gently touched my cheek, sending healing mana through me.

“It’s okay, Hera. I’ll treat you cleanly.”

“It’s okay. I just got slapped. It didn’t hurt at all, so you can stop now.”

But despite my dissuasion, Iris just stared at me with even more calm eyes.

“Huh? Hera. Don’t you know how critical this is? What treasure is more precious than Hera’s face in this world? I can’t tolerate even a single flaw in it.”

“Ah..no..not that much..”

“Please stay silent and be healed, Hera.”

“Uh..uh..sorry..”

Iris’s coercive attitude made me instinctively cringe.

Not long after I finally closed my eyes and received Iris’ healing, Athena and Lily came near me.

“Hera. Are your cheeks okay?”

“Sister…Isn’t it hot?”

A small smile appeared on my face as I saw them asking with worried expressions.

Those guys too. Is it really necessary to be this extreme over something like a slap in the face?

But I didn’t particularly hate this feeling that tickled my heart.

“I’m really okay..! By the way…I didn’t convince a single person.”

I looked at the gruesome corpses strewn around me with a slightly depressed heart.

Given the nature of the Demon Tribe, which enjoys violence as a hobby, this wasn’t a completely unexpected situation…

I thought I could persuade one or two people though…

Athena, perhaps sensing my depressed mood, lightly patted my head and spoke to me in a calm voice.

“Don’t expect much. Most of them are like this.”

“Yeah..”

“There may be some parts that are hard to believe when you see someone for the first time.”

Arbes, who had come closer before I knew it, put his magic sword back in and placed a hand on my shoulder.

“Next time, let me speak. I’m sure there will be some who follow.”

“…Thank you.”

Her indifferent tone of voice seemed to be a great comfort to me.

If it’s the Demon King’s words… there must be at least a few, right?

Let’s take a slow look around again, the atmosphere seemed to be clearing up a bit.

“Whoaaah! Please just let me live!”

“I’m…sorry!! Please, at least save my life..!!”

Mari drags the two demons by their hair with both hands.

Soon, she threw the heads of the two demons to the floor, and they naturally knelt before me.

Unlike before, when they only laughed at me, their eyes were filled with nothing but fear.

“I have a question..I would like you to answer me right away.”

The two nodded vigorously to my words.

There is also a being called the Demon Race, which is called a terrible horror.

I guess I couldn’t help it in front of those angry girls.