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“Did Lycan inherit the power of the demon?”

As Arbes muttered with a rather surprised look on his face, the two demons kneeling on the floor nodded their heads vigorously.

“So his residence became the Demon King’s castle. The real woman’s castle is completely empty?”

“That’s right..There was an order from the Demon King to treat all those who remain there as traitors..”

“Devil King?”

As Arbes raised one eyebrow and spoke, the demon, realizing his mistake, began to tremble.

“I made a slip of the tongue! The only person fit for the position of Demon King is Arbes!”

Arbes looked at him pitifully.

“You don’t become a Demon King just by inheriting the power of the Demon God… How foolish.”

“You’re absolutely right..!”

“That’s right!! I never thought that Lycan had the qualifications to be the Demon King in the first place.”

Arbes let out a short sigh at the sight of them continuing to rain heavily.

“So everyone is in Lycan’s castle now?”

“That’s not it..There are still many who don’t recognize him as the Demon King..So they are currently scattered.”

“Okay. Let me give you a rest now.”

“…..Huh?”

With a look of bewilderment at the end of his words, pitch-black darkness suddenly covered them and began to devour them all with a strange sound.

They didn’t even have corpses left. Arbes shook his hands and looked at me with warm eyes.

“They are lowly seeds who will betray us whenever the opportunity arises. Don’t worry about them.”

“…Yes. I know.”

I have no intention of sympathizing.

As Arbes said, they were just murderers who enjoyed killing as a hobby.

“This is going to make me quite tired.””

“That’s right..”

We came here with the intention of subjugating all the demons.

At the same time, he came to persuade them.

It was a decision made because I judged that it would be possible with the power of Arbes.

However, it is said that the demons who were originally supposed to be concentrated in the Demon King’s Castle are now all scattered.

“What do you want to do?”

Athena asked me, shaking the blood off her clothes.

Then the others also waited quietly for my answer.

As if you were going to follow every word I say.

“Um…I don’t know…Do I have to go and look for them all?”

A situation where there is no other way.

It would have been really convenient if everyone was gathered in the Demon King’s Castle… but it seems like it’s become quite a headache.

“The Demon World is vast. It will take at least a few days.”

“….That’s a problem too.”

Arbes’ words made my mind complicated.

Demon World. This place is overflowing with magic and teeming with dangerous demons.

Staying here for a few days was the worst choice.

“So, I have something I would like to suggest.”

“Huh? Really?”

Unable to find a proper solution, I had no choice but to listen to Arbes’ words.

As I looked at her with both ears wide open, Arbes said with a slight smile on his face.

“How about going to Jim’s castle?”

*

“It’s really empty..”

I muttered as I looked at the huge castle before my eyes.

This is the place I came back to again after a few years. Demon King’s Castle.

Although it is now the (former) Demon King’s Castle, this place still stands firm without losing its grandeur.

“It’s strange to just abandon a building of this size.”

Lily muttered as she scanned the castle.

“You wouldn’t want to be in a place ruled by a traitor. Given the nature of the demons, they wouldn’t feel satisfied even if they killed a traitor.”

As Arbes looked at Sephir and spoke calmly, she trembled and shouted at Arbes.

“Betrayal… That’s not it?! I retired legally! Betrayal… You’re the one who did it!”

“Dare.”

As Arbes frowned, Sephir’s body began to tremble.

However, perhaps because he had become somewhat accustomed to the situation that had been repeated countless times, Sephir glared at Arbes without losing his momentum.

“Are you…trying to kill me?! If you do that, Hera will hate you?”

She secretly hides behind my back and cries out.

Arbes looked at her for a long time and finally sighed.

” It happened. In some ways, I guess I betrayed Jim too. ”

“Can’t you come in during the time you’re doing chores? I want to wash up.”

Lily, drenched in the blood of the demons and beasts she had defeated. She urged him on with a look of disgust on her face.

Athena, as if sympathizing with her sentiments, stepped forward first and walked towards the door.

“It looks like they’ve completely abandoned the castle. I can’t feel any signs of life.”

“Then let’s go in!”

With Iris’s words, we entered the Demon King’s castle one by one.

While I was slowly looking around the interior of the castle.

I was able to find a familiar place that I had been to before.

At the end of the long space is the Demon King’s throne.

Arbes looked at Athena with a smile on his face.

“Come to think of it…it was here that you were defeated by Jim.”

“Huh?”

Athena frowned deeply at Arbes’ words.

“Isn’t that right? If it weren’t for Hera, you would have definitely died that day.”

“Speak properly.”

Athena glared at Arbes with a rather annoyed expression, as if her pride had been hurt.

“I was alone. You were walking around with a bunch of subordinates?”

“Oh.. Are you trying to make excuses? If you’re going to be that picky, then the girl didn’t even take out her magic sword.”

“If you do something, try it right now. Who will win?”

Suddenly, a tense war of nerves began to unfold between the two of them.

Before things could get out of hand, I sighed and stepped between them.

“Really..why does it matter who is stronger..? What matters is that we are on the same side.”

But despite what I said, their expressions showed no sign of softening.

Athena clicked her tongue loudly and placed a hand on my shoulder.

“Hera. This is a matter of pride.”

“That’s right. I can’t let a mere mortal ignore me.”

“…This won’t work. Follow me.”

The atmosphere was starting to feel tense despite my protests.

Lily looked at them pitifully and let out a short sigh.

“Let’s have a duel or something. I need to go wash up.”

Lily made a short suggestion and started walking away.

“Li..Lily, where are you?”

“To find a bathhouse. There must be at least one in this large castle.”

After she finished speaking, she thought about something and looked at me with slightly raised cheeks.

“Sister, do you want to shower with me? Just like before.”

Lily looks at me with her bright eyes.

“Then I want to go too!”

“I want to go too.”

Iris and Ariel also looked at me urgently and spoke to me.

These guys are really…

It’s so transparent.

“No.”

“”Cheet.””

If it were before, I would have followed Lily, of course, but now that I have realized common sense, I cannot follow her wishes.

So, as Lily left to find a bathroom on her own, Ariel and Iris also went out to find an empty room to take a short break.

“I’ll go and see my kids’ faces for the first time in a while.”

Sephir spread his wings and flew away somewhere.

A break that came so naturally.

Two people, excluding Marie, who was sticking close to me.

There was still a simmering spark between Athena and Arbes.

“There’s a suitable space for a duel right in front of you. Why don’t we have a duel?”

“Okay. I’ll show you for sure who’s better this time.”

The two of them are about to go out somewhere.

I hurriedly spread out both my hands to the sides and blocked them.

“Where are you going..! Are you really going to fight?!”

I spoke to her with a worried voice, but Athena just smiled and patted my head.

“It’s okay, Hera. It’s just a duel, right? You won’t get hurt. ”

“Don’t worry. I will adjust my strength accordingly.”

“…..There might be a little bit of hurt.”

“I promise. I won’t let anything serious happen.”

Even after that, I tried to convince him several times that it wouldn’t work.

Unable to break their stubbornness, I eventually broke my promise not to push them too hard and let them go.

As the two of them went outside, emitting all their excitement, Mari and I were left alone in the wide open space.

“There are no kids. Right, Mom?”

I was shocked by the words coming out of Marie’s mouth, who had not even lost weight yet.

But Marie was right.

really.

There is no separate child.

*

“It’s really wide.”

A time when everyone is taking care of their own maintenance.

I was bored of just sitting still, so I was exploring the Demon King’s castle alone.

Well, I wonder what’s going on in the Demon King’s Castle.

If you look at the novel, it looks like there are ghosts floating around…

But contrary to my expectations, there was surprisingly nothing special.

Just a slightly gloomy castle vibe with lots of jewels?

Honestly, other than being in the middle of the demon world, it was no different from where people lived.

“Well… life is all the same, I guess.”

Before we knew it, we had come quite deep into this place.

I felt like I had seen everything, so I turned back.

But then I heard a sound and stopped dead in my tracks.

‘…the sound of water?’

The sound of water dripping.

As we slowly followed the direction of the sound, we heard the sound of someone washing in one of the rooms.

Is this a bathroom?

It’s in a harder-to-find place than I thought.

Lily, you’ve managed to find this place.

Since you said you were going to wash up earlier, what’s inside here must be Lily.

‘…Now that I think about it.’

I remembered the pranks Lily used to play when I used to live with her.

How many times have you surprised me by suddenly coming in while I was washing up?

At the time, I thought it was just a joke, but now that I think about it, it was a very selfish act.

..It’s a little annoying.

My little brother is full of perverts.

For some reason, I felt like getting revenge, so I decided to return the prank she had played on me.

If you open the door now, Lily will also be very embarrassed.

Lily hasn’t been showing her emotions much lately. That made me want to tease her even more.

With a smile full of such mischievous playfulness.

I opened the bathroom door wide and went in.

“Lily~!”

Then what catches my eye is Lily, who is very flustered…

“…..Huh?”

“Hiyaak?!”

I couldn’t help but be embarrassed.

A person who is showing deep embarrassment with his eyes shaking violently in front of me.

It’s not Lily.

Black hair, just like mine. White eyes that match his color well.

A slightly sharp impression, but still an unmistakable beauty.

An unidentified naked woman was looking at me with her eyes shaking violently.

“Poem….I hate it….”

“Uh….”

…who are you?

A person I’ve never seen before.

She blushed at my blank stare, then shut her eyes tightly and started running towards me.

“I hate it!!!”

“Hiyaaaak?!!”