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King of humans.

He was abandoned by his human parents in the past and woke up in a demonic forest. My guess is that it was abandoned after being weaned.

The king is strong. This is an undeniable fact. Even if a king is a king, depending on the species, there are some who are weak when young and become strong only after a long time. The human king was strong when he was young, but became explosively stronger as he became an adult.

When he was almost a year old, he caught a snake with his bare hands. He grabbed the snake by the neck, clamped it, and killed it. It was a natural business.

Of course, the Demon Forest is a harsh forest overflowing with powerful Demon Beasts. Unless you have a complete body, it is beyond the power of a child. The king tried to survive, sometimes running away and sometimes waiting with bated breath.

It was around the time when the king was twelve years old. A woman who came from outside the forest saved the king. The king sharpened his blade at the unfamiliar being. However, the benevolent saint reminded the king of noble values. The king finally opened his heart.

It was a happy time. The saint gave the king the name ‘John’. John was overjoyed.

But the joy did not last long. Due to some kind of disaster, the saint died and the demons who followed John also died. John did not take revenge. It’s because I don’t want to lose my surroundings anymore. Just like that, the bleeding stopped.

John let go of all the blood and began to live only remembering the remnants of the past. So another dozen years. A group led by a demon came to visit John. John decided to become their companion.

After spending about 300 years together, the demons instructed John to go to the continent with the human knights.

continent. The place that becomes the source of saints. John went to the continent with an excited heart and became a teacher at a school called Eden Academy.

The next 18 years were quite interesting. I met new people and built relationships. Being a teacher gave Yohan a unique aptitude.

But sometimes, John missed his former colleagues. Even when we were going through the demon forest together.

Still, there was no solution. John knew. That he is nothing but a chess piece for the demons, and that the chess pieces must not deviate from the will of the demons.

Demons were such beings. Looking down at everything in the world as pieces on a chessboard, I cut the world to my heart’s content in my inconceivable, distant mind. John went out of his way to stop it. Although I liked my fellow demons, I was secretly afraid of being seen by him.

Then one night, a demon came to John. With a pure white mask on his face like he did three hundred years ago. Something is about to happen. John had an immediate intuition.

“John, let me tell you straight.”

“Something?”

“Don’t you want to become stronger? The power to split the sky, break the earth, and create the sea. I can help you get it.”

The demon’s voice was as captivating as the spicy scent of alcohol. It was like a butterfly flying by and landing on the back of my hand.

“The intention is to elevate Yohan to the so-called ‘absolute’ level. You’re attracted to me, right? A strong force that controls the world! It is the yearning of all beings in the world!”

“… .”

It was like the temptation when we first encountered it. The demon’s voice had the power to mesmerize people.

John smiled and thought for a while.

Why is the demon doing this to me?

It’s not pure favor. The demons he knew were more calculating than anyone else in the world. If a life is to be saved, there must be a purpose for saving it. If you spend time on something, that something is definitely worth the time.

That’s not a question. It’s coercion. The demon hopes to become stronger. The reason is unknown.

I didn’t hate it. Because there is nothing to lose by becoming stronger. But Yohan had no particular desire to become stronger.

This is because it is already very strong.

It is John who stands at a close proximity to the absolute. Even if an army of any size comes, it can be easily taken care of with just one punch from John.

But these worries were meaningless. The demons wanted him to become strong. It would be foolish to go against that feeling. Because it is an act of escaping from the demons’ ‘play of chess’.

“Good.”

“Good. The method is simple. You are making a ‘contract’ with me.”

“Contract?”

“It’s a contract with the demons. If you make a contract with me, John will be able to wield my demon energy from now on. Like Beatrice. It’s incredible power. It is the power that will make John’s life richer.”

“Power… .”

“Yes, power. You will be given power comparable to the Dragon King that John fought in the past. There will no longer be cases of losing someone due to lack of power like in Irowel. If you stop taking revenge, the bond of blood will be broken, but if you are strong in the first place, you don’t have to give up taking revenge. I am not asking you to resume your revenge now. The Dragon King died anyway. But you don’t have to endure it when something like that happens again in the future.”

John nodded as if lowering his head. It was a sign of permission.

“It’s nice because it’s refreshing. As expected, Yohan is a manly man. Okay then. Take my hand. With the intention to enter into a contract.”

The cheerful demon held out his hand. John held her hand without showing any signs of distress. It was a contract concluded out of loyalty to the demons rather than a desire for power.

Ugh-.

A harsh and gloomy energy seeped into John’s body. For a moment, John felt as if he had fallen into a sea of demonic energy. John gasped and grabbed his neck.

The muscles of my entire body swelled to a grotesque degree. But it didn’t hurt. It was just grotesquely powerful. John poured his whole heart into somehow controlling the power he was given.

The demon stuck its head out of the window, paying no attention to Johan, who was lying face down on the floor and struggling. A cool breeze came in and wrapped around their bodies.

A sonorous voice pierced John’s ears.

“Congratulations, Johan. Now he is an absolute powerhouse.”

“Ugh… .”

“During this midterm exam, there will be a big fight. Human casualties… Probably not much. In that case, we could all die.”

“Off… .”

“I don’t want you or Sir Beatrice to die. So, since it is the strength that gives you, practice hard for the remaining week and live. and… Saint Mary and Princess Albrecht. Please protect these two.”

“Ah, I understand… .”

“Okay then, I’ll just leave. See you at the midterm!”

pop-!

White smoke exploded. The magician has disappeared.

*****

Ugh-.

A corner of the sky was torn apart. It looked like there was a crack.

Toong-.

Waves spread out from the empty sky. It was a sight as if dew had fallen on spring water.

Pajik-!

Soon, a clear crack appeared in the sky. If just now it could have been dismissed as an illusion, it wasn’t anymore. The gold was clear and distinct.

Quaaang-!

The sky, which had been showing strange behavior all along, finally broke. Two figures peeked out beyond the broken sky. A thin old man who looks like he has been mummified for a long time and a woman with black hair and red eyes with very intense eyes. There were two like this.

The two contrasted in many ways. An old body that looks as if it will die at any moment, and a body that is full of life, as if it retains the firmness of someone in their 20s. Unlike the old man with the bare, bare top of his head, the woman has dark, voluminous hair. Also, the old man had an eerie smile on his face, but the woman, on the other hand, only had a blunt expression on her face.

“It’s been a while. The scent of the continent.”

“Me too… It’s been over a thousand years. It was the first and last time I stopped by the elf village.”

“Are you trembling? Going to see my younger brother?”

“… .”

Shhh!

The two beings that came out of the hole in the sky began to run through the sky. There was no other way to express it. The two literally ran through the sky.

At the speed of a flash of light.

“It feels strange to run side by side like this. It was five hundred years ago that you declared that you would stand against me. You’ve grown so much.”

“Both then and now, there is little change in appearance.”

“It is said that prayer is like that. It’s much more refined. The work has been completed.”

“I will take this as a compliment.”

Their speeds were almost the same. This was true even though one side was not catering to the other. It was a proof of powerlessness.

“What a talent. Kanos: If it weren’t for that little guy, you might have become this generation’s Demon King. Among the current demonic peacocks, there will be no one who can beat you.”

“… This is too much to say.”

“It’s not a lie. The demons are a race that has a long lifespan and a slow growth rate, but they are already at the level of aiming to become the second in command of the demon world. Your brother is in big trouble. I’m destined to get scolded by a sister like this.”

Grand Duke of the Southern Demon World, King.

Grand Duke of the Northern Demon World, Adella Lucifer.

“Well… We don’t know how much Oscar has grown in the meantime.”

“In any case, is this an achievement only achieved by you? The Lucifer family is not like the succubi of the West, growing rapidly when young and slowing down as they age.”

The two Overminds were flying.

“By the way, what did the Central Intelligence Agency say? Where did you say the whereabouts of that scandalous Oscar guy were?”

“This is Eden Academy.”

Toward the academy where the continent’s dream trees are sprouting.