Episode 131. Unwelcome reunion
Demons.
A predatory race from an outer dimension that broke through the dimensional wall and entered this world with the help of the Demon King’s great power.
They can grow infinitely as long as their desires are allowed, but they are becoming a greater danger to humanity as time goes by.
And among the members of the demon lord army, everyone would unanimously point out the ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ as the strongest demon, excluding the demon lord.
“Me, me, me…” ….”
Among them, Mephisto, the second-highest ranking member, appeared in front of me.
When Yui, the young saint of the Meter Church, realized this, astonishment began to pour out of her mouth.
“Why is Mephisto here!?”
“Shh.”
Mary Lynn waved her hand and covered the young saint’s mouth.
The young saint was surprised by the power and her body trembled, but Marylin paid no attention to it and just quietly observed the atmosphere around her.
Currently, this is a room dedicated to saints, connected to the prayer room of the Meter Church.
The reason why Marylin came here was because she had recently been wandering around the city looking for information she was concerned about, and she received a request from the Order of Meteor to perform the necessary music for the hymn.
Meter is the place with the most influence in recent years, excluding Frigga, the empire’s state religion.
She accepted and came here because she could gather a lot of information, but what she actually encountered was the sight of a demon just like herself acting as a saint in a religious order.
Clerics who think it’s okay to kill demons by beating them to death are revering demons as saints. As a fellow demon, wouldn’t that make you nervous?
“Dear saint of Meteor, I am sorry that an insignificant poet dared to place her hand on her precious body, but I must nevertheless say something to you.”
“Eup, eup.”
A young saint with tears in her eyes, her mouth covered with her hand.
Soon, Mary Lynn opened her eyes and started glaring at her.
“You do know that this is humanity’s territory right now, right?”
“Ugh, ugh. Town.”
“Being elevated to the precious position of a saint means being influenced by humans, but it seems like you are hiding your identity from the public……. “If possible, we shouldn’t reveal each other’s identities publicly, right?”
“… Town.”
He nods his head with difficulty, with his mouth closed.
It was only after she saw that the tremors of her body had subsided with him that Marylin gradually relaxed her grip on her hand over her mouth.
“Okay, then be quiet from now on…” …. “Let’s quietly reveal each other’s identities and take the time to talk lightly.”
“Yes, yes. Please tell me, Mephisto…”
Saint Yui was finally able to breathe and open her mouth…….
No, at least there would be no need to hide her identity in front of her.
“What is your name?”
“I am called Yu, Yuinoi, the lowest member of the Demon King’s army.”
She is a young dream horse who appears to be only about 10 years old.
This young girl had not even learned how to suck out vital energy, and all she did in the Demon King’s army was little more than trivial chores.
“It doesn’t seem like he infiltrated the gap between humanity under the direction of the Demon King’s army… …. “Why is a small, young being like you acting as a saint in the church?”
“That’s right! That’s what I want to say! “Everyone here is crazy!”
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Afterwards, Yuinoi continues to talk gibberish in response to her doubts.
From what I heard a rough explanation, it seemed like a crazy warrior revered himself as a saint, and after that, mentally ill people came to the church in large numbers and drastically increased the size of the church to what it is today.
“Ugh, huh. Humans are scary…. “If you don’t get out of here quickly, you’ll definitely get eaten.”
“… Well, from what I saw earlier, it seemed like he cared for you quite a bit.”
“Ah, you cherish me! Don’t talk nonsense! Mephisto, you would know if you saw it! I’ve never seen such crazy behavior even in the Demon King’s army…… !”
-Boom!
Your mouth closes with a feeling of your heart sinking.
The chill that followed was probably caused by the deadly force emanating from the devil in front of me.
“That’s nonsense, is that what you just said to me?”
“Hi!”
Yui Noi gasps at the sound of her broken voice.
Afterwards, Marylin, who had raised her body, began to close the distance between herself and Yu Inoi using only her head.
“Mr. Yuinoi. “Do you not know who is in front of you right now?”
“Ah, I know. Mephisto Reiji, the second-ranking member of the Demon King’s army…”
“Even though he knew that well, he responded to me arrogantly. This is how he treated me, the highest ranking officer in the Demon King’s army, as nothing more than a low-level soldier.”
In general, it would be natural to feel uncomfortable.
To begin with, there is no such thing as kinship among demons, and in such a situation, the compatriots who have been fooled by humanity’s tricks are only seen as objects of ridicule rather than salvation.
Furthermore, if such a being poses a risk of undermining the military, it is considered a target to be eliminated as a top priority.
“It doesn’t look very good to be played by humans… Should we just nip it in the bud before anything bothersome happens?”
“Ehhhhh! I was wrong! “Please save me!”
A young dream horse whose fear has reached its limit, so much so that he collapses and bursts into tears.
Marylin looked down at her with cold eyes, then smiled bitterly and quietly stroked Yui Noi’s head.
“hehehe, I was just joking, so don’t cry.”
“Uh, huh?”
“Unfortunately, I have now quit the Demon King Army, so there is no need to dispose of traitors or follow the Demon King Army’s common sense.”
Gum click, gum click.
Yui Noi stares blankly at Marylin with her tear-filled eyes.
At that time, the killing intent that had been surging before had long since disappeared like a lie, but it came as quite a shock to Yuinoi that what she had just said was true.
“Ma, who is quitting the Demon King Army?”
“Who are you talking about, me?”
“Yes, yes!? Mephisto, why? Why is he the second-in-command of the Demon King’s army!?”
“If you’re curious, find out for yourself. “If you use your position as a saint, you will be able to easily retrieve the information that humanity has researched.”
But even Yuinoi’s questions were just ignored by Marylin.
Even that seemed to be very shocking to the young dreamer, but the reason he wanted to meet her now in the first place was simply to check whether someone had influenced the young dreamer’s activities as a saint.
If at least such a link had not been discovered, there would be no obligation for him to intervene in this girl’s situation.
“Well, anyway, right now I am neither particularly hostile to humanity nor for the Demon Lord’s army, so I will not interfere with your situation any further. So, if you have a chance to meet again in the future, please treat me lightly.”
“Ah, ah! Please wait a moment! Mephisto! Mephi… ….”
-Tiing!
“Ugh!”
The lute strings were thrown to shake off the girl who was following her as she was about to leave the room.
When the young dream demon, exposed to a special noise that only demons can hear, was about to collapse, believers near the entrance, who belatedly realized the noise, began to approach Marylin.
“I just heard the saintess scream, what happened?”
“It looks like the saint who was trying to see me off tripped on her own feet and fell. Could you please tend to her wounds for a moment?”
“Ah, yes, I understand!”
Congregants quickly enter the room without much suspicion.
I was worried that there might be a believer who overheard, but fortunately, there didn’t seem to be much of a problem as I had installed a magic spell to block noise from the moment I entered the room.
‘If that child were to put his own life first, he wouldn’t spread it all out.’
Of course, survival is the most important time before desire, so the body is very timid.
She would spend every day she was away in tears, but to Mary Lynn, that wasn’t even worth her concern.
The most important thing for her now is how she will lead her relationship with the person she loves…….
And she did everything she could to exclude anything that could be a danger to him.
“Would you like to take a copy of the newspaper?”
“… “Please use the remaining money as a tip.”
Marilyn throws a coin to a boy selling newspapers nearby.
Afterwards, Mary Lynn left behind the boy who was making her happy and focused her attention on the contents of the newspaper she was holding in her hand.
‘Everything I investigated recently was true, right?’
The war that took place in the Dragon’s Tomb not long ago.
When the war broke out, the two remaining knights of the undead army, together with the Corpse Lord, engaged in a direct all-out war against the demon king’s army.
And in the process, the information known to humanity is that a new Four Heavenly Kings have ascended to the Demon King’s army, and through him, it has become indirectly known that the existing Four Heavenly Kings have been expelled or died…….
‘The new executives of the Demon King’s army are presumed to be an orc from a sub-race, not a demon, and a demon of gluttony… …. Well, let’s skip this.’
It is said that other famous demons took up positions one by one, but since they were young and not even pureblood demons like the existing Four Heavenly Kings, I thought they were not worthy of my attention.
What you need to pay attention to is whether there is a risk of the Demon King’s army invading humanity’s territory on a large scale, and whether there are any signs of direct movement by your former master.
[The appearance of the Demon King is still not revealed on the battlefield where the Corpse Lord appeared in person. As his identity has not been revealed for over 10 years, some experts are making hopeful speculations that the Demon King’s condition has weakened and he is living a secluded life…….]
‘Are you getting weaker? ‘The Demon King?’
Nonsense.
Rather, he is an absolute being who cannot control his power and spends every moment empty, so how much does humanity look down on its former master?
If he moves, not only humanity but also undead legions, beasts and vampires can be annihilated overnight.
How can we dare to estimate, at the human level, an absolute being who can directly achieve the same power as the ‘god’ served in the religious order?
‘…… ‘Demon King.’
While it was a relief that he had not moved even now, he felt a bitterness coming over him in a corner of his heart.
Until she met the person who awakened her love, she had sworn loyalty to her for the rest of her life, but now, despite all these years, she regards him as a danger and is wary of his existence at every moment.
‘The day I meet you again, how will I feel towards you?’
But the current hiatus probably won’t last that long.
If even appeasing the current emptiness reaches its limit, I will eventually lose my reason and move to destroy everything in this world.
So, in preparation for that time, he also has to come up with something.
-Finch.
With that determination in mind, while trying to continue the investigation to check the movements of the Demon King’s army, Marylin suddenly sensed something suspicious nearby and stopped in her tracks.
‘… ‘That man is not human.’
Yes, a different race disguised as themselves is walking around the village.
A noble gentleman-like man wearing a black suit and cape. The reason he doesn’t seem unfamiliar to me is probably because I’ve seen him once before.
He was apparently reunited for a meal with the person he was in love with, a vampire guy who took an interest in the relationship between him and gave him a ticket to use the theater.
‘No, I’m not an ordinary kid.’
Just as demons who are not related by blood like himself are called purebloods, those who have cultivated their strength for the longest time among vampires are called ‘true ancestors’.
What is in front of me is a being called Jinzo. Even though it was vulnerable to sunlight, this fact was immediately apparent just by walking down the street during the day.
But you can only endure it as long as it lasts; you can’t say it’s okay.
‘…… ‘It’s suspicious.’
Of course, vampires are just fine, but you can’t just ignore them once you know that they are paying attention to your love.
Marylin, thinking of following behind her just in case, quietly began to walk behind her while hiding her presence.
Crossing through the crowds, we gradually made our way to a remote, deserted street…….
– Excited, excited.
As soon as I could think about approaching it slowly, I started to feel my heart beating violently.
That’s because I felt what is commonly called a ‘sense of crisis.’
However, it was not a vampire moving deeper into the alley, but rather it was flowing from near the corner of the street he was walking on.
‘Why.’
Is that vampire not noticing the energy and just passing by this street? Or do you just step away because it is outside of your interests?
Either way, it was a power that Marylin could never overlook.
It cannot be compared to the likes of Jinjo because at this moment, he realized that he was trying to pull off a trick in this area.
-Softly.
Marylin ran towards the place where such a trace of power could be felt, and soon broke through the barrier surrounding her street with her bare body.
The barrier that prevents invasion by trampling on the minds of those who enter it was, even at this moment, digging deep into one’s mind and making one’s steps turn around in this place.
Yes, a demon so powerful that it interferes with the mind of none other than a pure-blooded demon is working a trick with a barrier set up here.
“… Oh?”
As if to teach us that we are not the only ones who recognize others like that.
Soon the red-haired demon, who was reaching out to the man who had fallen on the floor, began to show a happy expression towards him.
“Oh my, who is this? Isn’t it our Mephi?”
“It’s been so long, Mephie~& How have you been? Have you forgotten your sister?”
“… Yasumo.”
Shinigami Demon – Yasumo Deus.
One of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s army who survived the massacre carried out by the Demon King that day.
“Ah~ It’s been a while since we met, but why are you so stiff? Please call me by the nickname ‘Yasudesu’ in a friendly way like before~♡”
At first glance, what she was seeing towards her could be called a one-sided courtship, but Marylin knew very well that the reason she was interested in someone was her ‘twisted s*xual desire.’
When I encountered it in the past, I only thought of it as annoying and disgusting.
“You, now… …. “What are you doing?”
At this moment, the moment Marylin, who had invaded the scene, saw the manipulative act of the person in front of her, what she felt was none other than anger.
Because she could see in her eyes the man who had become the source of her desires, collapsed helplessly while intoxicated by her magical power.
“Aha, you mean this guy?”
Yasumo, as if unable to understand his own emotions, sneers at the man lying dead on the floor in a nonchalant manner.
“Actually, I came here to meet Mephie, but I thought this guy would interfere between us. So I thought about mummifying it so it couldn’t stand up again, but for some reason it didn’t stimulate me well…….”
-Quaaang!!
Mary Lynn lost her senses and attacked with a fist.
He crushed Yasumo’s face mercilessly.