140 – Thoughts on her
Slitting the throats of the paladins in such despair was simpler than twisting a baby’s wrist.
Having completely lost the will to fight, holding the symbol of the Church of Neiros and praying like a screwed-up man was quite a sight to see.
“It was more fun than I thought.”
After wiping the paladin’s blood from her cheek, Ciel let out a light breath.
Ciel’s horns were smaller than usual due to pouring out all his magic energy, and his tail had become smaller like a goblin’s.
No matter how you look at it, you wouldn’t be able to think of him as the sensual demon king from before.
“That’s right.”
Burn the corpse to destroy evidence, and watch out for someone coming. Most of the people fled as the explosion happened, but there’s nothing wrong with just in case.
Roaring!!
As I stared at the bright red flame, Ciel came closer to me little by little.
“Anyway, a leisurely trip under these circumstances… If you saw it in the past, you would start a match.”
“I have no choice but to agree to that.”
I’d say it’s inefficient. I would have said it was okay to do it after everything was over.
“But now there’s no reason to put up with it.”
There was a desire in the past. I just put up with it as much as I could and masturbated that it would be okay to solve it in the future, but that’s not the case anymore.
There is no need to be patient, and if regression is no longer possible, the future is not guaranteed.
“If you sincerely refused, you wouldn’t have listened to Aryan’s story.”
This time, I came all this way because I wanted to enjoy it too.
During the academy vacation, I hadn’t really played and had fun without thinking about anything, even in my first life.
“Anyway, if you’re going to enjoy it, you should be enjoying it too, right?”
“I mean?”
Ciel’s eyes widened at my words and he thought he was saying something out of the blue, but it wasn’t so out of the blue.
“Well, if you were the Demon King, you wouldn’t have enjoyed anything more than me, right?”
To be honest, in my life as a human-friendly hero, a lot of extremely unfortunate experiences happened, so the benefits themselves weren’t bad.
There were restrictions that followed, but if you were only considering the benefits you could get from the name of a warrior, you wouldn’t be able to receive these benefits unless you were an emperor.
But what about the devil?
“What is there to do in a society where the jungle is strong?”
You may think that they plan to invade the human world or worry about how to kill people, but they are also creatures with reason. It is natural to feel boredom or indolence, and it is natural to feel mannerisms.
“To be honest… Did you ever laugh while you were the Demon King?”
“… . There is none.”
me too.
In my first life before being banished as a hero, I managed to laugh a little bit, but as I became a hero, my chances of laughing decreased drastically.
It is said that the work is difficult, but more than that, the situation made it impossible to smile.
“After a day, the person next to me died and disappeared.”
“It was the same for me. There have been many cases of grief by a fellow who lost a colleague who had been gnashing their teeth with each other until yesterday.”
warriors and demons.
It’s ironic that we can understand each other because we exist at opposite poles.
“Leaving aside the stories that make us laugh at each other… You don’t intend to just throw away the rest of your life, do you?”
Ciel stared blankly at the sky and nodded without worrying.
“Of course. I barely escaped from the bondage of death that I had suffered because of someone… It’s a bit of a waste to just collapse without enjoying anything.”
“Then it’s a decision.”
When we left the place where the perfectly burned corpses of paladins were, the deep blue sea welcomed us.
“You want to play too. Demon King.”
“Good talk. Warrior.”
After saying that, Ciel snorted and was hit by the sea breeze.
*****
*Confirmed the capture of the entity name [Demon King].
*Confirmation of liking for the main character over a certain number.
*New routes [Two people inseparable], [Fate that couldn’t be connected], [Lianman’s little devil] routes will be opened.
* Change the fate engraved on the demon king.
* Title from the Demon King: Eliminate the hero’s adversary.
*Remove Skill: Kill the Hero from the Demon King.
*The entity name [Demon King] is changed to the entity name [Ciel La Breine].
******
“… Did I hear you wrong now?”
The face of an elderly man sitting in the interior of a cathedral where the beautiful sunlight falls down is distorted in an instant at the news of the paladin.
“no. Pope.”
The paladins knelt and calmly conveyed the news they had delivered to the Pope.
“Since Saint Prinne used divine power other than the pure white divine power of Goddess Neiros, there is a possibility that she betrayed us and worshiped another god, and the hero next to her was corrupted by the demon king and became a demon… .”
Clink!
When the cigarette ashtray that fell next to the paladin was shattered, the pope, who was acting benign, couldn’t control his emotions and stood up.
“If you’re going to talk nonsense like that, bring the dragon and Prin to my eyes right now!!!”
Who would think that the Pope of the Church of Neiros, who is famous for his integrity and innocence, seeing that figure who just yelled at him, let alone his dignity as a priest?
I don’t know if it’s an inspiration with a bad personality that can be found anywhere.
“… I heard that you are currently traveling on a boat to an island ruled by the Primal family.”
“Then, wouldn’t it be better to erase the entire island? What’s wrong?”
“Because the hero is the only male in the ducal family of the empire. In addition, there is information that there is a count’s daughter, a marquis’s daughter, and even the principal of Arcade Academy, Skaya.”
“… ha.”
The pope leaned back in his chair again, clutching his pounding head.
I was happy when I first heard the oracle that the hero had come down. If he could help the hero, the pope’s reputation would go up as well as the church’s status.
He also said that it was okay to threaten the Paladins.
No matter how much I call myself a hero, I’m a kid in my early 20s. They thought that if they threatened to excommunicate, it would only be a matter of time before they got it… The situation exceeded expectations.
“The Demon King… .?”
The only enemy of the hero in the world, the Demon King, has stolen the hero.
If there is no hero, there is no way to kill the demon king. No matter how much divine power they use to destroy the Demon King’s army, they know very well that their divine power is like autumn leaves in front of the demon king’s power.
That’s why I told you to bring it unconditionally… .!!
“By the way, Prin, what do you mean by that?”
Holding onto his aching head, the Pope asked the paladin once again.
Even the hero feels like his head will break, but what happened to Prin?
If Prine has the position of being a saint, the pope’s position is not so good. Not being the only one wasn’t pleasant.
Even so, Prin should still be in their grasp.
How many political benefits can be gained through a saintess?
“Reports say that the color of the divine power is different.”
“Color?”
Divine power changes color depending on who you believe in.
Up until now, I hadn’t even told them about gods other than Neiros… . Betrayed the Goddess in just a few months?
“What color was it?”
Honestly, it wasn’t that important, but it was worth knowing.
Where was the church that stole their holy woman?
“It was orange.”
“What… .”
Hearing the paladin’s words, the Pope did not shut up.
The paladin did not seem to know, but the pope was not so ignorant that he did not know what color the warrior’s holy power was.
“Orange… was it?”
As soon as he heard that, the pope’s head started rolling faster than ever.
What percentage of the chances are there that the saintess will be selected as a hero… . I thought about it for a while, but I couldn’t help but be delighted with the situation that happened beyond that.
‘Because the hero was corrupted, Prin was chosen as the new hero… !’
If you think about it from the priest’s point of view, it’s a reasonable idea.
It was a typical cleric’s way of thinking, thinking that the warrior who was supposed to stand against the demon king became the demon king’s faithful dog, and the goddess couldn’t stand it.
“Then what if I bring Prin?”
How much will the name of the church go up if you catch the fallen warrior and the demon king along with the title of a warrior who was a saint?
gulp.
Thinking of the rising donations and money raised at the same time as the church’s status, the pope swallowed his saliva and shouted at the paladin in front of him.
“Go find Prin right now! Don’t kill anyone else if possible.”
The face of the pope who said that was a face comparable to that of the devil of greed, but there was no one to stop him from seeing it.
Even a goddess.