on the palm of your hand – 1
Kyle opened his eyes.
The first thing I saw was a stalactite hanging softly with water dripping down.
‘cave?’
It’s quite bright for a cave.
he got himself up.
And I found a woman reading a book in the corner.
A round bead was floating above her head.
The light emanating from the marble lit up the cave.
“What happened?”
The woman, Idria, asked that question without even looking at Caled.
Cald instinctively noticed.
‘That is the Demon King.’
Was it the one who gave me the quest through the official letter?
He struggled to get up and approached the woman.
sucks.
But he could not walk two or three steps and fell.
Idria said.
His eyes were still fixed on the book.
“It literally died and came back to life. Don’t move, as the adjustments are not finished yet.”
“Who are you?”
“Idria. As you expected, it’s the Demon King. The demon king of lies and deception.”
“……”
“Know it with glory. There aren’t many people who claim that I am the Demon Lord of lies and deceit. Unless you have a soul like Lephia Odgar.”
Kyle grew tall.
“I’m a warrior like you, wouldn’t I be qualified enough?”
“How shameless are you going to be?”
“……”
“You are a failure that doesn’t even reach the bottom of the warrior’s toes. To be honest, there was a time when I expected you, but it was all wrong. Bion Kunze got a very good hand. On the contrary…”
She didn’t say more, but Kayle was able to predict what was going on behind the scenes.
you are trash
Kayle grimaced and said.
“It’s not over yet.”
“When the toughness exceeds a certain level, it is called an Ogi.”
“damn. You’re just going to squirm like that! Then why did you save me?”
“……”
“Maid’s sword that cut off my throat. That feeling is still alive. I’m definitely dead But you saved it. is not it?”
“Hmm.”
“Reviving me means that it is still worth using. Then stop sarcastic and tell me what to do next. It means that you give me the next quest!”
widely.
Idria closed the book.
Then he twisted one corner of his mouth and looked at Caled.
“If I give you a quest, will you obey it? I must have told you not to roll your head needlessly and kill Maid. Or I would have told you to kill Serene.”
“I told you to stop sarcastic.”
“you’re welcome. You’re not even worth it. But you are right that it is worth using.”
“……”
“But next time, I won’t be in trouble if I go against my judgment with that stupid brain. Before starting the second leg, I think you need to instill a clear hierarchy in you.”
Whoops.
Idria puts out her hand.
And that moment.
“aah!”
Kayle’s scream echoed through the cave.
what? what.
It hurts so much.
It felt as if countless needles were digging through the inside of my body without mercy.
“Well, something is eating my body. stop. stop!”
“I worked while making your body. I planted my worms in the nerves of my whole body.”
“Turn it off. Please stop.”
“You are nothing more than a hand to bring true lies to the world. Please refrain from climbing in the future.”
widely.
Idria snaps her fingers.
Then the pain that had been tormenting Caled until recently disappeared like a lie.
Whoops.
Idria turned her gaze back to the book and opened her mouth.
“Your body will never be the same. My bizarre constitution that didn’t work with overflowing power or various magic or magic will not disappear.”
“What, what?”
“Then you literally died and came back to life, did you think you would be alive like before? If I could even do that, why would I be a Demon Lord? Just do the heavenly god.”
She spoke slowly.
“Why were you so strong in the first place? Do you know that too?”
“That’s… because I was ‘Bion Kunze’.”
“To be precise, it was in that body.”
Yes.
When the demon king of lies descended to this earth again without knowing how many times it was, the warrior Bion Kunze was born according to the rules made by the heavenly god.
But was something wrong?
Or was this even God’s arrangement?
Bion Kunze was not born into an ’empty body’.
The soul already existed in that body.
A soul called Kaleid Wake.
Kyle exclaimed.
“not! I am the owner of this body. Bion was like a robber who suddenly attacked me!”
“……”
“My soul was devoured by his enormous power. Bion robbed my body and lived as ‘Bion Kunze’.”
“noisy. Can’t you see you’re reading?”
“Laugh with my face, speak with my face, win people’s hearts with my face! The villagers, who hated and avoided me so much, started liking me from one day. I started respecting you.”
Kyle’s eye veins burst.
He has a complex face that is a mixture of anger and envy, curses and admiration.
He kept crying, literally in tears of blood.
“Bion got the love and attention I so desperately wanted! why! why!”
“……”
“People wondered at me who had changed a hundred and eighty degrees from one day, but they just said that it went well, I looked much better, and I became more handsome. No one found me, who was eaten by Bion’s soul!”
One day when I was so caught up in despair and inferiority.
He saw the notice.
So far, Cald has been able to share all the senses Bion sees and feels.
But Bion acted as if he couldn’t see as much as that official document.
For Cald, who was crushed by Bion’s overwhelming consciousness, it was a ray of hope and a whisper from the devil who could give everything.
“So… So I gambled with everything I had. I killed Bion and regained my original body. Everything was back in place!”
“Suddenly, the noise is getting too much.”
“By the way, is it Maid this time after Bion? Why are there so many people blocking my way? I just want to be loved by everyone!”
Idria reached out and tried to tear Caled’s nerves once more.
But Kayle had her head down on the floor and sobbed.
“Heh heh. I’m not like a sacrifice prepared for a hero. I mean myself.”
“ha.”
Idria sighed and lifted her hand.
Anyway, I think that guy is pathetic.
It may not have been that he was born because he wanted to be born in that body, but he must have been the original owner of that body, but because a guy called the heavenly god smashed into the soul of Bion Kunze.
So he lost his body and had to live for 10 years.
Until Idria discovers that strange cohabitation.
‘Actually, for 10 years, I was eaten by Bion and maintained my ego. If you think otherwise, he’s great too.’
She decided to be a little lenient.
“Anyway, the reason you were ignorantly strong and magic and magic did not work is because you were prepared as Bion’s body. This cannot be denied.”
“Isn’t that still the body?”
“The body that now contains your soul was created by me. I used the collected Bion body as a reference.”
“Fake… body?”
“I can fake almost anything.”
Idria spoke slowly.
“But compared to the real Bion’s body, it’s quite crude. Because his body was so special.”
“He said it belonged to me!”
“Yes, yes. Let’s say yes.”
Kayle calmed down a little.
okay. Now, rather than lamenting the past, we need to face the reality.
Kyle’s face now is the same as before.
But it’s just the skin.
This fake body is no longer as strong or invincible as it used to be.
“Then what? You wouldn’t be able to deal with Maid with a body like this.”
“Of course.”
Shrek.
Idria turned the bookshelf and continued.
“It’s not just about the condition of the body. Your heroic party members have already fallen for Maid. Do you think it will be easy to find talented people like you in this day and age?”
“…what can I do right now?”
“Eat your meal and go to sleep. When the time is right, shit is cheap.”
Kyle’s face contorted.
But Idria wasn’t meant to be sarcastic.
Whoops.
She turned the bookshelf again and said.
“Because I have a good plan. Until then, you have nothing else to do.”
“What the hell are you planning?”
“That’s not something I have to tell you.”
“……”
“If you interrupt my reading anymore, I will kill you… I will not lose. Don’t let me go through the pain of the past three days.”
Kayle suddenly wondered what it was like to read with so much attention.
Unable to ask any further questions, he focused his eyes on the book.
Surprisingly, it was a history book.
It was amazing that the demon king read human history books.
Recognizing that thought, Idria giggled.
“Isn’t it fun?”
“what?”
“If I sow a complete lie into the world, what will humans write about me?”
“It will be the devil. of course.”
“Why?”
“Why? It is true that you are the Demon King.”
Idria’s smile grew stronger.
“I will even turn that fact into a lie.”
We were heading to the capital.
This is because Jenia received a call from Dame.
– Xenia. how have you been
“father! How did you contact me? Of course, by now…”
-haha. You thought you’d be in jail?
No matter how much the emperor’s favor, Dame was guilty of dropping the prestige of the imperial central organization called the Knights Templar of Light to the ground.
Xenia answered in a slightly depressed voice.
“yes. I’m sorry.”
-not. ’cause it’s not wrong
“What if that’s not true?”
-The trial was over immediately and he was imprisoned a week ago.
asked Neryl.
“Is prison worth staying for a while?”
-Why do I always feel sarcastic when you speak?
“Your stomach is twisted.”
– Whoa. Anyway, it’s not about dying. It’s a bit of a desolate place though.
I scratched my head and opened my mouth.
“By the way, if you were imprisoned, how did you get in touch with the telecommunication bead?”
– His Majesty the Emperor recognized it as a special case. He asked me to contact you.
“yes?”
– He seems to want to meet you. From what I heard, things seemed a little odd. Can you come to the capital by the end of this month?
I quietly shook my head.
‘Big things to happen in the future…’
For the time being, there are only a few things left.
Actually, I don’t know if there will be anything constructive about meeting the emperor who poisoned the former emperor or commissioned Serane to assassinate Kayld.
I organized my thoughts and answered.
“I do that. But what do you mean when things turn strangely?”
-Did you guys do a big job at Haspil’s estate recently?
“yes. It’s already been rumored.”
– Not to the extent of rumors.
Suddenly Dame’s voice grew a little heavy.
-The empire looks noisy.
Arriving in the capital, we first shared a group.
Offense, Ardwin, Serane, and Lissel decided to stay at the inn.
The offense was that the Alkahad, who was guarding the emperor, was gritty, and Ardwin was uncomfortable with the fact that he used Mariana to climb the bow.
Serene doesn’t need to say anything.
“I will fall too. This time, I might be tempted to assassinate Mr. Maid.”
“Well.”
“Why don’t we meet Mr. Rissel? You are a descendant of Grade-sama.”
Then Lissel laughed.
“Foot.”
It was a smile that was rare and plastic for her.
It’s usually docile, but when someone compares to Grade, it seems that the level of your eyes will skyrocket.
Anyway, the interview with the emperor was decided only with me, Neryl, and Xenia.
We announced that we had entered the capital through the official route.
Then, naturally, a face-to-face meeting with the emperor was scheduled.
As they were moving under the guidance of the Alkahad members, Xenia whispered.
“By the way, are you going to use your respect this time, Mr. Neryl?”
“Are you crazy? One such disgrace is enough.”
“A bit of a disgrace… No, if you didn’t like it that much in the first place, I followed you to do something.”
“Because Maid is going.”
“It’s a very reasonable reason.”
after a while.
We sat face to face with the emperor.
said the emperor.
“The Haspil estate has issued a statement. Avis Youngji officially endorsed the statement.”
“……”
“It is said that the calamity that occurred at the Haspil estate was the work of Caled Wake. Do you have anything to say about this?”
I shook my head.
“As you have heard, there is nothing special to supplement.”
“Really? Is it really the person who was once called the hero, the hope of mankind, is the culprit of the tragedy?”
“yes.”
“Just in case you don’t know, aren’t you framed to get rid of a competitor?”
I’m fine, but Neryl and Xenia’s eyebrows twitched.
Fortunately, Zenia, who was a little bit more common-sense than Neryl, opened her mouth politely.
“Remember what happened in the capital the other day. your majesty.”
“Ugh. The black sun?”
“Yes. It’s Mr. Maid here who solved the problem. It can only be called the achievement of a warrior.”
“Jim didn’t say he wasn’t a hero. Isn’t there a law that says you shouldn’t burn your rivals with jealousy just because you’re a hero?”
“It would be…”
I waved my hand to deter her.
and asked the emperor.
“How exactly are things going?”
“The Hearthfield Territory has declared that Kayld is a fake impersonating a hero, and an enemy of mankind who will stand in the way of you, the real hero.”
“Hmm.”
“Like I said, Avis Youngji supported that proclamation. The other Northern Territories are also in the same mood to some extent. I couldn’t get over it any more.”
“……”
“I understand their position. You have achieved many knights in the North. In other words, the north is your territory.”
The emperor stroked his chin once.
“But it’s the same in the South.”
“……”
“It seems that the value of your name in the capital has increased since the last time, but if you go further down the continent, there are an absolute majority of people who firmly believe in Caled as a hero.”
“okay.”
“And not long ago, a manor in the south also made an official statement. The name of the Haspil estate is a blatant lie, but rather that Maid framed Caled.”
I sighed inwardly.
Come to think of it, it’s definitely a possible development.
The overall reputation figures now overwhelm Kayle, but Kayle’s area I saw on the map clearly remained to the south.
And in the territories of that realm, it would be natural to regard Caled as sacred.
I asked.
“In the north, the Haspil estate took the lead. So, which territory is the south?”
“Dronor territory.”
I shook my head for a moment.
If it’s a dronor territory…
I remembered that it was originally Caled’s target before stopping the earthquake in the Tetra Territory the other day.
‘It was Serene. He said that he left the territory of Tetra and went straight to the territory of Dronor.’
And there he said that he healed the lord of Dronor.
He cured the condition just before he died, so it can’t be helped that the lord there fell in love with Cald.
Then the emperor spoke in a subdued tone.
“So that’s it.”
“Yes.”
“Could you go to the territory of Dronor and persuade Count Akane?”
Well.
A completely pro-Caleid Fine Dronor estate.
The lord made an open statement saying that I had framed Caled.
I don’t know, but my bad feelings towards me are not a joke.
Will you send me to such a place?
……
I think I know roughly what they’re up to.
I laughed bitterly.
‘You use a lot of kids.’
Ant with a crown.