337. Before today passes (9),
the leader of the fairy tribe, who has hit the nail on the head, holds the tea with his mouth shut, and the leader of the mermaid tribe averts his gaze. As if the awkward atmosphere was bothering him, the Dwarf leader cleared his throat and changed the topic.
“Are you using it well then? “The one that came to me suddenly, put in a request, and practically replaced me to make it.”
“…ah.”
A necklace that hides magical power.
The Demon King lightly brushed his clothes over his chest where the necklace would be and smiled.
“of course. “It’s very useful.”
“That’s a good thing!”
“It will become useless sooner or later.”
“…?”
It’s not that it’s no longer needed, it’s that it’s becoming useless? A doubt appeared on the dwarf leader’s face.
‘It’s not like it’s going to break…’
There’s no way an item made by a ‘Dwarf leader’ could easily lose its function. It looks like the necklace has not been passed on to someone else, but is being used by the Demon King himself. That means…
─Tak.
“!”
The sound of a teacup being set down broke my thoughts.
When I suddenly came to my senses and looked at the place where the noise came from, I saw the Demon King smiling in my direction. It was clearly a smile with a warning meaning.
just as expected.
“Sometimes knowing too much can be a shortcut to shortening your lifespan.”
“…that’s bloody.”
At the clear warning, the dwarf leader shook his head and erased the assumptions that had come to his mind.
Okay, I know what to use this for. It’s all just useless curiosity. It is a ridiculous assumption to begin with.
‘No matter what, there’s no way the Demon King’s magic power will run out.’
The opponent is the ‘Devil King’.
…Anyway, thanks to that, I was able to get away from an uncomfortable topic of conversation. For some reason, I feel like I’m the only one who has become a lot more uncomfortable by changing the conversation in a situation where everyone was slightly uncomfortable, but whatever.
Fortunately, the topic from earlier seemed to have been just thrown around, and the Demon King lightly tilted his car and raised his eyes to look at the Fairy King. There was a mixture of interest and playfulness in the way he looked at the other person, as if something had occurred to him.
“Now that I think about it… I don’t know if you know.”
“?”
“Oh, I guess it’s natural not to know. “Anyway, it’s the devil’s business.”
“What do you want to say?”
The head of the fairy clan frowns slightly at the approaching ominousness. In contrast, the eyes filled with anger were brightly curved. It was ominous.
“The 1st Corps Commander is going to die.”
“….”
“Maybe he’s already dead.”
Clink.
A cracking sound rang out. At the same time, the eyes of all the leaders present gathered in one place.
The head of the fairy tribe, who was looking at the shattered fragments in the center of the gaze of those who could never be allies, let out a short exclamation, ‘Ah’, as if he belatedly recognized the gaze. Then, he slowly raised his gaze and faced the Demon King.
“I made a mistake.”
Unlike making an unsuitable mistake, his face was expressionless, not much different from usual.
There are probably a lot of things I want to ask, but I never say them out loud. As the leader in charge of a race, it was clearly visible that he was trying not to show his agitation, so the demon king raised the corners of his mouth and pretended to be generous.
“It was nothing. “I know very well that you will not apologize to the origin of the filthy race even if you die, so there is no need to say that.”
“….”
“Rather, how about asking a question about the 1st Corps commander? “Don’t you have a lot of questions?”
“…That’s funny.”
Resolving the disturbance was quick.
As if he had been shaken at some point, he snorted proudly, regaining the arrogance typical of a leader of a noble race who reads the flow of the world.
It was a little surprising that my twin brother, who had held the position of commander of the 1st Corps, had died, but that was all.
“There is no need to ask. “He was a guy who did whatever he wanted from start to finish.”
Among the words spoken by the shamans of the human world, there is one word that would be appropriate to apply to my brother.
Killing star. Since they were twins, something must have gone wrong, but even before he became a demon, he was drawn to slaughter. It may be an unsuitable statement for someone who is sensitive to the flow of the world, but perhaps it was fate that he became a demon.
Even if he became a demon, he would not leave and was willing to support him by his side, even if it meant overturning all opposition, but he headed toward the demon world as if he had been waiting. It was an action that completely ignored the words of the brother who would be left alone. therefore.
“This time too, I guess I lived the way I wanted to.”
Probably so.
Otherwise, there’s no point in abandoning your brother.
Ugly guy. Dirty bastard. It’s like a shame for the race. The Fairy King spoke calmly, trying to control the uncomfortable feelings inside him.
“Why should I even ask a question about a guy like that?”
“For saying that, I’m clenching my fist right now.”
“….”
“Well, what you said isn’t entirely wrong.”
Let’s try to make what’s already painful a little more painful.
Even if that wasn’t the case, I was bored so I just threw a tantrum. I also wanted to shake up this arrogant and unlucky guy.
How will the Fairy King react after hearing this? The Demon King clenched his chin and rolled his eyes.
“He was really unruly. “He betrayed me.”
“…what?”
“From one day on, he started visiting Deon Hart often. “I stood on the side of the hero, not the devil.”
“…You made that assurance just for that reason? “It seems like a big leap.”
right. It’s a leap.
But what’s wrong with that? As long as the purpose of this conversation is to kill time and shake the other person up, that doesn’t really matter.
“Shouldn’t a monarch look into the other person’s eyes and know whether they are on my side or not?”
“….”
“It’s a joke, I’m the ‘Devil King’. He is the master of ten thousand demons. Even though we cannot monitor all the demons in the demon world, we are always watching the movements of major demons such as the corps commander. Especially if it happens within the Demon King’s Castle.”
Of course it’s a lie.
Why do I have to monitor the movements of ants? No matter who is on whose side, they end up being ants.
It was just something I could see and my experience could only read it.
“In that sense, my faithful 1st Corps commander definitely sided with the warrior. What’s even funnier is the reason. “Want to guess what it is?”
“…It’s not like you didn’t hear what I said a moment ago. “I’m sure there’s nothing to ask…”
“But it’s still good to know, right? “It has something to do with you.”
“….”
“Shall I tell you the answer?”
From here on, it is a complete fabrication and speculation.
Although nothing was certain, the shameless demon king smiled carelessly at the man who could not ask questions due to his pride.
“Because ‘at that time’ you wanted to save the hero.”
“….”
“I don’t need to explain when, you know, right?”
…When the vampire leader stormed into the Demon King’s Castle to kill Deonhardt.
At the gathering of all the corps commanders, the Fairy King clearly stopped her. In other words, I am the cause.
The devil’s voice poured over him, who was frozen as if he had been stabbed by a knife.
“Given your nature, you must have judged that there was no way you would save someone who is not of your own race for no reason. “You must have thought that there must be a purpose, and as a result, your thoughts continued to the point that your purpose will be achieved only if the hero lives and fulfills his role.”
“….”
“I guess you sided with the hero in order to preserve his life until he can fulfill his role and to shorten the time until your ‘purpose’ is achieved.”
“…Why is it connected to Jaykar’s death?”
“Because the warrior wishes for the death of ‘all’ corps commanders. “Since I cooperated with that guy, wouldn’t he also die when he’s done his job?”
“…That’s funny.”
It’s so ridiculous that it’s almost speechless.
Unlike the words, the low-set eyes slowly move downward without any sharp emotions. With his eyes fixed on the table, the Fairy King muttered quietly.
“You’re using me as an excuse.”
Hypocrite bastard.
“In the end, it’s right to live the way you want until the end.”
“I wonder why you say that.”
“Whether it was for me or for the clan, the goal was ultimately to fight and die.”
This is not a guess, it is a certainty.
I hate to admit it, but the Fairy King knew my twin brother well. He was that kind of guy.
“So there’s nothing to worry about here.”
“….”
“…I’ll tell you now. Don’t try to shake me up with useless words, devil. It’s just a waste of time anyway. “I’m not free enough to care about people who aren’t even my clan.”
Instead of answering, the Demon King smiled proudly.
Then, his expression suddenly relaxed and he turned his head. After staring at an empty space for a moment as if he was looking at something, he blurted out in an extremely light tone the words the leaders had been waiting for.
“A guest has arrived.”
“…!”
There was no one here who did not know the meaning of those words.
After briefly exchanging glances with the mermaid tribe leader, the fairy tribe leader pushed his chair forward and stood up.
“Then I guess I’ll just have to go.”
“I have something to prepare too.”
“Judging by the atmosphere, tea time ends here. “I’ll go back too.”
“….”
The vampire leader, who had been sitting with an uninterested face the entire time, glanced at the demon king with a strange look and then left without saying a word. The dwarf leader also left his seat, and the fairy leader who seemed to want to say something also paused and returned to his territory. Go back to The leader of the mermaid tribe, who was taking a dip in a small pond located on one side, looked back at the demon king for a moment.
The lips that were almost speechless soon formed a sentence.
“…I hope you can achieve what you wish for.”
“aha.”
I understand what the Fairy King failed to say. The Demon King let out a blatant sneer.
“So your species will benefit?”
“….”
“Try not to express gratitude for the good fortune you gave me. “Go now.”
***
Deon calmly passed the gatekeepers guarding the demon castle gate and walked away, humming a tune. It was funny to see the demons acting loyal to me while showing doubts about my coming alone, as if they hadn’t heard the news yet, but I didn’t bother to reveal the truth because it was an obvious benefit.
‘Let’s change clothes first.’
Clothes that are wet and stick to each other are really annoying. It will most likely impede movement.
Since I couldn’t go against the devil and no one else without taking any losses from the start, I was busily moving towards my room in the inner room to change my clothes, when I saw a familiar face out of the corner of my vision.
It was a face so familiar that there was no need to try to remember its identity.
‘…Ben Ed.’
Deon stopped in place as soon as he made eye contact with them.
“….”
“….”
The eyes of the demon who was the attending physician and the demon who was the assistant turned towards this direction.
Judging by the atmosphere, it doesn’t seem like he came out to meet me normally and he seems to know something. Or that I had a hunch.
Nevertheless, the shaking eyes, as if unable to decide how to act, are quite dangerous. Deon met his gaze as if he was contemplating whether to approach right away or not, but then turned his head away, pretending not to see him.
Ed hesitantly opened his mouth to his former superior who was calmly passing by me, but…
“De….”
“Master Deon.”
He had to be silenced again by the commander of the 3rd corps, who blocked his way with about half of the 3rd corps remaining in the Demon King’s Castle.
Without even casting a glance at Ed, Deon looked up at Ashild. Unlike usual, Ashild opened his mouth with a stern expression without trying to gauge the meaning of the gaze.
