Chapter 16 - Discussion

It was late at night, so I asked Crocell to leave once.

Of course, I made a promise to summon her again tomorrow.

The next day.

I was preparing to summon 'him' early in the morning.

The person I was going to summon was not Crocell.

It was Fulcas-san.

That's right, I was going to meet with Fulcas-san and discuss with him before I met with Clossel again.

If it was early in the morning, he wouldn't be too sleepy to have a conversation with me like last time.

So, I immediately cast a spell to summon Fulcas.

"Hohohoho, sorry about last night. I'm just too tired during the night and tend to sleep early."

"No, I'm sorry too. I'm sorry for summoning you at such an ungodly hour."

I bowed my head.

I felt really bad about it.

“Hohohoho, you don't have to apologize to me. So, I would love to hear from you.

You've been through a lot, haven't you?"

It seemed that Fulcas-san was interested in my recent situation. If that's the case, I'll gladly talk to him.

First, I summoned Orobas.

Orobas was a loyal but very strange fellow.

However, I'm still relying on him.

I also summoned Aim.

I had some trouble with Aim, but I managed to prevent it with a binding spell I learned.

Then I reconciled with Aim, and was able to handle pyrokinesis by seizing a part of I.M.

"You said you reconciled with Aim?"

"Yes, although my negotiations didn't go so well."

When I told him that I enjoyed summoning demons, Aim said it was interesting.

I didn't know why he was acting that way, or what his true intentions were.

“Hohohoho the devil is true to his desires. Fun is the most important emotion for demons. It was your spirit of fun that made me want to help you as a demon."

"is that what this is all about. ......

I was not quite convinced by Fulcas's explanation. Is it really that simple?

"Well, I'm sure there are other reasons as well."

If Fulcas-san says so, then he must be right.

And since we don't know the answer now, there's no point in thinking too much about it.

I also told him about Crocell, who had been bothering me and I wanted to talk to him about it.

"Crocell. She's different from other demons, in that she's a nuisance.

It was true that Crocell was not like a demon, but she was still troublesome.

"How can we save Crocell?"

"Hohohoho, What do you think you should do first?"

"I think the best way to do this is for Crocell to return to heaven, that is, for Crocell to return from being a fallen angel to being an angel......."

However, it would be impossible for me to turn her back into an angel.

It would have to be the Lord, or God, that Crocell was talking about.

"Once an angel has fallen, he or she can never return to the heavens. And yet Crocell still believes she can return to the heavens."

"Oh really......."

It's a little bit sad to hear that.

But then, I'd have to get Crocell to change her mind somehow.

"But in the first place, why did Crowell become a fallen angel? She said it was because of water, but..."

"Hohohoho, Well that, I don't even know."

"Oh, really?"

Even Fulcas-san doesn't know some things.

Then Fulcas took a breath and said,

"Well so, do you have the courage to become a king?"

"King? No, not at all......."

What does he mean by king all of a sudden?

"It's a good thing, to be honest," Fulcas said, laughing.......

"The Grimoire of ‘Goetia'. To have it means to use us demons. In other words, it means that you will be our leader. Are you ready for that?"

Fulcas-san changed his words and asked me again.

This time I understood exactly what he meant.

"I don't know what you mean by courage."

I revealed my true feelings.

"But I'm having so much fun now, it's as if I don't know what my life was like before. My life has been so gray. No matter what I do, it doesn't work. I didn't know what to do in the first place. But since I got the 'Goetia', I know the path I should take, and it's really fun. That's why I want to keep summoning demons, and I hope they'll help me."

I told him honestly how I felt.

Maybe that wasn't the answer that Fulcas-san was looking for. But I felt it was important to speak my mind.

"Hhohoho, selfish, irrational, and emotional. Very demonic."

Nicely, Fulcas smiled, showing his gums.

He seemed to like my answer.

"I think it would be a good idea to share your thoughts with Crocell."

Fulcas-san left the room with those words.

I wondered if that would really solve the problem, but I couldn't be sure until I tried.