Do You Think Someone Like You Can Defeat the Demon King?

As it was, it was thought that we would head all the way to Seleid, where the Castle of the Demon King was located, but before that Neigus' magic reached its limits.

A line descending on the ground halfway down the road stops at a demonic settlement that is no longer in use.

It was also a place visited by the Flams on their journey.

"Let's stay here for the night. We haven't used it in a while, so we'll need to clean it up a little bit, but there's got to be a bed for the number of people."

Neigus said it was originally a place where about twenty demons lived.

There were several private houses and a splendid building in the back that looked like a rally point.

There were also abandoned fields around, and the demons who lived here apparently lived a self-sufficient life.

When we first headed to the assembly hall, there was a large space inside.

Put your hips down on the floor or on the chair you left behind.

Flam put Cyril to sleep in his bench, by his side, sitting alongside the mill kit.

"Somewhat beautiful building"

said Eterna sitting next to the ink.

Cloudy weather outside, but not that dark thanks to the thin clouds.

The better light was inserted from the stained glass and a beautiful woman's painting was projected onto the floor.

"Even for an outside dwelling, but for the size of the settlement, it's a very fine building."

Gadio says, looking at a splendid interior that reminds me of a church somewhere.

This much building will require a significant number of people and materials.

"Even if we don't have a lot of people, it's more or less magical."

"Demons are a race that's good at magic, aren't they?"

"Yeah, that's why magic permeates life more than humans."

"But why build such a big building in a small settlement?

When Flam asks, Neigus puts his hand on his chin and thinks "hmm".

She is from Seleid, the largest city in Demonic territory.

They don't actually know much about how the demons who have lived in the settlements usually spent their time.

"According to what I heard, it seemed to be mainly used to sing, dance and make noise"

"It's not a ritual or anything."

Linus, who has regained a little energy, tears up jokingly.

"Rituals... what do you think the Demons are, more peaceful and warmer than humans?

"It's a joke. But in that case, it feels more like a ballroom."

"That's definitely close. But the assembly hall is built in every settlement, and the name“ banquet hall "doesn't make sense."

"If that's true, you can't help it."

"Plus, if you do the interior, it's luxurious"

"I wonder if they're competing with other settlements. Because this building is naturally made of magic. as a means of demonstrating its strength."

"Build a building to compete for magic arms...... hard way around"

It's not a duel or anything.

Keraina is impressed.

I wish I'd fought quickly and decided on superiority and inferiority, but I guess it's because she's a former adventurer.

Halom, on the other hand, seemed uninterested in the conversation, staring silently at the stained glass.

"Including that, the Demons don't have much greed. So the population doesn't grow much either. From a long time ago, when I was entrusted with the management of the Origin seal, to this day, the number seems to be almost flat."

"Specifically, how many Demons are there?

"That bothers me too"

That's what Flam and Milkit ask.

"Because there are hundreds of settlements like here, and on average, they live in about twenty to thirty people each... adding up the Seleid population, maybe 10,000 people"

By the way, Cereid has a population of about 2,000.

However, there is now a considerable increase because some of the settlements have taken refuge in Seleid to escape the invasion of the Brave Party.

"I also feel a lot when I hear 10,000, but given the size of the land, it seems less..."

"Isn't that why the great human beings think," What a waste of vast tracts of land. ”

As one of the reasons for the invasion, that would undoubtedly be.

We should be able to make better use of the land ourselves than the Demons - the kings of history must have thought that of everyone.

"But it's actually not even that sweet a place. Monsters are stronger than kingdoms, land is thinner, and without the magic of earthly attributes, crops don't grow much, and more importantly, the further north you go, the colder you freeze to death."

"Sure, it was cold over there, you guys were wearing it inside, but still quite enjoyed it."

Hearing that, Flam looks anxious to confirm his outfit.

I don't have sleeves, and my pants are short.

Healthy thighs are swollen.

"Fram will definitely die if you stay put."

"But Mr. Neigus' clothes are open on his chest..."

"Am I a demon? My body is strong. But Fram's just a human being, so that's not how it works."

"Ugh, what do we do..."

"If I have to, you will wear my clothes to your husband!

"No, Milkit takes care of his own body?

"I'll magically guard you until you reach Demon King Castle. And then you can borrow it from Seatum or your predecessor."

"Seatum?"

It was the first name I heard.

That's not only the flam, it's the same for everyone except for Saila.

"Do you know better to call yourselves Demon Kings?"

"Seetum the Demon King... you have a nicer name than I imagined."

"I don't feel very dignified."

"There's definitely a gap"

The image associated with the word Demon King is more or less a giant human-shaped monster, with horns growing and feathers woven even in capes, with an inexplicable face.

To say why that has happened, is because the figure of the demon king depicted in books and other things circulating within the kingdom is determined to look like that.

In other words, it is the ploy of kings and popes brainwashed by the Origins to make a bad impression on the Demons.

"The impression of words is huge."

"I think you'd be surprised if you saw the real thing."

Demon King, so Demon King.

It is such a simple name.

Originally it is not a word or the like that means horrible compounds.

Because the actual Seatum is a cute little girl with a back length that's not so different from Saila's.

"Nevertheless, I didn't know you were going to face the Demon King in this way"

"I didn't think I was going to bring the brave men to Demon King Castle myself."

"Do you have the permission of the Demon King?

"For once, I'm calling. That kid will be fine, because he's more of a pacifist in circles than any other demon tribe. You're still saying you want to make peace with humans?

"In me, the image of the demon king breaks down"

The journey began with the idea of the battle between the righteous brave and the evil demon king, but this is entirely worse on the human side.

"As for the Demon King, aren't the other Demons silent?

"Some of them were attacked by the brave men and robbed of their homes and stuff."

What Keraina and Ink are saying is good, and that's why Zeion had to burn some villages in the kingdom.

But that's the only subtlety that the angry young demons lowered their drinks.

"Of course, not everyone accepts it happily. But I won't let you get your hands on it. I'm still the strongest of the demons."

"God has the wrong man to give power to."

"... have I, Saila, been telling you that much?

"It's not exactly the line you can call a pervert stroking your thighs right now."

No one noticed because they were focused on the story, but certainly Negas was touching Saila's inner thigh from above the robe.

It is sexual harassment without deception.

Safe, where the air on the field is white, the exhausted line begins to rest.

However, since there was no food, Linus said, "I'll find something to eat" and rolled it out.

He's supposed to be tired, too, but if he hasn't moved his body, he won't calm down.

"By the way, I just wanted to make sure"

Where he disappears, ask everyone where Negas is on the spot.

"Can you really trust that woman Maria?

Silence flows.

If you look from Neigus, she is clearly an “enemy” using the core.

And - for everyone except Linus, the answer is "no” if you ask me if I can trust you.

"It's true that you helped me fight Childrens and this escape"

"... but it's also true that I pushed the core on Gene and Cyril"

"She knew that the purpose of the brave men's journey was to unseal the Origin from the beginning, didn't she? And even after the number of people had dropped and the journey could not continue, he tried to sacrifice his people to serve that purpose."

That is an undisputed and indisputable fact.

Even Flam, who can't remember what kind of relationship he had with Maria, can tell that the core is a dangerous one.

Still fragmentary, memories of battling massive eyeballs, the resurrected dead, and childrens and mothers, were indeed engraved in her brain in a deformed org with a swirling face.

That's an enemy.

Whatever the reason, mistakes are confirmed at the time they are relied upon, they are dangerous forces.

"But Maria likes Linus."

"He helped us out because he's in love, I think that's a simple story, but hey"

"That's fine. But she stayed in the king's capital until Linus refused to reach out."

"Isn't that to infiltrate and manipulate?

"Then you can take Linus, who's good at that. If you're in love, even more so. You said you refused because it's dangerous, but you're not with me when you go to the Demonic Realm."

Here's what Neigus wants to say.

Maria wondered if it would have been inconvenient to follow Linus.

"... Negas is right, I think you're hiding something."

Saila, who was leaning in silence, said in a modest voice.

Her statement that she's been with Maria longer than anyone else is compelling.

Flam also nods at Saila's words.

Flam without memory, as an outsider without any preconceptions, was listening to Maria.

At that time, I thought something similar, “This man is lying."

"Shortly before I broke up with Mr. Linus, it seemed like there was something“ lost ”. I really want to be with you, but there's a reason I can't, I think it feels like..."

"But even if Maria is looking to revive Origin, why did she stay in the king's capital? If you want to unseal it, you should come to the Demon Realm."

"I do care about you there."

Either way, if you stay away from the king's capital, it's hard to keep track of her movements.

If I've made contact in any way, I won't accept it cheaply.

That's about all Negas can do right now.

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About two hours later, Linus dragged home as he drifted something.

It's about twice the size of his body. It's a kind of B-rank monster called White Buffalo.

Compared to Hellheim Buffalo, which lives further north of the continent, it is small and has less fat meat, but this was also a delicious monster inside when baked and eaten.

Of course there's a lot of blood draining and disassembly to do, but there are many people who are used to it.

While the flams are resting in the building, the work will be over in no time.

"Flam, turn up"

"Heh? I think there are a lot of people better suited to cooking than me."

Flam, who was lying on the floor, woke up his torso and looked at Eterna.

The mill kit, which was perfectly stuck next to him, also rose as he rubbed his eyes.

"No, I want fire"

Bringing the fire down is easy in itself, but if there are people who can set it on fire, I've never gone over using it.

"That... no one can use the fire attribute, right?"

I thought it looked like a fire attribute around Keraina on its own, Flam, but she seems to be a local attribute.

When Fram gets up, he gently speaks to Milkit trying to follow him, "You can still rest," and goes outside alone.

Then he lays his hands on the collected branches and uses the power of the Enchant to ignite them.

"It's also because of the inversion attribute, as long as you know how to use it, it's convenient."

and Neigus said with admiration.

If, on the other hand, you don't know how to use it, you'll always have zero status.

The non-meat material was loaned from the field with the permission of Negas.

In addition, condiments and cooking tools are also borrowed from private houses to make dishes by hand.

The mill kit that happened at some point also joined in and the dish was quickly completed - the flams thumped into a more sumptuous dinner than usual when they were bad.

I only cared that Cyril wouldn't wake up, but I couldn't help but hurt my body with all that.

They are so full that they fall asleep in the assembly hall.

The next morning, as soon as I woke up, I left there, and now it was time to head to Seleid.

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The closer Sereid approaches, the lower the temperature outside (...).

Fortunately, Negas distracted me and the temperature in the sphere floating in the sky seemed to be adjusting, but still the thinly worn flam was feeling chilly.

Snow falls from the sky and the surface is stained with silver.

"I... may have never seen snow before"

Fram is indulgent in fantastic landscapes.

It rarely snows in the kingdom.

near the northern border, with some possibility of descending very rarely depending on the time of year.

Patria, home of Flam, is on the south side of the king's capital.

It couldn't have snowed in such a place.

"It's my first time too, you're so beautiful"

"Yeah. I'm looking from above the sky, so maybe it feels extra strange"

Naturally, I've never even seen Milkit live all the time in Wang Du.

Likewise, for the first time ever, Halom was looking at the view of Kyolo and the surrounding area with his eyes shining.

"Fine. Hey, that's what I think. Living here all the time makes a kingdom full of greenery more rare?

"It's like we're screwing each other."

"Wherever you go, it's like that."

"Capital if you live"

Listen, I hope Flam doesn't want things to be like settling here if he can.

As we talk about that, we see the city in the distance.

"Is that the rumored Seleid, or is that the Castle of the Demon King in the back?"

"How dare the Demon King live in such a position?"

As Keraina put it, only the exterior looks disastrous.

All I can tell you is that it's a bad taste for the people who built it.

"Oh, even the Demons think so."

When Ink said so, Negas smiled bitterly, "Well."

The sphere of wind that was wrapping the line lowers altitude and lands near the entrance of the Sereid.

And the moment the magic was lifted - the cold wind struck directly at the limbs of the flam's protruding limbs.

"Sa... it's cold... eh!

"Are you okay, my lord!

My hands holding Cyril are shivering plumply.

Milkit hugs her from behind trying to warm her body like that, but it's water on the baking stone.

"Mr. Eterna or something... it's cold, it's not...?

Almost in a swimsuit, she is, but flat.

"... yeah, it's hard to be honest"

But it actually seemed pretty cold, so I immediately hugged it into the ink.

Nevertheless, the ink of the day is also thicker than that of Eterna, but the body is shrinking.

"Haha, that's why I told you, right? Let's go to the castle before everyone freezes to death."

"And I mean... shouldn't I have come down in front of the castle... Huh?

"I need to show you my face. So, shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Led by Negas, a line of walking down Seleid's Boulevard.

I wonder if one of the three demon generals has returned, and he can't possibly fail to draw attention to the way he is bringing in as many as nine human beings.

The blue-skinned demons gather one after the other, wondering if they had come face to face from a house made of rocks, and their stiffness spreads.

"Are you sure you're okay with this"

Anxious linus.

But Negas didn't seem to have any sense of crisis.

"There's no such thing as a sudden attack, I told you the Demons were warm."

But shortly after she says that and shows her spare time, one girl runs and approaches Linus.

And besides, I offered him my right hand.

"Ugh, whoa!?

Unexpectedly he glances.

But I can't feel any hostility from the look on the girl's face.

I'm waiting silently for something, staring at my face.

"... Shake hands, huh?

With that said, the girl scowls and shakes her head vertically twice.

Linus can't really grasp the situation.

For now, when I held his hand, I smiled at him, staying put - running all the way and jumping into the chest of a motherly woman in a remote place.

"What was...?

"I'm glad I shook hands with a human being, because his face is just good and nothing else is distinctive, so it wasn't easy to get close."

"Is that a compliment?

But as a matter of fact, all but him are distinctive inside.

Apart from the flam holding Cyril and Kerayna holding hands with Halom - a rather close lineup with Eterna wearing clothes like a swimsuit with no expression, ink with her eyes sewn together, a gadio with a powerful shape, and a mill kit with her face covered in bandages.

In comparison, Linus certainly has no characteristics.

Unquestionably, he was tilting his neck as he touched his own face.

"Please shake your hand. Because that's all evidence of a favor for humans."

Thanks to the first girl, the distance between the wild horses has shrunk slightly from the beginning.

And he even came out to an adult demon clan approaching for a handshake.

It's like being treated in the king's capital.

Though there is a huge difference in the sense that we stand here of our own free will.

It took me a while to reach the castle because of it, and by the time I finally arrived, the color of Flam's lips was about to turn to purple because of the cold.

As I crept through the large gate and into the castle - a wide blowout entrance appeared in front of me.

Even the first time I saw Leach's mansion, Flam was surprised, but it's more of a shock than that.

Also, unlike outside, it is warm and probably magically adjusting the temperature.

Candles arranged at equal intervals on dark colored walls close to purple.

From the high position of the blowout hangs an old chandelier, and the staircase railings and the door of the room are also unified by heavy construction.

Similar to the exterior, the interior is the atmosphere I said "Demon King's Castle” - and the stickers on one door ruined all of them.

'After you use it, turn off the lights!

There, that's what it said in the letters of the adorable girl.

It was Gadio who first noticed the discomfort.

"That's... what?

"Oh, Zeion often forgets to turn off the lights. So Sheetum got angry... hey, looks like Zion just arrived"

Speaking of Zeion, he is what can be described as the biggest rival, who has bumped into the brave men many times.

I can't be alarmed, not to say I've joined hands with the Demons.

Gadio and Linus stand vigilant.

But the Zeon of the day...

"Didn't I just call you, I mean, it should be bad for him to be crushing something by himself looking at people's underwear..."

I took a basket with laundry and came down the stairs complaining about bumps.

"Oh, Negas... and..."

And notice their presence.

"Nah... then, ooh, ooh, you!

"I'm home, Zeion"

It was a bewildered Zeion, but the opposing Negas is nagged by potent weather.

"Welcome back... hey! Neigus, you! How dare you bring him here!

"I told you to bring the braves to your side."

"I said it, I said it, but hey! You really don't think I'm bringing him in. Normal! Tell me in advance if you want me to bring you here!

"I couldn't afford it, I might not have made it if I had. So, where's Seatum going?

"It's the east hall, but wow... are you serious...!

It was as much as I wanted to hold my head, but I can't even do that because my hateful hands are blocked by a basket.

Zeion stood up awkwardly and Gadio's eyes met.

When Gadio bows his head lightly, Zeion also interprets him as "the people".

Face-to-face with former enemies in a sense of life can't be more awkward for each other.

"Huh... Huh... Huh, M...?

Besides, Cyril woke up at this time.

"Uh... good morning, Cyril"

"Oh dear... here, where...?

Cyril looking around while rubbing her eyes.

Fram worries a little, then tells her.

"Demon King's Castle"

stiffening Cyril.

“That's true, isn't it," and Flam has to smile bitterly, too.

I can't imagine that she, too, is being led to the Demon King's Castle as soon as she escapes from the king's capital.

Cyril, coming down from Flam's arm, looks around again at Kyolo Kyolo and his surroundings and listens back like this.

"Demon King Castle?

"Yes, Castle of the Demon King"

"What is Demon King Castle, that Demon King Castle?

"Yes, that Demon King's Castle"

She still can't believe I checked it twice - often she's hardened.

And then I lay my gaze down, palms on my cheeks, and I think.

"Really, Castle Demon King?

Third confirmation.

Flam nodded only saying "yeah".

"... I'm here, Castle of the Demon King"

Cyril finally realizes that's reality.

But it didn't seem to be fully accepted yet.

"Ha... In the meantime, I'm going to tell Mr. Deeza"

"Okay, then I'll come say hello to Seatum."

"Shouldn't we wait a little longer?

"It's okay. From now on, we're on the same side, to get rid of weird preconceptions."

"That's a radical way to do it."

"You know I'm that kind of guy, don't you?

"Ha. Whoa, take it personally. But I don't know if he's mad at me."

That's what I said, Zeion heading to Diza's place.

"Well, let's go to Seatum"

Flams confused by the amount of information given and the unexpectedness, but this is a demonic territory.

There are so many things I want to say, all I can do now is follow Negas.

Climb the stairs from the entrance and turn right.

It's not a big door in the center, it goes through a smaller door with a thrust.

Then ahead was the hallway, with a number of doors lined up on the right wall side.

Moving on, Neigus stops in front of the room in the deepest part of it and knocks with Conn.

From the inside, he said, "Ma, wait, brother!" I heard a rush.

"Brother?"

Neck tilting flam.

Naturally, all but her face, with the exception of Sarah, has a question mark over her head.

Nagas, laughing mischievously, entered the room without responding in particular - welcoming everyone into the vast space ahead.

That was where it was originally used for meetings and such.

Recently, however, it was never used at all, so it became used for another purpose.

The back wall and the wall in front are connected by a string, stretched straight out, with a number of laundry hanging from it.

The little girl creates a small magical light when she stands in front of clothes that are not yet dry.

I'm drying it out.

There are many snow days in Seleid and I can't dry my laundry inside and out.

So it was customary at Demon King's Castle to dry clothes into this room and dry them with the fire attribute magic of Zeion or the light attribute magic of Sheetum.

"I'm home, Seatum"

"Wow! So don't come in all of a sudden... Isn't that Neigus? I'm not your brother... I..."

Sheetum that turns around and solidifies like a Zeion.

The two are not blood connected brothers and sisters, but are indeed similar reactions.

The flams, on the other hand, were equally consolidated.

Negas did refer to that girl, who was wearing a white dress and, for some reason, blushing with a man's shirt in her hand, as a sheetum.

I mean, she was supposed to be the last enemy to stand in front of the braves - the Demon King.

"Become..."

Tears creep into the eyes of the Demon King.

He didn't want to be seen hugging Zeon's shirt so dearly.

"I can't believe a girl younger than me is a demon king..."

"What is a demon king... what the hell is a demon king..."

"Well, sure, don't be surprised at this"

"Are we trying to be fought with such a pretty girl?

"The image of the demon king in me has completely collapsed"

The brave and the heroes can only be surprised and stunned even.

Seeing that reaction, Seatum's shame accelerates even further.

“At least if I was welcomed between the thrones, I would have been a little snuggled...!".

But the hour is already late.

Rather than that, that was the thought of Negas.

It completely collapsed the image clinging to the word Demon King, releasing him from his vigilance.

"Neigus! Why are the humans here?

"Because I brought you here. See, you said you wanted to be one of us."

"If you're going to bring me here, why are you bringing me here all of a sudden? Huh!

"Because Zeion says he's here."

"Brother. Wow!

The girl's cry echoes in the hall.

That's how the brave men and the demon kings met for the first time too distracted.