Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

"... Well, nothing else has brought you together on this occasion. Gentlemen, are you ready?

Opening his eyes, he reached his ears with the glow of a candle burning with tyrosis in a large dim room and the voice of a mesmerizing girl echoing in it.

This is... where?

If you think so and turn your gaze toward the Lord of the Voice, you were there...

"... Laura?

"Oh... Mr. Lent. Can I help you?

"No... uh, where am I...?

"Are you sleeping down? This is Demon King Castle. And this is the operations conference room. The other day, I was told that a brave man had appeared, and we had a meeting at the Four Heavens King, to take measures. Didn't you receive your life? Forget it?"

"... the Four Heavens King?

Four Heavens King...... I don't think so.

No, it could have been.

Laura and... me and... who's the rest...

If you look for anything else on the table, you have a familiar face.

One is...... Lorraine.

And the other one... whoa. There's Niv... No, it's not strange because Niv is the Four Heavens King...?

"Oh boy. Mr. Lent seems to be falling asleep. Mr. Lorraine, Mr. Niv. You two don't do that, do you?

To Laura, who said so to confirm, Lorraine says first.

"Naturally. I think I know enough about the situation. But I don't care about the brave. I'd rather be researching magic than that. How's Niv?

"Is that me? That's right... if it's strong enough to be a brave man, it doesn't matter if I'm on my way... to be honest. Talk about not being as good as it is at the moment. You're not interested."

To the two less interested, Laura sighs.

"Ha... you two are too weak to be part of the Demon King's Army. Destroy humans, say you've gathered under that one for it, but you've hardly worked for it lately, leaving it to your men... It's about Mr. Lent. I'm serious about what I do."

Laura, who said that and turned to me, had the look of expecting something.

It's not like you don't know what they want in the course of this story.

"... I'll be on my way. But if the brave man is not as brave as he really is, I'm treated like the Four Kings, but remember, if you're strong, you're a crowd."

"Of course. But you're part of the Demon Clan, too. About the brave guy who just showed up... I can handle it."

"Okay, I'm coming"

"Yes, thank you"

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"Brave man, brave man...... oh, is that him?

After I got the exact location of the brave man from Isaac, one of Laura's men, I headed to the place.

And looking visually, I discover someone who looks like that.

"... ah. How dare you be brave... I've always wanted to be at Master Lillian's..."

There was a girl who didn't even want to walk at the end of the year voyaging about that.

I have a sword on my back that doesn't suit me, and I can clearly tell that's the guy named the famous Holy Sword.

There was no one else on her side, apparently accidentally heading to Demon King's Castle by herself.

I see, I understand this is a good opportunity, and I think it's time to get closer to the girl.

I didn't mean to kill you.

Though he is an enemy, he is a child.

I can't put my hands on something like that.

In the first place, I have a secret.

I have not revealed to the others of the Four Heavens, nor to the men of the Demon King's Army, a secret.

That makes me hesitant to kill humans...

So if you take away your fighting power, that's fine.

I had heard from my colleague Lorraine that most of the reasons why brave men are powerful are due to their weapon, the Holy Sword.

Niv the Holy Armor Absolutely Breaking Woman said something similar again.

I don't care if you bring it to me, I'll smash anything.

It is a sacred weapon that cannot be broken in a normal way, but with obsession Niv made it the pleasure of his life to break it.

From those two stories, it's clear what I'm supposed to do here.

Take that holy sword and take it to Niv.

That's it.

And I reach for the Holy Sword.

The signs were clearly erased.

My signs are extremely rare.

Instead of having powerful powers like the other Four Heavenly Kings, me specializing in blocking signs.

It has very little magic, but therefore there is almost nothing that can sense proximity... it should have been.

However,

- Gimp!

And the girl looked back at me, pulling out the holy sword at an unnoticed speed, and slashing me.

Ah... it's over.

By the time I thought about it, I'd already been cut.

I fell and lay on the floor, and I died.

That's why I told you I was weak...

I thought so from the bottom of my heart.

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"Ah... hey? I thought it was a sign of a demon...... that's crazy. What is this... human?

When a girl squeals like that,

"Zip! Zip!

And a rat rang on her shoulder at some point.

Hi. I hear the girl understands the word and speaks to the rat.

"Huh? Sure, it's been attacking Alize, so no problem? Maybe a bandit? Oh well... well, you have no choice. Yeah. But what do we do with this... I wonder if it's good to leave it like this..."

"Zizzzzzzzzzz."

"No problem because the demons around there eat it? Oh well. That's what it is... but Mr. Bandit. Sorry...... if I noticed sooner, I could just catch you...... oh yeah. At least I'll give this to you. I just got it from my suspicious uncle in the city, because he talked about offering it to the dead..."

That's what I said girl...... Alize took something out of her nostalgia.

That was a mask.

of skeletal texts, odd masks.

Put that on Lent's face.

Nothing happened, but maybe it did work for me because my face was no longer exposed to death.

"Well, I'll go...... ha. I wonder if this is ever going to happen again... I don't know..."

Alize leaving with that said.

And then Lent would be eaten by demons...... it should have been.

But.

When I was up late at night.

A slight light plunged into Lent's remains from the moon that floated in the sky.

Then…….

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"... hmm? What the hell is this...?

I did feel the force in my body that was supposed to be dead.

I get up slowly and touch the cut part.

Sure enough, there was a big knife wound engraved there.

And the heart... it's not moving.

But my body moves.

This...

And I notice something on my face.

Is that a mask...?

"And take... take it! What the fuck is this!?

I try so hard to get it off, but it doesn't come off at all.

It was clearly an instrument of curse.

"... Phew. Well, there's no better way than to come off, or... but did you pick up your life for now? Anyway, let's go back to the castle..."

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"You've become immortal, you"

Back at the castle, the first thing I went to was Lorraine's lab.

She has the same secrets as me.

That's why we can talk honestly like this.

That's what she said when I told her a series of stories.

"Immortals...?

"That's right. The one who died once became a walking dead man who, for whatever reason, was resurrected and freed from the bite of life. It is unusual for even the Demons to do so these days. It's been a long time since Immortality stopped protecting anyone... but you..."

"Why would you do that...?

"Probably not that mask? It must be something of an immortal. Maybe it's marked. But isn't it good? Now you can walk with dignity in this Demon King's Army. Sometimes I get suspicious when I'm human."

"Sure it is..."

Yeah, me, and the secrets Lorraine has.

That, in fact, meant being human while belonging to the Demon King's Army.

There are a lot of reasons why this happened, but for now, I will make a discount.

I tell Lorraine.

"I'm fine with that, but Lorraine's still in danger, isn't she? Are you okay with this?

"Yes... um. If you help me, I'll probably figure it out sometime."

"What do you mean?

"There's a secret to immortality in magic. It's what makes itself immortal... but research is stuck. If you... with the cooperation of the immortal, that will be possible. That way I can become a complete Demon... what do you say, cooperate, don't you?

I snort at Lorraine's suggestion.

"Of course I don't mind. That way we won't be completely suspicious of each other. And... if you continue to be active in the Demon King's Army..."

"Yes. Soon you will also be able to meet with His Majesty the Demon King alone. That's your chance."

"Oh... take revenge."

Me and Lorraine are from the same village, childhood friends.

But once inhabited, the village was destroyed by the Demon King's army, but we survived.

We both swore an oath that day.

Destroy the Demon King's army any way you can.

Kill the demon king.

So......

"Until that day, let's make sure our fangs are sharpened. Apparently, the brave ones are powerful inside. Sooner or later, we'll have a chance to work together."

"Oh...... let's do our best"