Yomigaeri no Maou

"But you're amazing."

Lulu shrugged so as he watched the city.

Although the King's capital was originally the most populous city in the Kingdom of Leonard, it is also more populous today.

The sea of people who ruffled their sights seemed somewhat floating, including what they were wearing, their race, their atmosphere, etc., of a different quality than usual.

"After all, is it because the Wang Du Martial Arts Games are the biggest entertainment?"

That's what Illis said as he walked beside him.

The outfit is a pitch-black dress opposite to the atmosphere around.

It also has less decoration and seems plain and discreet compared to street performers dressed in colorful outfits and unusual clothing merchants who probably come from distant lands.

But Iris, with his silver hair, which he was born with, and his face like a doll, has fascinated and stunned different people.

Usually, it's as common as being looked back a little, but that look, which always seems to be increasing and incredibly beautiful, probably makes people around them stop on their feet.

Even from Lulu's eyes, the Illis tasted different today.

That's probably because Illis is unusual and burning about today's martial arts tournament.

The quiet and calm side is usually out front, but her essence is the Devil Nation.

There was no way she would not have what should be called a fighting spirit, having survived spectacular training and, for a few years, continued to re-war the battlefield.

The magic of rising from her seems somewhat full of joy, its footsteps are light, and I still feel the exaltation of running out into the arena.

He said he would endure in the semi-finals, etc., but at this rate he should assume that if he were to play against Lulu, he would seriously try without losing his hand.

You won't lose, but Illis also has much more arms up than he did seven years ago.

Maybe the most mighty enemy in the tournament right now is the girl who smiles invincibly next door.

"Not only at home, but also from abroad, it's a massive tournament in which many people participate. I feel like everybody wants to see it."

To Lulu, who replied so, Iris said.

"Right...... in the former demonic kingdom, I would have liked to see a tournament like this too. I'm sure it ended with your brother's victory."

But I wonder what about Lulu.

The same is true of the martial arts competitions that will be held in Wang Du this time, but it is fundamental that the main tournament is usually held on a tournament basis, regardless of the qualifications.

In other words, depending on the combination, there may be a combination of matches that are extremely draining of health.

Besides, if such a tournament existed in the former demonic kingdom, would the brave men have participated with joy?

It can come before the Demon King without any danger, there is nothing wrong with fighting itself or the rules, and even if you kill it by mistake, it means an accident...

I think maybe I'm glad I didn't.

When I tell that story to Illis,

"I think that's too much to think about... but if you're going to say that, you couldn't afford to do that in those days, you're going to talk about it. Really, I wish I could have decided everything by peaceful means like fighting competitions..."

Iris said that in a distant eye.

It's a dream story, considering that even if we held a fight tournament to make the winner's opinion absolute, and fought with rules like that, we would have ended up with people (human beings) treating us like demons uprooted or slaves.

It was just a little fun to think about that.

If there were competitions in those days that really didn't have any clue and just competed for personal combat power only.

That would have been quite exciting, because it's definitely something.

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Talking about that, as I walk to the arena, I realize how many carriages pass by.

It doesn't always belong to the merchants who go to and from the King's Capital, and perhaps the person on board is a fairly noble one, and there are some extremely elaborately decorated carriages, and, oh, I find it interesting that fighting competitions are also interesting for such people.

And I realized that one of those carriages was, uh, unfamiliar.

It was not an atmosphere of aristocratic carriage.

Aristocratic carriages are often seen as humanly expensive, basically elephant-eyed, with gold and gems, but that carriage was not.

It is true that various sculptures are applied to the body of the vehicle, but there is no decoration by gold or gems.

Everything was painted bright white, and its colour was not cloudy at its top. In that way, something more mysterious than nobility was felt.

"... I wonder what that carriage is"

Lulu leans his neck and asks Iris.

But she doesn't seem to get it either,

"It doesn't seem to belong to the aristocracy...... well, what is it?

and raised doubts.

But such questions will soon be resolved.

Because some of the others who noticed the carriage raised their voices.

"... is that the Virgin's carriage?" "Did you come all the way from the holy kingdom of Arca?" "I heard it was the turn of the Holy Divine Church this year, so I thought it might be the coming of the Holy Emperor..."

I can hear voices from all over there saying things like that.

Since there is no particular restriction in Leonard on the religious creeds held by individual individuals, and nothing like national religion in particular, I guess it is the Sacred Gods who are saying the words so.

Of the several religions that exist in the modern era, one of the giant enough to set up a nation, I had also heard of the Sacred Divinity, but did not know more about its internal organization, so I was a little surprised by the words that could be heard from around.

Look at Iris and tell him to check.

"... don't you think" Virgin "sounds nostalgic again?

I said it with a slight smile, because for Lulu the person is no longer a thing of the past.

That is certainly a people (human) and that is why you can't live to modern times.

If so, the Virgin who has just appeared in the story is a different person from that Virgin.

That was the word because I thought so.

However, Illis expresses concern about Lulu's optimism.

"It's a name I do miss...... brother, right now, I thought... is there any chance that the Virgin is reborn like your brother?

I don't know what made her think that.

But surely the imagination is unfounded to deny, and Lulu thinks a little.

"I can't say the same thing hasn't happened to the Virgin more than I am reborn like this..."

That's what I said and silenced.

It was an indescribable story.

If that Virgin is the Virgin of the Holy Land of Arca, it is a dangerous story for Lulu.

No, because Lulu is now a people (human), it would be more dangerous for Illis than Lulu.

That woman was clearly oblivious to the Demons.

It was clear that if the Demons appeared in front of them, they would not hate to sift the power.

Lulu, thinking that far, tells Ilis.

"If that Virgin is the same as the Virgin of the past... Ilis, run away as soon as you know it. I'll stop him or I'll stop him."

From Lulu's body, who said so, there is an unrivalled amount of magic blowing out of him.

Illis realized that and drowned a cold sweat.

Because I felt like I hadn't seen Lulu erupt strong emotions like this in those days and the same way he did when he was the Demon King.

Back then, Lulu was the Demon King.

He was the king of demons, without deception, who controlled all the demons.

I feel like that has now reappeared in front of me, and Illis feels like he wants to kneel down here.

But the release of such power also pulled away in an instant, and Lulu smiled at Iris and said.

"Ma, if it's about one Virgin, then whatever. Don't worry about it."

That was a reliable everywhere, just a confident smile from the Demon King.

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Inside the arena, many wanted to compete were hissing.

I can see that everyone is full of fighting spirit and trying to win.

However, there are not so many beings from Lulu's eyes that I can call the mighty, and somehow I feel disappointed.

"No one's going to be much of an enemy."

It's what Iris said that in a voice he often goes by, so his gaze concentrates from around him.

I felt unreasonable because for some reason I concentrated on Lulu, not on Illis.

But my gaze just concentrated, and there wasn't a single one that would sell me a fight.

That's also supposed to happen, because contestants in a martial arts tournament are forbidden to fight privately and will be disqualified if they break it.

Lulu and Illis were also included in this regard when they received a detailed explanation from Grand about the martial arts tournament, and were going to be careful.

Yet I was surprised because it was the kind of word that Illis used to sell fights.

If you ask me why I said that,

"What I thought came out of my mouth..."

and dye my cheeks red and apologize, so I guess it really is.

After all, you are more excited than usual, convinced to be careful in the future, caution and the occasion will subside.

Then I went to the reception where I was registering for the contestant and completed the registration by submitting rough paper of fiber stating what I needed.

In doing so, Lulu and Illis were handed out a golden buttoned badge that would be handed out to all contestants, explaining what they would use it for.

According to that, because of the extremely large number of contestants, that sieve takes place in the first round of the qualifying round.

It was a takeover of this badge throughout the city, and if we could collect five by tomorrow evening, we would move on to World War II.

Fighting competitions take place over the course of a week, so that's what they do with the day.

Today is the opening ceremony only, so keep that badge important so as not to lose it.

I'm not particularly surprised because most of its content was what I was asking Gran and the Gaya boys.

It seems that there are nearly a thousand contestants in this tournament who will need to know what happened to that kind of sieve.

I also feel that it would be dangerous for the people of the Wang capital if it were to be a battle in the whole city, but the safety measures are also strong around it.

In the first place, they say that if they hurt the city people, they are disqualified, that they can fight well, but that there are certain compartments that can be used for combat acts to some extent, and that there are boundaries there to avoid damaging houses, so unless you use extraordinarily destructive magic or moves, it's not a problem.

As for the technology around it, especially this year, the cooperation of the elves was obtained, so much so that the receptionist was pushing his heartbeat.

Then you wouldn't have to worry, so Lulu and Illis got a badge and went straight to the arena audience.

I wanted to see the opening ceremony.

Many dignitaries seem to attend the opening ceremony, and many say they look forward to this every year.

Neither is there an event that brings together representatives of religious groups like the Virgin, including His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Leonard, as well as senior nobles, and the head of functional groups such as the Great Union of Adventurers (Alliance) (Grand Guildmaster).

In addition, there are explanations such as the products you will receive if you win, and the merchants and others will come to see what items are available to negotiate to give them away from the contestants after the tournament.

I smiled with Illis that I was looking forward to this because it was not necessarily just the winner who had the merchandise, but that it was normal for some merchandise to come out until the fifth prize.

Wait for the opening ceremony to begin as Lulu imagines the winning product and the UK will have the semi-finalist product.

Then, puffy, I heard something sounding and I heard voices from it.

Perhaps the first sound would be the start-up sound of a magic tool for loud noise.

They thought it was noise because it didn't perform very well.

'... So, from now on...'

That's how the fighting tournament begins.