Chapter 56 – New Generation Demon King (2)
Tall height and well-rounded muscular body, a sharp face line that goes well with a straight nose, and shiny white silver hair that looks like it was made by melting silver.
Contrasting with his silver hair wearing a black coat with his chest exposed, the typical horns of the devil, which are black and polished and erected at right angles, make the viewer feel like a majestic mother with her head bowed naturally.
If you look at her calmly shining eyes as if the twilight dwells, she is so outstanding that most women, regardless of race, class, or age, will fall in love at once as soon as they meet her eyes… It was a beauty that really suited the title of a nobleman.
However, it distorted into a burning rage the moment she was denied her own potential.
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“Haha…”
Impulsively, Escaros, who swung a sharp sword at the huge crystal dozens of times and poured powerful magic several times, took a moment to catch his breath.
How did the fix go? The topography of the secret room and the pedestal that supported the crystal were cut and broken, but the crystal itself is intact as if nothing had happened.
Damn it. It’s not that I didn’t think about this possibility at all, but when I experienced it, I couldn’t control my emotions and just wasted energy uselessly.
While the secret room turned into chaos, the demon holding a large staff, who had been hearing the sound of destruction coming from in front of the door all the time, approached Escaros while letting out some of the sound of the stick snapping, snapping, and snapping.
“Eskaros-sama, did you get the results you wanted?”
At that moment, what came out of Escaros’ mouth was a demonic voice with the power to charm people, but her clear anger and murder were mixed.
“…Merlin, are you kidding me right now? Look at the mess I’ve made. If the person who asked that question wasn’t for you, the guide and loyalist who taught me the truth about magic, I’d have been killed long ago.”
As Escaros answered, he looked back to see the one-armed old wizard by the name of Merlin, who had already been on one knee, with his head bowed deeply in an attitude of loyalty.
Merlin gave a long, slow reply in a calm voice, completely ignoring the vicious murder that attacked his body at every moment.
“Hehe, there’s no way this old man has such a sense of humor left. Unlike an old man like me, a demon at a high-spirited age like Escaros-sama can’t control his emotions and wields power, whether or not he gets what he desperately wants. I’ve seen many cases. I’m asking this question with sincerity. If you try to cut down the dying old man, you’ll only waste your strength, so please take your life.”
“Ha! You old man like a raccoon… Did either of you want to say that I’m still bad at controlling my emotions? I can’t argue with you because I’ve done things.
“Yes.”
Laughing, Escaros completely gave up his life and escaped from the secret room with the old wizard to the audience room. All of his subordinates were waiting outside, so there were only two demons in the audience room.
“Come to think of it, you didn’t answer the question. Unfortunately, the crystal didn’t show any reaction.”
“I couldn’t believe it, but I thought Escaros would be denied by the [Ruler’s Crystal]… It will take more time than I thought to completely control the proud high-ranking demons.”
“It is quite regrettable that I did not have the symbolism and power of being a demon king, but I have subdued all the opposing forces, so there is no big problem right now. Anyway, the boring civil war is over as of today, so for now, stabilizing the messed up kingdom of demons is the top priority. It must be.”
“Hmm, that’s true, but…”
The old wizard, who was silent at the end of his words as he stroked his long beard, pondered for a while before speaking again.
“I told you before, right? The moment a being with the power of a demon lord dies, that power and authority are automatically passed on to the one with the highest potential among demons living in the same era.
“Know.”
“In just a few more months, it will already be 15 years since the ‘predecessor’ demon king, who must have fought last in this audience room where we are currently located, was defeated by the hero.”
“…I know that too.”
“What demons who have inherited the power of the demon king need to fully realize it is pure anger that only appears when their emotions are pushed to the limit.”
“…He also already knows because he’s tired of listening to you. What do you want to say?”
“Hmmmm, in terms of efficiency, it would be much better to convey thoughts, but Escaros-sama really hates it when I draw a picture in my head and talk about it, so let’s use this.”
Merlin murmured an incantation and raised a translucent mass of magical energy resembling a hologram through the wand she lowered to the floor.
With a mass of magical power, he simultaneously showed the appearance of a boy of about 5 years old, a newborn baby, and finally a former demon king.
“By the way, this boy assumes that Escaros was 5 years old. He took great care and made it look great.”
By manipulating her magical power, Merlin made the hologram of the former demon king into small powders and made the powders float around the boy’s hologram.
“I thought that the power that the demon king had at the moment he fell was inherited from Escaros. The master’s potential was so enormous that it was clearly compared to that of the highest-ranking demons, so I had no choice but to think so. Nevertheless, the ruler’s If the crystal denied Escaros, the only remaining possibility is… This.”
The fragments of the Demon King floating around the boy soaked into the body of the newborn child next to him.
“I can’t believe what I said, but there was a demon with higher potential than Escaros-sama at the same time. This is my guess, but the previous demon king died shortly after this demon was born.”
“Why do you think so?”
“That’s how it explains that they haven’t revealed their fearsome talents to the world yet. This is also speculation, but the demons who inherited the power must still be living without recognizing that they are the demon kings who are to lead this generation. “
“…A reprehensible person who is abandoning the duties of a person with power.”
Escaros spoke in a calm tone, but there was anger in his voice and eyes.
“Uhhh, as Master Escaros said, a lazy person who abandons his duty has no qualifications for power. Then…!”
Merlin, who did not miss it, smiled sinisterly and swung her wand vigorously.
Perseok!
The swung cane shattered the hologram of the newborn baby. Fragments of the crumbled baby soaked into the hologram of the boy next to it.
“If you dispose of this demon tribe while not recognizing that you are the demon lord, only this time, Lord Escaros will inherit the demon lord’s power intact and become the demon lord of this generation.”
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As the day was getting darker, Roden turned over the signboard on the shop door and finished the day’s business, and, as usual, he was carefully organizing the shop area.
What was different from usual was the appearance of Marill cleaning with him. Instead of doing adventure activities alone today, she stayed with Roden and helped with the store all day long.
As a temporary employee, she assisted Roden when her guests came in, and when there were no guests, she spent a considerable amount of time chatting with Roden alone, or touching, biting, and sucking each other’s bodies from time to time.
Anyway, Roden, who had finished cleaning up quickly, looked at Marill as he closed the door.
“Whoa! Thank you for helping me today.”
“You’ve worked hard Mr. Roden. It’s kind of funny that all the customers who come in today mistake me for Merim. Huhuhuhu…”
“I can’t help it if it’s the way it is now. By the way, I showed some guests the scene where we kissed today, so from today, rumors about my relationship with you guys will gradually spread throughout the city. Will it be okay?”
“If you stay together for a long time, everyone you know will know anyway, and there’s no reason to hide it. Mr. Roden, wouldn’t it be troublesome if rumors spread that we were dating?”
“Well, I don’t care too much about the eyes of the people around me, so if you guys don’t mind, that’s fine. Let’s go in and call the kids.”
Roden, who went straight to Merim and Roxia to finish her class, went to her backyard with her again and sparred with her. Today, Marill’s sword barely touched Roden, but the difference between her hair was short. It cut through her empty space.
After finishing all the tasks, the four people gathered side by side in the living room for a while. The first person to speak was Merim.
“Hey, oh… No. Roden oppa, since we’ve decided not to care about our surroundings from now on, can we stay here together from now on? I’ll pay for the room and board.”
Maybe it’s too early to share the property right away, and since we’re not shameless, it’s right to do this for the time being.
Hearing that, Roden thought for a while and decided to check one thing before answering her question.
“Wait a minute… Which inn do you guys usually stay at?”
“Huh? When my pockets are free like these days, most of the time I stay at the Blue Hat Inn.”
“The inn’s rooms are quite tidy and the price is reasonable in its own way.”
It’s an inn I’d passed by a couple of times while staying here. Roden nodded her head a couple of times, put her hand on Loxia’s head, and looked back and forth between her girl and her twin sister.
“Won’t you stay at the inn a little longer and wait for me? I want to give this child some time to prepare before then.”
“Ah… Actually. I thought of us too much. Okay. It’s okay since I’ve been staying at the inn anyway. I can wait as long as I want.”
“Then I’ll be gone for today. See you later. Mr. Roden. See you later. Loxia.”
After listening to Roden’s answer, her twin sisters agreed and packed their belongings and headed to the city center promising the next one.
“Goodbye~!!”
Roxia, who sent them off vigorously, immediately closed all the curtains on the shop door and window and took her ring.
Roden, who gazed at Loxia, who had become her more comfortable face, immediately went down with her to her basement and started working on her herbal medicine, while her Roxy Arang was sitting next to her. We chatted with her.
“Loxia.”
“Yes, Master.”
“It’s already been 8 months since we’ve been together. Doesn’t time go by so quickly?”
“Yes. I think time has passed the fastest in my life.”
Loxia’s answer is not even an inch of lies. Because she was so happy every day she was living with her master like now.
Loden smiled happily at her girl’s innocent smile, and decided to slowly bring up the stories she had been thinking about for a long time.
“Actually, there is something I wanted to ask you from before.”
“Do you want to ask? Feel free to ask.”
“… That’s it…”
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“… I’m going to, but what do you think?”
While working on her work, she listened to Loden’s story, and the girl who nodded her head slowly, her face gradually hardened around the middle… After she had finished, she raised her voice as he finished his story.
“Possession, poetry…, I don’t like it!!!!!”
It was the moment when Roxia, for the first time in her life, gave her master an expression of stubborn refusal.
