Lord Demon is behind you

——The Demon King's Castle is a building completely built in the void.The entrance and exit of the castle are located at the end of a wilderness, because the monster guarding the gate has long been defeated, there is nothing around it for the time being; only long grass swaying quietly in the wind.

A humanoid machine staggered out from the junction of space.She has a human skin color and a female-like face. Although there is a slight friction sound at the joints when she walks, her movements are considered coordinated. At first glance, she is no different from ordinary humans.

The huge shadow of the Demon King's City behind him sometimes appears and sometimes disappears.

She turned her back to the dark castle, looked up at the high sky, and suddenly reached out and touched the corner of her eyes.

"really weird……"

The mechanical girl muttered to herself.

"It's obviously not human anymore, why are you still crying.... Is organic oil leaking from the eyes?"

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"That, I said..."

After observing the other party for a long time, the brave finally opened his mouth unbearably.

"Huh? What's the matter, Yong, isn't it, Arthur?" The devil immediately turned to face him.

——The feeling of hearing him call out his name anytime and anywhere is quite novel.

Although both sides are a little uncomfortable, it is not a big problem.You must get used to it soon; anyway, the two will always call each other by name.

The problem is that--

The brave man looked at him a few more times without saying a word.

"Aren't you, a little... too excited?"

After getting rid of the initial state of joy and panic, the Demon King has always maintained a high-spirited appearance.Even walking is bouncing around, and the smile on his face has no intention of restraining at all, instead the corners of his mouth widen and widen.

"Excited? Me? No?"

Even when he was confused and asked back, he still had a happy smile on his face—in a trance, the brave man could almost see pink flowers blooming on the background behind him.

He sighed deeply, stretched out his hand to pinch his face, and pulled the corner of his mouth down.

"Didn't you notice it yourself? It feels like you are going to fly as you walk. And why are you laughing all the time?"

It's not that I can't understand his happiness, but...the two have been exploring in the maze for nearly an hour, no matter how much joy they have, it's time to pack it up, right?

In his current state, the brave man was almost worried that he would walk without looking at the road and bump into some fire-breathing trap.

"Ah, I'm sorry! Yu... Arthur."

The Demon King hurriedly rubbed his face, "I, have I been laughing? I'm sorry, I really didn't notice it myself. I must be too happy. The joyful emotions piled up in my heart and I couldn't hold it, so the expression on my face It's getting to the point. Um, I'm like this... Is it annoying? Does it bother you?"

Trouble is not enough.Although the opponent was walking around, at least he hadn't made any mistakes so far, and he was as handy as ever in fighting.

There are all kinds of traps scattered around in this maze, and from time to time there will be a few monsters of different shapes, big and small, but almost all of them have quite troublesome skills, and you need to deal with them with extra care .

"Of course I don't hate you because of this kind of thing, I just don't feel safe, after all, we are in a very difficult maze now...Speaking of it, you don't need to apologize easily for this kind of thing. "

Since the two parties have confessed to each other, it should be regarded as...in a relationship, right?It's impossible for a normal person to feel bad for a partner because of such a trivial matter.

Just apologizing like this, how insecure is the Demon King?

The devil breathed a sigh of relief, showed a confident smile again, and continued to walk forward.

"Don't worry, Arthur! After all, I am a demon. The brains of demons are different from those of humans, and their actions are basically not affected by emotions. Even if they are really excited, they will definitely be able to perfectly--"

"careful!"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was hurriedly stopped by the brave man.

On the ground right in front of them, dense thorns popped out.Each one is slender and sharp, shining with a white cold light, if you step on it by surprise, you will definitely lose a lot of life points.

"..."

The brave man looked at him delicately.He said that there would be no problem one second, and almost stepped on the thorns in the next second-this is simply some kind of eloquence.

"...I'm sorry, Brave."

In the face of such a bad reality, the background of the pink flower was shattered in a second, and the devil lowered his head in frustration.

"I'm too complacent. I'm sorry, I'm very sorry. This kind of problem will definitely not happen again in the future. I will pay more attention and never cause you any trouble."

——Wait, why is he apologizing again?

The brave man had to reflect on himself, but he really couldn't remember when he put such a lot of pressure on his companion.Obviously he didn't say anything, right?

He was so nervous that he even forgot to call his name, so he called out "brave".

"...I'm sorry, Arthur."

The Demon King seemed to realize the problem, and immediately changed his words—even though he was still apologizing.

He carefully held the hem of the brave man's clothes and kept observing his expression.

"So, why do you have to keep apologizing for this kind of thing!"

——Although the previous demon king had already formed a sharp enough contrast when facing the brave man, the brave man really did not expect that after the two parties established a relationship, this situation not only did not improve, but intensified.

"Because... probably because I like you, right?"

The devil showed a conflicted expression, "I'm sorry, it must be because I like you so much, I like you so much that I worry about gain and loss, even if I get your response, I can't feel at ease. I always feel that saying something wrong will make you unhappy, slow down Slowly, you may, no longer... like me."

This strange logic makes the brave man dumbfounded, but the devil seems to be very serious.

"I have studied it carefully. Human love itself is a product stimulated by certain chemical substances. When those substances are slowly metabolized, the feelings will naturally fade away. Human love in most cases It can only last for a few months. Even if you are not an ordinary person, you are still a human being after all, right? It is the same chemical substances that control your romantic feelings. So if one day, those substances fade away, you no longer like me , which is not surprising at all.”

"No, even if that's the case, no matter what the future holds, it's just the beginning..."

I was worried about breaking up when I first started dating, isn't this guy a little too pessimistic?

"I know that too. From the perspective of human beings, this kind of excessive emotion of worrying about gains and losses is probably called 'doing'." The devil slumped his shoulders more and more anxiously, "This will only make you feel better about me sooner." Are you dissatisfied? I'm sorry, I will try my best to adjust it, and I will better grasp the measure of expressing feelings in the future, so I won't cause you trouble...Huh?!"

The brave man bent his fingers helplessly, and tapped lightly on his forehead.

The demon king jumped back a step, and covered the top of his head in a slow motion.

"... Arthur?"

"I don't know what you think," the brave said, rubbing his hair with his backhand, "but my feelings are not such cheap things. I haven't studied the laws of human emotions carefully, but I have seen them before. There are many lovers who are still in good relationship when they are old, and they want to be that kind of person—in short, you should trust me a little bit.”

"—"

The Demon King kept the same posture, staring blankly at him.

"Let's go," the brave man stepped over the spikes on the ground and walked forward along the road. "There is still a long way to go in this maze. We have to find the location of the boss quickly."

"Ah... oh."

After being stunned for a few seconds, the devil came up and didn't speak for a while.

After walking through the section with the densest traps, there are more and more monsters around.

From time to time, one or two spider-shaped monsters will fall from the top of the head, and occasionally a sticky slime will float on the wall.Most of these monsters were poisoned, and the brave man dealt with them with all his energy, and he could get the support of the magician from time to time, so he was able to fight with ease.

"...that," the demon king asked after a while, "that iron pot... I mean the witch on this floor. Do you have any thoughts about her?"

"Thinking?...Ah, it means the way to fight her."

The brave just cut a spider in two with one sword, and while flicking the green blood on the holy sword, he was thinking.

"Miss Silvia used to be a paladin. Now she... probably has gotten rid of the shackles of light and become a fallen black knight, but it seems that the previous breakthrough defensive attributes and high-level magic resistance have been retained."

He recalled the brief memory of fighting the witch before.Because there were too many debuffs hanging on his body at that time, he was unconscious. Now he recalled, the experience at that time was like shrouded in a hazy mist, and he could barely recall the sharp friction of the long sword on the opponent's armor.

"It seems that she and the skeleton horse on which she is riding will not be separated easily, and her speed can be controlled freely. She can use both guns and bows, taking into account both melee and long-range attacks. Just as I thought before, she is really strong , so strong that there are almost no weaknesses... All in all, I can only try to fight against it in the usual way."

——That is, the standard way of the physics department rushing to resist in the front, and the magic department outputting in the rear.The brave man doesn't really have any confidence in whether he can restrain the knight, but he can only try anyway.

"Well, I have an idea..." The Demon King rushed a few steps, walking side by side with the brave man.He held his chin with both hands habitually, "Although I don't know if it's feasible, but it should be worth trying. By the way, brave... Arthur, do you still have my sword?"

"Ah."

The brave man quickly swung his sword and knocked away the new spiders hanging from his head.

He should be referring to the magic sword named "Albert" - after leaving the sixth floor, the brave has been forgetting to return the sword, and the demon king has not asked him for it.Unknowingly, the magic sword has been sleeping in the hero's backpack until now.

The brave man handed him the sword, but the latter did not take it, but held the blade firmly with both hands, and pulled it down along the blade——

"Wait, you—" What are you doing, self-harm?

The sharp blade cut the Demon King's palm deeply.Blood was sprinkled on the sword, but before the blood turned into a stream of data and disappeared, a puff of black energy suddenly appeared on the sword and swallowed it directly.Then the black air exploded, enveloping the sword and blood inside.

After a while, the black air dissipated, and the sword in the brave man's hand had completely changed its appearance.Although the hilt is still black and gold, it is no longer the original shape, and the blade has become a sharp and slender prism like an awl.At first glance, it looked like the ground thorn they had just crossed, but it was even more slender than the ground thorn, and had edges and corners.

"This weapon is so good. As long as I think, I can modify it at any time to make it more convenient for fighting." The devil said proudly, "Have you seen Arthur? This is probably what humans say It’s the ‘Armor Breaking Sword’! It must be very effective against that kind of tin can.”