Lord Demon is behind you

"The bet—ah."

However, the princess just rolled her eyes slowly, looking at him inexplicably.

"Is there such a thing? Have I ever made any bets with you, the previous demon king?"

"Huh? At this point, you still want to deny it—this is really ugly, the last witch."

The Demon King paused for a moment, showing a slight look of disgust.

"It's too ugly. Anyway, you have been treated as an opponent by me. At least at the last moment, you should have the spirit to afford to lose, right?"

"However, no matter how you say it, your denial is futile. No matter how unwilling you are to admit it, a bet like this made between the demons on the premise of mutual approval will remain in the souls of both parties. Mark it—whether you regret it or not, you are doomed to pay the agreed price."

The Demon King smiled with certainty, and stepped on the last step.At the end of the long and extended steps, there is a small platform, which is big enough for a group of adventurers to fight - after all, under normal circumstances, this will be the final battlefield between the devil and the brave.

And the gorgeous Demon Throne is placed in the last third of the platform.

"I really don't remember, and I don't think I have anything to bet with you." The princess said lightly, "If this bet does exist, what can it be about?——This question You probably won't be able to answer."

"Although the dying struggle is meaningless," the demon king waved his hand backwards, throwing his long hanging cloak behind his back, "but as the victor, in order to make you feel my generosity and compassion, it is not impossible Give me some patience. That’s okay, I’ll answer your questions personally.

"Face the reality, sad witch." The smug smile on his face became more obvious, "Before I returned to the Demon King's City, I once confronted your spiritual body next to the brave. At that time, I I made that bet with you: the bet is on the ultimate belonging of that brave man from the human world!"

"Ah, yes."

Speaking of this, the princess still remained calm.

"Simply put, it's a bet on who will get the Lord Brave in the end. So what? Are you trying to say that you have won the bet. Has the Lord Brave become your property?"

She glanced past the demon king not far away, and glanced at the back of the brave man who was still trapped in the crowd of monsters and kept fighting.

"Do not."

The Demon King confidently threw out the answer as if he had been waiting for this question for a long time.

"Of course he's nobody's property; but his heart is mine."

"..."

"His heart, already, is mine. It's more powerful than acquiring someone in a physical sense; you should also be aware that once a heart belongs to a human being like him, it will never change. .”

As if he was afraid that the other party might not hear clearly, the Demon King deliberately slowed down his speech and said it again.

The princess seemed unwavering, still looking at him calmly - only the corners of her lips were slightly tensed.

"Heart? Such an illusory thing can't represent anything."

She raised her finger and pointed at the monster in the hall from a distance.

"Now I have the absolute advantage in strength. As long as I kill you as the previous generation, and then capture him, then I can change his memory casually. At that time, he will not remember you at all. What do you mean? The saying of 'got the heart' will also be reduced to nothing. In this case, I will be the one who really wins to the end."

"—No. No matter how hard you struggle, you have already lost."

The demon king's emotions became more and more high, and he retorted almost immediately when the other party's voice fell.

"As the current owner of Demon King City, you have absolute control over this castle, and you must be able to clearly see most of the things he has experienced along the way—then, you should have seen it, how did I From the position of being regarded as an enemy, step by step to the present? How did I achieve in a short period of time what you humans have been unable to do for several years?"

The princess did not answer.

"Admit it, woman," the devil deliberately changed the title.He slightly restrained his initial excited posture, but he didn't mean to retreat in the slightest, "As a demon, I am hundreds or thousands of times stronger in battle than humans like you. Robbery? Imprisonment and brainwashing? Then This kind of thing, if I wanted to do it before, I could have done it long ago—I could have done it long before all of you knew him, and I definitely did it more thoroughly and in place than you do now."

"However," he elongated his tone, "I finally chose a longer and more durable path—a difficult path that the demons are least good at, but human beings have an innate advantage, that is, to start in a serious way. path to pursue."

"And I finally succeeded. I was recognized and accepted, and finally got a response that was more than ideal; he finally ignored my race, gender, all obstacles, and was willing to give his heart to me. Under such a disadvantage, to achieve what you can’t achieve—faced with this reality, can you still refuse to admit your failure?”

The princess remained silent.It seems that they have nothing to say, or they are too lazy to distinguish, and just watch the devil talking to himself.It was also fortunate that the demon king opposite her was mentally strong enough, so not only did she not have doubts about it, but she was happy to take over the stage.

"A witch transformed from a human, don't you think it's ironic? You can't get enough of love, you have to turn into a demon, and use part of your soul in exchange for the power that belongs to the demon clan, just to be able to hold your sweetheart firmly In my hand; but I temporarily lost the power of the demons, and stayed by his side like a human being, overcoming difficulties with him, and finally got everything. Is this the impermanence of the world, or is it limited by my ability? ?”

"……ability?"

The princess finally moved, raised her head, and smiled indifferently.

"What ability? The ability to lie and deceive?"

She stood up, left the Demon King's seat, and took two steps forward to come to the opposite side of the Demon King.

"Yes, as you said. I have seen most of the events you have experienced along the way. Because of this, I am very clear about how you tricked Your Excellency the Brave into your palm step by step. The previous generation Demon King, from the very beginning—from the very beginning, from the time you just tried to confess to him, everything about you has been a disguise. From then on, to the position just now, when facing the Lord of the Brave, your There was never a half-truth out of my mouth."

"Really? Then maybe my truth happens to be told in a place where you can't see it."

The Demon King raised his eyebrows a little, but he didn't mean to deny her statement.

"In other words, do you admit it yourself?"

the princess asked quietly.

"Your so-called 'getting his heart' is just the result of countless lies. During this period, as long as you are in front of him, you will definitely pretend to be gentle, considerate and even pitiful, and you will belong to the demon clan Your violent nature is completely concealed; you know what the brave man likes, what he dislikes, and what he prefers, so you deliberately match his preferences. The "you" that the brave man likes is just an illusory shadow created by you. Do you admit it yourself?"

"Ah, if you are willing to understand it that way, there is nothing wrong with it."

The Demon King spread his hands and admitted generously.

"Woman, now that you are also a demon, you should understand the nature of the demons. We are born creatures without the concept of 'equality'. No matter how we do research, we can only barely understand it. If we want to master this quality ourselves Sex is totally out of the question.

"For the demons, the relationship between individuals is always divided into high and low, and there is always a distinction between domination and being dominated. However, human beings are different. Especially for him, all he can accept is an equal love relationship. Creatures like me ——If you show your true nature openly from the beginning, you will definitely be disgusted by him when you come up."

"You are changing concepts," said the princess. "Concealment and deceit are two different things. What you have done is not only temporarily concealing your true self, but creating a false personality. Like you, you have lived countless times." Hundreds of years, countless battle experiences, and a high-ranking demon who has a proud and conceited personality engraved in his bones, how could he behave in front of others as hesitant and lack of self-confidence? What's more, you are a man, and most of the time you are even more powerful than a woman. More humble, gentle, and considerate—isn’t it because, you know that posturing can make His Majesty the Brave pay more attention to you?”

The Demon King laughed again.

"That's not right," he waved his hand, "for the demons, gender doesn't matter at all. Men are superior to women, that's a bad habit of human beings. Because of this, I didn't have any problems because of your gender from the very beginning. to be too contemptuous; and to the brave man, sex doesn't matter at all. He's never valued what's on the surface."

"But—well."

His expression softened a little, and it was fleeting.

"Since it has been discovered, I will admit it."

He raised his hand to push back the hair on his forehead, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were gradually filled with a special madness.

"Well, yes, that's right. From the very beginning, everything was planned by me—whether it was the timing of the confession, or the character set to be created in front of him, I had already thought about it. He would Of course I know what type of person I like. I’ve watched him behind the scenes for so many years, and I know him better than he himself. Just act the way he likes, as long as you interpret yourself as he likes Looks are enough; I have full confidence in my acting."

The smile on his face crumbled slightly.

"Although I didn't expect that you women would be so crazy that you would drag the entire human world into the water in order to fall in love-but your actions did not disrupt my plan, but created opportunities for me. Thank you for your recklessness, Witch. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to develop a relationship with him so quickly in life-and-death battles."

Princess Quan pretended not to hear his words of admiration or sarcasm.

"Haven't you ever thought about what he would think if His Excellency the Brave found out one day—if he realized that all of this was your disguise? The love that was originally based on falsehood would also be It collapsed in an instant."

"No, I won't be discovered by him," the devil smiled happily, "as long as I disguise this set of false personalities forever and forever until the end of our lives; What's the difference? I wouldn't be so stupid as to reveal to him the real character that makes him unhappy, I can do that."

"At least, the sentence 'I have admiration for the brave' is always from the heart. Isn't that enough? Everything else is a means, but I have no false feelings for him; I am more than Everyone loves him."

"……yes."

The princess glanced at him again inexplicably.This time, there was a slight mockery in her eyes.

"Okay, then, regardless of your personality, in terms of behavior, haven't you been deceiving Your Excellency the Brave all the time? In the final analysis, this incident——do you not have any responsibility?"