Lord Demon is behind you

"It's nothing, I just suddenly felt..." The Demon King held his stomach, "I have a stomachache."

"Are you okay?" Wait, is it really a stomachache?Do demons also have stomach pains? !

"No, it's not physical. How should I put it, I probably feel the pain in my stomach."

"Hey?"

"Forget it if you don't understand," he said weakly. "Go on about that Olga. So, did she finally confess to you?"

This is not a state of "forget it" at all.

"I said... are you really okay?"

The Demon King let out a long sigh.

"It doesn't matter,...probably. It's okay, you didn't end up together anyway—even though she had a godlike start, she still avalanche to the end in the later stage, so there's nothing to care about."

The brave man couldn't understand what he was saying at all, and instinctively felt that it would be better not to delve into it.

"Then, she really confessed to you, right?"

"No, it's not so much a confession...it's better to say, I just skipped to the last step."

——"Master Brave, are you willing to go back to my hometown and marry me?"

At that time, Olga asked bluntly like this.

"Because you are that dull type. I think that if you don't express your heart clearly, you will not understand--so I just said that I want to spend the rest of my life with you. We can live together in the country, or we can open a small shop in the town, have children, and live an ordinary life...do you think this is good?"

"Well," the Demon King held his chin, "this woman is really not simple. As expected of having known you for so many years, she knows your character thoroughly. Indeed, you are the type who can't understand you unless you hit a straight ball. Woolen cloth."

"...I don't know why, when you say that, I always feel like a pathetic fool."

Although this should be the truth - after all, when Emily confessed, he failed to understand.

"How could it be? This is the advantage of the brave." The demon king waved his hands again and again. "I really like the dullness of the brave. It feels very cute! And a little dullness is convenient for avoiding the rotten peach blossoms falling from the sky."

The brave man pretended not to hear - even he knew that if he responded at this time, the situation would probably turn out of control.

"Anyway, you were proposed by a girl just like that. What happens after that?"

"After that...it's nothing."

The brave man was very surprised at that time, and he refused almost without thinking.

"Olga is very cute, yes, but for me, she has always been a heart-to-heart friend. Well... it should be the kind of relationship that I want to attend each other's wedding as a relative and friend and give my heartfelt blessings. But I But I never thought that I would stand beside her as the groom."

"... Brave, you are such a sinful man." The Demon King sighed sincerely.

After being rejected, Olga remained calm——

Just like when he faced his own shop full of devastation, he showed a cute expression that didn't show any sadness at all.

"Well, this is also the expected result. After all, I have known for a long time that you have no love for me at all-although you are very dull, no, because you are very dull, you are very straightforward .Once you have someone you like, you will definitely try your best to express your heart. We have known each other for so many years, but you have never told me that you like it, that means you don’t like it at all.”

"...As a friend, I really like Olga. But..."

"I know, I know," she smiled and waved her hands, "You may want to attend my wedding as a relative and friend and send blessings, but you will definitely not be willing to stand by my side as a groom."

Thinking about it now, although he thinks he has a clear conscience, the hero still feels very sorry.

"Actually, she's probably... very sad."

Because, after the adventure team disbanded, she had nowhere to go——

Others have homes to return to, jobs of their own, and at worst friends who will never leave.Only Olga, she has nothing.No family, no lover, no home, no career.

The first half of her life revolved almost entirely around the brave man; but after being rejected by the brave man, her life suddenly lost its purpose.

"In the final analysis, I was too careless at the time." The brave man held his forehead, "It's my fault that I insisted on making arrangements for her even though I didn't have the capacity to support someone else's life at all."

If I had been able to make more appropriate arrangements for Olga, I think it would not have become like this.

"...the brave."

The Demon King seemed to want to say something, but in the end he chose to remain silent.

"Despite the saddest situation she faced, she was still smiling...

"A smile should be something like a sign to Olga. She once said that when she was in the store, the customers always liked her energetic smile, saying that seeing it would refresh her spirits." , so when she faces us, she always looks full of energy."

No matter how sad you are, you will never show it.

"So that's how it is..." The Demon King looked around, "I feel that I understand this corridor a little bit. That woman is actually the so-called 'smiling paralysis'."

"...Laugh, what?"

"Smiling paralysis. It's a disease in which you can't show any expression other than a smile."

"Haha..." The brave looked puzzled, "I don't think that's the case?"

And to say she has no other expressions is an exaggeration.Although she does love to laugh, but overall, the expression is quite rich.

"I'm talking about her now—after becoming a witch."

Quietly poking at the end of the corridor is a double door that is also full of girlish atmosphere.When the two arrived at the door, a magical image jumped out automatically.

"I kept you waiting for a long time, Mr. Brave! Welcome to 'Olga's Test Room No. [-]'! ——Well, it's just a pretense anyway, so please don't have any expectations."

"By the way," the demon king asked the brave man, "is this woman always talking like this? It feels strange to meow to and fro."

"Usually not. Only occasionally."

To be precise, she only adopts this tone when she becomes a maid with cat ears to receive guests.

While speaking, the brave man has been paying attention to Olga's facial expression--indeed, he has always maintained a smile.

Not only that, but that smile was...very, unnatural.

It doesn't feel as fresh and vivid as it used to.

It's like forcing the muscles of your face to maintain a certain state.

"The theme of Test Room [-] is, 'Lunch'."

"what?"

"Why lunch? It's not noon now, is it?"

The two asked questions at the same time.

Whether it's noon or not doesn't matter at all.Besides, Demon King City itself is a completely independent space, and the concept of time from the outside world does not apply at all.

"Dinner is also okay, meow, it doesn't matter how you say it. Anyway, this is a room for the brave to eat. Of course, the food provided is all made by Olga herself——so there are no valuable meals, only home-cooked dishes. , absolutely nothing to look forward to."

"No no, that's not the problem."

The brave man asked a correct and serious question.

"The question is, why does eating become a mechanism? Will we be asked to eat some weird things in this room?"

For example, pickled coriander in soy sauce, fried fennel mixed with garlic - and so on.

"Hey... It seems that Olga didn't explain it to the brave man? Don't worry, there won't be such a thing."

The catwoman tilted her head as if she was innocent.

"The so-called 'Testing Room' is not for you, Mr. Brave, but for Olga herself. Mr. Brave is actually the chief examiner. For example, in this room, Olga's cooking skills are tested. If you If you think the lunch prepared inside is delicious enough, please give Olga a good review—on the contrary, if you think the food is terrible, just give a bad review.”

"This, in the end..."

The content of her words is not difficult to understand.It's just that the brave man couldn't deal with the super-expansion in front of him with a normal attitude for a while.

"That is to say, you have prepared food in this room, as long as the brave go in and taste it and give an evaluation, right?" the devil interjected.

"That's it, meow. I also prepared for the previous generation of demon kings. Although I am not very willing to serve my rival, but as the saying goes, I am always a guest from afar."

"Oh, thank you so much. Then, are there any additional requirements for the 'good reviews' and 'bad reviews'? For example, if you give good reviews, you have to eat them all?"

"Not at all, meow. I said that this is a test for Olga, meow. The so-called good and bad reviews are just to measure whether Olga's home skills are qualified, and have nothing to do with the brave man. To the brave man and the former In terms of generation, this is a pure welfare checkpoint - the food also has the effect of replenishing physical strength, please eat with a happy mood, Olga is very grateful here!"

When the voice fell to the ground, the image in front of it distorted—it was about to close.

"Wait a minute! Olga you..." the brave shouted hastily.

"Eh? Brave-sama, do you have any questions? About this room, what did Olga not say clearly?"

The image is temporarily restored.

"No." About this room, it was already clear.However, "Olga, why did you do this?"

Why make this kind of room?

"This is..."

Catwoman pressed her fingers to her lips.The smiling face twisted slightly.

"This is purely for myself. Because I want to confirm, I want to confirm myself, whether I can become... the ideal wife in your heart-well, this is completely useless, right? After all, no matter how ideal you are, it is impossible to marry you .”

"—"

Didn't expect to get such a reply.The brave man was completely stunned as if he had been punched in the face.

"Did I cause you trouble? I'm very sorry, but this is the last time you will be willful. Please tolerate this time, just once... just once."

The video was turned off, and the figure of the cat girl disappeared.

It was the Demon Lord who broke the silence.

"...Do you want to go in?"

The brave man looked at the door in front of him.

After the image disappeared, the words "Test Room No. [-]: Dining Room" quietly appeared on the door panel.

Whether it's guilt or anything else, it's pointless to stay here.

"Ah, let's go in now."

He reaches for the doorknob, presses down and pushes inward.The door opened.

The Demon King followed behind him. He paused for a moment when he entered the door, and glanced at the place where the image had appeared——

"An 'ideal' 'wife'..."

He didn't know whether to laugh at himself or mockingly.

"I don't care about these two things at all.... Really, it's so boring."