Lord Demon is behind you

This is a story about a certain girl.

The girl was originally a child favored by God.Born in an unfettered free country, she has all the qualities that the world envies, beauty, health, freedom, and happiness; in the first ten years of her life, she has always wandered freely in this world full of happiness, enjoying With the boundless love from relatives and friends.

She had thought this life would go on forever, until—

On a seemingly ordinary day, she met a brave man passing by.

At the first sight of him, the girl fell in love with this strange man.Although he is not young and handsome, nor can he speak nice words to seduce girls, and he is upright and silent, but he seems to have the traits that easily captivate the opposite sex.

(The Demon King: "The brave man is obviously so handsome, and he is also very young, so he is not young and handsome!"

Brave: "Please be quiet.")

However, she felt ashamed and panicked at the same time when faced with unfamiliar feelings, and she didn't know how to speak up, and she didn't know whether it was justified.She only dared to silently follow behind the brave man, hiding in a place where he couldn't find and watching him.

After the brave man had experienced a battle with the monster, he used up all the recovery medicines on his body, and passed out on the side of the road with injuries all over his body.

The girl saved him.The girl is a child blessed by heaven, and she originally possessed the special power to heal the wound.She rescued the brave man and watched his wounds heal little by little, but at the moment before he was about to wake up, she couldn't restrain her shame and hid again in a corner where he couldn't see.

The saint who happened to travel to the vicinity passed by here and stayed by his side until he woke up.So the brave man took it for granted that it was the saint who saved his life, and was very grateful to her; he had no idea that there was such a girl in the dark.

(Devil King: "I seem to have heard this story somewhere... um, um, um..."

The brave covered his mouth. )

The saint and the brave man become companions and temporarily live together in the local church.The young girl could only shut herself in the room, thinking about him every day, and shed tears involuntarily.

The girl's friend was worried about her, and after a lot of effort, she finally asked all this from her mouth.The friend was very angry about this, and decided to rush into the church to find the brave man, tell him the truth, and question him.

However, the moment she entered the church and met the man—

She finally understood the feelings of her friends.

The man in front of him is that kind of person.If that girl is the favored darling of the heavens, then the brave man is the true son of the heavens, the chosen son who gathers the consciousness of the whole world, and is destined to be chased and loved by everyone.

At that moment, she couldn't say a word of the original questioning, and she was completely under the charm of this strange brave man who came from nowhere.

Friends are more courageous than girls, and they are better at communicating with people.With her help, the girl finally got acquainted with the brave man, and while listening to his previous adventures, the girl was more deeply attracted by him, and also attracted by the wider world he described.

When the brave man and the saint set off to leave, she couldn't restrain her curiosity and admiration, and finally ignored the advice of her parents and the obstruction of her relatives and friends. Together with her friends who helped her, she followed the brave man and secretly set foot on the endless journey. journey of.

The outside world is vast and complex; different from the simplicity and clarity of the hometown, the human beings outside are always fighting each other and killing each other for their own interests.

And the girl who came to the outside world was slowly dyed black.Originally pure and flawless, she was loved by the heavens, but because of the desire in her heart, she eventually became an ordinary person who was also selfish.

The name of that desire is called "Hero"——

She wants to have a love that is pleasing to each other, and hopes that the object of her longing can also respond with equal love.

In order to realize this wish, she followed the brave man for several years without complaint or regret.Until the brave man stood at the top of the world and became the recognized savior of the world, she finally mustered up the courage to express her heart to the brave man.

However, what he got was a confused response from the brave man.

"...Sorry, I just regard you as companions. I have never had that kind of thought."

The sad girl hugged her friend and cried all night.But in the face of this reality, she can only accept: after all, love is the most mysterious thing in the world, even if you force it, you will probably get nothing.

She planned to bid farewell to the brave the next day, go home with her friends, and forget this wrong journey forever.Unexpectedly, the next morning——

The brave man is gone.

The brave man is missing.

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When talking about this, the corners of Shaka's lips evoked a particularly mysterious arc.

"All the companions who followed the brave man searched for him like crazy. They searched the entire human world, and it took a long time. They wished they could rush to the heaven and demon realms. Only then did they find out..."

A particularly bad sense of déjà vu appeared in the brave man's heart, and he accidentally relaxed the movement of his hands, allowing the devil to break free.

"—Hero, so he eloped with a wild man who came out of nowhere?"

The Demon King took a few breaths, then guessed casually.

"Then how... can..."

However, Shaka didn't mean to deny it, but just smiled more and more inscrutable.

"So, at the moment when I learned the truth, all the longing, admiration, and attachment before were all fermented and reversed, twisted into endless resentment."

Wait, the brave man in the story really eloped with his lover (gender: male), right? !

"She used all her blood, all her soul, and all her bones to cast a terrible curse. This hatred will continue for life after life. As long as her thoughts still exist in this world, she will be his enemy, and then Hold him tightly."

"And then, now, here..."

The two girls were face to face, turning their heads slightly to this side.

The two of them turned towards the brave man in front of them at the same time, and slowly broke into faint smiles.

"--We're back."

"..."

"..."

The story seems to end here.I don't know if the last sentence is true, or if it's just a line added for the performance effect of the storytelling-after all, the so-called "Hundred Stories" should be a supernatural story.

Seeing that neither the hero nor the demon king had any special reactions, the dancer seemed to puff up her cheeks in dissatisfaction, as if she regretted not being able to scare them.

Shaka brought the small candlestick to her lips, and blew lightly.

The candle flame jumped a few times as if frightened, but it did not go out.

"Oh, it can't be destroyed."

She turned her face to the side, rested her chin on the shoulder of the dancer beside her, and rubbed her affectionately.

"It seems that you are not willing to accept this story. Then there is no way, but... You should remember the conditions for opening the door, right?"

Only when the story is approved by the other side can the candle be blown out; only when both candles are extinguished can the door be opened.

These witches should not lie, that is to say, as long as they follow their requirements, they will be able to open the door; but if they do not do so, the door cannot be opened.

Just... "approved"?

"What is meant by 'recognizing the story'?" The brave man asked after thinking, "If it means acknowledging the authenticity of the story, I really can't agree."

Of course these things never happened.Among other things, Brave doesn't remember the time when he was seriously injured and unconscious by the side of the road in the first place.

"No, this all happened for real?"

Shaka withdrew her smile and said indifferently.

"It's just that, Your Excellency the Brave, you have no memory of this at all. Because this happened in the previous life."

"Past life?"

"Yes. In terms of time... probably more than 1000 years ago. At that time, there was also a brave man named Arthur who defeated the Demon King. His story was written as a legacy song and spread widely in the mainland, right? "

This story is indeed widely circulated, and the brave man almost grew up listening to it.However, the finale of the inheritance song is that the brave and the devil perish together, and if what the other party said is true, could it be...

The brave man trembled, and decided not to delve into this issue any further.

"After that, we followed in your footsteps all the way to this life, and vowed to return all our love and hatred in this life. This is why we became witches."

Shaka leaned forward slightly and brought the candle to her mouth again.This time she blew it out easily.

Seeing this, the dancer Lana beside her smiled for some reason.

"It seems that Mr. Brave is planning to admit it." Shaka breathed out lightly.

"Do not……"

Since it would be troublesome to explain, the hero decided it would be better not to say a word.

A witch cannot tell a lie, so Shaka must be telling the truth.But the brave himself doesn't believe in the so-called "past life and present life" setting at all. Taking a step back, even if she thinks what she said is the truth, who can prove that those are not delusions in their minds?

He held up the candlestick in front of him wordlessly: "Anyway, next... it's our turn, right?"

"Well, please."

Shaka showed a particularly subtle smile.The brave man knew what she implied: when the previous team was still there, it was not that everyone did not get together to play the game of Hundred Monogatari, but the brave man was the one who was excluded every time.

The reason is simple: he is a very boring man who can tell all the stories flat.

It seems that it is really difficult to pass this level...

The brave man kept searching in his mind.If you want to tell a supernatural horror story that they can recognize here, what should you tell?The kind of story I heard before—no, the kind of ordinary story, even if it was rejected by them, it would be natural.If you want them to pass through, you have to...

"Hero," a hand suddenly stretched out from the side, and took away the candlestick he was holding, "Leave this to me! You're not good at telling stories, are you?"

"Hey?"

The Demon King gave him a "don't worry" look.

"you……"

"I'm good at telling stories!"

No, not a matter of being good at.The brave man looked at the opposite side with some anxiety: the two witches over there seemed to have completely ignored the Demon King from the beginning, or only regarded him as an accessory of the brave man.If the Demon King came forward here, would they accept it?

"It doesn't matter." After feeling his gaze, Shaka replied lightly, "That is His Excellency the Brave's pet, right? A pet is also a part of the owner. No matter how dirty and outdated a pet is, since you have approved it, we will accept it. He has no right to deny it—at most he can only seize the opportunity of his failure to erase him."

"That means it's all right. Well, I'll get to it then."

Ignoring the opponent's malicious personal attacks, the Demon King cleared his throat with extra vigor, and put the candlestick in front of him.

"A long time ago, in a certain country, there was a brave man—"

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In the story of the next chapter, there are a little supernatural/horror elements, please pay attention~