Lord Demon is behind you

Knot... wait.

What did he say... get married? ? ?

The brave man couldn't say a word for a long time.

The other party's lines had an excessively strong impact on his existing cognition.At this point, he didn't even feel ashamed anymore, he just felt incomprehensible blindly.

marry?Hit the knot, drink warm marriage...?

The term refers to a legally recognized partnership between the two parties... right?

So what does this have to do with him, with them, with the current situation?

The current situation should be summed up as... the Demon King proposed to him, right?

Just saying this sentence already makes people feel extraordinarily incredible.

"that……"

The Demon King raised his head nervously, secretly watching his reaction.

"You do not want it……?"

It's not a question of willingness, is it? !Why on earth did you propose marriage all of a sudden!Why did you suddenly jump to the proposal! !At least you should talk about love first—no, you shouldn't talk about love either!

The brave man quickly reflected on what he had done before, completely unaware of any actions that might lead to this consequence.

"Uh, this. I... knot, or..."

The brave man didn't know why he stumbled suddenly.

I always feel that... with the expectant and uneasy eyes of the other party, it becomes difficult to say even the words of rejection - obviously it is only natural to refuse here.

However, as he struggled and hesitated longer and longer, the other party finally lowered his head dejectedly as if he understood something.

"You really... don't want to?"

So it’s not a matter of willingness or not at all!By the way, why on earth did you suddenly pop up a marriage proposal!

For the brave, this topic is undoubtedly very inappropriate.At this time, he should be fully thinking about how to wake up the other party from the illusion, so he didn't have the room to consider these selfish distractions.

...No, no, no, "marriage" and the like don't even count as selfish distractions, they are purely funny content outside the scope of consideration.Too out of touch with reality.

but.

"You do not want it……?"

This guy... looked like he was about to cry.

The brave man panicked.

What, what's going on, this demon king!Why are you crying, don't you, a lord, have the reserve of a superior? !

Even when girls confessed to being rejected, they seldom cried on the spot.Besides, isn't it natural for such a sudden proposal to be rejected?In the case of psychological expectations, it should not be out of control.

Even the Demon King was the same at the beginning.Although he appeared to be very sad, but thinking about it later, it was probably just a performance effect to impress the brave man. In fact, he had expected to be rejected a long time ago.

Could it be that……

This guy in front of him—he's serious.He made it on the premise that he really felt that the proposal would be accepted——

The brave man realized this fact with great despair.

Does he have no common sense at all!It's understandable to think about the other person's feelings casually...

"—Wait, wait a minute, isn't this... weird?"

He had to say cautiously, for fear that the wrong words would irritate the other party and make him cry completely, "You and I just met for the first time today, right? It would be a bit, It was so sudden."

Strictly speaking, I met yesterday, but the Demon King at that time never noticed his existence.

"--can you?"

When he said that, the Demon King tilted his head in confusion.

"Indeed, this should be the first time I've met you. But, well... I always feel like I'm already familiar with you."

He knelt on the ground, looked up at the brave man, his eyes flickering.

"It feels like I've seen you for a long time, and I know everything about you very well, and I know that you can get married." He scratched his hair shyly, "Although I don't know why, but my heart is not There will be mistakes, I am confident in that. It doesn't matter what the reason is, the most important thing now is the fact that I like you."

I should pay attention to the reason a little bit! !

"Then... isn't it the most normal to marry someone you like? But...you, don't agree..."

Seeing that he looked like he was about to cry while talking, the brave man couldn't help feeling a headache.

"Wait, wait a minute, you listen to me first. It's not that you don't want to, it's just—"

"Ah! It's not that you don't want to, it means that you are willing?" The Demon King suddenly raised his head, his eyes glistening, "So you agree?"

--Oops.It seemed like I said something I shouldn't have said.

"It's not—"

"This is really... really good!"

Under the slight vibration of the membrane wings, the demon king suddenly floated up and rushed towards the brave man, and stretched out his arms to hug his waist tightly.

"So happy! This feeling... is it called happiness?"

A large object suddenly fell into his arms, and the brave man jumped in fright, and almost instinctively threw him backhanded, but he paused for a moment because of this sentence.

Such innocent and frank lines were not something that the devil he was familiar with could easily say.

"This feeling..." Leaning his chin on the brave man's shoulder, he still choked up slightly.

"How to put it... so strange. It feels so strange, my mind and soul have become strange... very happy, very happy. But at the same time, very... scared..."

——The hero can understand this feeling.

While being overwhelmed by an overwhelming sense of happiness, an equal amount of panic is accompanied by the fear of losing what you currently have.

Now it's troublesome.

What I wanted to say... I can't say it.

It sucks to make people despair and then hope and then drive them into despair.

But even so, what needs to be said has to be said.The only thing a brave man can do is to deceive other people's feelings.Whether you like it or not, you have to make it clear.

When he was deep in thought, although the devil loosened his hands a little, he still maintained an overexcited state, and kept nagging in the brave man's ear.

"...Where will the wedding be held in the future? Which of the several well-known wedding holy places in the demon world do you prefer? Or do you want to go back to the human world? Or do both parties once? The ceremony adopts the habits of humans or that of the demons. Habits? I prefer human weddings because you can swear oaths and kisses openly during the ceremony, but if you don't like it, you can change the form... Actually, traveling weddings are also good. Do you want to use black or red or white for the ceremony? I think a white dress would go really well with—um, um."

The brave man finally came back to his senses, and silently covered his mouth.

If he kept going on like this, in a few minutes, he might start discussing the names of sons and daughters—although male creatures can't have children at all.

"Um, uh uh...?"

The Demon King looked at him questioningly.

"...Stop talking. Listen to me first."

The brave man pushed him to the chair and sat down. In order to avoid trouble, he didn't let go at all.

Probably because he was overwhelmed by the brave man's heavy expression, the other party's eyes suddenly became very panicked.Even so, he didn't struggle, but calmed down.Probably waiting for the hero to explain.

"I..." the brave man hesitated.

—I actually came to smash your dreams.

——I actually came to find you as my companion.

——I came here only because I couldn't move forward alone.Not even out of concern for one's companions.

——I can't understand or accept your feelings.

——I have many more important things to do, and I don't have time to talk about this.

——You and I used to be in an endlessly hostile relationship.

——You and I were originally a relationship of unilateral commitment and assistance.

——You once said that you would be my companion unconditionally, and I... took advantage of this feeling.

There are too many things to explain, enough to make a list of tens of thousands of words, and each item is more cruel than the last.

Can this guy listen to it all properly and accept these troubles?Will you refuse to admit everything, suddenly lose your temper or burst into tears?After all, the look in his eyes right now is just like that of a condemned prisoner who is waiting for the verdict.It was as if a single word from the brave man was enough to cut off all his vitality.

Facing this scene, on the one hand, the brave man felt full of guilt, and on the other hand, he felt a strange sense of disobedience.

This should have been... an impossible situation for the Demon Lord.

The former devil king I know seems to be able to do a job with ease at any time, and can always accurately understand the other party's psychology in advance. Although he has the appearance of the second disease, occasionally loves to act like a baby, and is prone to messy things, his nature is extremely reliable. .

He shouldn't have been so easily swayed, nor would he have made such a weak and reckless move.

So... now—

What was in front of him was not the Demon King he was familiar with, but——

It was the attitude of that guy when he was immature hundreds of years ago.

He was still too young at this time.I don't know enough about humans, and I don't know enough about myself; I can't control my emotions well, and I can't recognize the attitudes of others well.

It will take him a long, long time before he can grow into that light-weight look.

"—"

The brave man slowly let go of his hand, stepped back and sat down on the opposite side.

He gradually became aware of the reality of the overly complicated emotions in his heart.

"That, that..." The other person's face turned uncomfortably with his movements, "Do you have anything to say? About marriage—"

——I don't want to see a sad expression on this face.The past, present, and future are all hopeless.

The emotion that fills my heart is——

Realizing this, he immediately crossed off all the items on the instruction list.Those are no longer true.

"No, this is a more basic matter than marriage." After making up his mind, his words became smoother, "You said before that it is normal to marry the person you like?"

"Ah, um, I said it. There's nothing wrong with this—"

The brave man crossed his hands on the table.Something in his heart swelled up little by little, and he felt for no reason that this would definitely work.

This approach works.It can wake up the other party, prevent him from feeling sad, and ensure his own honesty.Perfect in every way.

"But you forgot, 'like' this kind of thing—should be mutual."

"Is, for each other... Is it? For humans, it has to be like this..."

The Demon King seemed to have just thought of this question, and he couldn't help opening his eyes wide with a flustered expression.This expression was a little too immature for him.

"I like you. But you, don't you like me...? Do you have to make you like me?"

"Basically, no one will fall in love with the person they meet for the first time for no reason." The brave man said, "If you don't know each other, you can't develop feelings at all. And I——I know almost nothing about you. I don't even know why you like me."