Lord Demon is behind you

"That's why we have to start from scratch."

"From scratch...?"

The Demon King, who was about to cry, raised his head hopefully upon hearing this.

"From the beginning... In this case, is it still possible for you to like me?"

"Ah," the brave man replied cheerfully like never before, "I don't know what will happen in the future, but I want to get to know you from the beginning. Start with getting to know each other, and then get to know each other. If you think it's okay, try to get along. I'll tell you about me too, so—"

Tell me about you.

- I want to know you.

"'Get along' means the human one, 'fall in love', right?"

The Demon King stood up abruptly, and made an excited voice, "Ah, I know this! It is written in the "Overview of Human Relationships" that if they can reach a romantic relationship, it means that the two have already liked each other——! It sounds like I should be able to do it too. Now, if you can just do that..."

An overview of human relationships... What is that, a popular science book?

Being caught off guard, the brave man was a little embarrassed: "No, well, generally speaking, before becoming a lover, you have to get along as friends first, and only when you feel that you are compatible enough can you start a romantic relationship."

"Is this... so?"

The Demon King was a little disappointed, but he immediately believed what the hero said.

"Friends—ah. I mean a human relationship where we know each other and have a sense of solidarity. I've seen this concept before. But do you have to be friends before falling in love... There's no such thing in the book..."

Don't you even have the concept of "friends"?How strange is the relationship between demons?

"Can't the demons make friends?" the brave man couldn't help asking.

"There's nothing like that here."

The Demon King sat down again, "We Demons have only two relationships with each other, that is, to obey and to be obeyed."

"——It turns out..."

It's unimaginable.This is really a world where even friendship does not exist.

"What about the family? Is there a family relationship?"

"This, is there or is it not..."

Between the two, there was an atmosphere of chatting unknowingly.

"Humans don't have the concept of family...but we do have family. I think it's for the convenience of social management. Because, you see, raising the next generation with the family as a unit is more convenient and more advantageous than centralized raising Bar?"

The strength of the demons has a lot to do with bloodlines.Demons born in the same family often have similar strengths, belong to the same class, and it is easier to have a common language with each other; but if someone is stronger or weaker due to a genetic mutation, others will not treat him at all. Put it together with his other family members.Officials will send commissioners to manage this part of the mutants and place them in different new families.

At this time, the Demon King should have read a lot of introductory books related to sociology, and he spoke clearly and logically.It's a pity that the brave man has little knowledge in this area and can only understand the superficial meaning.

"You said 'class'...does the demon world also divide into classes?"

"Of course. I know that the human class is divided according to social status, but the class of our demons is completely divided according to strength. The weak are at the bottom and obey the strong; the strong are at the top and dominate the weak. Among them, the strongest The thing is—”

Standing at the top of the pyramid is undoubtedly the rare lord class.

"There can only be one lord-level family in an area. In this family, the strongest individual can become the lord."

When he said these words, his expression was very flat, and his expression was a little lonely.

The brave man thought that if it was the devil he was familiar with hundreds of years later, when he talked about this topic, he would probably laugh wildly and announce loudly, "I am the strongest devil in the world, and I will fight from blood and fire." A ruler who has no one in a million is destined to be admired and obeyed by all people!" Something like that.

The guy had gotten past the stage of feeling lonely about this reality and had learned the ways of self-disenchantment.

Although in the eyes of the brave, his immature and fragile posture at this time is actually cute.

"In other words, as the ruler, you are the strongest in the entire area. But..."

He didn't seem too keen on it.

"Ah, that's right. Most human beings are very interested in power and status, right? Gaining power through personal efforts should be a great thing in your opinion."

The Demon King said while holding his chin.The brave man suddenly felt an arrow hit his knee.

"Well... that's true..."

Although he has neither ability nor interest in this area, even the brave himself can't help but think that it is very inspirational to rely on hard work to enter the upper class.

If you think about it carefully, if this concept can be recognized, doesn’t it mean that the upper class is higher than the lower class—they are all human beings, so is it really appropriate to distinguish between the upper class and the lower class?

The brave man couldn't figure out the logic of this, so he simply stopped thinking about it later.

"But I don't think being a lord is something to be happy about. Well, although it's really convenient, it's still not happy at all."

The Demon King lowered his head and let out a long sigh.

"In the beginning, I fought with my brothers and sisters just to survive, and I killed the lord of the previous generation in order to survive, and became the ruler myself. But... this feeling is more annoying than I thought."

——It must be very lonely... right?

Killing all the relatives, sitting alone on the supreme seat - the feeling may not be understood by the brave, but it can be guessed.

"I—— managed to climb to the current position," he said intermittently, "I escaped from the position of the obedient, but I can't escape the position of the ruler. As long as I live, I must obey and dominate, I hate so."

"So, I have been thinking about it before; I want to go to the human world. As a species, human beings may have despicable places and are full of annoying individuals. But, you... are free. No matter what way of life you live To be allowed and to have the opportunity to be on a true equal footing. I want to meet human beings like that and have a unique and most important connection with someone.”

The brave man covered his face silently.

"...What's wrong?" The Demon King paused and looked at him worriedly, "You, do you have a fever?"

"It's okay...it's just a little hot."

——This version that has not yet grown up is really simple and straightforward to the point of touching people's hearts.

The brave man pressed hard on his hot cheek.

"Go on? I'm listening."

"Ah...well. Actually, there is nothing to say..." The Demon King was a little embarrassed, "In short, if you have someone you like, you must stand on the most equal position with him, and don't have any relationship of domination and obedience. This is my wish. It will probably be difficult, because I am a purebred demon after all, and I have received the education of demons since I was a child. It must be difficult to change my nature. But—"

He stood up abruptly and bowed deeply to the brave man.

"...Please! Please give me this chance. I am willing to do anything, no matter what changes I am willing to do, I will definitely do my best! I want to stand on an equal footing with you, and then I will always be with you Together……!"

"This..." the brave man said speciously, "The goal you mentioned has nothing to do with love and marriage. Just find a human being as a friend, and both parties can have an equal relationship. It doesn't have to be me, and it doesn't have to be me. You don't need to like each other."

"No, no!" The Demon King panicked all of a sudden, "There is no such thing! Only you can do it, if it's not you, you can't do it. I didn't degenerate myself, not just anyone! Only me The person I like, talent, and ability stay in the same position as me. I like you, so I have to work hard to marry you..."

The more he talked, the more confused he became, as if he couldn't think properly.

"..."

The brave man buried his face deeply in the palm of his hand again.

He felt that he, too, was reaching his limit.On the one hand, I feel extremely ashamed, and on the other hand, I can't help but want to hear more frank confessions—there must be something broken about me.

Maybe it's because a Demon Lord like this is so rare.For rare things, it is natural to want to see more.

"Even if you say so..."

"I, like you. I don't know why, but I like you very much—" Maybe he was afraid that the brave man would say something terrible, so he hurriedly interrupted loudly, "This kind of heart is the most genuine, and It will never change, please believe me, I will try my best to prove it to you!"

Ugh... I feel like I'm bullying a child.

The brave man continued to pat his face, trying to lower the surface temperature a little.

"...Okay. Here...you are considered qualified."

"--Hey?"

The Demon King raised his head slightly, but the top of his hair was pinned down by the brave man.

——I don't want to be seen by the other party with this red-faced look of embarrassment.

"I already know you pretty much," the brave man exhaled, "so, we have become 'friends' from 'strangers we met for the first time'."

"friend……"

After the brave man let go of his hand, the Demon King slowly covered the top of his head and rubbed it several times.

"Is this going well...?"

"Ah."

"Then, what do you think of me now?" He asked hopefully, "Is it possible, that, to develop into a love..."

"It's still early." The brave insisted.

If the Demon King had been more focused, he should have been able to find him holding back his laughter.

"Anyway, this is only the first day we met, it can't be so fast. You can relax for a while, let's try to get along normally."

"But..." the Demon King asked unwillingly, "The relationship between human friends should be very unstable, right? It seems that a small mistake will lead to a rupture in the relationship, and it may never be repaired. I... What if If there is a mistake in this link, is it, it is impossible to have a chance to make up for it? It is also impossible to talk to you—"

As he spoke, he panicked again.

"That's right. But, well, to be precise, not just friends, any kind of relationship is actually very fragile."

The brave man smiled wryly.

He used to think that the bond between companions was unbreakable.However, subsequent events undoubtedly proved to him how unreliable his once idealized beliefs were.

"Acquaintances may be estranged, friends may turn against each other, lovers may break up, and couples may divorce. Before things happen, no one knows what will happen afterwards, and it is impossible to know how long this relationship will last. We can only Just stick to it on the premise of trying to maintain the relationship.”

He looked at each other seriously.

"It's impossible for me to give you any promises in advance. Even so, are you willing...to work hard for that kind of thing?"

"--of course!"

The Demon King immediately stood at attention and replied.

"I will work hard. I will persist until the last moment and try my best to make you like me!"

——This is indeed a response that fits his style.Feeling the doubts that had been lingering in his heart slowly dissipating, the brave man showed a relieved smile.

"--Thank you."

"Huh? Why all of a sudden—"

The brave man did not answer his doubts, but instead said: "Since you have explained your own affairs to me, then I should also explain mine. About me...do you want to know? ?”