Lord Demon is behind you

After confirming the stairwell leading to the upper floor, the two did not choose to go to the upper floor immediately, but turned back to the forest by the same route, found a clear river, and took a short rest.

——The main reason is that the Demon King has always looked ashamed since he plunged headlong into the bushes. Not to mention himself, even the brave man can't see it.

On the one hand, thinking that this kind of rest opportunity is very rare, on the other hand, it is also to celebrate the smooth merging of the two. The brave man planned to set up a small fire by the river, and cook something decent to eat.

but……

He turned his backpack upside down, and found only piles of dry bread and canned food, and a lot of salted fish and bacon.

How should I put it, these... are a little out of hand.

The nature of food is different from other props. It has a very obvious shelf life, and it is impossible to hoard it in large quantities.

When I was still in the team before, Olga, who was in charge of logistics, would specially calculate the date and route, and buy a suitable amount of food at the market passing by, so as to prepare for the camping on the journey; You can completely rely on hunting or picking game to fill your stomach.

And the cans in the bag that can be stored for a long time are just the minimum preparations, just in case.

...Do you want to take it out?

"What's wrong, Brave?"

The Demon King had just washed the dust off his head and face, and now he was squatting beside him, wiping his hair with a towel he took out from nowhere, while staring at him with good eyes.

...Although he has been together for so long, he is almost used to the gaze from the other party, but this time he still feels a little stressed.

"Well……"

But this is still inside the Demon King City.It seems to be lush and lush, but in fact, all the monsters shuttle back and forth, and there are no wild animals that can be caught and eaten.

"Is there a problem? Oh, do you need my help lighting the fire?"

The Demon King put down the towel and rubbed his fingers a little, and a small flame immediately ignited at the fingertips.He is a magician specializing in the dark system, but he can also use some low-level spells that are not restrained.

"No, actually—"

A corner of the label of the canned salted fish leaked from the brave man's hand.

Do you really want to take this thing out for people to eat...

The brave man hesitated a little.

If he is alone, of course he can eat anything.In fact, the brave had almost never had the experience of being picky about food before.

The problem is, judging from what happened before, the Demon King should hate poorly cooked food...?

Just when he was hesitating——

"Ah, talk about it!"

The devil suddenly clapped his hands as if he remembered something.

"Speaking of which, it's a rare opportunity. Would you like to try the food with the flavor of the devil world?"

"……Hey?"

"It's the food from the demon world. Although there is a subtle difference in taste from the human side due to the raw materials, it's still quite delicious, I think."

While speaking, the Demon King retracted his hands into the cloak, pulled out a rather large folding table from the inside of the cloak, unfolded it two or three times, and stood it by the river.

... Is there a different dimension inside your cloak? !

"...wait a minute, why do you have food from the devil world?"

As mentioned earlier, food, unlike other things, is difficult to store for long.This guy has been in the human world for many years, why is there still such food - does he regularly deliver ingredients from the demon world?

The devil looked at him with some puzzlement, and continued to take things out of the cloak.

He put a large stack of beautifully wrapped cartons on the table.

"I brought it before," he said. "When I first decided to come to the human world, I was afraid that the climate would be unacceptable here, so I prepared enough food for more than ten years in advance. Oh, there are still leftovers. Down a lot."

"...Won't it break?!"

"No way," the Demon King picked up a cardboard box, turned it over and pointed to the runes on it to show the brave man, "They are all stored using uniformly made time system runes, how could it be broken, don't worry, brave man, I don't care Will use your guts for yarn."

From the cardboard box that the devil opened, a particularly alluring fragrance wafted out.

Various vegetables and meats that have never been seen before are placed on the plate in the box in an aesthetically pleasing shape, which looks as steaming as the set meal just served by the proprietress of the hotel——

It even includes soup and dessert.

"..."

The brave man finally stuffed the can of salted fish back silently.

He sat down at the table a little depressed, and once again strongly realized the serious difference between himself and the other party——

This is probably the so-called class difference.

After all, the other party is a demon lord with over [-] people, and it is only natural that he can enjoy the top treatment in the entire demon world - he has known this kind of thing for a long time, and he has experienced it in the illusion.

However, with the change of feelings, all factors that may cause obstacles are unconsciously magnified countless times.

Worrying about gains and losses... probably that's what it means.

After all, all the love stories throughout the ages have almost revealed the fact that "it is difficult for two people of different classes to make it to the end"... No, wait, what am I thinking.Why did you shake up inexplicably without doing anything?

The brave man shook his head repeatedly, trying to drive away the sudden weak thoughts.

It seemed like he'd been doing it ever since he became aware of his feelings.

Obviously before, all he wanted was to save mankind, but now——

At this moment, he finally understood those black-hearted companies that "forbid office romances" in the world.It turns out that if employees fall in love, it will really affect work efficiency.

"—Then I'm not going to be polite."

He took the fork handed over by the Demon King, and said with a sigh.

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"There are three floors left. The remaining three witches are—"

Not long after, in order to get rid of his restless state, the brave man forced himself to talk about serious things.

"Ah, the one on the top floor must be the human princess."

The Demon King pushed a plate in front of the brave man, which contained a whole fish stewed just right.

"Look, brave man, this is the kind of fish we saw on the second floor before, do you remember? Do you want to try it?"

"Oh……"

It must be the original version of the ridiculously large fish at the bottom.At that time, the Demon Lord said that he often saw it on the dining table.

The taste is really good. ... No, you can't just eat, you have to get back to the topic as soon as possible.

"Among the other two, the one that needs special attention is the personal guard of Her Royal Highness, the Holy Knight Miss Sylvia."

"Paladin... I seem to have a little impression."

The Demon King picked up a strange looking purple vegetable and sent it to the brave man.

The brave man instinctively opened his mouth and bit it.

The taste in the mouth is unexpectedly sweet, more fruit-like than vegetable-like.The demon king kept staring at him while he chewed.

"How do you feel?" he asked expectantly.

"pretty good."

It's not so sweet that it's greasy, and most people don't hate this taste.

The Demon King put his chin on his cheek and smiled contentedly.

"...Why are you so happy?"

"Well, because this is my favorite dish," the Demon King replied with a smile. "Of course it's very gratifying to be recognized by people who like something you like."

"..." The brave man suppressed the subtle anxiety in his heart.

"...About Miss Sylvia, I think she is probably on the eighth floor."

After a while, he continued: "She is not only an outstanding warrior and a believer in the light, but also a knight who is absolutely loyal to Her Majesty the Princess. With the bonus of faith, she is even more powerful. Therefore, Her Majesty the Princess may put She's using it as a last line of defense... are you listening?"

The devil was busy cutting a heart-shaped mushroom-like fungus in half, and immediately put down the knife and fork upon hearing this.

"Of course," he straightened his shoulders and raised his hands solemnly, "I will listen to every word of the brave man! But about this matter, I have actually thought about it a long time ago—"

He lowered his voice slightly.

"Actually, between the seventh and ninth floors of Demon King City, there is a secret passage that can be passed directly."

"……Aha?"

"—If they didn't tamper with the structure of the city," he added, "the seventh to ninth floors of the Demon King's City were my private areas. For the convenience of travel, I made a direct secret passage. That is to say , as long as we defeat the witch on the seventh floor, we can go directly to the top floor."

"However, all ten witches must be defeated—"

"—The Demon Throne."

The demon king crossed his arms and supported his chin.

"As long as I take back my demon throne from that human princess, their strength will be greatly weakened, and then it will be easy to fight. No matter whether they used to be knights or princesses, now they are just born from the heart. It’s just a conversion of the Demon Race, as long as there is no correction provided by the Demon Throne——you will definitely not be the hero who represents the justice of the world. Your opponent!"

——Yes, there is another one coming out.

The brave had completely forgotten about it before.That being said, if all goes well, they can snatch the Demon Throne back into their hands, and the rest of the matter will be settled——

"So, don't worry, brave man," the devil continued to cut the piece of mushroom, forked half of it and brought it to the brave man's mouth again, "don't worry, I've already thought about everything after that. As long as the two of us work together Work hard, and the difficulties in the future will definitely be easily overcome!"

No, in fact, the brave man didn't worry much about the difficulties and obstacles in the future...It's not his character to worry about the things he is destined to face in the future.

But he really couldn't say shameless words like "I'm actually worried about the future with you".As soon as he realized that his mind was full of love issues at such a critical juncture, and his consciousness was not even as high as that of the demon king around him, the brave man's heart was immediately filled with guilt and even self-loathing.

The brave man turned his head silently, and bit the piece of mushroom in front of him into his mouth.

Then he opened his eyes wide in surprise——

"... Mmm. Delicious."

It is more tender and juicy than the mushrooms in the world. While wrapped in the aroma of fungi, it unexpectedly has a special thick feeling, which is the favorite taste of the brave.

"Right?"

The devil put the other half into his mouth, and then pushed the whole plate of mushrooms towards the brave man.

"—Isn't the food in the Demon Realm not bad? I've always thought so. Although the thinking of intelligent creatures there is very problematic, that world is still great."

"Ah, it's really great."

When putting a new piece of mushroom on the plate, the brave man recalled the endless blue sky that belonged to the demon world that he had seen in the illusion.

"The sky is blue like the human world. The air is also very fresh."

"That... Brave, if you have the chance..."

The devil licked his lips nervously.He seemed to want to pretend to ask casually, but failed.

"Are you interested in going to the Demon Realm? Well, consider it a trip..."

"Okay."

The brave man who was fighting the mushrooms responded casually.

"You agreed? Then it's settled?"

As if he had received some important promise, the Demon King instantly relaxed his tense shoulders, revealing a pure and expectant smile.

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Apologies to everyone _(:з"∠)_,

The author's aunt came today, and she was so painful that she lost her mind (

When coding, I almost don’t know what I typed OTL====

In fact, the devil knows everything, and he already has a plan 23333