Lord Demon is behind you

After finishing speaking, the brave man realized belatedly that his words were extremely hypocritical.Say something like "forget about me"... how come it's like a young couple who are separated from each other when a disaster is imminent.

"In short... In short, that's probably what it means," he said remedially, "You understand, right? You are also my important companion. I hope you can live well no matter what."

There was a momentary blankness on the Demon King's face.For a moment, the brave man almost thought he was about to jump up and refute loudly.

But in fact, he didn't immediately refuse, but bowed his head and pondered for a while.

"If that's what you want, brave..." he said slowly, "well, I'll do it."

The brave man was a little surprised, and quickly smiled in relief.

"--Thank you."

Sure enough, he could understand his own mood - he would always consider issues from the right perspective.

If he failed to save the human world in the end, at least I hope he can get rid of the troubles belonging to the human world and live a good life as before-this is the true wish of the brave.

"However, before that," the Demon King immediately added, "I will definitely do my best to avoid that kind of situation. Brave, do you understand? I hope that you can be at peace. There are even fewer, because I like the brave the most."

"..." Wait, why did he confess at the slightest disagreement? !

"So leave it to me," he said solemnly. "I will not let that happen, not under any circumstances. On my blood and my name."

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Driven by some subtle psychology, the brave man quickly stepped into the secret passage alone as if fleeing.

The road is narrow and quiet, and Ludy's robot is rolling its wheels, advancing steadily and at a constant speed.The brave man followed closely behind, always paying attention to the surrounding situation.

After entering the posture of preparing for battle, the restless mood that had been uneasy since just now finally calmed down slowly.

He observed the robot in front of him from time to time, and then couldn't help but think about Ludi.

Did she stay here... just to wait for the arrival of the hero?Like Olga?

From time to time, one or two slimes or monster rats slipped past his feet, but none of the monsters noticed the human beings who were close at hand.

There was a noise from the box-shaped machine in his hand.

"Ahem——hey, can you hear me, brave?" Accompanied by a slight noise, the voice of the Demon King also slid out.

"I heard."

The brave man took out the spare belt and tied the box firmly to his chest.

The sound is much clearer than imagined, far stronger than ordinary magic microphones.This level can be achieved only with metal, without any magic power - I have to say, what Ludi made is really amazing.

"Well, the machine seems to be working fine. How's the situation around you?"

"It's going well. So far, we haven't encountered any large monsters, nor have we been noticed by any enemies." The brave man listened attentively to the movement in the distance. "It seems that there is nothing in this passage."

The anti-reconnaissance runes engraved on the robot were functioning normally, and the brave man's figure, breath and voice were all perfectly hidden.

"Really...that's fine."

On the other end of the communication, the devil suddenly cleared his throat.

"Since I'm sure there's no danger, that means I can talk to the brave man normally, right? Then—"

"I like the brave man! I like the brave man the most!" At the other end of the machine, he shouted loudly, "I want to marry the brave man!"

The too loud sound exploded around him, and the brave man was frightened, and almost staggered and fell out of the protection range of the robot.

"What are you doing all of a sudden!"

"Confession," the other party said confidently, "by the way, test the sound transmission effect of the communicator."

Hasn't the sound transmission effect been perfectly proven?Taking a step back, even if it is for this, you can say whatever you want, why do you have to, uh.

"Sorry, did I scare you?" said the Demon King. "Actually, I just want to confess to the brave man——I've wanted to do this for a long time."

If it's just a confession, he has already done it countless times, right? !

"It's not the same, it's not the same. You know the hero, right? I heard that the way of confession is very popular among human beings - standing on the roof and shouting out the declaration of love to the crowd below! I always wanted to If you do this once, it’s a pity that you probably won’t have the chance.”

His tone was very regretful, "So I think, even if the venue is different, at least we should call it out once."

"Is it popular...?" The brave man never thought that this kind of naive-sounding behavior had ever been popular.Rather, it's only the kind of teenagers who are in the second stage of middle school; I have never heard of any adult doing it.

"It's very popular! I can observe the same ritual from the crystal ball every year," the devil emphasized. "Of course, there are various variants. Humans really like to come up with it when they confess and fall in love." Strange tricks, and quite a few of them are very interesting."

On the communicator side, he was rambling on.

"I have seen the example of leading the mighty servants and driving sixteen golden carriages to meet the sweetheart; I have also seen the example of spreading the carpet for the wedding from the door of the other party to the door of my own house. It seems that in the It is very common to put a whole circle of heart-shaped candles downstairs in other people's houses, custom-made magic fireworks with the name of the new master on it - no matter how bad it is, they will send nine hundred and ninety-nine roses, and then with the blessings of everyone Say I love you."

——It’s okay to send flowers, but making such a big battle will cause trouble for the other party and others.Anyway, the brave man can't understand the mentality of those rich people at all, and he doesn't think that girls who are treated like this will be unconditionally happy.

"Although it is other people's freedom to do whatever they want, I still feel," he said honestly, "the most important thing is not the form, but two people who can love each other. Being pursued by someone who doesn't love like this will only feel tricky .”

"I knew you would say that..." The devil's voice sank slightly, looking a little frustrated, "That's why I didn't have a confession ceremony in the end. But in fact, I really want to do it. I have been doing it since I was the devil. I was thinking about it, if I can make a vigorous confession to tell the whole world, let all human beings know how much I love you, it must be very happy."

That must be terrible, the hero couldn't help thinking.

"I used to dream about things like this," he went on, "I dreamed that I would fly to human cities and use amplifying magic to confess aloud in the most crowded places; or print tens of millions leaflets, each of which is filled with 'Albert Strelstein, the Demon Lord, has feelings of admiration for the brave Sir Arthur Crane'!"

"...Are you trying to shame me into committing suicide?"

Regardless of the degree of shame, this behavior will definitely make the public suspect that the brave is collaborating with the enemy and treasoning the country and taking refuge in the Demon King.

"It's just a dream! I know it will bring you trouble, so I never put it into practice."

On the communicator side, the Demon King sighed again and again.

"Don't worry, brave man, I won't do anything that will make you unhappy. Because I love you. Because I love you, I can't let my personality mess around; didn't you humans say that Well, 'Love is restraint'. I can't even endure this desire, so why should I say I love you?"

Hearing the repeated "I love you" from the other end of the machine, the brave man only felt the skin on his face become hot.

"—If it wasn't because I love you, I would have tied you to the Demon King's City as early as the very beginning... when I just realized the change in my feelings."

--Hey?

The wind of his words suddenly changed direction.

"You mean, 'tied'...?"

"Yes, it means literally. If it were any Demon Race, I'm afraid they would do the same; they would use their power to take what they like for themselves. This behavior is completely in line with the Demon Race's concept."

The Demon King let out a long breath.

"Brave, do you know how the race of dwarves was destroyed?"

he asked suddenly.Combined with the previous topic, the brave has a bad feeling.

"Could it be related to the demons?"

"It's related to the demons," said the demon king. "There was a high-ranking demon who liked the technology of dwarves, so he took away the best craftsmen of dwarves through violence. Aren't the dwarves always united? In order to save the same race, the dwarves People desperately tried to open the gate of the demon world and rescue their companions, but most of them fell into the cracks in space due to mechanical operation errors... At this time, human forces took advantage of the gap and easily wiped out the entire dwarves. The family is destroyed."

——In this way, the dwarves are equivalent to being destroyed by...humans and demons, practicing their hands?

"Only a small number of dwarves managed to escape to the Demon Realm, but when they found the lord's mansion, unfortunately, their enemy had been, um, killed by me."

The high-ranking demon who robbed the dwarves was probably also a relative like his uncle and brother.

"Later, they didn't want to go back to the human world, so they settled down on the edge of the demon world. The things made by the dwarves are really interesting and useful, and gradually spread to the whole demon world, and I have many of them."

"No wonder Ludi...she hates demons..."

Until now, the brave man finally understood Ludi's feelings a little bit.For her, humans and demons are not only part of her blood, but also enemies worthy of loathing.

"--what."

In this rambling chat, the passage has come to an end.

Ahead is an ordinary wooden door.

The robot rattled its hand out, grabbed the doorknob, and yanked it back.The thick darkness outside the door suddenly flooded in.

This is the ninth floor, right?

The brave man held his breath, and following the speed of the robot, he took a step forward.

——The situation here is different from what I expected... It's too different.

Of course the brave man had been to the hall on the ninth floor of the Demon King City and defeated the previous Demon King there - but in turn, that is to say, he had only entered the hall on the ninth floor.As for other places, they have never set foot in it at all.

The scene in front of me was too different from the grand and splendid hall at the beginning.

After his eyes gradually adapted to the dark room, the brave man looked around his surroundings and quickly came to a conclusion.

"Is this... a prison cell?"

And it is quite a large-scale prison.Rows of iron railings are coldly lined on both sides, reflecting the luster of metal under the dim to almost non-existent candle light.

"No way," the Demon King said incredulously on the other end of the communicator, "There are no prison cells on my ninth floor. Which normal person would build a prison next to his residence?"

The brave feel the same way.Compared with the lofty ninth floor, the atmosphere here is still closer to a dungeon buried deep underground, and it can be said that it has nothing to do with that noble princess.

The robot continued to move along the path between the iron fences without hesitation, and the brave man could only keep up.Ludi said before that this robot will lead him to the Demon King's Throne, which means that as long as he follows it now, he can go all the way to that hall... right?

After two turns, the surroundings seemed a little brighter.At this time, the brave man discovered that there seemed to be a human breath inside the fence not far away——