Lord Demon is behind you

In an instant, a terrible chill ran up the spine and up to the top of the head.The brave man turned his head stiffly little by little, looking at Princess Irene's smiling face.

"Can you...can you see me?"

When exactly—

……no answer.The princess did not answer, but smiled more and more sweetly.

The two sides fell into a stalemate for a while.

"..." At the end of the communicator, the demon king gasped, "Calm down, brave man! She... can't see you. I checked the shielding runes on the robot, and it was difficult for me even in my heyday It is impossible for her to see through it! Some special method must have been used to detect your location..."

He spoke quickly and quickly, and at the same time there was a rush of footsteps from the communicator.

"……but……"

The brave man didn't dare to move, but he gradually realized that what the devil said was probably correct.

The princess, although she was staring at his position exactly, her gaze was unfocused.It was as if he had passed him and looked into the void——

"You..." Princess Jiali cried tremblingly, "Witch, what are you talking about?... Are you hallucinating?"

The princess narrowed her eyes slightly.

"No, he's right here. My... Your Excellency the Brave of the world, the last hope of mankind - he's always been here, listening to this real trial."

She turned her body gracefully, and the long skirt drew out graceful curves.

"And all of this is just as I wish. Although he can't understand everything I'm going to do now, I just want him to know the truth-let him know what a dirty and dirty creature human beings are, let him know all this It's not worth saving that fact."

"Anyway, it's not time for you to leave yet." She turned her back to the brave man and said leisurely, "If you have to leave——I will have to use coercive means to make you stay."

The brave man was silent.Cold sweat trickled down the back of his neck: he knew that the princess never joked, nor was she interested in bluffing, and she would do what she said.She did know she was there, and must have had a way of monitoring his movements.

Has the plan to take the Demon Throne... been exposed?What should I do next, force a breakthrough?Are you trying to find a way to directly defeat the princess here?

Can you really do that kind of thing by yourself?Or should we find a way to retreat——

"Brave," the Demon King's voice became quiet again at this moment, "——I remember that princess...should be a spiritual magician?"

"Yes," the brave man took a deep breath to calm himself down, "His Royal Highness is a researcher in magic and spiritual theory, and is proficient in some special spiritual magic."

"Ah, that seems to be the case. She learned your location through your mental fluctuations."

The brave man doesn't understand what "spiritual fluctuations" are, but the facts in front of him are beyond doubt.

"That is to say... as early as when I just arrived on the ninth floor, she has already noticed it?"

"I'm afraid so," the devil sighed, "I'm sorry, but I completely ignored this point...Because the robot has no spirit at all, naturally it will not reveal its whereabouts due to mental fluctuations, which caused the little girl on the seventh floor to lose consciousness. aware of the problem."

"...Now, what should we do?"

Completely erasing the fluke in his heart, the brave man calmed down again.When things come to an end, it doesn't help to be flustered blindly.

He thought about it and said: "With the health and mana of Her Royal Highness, and the small boss-level monsters guarding around me, I don't have the strength to fight her forcibly at present. But if I escape... I want to return to the previous passage , and it's difficult—"

"Do as she says first," said the Demon King. "Let's observe what she wants to do first. Then, um, I will go to you. My mental resistance is very high. Against that kind of Psychic mages have somewhat of an advantage."

Is he coming to the ninth floor too? "However, that passage... will be exposed without the robot guarding—"

"At this point, it doesn't make any difference whether you're exposed or not," the Demon King's voice unexpectedly lightened, "Don't worry, brave man, there's nothing to be afraid of, and I'll be by your side soon to support you."

While the brave man and the devil were in a hurry to discuss the next step, the princess had already confronted the prince again, as if she really wanted to reveal all the facts to the brave man.

"Then, let's move on, 'Brother Wang'."

It seems that because the existence of the brave man has just been confirmed, the princess's mood seems to have improved a lot, and even when facing the two people in the prison, there is a little charming smile on her face.

"However, your plan in the first stage failed. The devil is far more fragile than we thought, far from the point where we are at the end of our rivers and rivers and resorted to killers. Under the leadership of His Excellency the Brave, the adventurers easily defeated the devil Castle, captured the former Demon King alive—this must be very disappointing to you, right?"

"What are you talking about, Irene, of course I was very happy to hear the news—"

"Then how is it possible?" The princess's smile became more and more charming. "With the defeat of the Demon King, the demon army has also been completely defeated, and can no longer form an organized threat to people. This makes me—and the brave man's reputation reach You have reached the peak, and far overwhelmed you as the number one heir. For this reason, the royal father also seriously considered the issue of changing the heir, and summoned all the nobles to discuss; although in the end, because your party members strongly opposed It can be carried out immediately, but after hearing this news, you must have become more determined to get rid of my feelings, right?"

"Is there such a thing?" The prince raised his eyebrows innocently, "I don't know at all. However, with Irene's ability and qualifications, it is normal to be able to inherit the throne, and the power should be handed over to capable people , I have no problem with that... Of course, it was before you became a witch."

As for Princess Jiali next to her, she was completely in chaos.

"Yes, it is precisely because you know that once I become a witch, I will lose my inheritance qualifications, so you will push this matter even more crazily. At that time, the companion of the Brave Lord's team-I mean the weak musician, is yours. An informant?"

musician?The brave man noticed this.Was she referring to Shaka...?

"Informant? What informant?" The prince wondered, "How could I have an informant of a wandering adventurer? I can't get in touch with that kind of person at all—"

"Before we set off to Demon King City, our adventure team lived in the palace for a few days. That was the only chance you might get in touch with members of the school team. You found and persuaded her at that time, and let her become yours." inside."

The princess ignored his denial, and just continued, "You moved her with your common interests; you want me to never stand up, and they want to be the wife of Your Excellency the Brave. Therefore, you all have reasons to suppress me."

Shaka, at that time...were you already dealing with your companions?The brave man struggled to breathe.

"Of course, you also lied to her. You didn't tell her how serious it is to become a demon—or, you don't even know?"

"So I don't know the person you mentioned," the prince coughed twice, and replied very sincerely, "Of course, any normal human being should be able to understand the seriousness of becoming a demon. Demons are Enemy of Man."

"In short, she has been looking for opportunities since then, using all means to remind us how suspicious the captured demon king is. That musician knows a little bit of hypnosis, and the method is quite superb; even I couldn't get rid of hypnosis at that time Under the influence of the surgery, I unconsciously became more and more anxious."

"Although I noticed something was wrong, I only thought that these were all the work of the previous generation of demon kings. It must be him, our enemy who is secretly instigating something - after all, who would doubt their own companions?"

Having said that, she turned her head and cast a bitter glance at the brave man.

——That look pierced straight into the hero's heart.

This is... my fault, isn't it?He couldn't help thinking this way.From the beginning, he always emphasized that the one who believed in his companions was the brave man himself; Her Royal Highness, who was originally cautious, must have been slack because of his influence.

"Later... just when the former Demon King was planning to call His Excellency the Brave out, thanks to her, I also got the news in advance."

Princess Irene suddenly said something surprising.

"Actually, this is what you guys agreed on, right? You and that former demon king."

"What are you talking about?" The prince took two steps back as if he had been greatly insulted, "The previous slander is nothing more than that, how could I have any contact with the devil king? The devil race is the mortal enemy of human beings, I can't wait to go to the front line in person Fighting monsters—"

"You have a connection."

The princess looked directly at him, her eyes burning.

She shook out the stack of parchment again: "You gave him my information. Moreover, the timing of that day was too coincidental. If you didn't get in touch, why did I happen to know about the Demon King's actions? More What's more, as a prisoner, if he wants to confess to a man, he must be cautious, it is impossible for others to know about this matter casually."

Her gaze is slightly off.

The brave man knew that these words were not addressed to the prince and the others, but—to him.

"In terms of interests, aren't you more in line with him? That love brain demon king - he only wants to get his sweetheart, and you want to destroy my marriage with Your Excellency the Brave and ruin my reputation. Use him to provoke anger Isn't it suitable for me?"

"Here, Irene, your idea is indeed very interesting. But as I said, I have no connection with the demons at all," the prince showed a rare sneer, "Also, the threat you assumed does not exist at all. .Your favorite hero——doesn't intend to marry you?"

"Yes, but if the order is given by the father, he can't refuse. And if I can't do it, that devil king is even more impossible; he doesn't even have the right gender."

The princess hit the nail on the head.

"Both you and he need this union. We witches—these are the products you deliberately created to achieve your own goals."

——She was talking to the hero.

The brave know this.

"……is this real?"

——should not be shaken by this.It shouldn't be because of this kind of thing...

"What she said...really?"

However, the hero couldn't tell that it was a complete lie.

At this moment, for the first time, he doubted his companion.

"……what?"

From the other end of the communication machine, only the sound of running and panting has been heard from the beginning.Hearing the brave man's question at this time, the Demon King managed to squeeze out a sentence.

"...What's wrong, Brave—what did she say..."

"It's about you," the brave tried to organize his thoughts, "from the very beginning..."

"From the beginning, I had private contact with His Royal Highness the third prince, and made a plan together with him. The purpose was to let Princess Irene perform the ritual of turning everyone into demons. And you, in order to stimulate her to do so...deliberately took Did you take measures?"

"Huh?! What is this..."

There was a knocking sound from the communicator, it seemed that the devil tripped.

The brave man's heart tightened.

"No, no, no. Sure enough, it's still nothing—be careful."

He was shocked, and suddenly felt that the previous one was quite absurd.How could I think so?Obviously, so many layers have fought together before, why should they doubt the only companion now?Moreover, it was because of the enemy's provocation that the correctness of a few words could not be verified.

"I'm sorry." He whispered, feeling guilty for his momentary deviation in thinking just now.

"Don't apologize... huh, huh, I'm fine," the demon king took a breath, and then footsteps came from there again, "Although I don't quite understand...wait for me, brave man!"

"—Okay. This is basically the complete process."

The princess clapped her hands slowly.

"Now, I have told you everything, in the most concise and easy-to-understand way. What do you think? My dearest Lord Brave."

--coming.

The brave man's heart tightened.

Next... I'm afraid I really have to face Princess Irene directly——