Lord Demon is behind you

"..."

"..."

In the darkness, the two faced each other in silence for a moment.Finally, the Demon King sighed softly and straightened up again.

"Why do you like you, or something... Even if you ask me like this, I also... how can there be a way to answer such a question."

He seemed to be running through his hair a little irritatedly.

"In the final analysis, what is the reason for liking this thing? How should I put it, Brave... You are indeed not the most handsome one among all human beings, and maybe not the strongest one, but does that matter? This It doesn't hinder me from loving you. No matter beauty, strength or money, I don't lack these things at all, and I don't need to like anyone for this kind of thing.

"I'm after something completely different, which is you - just you, just you, only you, and always you. There's nothing but you."

He said such a long series of words quickly, but the brave man did not respond for a while.

His attention was entirely on the opening part.

"Like this...doesn't need a reason...?"

Why... This sentence is so familiar, I seem to have heard something similar to it somewhere before.

"Of course. Falling in love is a very mysterious thing," the Demon King said immediately, "it's the same for everyone. You don't need any reason to fall in love with you, it's just because you are you. Trust me, brave man."

"……what--"

--I remembered.

Not long ago, he heard extremely similar words from Princess Irene.

"Why must there be a reason for 'like'? Whether it's me or the ones you eliminated, I don't need any reason for your love." That's what she should have said at the time.

At that time, what the princess wanted to convey was different from what the demon king who was facing me now...is there any difference——

"...!"

While trying to think deeply, the brave man suddenly felt a severe headache and couldn't help hugging his head.

--How is this going?

This pain is very strange.It's a bit similar to the feeling after getting rid of Princess Irene's mind control just now, but it's much deeper than that; it's like a knife is stirring crazily inside the brain, cutting the whole soul together with the head.

The brave man tried to be patient, but the pain did not mean to dissipate, but intensified instead.

Accompanied by this fatal pain, countless fragments of the past were lifted onto the surface of memory at the same time, surrounded in all directions, switching and playing quickly like a revolving lantern: various details of the process of getting acquainted with the companions, and team members The appearance of them fighting side by side, the happy days they once had; the girls who were cut by themselves with the holy sword, the pure black shell of the witch, the unwilling eyes before disappearing; Princess Irene smiled and said "I want Protect you", the appearance of the knight condemning coldly... everything flashed quickly, and then disappeared.

The last thing that was frozen in my mind was the scene that just happened not long ago: the scene where the demons in midair were pierced by a pitch-black gun.

For a moment, he only felt that he seemed to have returned to the scene where he could only struggle to sink.

If this is just a memory, it would be too real——

"——It was you from the beginning to the end that caused him to fall into a certain death situation."

The judgmental sentence was played repeatedly in his mind.

All the misfortunes he wanted to prevent were all because of himself...?Because of my own incompetence and stupidity, and——

"It's all because they love you," said a voice in the dark, "and you can't understand it; you can't repay this unreasonable love."

You don't love anyone - this is also the previous verdict from the knight.

"That's why you're doomed to be a disappointment; that's why you're doing yourself a disservice."

"……Well……"

No, something is wrong.At least one thing he can be sure of: he doesn't love anyone.It's just that the object of his affection is probably not "human beings"——

The brave man pressed the sides of his head even harder, but this behavior could not relieve any pain at all.

"What's the matter, brave man?" The Demon King was taken aback by his sudden pain, "Is there any discomfort?... Sudden headache? Is it serious?"

But now the hero can hardly hear his voice: his head is filled with all kinds of messy images and voice-overs from nowhere, and he is forced to experience the delay of these things repeatedly.

"... Can you hear me? Tell me, brave man!" the demon king shouted, supporting his face.

The opponent's finger brought the brave man back to his senses a little bit.He took a quick breath and grabbed the Demon King's hand; only this slight touch could remind him that those were just things in the past, and now there are still companions watching him here.

In this darkness, he suddenly realized that besides the rows of blue debuffs above his status, a bright red negative status popped up at some point.

The red sign is jumping and jumping like the others, which is particularly eye-catching.

"This is..." he murmured, "Is it also... a decline in mental state...?"

The terrible headaches and hallucinations now are probably all caused by this thing.

Does this negative state also come from Her Royal Highness?When did she cast such a deadly spell on herself?

This is really too painful.The double torment from the body and the spirit was irresistible; compared with the current situation, everything the princess had done to him before was really too gentle.

"Cheer up, brave man!" The demon king shook him vigorously, "Tell me, did you suffer from some kind of delayed-onset spiritual magic? What's wrong now? The symptom is headache, is there anything else?"

The brave man was still unable to answer.He has been dragged back by those endless memory fragments, and it is already the limit to barely hold on without completely collapsing.

"..."

Fumbling his frowning brows in the dark, the Demon King took a deep breath and had to make up his mind.

"I'm sorry, Brave,...forgive me at a time like this."

He lowered his head in the darkness, accurately bit the brave man's lips, and opened the other's teeth with his tongue.

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His mind, which had been hazy due to the severe pain, gradually recovered.When he was half awake, the brave man didn't know why, but instead felt a little special comfort; it was the same as when he received treatment after every injury before.

Wounds are excruciating, but the gentle, soothing coolness of healing spells falling on you is a rare experience.

So is it the same at this moment? ...Is there anyone treating him...?

But there seems to be something different.This is a very subtle feeling, indescribable and mysterious.

When his consciousness completely returned, he finally found out that something was wrong.

The warm breath was blowing on the face from a very close distance.

You can feel a soft temperature that doesn't belong to you on your lips.

And...something...something indescribable was sweeping the inside of the mouth very carefully, the slippery and soft touch frightened the brave man almost biting it down.

"—"

This……

What the hell is going on! !

"Um……?"

I don't know if he noticed the change in his breath, the temperature on his lips suddenly left, and of course it was accompanied by the object that invaded his mouth.

The Demon King hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth cautiously, with a little uneasiness: "Brave, how do you feel right now!!"

The moment he heard his voice, the brave man's body reacted before he became conscious: he was pushed away vigorously, and then he moved a few steps to the other side with his hands and feet, covering his body in almost panic. lips.

This was a completely subconscious instinctive action, and even he himself realized what happened just now after doing all this.

"Varied,……"

It took him a while to find his voice.

"You, you, what are you, what are you doing!"

……kiss?Is that a kiss?The mouth-to-mouth kind?The kind of thing that only couples should do in the universal concept?The kind of thing that's indecent in public?Kissing...? !What this guy did to him just now was...

Why did he suddenly do such a terrible thing!Isn't it only a couple who can, uh, that, engage in this kind of intimacy?

Taking a step back, even if he does have some special feelings for this guy, so even if he does this kind of thing, there is nothing to be angry about, but at least he should wait until he officially confirms the other party's intentions and truly becomes a lover. Try...not just do it all of a sudden!

No, speaking of which, the Demon Lord is probably not that kind of person either.Did something just happen?Did you say anything to yourself when you lost consciousness?or did something?

For a brave man who has never had such close contact with any creature since birth, this kind of stimulation is too exaggerated.Shame, embarrassment, and difficulty in facing—such emotions have already exceeded the upper limit of what he can bear, and he even has the urge to act directly on the spot.

The skin on the face covered by the hands was scorching hot.He was a little thankful for the dark environment now: otherwise his embarrassment would have been exposed to others.

"Hiss..." The Demon King was caught off guard, and his back directly hit the machine next to him, making a loud bang.At this time, he was covering the place where he bumped into while sucking air and apologizing, "Yes, hiss... I'm sorry for the brave... hiss... it hurts... because, I can't think of any other way for the time being, but you seem to be It looks very uncomfortable, and I feel that I can't delay it any longer... Hiss... I have no choice but to..."

"……what?"

etc.The brave man cooled down a little bit, and finally recalled the previous situation a little bit, and then found that it was different from what he thought.

Before...he must have fallen into a very troublesome state because of some spiritual magic that he didn't know when he was recruited?

"That is to say," the Demon King said slowly, "Isn't the spirit resistance of a demon like me very high? If you use the method of breath blending to make me and your spirit attuned, then I can help you a lot." I have shared some. Anyway, well, my mental endurance is much higher than that of humans, so bearing this debuff will not cause any problems at all. Do you feel a little better?"

"..."

The brave man choked for a moment, and asked softly after a while.

"...In other words, is that...a therapeutic act?"

"Well, it's correct to understand it that way. That kind of thing is indeed more like artificial respiration."

The perception when I was unconscious was indeed correct.Someone is healing himself, and in a...comfortable way.

Now the bursting pain in the brave man's head has disappeared, and the endless negative emotions before have also dissipated a little.This should be the result of his "treatment".

"……sorry."

After figuring out the whole story, the brave man realized how much his instinctive actions just now went too far; to the point where he feels hot when he apologizes now.

People were helping him, but he was hurting him further... This kind of terrible behavior made him hate himself again.This time it was definitely not because of any negative state influence, it was purely because my behavior just now was too much.

He fumbled in the direction of the sound, touched the corner of the Demon King's clothes, and then held his arm.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry... Where did it go? Life... Is there any loss?"

The brave didn't ask him if he was in pain.Just by the sound, I knew it must be painful.

The feelings of guilt gradually rose, and finally overwhelmed the remaining shame.

"No, no, it's completely fine. I guessed that the brave would react like this before. It's not normal to say otherwise. Anyone who suddenly finds that he is being kissed by force will knock him out of the air," the devil tried to laugh A few times, "Are you feeling a little better?"

"...Well. Much better, thank you."

The word "forced kiss" made the heat on the brave man's face that had just started to subside rise again.

Anyway, that "sure enough" is still a kiss.

I really didn't expect that the first time I kissed someone would be in such...an embarrassing situation.

"Well, you really don't need to thank me or apologize. Anyway..."

The Demon King paused for a while.Although he hesitated and seemed a little ashamed, he slowly finished the next sentence.

"After all,...even if it's a therapeutic act, I can't be selfless."