“Oh. Isn’t that guy the second twin of the homunculus?”
Nord, who looked out the window behind me, spoke.
“Umm. The second twin.”
“But what’s he doing over there?”
“I don’t know. I don’t really want to know.”
After answering like that, I moved away from the window and sat back on the sofa where I had originally been sitting.
“Are you going to ignore him?”
“Yes.”
A smile crept up on Nord’s lips as he hung halfway out the window. What is that old man thinking again? I furrowed my brow slightly.
“Alright. You can ignore him. But if the security guards come, and those security guys are pretty fierce individuals, they won’t leave him alone. He seems to have a tough personality too…”
Nord chuckled and continued, ‘Fight and die, or fight and get caught. One of the two.’
I involuntarily sighed.
No, why did that Merdes guy, who always saying too scary to come out of the demon castle, come out? And if he came out, why not stay quiet instead of causing trouble!
My head throbbed with pain.
“Are you telling me to go out and clean it up?”
“Exactly.”
“If you go out, will the world end? Why does it have to be me?”
“Oh, as I age, my knees ache, and my back hurts so much that I can’t move properly.”
This is ridiculous, seriously.
Will you keep complaining even ten years from now?
I rubbed my forehead.
“Ah! I’m going out! How am I supposed to deal with that chaos over there!”
Nord responded with a mischievous grin.
“Monster, it’s a monster! Save me!”
“Aah!”
Amidst this, the screams of people continued to echo.
What is Merdes really doing…
I sighed deeply once again and stood up.
“If I go out for him, will I be welcomed into the demon castle?”
“Yes. Wait until the guards rotate, then you can go.”
Tsk. I turned my head away after sticking out my tongue at him.
“Alright. Just don’t come. If you don’t come, that human I saw earlier…”
“Are you threatening to kill him?”
“… I was trying to threaten that human you said. Why is your imagination so cruel?”
Ah, I’m curious about the thought process of these demons.
Ignoring Nord, who chuckled while pondering, I grabbed the glass bottle from the table, laughing to myself about what’s good.
“Taking this. The welcoming party is ready.”
Then, I quickly left the room.
“Quite an amusing guy came in.”
I pointed my middle finger at the muttering Nord.
***
“Ahh! This is insane, really!”
Merdes rolled his eyes.
Wasn’t this my plan?
I distinctly intended to come down quietly, quietly look around, and quietly go back!
Why?
Why did it turn out like this?
“Aaah!”
“Monster!”
Merdes lowered his head.
As soon as he descended to the human realm, Merdes encountered the commercial district and marveled, wandering around here and there.
Everything was new—shops he’d never seen before, fountains he’d never seen, and unfamiliar streets.
Then, when he approached a certain shop, he encountered a crowd of humans.
– Why is a child out here like this?
– He’s dressed thinly. Hey, little one, do you need help? Where’s your dad?
Merdes looked down on humans.
They were a race abandoned by the primordial gods, without any abilities.
They even gathered in groups because they were weak creatures, vulnerable even to animals.
It was undoubtedly like that…
– W-What’s this? Why are they so large?
The humans he faced were all enormous.
Of course, humans living in these desolate northern territories had reasons to survive, making them stronger than ordinary humans. However, Merdes was unaware of this.
Merdes felt the magic and strength emanating from the humans he encountered for the first time and became frightened.
– Get lost! Don’t come near me! You seem like inferior beings!
Merdes squeaked like a cornered mouse.
Yet, he didn’t run away, holding on to the last shreds of his pride.
Was it because of that?
Would all this have happened if he had just fled?
Merdes unconsciously placed his hand on the shop’s glass window, and the decorations on the visible shelf outside received Merdes’ unstable magic through the glass.
Immediately after that,
– Kwakwakwang!
In the blink of an eye, the building collapsed, and a pitch-black energy erupted.
‘I knew there would be consequences.’
The decorations near the glass were spirits from the demon realm called ‘consequences,’ quietly enjoying the view by taking the shapes of objects. However, they went berserk due to Merdes’ magic.
“P-Please save me! Save me!”
“Aah!”
Instead of touching the semi-demon Merdes, the consequences rushed towards the humans.
“Treat it like facing a demon! Ready your swords!”
“No, no! The energy here is getting extremely strange!”
“Damn it!”
The surroundings were disturbed by the consequences’ magical breath.
Only demons can calm this disturbance.
It means only Merdes.
What should I do?
It’s because of me. What should I do?
Trembling, Mercedes suddenly thought,
‘What should I do? Isn’t running away the best option?’
They are just humans anyway.
Beings that the great me doesn’t need to worry about.
It wouldn’t matter if they died like that, right?
If I confront the consequences here, I’ll expose my existence and the fact that I secretly left the demon castle.
Just run away…
“Kid! You go quickly! We’ll somehow try to stop them!”
“Hurry! Run!”
Merdes stared blankly at the backs of the two humans blocking his path.
‘Can I escape…?’
Is it really okay?
In that moment, Shekina’s words came to mind.
– What will you do if I die?
For some reason, the thought of Shekina dying angered me.
And for some reason, I might get angry if these two humans blocking my way die.
So,
‘Don’t run away.’
Merdes drew the sword at his waist.
Though he was somewhat surprised and frightened by the unexpected vigor of the humans earlier, Merdes was a great swordsman.
He wouldn’t let himself be defeated by these mere consequences.
“Human! Get lost! I’m going through!”
“What did you say? Kid, you don’t have a place to…”
“Get lost!”
Tadat!
Merdes kicked the human’s back, utilizing the recoil to leap into the air. Then, he swung his sword through the center of the closest consequence.
Swoosh!
Leaving the split consequence behind, Merdes soared again.
Three consequences in total.
If he defeats one, he just needs to capture the remaining two. Merdes squinted his eyes.
That was the moment.
“What the…?”
A husky voice with a mischievous tone echoed.
Merdes knew the owner of this voice very well. He turned his head towards the direction of the sound.
“She-Shekina?”
“Yep. It’s me.”
Shekina walked towards Merdes, swirling a bottle in her hand.
“Why aren’t you coming out? Where are you going? And what’s all this mess about?”
“Uh, well… it’s…”
“I made a place like the human territory where you live because you didn’t come out, and this is the result? Are you kidding me?”
Shekina clenched her fist as if she might hit Merdes again at any moment.
No, not now!
Merdes pointed towards the consequence rushing towards Shekina and shouted, ‘Hey! Watch out for the consequence!’
“Huh? Consequence! Be careful!”
“What?”
Shekina quickly turned her eyes towards the direction from which the consequence was coming. And…
“Are you kidding me?”
She caught the consequence with one hand.
… Was it really possible to catch consequences like that? Seriously? Aren’t they spirits?
“Come at me. Do you want to vanish?”
– Keeaak!
Though the consequence’s face wasn’t visible, somehow it seemed scared, as if it had opened its eyes in fear. Merdes unconsciously swallowed a dry lump.
“Wh-What is this…”
“Am I hallucinating?”
The two humans who had been watching everything with wide-open mouths muttered.
Oops. Merdes bit his lips tightly.
I’ve heard countless times that I shouldn’t be discovered by humans, and now, being caught like this!
What should I do?
If this continues, I’ll be…!
“Hey, stop hallucinating.”
At that moment, Shekina stepped forward.
Shekina kicked the consequence she had clenched to the ground and opened the cork of the glass bottle she brought.
Pop!
With a sound, the bottle opened, and purple smoke began to flow out through the opening.
“It’s a memory-erasing potion that lasts for 30 minutes. If you spray it on them, they won’t remember a thing.”
True to her words, the humans who smelled the smoke collapsed.
Fortunately, this was an alley shop away from the busy streets of the downtown area. There were only five humans at most.
“Haah…”
Now that the tension had eased, Merdes sat down heavily, bowing his head deeply.
“Thanks, Shekina. Really, thank you.”
Shekina looked down at Merdes with a slight frown.
But her expression wasn’t entirely unpleasant. Thoughts were racing in Shekina’s mind.
‘Did he just try to help humans a moment ago?’
Hm.
Why did he try to help?
Did he sense something?
Perhaps I can extract power from this guy, like from Nikhil?
Shekina’s lips curved into a wry smile.
“If you’re grateful, clean up. We’ll talk later about the portal. Also, we need to discuss…”
But she couldn’t finish her sentence.
No, she couldn’t finish her sentence.
A suffocating, sticky force wrapped around Shekina’s throat, making it impossible for her to speak.
“Cough, cough...”
What is this filthy, irritating, and oppressive energy?
Instead of moving her still body, Shekina rolled her eyes to look to the side.
Merdes’ astonished face came into view.
Sitting there, he looked past Shekina, and his mouth opened.
“De… Demon lord?”
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