This Book is Not Available for Subscription Under the Age of 18 - Chapter 31

Can’t We Just be Happy? (9) – unedited

As Merson stepped out the door, the air that had weighed heavily changed.

‘How dare you ask the Demon King to run an errand?!’

Raynon’s open mouth didn’t know how to close.

“First of all, I’m sorry. And as you can see, your king…….”

Erina sighed. When her silence seemed to be getting longer, she barely spoke.

“… It’s memory loss.”

“What?!”

“Does it make sense?!”

Crash!

This time, Pierre’s chair went over. The only chair that remained intact was the one the Demon King was sitting on.

Erina bowed her head and shook her head like a doctor giving the news of death.

“It may be hard to believe, but… It is true.”

And the two demons listened with their mouths open, not thinking of sitting down at all at Erina’s story.

Raynon grabbed the back of his neck and gasped for breath when she said that she had crushed the mark of engraving with her foot. Those precious magics!

In any case, the Demon King, who lost a lot of his magical power in the aftermath, has lost his memory, has not been able to find it yet, but it seems that he has recovered his magic to some extent.

Silence came again.

For Raynon, Erina’s story didn’t quite make sense. It is also true that when the mark of the engraving is broken, magic with an infinite range like the universe is swept away like a tidal wave. There would be aftereffects

Rather, because he was a Demon King, it would end with just the aftereffects, for normal demon tribes, they would just disappear.

Then, when the magic is refilled, the body is normalized again. In the Demon King’s case, his magic power would be restored in one month or two. But two years later, he still has memory loss?

Another question.

At that time, if the mark of the engraving was broken and the magic from the Demon King connected to it exploded, Bennon and more than half of the continent had to disappear due to that magic tidal wave. However, it ended up being simply ‘a lingering feeling of strong magic’.

If so, where did that vast magical power go?

“…are you here to take Merson?”

Erina, who interpreted their silence as anger, spoke cautiously.

“No, not Merson… Ka, Kay… Oh, I can’t. Anyway the Demon King.”

At the same time, the wooden door opened and the Demon King who quickly watered the vegetable garden took his place again. Erina gently stroked his black hair. It was done unconsciously because, as usual, she stroked his head when he finished his errands well. As proof of that, Erina’s gaze continued to be fixed on Raynon.

‘What else is that?!’

“Whoo…….”

Raynon tried not to scream at her, letting out a deep sigh instead. When he saw the Demon King who didn’t do anything despite the fluttering of his mouth, thought, ‘is it true that he lost his memory?’

“First of all, the Demon King is not in good condition, so I will take him to the Demon King Castle.”

“I’m not going.”

“Yes, I under… What?”

“I’m not going.”

Raynon panicked and began to persuade the Demon King. The Demon King leaned his back on his chair and pulled far away, completely ignoring his words.

“Demon King, the fact that you haven’t remembered for two years meant that your magic hasn’t been restored yet… You must return to the Demon King’s Castle to restore energy. This is dangerous.”

“Dangerous…?!”

Erina interrupted the conversation. Raynon nodded his head with a very serious face and then added more words.

“It’s strange no matter how you think about it, that the magic won’t fill up for two years. Something inside the Demon Lord’s body is blocking the flow of magic. If he doesn’t have enough magical power in this state, he will not have enough power to rule the Demon Lord’s Castle, and sooner or later, the New World Council will decide to deprive him of his Demon Kingship. There’s still a lot of hateful people, so they will want to raise a new Demon King who can listen to them as soon as possible, but he is so strong that they couldn’t dare to change it, so they were terrified……. But if it is known that he has weakened in strength, you will be immediately deprived of your position as the Demon King!”

“What will happen if I step down from the position of the Demon King?”

“There is only one way to change the owner of the Demon Throne. Annihilation. Either the gods directly annihilate the Demon King who has weakened in power, or someone stronger than the Demon King appears and takes the throne and destroys it.”

“… Is he going to die?”

“Don’t try to understand it with human logic.”

Erina looked at the Demon King with surprised rabbit eyes. She opened her mouth as if she was going to say something to the Demon King, then shut it tightly, then opened it again and closed it again and again.

Confusion fills her eyes as she cannot easily make a decision. Even if she ripped her own hair out as if she was blaming herself, she looked at the Demon King with an unorganized gaze again, and this time pounded her chest. Then she closes her eyes tightly and bangs the desk making a sound of pain.

“Demon King, please come with us…….”

“I said I won’t go.”

The Demon King grabbed Erina’s waist, which was standing next to him, with one of his arms. Erina lifted the Demon King’s arms away and grabbed both of his cheeks so that he met her eyes.

“… go.”

“I’m not going.”

“You have to go.”

“No.”

Erina spoke more firmly, as if scolding him.

“You are going to die! go! Go and recover for a while and then again… again…….”

She couldn’t speak. She bit her lower lip again. She bit it lightly, and now small drops of blood pool and flow into her mouth.

… If he knows everything, will he come to see her again?

Erina’s gray-blue eyes trembled. Whatever decision she had made in her clear mind, she still needed some more thought. She lifted her hand from Merson and turned her back.

“Merson… no, the Demon King. Can he go tomorrow?”

“No, the Demon King…….”

“Let’s go today, Raynon.”

“Pierre?”

Raynon’s face was wrinkled. Are you crazy now?

After Pierre blocked Raynon with his hand, he bowed politely to the Demon King.

“If you allow it, I will leave.”

The Demon King nodded his head once. Pierre grabbed Raynon by the neck, who was struggling not to go, and forced him to teleport.

The light flashed and the appearance of the two demons disappeared in an instant.

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