Chapter 25 (1/2)

《Demon’s Bridge》

「♪～♪～♪」(Kazuha)

「……」(Maou)

「How can you sing in this situation……」(Tao)

「Why am I, a spirit, somehow …… With the demon lord….」(Ruru)

The four of us exited the castle and are in the middle of crossing the  bridge linking the demon territory to the human territory.

Of course this is the way home.

「Hou? Little Girl. I thought I’d seen your face before, but…… I see. You too have been captured by her……」(Maou)

Ah, she spoke.

「……I don’t have anything to do with her.」(Ruru)

Ah, they don’t seem to be getting along.

「(……Kazuha? What do you plan on doing with these two, Kazuha? Having a 『spirit』 and a 『Demon lord』 obey you is unheard of!)」(Tao)

「(I know///)」(Kazuha)

「(That’s not the part to get excited about! Haa…… What do you plan on doing from now on……)」(Tao)

Ye~ah.

Good question Tao.

From now on, huh……..

Basically I haven’t stolen the cursed sword yet-.

So I had to take home the Demon lord that uses the cursed sword, right?

Then, I’ll somehow request that the Demon lord give me her sword?

With that, I’ll have completed my side of the「deal 」 with Alzein; I’ll give her the demon sword and report.

After that, I’ll go to the guild and register as a 『mercenary』 and save up money.

Eh?

Then what will I do with the Maou and Ruru……

「・・・・・・・！」(Kazuha)

「・・・・・・・」(Tao)

Ah~, somehow, it fits?

I mean, they’re like cats and dogs?

Right~. Certainly they are.

It’s a spirit and the Maou. If they get along then that’d be weird.

Yeah~.

Then, for the mean time……

After crossing the《Demon’s Bridge,》 I opened up my status window.

「……? What are you doing? Kazuha?」(Ruru)

I chose 《Bind》 from the 《shadow》 magic list.

「Perhaps……! You will remove these 《binds》 from me…? And you will now save the world…….!」(Ruru)

「That’s correct.」(Kazuha)

「Oya?」

A geometric pattern and a magic circle appeared around the Demon lord, then light emerged from the magic circle and covered Maou.

「He- Kazuha! What are you doing!!!」(Tao)

「……My…… Restriction …… is…… ?」(Ruru)

Maou’s 《bind》 disappeared,  causing the Maou’s magic power to return.

「……What are you planning? Little girl……?」(Maou)

Said the somehow glaring maou.

Why? Even though I freed you……

Tao then entered a battle stance.

Leaving Ruru in a daze.

「Ruru-chan!? Run away fast!!」(Tao)

「Ah~, it’s fine, it’s fine. I took out my equipment already.」

I show them the 2 greatest swords while grinning then laughed.