Oneshot (2/2)
Three years later:
The king patted Jeff's shoulder and said with a heavy heart, ”Hero, you need to be careful of the dangerous, powerful demon king. At present, there has been a total of one hero who has already fallen to the demon king's butcher knife. ”
Jeff forcefully nodded. ”I know, that hero's my best friend Arthur. It is my mission to defeat the demon king!”
”If you can defeat the great demon king, I will have my daughter marry you.” The king spoke with a smile.
The princess who was holding pieces of squid in her hands threw the squid pieces inside her frilly skirt. She rubbed her oily hands against the skirt, and then spoke to Jeff in a serious manner. ”Do you like to eat roast chicken?”
”No, I'm not interested.”
”Ah, that's great, what about squid and cream of mushroom soup?”
”Not interested in that as well.”
”Ah, that's great, quickly return after you have defeated the demon king, I'll marry you.”
After enduring countless gruelling hards.h.i.+ps, Jeff finally killed his way to the demon king's territory. Unfortunately, he was discovered by the demon king.
The young hero was no opponent for the demon king, and was beaten to the ground and on his last breaths.
He discovered to his despair that he was afraid he will be unable to return to marry the princess.
”My stomach's so hungry, let's go home to eat.” At this critical moment, a lazy voice that slurred came from behind the demon king.
Jeff discovered to his surprise that it was his good friend Arthur who went missing for three years.
The demon king gave Jeff the cold-shoulder, harrumphed, turned around and departed with Arthur, leaving Jeff lying on the ground. Arthur looked back and winked at him, revealing a mischievous smile that Jeff had never seen before.
Half a month later, Jeff, who was already married to the princess, received a black and white photo. The demon king in the photo was wearing an ap.r.o.n, concentrated on handling the cooking pot. His serious expression made him look like he was planning on how to destroy the world. The person who took the photo even blocked half the shot with a roast chicken drumstick.
Hero Jeff all at once realized that someone had already long completed the mission of defeating the demon king.
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”I've always been clueless as to what the demon king had actually done. Why does it seem like you hate him a lot?” Jeff asked his wife.
Her Highness dumped the leftover chicken bone onto the ground and covered it up with her frilly skirt.
”Of course. He sent people to s.n.a.t.c.h my country's secret cooking recipes of the court. He even nicked the roast chicken that was prepared by the chef for me that day. This is truly an unforgivable matter. Even if I was only seven years old that year, it's still fresh in my memories up to today.”
”What he has gathered included the entire continent's cooking recipes of the dragons and elves. He’s even swept away all the champions of cooking compet.i.tions around the world.”
”Yours and the previous hero's equipment were all fully sponsored by the chef a.s.sociation.”
”Wait, I seem to have understood something…”
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