Chapter 10 - Volume 1 (2/2)

As if waiting for the contract to be completed, unfelt until now in the basement, a dauntlessly vast magical energy spread.

“…What?”

*Clap Clap Clap*…… by the exit, applause could be heard, the demon saw a cute little girl within.

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I, I’m sorry…. I’ve done it now.

I couldn’t endure so much of that love. That much put me on the brink…

What I did, I remember properly.

It was so [Delicious] that I couldn’t stop myself, then, before I knew it, all the creatures I could see were mashed and twisted.

Beauty-san, I’m sorry. It was really delicious.

Love, and anger, and hatred, and sadness… aged into [Desire]. So far, it was the most delicious thing I’ve ever tasted.

It wasn’t that I wanted the [Blood] or [Meat] of the human. Dissolved in a human’s body was the sweet [Karma], the scrumptious [Soul]

Although demons are said to prefer innocent souls… that taste is for lesser demons. A [soul] with profound [Karma] is… enchanting, with a rich aroma around it.

As for why I drank all the blood… I got a bit riled up.

I need to calm down…

But, I surprised myself.

I didn’t expect not to feel anything… despite killing people.

Having a [Human Heart] was my goal. But once again I noticed.

I can’t distinguish between the [Value] of mortal lives… I just can’t understand the difference.

Do I like them or not?

How good they taste is all the difference I can tell.

“…Looks like I’m really a demon…”

It’s too late now, though.

“Well, then… what are you people getting up to?”

I was watching when I ate the souls of those pitiful knights, so I know a little…

The runaway-knight-sans have been slashed. I should talk to the bro or geezer, but if I just went over there, [Read the air] or something would likely be said to me.

In the other room is some really big magic… I wonder if it’s summoning magic. The mages are pouring in [Un-typed] magic.

Oh, looks like something was summoned.

The large summoning summoned three… wait are those demons?

That’s quite a big demon, though. Were there any demons like that in the Demon World? Well, the Demon World is vast, so there are demon types I don’t recognize… huh?

That child in the middle… doesn’t it look familiar?

… I can’t remember. In the other room, before I knew it, negotiations had begun.

I see. The negotiation technique of a demon: I’ll study it well. But… making yourself a sacrifice, huh. Amazing isn’t he… that person. I shouldn’t have gotten the souls of the knights from before without making a contract.

Oh well, pardon me.

Wonder if they’ll be done talking soon?

While I was applauding the [Intimidation], at last I think I remembered who it was.

“…You are…”

The demon growls at me. Huh? Do we know each other?

“D-demon! Kill that vampire!”

…I was called that again.

What is this vampire thing… I’ll have someone teach me more when I get back to the Demon World.

“[Gu~oga~aaaaaaaaaaaaa]”

The two smaller demons came towards me.

Well, of course when compared to me those two are suuuper large.

Since they’re coming so slowly, I have some leeway.

Although I also have the power of a demon, I don’t know how much of my power can be accessed.

Pouring demonic magic into my fingertips, I to manifest the [Crimson Claws] of my original body.

*Poof*…

“…Eeeh?”

They disappeared before my claw dissected them…? Black haze from the two smaller demons drifts into me, it tastes like… [Mini Monkey]? My snack food.

Wait just a second…

That [Mini Monkey] is summoned into the material world and it becomes this? So that one over there is that child…

“Pardon me… did you, by chance, run away from me, rather large Monkey-san?”

Oh, looks like I was right. Monkey-san is making a frightened face.

“[…Guh—]”

“…Wha…”

The human geezer that was next to it, with a look of disbelief, looks between me and Monkey-san.

Ah, sorry… Monkey-san… I crushed your pride after such great pains were taken to summon you.

“[Guga~a~aaaaaaa!]”

Roaring suddenly, Monkey-san creates dozens of [Fire Balls]

“…Eeh?”

He shoots out the balls of fire, but naturally, my hand raises and the flames are stopped by a magic barrier. Monkey-san, what are you doing?

Wait, that’s a bit much. Looking so confused after the shot failed, hey… Stop…

“[Cut it out!]”

My [Voice] becomes the physical magic [Yell], Monkey-san is blown to the other side of the room, it sunk into a wall.

Really…

“What do you think will happen if I get this dress that father gave me dirty?”

Neither the geezer nor Monkey-san understands my complaint. Why is that?

And then,

“You there… why did you use magic like a human would?”

I really don’t get it.

A demon is made out of [Magic], every action they make is charged with magical power and turns into [Magic].

Holding up your hand makes a magic barrier, a shove forward from the hand becomes a magic shock wave, a demon really doesn’t need to rely on fire and wind like a human.

“Why are you using [Pure] demon magic power on the [Degraded] magic of humans until this point?”

It’s like a fighting master fighting with a squeaky hammer… strange comparison, sorry.

‘So you can’t bring out enough [Pure Magic]?’… Looking into its eyes, I can see it think I’m looking down on it. He’s physically looking down on me, though.

“…W, why… a…vampire…”

The geezer still doesn’t understand, I give him a cold gaze, and put on a smile.

“[Because… I’m a demon, you know?]”

*Whoosh*

Pushing aside my golden hair, five-meter long bat wings of the same color spread behind me.

I flap the huge, slender wings and slowly float into the air, from above, putting on a cold voice I say to the geezer and the monkey getting back up to attack me:

“…You’re getting on my nerves.”

With a swing of a single wing, the monkey, without even a scream, is erased from this world: eaten by me.

Even I didn’t think I could sound so cold. Even though I’m just three-year-old…

Well then… now for the rest.

“…A…ah…aaaaaaaaah!”

I can’t tell what he’s saying; the geezer is kneeling and looking up at me.

…Hmm? There’s something strange about this person…? I can feel that he’s afraid of me, but geezer isn’t feeling [Despair].

What is it? This feeling.

It’s like that [Intoxicated Feeling] I felt from the children I healed before, with a [Rough] fragrance.

But… Now I’m a bit curious about it.

“Come.”

What I say that with a calm expression, he crawls closer to me with a strange expression. How gross. Scary.

…Is he a masochist, I wonder?

Well, curiosity never killed any cats.

“…Thank you for the meal”

Author notes: Sorry to those who are offended, next is the final story of the first volume.

Translator notes: Yum yum yum. Delicious.

More twists and turns to come next week.