Chapter 67 - Volume 4 (1/2)
Volume 4, Chapter 18: The Demon Princess, Part 1
I walked across the battlefield, leaving angel feathers in my wake.
It seems that most of the humans survived, but only about half of the Daemons could be saved.
Everyone was looking at me stupidly. It seems that even the Daemons could make dumbfounded faces, their spirits having gone beyond their limits.
“…………”
Among them, Rick’s face twisted into a look of anger and happiness. …… when you have such a face, you really resemble Grandfather-sama.
“……Lucy!”
In that silence where even the sound of the breeze was audible, Noel spoke out.
When he moved to rush towards me, several of the blank-faced Daemons reacted and drew their weapons.
………suu.
At that time, something black dropped onto my shoulder directly from above.
[……………]
A silent pressure…… Rinne’s [Black Cat] mode froze the battlefield with a light release of his [Killing Intent] …… hey, what’re you doing?
If you got exposed as a [Demon], I would get suspected by association.
Gradually, the humans and Daemons began to clamor, and unrest spread among them.
[…I-is that a tiny Demon Beast-sama?] [By any chance, did that lass tame it?] [Saint-sama, amazing~!] [Wait, what? She made Demon Beast-sama her familiar…?] [Princess Yurushia, why do you have wings?!] [……eh~… that girl is such a monster…] [As ex~pect~ed, Princess-sama! (laugh)] [Yurushia-sama…… please step on my face!] [A-angel-sama…?] [I don’t think you can make a Demon Beast a familiar…] [……Did she help us…?] [That girl, she’s really scary for some reason……] [Yuru-sama’s wings (laugh)] [Such a beautiful face…… dang] [Saint-sama, scary~]
“………”
Uhhhmmm…… I feel like some terrible things were being said.
For the time being, Bree-chan and Sara-chan, definitely need to be punished later.
“……Who…… are you!?”
Is that magic? An old man that was floating in the sky yelled with a voice that could pop a vein.
[… {It’s the Daemon Mage}]
“{Well, I wonder if this was caused by him.}”
I was talking to Rinne in such a way that only we could hear each other.
This place was strange. Even though so many people had died, their souls didn’t appear.
[Someone] had collected the [Souls] on this battlefield…… My demons were horrible bastards.
But the criminal wasn’t any of the children.
“Was it you who did this?”
“………”
The old man refused to answer me even as he stared at me. I wonder just how much he was aware of it.
“The war is over. I have reached an understanding with Daemon King-san after some [Persuasion].”
“…What?”
Not only the old man, but the Daemons and the humans all raised their voices.
Even if they didn’t believe it normally, but with me, who had put my [Ridiculousness] out on full throttle, I think that it should be accepted…… Even if I didn’t intend for it.
Now then, what will this person do?
I used my wings to rise up to the same height as the old man, and I carefully directed and released my Demonic [Presence].
“…!?”
The old man’s eyes went wide, and he began to sweat profusely even as his face was full of dread. Fear… suffering… despair…… his [Soul] was just filled to the brim.
Ah…… oh my…… It looked delicious.
“……aA…aAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?!”
When I smiled involuntarily, the old man went mad and cried out.
“Demon! Demon Highness! By the [Contract], open the gates of time and space!”
…huh? Did he contract with a Demon somewhere? So he was gathering the souls.
[Yurushia, be careful…… I sense the presence of a high-ranking Demon.]
“……looks like it.”
The color of the sky transformed unnaturally, and the humans and Daemons began to clamor.
“…Ah, that, you’ll die if you don’t leave.”
I felt something strange in the ground, and when I called out to them, the Daemons and humans scattered like baby spiders from that place.
…… by chance, did they think that I would kill them?
[The bottom of the earth opened…]
As Rinne’s words flowed into my ear, a [Black Whirlpool] appeared on the ground as if it had been waiting, and began to swallow those who ran away.
“[Let there be light!]”
Instantly, I spread out the holy magic [Sanctuary], and sealed the whirlpool that was still drawing things in.
But, in that momentary gap that I showed, that old man had jumped into the whirlpool.
…… He escaped.
Ah, oh no, I wonder if I had messed this up one way or another? The [Sanctuary] stopped the suction, but the black whirlpool began to spread through little by little.
Is this bad? I don’t think it’d be so terrible a thing as to swallow the world,
[If you don’t close it soon, all the living beings here will be wiped out.]
“Rinne…… can you do something?”
[I am specialized in [Breaking]. You are far better than I am at that, being a [Devil].]
“Yes, but……”
I can use the power of a Devil, but truth be told I’m not particularly skillful at fine control.
I’m daintily rough. ……If anyone else said that, though, I would hit them.
“No problem.”
“Uwaa”
Looking back at the abrupt speech, the four attendants were standing there along with Noa.
Everyone had a desperate look trying to deal with the situation, but the atmosphere wasn’t tense. Good grief, whose fault was this.
“Then, what will you all do?”