Chapter 42 Part2 (1/2)

What was a Des no one could prove the existence of, much like God Just one of the type of monsters I had to choose as a tester of weaponized avatars

But now, I had been reborn in this world as a Demon

Miraculously, I still kept rown up Yet in the end, it didn't change the fact that I was no longer human

Still, was I a real demon?

The sort of demons I kneere the type to worm into the hearts of humans, to corrupt them and take their souls And with ue suspicion: could it be that deained more experience from souls of evil people?

[Absorption] was how I drained the lives ofwithout a second thought

Perhaps huether in a stroke of randoiven it direction, turning it into what I noas An Artificial Deuishable from a real demon, yet at the same time our natures could not be anythe role of a demon named Shedy

Which hy I could become a Demon for another's sake

The Principality of Rantetrois was a quaint little pastoral country Their population was er, and their main – and only – industry was the cherry plantation on thewine

Thanks to the infinite ry They had no need to steal or pillage from others It was the reason why Rantetrois could keep their idyllic peace

The Central Continent ht still see conflict of interests fro, unsatisfiable greed for fame, luxury, andto a conflict was the little spat between the two large countries There was no serious discord And as Rantetrois itself had no resources particularly worth disputing over, people in the country were satisfied as long as they had deht envy the other rich countries somewhat, but they were happy with the tranquil, effortless lives they had

Such peaceful countries still ht orders, not to defend themselves from other humans, but mainly to fend off monsters

Forests and sis tended to accumulate mana From these so-called 'manaswamps', weak es could s to erect barriers around themselves, but the streets between thehts patrolled daily to deal with any monsters near the roads

One of their other missions, no less important, was to search for and destroy thefros, were sources of nourishment for the forest in which they were created Once they were destroyed, theIn other words, the mana usable by huhts and soldiers was still a sio patrol, call out if they saw a girl walking around If dangerous et the demihuman slaves to deal with them

Laurent, born as the fifth son of a fahts, only had the job of the town gate guard left for hih to live comfortably, so he wasn't particularly worried Still, if he lost his noble standing – even if that nobility was nothing but an ee' could actually vary Marrying a good woet difficult

But then, he saw a strange girl walking fro cloak, the hood hiding her face But Laurent could still see her fair, pristine-white skin and the high-heels she earing, the kind frequently seen in higher society Probably a noble girl of soht

He did think it strange that she had no attendants Still, the moment he saw her fair features and her hardened eyes of scarlet peeking out froht: I wanna make her mine

Laurent was confident in his looks and his conversational skills, yet it had been half a day and she was still giving hi ridiculous stuff out of nowhere, he got nervous Just as he was thinking to just forcefully pull her soates of the governor's mansion

”Aaaeeyyaaa! W-What happened?!” He screaid wind knocked hiatekeepers, froze over in an instant They were cru froe As the world turned into a nightirl spoke

”Hurry up, people Get out of s and back cairl

But neither Laurent nor the onlookers were taking e attire They were farfrom her head and the small, adorable bushy tail

”…a beastnation overtook Laurent, even pushi+ng aside any thoughts of her ic Just a common animal dared to deceive me? To deceive humans? At the same ti was stopping hi her as his possession by force

But then, ere those long ears?

They looked just like a rabbit's A vague led at his mind… and then he heard the words one of the onlookers let slip

”The rabbit… Five thousand large gold coins!”

With the voice came the recollection for everyone at the scene They remembered how a feeeks earlier, they had seen the bounty dispatched by Touze Kingdom all the way froirl who used ht her would be rewarded five thousand large gold coins

Large golds A currency unit the common man would never see even for the whole of his life Enthralled by greed, the onlookers surged toward her with nothing but fists and knives

”The bunny!” ”Rabbit beastolds!”

Voices chained froame of telephone The news spread out in an instant More than just overnor'sin with kitchen knives in hands, while the elderlies were grabbing whatever rocks they could find nearby

”Golds! My large golds!”

A plued atwith h the sea of people

I kneing my ears would cause a ruckus I just didn't think even the wo in

I hopped on their heads, ju After a while, soldiers froovernor'son here?!”

Surrounded by the group of soldiers was an i a hundred, i at the sound of his voice A shopkeeper-ish looking person fro Then, the ied man smirked and pointed at irl that boy froht there! I won't let hi with me for life!”

”…”

I supposed 'that boy' was Tiz, then Was this guy this country's governor? Never thought he'd be showing up right away

The crowd of people, daunted by his orders, slowly lowered their weapons