Vol 5 Chapter 1 (1/2)
Chapter 1: The secret of the Kusumi household
Let’s start from the results
He who once brought the huarded by many as a human lover, the 47th Maou—Cruel
It seems that my dad was the one once addressed as the Netherworld’s Maou
… Er
How should I feel being suddenly told that?
However, the Limiters that usually manifested until nohen I was in a pinch
Those could be said to totally overwhelm just about any other monsters
In other words… Sadly, this overwhel power of mine, if we assuoes it would be logical even if I had manifested an incredible power
“… Did Lilith-san know about this?”
“…”
Was that right after we arrived to the Netherworld?
Lilith-san took me once to the study used by the former maou
The portrait of the maou I saw at that time
If I think of it now, the character in that picture could have been my real father
This isn’t anything but uess
Lilith-san… Perhaps, she invitedI was the child of the maou
“I beg your pardon
I thought you should be told at some time, but… In the end I had doubts about if you should hear it from my mouth”
“… Is that so?”
However, this settled it
It’s not like I doubtit confirmed by Lilith-san, who’s a Demon too, increased the persuasiveness
As I thought, it unmistakably seems that my dad was the maou that once ruled over the Netherworld
“I-I can’t believe it That Haru’s dad was the maou of the Netherworld…”
“Kyouko…”
The one left most open-mouthed by this fact was my childhood friend Kyouko
Itthat I’
Why’s that?
If you learn that the lineage of the childhood friend you’ve been attached to for soyears is so unique, anyone would suffer a shock
In practice
My astonishment from when I learned that Kyouko was in reality a Nephiliiant tribe could be said without a doubt to be one of the top five surprises of my life
“… J-just if If I ed with Haru, from tomorrow on I would be filthy rich!?”
“Give me back my concern!?”
I envy that pointlessly positive mentality of yours
“Kyouko-sarettably, I think that that idea is too hasty”
“? What do you mean?”
“Chiharu-sa lecher, and the number of heirs he left exceeds 20
In other words… Who, with the unclear situation of Cruel-sa Chiharu-sama for money and social status?”
“You too, Lilith-san… Could you not say cruel things nonchalantly?”
Grrr
Each and every one of them takes me… As an ATM machine installed on a seven-eleven
“…”
“Oi Manalance that says ‘Haah… Twenty babieees? If oniichan had such a sex drive Manami too would by now have made blankety-blank[1] with oniichan’! No matter how much of a sex drive I have, hoould I cross the line with you!?”
“A-a! Oniichan! Manami hasn’t said a word yet and you’ve said by yourself the foolishness and the retort!?
Moreover, how come you kneord by ithout a !? Are you an esper!?”
“…”
So you were thinking it?
But I didn’t expect getting it right word by word
““…””
Contrasting with the varied reactions of Kyouko and Mana the maou’s child, Zonmi and Iris’s (the Netherworld team) response was of utter calmness
“Zonmi, doesn’t it surprise you? That my father was the maou”
“… Yes Of course I’m surprised However, would it be because I too was born into the royalty? I don’t knoe can say that’s why, but I think that the feeling of so other royals is thinner (not as big of a deal?) than with the little sister and the rest”
“… So it was like that?”
“Besides… To tell you the truth, I had a vague hunch about as Chiharu’s father”
“For reals!?”
“… Yeah The adulterous tendencies of the former maou are someell-known at the Netherworld, and the appearance of your limiter played a major part
It even may be that your adulterous tendencies have been inherited froenetic level… That hat I have been thinking for a while”
“…”
The eyes of Zonlimpse of a smile
Since prying down further was likely to wake up sleeping dogs[2], as if running away I brought up the topic to Iris
“… Iris too doesn’t look surprised… Could it be, you had also noticed?”
“Indeed… That’s what I’d like to say, but grievously thy inkling is off”
“? You don’t look very surprised, though”
“… Hu I wasn’t interested in the least by thy upbringing”
Iris, letting out a fearless laughter, said that and tightly grabbed my hand
… This way of gripping hands; entwining fingers, I think it’s what’s co hands[3]
“Monster tamer The subject of my interest is none other than thou thyself
After all is said and done, thou art bound withpartner”
“…”
Aah
Did it start again, Iris’s e proclamation?
It only caht recently, but Iris is 12 years old
Thought Iris has been told before about theto the human world laws… The person herself doesn’t see
Since ere traveling through the Netherworld, we all have heard those words many a time, eren’t especially surprised, but… Mom was taken aback by that speech
“… O-oh, noes! Has Haru-kun become a cradle snatcher!?”
With her teeth clattering, mom’s face was of utter despair
The one who took action then as if to beat the dead body was Zonmi
“Mother I have so to say about that”
“… Yes? Mother? Eh? When have I become your mother[4]? Mm?”
“To tell the truth, I, like that red dragon over there, as to that, e with Chiharu About Chiharu… I think that he’s not so againstme
So then, e with Chiharu?”
“…”
Mo Zonmi’s speech, ended up with a face that looked like a photo version of Munch’s “The Scream”[5]
“Er I too want to consult with you…”
And, the one who acted then like throwing a Tomahawk[6] on the dead body was my childhood friend Kyouko
“D-don’t make a mistake! I’ll tell you fros for Chiharu-kun[7]”
“Haah… You’ve grown into quite the classical type of character[8], haven’t you, Kyouko-chan…”
“But… Err… If the other two have proposed e and only I don’t, don’t you think it’s unbalanced? So, I want you to also acknowledge e with Chiharu-kun…”
“…”
It came out!
Kyouko’s lost balance theory!
I think it’s very ful in a sense for Kyouko to base one of the most important events of one’s life like a proposal with the preposterous reason of “since I feel that it’s unbalanced”
Mo Kyouko’s speech, had her face pale like a zo-rooait
It’s natural that mom has received such a shock