I, Armilla Belgret, have been forced to lose in the battle against the kingdom of Ringle.

Having taken that responsibility and been stripped of the status of Third Army Commander, I chose to fight as just one soldier.

The reason I should fight is not to defeat Rose, the opponent of the cause, but for the Demon King and hence the Demons, who realized through defeat to man and the words of the Demon King.

I was training for a battle that would soon come down as a soldier, but the Second Legion Chief summoned me to change my situation.

The demon king gave me a special order, and he told me to join him.

There's no way I'm complaining about the mission. If you accept from the Demon King, it is the duty of those who belong to the Demon King's Army to carry out whatever the contents, risking their lives.

The problem, however, was that I had to temporarily become a subordinate of the Second Legion Commander and fall under that mandate.

"Assistant Commander of the Legion of Belgret. Are you tired?"

Second Legion, Deputy Commander.

That's the temporary status given to me as just a soldier.

Called so, wrinkled between my eyebrows, I give back my dislike to the man walking in front of me.

"Oh, don't get tired of being with you"

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

Exhales a sigh of uncertainty several times at a man who has spoken freely to me holding his forehead.

In addition to his demonic horns and brown skin, he didn't even wear armor, and the one wearing the black outfit said an apology only in form to my evil state and turned forward again.

Second Regiment of the Demon King's Army, Legion Leader Koga Dingal.

At seventeen, a genius with the title of Legion Leader - that sounds good, but he's actually a lazy guy who's entrusting his men with tasks other than combat.

"Ha..."

Right now, we are leaving the Demon King's realm and moving through a valley of lush greenery.

The man in front of me and I are accompanied by five men, who have been following us so far, but who are beginning to see fatigue on their faces.

"Hey, it's time to give my men a break. As it is, we will fall before we cross the valley."

"Hmm? Oh, yeah."

The guy who gave his men a break without a single sweat falls back on the nearest tree trunk.

When I glanced at my men with a breath, I turned my astonishing gaze to him.

"... Are you sure your men were good at this number? Would you have brought more?"

"This mission is not about intimidation. We're just going to see if the Beast Man can or can't use it."

The order given by the Demon King is "to determine if the Beasts are capable of fighting humans”.

With the help of the Demon King, we can fight enough troops of humans even in the present situation, but the numbers have never crossed. If you are a deeply related beast man with a human being, you are likely to cooperate with our demon clan - but it is not worthy of companionship as it seems to be a foothold.

To that end, the Demon King sent Koga, the Second Legion Commander, as a messenger, to identify the beasts.

... but I still doubt that the candidate is right.

"Hostile, could it be?"

"Me and you, we have an active Legion Leader and a former Legion Leader. You must be overpowered."

"If you taste too much of them, you'll get your feet chopped off."

"That's funny, so good"

I get irritated by Koga, who smiles unnecessarily at me, but I understand it doesn't make sense to get angry with this guy, so I just have to sigh.

"Besides, it's impossible to cross here in large numbers. The boulder is the realm of demons, and there are powerful demons. I hope you're not going to get in trouble for exciting me."

"... sure"

This is not the realm of man or demon, the realm of demons.

If you go through this place, you don't have to cross the Great River to get to the kingdom of the Beast Man, but the danger of being killed by demons increases. With that in mind, I can also see the idea of a few elites.

"Hold on, with you, it's easier because you don't have to worry about your men."

……

... this guy is going to leave all his people's instructions and everything else to me, right?

Is this why you almost forced me to appoint you as deputy commander when it comes to increased combat power?

This man possesses unshakable strength in the name of the Legion Leader, as well as his pleasant character, and he has serious trust from his men. That's pretty bad in nature.

"You look like you don't like it from the bottom of your heart... don't forget you owe me? I haven't forgotten my secret son was taken prisoner of the kingdom of Lingle."

"What... I know"

I suppose you are saying that during the battle against the kingdom of Ringle, the Black Knight, who had been seconded by the Second Legion, has been taken prisoner.

I myself didn't think as much as dew that a black knight with that unruly counter would be taken prisoner.

"Well, as far as I'm concerned, I didn't expect the Ferms to be captured. Anyway, even the same dark magic user as me, his magic was heterogeneous."

Dark magic with 'inverted' properties.

The magic of a black knight who returns wounds to his adversaries was supposed to be invincible magic capable of inflicting fatal wounds on any powerful enemy.

Koga would have thought the same thing about me when he came over the power of the Black Knight.

"So hey, when I heard he lost to humans, I was sincerely surprised. I couldn't believe the healing wizard beat me up. I laughed. Why would a man restore his allies be beaten by a vicious dark wizard! Holy shit."

"Hey, aren't you worried? Your men, right?"

I can't believe my men are being held captive and laughing.

Unexpectedly stare sharply at Koga for his careless remarks.

"You're not so worried. Instead, you're even thinking about the possibility that you're turning back on them?"

"... how can you say that"

"For him, the Demon King's army is to that extent. Fighting in the Demon King's Army wasn't for the Demon King, it was for me, I just wanted an environment that I could fully wield."

With that said, the Black Knight seemed to be fighting for himself rather than for the Demon King's army.

Fight for the Demon King! And I'm not forcing you, but you wanted to know why he was fighting...

I only remember yelling at the Black Knight then because I was full of them in the position of Legion Leader.

Now that I've stepped down and settled down, there may have been more we could talk about.

"The Dark Wizard. Everyone wants an understander."

"Understander?"

"You will be treated as an abominable child from the day you were born, and you will grow up fearful. If they were raised that way, they'd have a natural, twisted personality."

"Like you?"

"I'm just not on the table yet."

Koga, with a nagging grin, stared into his own palm.

The side is the smile, but those eyes felt empty looking somewhere far away.

"So, if there's someone in the kingdom of Ringle who can be" the understandable "to Fermu, he won't come back to the Demon King's Army. There's a reason I exist."

Reasons to exist, huh?

It's not as simple as just talking about traitors.

We devils are the only ones who have avoided the use of dark magic and created such an environment. Originally, it's not strange to look at the Demons as far as they're concerned.

When I put my arms around the troubles, Koga looks at me like she remembers.

"More than that, all I care about is the healing wizard who punched Fermu and the two brave men."

"... it's only a bitter memory for me."

A second healing wizard and two brave men.

He who restored the brave men that the Black Knight had driven to the point of being unable to fight to almost full speed and returned to the front.

Two brave men who dealt with the magic of thunder and the magic of light, powerful and incomparable magic, and defeated Baldinak, the demon of the serpent, who was the main force of the Demon King's Army.

Those beings are only traumatic to me.

The same goes for the two brave men, but they'll end up with the worst word: there's another near-immortal recovery personnel.

Koga talks to me all the time about whether he's extra interested or not intrigued unlike his usual apathetic appearance.

"Hear from the soldiers who went to war, their healing wizards and two brave men. I'm even more surprised to hear you're not that different from me."

"... Huh? It would be coincidence."

"Really? As far as I'm concerned, I see some connection between a healing wizard and a brave man."

More than my age, I even doubt where the hell the same healing wizard as Rose, who wasn't in the fight two years ago, sprang up from.

"But you're very enthusiastic"

"It's more of an enthusiasm than an enthusiasm... try to fight when you get a chance"

"... that's unusual. That's what you say."

"Sure."

I was honestly surprised that this guy, who wanted to fight me, said he wanted to fight me.

"What I come for is a battle with my enemies, and I'm done with it. The status quo is only used by the brave and the healing wizard.... Well, I don't expect much from a healing wizard."

Have you come with a rival?

The impression of this guy, who seemed apathetic until now, changed slightly.

"... have you ever been the enemy?"

"No, you're not. At least you don't feel like hitting each other enough."

"Huh, whoever tries to fight your opponent at close range will just be an idiot"

In my words, Koga snorted deeply with an invincible grin.

The laugh was more belligerent than I could imagine from this brain-weather guy.

"Nice, dumb. That's what I love."

"Koga, you..."

At that time, the roar of demons sounded as if to block my voice.

To the roar heard from somewhere not so far away, Koga, slowly rising, urged me and my men to stand.

"You don't even have to fight demons for nothing. You've had enough rest? Let's move on."

"... oh"

Nodding at Koga's words, he rises up with his men and begins to walk the rugged path again.

”The Dark Magic user, everyone craves the Understander”

Korga herself said it, but if that fits in with no other person -

"... no, let's focus on the mission"

Not if you're thinking about that right now.

Shaking away the clutter and turning my consciousness to the view in front of me, I set foot on the ground to carry out the duties ordered by the Demon King.