Silent Tale Attack is the Greatest Enemy

He was rescued by the Demon King and was able to return to the Demon King Castle after several teleportations.

To be honest, I was trembling at the rate of excitement and fear at the rate of being held by the Demon Lord.

"Rest, you're tired, aren't you?"

As I was lowered into the hall of the castle, the Demon King spoke to me.

I thought I was going to be asked to tell about what happened in the ruins, but I rolled my eyes in surprise.

"The Demon King...... Do you care about me......!?"

"What do you think I am......

With a sigh that he would never normally do, the Demon King pressed his forehead while sitting on his throne.

Apparently, it was true that he cared.

"I'm going to tell you now, because honestly, if I rest like this, I'm going to forget about it."

「…… I see."

I'd like to fall asleep because I'm mentally tired, but I should talk about it when I can.

While sitting in a chair that had been prepared for him, he talked about the events that had happened in the ruins.

The ruins.

Brave people.

Usato the healing wizard.

Kannagi, a beastman who was a servant of the hero.

I will talk about it while tracing my own memories.

"I see, you were looking at the situation from a very interesting position."

"To be honest, I've been prepared to die many times, many times."

"You don't have to say it twice."

Mr./Ms. Koga did not protect me very much.

No, he may have been helping me in a dangerous place, but from my point of view, he was a pretty bad person.

"Kannagi was defeated by a healing wizard, which is another surprising ending."

"He's a more messy person than the rumors, he's merged with a dark wizard, he's merged with a beastman, he's merged with a demon."

「…… After all, I'm tired. You can rest."

"No, no, it's true!"

I was stared at with a very careless stare.

When he tried his best to show his sanity by waving his hand to the side, the Demon King smiled tightly.

"I'm kidding...... Assimilation with the dark wizards reported by Hannah and Koga? How could a dark wizard who rejects even his own kindred accept not only humans, but also other races...... It's still an interesting existence."

"Did you pay attention?"

"He's the kind of person that doesn't exist in my time."

Rather, I would be surprised if there were people who did such crazy things in the past.

While I was disgusted by the person named Usato, who had done so much mess that I couldn't describe it in words today, I decided to ask him about what had been bothering me until now: why he sent me to the ruins.

"Why did the Demon King put me in that ruin?"

"I sensed that something was about to happen in those ruins, and I thought I'd send you to see what was going on."

"Yes......."

"I was also thinking about the possibility that the heroes were infiltrating the Demon Lord's Territory to avenge me, so it wasn't too strange for them to be there."

I didn't have to go, did I?

I was glad that he came to my rescue in the end, but I ...... how many times I was prepared to die because of the Demon King's play.

"But the brave guys, this is the first time I've seen them with my own eyes, but they seem to be quite a lineup."

"They came to harm the Demon Lord, didn't they......?"

"Oh, there's no other reason to come."

However, the Demon King seems to be very calm.

Don't they see the brave as a threat?

"Don't worry, Ciel, I'll take care of you if you don't worry. It was a little bit different than we expected, but that's also within the margin of error."

「…… Error, huh?"

"It's about Kannagi."

Is that the beastman who fought with Usato?

From the Demon Lord's point of view, she is one of the few people who knew the Demon King before she was sealed.

"I didn't expect you to be in the place where I was sealed."

"I also had something called the Katana of the Brave."

"Oh, that's it."

The Demon King put his hand to his forehead as if remembering something.

"In the last battle with the previous hero, he did not bring a sword, which was a powerful weapon...... If you use it to seal the cannagi, it will do a lot of poor things."

"Oh, was it? How, then, did the hero become the Demon King?"

"Having traveled through many battlefields and built up many piles of corpses through his own magic, he no longer needed the auxiliary equipment of the Hero's Armour."

Does this mean that he chose to give up his powerful weapon and fight the Demon Lord?

- Her cheeks twitch at the appearance of the previous hero.

"He fought me with only an iron sword he picked up somewhere and his own magic, and in the end he won the battle and sealed me away."

"Oh, really, it was a monster."

"The heroes of this generation also have talent, ten years...... No, if you have the same level of experience and training as your predecessor for about five years, you will have the ability to match his ability. It's absolutely horrible."

Saying this, the demon lord twists the corner of his mouth.

"But at first glance, I could tell that their mentality was good, and they didn't harm you, a non-combatant, did they?"

"Yes."

From my point of view on the side of the Demon King's army, the brave group were good people.

Usato, who Mr./Ms. Koga said was so bad...... He was dangerous enough in part, but he was good enough to protect me and Keira.

…… From beginning to end, only Mr./Ms. Koga was salty, but in that person's case, it couldn't be helped.

In fact, he was kind enough to heal his wounds.

"Then there will be plenty of room for exploitation."

"What do you think?"

"Play tricks, be cunning like a demon king."

The Demon King with a cynical smile.

The Demon King should have lost most of his powers, but the way he smiled seemed somewhat amused.