The Demon Prince goes to the Academy Chapter 643

Chapter 643

June.

“It’s getting hotter, it seems like winter was just yesterday.”

“I see.”

Ludwig and Scarlett walked along the promenade near the Royal Class Dormitory.

Summer has arrived, and the time to worry about the heat is approaching.

Can the war be over before autumn arrives?

The Allies were now at a point where they could talk about the true end.

However, the weather was really the best because it was not yet the season when excessive heat began.

And beyond the temple realm, the exhaustion and hunger of the ecliptic are not felt here.

Still, well-groomed streets, neat shrubbery, and beautiful, stately architecture could be seen down the hill.

The temple is still beautiful and spacious.

The only thing missing is the student.

There are no people in this vast academy site where the continent’s best talents gathered and studied.

Either dead or on the battlefield.

It is not that there are no students at all, but only a small number of remaining people, and even the majority of the teachers who should have educated them went to the battlefield.

It is still beautiful, but a space where there is nothing to be is just a dead space.

The temple still has strict access control, so only a very limited number of people can see this place.

Scarlett quietly walks beside Ludwig while holding the black cat.

And, Scarlett sees Ludwig’s bandaged right arm.

Ludwig said that he was able to get his arm back with a procedure that was in the trial phase. He moves well and has no discomfort, but he can’t fight, so he does something in the rear zone, he used to.

Comrades, but in the end, everyone was busy with the things that were in front of them.

Scarlett only vaguely thought that Ludwig’s words were fortunate.

however.

If Ludwig is in the rear support unit, which unit is it and what does it do there?

Scarlett had no idea what Ludwig was doing, and had never asked.

In the first place, after Ludwig returned to the allied forces at the beginning of spring, he only stopped by the Royal Class Garrison to say hello, and rarely showed up.

I vaguely thought that the work of the rear support unit to which I was assigned would be busy.

Ludwig, who was said to be working in the rear support unit, was so busy that he had no time to see his friends.

But, now that I think about it, it’s strange.

Since the Spring Rush, the Allies have only fought once at Walloon.

The first destination, Gsonosia, had been devastated by the advance troops.

Rather, the main unit had nothing to do but move, so what on earth was Ludwig, the rear unit, more busy with?

In reality, it might have more to do than the main force, since the rear troops don’t know what they’re doing, but Scarlett couldn’t figure out why.

Ludwig recovered his arm, but said it was unfit for battle.

How could such a person use a very important warp spot at will and return to the ecliptic like this?

Using warp spots requires procedures and permits. Just like Scarlett.

Unfortunately, Ludwig is not that important anymore.

But calmly, while the allied forces were advancing, he returned to the temple and came to find Scarlett.

The end of the war was approaching, and there was no time to worry about anything else because of the fight to be fought.

But now it’s starting to catch on.

Everything from one to ten is strange.

Ludwig’s arm.

Anna’s warning.

The demon king who suddenly came to visit him.

And, their neutralization ability.

naturally.

Scarlett has a hunch that she has become the core of something unknown.

“Ludwig, the bandage on that arm… … . When do you release it?”

“I probably won’t be able to solve it for a while.”

“Sick or… … . Is it like that?”

“I can’t say no at all, and it’s kind of ugly.”

that right arm.

I can’t help but know that it’s also very strange.

I just thought it would be nice if I could somehow use my arms again. But now, when I look closely, I notice something strange.

Compared to Ludwig’s left arm, it is unnaturally long. And the size of the hand or the thickness of the forearm is a little more.

weird.

It’s as if it were someone else’s arm.

As Scarlett imagines her fear, her bones become agitated.

what the hell is that arm for?

“When the war is over, will we be able to live in the temple like before?”

Ludwig was telling a completely different story.

“That would be nice, but… … .”

“Isn’t it? Even after the Gate incident is over, there are many monsters on the continent, and everything is not completely over until all of those monsters are dealt with.”

Ludwig laughs.

“And when the temple runs again, are we in the second or fifth year?”

“I don’t even know… … .”

If the temple starts operating as it used to be again.

Scarlett wasn’t the only one making that assumption. Ludwig was thinking the same thing.

“There is anyway.”

“yes.”

Are you trying to bring out the main topic that you don’t know what it is now?

Scarlett nervously waits for Ludwig’s words.

“This cat.”

However, Ludwig did not get to the point, but pointed at the black cat in Scarlett’s arms.

“Isn’t that a bit strange?”

“yes?”

At those words, Scarlett flinched greatly.

The cat pretended not to understand anything as much as possible, pretending to be desperately calm.

“more… … ? do? What?”

Scarlett bit her tongue at the sudden, well-timed words, but Ludwig didn’t care much.

“No, I don’t think I grew up at all.”

“ah… … .”

“It’s been quite a while, shouldn’t it be getting bigger now?”

Scarlett felt the same suspicion Ludwig felt.

black kitten.

It should be an adult tomb by now, but it is still small.

The default value of the transformation party that small things are cute has not changed.

“That, such a breed… … ? I don’t know if this exists? Maybe it’s like that… … yo. this?”

“Hmm, is that so? Cats don’t know me too well. It could be.”

Fortunately, Ludwig as well as Scarlett were able to go unnoticed.

Scarlett sighed in relief.

Behind Ludwig, who is slightly ahead, Scarlett glares at the black cat in her arms.

‘Because he transforms without thinking like that, he raises suspicion!’

The stare was so clear that the meaning could be read just by looking at it, and the cat yawned ignorantly.

“Scarlett.”

And Ludwig’s voice suddenly subsided.

“Yes, Ludwig.”

Now, at last, are you going to tell me why you came to me?

Instinctively, Scarlett couldn’t help but feel it.

Ludwig turns to Scarlett and says.

“Aren’t you planning to stay outside the temple?”

“… … yes?”

It was completely unexpected, so Scarlett couldn’t help but panic.

Don’t you have any intention of leaving the temple in good condition and staying outside?

It seemed like it was only natural that he could provide such a place.

“Temple is not as safe a place as I thought.”

“It’s not safe… … ?”

“huh.”

Ludwig was still looking at Scarlett.

“I think it would be better to stay in a safer place than the temple. That’s why I propose.”

“… … .”

At those words, Scarlett looked at Ludwig in silence.

“Ludwig.”

“huh.”

“This situation is strange… … . You know?”

Temples are dangerous. So stay there as I will find another safe place for you.

It’s obviously strange that Ludwig, and no one else, would say that nonchalantly back at the Temple.

But Scarlett didn’t ask anything, and Ludwig didn’t explain anything.

At Scarlett’s point, Ludwig slowly nodded.

“Okay, that would feel weird. They say that I can return to the ecliptic at will and provide you with a safe place. Even the bandaged right arm would be suspicious.”

“… … .”

No matter how you look at it, now Ludwig doesn’t look anything other than a conspirator.

“But can’t you trust me?”

Scarlett bit her lip at Ludwig’s words.

“believe. Ludwig. I believe in Ludwig. of course. Ludwig is my precious person. clearly… … . He values ​​Ludwig very much, and for Ludwig he would die.”

Not because Ludwig saved her life, but to Scarlett, all friends and all comrades were precious.

The war changed so much that Scarlett made everyone she knew as precious and important as their lives.

Even Erhi de Lafaeri, who had been harassing him.

The moments that crossed the line together piled up and piled up, so I could risk my life even for him. And on the contrary, Erhi is also convinced that he can risk his life for Scarlett.

Because comrades are like that.

It means to trust Ludwig, one of those precious people.

of course i believe

“But, Ludwig. I don’t know anything. what the hell is going on You don’t know anything. If you don’t tell me anything… … . If I suddenly hear these words, I am so frustrated and afraid of what will happen.”

Anna’s warning.

The King’s question.

And Ludwig’s proposal.

Something is going on, but Scarlett knows nothing for sure.

“how… … . What’s going on, why are you doing this?”

That was a question to ask Ludwig, but at the same time, it was also a question to the demon king in his arms.

What am I that you are suddenly looking for?

Because what the heck can I do?

Ludwig’s expression turns bizarre at Scarlett’s question.

“ah… … .”

As if you realized something.

Ludwig starts laughing with a strange expression.

“haha… … . under… … . haha… … . haha… … .”

Have you lost your pulse or have you collapsed? Ludwig, with an incomprehensible expression, smiles as if half insane.

“Ludwig… … ?”

When Ludwig suddenly starts to laugh, Scarlett calls Ludwig in a feeling of goose bumps all over her body.

“ah… … . this, this… … . this… … . ha ha ha… … . like this… … . It’s like this… … . That’s right… … . haha… … . I am no different… … . haha… … .”

like that.

At some point, Ludwig, who had been laughing weakly for how long he had collapsed.

“… … .”

pop.

and stopped laughing.

“I’m sorry, Scarlett.”

“… … .”

“It’s better not to know.”

In the end, he himself became the one who said that.

Knowing how ridiculous it was, Ludwig laughed long after he said that.

* * *

to know something.

what you don’t know

Hating those who decide it, after all, Ludwig was saying that to his friend.

It’s better not to know.

But even if Ludwig laughed at himself, he had no intention of stopping what he had to do.

Rather good isn’t it?

To be a friend of a monster, you have to be a monster.

Whoever wants to kill a monster must become a monster.

Isn’t this proof that he has become a monster?

Then, isn’t it really possible to kill monsters?

Didn’t he have that kind of power, that kind of power?

You’re not anyone anymore, so you won’t be told that you’re not worth dealing with.

don’t know anything else

Even if you collapse and die, isn’t it possible to not be miserable?

In front of Ludwig’s words that it is better not to know, Scarlett looks at Ludwig with a firm expression.

“I can’t explain anything to you, but are you saying it’s safer for me to stay outside the Temple?”

“huh. If you know something, it will make you more dangerous.”

So trust me, said Ludwig.

Scarlett has no doubts about Ludwig’s intentions.

but.

“I don’t know… … .”

“You don’t know?”

“At some point… … . I feel like I’m no longer the Ludwig I knew.”

The appearance of Ludwig, who returned with a new arm, was not only changed in appearance. He couldn’t care less, but he couldn’t help but feel that Ludwig had become a completely different person.

The moment I came back, and even now when I say something completely unknown.

Not just the words, but the attitude, the look, and the action.

to the atmosphere.

Scarlett felt as if Ludwig in front of her was a completely different person.

“I hate to say this, but… … . I am afraid of Ludwig.”

“It’s scary… … ?”

“… … yes.”

That’s why Scarlett couldn’t help but feel fear at her friend’s changed appearance.

“Scarlett, it has to be different.”

“… … .”

“When Ashur died, when Delphine died. No, it has to be different from the moment the gate incident happened to now.”

Ludwig is right.

So much had happened that it had to be different.

I couldn’t stand it without changing.

Not only Ludwig, but Scarlett was clearly one of those who changed, only to a different degree.

The only ones who haven’t changed are the dead.

Rather, the devil who has a little bit of similar appearance to the past, rather, the devil who has gone through such things and still has a little bit of the same appearance is a more unusual situation.

“I guess so. Obviously it will. but… … . To do as I say without knowing anything like this… … . It is very different from Ludwig until now.”

It wasn’t that he had changed, it was like he was a completely different person.

“If I say I don’t want to do what Ludwig said, what will happen? What are you going to do?”

“… … .”

Ludwig in the past would have accepted Scarlett’s refusal, saying that he could not help it.

Or he would have tried to explain and convince him of all the circumstances.

Even so, he wouldn’t have been saddened by Scarlett’s rejection or harbored a grudge.

But now.

What would Scarlett do if Ludwig rejected such an offer?

It seemed like he was trying to force me to listen.

Ludwig looks at Scarlett with deep, dark eyes.

“Scarlett, I can tell you one thing.”

“… … .”

“There are people who want to use you. I don’t know now, but someday, I’ll definitely try to use you.”

“me… … . You want to use it?”

“okay.”

try to use

Is that what the demon king came for?

to use yourself?

However, the demon king, who is in Scarlett’s arms in the form of a cat, can’t say anything right now.

“Scarlett, there are people in the Allied Forces who are conspiring with the Demon King.”

“!”

At those words, Scarlett couldn’t help but widen her eyes.

It’s a very shocking and strange situation that the demon king is now in his arms.

Did the demon king’s hand already extend to the allied forces?

“And the number is by no means small.”

Contrary to the Allied soldiers and people’s thoughts, Ludwig already knows that a significant part of the Allied forces has already passed over to the Demon King, and he knows that a significant number will continue to go over.

“The demon king already knows about your strength, and the demon king will soon find out that your ability is stronger than before. No, he might already know.”

As Ludwig said, the demon king already knows.

Scarlett had no choice but to realize that Ludwig had come to her on her own.

just know

The Demon King was faster than Ludwig.

“The Demon King is using my ability… … . Are you trying to use my power?”

“I guess so.”

I don’t know how my powers are being used.

However, the Demon King can’t say anything right now.

The demon king came first, but Ludwig was the first to explain.

Scarlett couldn’t help but be terrified when she saw Ludwig’s solemn expression.

“This is strange… … . Something… … . Ludwig saying that… … .”

Ludwig is Ludwig.

“please… … . The demon king, Ludwig… … . have to deal with… … . As if you can deal with… … . I hear… … .”

Demon King is such a big and heavy name.

Although it is now called a small cat, the demon lord is not an ordinary being.

Ludwig, on the other hand, is an ordinary being.

Not Ellen, not the Emperor, not Saviolin Tana.

But now, Ludwig was talking as if he had to deal with the demon king, as if it was possible.

You talk as if you are a person who can do that, or belong to a group that can do that.

The Ludwig Scarlett knew was not that kind of person at all.

“I don’t know if I can do it or not. The important thing is that someone has to do it.”

Without knowing whether you can do it or not, you do it because you have to.

That person is Ellen, not Ludwig.

Scarlett swallowed her words.

The Demon King is not the kind of person you think.

It’s not like that.

I just wanted peace, but I couldn’t do anything.

I wanted to save the world, but rather made the world like this.

It’s just a pitiful, pitiful existence.

I heard that gruesome and miserable confession firsthand.

That’s why the hero and the demon king are just pitiful people after all.

I wanted to say that.

So, when Ludwig sometimes expressed his hatred for the demon king and sometimes said such things to Ellen, Scarlett stopped Ludwig from acting like that.

Don’t bother Ellen.

I hope you don’t make the tough warrior suffer even more.

The best that Scarlett could do was to stop those who secretly denounced the demon king and those who said such things by Ellen’s side.

I wanted to protest the position of the demon king while holding him in my arms, but I couldn’t.

Scarlett can’t help but feel Ludwig’s expression.

The fact that no persuasion would work for Ludwig, who had changed.

The changed Ludwig just talks.

There is no Ludwig who always seeks someone’s opinion and listens to the story.

“Scarlett, anyone will try to use you. will put you at risk So let’s stay somewhere else. where no one can find you Stay safe until everything is done. I can live like that.”

Before someone tries to take advantage of you, before you become dangerous.

hide from the world

“Then rather Ludwig… … . Aren’t you using me?”

If someone tries to take advantage of you, isn’t it possible that the opposite could happen?

Ludwig might rather try to use Scarlett.

It may have hurt Ludwig’s feelings greatly, but Ludwig shook his head quietly.

“Nothing like that.”

“… … .”

“I can’t put you in danger.”

I don’t know, but Ludwig has no intention of using himself. The devil and others covet Scarlett’s abilities.

Is Ludwig just trying to stop someone before they try to use him?

Scarlett couldn’t quite figure out what kind of way her power was being used, why Ludwig went this far, and why the devil had found herself.

Ludwig doesn’t say anything, but for you this is the best thing.

First of all, I’ll explain everything later, the demon king who said never to be apart from me.

Which one is right.

Scarlett believes in the devil as a person who saw the devil’s despair before her eyes and as a person who knows all the truth about the devil.

And he believes in Ludwig, who risked his life and even sacrificed his arm to save him.

believe in both

But you are forced to choose.

Will you leave with Ludwig?

Would you refuse Ludwig’s offer to hear the devil’s explanation?

But do you need to make a choice right now?

“Ludwig… … . Can you give me time to think… … . Are there any?”

At Scarlett’s words, Ludwig was silent.

In that silence, an ineradicable nervousness could only be seen. Ludwig’s attitude as if there was no time was felt in all of Ludwig’s actions.

But even in the midst of that silence, the fact that time is passing does not change.

“I can’t give you that much time.”

From those words, it was already revealed that Scarlett’s refusal was not considered.

Scarlett could not help but know from Ludwig’s words that if she refused, he would take her by force.