Episode 259. contact (2)
Demon King Castle.
The owner of the castle, who was leaning against the window, slowly lifted his pensive eyes and stood up.
‘The peace of the demon world that you are maintaining now… … It will break.’
A week has passed since my reunion with that bold person.
As we live in this world, we experience all sorts of things.
How dare you discuss peace with yourself, the strongest and master of this continent?
If it had been its original personality, it would have twisted its limbs right then and there, separated the bones and flesh, and then chewed the whole thing right then and there.
But I just sent it back.
Because the current Demon King is not the kind of idiot who commits misdeeds because he can’t control his mood.
“… … .”
My heart is pounding.
Why?
Because you’re anxious?
Because you’re nervous?
How could it be so absurd that the omnipotent master of the Demon World would feel uneasy about a person whose identity he barely knew?
However, it is clear that this current trembling is caused by anxiety.
An unfamiliar feeling that you might lose something due to your own mistakes and ignorance.
We need to fix it now before it’s too late.
Belcarion headed straight to Betsy’s room.
-smart
A response that doesn’t give in to loud knocks.
“Bestie, I’m coming in?”
It was clear that someone was inside, but for some reason I couldn’t hear Betsy’s answer.
Belcarion carefully turned the doorknob.
When I opened the door, Betsy was immediately seen sitting with her head turned and her back turned.
Belcarion let out a slight sigh of relief and approached her.
“what? “Why don’t you talk when you’re inside?”
“… … .”
“Why are you so focused on something that I came in… … .”
It was then.
Feet that took a long stride.
A mouth moving with a smile on its face.
Even the naturally extended right hand.
Everything stopped in place.
If there is only one thing that moves when every part of the body is frozen,
The only thing that could be seen was his eyes shaking violently in surprise.
“uh? “When did you come, Belkarion?”
Betsy belatedly realized that he had come and quickly turned her head.
“sorry. “I was so caught up in the pendant that I didn’t even notice you were coming.”
Belkarion could not continue speaking, so he just stared at her face with trembling eyes.
“The more I look at the pendant you gave me, the more it seems to have a charm that makes me fall in love with it. So much so that I don’t want to miss a single poem. It’s truly the best gift to me… … .”
She stroked the pendant in her hand as if showing off to Belkarion.
“Bestie.”
“yes?”
“Why is your face so haggard?”
Only then did Betsy smooth her face in response to Belkarion’s question.
These were definitely not words thrown around in vain.
Over the past few days, I’ve heard from the castle’s servants that Betsy really likes the pendant he gave her, but it wasn’t to the extent of her liking.
Her facial expression was so haggard and lifeless that anyone could see it as strange.
As if someone had a disease.
“Well, really? Now that I think about it, I’ve been feeling a bit dizzy a few days ago… … .”
“Are you dizzy?”
“It’s nothing to worry about, so don’t worry. Instead, take a look at this pendant! Isn’t it really beautiful? Where on earth did you get a gift like this? … .”
-Flash!
When Belkarion tried to steal the pendant, Betsy’s eyes, which had been immersed in ecstasy, instantly filled with anger and contempt.
“What are you doing now?”
“Give me back that pendant, Betsy.”
Belcarion held out his hand with a straight face without a hint of mischief.
“why? “You gave this to me as a gift, right?”
“I’ll get you something better. So please give me back that pendant now.”
“no, I do not want!”
Betsy jumped up from her chair and expressed her stubborn refusal.
He even ran to the corner of the room to avoid Belcarion, put the pendant around his neck, and tightly grabbed it with his hands as if he never wanted it to be taken away.
“This pendant is mine! Even if someone asks for it, I won’t give it to them! Even if it’s you!”
“Give it back!!”
Belcarion exploded, losing his temper and shouting.
Then Rogers and the castle servants who heard the commotion and rushed to stop Belcarion.
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“Demon King, calm down!”
Belcarion slightly regained his senses and took a deep breath to calm his mind.
“Let’s go out and talk first.”
Rogers left Betsy in the care of his servants and immediately brought the demon king outside.
Belkarion, whose excitement had subsided over the winter, leaned his arms against the wall and lowered his head.
“Didn’t I tell you? “I need to get the pendant back from Bestie!”
Rogers scolded the devil for not listening to him.
“Did you expect something like this to happen?”
“I was only guessing quite a bit. “There is no favor without intention in this world.”
“okay. You were right. That pendant. There’s definitely a problem… … .”
It was a brief moment, but I saw it clearly.
In Betsy’s eyes, as she grabbed the pendant because she didn’t want it taken away, there was a madness that had never been seen before.
“This is the first time Betsy has looked at me like that. “That soft and obedient Betsy looked at me with contempt!”
It was a look that could never be seen in her original self.
“Don’t stop me, Rogers! Even if I have to take it by force, I will get it back!”
“Wait, Demon King!”
For a moment, I was about to head back to Betsy’s room.
“Bestie!!”
The urgent cries of servants were heard from inside her room.
The two men, startled, immediately ran into the room.
“Bestie!!”
What Belcarion and Rogers saw in front of them as they rushed in was,
It was Betsy who had fallen unconscious, holding on to a pendant with a red glow.
* * *
“What is the cause?”
“It’s a pendant.”
“Why do you ask because who doesn’t know that? “What’s wrong with the pendant?!”
“It contains a strange, unidentifiable power. It stimulates the mind of the person who possesses it and causes the feeling of never wanting to be taken away… … .”
“Stimulate your mind? “So is it magic?”
“It’s not magic. “It doesn’t contain any magical power.”
“No, then what… !”
Belcarion, who was about to scream out of frustration, forced himself to swallow.
“What should I do? “Shouldn’t we at least get the pendant out quickly?”
“I already tried, but I think it would be dangerous to force it out.”
“why?”
“The pendant refused. As I was about to touch it, sparks flew out from the gem along with an unknown light. “If you recklessly try to force it off, Bestie could get seriously hurt.”
So are you saying we should just watch her weaken like this?
-bang!
Belkarion eventually lost control of his emotions and struck the wall with his fist.
“In the end, you don’t know how to solve it?”
“I don’t know. However, there is one thing I can guess.”
At those words, Belkarion turned his head again and made eye contact with Rogers.
“Demon King. Have you ever heard of a witch?”
“witch?”
“yes. “It refers to some female humans in the human world who have the so-called power of delusion to control the mind of a certain target and confuse their mind.”
Of course, it was the first time the Demon King had heard these words.
“I heard that because it possesses such a dangerous kind of power, it was also involved in causing several major incidents in the Human World in the past. Looking at the state of the pendant that Bestie currently has, I dare to guess that there might be some similarity to the power that those witches had.”
“So what do I have to do?”
“Bring me the human who gave you that pendant.”
Rogers responded with a firm look in his eyes.
“If you bring me here, I will find a way to save Betsy, even if it means using all the power and knowledge I have.”
“Are you telling me to go to the Human World?”
Rogers responded with silence.
Belcarion closed his eyes and was lost in thought for about 10 minutes.
Rogers stayed silently by the demon king’s side and waited for him to open his mouth again.
“Hey Rogers.”
“Yes, Demon King.”
“You did that the other day, right? The reason the current peaceful demon world was created is because of Bestie, not me… … .”
“yes.”
“Admit it. If it weren’t for her, she wouldn’t be where she is now, and she wouldn’t be where she is now. “I guess my old self, when I was an asshole, would have continued.”
Rogers did not deny this.
“Bestie, other than you and Rogers, she was the first demon to point out my mistake. Who would have imagined? How could a woman who doesn’t have this much power dare say that I am a demon lord who should not exist in this demon world… … .”
“… … .”
“Is that all? “He didn’t pay attention to my threats that I could tear you apart at any moment, and he just straight-up told me what I should do for the sake of the Demon World without even batting an eye.”
Belkarion naturally smiled as he recalled his memories with Bestie.
“If she disappears from before me now, what will happen to me and what will happen to this demon world?”
“That’s a question I don’t really want to answer.”
It wasn’t that I couldn’t do it because I didn’t know.
I knew the answer, but I didn’t want to answer it because it was so terrible that I couldn’t bear to say it.
If Betsy really leaves the Demon King’s side like this,
‘It’s over.’
Regardless of whether it is the Demon World or the Human World, this world will come to an end.
Rogers was sure of this.
“Bestie is being taken good care of. “I’m coming out.”
Rogers closed his eyes and lowered his head towards the demon king who was moving away.
“Please come back. “Demon King.”
Belkarion came out of the castle, spread his wings wide, and immediately took flight towards Lemea Canyon.
There will no longer be any negotiations or conversations with humans.
Now, human words are no better than the cries of a demonic beast to him.
We will simply press down with force and force them into submission.
The crime of daring to insult the master of this demon world and his woman.
You will have to pay a price greater than death.
So we arrived at Lemea Canyon, near the Blood River.
Unlike before, when he thought he would be greeted with the same sly smile, this time there was no one present.
The same thing happened when I looked at the signs around me.
“under!”
Are you trying to avoid yourself now?
Belcarion moved forward along the Blood River with the intention of going as far as he could.
Before we knew it, we were at the end of the canyon.
What appeared before the eyes of the Demon King, who had reached the border of the Demon World, was a forest of grass and a high cliff that were rarely seen.
Belkarion lifted his chin and gazed at the top of the cliff.
The smell of living things carried through the cool wind.
Belcarion sensed the presence and immediately spread his wings and took flight.
-chin
The moment I climbed the cliff, I felt that the air had changed for some reason.
Is this the air of the human world?
It definitely felt cleaner than the murky Demon World,
That wasn’t something Belkarion had to worry about right now.
He quickly walked in the direction where the presence felt stronger.
Finally, Belcarion’s steps suddenly stopped at a certain place.
An unfamiliar living space spread out before his eyes, raised like a blade.
I felt an unfamiliar, but distinct energy coming from the center of the fairly wide space.
Neither a demon beast nor a demon,
Human energy.
Belcarion went inside without hesitation.
“… … !”
Did he walk about fifty steps like that?
A group of people finally appeared in front of him, who was on the verge of exploding due to a combination of anger and hatred toward humans.
human.
It’s human.
This is the person I have been looking for.
However, the person he originally wanted to find, Eshel, was nowhere to be seen.
Is it not here?
“Demon?”
The humans facing the Demon King showed extreme alertness and immediately entered a defensive posture.
How dare things that have no more power than the grime of fingernails dare to point a blade at themselves?
This was so trivial that I couldn’t even laugh.
However, there was one thing that was a bit strange.
A strange feeling came from the unfamiliar blue-haired female human in the crowd.
What can I say?
I don’t know why, but Betsy, who had rejected me while holding the pendant, was giving off a similar vibe.
In response, Belcarion pointed his finger at her.
“You come here.”
(Continued in the next part)
fantasy,
