The Adventure Story of the Devil, the Maid, and the Hero

How did it become like this?

Thinking about it now, Shirpasha must have planned it long ago.

Maybe it started from not forming a team according to the number of people that the guild issued the exploration mission, but directly led the existing members into the foggy forest, or it started from the arrival of Catherine, or it was possible to have such a plan earlier. .In short, this was not a temporary move, the signs had already been there, but she failed to catch them.

Giulia couldn't help clenching the staff in her hand in annoyance.

Shilpasha, disappeared.

No, rather than disappearing, it would be better to say that he exposed his identity as the Demon Lord on his own initiative and fled.

It is said that the existence of the demon king is to gather the distortions of this world, and then the brave will destroy them to dissolve the "distortions".And she chose to become the devil king on the premise of knowing all this.

Beginning with the arrival of the Moon of Light, "distortion" continues to gather towards the Demon King.By now, she could hardly hold on anymore.

To beg for such words and run away irresponsibly is simply—too much.

Although in a sense, leaving a note saying "I can't take on this important task", leaving behind the identity of the summoned hero and fleeing without authorization, she seems to be half-hearted.

Giulia felt that the current self could probably understand the feelings of the people in the capital after hearing that she had escaped.

Although she was a little sorry, she didn't regret her decision at all.

However, in this way, even if you find the brave man—or even go one step further and solve him, wouldn't it be of no avail?

Because even if there is no hero, "distortion" will not disappear.

That's why Shirpasha said at that time, it's not that the brave must defeat the devil, but only those who defeat the devil will be called brave.

Although this makes the meaning of the hero's existence somewhat doubtful, but now is not the time to think about such things.

What kind of thoughts did Shirpasha hold from the very beginning?

He looks interested in many things, usually looks very leisurely, and once he makes a decision, he will act swiftly and resolutely.At that time before, facing the saintess who should be hostile in theory, she seemed to be calm and unhurried.

Unlike her who became a hero without any preparation, Shirpasha said that she chose to become the Demon Lord knowing everything.

Then why did she voluntarily become the Demon King knowing that she would face such a fate?

In other words, what is it that Shirpasha thinks is worth exchanging with such a fate?

It is unforgivable to leave such a lot of mysteries without authorization, and leave such a troublesome situation that can be said to be difficult in purgatory after revealing his identity.

Although very unwilling, but now Giulia is completely helpless.

I don't know what to do next, but I am clearly aware that I can't do something, so I can only keep thinking about something in my head to relieve the growing sense of urgency.

"Simply, it sucks."

After taking a deep breath and still not being able to calm down, Giulia couldn't help but murmured irritably.

"...I thought the Demon Lord was a brave man."

Catherine on the side didn't seem to have recovered from the sudden blow, and it felt like her soul had drifted away somewhere.

April on the other side formed a stark contrast. Although she was obviously surprised by the unexpected situation, she was still thinking calmly.

"It turned out to be... the Demon King, Fu Nuo, did you know that before?"

"Hey," Fuono, who was asked by her childhood sweetheart, admitted without much hesitation, "Ah...um."

"That's it." April got the answer without saying anything, cleared her throat, and faced the crowd, "Everyone, this is not a safe area, no matter what, let's go back to the town first."

After being reminded like this by her, Giulia remembered that they were still in the depths of the misty forest, so she nodded to express that she had no objection.

"Then, let's go back first."

Iluna patted the shoulder of Catherine who was still wandering while talking.

It was only then that Giulia realized the reason for the vague sense of disobedience before. Iluna did not yell out loud after what happened before, but basically remained silent.

When she was thinking about why Iluna had such an abnormality, the other party suddenly turned her head and blinked at her.

"...?"

Giulia looked back in puzzlement.

The other party then gave a thumbs up and smiled very brightly.

Although I still don't quite understand what she wanted to express, but I can roughly guess that it should be something like "don't worry", so Giulia put on a forced smile and nodded to her.

On the way back to the town, Catherine finally recovered a little bit from the shock of "The Brave Lord is the Demon King", and then naturally had a question, and asked randomly without thinking:

"Speaking of which, even if this is the case, who is the brave man?"

"Who knows?" Iluna yawned nonchalantly, "Anyway, there are girls in the team, no matter who they are, they will definitely not become Luna's fiancé."

"About this," Giulia said after hesitating for a while, "Tifa said before that it is possible for all of us."

This is the truth, even if her identity is the most orthodox, it is meaningless to say it at this time.Most importantly, she didn't want to talk.

She prefers being a follower of Shilpasha more than a brave man summoned from another world to defeat the Demon King.

"I've even heard her say this. Sure enough, I was right about you being her follower from the beginning."

"Yes."

Listening to Catherine's words, Giulia showed a somewhat complicated smile.Seeing that she admitted without hesitation, the other party couldn't help but continued:

"However, she even counts you as a follower in the hero's suspicion. It seems that you are still not trusted."

"what."

Giulia made a perfunctory sound indifferently.

This is also impossible.

After all, she was a hero.

It would be foolish to exclude Shirpasha alone from the list of possible heroes in her mind.

She obviously thought so, but Giulia felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

I always feel that I have become more disgusted with my identity as a hero.