Merriam-sama's mood is fixed.
Seeing it in her wrapped atmosphere, I pull out my shoulders.
"Dear Merliah, is something wrong?"
"Yeah, something very good happened"
City cafe where I found the Demon King.
In such a place that seemed stylish from me, Lady Melia was eating tea and cake.
Before her like that, with me - there's a demon king who doesn't move while leaning down as much as he did earlier.
"Is this sweet? Hmm, you don't hate it."
"Merliah eats sweets, too."
"Yeah, it's called pre-practice because we're gonna need it sooner or later."
Preliminary practice...? Is it for Kite?
I also have the cake that Master Merliah asked for, but watching more and more demon kings next door loses my appetite.
——— sleeping clothes with grey hair stretched as far as the eye-catching hips and embroidered rabbits.
I didn't think such a girl was a demon king by my side, but I can only admit that's a fact that can't be changed.
"Illis."
"Ha."
Nodding in Merriam-like voice, I take out my notebook.
Report information to her about the Demon King you were looking into beforehand.
"Name is Mao Maygas, eleven years old. My parents were in the other world when I was six. From then on, he relied on the legacy and home of his parents, who were bourgeoisies, to live alone. Because of the strong refusal to be deposited with relatives, they were also helped by their surroundings, but they were creeped out by some humans because of actions such as fishing crap out of the city."
"Phew."
Was the material used to make the artifact crap and money from the Demon King's Army?
I didn't notice because of the cleverness of the latter, but what if this kid did it too?
It is the perception that there is such a thing as embezzlement on both our outer roads, but I didn't know there was no other demon king...
As she continues to report, Merriam-sama holds her hand and waits.
"I was so surprised that the Demon King was such a lovely girl like you."
Is there someone who says something that is not more in his mind?
Knowing her nature, I pull my cheeks into shock speech in a way.
"Ah -"
"You don't have to talk. If we talk, we could kill him."
grin, nodding with his face blue at the grinning Merriam.
Demon King engraved with fear in an instant - to Mao, Merriam continues to speak.
"I just imagined for a moment how you decided to build the Demon King's Army. I'm going to talk about it now, so if it hits you, pluck it vertically."
……?
"--- Do you understand?"
!!?
Mao snorts at her tilting his neck.
Mouth the cake at hand, glad I wasn't sitting directly in front of you.
I recently remembered that I only mouthed dried meat and raw vegetables, and I almost cried.
"You loved your father and mother."
Shake your head vertically.
"I didn't want to leave the house. I didn't want to give anyone their parents'. With all your heart, you have decided to continue to live in this city, alone in this house."
Shake your head vertically.
"I don't have any parents. Nobody sees me. Loneliness was intolerable to you too. So you were happy to be praised for what you made"
So Mao stops moving.
Her gaze at Merliah with amazement gradually turns into something that sees something creepy.
"I liked to make things. Is it because my biological parents complimented me? Well, I don't care."
"... eh"
"You wanted to be praised. I wanted“ love ”just like my parents did. To that end, you have innocently given the inventions you have come up with to be praised, but to others in red."
How do you know that much?
Pull back to Merriam-sama, who talks as if she had seen it on the spot.
You noticed my reaction, she smiles thinly, pointing out the window.
"This city is a little crazy, isn't it?"
"Weird, what?"
"It's night now, isn't it? And yet this city is so bright."
It's night.
And yet it's bright as day outside.
The sky is colored by the starry sky.
The difference is in the street lights that emit the lights of the magic implements installed all over the city.
No, if you look closely, besides the street lights, I see a magic trick there that I've never seen before.
"You didn't do it, did you? If so, you don't have to be in the Demon King's Army."
……
Mao as he leaned down.
Regardless, Merriam-sama goes on to spin her words.
"I'm sure I've given you a lot of good ideas. The city developed tremendously and the lives of the people grew richer - there were no ladies among them"
……
"Over and over again, you continued to be deceived and exploited by sweet words. I wanted the same“ love ”that was directed at me by my parents, because that's the only thing that distracts me from my empty solitude"
Mao's expression distorts me so much that I don't think that's eleven years old.
Not anger, distorted by fear, she can't seem to move like she was in gold bondage.
But that's when your benefactor woke up.
"Become...!?"
How do you know, Mao?
Lady Merliah goes on to utter words to her, who hurries to shut her mouth, without breaking her grin.
"The benefactor found your worth and taught you the fact that you are being used. Besides, it even gave me a chance to get revenge... right?"
…… ……
"Hehe, so you found out you were special. When I was able to avenge the person who was cheating on you, it must have been nice to try."
Revenge was already over...?
But who was the benefactor who helped this girl?
I can see you're not a decent person at the point where you give such a child a chance to get revenge......
"I have power. I can do anything. The benefactor who helped you on the arrowhead of that thought held a deal. … want you to be the head of an organization, make a deal"
……
"You took it. Because I thought unreasonably that I would lead an unfortunate life, and because I wanted to live unreasonably and freely, I became the demon king and tormented many people."
So, Mao shakes his neck to the side.
Merriam-sama tilts her neck at her claiming so, saying that she is not suffering.
"Whatever the shape, your ruling demon army has taken the lives of many people and put them at risk"
……
"Can't you turn away from that fact?"
"...... shut up!!"
I'll kill you if you talk, that's what you're supposed to be threatening me with. Mao speaks up, screams.
Fortunately, there aren't many people in the cafe past dinner time, and it doesn't make a scene - but more than that, I was afraid of Merriam-like reactions.
When I look at Merriam-sama as she freaks out, she still smiles.
"Oh, what do you know about a monster like you! I'm not gonna do anything wrong! I'm not the one who just ordered you to do it!! I thought of the operation, because the... it's Iris, and I was just making the magic equipment!!"
I have a consciousness that I was doing something bad too, but it won't......
Exactly to Mao crying out of a child's eclampsia, I hold my forehead by my hand.
"Neither your father, nor your mother, are here. Nobody knows anything about me. Why do I have to be the only one to see this... even if I've always been a good girl, your father and mother never came home..."
Mao gets emotional and puts out one word after another of the woes that come to mind.
Gradually, its emotional voice turns into tears and whimpers, and tears overflow from its eyes.
"So you just have to lose the world like this...! You just have to break the world that doesn't look at me..."
——— Just a little bit, I felt like I knew how this girl felt.
I'm still somewhat saved because I can still call myself a father, but this girl has nothing.
That's also why I resented the world.
At that time, Merriam-sama slowly rises from her seat and walks over to Mao, where she cries.
"It's okay now."
"Huh."
Crouching to gaze in, she held Mao to herself.
I have a terrible fear of her sudden embrace.
"You were being used again. He who consecrated you as a demon king was going to abandon you in the end."
"Chi, no. That guy... that's not..."
"Lyon, the guy who named him that, he's an out-of-the-way extremely con man. I'm sure his words sounded very comfortable to you. If you're your true benefactor, you can't make mistakes. Is it the right thing to do as an adult?"
"So, but... to me, that guy..."
"I've come to help you."
Mao shudders his shoulders at the words.
You didn't even think of it. It was a word, she looks up at Merriam-like's face, who unlocked her embrace.
"Mao. Trust me. You're not alone anymore. If you hate solitude, I'll be your place."
"Oh, Mother..."
"Sister, please call me"
Again, Merriam-sama hugging Mao.
What am I supposed to do with this trilogy play being shown next door?
Dear Meliá, you have such a bad smile that the Mao you are embracing is not pitiful.
"I have a Lord who vows allegiance"
Is it still going on?
Mao looks up to Merriam-like whining.
"That person is very kind and a broad hearted one who has forgiven me for so many sins"
"Xu... Sh, I did a lot of bad things...?"
"Yeah, that one would accept you, too."
"Yes, sir."
I'm even afraid of the fact that I'm verbally brainwashing, even though I don't use the power of brainwashing.
Around the time I was brainwashing Kite, I'm also afraid I'd normally be able to do it.
Merliah, gently stroking Mao's hair, whispers the words to imprint slowly.
"With me, will you come?"
"Ha... I"
"She's a good girl."
Dear Mary stroking Mao's head with a smile like the Virgin Mary.
From my point of view, I only look like a small animal tied to a serpent, but if I put that in my mouth, I'm the one who gets swallowed whole, so don't tell me.
"Now let's move on to the next step"
Standing up, Merriam-sama, pussy, rings her finger.
Did you do something?
Tilt your neck around the perimeter where no change like this occurs.
"Dear Meliá, what...?"
"Just a little, I just turned my hand around. Well, you'll soon find out what happened.... Come on, Mao, let's go"
"Yes."
Sigh on Merriam and Mao following him like a duck.
There was too much going on today, but I think I'll be bored again when I get back to base.