Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

- Demon Man. From the prison of sinners, Halbalonis, those who were led by the Allied Lord Beristio and unleashed on the earth.

The long-lived who are enthralled with the desire to erode the living, manipulate the powers of the paranormal, and live by eating the negative emotions of others. That would make it sound good.

I see. That's certainly not wrong. But that's only one side of the race: the Demon Man. Considering what happened after he became a demon - he even thought that the trait was a curse.

It is the negative emotions of others that feed the devil. When you terrorize your opponents, and eat despair, you strike your tongue drums, strike enemies and kill each other to make your mind dance. Conversely, entertainment for most demons is to that extent.

That's why many people find pleasure in atrocity and behave more brutally than they need, or find value and place for themselves in battle. But... most people get tired of them and wear out their personality and spirit at the end of a long life.

Visible colors fade, fragrance loses meaning... but hell that the gray world lasts till hours, everywhere. The demon's raw is a barren thing, and yes, he - Osgrave thinks.

But the demons born later are born that way, so they don't even know that they are unhappy. So Osgrave doesn't tell others much about the raw demon. Because if you don't realize that you are cursed, you will never realize that you are unhappy.

Yes. Osgrave is one of the oldest demons, turned in a contract with Beristio. He is still alive even though he realizes he is unhappy in that way, because he has exchanged one promise with his allies.

In other words - he wants us to hide and shelter and protect those who did not bud among the demons of the second generation and beyond.

Osgrave made him one of the oldest demons, among them the youngest at the time.

In spite of his covenant with the Allied Lord, he was also a demon who was immature and neglected by the others without being able to awaken inside. That is why there was no extreme transformation in personality even after it came to awakening, and that among the demons, where weak predators are the norm, you will know what it feels like to be weak - they were chosen by Veristio.

Not purely to protect your people. I'm not saying that those feelings weren't in Beristio, but as the battle against the humans - the Seven Wise Men intensified, they struck one insurance policy. Because if we hide the weak away from the battlefield, we can take over and resurrect the flesh of those who covenanted behind us, even if we and our companions are defeated and wiped out.

In fact, Beristio was sealed, and that kind of preparation was never helpful.

Together, the forgotten demons, who are Osgrave's chief, built a hiding place by choosing a magical accumulation deep in the deep woods that no other species would come close to.

Hunt and kill demons that are attracted to the magic buildup, and eat and connect with their negative emotions.

Originally, for demons with low birth rates, they had no difficulty eating with it, and they knew they were inferior to their powers among demons, and they didn't have much to actively go out of hiding, except for gathering information. I have no trouble living without even saying luxury. It is the ideal place for the weak. This is it.

Still, there are those who aspire to the outside world once in a while... I message them that they want me to tell them about the hiding place when I get to know a demon of the same kind - inferior power. Osgrave does not chase those who leave, and he who comes does not refuse.

Though the Alliance Lord is gone, how long has it been in Osgrave's long life that it has become a living meaning to protect those inside.

Just as Gardinis kept his humanity in search of secular power. Live as the head of the demons forgotten to rub them off and not decay. He must have left Halvaronis in search of freedom, but he may have just created a new stigma.

But it is also true that maintaining the settlement is an insistence that empowers us to live our lives like ourselves every day.

Such a way of life for Osgrave would not be... demonic. That's why Osgrave is a demon-like demon as well - just like Gardinis, he didn't rub it off.

Likewise, because there were those who wanted to abandon their ambitions and give up secularism and protect them, they never rode the invitation of Vallos, that powerful demon youth. If you try Osgrave, it's the path you choose.

Still. Still. Osgrave asks himself how long this way of life will last - and those who are inside and realize they are unhappy.

Those who are tired of their long lives and no longer come back from the inside, or have broken into the barren ways of the devil. And those are the ones who have known Osgrave and his children since they were infants.

So - is it possible that the seers will degenerate again, when they will only be tired to stop and break themselves too? That's what I feared.

Such a fold. What Osgrave dreamed of.

It's Beristio's dream to stand in hiding. Beristio, who laughs softly more than he has ever seen, points across the forest and spins only one word.

"Whatever you want, before I point it out."

Just that's all dreams.

It wasn't just a dream, I thought. He said that Beristio dreamed of himself through his contract because it meant something. Yes, Osgrave felt it.

It was not until some time after that that that I understood what the dream meant.

"We can bring demons back to normal people, apparently."

"They say he's a hero of the kingdom of Verdogal. Like putting the demon man nearby and actually putting one of them back in the human race."

"If you're going to explore the path of coexistence with people, I hear you're hustling and saying no. I don't know if it's true..."

It was those outside the hiding place who gathered that information.

"Kingdom of Verdogal -"

After receiving the report, I felt like the meaning of my dreams was connected.

Think of the map in your head. That's how I was shocked with certainty. Because the king capital of the kingdom of Verdogal, Termwils, lies ahead of it, as Beristio indicated with his fingers in his dreams.

If that information brought by the young demons is true, it may be the gospel for the settlers. When I thought maybe I could reclaim that brightly colored world before I became a demon, I felt my chest rattle with strong emotions like the thirst I'd long forgotten.

It's not just me. Maybe they can show a different world to children who don't know they're unhappy. Perhaps we can let the discerners explore a new path before they break.

A fascinating story. But Osgrave is old enough to believe and act only by intuition. So be careful. Don't despair even if it's a mistake. So that those in hiding don't get unnecessarily scratched.

"That would... need to be more detailed and followed up. Whether the story is true and the person is credible enough"

"What if... the true story is that the hero, too, genuinely wants to coexist with the devil?

"If you want, maybe it's a good idea to get out of here and rely on that person. We are smarter than we are and we know the fact that those who are better than power have fallen. If so... it may not be absolutely worthwhile to remain a demon... If there is a path of coexistence, or..."

With that said, Osgrave looked up to heaven. If it were true, how wonderful it would be.

Long and long, long forgotten by the outside world, a new wind was about to begin to blow announcing transformation to them.