Even Posing as a Hero is Easy–Why? Cause I’m a God–

Episode 196: Guardian of Demon King's Castle

Behind the second floor of Demon King's Castle, we were in the Demon King's Army Operations Room.

Outside, the sun is setting and the snow is blowing.

There were no monsters on the first or second floors of the castle.

The hallways and rooms are made wide enough for the big demons to move around, sneaking the bustle of the once castle.

The operating room I'm in now was connected to the operating library on the third floor.

Next to the library room on the third floor is the executive conference room with a round table.

The round table was also not of normal size. It is a few meters high.

It was emotional to think that Evil Squid or Geadorf were in a meeting here.

Fish desks and shelves to find the documents you want.

I focused my exploration there because the "shelf keys" I got on the ground floor were the ones that allowed me to browse shelves containing round secret documents.

It just takes a lot of time because there are a lot of them.

Lapisia sat holding an egg in the corner of the room.

I fly as many paper planes as I make with documents that have been determined to be irrelevant.

The room was so big that there was plenty of room to fly.

Sometimes I say, "Shinjiku!" I heard a joyous voice.

Well, you seem to enjoy it. More importantly.

Megna, who had been fishing for a private book room on the third floor for a while, glanced at her face from the top of the stairs.

Let the paperwork in your hand flicker.

"Kaika, brother. This, the mark of Vernus"

"Oh, my God."

I'm headed to the third floor right away.

Rooms as small as upstairs.

There was a loose end for the monster to walk around even though it wasn't wide enough.

Megna's found shelves contained documents describing the use of Vernus, strategies and tactics, and contact methods and instructions.

Stare and turn the paperwork so Celica can eat in.

"This is it! Instructions for attacking villages, how to rescue and how to acquire believers - this is how to blame people for light attributes......! Oh no...! How horrible."

Celica held her mouth. I'm trembling because of repentance or sadness.

I hold her shoulders gently and bravely.

"What's up?

"Master Kaika...... eh. Once you find the light attribute, you have to kill it immediately."

"Hmm?"

"Make a pile of unfortunate events around the person first so they can be seen with suspicious eyes from around them. Then if we tailor it to sinners, humans will eliminate light attributes with their own hands."

"The sinner is the culprit... damn! You mean that!

"Huh?"

"If we find out afterwards that we're actually innocent, the people who dirty their hands will have been held in weakness. It's more and more the pot the Demon King thinks."

"It's awful... it's awful. I wonder how much you would care to entertain people who live so hard..."

Celica buried her face in my chest. Make yourself desperate to cry.

I'm sure you came up with something like what was in the paperwork.

Happiness happens all around me.

- Well, if they say that the reason the country perished was because Celica was born as a blame, then authority will be lost.

It's a terribly cunning way to do it.

I hug her luxurious body.

"It's all right now. The paperwork over here clearly states that Vernus is the Demon King. With this, the blame system ends today. - Come on, I'm gonna go home with all the paperwork we have around here."

Celica looked up as she wiped her eyes with her fingertips. The smile was back.

"Ha. Kaika!

Celica quickly sorted the paperwork while giving instructions to Megna.

- and.

"Kaika!"

A young voice screams sharply.

If you look, Lapisia, upstairs, was standing in front of the door.

Evil signs on the other side with the door pinched.

"Celica and Meña keep doing paperwork! I'll go!

"Yes, take care!" "Good luck"

I left them and ran down to the second floor.

With a thousand eyes, it was the skeletal demon Falcan who was beyond the door. I dress like a nobleman.

He was also riding a blue and white horse in the hallway. Probably a horse ghost.

Lapisia frowns and clenches her fist all the time.

He assumed he was dangerous to the child's heart.

I said I'd come near the door.

"Like what, the guy outside"

I hear voices from outside the door.

"... are you a brave man?

"Oh, yeah"

"Then why don't you head between the thrones?"

"If you come to the dungeon, Theory will be fishing for treasure before Las Bosses, right?

"There shouldn't be any treasure there"

"You'll never know unless you look for it."

Falcan laughed with his nose.

"Hmm, okay. Whatever you do, you're gonna die here anyway. Waiting between the thrones upstairs."

"You act like the Lord of this castle, don't you?

"Naturally. I am the Demon King."

"That's a lie."

"What!... How do you know?

Beyond the door, the blue-white flame in the orbit shone loudly.

- This guy, you're sharp.

Stupid. Honestly, I saw it with the truth eye. I don't know what to say. I lose one ability.

You shouldn't give me much of this information.

Rapissia whispered "kick" but kept this quiet as well.

I spoke with proper reason.

"The Demon King doesn't bother to welcome us to the brave. That's the work of my men and my neighbors. If you were to name the Demon King, remember it was an act of painting mud on the Demon King's name."

I'm not lying.

Falcan strokes his jaw.

"Hmm. Was it lightweight? I was thinking about dealing with someone because I sensed they had broken into the castle, but there was no sign that they were coming down."

Apparently, they believed a few words.

"You're not a demon king after all."

"I don't know. My name is Falcan. That's the brave Kaika, isn't it?

"Yes."

"... Again? Uhm, what's going on?"

"Open the door now. If it's all right in the hallway, I'll deal with it."

"... no, let's not. My guess is you won't win if you fight."

"That's wise. Then let me also say my thoughts. Aren't you stronger than the Four Heavens? Why not try to rebuild the Demon King's Army?

"My mission is to escort the Demon King. I'm not interested in the Demon King's Army after the role."

- Finished the job?

I move my hand quietly and attach my hand to the machete.

"Where is the Demon King?

"I'm on another continent"

"- How long till you get out of the cocoon?

Tension runs across the door.

"Depending on the answer, you cut me by the door," my scouts whisper.

"Thank you... I'd rather have you slaughtered here."

"That's troublesome. I have two months left to work."

"Two more months... what's left to say?

"I saw you killing time in a room like this, and you're not ready for that either, are you? I'll show you to the Demon King as soon as you're ready."

"Hmm... when the demon king is ready before he comes out?

"You win."

Confront me by the door.

Time flowed a lot.

- Lapisia doesn't say "kick" with the door staring. For example, the other person is not lying.

I'll take my hand off the machete.

"Okay. Let's drink that suggestion."

"Right. Then come back here when you're ready."

Saying so, the Falcan pulled his reins and made him walk his horse.

He leaves the hallway with the sound of a capocapo and a hoof.

Looking at him with a thousand eyes, Falcan went down to the first floor and flew from the transfer room to the fourth basement.

Then cross the large hall to the opposite wall.

There was a mirror lined up on one side of the wall, but suddenly he turned his heel back and started walking in the room.

- Did you feel what I was looking at?

If you look any further, you won't act like you're going to tell us where the Demon King is.

Celica and Megna came packing the paperwork all over their backpack.

"Kaika, are you okay?

"Oh, no problem. How'd it go over there?

"Yes. We have evidence that shows that the culprit is a fiction created by the Demon King. If we go public with this, the people responsible won't suffer anymore."

"Well done, Celica. Let's go home, then."

"Mm-hmm. Well, I'll take the lead"

Meña comes forward.

Me and Celica go on.

Lapisia picked up a paper plane that fell to the ground.

"What's that?

"I flew the most! A souvenir for the Marquis!

"You said that. Then don't get lost, follow me."

"Yes."

He came running over fine.

Then we all went back the way we came, and left the castle of the demon king behind.

◇ ◇ ◇

Late at night with quiet starry skies.

We went back to Mount Green, where the dragon Aurora lives.

Down from Aurora's back in a wide cave.

"It helped me today. Thank you, Aurora."

"I don't have as many problems as this. I thought it would be a sleepover job, but that's Kaika."

'Cause Celica and Meña did their best.'

Then Lapisia turned with her eggs in her arms. White one-piece hem spreads.

"What about Lapisia?

"He was such a good boy."

"Wow."

I circled around on the spot. Blue twin tails arc.

I look back at Aurora.

"I'm going to go again, then again, please"

"Oh, leave it to me - let's just trust people, Kaika, one more time"

I felt included in the way I put it.

"You're exaggerating. Is something wrong?

Aurora laughed masochistically, distorting the edge of her mouth.

"What, it's a boring story. I used to interfere a lot with people and lead them. I gave them as much technology and knowledge as I wanted. But those who gained power behaved arrogantly and eventually destroyed the stars themselves."

"You didn't stop it?

"I was warming the eggs so I was late to notice. It was my first egg. Going outside surprised by the light and the roar, it was wilderness as far as I could see.... and then after hundreds of years of warming, not a single egg hatched, all dead"

Aurora's eyes are turned out lonely. There were stars in the night sky seen from the big hole in the wall.

Celica put her hand on her chest and looked sad.

"Dear Dragon... I didn't know that had happened. Feeling, I guess. May I help you?"

"It was a long time ago. You don't have to worry, princess."

"... With that said, Aurora was called from another world. And when the world ended, you got a dungeon and pulled it off."

"That's right. I couldn't believe people anymore, and I didn't feel like interfering.... well, the biggest reason I helped is because I was free."

"There are failures in everything. I just hope I don't make the same mistake."

"Right... I thought so, but it's hard."

Aurora leaned down. There is a dark shadow on my face.

I'm sure Aurora gave people a lot of knowledge with a good will to have a good life.

Does that mean it went behind my back and I couldn't believe people and pulled them off?

And I also found out why I was unusually obsessed with eggs. You wanted to protect it extra because you had lost it the first time.

I said as I scratched my cheek.

"Well, maybe people won't have to believe me anymore"

"What!? I don't think it's the words of those who try to be brave."

"Aurora is a dragon, not a person. You just have to believe in the future, where the eggs will be fine. - I'll take care of it."

Then Aurora grinned, loosening the edge of her mouth.

"Heh, won't you tell me? - For my child's sake, let's believe what you said."

Unlike earlier, he had a very pleasant voice.

- And a skinny man in a swallow tail suit came out of the emergency exit leading to the dungeon - the Marquis of Hell.

The Marquis walks over in confident footsteps.

"Ha ha! That was fast. Dragon, Kaika!

"Um. Sorry I left you a message."

The Marquis looks at me.

"How'd it go? The Castle of the Demon King. Were the demons still working?

"No. I just explored the first or second floors, but I only encountered one demon"

"Wow. Were you strong?

"Weaker than me, but if you fight, Celica and Meña will be in danger."

"You didn't fight. What kind of demon?"

"A guy named Falcan, but you know what?

As soon as I say his name, the Marquis opens his eyes.

"What!? Aren't you one of the former demon king Four Heavenly Kings! I thought I was suddenly blind, but I lived."

"You know what? He must have been a Kingsguard captain."

The Marquis distorts his face reluctantly as he strokes his jaw.

"You were a guy who didn't know what to think. I felt fundamentally different from the other demons."

"You even said you didn't care because the Demon King's Army was out of service."

"I guess it's because he's a direct subordinate of the Demon King. He's supposed to manipulate death."

I asked because I was curious.

"Stronger than the Marquis?

Then he wrote up his hair with one hand.

"Huh. My fingertips give death equal. He's no exception!

"Hmm. Can the Marquis defeat it? That's great."

"You will, you will! Huh."

The Marquis laughed high against his chest.

- and.

And Lapisia ran over to the Marquis.

Stick out the paper plane you had all the time.

"This is a souvenir!

"A paper plane"?

Explain it lightly.

"I don't need Rapisia. I flew a lot of paperwork."

"I flew most often!

smile and Lapisia said.

The Marquis grins brutally.

"Huh! Sooner or later, I'll turn the world into hell, and you don't know it suits me best! When you create the ultimate hell, taste hell first!

"Wow!"

Lapisia was delighted to raise her hands. Like the kid you promised to go to the amusement park.

- Okay, so?

I thought so, but didn't say anything because he seemed happy.

The Marquis raised his voice abruptly.

"Hmm? This is"

Spread the folded paper plane back into a single piece of paper.

"What's up, Marquis?

"... no, it's nothing. I'll talk to you in a minute - see you later."

For some reason, the Marquis lowered his tension and vanished to the emergency exit.

We and Aurora stayed in the wide cave.

"Shall we go home too? See you, Aurora."

"Oh, be careful and go home."

I followed the cave and knocked over the fairy door.

Celica is walking hand in hand with Lapisia.

"You managed to make it."

"All thanks to Kaika."

"And then you have to root for it - Celica, Meña. You have to work another one by three days"

"Mm, okay." "Yes, Kaika."

And I went back to Edelstein.