Maou no Hajimekata

"Phew..."

Floro exhaled deeply, making sure Sarnak, trapped in the wall, was completely immobile. Oul's technique includes not only manipulating walls, but even peeking into them.

The knowledge was too vast and extensive, but Floro was able to wield its power without getting lost. Speaking of why......

(Is this settled for now?)

In Floro's head, 'meaning' sounds directly, not his voice. It is the very thought that does not pass through language. It was Oulu's thought, mounted inside her.

(... really, who are you)

(That's this dialogue.)

A crystallized skill is something that can be handled naturally in itself. However, if multiple different skills are to be combined and manipulated freely, it requires training and familiarity.

Floro gives Oulu's skills...

(Sorcery)

... It was with the support of this voice that I was able to manipulate magic to hunt down Sarnak.

"Ah... Um... Your Majesty"

Of the remaining Sarnak slaves, one inquired to Floro with an aside.

"What are we going to do...?

To that question, Floro gets stuck in a response. She is not the Demon King now. It's just a slave at the bottom. I wasn't in a position to lead the slaves.

(Are you okay with that?

Seeing through her lost heart, Oul asks. While the will seemed to ask harshly, it also seemed to me to be asking with wonder and pleasure.

(Me, is...)

There's no good reason. Of course, there was no such thing as that should do. Not to mention in front of the demons staring at Floro...

In front of the subordinates who even gave themselves up to slavery, it can't be said that that's all right, etc.

The expressions of the slaves who pay attention to Floro vary. But there was nothing bright there. Anxiety, confusion, anger, anger. Given their situation and their position, it's natural.

"Gentlemen.... so far, so hard"

But that expression used to be colored with happiness and filled with laughter.

"I am the daughter of Stono, the previous demon king. Floro Sanao Eunise Aurelia."

I think so...... naturally, Floro's lips were spinning words.

"Sarnak has sealed it on this pillar. You will die in no time. … then you will be freed from the status of slaves"

The slaves squirm. That's not welcome, it's a whim of disbelief.

"I'm also a slave, too. There is nothing left in this body. I can't do anything alone."

The feeling was painfully clear to Floro. Because she herself was.

"Don't expect anything from me as much as possible. Don't let anything move your mind. That's how I've lived."

But.

Floro thought when he saw a man being dropped in the same spot as her and still trying to get me through.

"But I don't like that anymore. A life that can be abused just by saying demonic people is. The life of being enslaved and deprived of all liberties and treated miserably. I don't expect anything from you, I'm a corpse alive, I just don't want to live my whole life anymore."

They won't believe me about Floro.

"... you can't tell me to believe me"

Failed, taken, ruined, about a former king, etc.

"But just one more time… I want you to believe in your own power"

─ ─ Because I don't even believe in myself.

"Our... power..."

It was Nagya who grumbled.

"The Demons... called the Demons, we must have had power."

To answer that, Floro raised his voice.

"Mr. Naggia and the Tails have better looking eyes and tougher lower bodies than people. The feathers have wings dancing in the sky and a light body. Fang clans have sharp claws and fangs that cleave all things apart. That... shouldn't be for you to be used as a slave!

Slaves' expressions change slightly. The gaze that was gathering in Floro looked at each other.

"I want to believe. Believe in yourself again - I want to choose my own path."

Or maybe it's the way to ruin. At least once they have chosen that path and failed.

"I'm not asking you to decide right away. Think slowly for a day and decide."

Leaving the flashing slaves, Floro turned back on his heels and left the spot.

"Was it good?

"Oulu."

When I left the room, Oulu waited there to see when I went out.

"If that's what you're ordering now, I think they followed you."

What has become a slave is unfamiliar with making decisions on its own. That's why they asked Floro about the future. But what she did was like poking at it.

"Yes, because I have no right or power to lead them right now"

Floro's expression, which answers that, is refreshing though.

(force would be here)

That's what Oul's will, lurking in Floro's head, asks. It's true that this skill of Oulu...

(Sorcery)

... With magic, we may be able to free the Demon Clan. Nor would it be reckless for Sarnak to dream of the top.

"No. I'll pay you back for this....... Nagya"

"HI, HI!?

Suddenly he was called by name, and Naggia accidentally replied from behind the horns. Her snake-like lower body can move through the floor without making any noise if she doesn't want to stand on her own. Few things can you notice tails of the Tail Clan following without a single footstep.

"Su you let me in... please bring the magic back to Oulu"

"Oh... are you sure...?

Floro nods at Naggia, who asks surprisingly. Surely from her eyes, it seems unbearable to return so much surgery to Oulu. But every time I accidentally called it a skill in my head, it was troublesome to keep being corrected, even as a floro, to be honest.

(What is trouble, what is trouble)

(Besides, if that bothers you, you can take me over, right?

Asking the dissatisfied will conveyed an atmosphere of niggardly laughter. If that's when the skill...

(Sorcery)

... If Sarnak, not Floro, had taken the magic crystal, he would have taken over his body as it was.

Magic that manipulates shapes. If you look in the eyes of Oul, who is so good at manipulating the flesh of others while manipulating his own flesh, it is tantamount to suicidal acts such as deliberately putting his technique within himself.

Nagya's hand pulls Oulu's skill out of Floro and returns him to his original owner.

"Oh, that!? Master Oulu, what about your arms and legs......!?

On doing so, Nagya opened her eyes to surprise when she realized that her hands and feet, which should have been slashed off by Sarnak, were back to normal.

"You cut me pretty good. To the extent that it's undone, there's no creation."

There is not a single scar, but a trace of blood, on Oul's hands and feet. Floro didn't even feel surprised to that extent now.

"Well. So what are you gonna do?

"Free the Demons from the status of slaves"

Oulu nods one to Floro, who answers clearly.

"I see, a great deal of heart. But can you do that on your own?

"... no"

Floro shook his head and stared at Oulu.

I know what he's trying to say.

If you want to change the status quo, you just have to use Oulu's help.

He has that power. Literally, the power to transform this world. I don't even know where it came from, it's an insane ability. Nor would it be reckless for Sarnak to dream of the top.

But... and Floro thinks.

I've only been involved with Oulu for a few moments, but I still know something.

It means he's not a good man.

At least he doesn't seem to be beneficial to Floro for helping him, and he doesn't seem to intend to return it with a vendetta. But he was never an unconditionally trustworthy opponent, and he felt the horror of being eaten to death if he showed just a few gaps.

It would be futile where I told you to cooperate without consideration.

"... oul"

"What?"

"I need your help. But I can't even imagine how much consideration would be enough to help you."

Oul slightly frowns. I didn't know what kind of emotion that was, but ignored it and Floro continued.

"So... I dedicate this whole body of mine. So lend me your strength."

"You don't have to make a deal like that, I'll get everything you got."

Floro nodded.

"I know. But you won't."

"Why?

If you were going to do it, you would have done so earlier. Even so, Oulu would reply that he just didn't dare because he could do it at any time, and he would be right in fact.

"You are a proud man."

But he did not envisage the return, and Oul opened his eyes slightly.

"You are strong and proud. As I said, you can do that if you want to get me. That's why you don't have to fool or delude me. If you're going to give me everything I can offer and still say it's not enough, that's the story. You can do what you want."

We don't have a choice in the first place. There's nothing left for Floro anymore. They take everything away, and the title of Demon King and so on.

So there's only one thing she can use. It was only sincerity.

"You... if you want to be king, why don't you learn a little more about rushing?"

But what Oulu had against Floro was a terribly frightening look.

"Sounds like you're going to have to teach him from there first. It's a total bone break."

"Well, you don't have to say that much. So, what do you think! Will you cooperate, won't you!?

When Floro asks, Oulu becomes more and more frightened.

"... the fool"

Oulu cursing with sigh.

"Oh, um..."

Nagya broke in there as a snack.

"I'm going to tell you... doesn't that mean you're going to cooperate... don't you?

"Eh."

Floro's eyes opened wide as he looked at them.

"He's an unpredictable guy. Now the ahead is compassionate."

"Thank you, Oulu!

Floro lowered his head deeply to Oulu, who put his hand on his forehead so he could have a headache.

"I want to get out of this bottom tier first. Please, thank you."

"... no"

Floro tilts his neck to Oulu's words like whining low.

"The lowest level of the dungeon is not the dwelling place of the humble"

I said at the top of the dungeon, above it is the earth, and there is the sky, and the moon, and the sun, and the stars.

"Ruler of the dungeon. It's where the greatest things live."

But not at the bottom. That's the final point of arrival for people everywhere. Deepest depths.

"So instead of going to the top..."

This is not the story of two demon kings going for heaven.

"Together with the others, let them go here."

It is the story of reclaiming the deepest part.