Maou no Hajimekata

"Hahahahahahaha!

"It's not funny"

To Lil, who laughs with his belly in his arms, Oul makes a tannic surface.

On the road to the village of Utsu to find out more about foresight and things to do.

Lil, who was briefed by Oulu, laughed without grinning.

"Because Oulu is a brave man, and he says he's going to defeat the Demon King."

"Lil, you laugh too much..."

Marie scowls at the beauty who laughs too much and wipes tears as she floats through the universe.

Utsu looked up at those two strangely.

"Speaking of which, is it okay to take this guy?

Oul turns his gaze to Lil and asks Utsu. I don't know how well the existence of the devil is recognised by them, but at least it shouldn't be a welcome one.

"Yes, as you can see in the foresight"

To Utsu's answer, Oul strikes his inner tongue.

What a disgusting story to say that you haven't even made contact but the information leaks.

Before long, the Ouls reached the village. It's a small village, so close to the woods.

The road has no various pavements, and I can't even see the carriage just because it was stepped on.

The trees were put together and the houses, which were renovated with straw, were unlikely to have very high civilizations.

The villagers have a rare view of the owls walking down the boulevard.

There is nothing like fear or disgust, even if there is curiosity or suspicion in that gaze.

Seems like a species that has lived quite peacefully, Oul thought.

What they have in common is the same yellowish skin color and low back as Utsu, and a planar face with a low nose. Yuzu was the only one with silver hair color, and most villagers had dark hair and dark eyes.

"It doesn't mean you're so small."

"The brave men are too big."

Ouls are neither tall nor low, and may be referred to as middle meat. Utsu's back was even smaller than the small Eunice, and one head minute lower than Oulu's.

The villagers are also bigger than Kuduk and Dwerg, which are only half human, but even men seem, on average, to be about half the head shorter than Oulu. Faces go hand in hand, they look a lot younger than their age. Oulu was surprised to hear that Utsu was also older than Marie.

"Right here."

Behind the village, guided to a large house, Oulu tries to step in.

"Oh, uh, take off your shoes, please"

"What?"

Utsu hastily held it down.

"Why?

"Why... the house is dirty."

I know if you say don't come in with weapons, but it's a strange culture to say take off your shoes.

While Oul thinks so, he takes off his shoes and goes up into the house as he was told.

"Nice to see you. Oul, King of the Devils"

What greeted her was an old woman covered in wrinkles all over her face.

He looks even smaller among the shorter species of Utsu because of his crooked hips.

"Who are you like that? How do you know my name?"

Oul asked without concealing his discomfort.

"Non is called Tena. Not Yuz's grandmother. I have seen the Lord many times with the power of foresight. I know everything."

Without worrying about the pressure of the staring demon king, the old woman slowly answers that.

"Whatever you came for."

Oul looks down at the old woman as she leans on the pillar.

"Please don't."

As soon as possible, Tena said without even changing her expression.

"Non is not a woman on this street. Even if you know it, it's inevitable, and you can't stand the Lord's art of resurrection and doing it. He's gonna die."

"... whatever the reality is, that's a nasty ability"

"Huh? Huh? What do you mean?"

To a tongue-beating oul, Marie compares the two faces without being able to grasp the situation.

"Oulu tried to manipulate the house and attack, but he was spotted before he could do it."

To Lil's words, Oul nods.

To him, the king of the labyrinth that ruled the continent, it is also tantamount to breathing, such as mastering this little house as his own labyrinth, without any cursive defense. It no longer required spells or motion, but was elevated to the point where it could be done simply by entering.

There won't be five of them in the world, such as a magician who can spot it. Not to mention observing what you're about to do. That's not what you can do unless you can predict the future.

"That's not the only way to predict the future."

"Don't you believe in foresight?"

Opening one of his wrinkled, almost invisible eyes, Tena looks at Oulu's face.

"More than incredible, Ariem"

It is said to be magic that creates a presence from scratch and makes it impossible, but there are a number of events that are supposedly never possible in magic. One of them is to know what will happen in the future.

"You would have called my name. That is proof that there is no such thing as prediction."

"Ho."

"If you knew my name by prediction, you must have seen the scene where I would name it by prediction. But you named me sooner than I named you."

That means that the sight and the status quo seen in the future prediction are uneven.

"If the name of the Lord was determined to be destiny, and what you predict was interwoven in the first place,"

Knowing a name by prediction, realizing a predicted future by knowing a name.

It was a magically impossible story at all, but I didn't mean to make an extended argument to Oulu.

"It's easy to prove."

Oul grabs Tena's neck and pulls her closer.

"Let me guess if I kill you with that foresight. Speaking of killing, I won't. If you say you won't kill me, I will kill you. What do you say?"

The old woman's neck was terribly thin, and even Oulu's arm strength would have easily broken her.

"Why don't you look at the prediction that I won't kill you and say I will?

While the Demon King holds his life, Tena asks so in a taunted manner.

"No use."

Oul proclaimed in a low voice.

"You can't lie to me."

Demons are extremely sensitive to lies and falsehoods.

Tena's words are translated through Oulu.

If you lie, there's no way Lil won't notice that.

"The Lord will not kill Noon."

"Right."

Without hesitation, Oul can put his strength into his arms.

Kill him and you'll regret it.

Old ladies don't panic about that.

On the verge of snapping a bone in its neck, Oulu stops moving perfectly.

"If you kill Non, you won't wait a year..."

The old woman's finger pointed to Marie,

"The daughter dies"

She did, she declared.