Naguri Tamer no Isekai Seikatsu ~ Kōeinanoni zen’ei de tatakau mamono tsukai ~

Melia-sama's mood has healed.

Seeing it in her atmosphere, I relax my shoulders.

"Mary, what's going on?"

"Yes, something very good happened."

A café in the city where the Devil King was found.

Melia-sama was eating tea and cake in such a fashionable place from my point of view.

In front of her, there's a demon king who just leans down and doesn't move.

"Is this sweet? Hmm, I don't hate it."

Meliá-sama also eats sweets.

"Yeah, it's a rehearsal exercise because you're going to need it."

Preliminary practice...? Is it for Kite?

I also have a cake that Melia-sama ordered, but I lose my appetite when I see more and more demon kings next door.

——— Sleeping pajamas with rabbit embroidery on gray hair stretched to the waist.

I didn't think such a girl was a demon king, but I have to admit that it's an unchanging fact.

"Iris"

Ha.

Nod to Melia's voice and take out her notebook.

Inform her of the Devil King that she had previously investigated.

"Mao Meigas, 11 years old. My parents were different when I was six. After that, he lived alone on his parents' estate and house, which were bourgeoisies. They were also helped by their relatives, who strongly refused to keep them, but some people were spooked by actions such as fishing junk out of the city."

Phew

Was the material used to make the magic equipment junk and money from the Demon King Army?

I didn't realize about the latter because it was crafted with skill, but what if she did?

The perception is that embezzlement is likely to happen to both of us, but I don't think there are any other demon kings...

As she continued to report, Melia-sama raised her hand and waited.

"The Demon King was such a lovely boy like you."

Is it better to say something that is not so heartfelt?

Knowing her nature, I cramp my cheeks into shocking remarks in a way.

Ah...

"You don't have to talk. If I tell you, you could kill me."

With a smell, Mary nodded with her face bluished.

In an instant, Melia-sama continued to speak to Mao, the demon king whose fears had been engraved.

"I just imagined how you were going to build the Demon King Army. I'm going to talk about it now, so if it hits you, wipe your neck vertically."

……?

"--- Do you understand?"

!!?

Mao nods to her as she tilts her neck.

I thought it would be nice not to sit directly in front of me, but to mouth the cake at hand.

Recently, I remembered that I only ate dried meat and raw vegetables, and I almost cried.

"You loved your father and mother."

Shake your neck vertically.

"I didn't want to leave home. I didn't want to give anyone my parents' stuff. With that in mind, you decided to stay in this city and live alone in this house."

Shake your neck vertically.

"I have no parents. No one can see it. Loneliness was unbearable to you. That's why I'm glad you're being praised for what you've made."

So Mao's movement stops.

Her gaze at Melia with stunned eyes gradually turns into a gaze at creepy things.

"I liked making things. Is it because my parents praised me? Well, that doesn't matter."

"....."

"I wanted to be praised. I wanted“ love ”as my parents did. That's why you innocently want to be praised, but you've given the invention you came up with to someone else in red."

How do you know that?

I pull to Melia-sama who talks as if she had seen it on the spot.

Did you notice my reaction? She pointed out the window with a faint smile.

"This city is a little weird, isn't it?"

"What's funny?"

"It's night, isn't it? And yet this city is so bright."

It's night.

Yet the outside is as bright as the day.

The sky is colored with starry skies.

The difference is in street lights that emit magical instruments installed all over the city.

No, if you look closely, you'll see magic tools that you've never seen before, besides street lights.

"You didn't do it, did you? In that case, you don't have to be in the Demon King Army."

……

Mao leaning down.

Regardless, Mary continued to spin her words.

"I'm sure you've come up with a lot of good ideas. The city has grown considerably, and people's lives have grown richer - you weren't there."

……

"Over and over, over and over again, you've been deceived and used by sweet words. Because I wanted the same“ love ”that my parents were pointing at, and that's the only thing that distracts me from my empty solitude."

Mao's expression is so distorted that he doesn't think he's eleven years old.

Not angry, but distorted by fear, she doesn't seem to be able to move like she was tied up.

"But then came the benefactor who woke you up."

"Become...!?"

Mao looks ridiculously like he knows why.

Meliá continued to utter words to her in a hurry to shut her mouth without breaking her smile.

"The benefactor found you worthy and taught you the fact that you are being used. Besides, it gave me the chance to avenge myself... right?"

…… ……

"Fufu, so you knew you were special. When I was able to get back at the man who deceived you, it must have felt good."

Revenge was already over...?

But who helped this girl?

I know you're not decent when you give a kid the chance to get revenge....

"I am powerful. I can do anything. That's what I thought. The benefactor who helped you made a deal.... I want you to be the head of an organization, the deal."

……

"You got it. Because I thought irrationally that I would live an unhappy life, I thought irrationally that I would live freely, so I became a demon king and tortured many people."

So Mao shook his head sideways.

Melia-sama leans her neck to insist that she is not suffering.

"Regardless of form, the Demon King army you rule has taken the lives of many people and put them at risk."

……

"You can't turn away from that fact, can you?"

"... Shut up!!"

If you talk, I'll kill you. Mao shouts loudly, even though you're supposed to be threatened.

Fortunately, there were few people in the café after dinner, so there was no noise - and I was more afraid of Meliá's reaction.

She still smiles when she looks at Meliá in horror.

"Oh, what do monsters like you know! Wow, I'm not doing anything wrong! I didn't just give the orders!! I thought of a plan, it was... England, and I was just making magic tools!!"

I'm aware that I've done something wrong, but I don't think so...

Mao cries with a child's tantrum, and I hold my forehead with my hands.

"Neither your father nor your mother is here. Nobody knows me. Why do I have to go through this alone... even if I've been a good boy for so long, neither my father nor my mother came home..."

Mao becomes emotional and puts out his thoughtful grief into words one after the other.

Gradually, the emotional voice turns into tears and swallowing, and tears fill your eyes.

"That's why the world has to be gone...! The world that doesn't look at me has to be broken..."

——— Just a little bit, I felt like I understood the girl's feelings.

I am somewhat saved because I still have a father, but this girl has nothing.

That's why I hate the world.

At that time, Meliá-sama slowly stood up from her seat and walked towards Mao, who was crying.

"It's okay now."

"Eh?"

Crouching her eyes together, she held Mao to herself.

I have a perhaps familiar fear of her sudden embrace of that despicable cruelty.

"You were being used again. He who worshipped you as a demon king intended to abandon you in the end."

"Chi, no. That guy... that's not true..."

"Leon, that's what I call him. He's an outrageous con artist. I'm sure his words sounded very pleasant to you. If your true benefactor were you, I wouldn't let you make a mistake. Is it right to lead as an adult?"

"But... to that person..."

I'm here to help you.

The words shook Mao's shoulders.

She looked up at Mary, who had resolved her hug, in an unexpected way.

"Mao, believe me. You're not alone anymore. If you hate loneliness, I'll be your place."

"Mom...."

"Please call me onee-sama."

Again, Meliá hugs Mao.

What should I do if I am shown this sanfu play next door?

Master Melia, you have a very bad smile on your face, so the mao being hugged is not pitiful.

"I have a Lord who swears allegiance."

Is it still going on?

Mao raised her face to Melia-sama's murmur.

"He was very kind, and he was a very generous man who forgave me for many sins."

"Hmm... well, I've done a lot of bad things...?"

"Yes, I'm sure he'll accept you too."

"Yes, yes."

Even though I don't use brainwashing powers, I am even afraid of the fact that I am brainwashing with verbal skill.

When I was brainwashing Kite, I was afraid it would be normal.

After gently stroking Mao's hair, Melia whispers her words slowly to imprint.

"Will you come with me?"

"Ha.... yes"

He's a good boy.

Mary strokes Mao's head with a smile like the Virgin Mary.

From my point of view, it only looks like a small animal tied to a serpent, but if you put it in your mouth, it is you who will be swallowed, so don't tell me.

"Now, let's move on to the next step."

Meliá, who stood up, snapped her fingers.

Did you do something?

Tilt your neck around the area where these changes do not occur.

"Melia-sama, what are you...?"

"I just turned my hand a little bit. Well, you'll soon know what happened.... come on, Mao, let's go."

"Yes"

Melia-sama and Mao followed him like a duck.

Too many things happened today, but I'm afraid I'll get bored again when I get back to my base.