Our demon king is coming. (formerly Mayday A Series)

About 2200 years ago.

North Continental Finderia Empire Northernmost Aslakka Snowfields

Torque: 15 years old

Me and Dach were in an Aslakka snowfield away from the crowd.

Because I was recently in the care of a certain demonic family.

A month ago, me and Dach were in Momi Tree Forest near here, and that's when we found and helped the demonic children being chased by humans.

Even when it comes to demons, the family, including these children, is not the kind of people who do harm to special human beings by simply saying that they are slightly different in appearance from humans and a little more magical. I've met a lot of such demons on my journey.

A family of demons who can only live calmly at the edge of such a snowfield.

He called it the Erma family of the Horuka tribe.

It was a family of four: my father and two demons, my sister and my brother.

The Horukas are blondes with slightly pointed ears and golden eyes and slightly grey hair.

If I were wearing a hood, I'd be in no different shape than a human being. The man was hard but good and powerful, and the woman was skinny and beautiful.

"Hey Torque. Will you come with me about Zao?

"... oh"

I referred to the eldest daughter of the Elma family as Lila. As the only woman in her mother's family, Lyla took care of her brother and took care of her chores.

She was a lovely, luxurious, feeble, but family-minded daughter with three knitted grey blondes. My age is no different than mine.

Mr. Gacton, the great black pillar of the Elma family, is out hunting in this snowfield during the day.

Lyla asked me to come with her.

Zao had potatoes, beans, wheat, dried mushrooms, dried meat and dried fish harvested during the summer.

Still, the winter here is very harsh, and rarely I go far, hiding myself in clothes and hoods and going shopping to people.

Sell fur instead.

"Do you think I'm going to have food?

"Hmmm... I might have to go shopping again"

"You can ask Dach. He doesn't have a problem going to people's towns."

"... thank you so much"

Lyla was climbing a wooden chair and taking a few dried fish that were hanging.

I take it downstairs, but I'm worried about the food inventory.

"Lila, shall I take your place?

"Yes, no... Torque is a customer"

It was when Lyla stretched her back on the platform trying to take a barrel of dried beans on a high shelf.

The table swayed and she fell behind.

"Danger!!

I grabbed her and fell back.

The beans and the dried fish were scattered all over it.

"Oh, sorry Torque!!

"Yes, no, I'm fine... Is Lyla okay?

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Lyla's underbed. I get up while I keep my head down. She looked at me worried somewhere.

"You have a headache? Torque......"

"No, there's no such thing."

I made a little cobble, but I'm fine. Lyla blushes and covers her cheeks with her hands as she retreats from me.

"... Oh, thank you Torque. I've never been nice to a human boy."

"Really? Even though Lyla is beautiful."

"... that's not true."

Turning away, she began to pick up the scattered beans.

I'll pick up the dry stuff, too.

She was picking up beans in silence for a while, but she accidentally peeks into my face.

"What?

"... Torque has beautiful dark hair and black eyes, right? 'Cause I haven't seen much."

"Oh. But this continent. Then black hair and black eyes are heretical. You know that, don't you?

"But that's just like us. Somewhere different from everyone else, they are discriminated against and abused..."

………

"Hey Torque... stay here forever"

"............ Lyla"

"I'm anxious. Keep it up then... we..."

Lyla was wiping her eyes as she put the beans back in the barrel. I was crying.

These days, their families have often been attacked by humans. We stayed in this family because we were worried about it.

From what I heard in a nearby village, the Finderian Empire was similarly trying to capture the demons and make them soldiers from the threat of the enemy Gailian Empire. Demons have more physical abilities than humans, but they often do not extend to human wisdom. It depends on the race.

In particular, the Horukas were often hunted as slaves and soldiers because of their serene character and excellent physical abilities.

The neighboring villagers apparently had captured the demons and received money for selling it to the country.

Before I was born, the Demons were considered more threatening, but lately humans are more threatening to the Demons, Dach said.

"Our mother was taken on a demonic hunt... I'm sure he's been badly hit by now. One day, we're gonna get caught and chained up, and we're gonna make you think it's better to die. I, my father, am just out hunting, always anxious and anxious..."

"Lyla...... don't worry. While we're here, we'll protect your family."

"... stay here forever, Torque..."

Lyla cried at me, exhaling the anxiety she'd been carrying.

Humans are arrogant.

Just say demon tribes, treat them bad until they are weak, let alone catch them and let them work until they die. It's like saying it's good because you're not a person.

Indeed, some demons are evil and eat men.

But that's the same for humans. Some people are bad, some are good.

Demons and humans are no different. What is there is the story of the strong or the weak, who are always abused by the strong, unchanged in time.

How can someone with strong powers not try to protect the weak?

"Oh, torque. Were you with Lila Ma? All right, young man."

"... Ugh, shut up, damn it"

"I lost all my elegance when I was a prince. Who makes torque like this..."

"It's you, you. It's your fault for being nasty and rough."

"It's rebellion, dude."

Dach was just playing with his two younger brothers. He's been sneaking around and watching me with Lyla a lot lately.

"Was it Uncle Torque?

"Torque, are you going to be all right?

The two young children were grabbing on Dach's arms or riding on his back, laughing catchy.

Kids are innocent and healthy.

"Nevertheless, I recently saw the villagers again here in the woods. They're serious about hunting demons."

"... the Finderian Empire is finally going to have a war with the Gailian Empire. Seidelmundo was dropped on Guylia just recently."

………

The invasion of the Gailian Empire has been remarkable here recently.

Conversely, the weakening of the Finderian Empire was about to result in the breakdown of order on the northern continent, which it had long defended as a great power.

"War... I wonder how I can stop."

"There's nothing you can do about war. in every country."

"... is that what you say?

"Unless there's an overwhelmingly powerful, deterrent presence."

………

Dach said a very impressive word to me as I dealt with the children.

"A nearby clan of demons was grabbed by the Finderian soldiers and taken. We might as well leave here, too."

Mr. Gacton seemed serious.

There are many other demonic clans near here besides the Elma family. We all live in hiding, so it's hard to meet.

Apparently, a small settlement of demons closest to here was raided and taken yesterday by human soldiers.

"But where are you going, Mr. Gacton?"

"... more, north to north"

"That's reckless. Sure, if we go north, the humans may not be able to follow us, but it's not a very inhabitable place."

………

Lyla looked so anxious, she looked like she was going to cry now.

"Are you okay, Lyla"

Lyla was alone in the vault. She has a habit of being depressed or crying alone in the blind of her younger brothers.

But rather than say she was crying, Lyla felt like just sitting in a crate all by herself and saying she wasn't here.

"Not if you're alone in this cold place."

"... I was going to pack... But I wonder if it makes sense."

……

"There's nowhere to go."

"... Lyla"

She has been unstable here somewhere lately. I can't help it.

Even if it's inconvenient, I've lived hard in this place. The humans chased it, but there's nowhere to go.

"Hey Torque.... you know there are paradises on the southern continent? My mother used to say that."

"... you don't know. It seems that Dach has never been south either. I mean, it's a hard place to go."

"Yes. I can't go in the end... to paradise"

………

I grabbed Lila's thin shoulder and scratched it. Her shoulders were shaking badly.

I was anxious and anxious, but there was nothing I could do about it. She was really weak.

"I wish we had our country......"

………

"I wish we had land and country to live in peace. There's a paradise where humans don't come..."

I thought Lyla's true wish was very unlikely to come true.

I was still immature at this time, and I had no power or idea to make it happen for you.

But her wishes will be my goal later.