The Former Hero Wants To Lead An Ordinary Life

Having spent a few more days wanting to get in touch, I slipped out of the classroom subtly during the post-class break when the Demon King didn't return to the classroom.

The signs of the Demon King are always captured in a corner of consciousness.

He seemed to be outside the school building.

Maybe this is a great opportunity.

His favorite place is the library, but sometimes he goes out in the mood of the day.

I was after it.

A raw, lukewarm breeze already reminiscent of the early summer ripples through the cloudy waters of the pool.

There were thin clouds in the sky, and the sun was illuminating the earth with blurry light.

There is still water tension in the pool tank at this time of year, which is early for opening the pool.

I stood a few meters away behind the Demon King looking alone over the gold net at the surface where the rotten leaves floated.

The signs didn't go away.

Staring at the devil king's thin back in silence for a while, his back was slowly twisted and the face of the devil king, who had an ironic grin on his mouth, was pointed at me.

"Killer's not hidden, Alois."

………

"What are you hiding?

I was spotted lightly and gripped all the way through what I had left sneaking in my pants pocket.

I slowly took it out of the sight of the demon king.

It's in my hand. It's a staple among the elementary school stationery. Very common writing equipment, - pencils.

By the way, I love B.

"... you think you can hurt me with something like that?

"... well"

This one also lightly answers the Demon King, who unexpectedly faintly raises his eyebrows and asks in an interesting tone.

Naturally, I don't think stationery is just a weapon either.

I'm not even loosing some special trick on my pencil.

Though the tip of the core is firmly pointed, it is genuinely just a pencil.

But there's not always one use for anything, and depending on the thing, there's an on-the-spot use for it.

I look to the Demon King and open my mouth.

"That thing you did in the infirmary, it was probably hypnosis, wasn't it? I've seen it on TV before. Shake the pendant like a pendulum to direct the subject to a hypnotic state.... then there's no way to prevent it. I don't really want to do this."

Weave and talk lies and truths.

I am not willing to reveal that I am a brave man.

So we have to pursue the Demon King while pretending not to know what we know.

"Before hypnosis activates, if you inflict pain on your own flesh, you can prevent it"

I basically imitated sticking a pencil core tip through my thigh.

The demon king's eyebrows move tingly.

... saw a slight change in his expression.

The gaze that can be directed at this one gets tighter.

That was very reprehensible, if not because of my mind.

Self-inflicted injuries often relieve hypnosis.

Actually, that's also an effective way against demonic powers.

When you inflict strong pain on yourself before you are tied to your powers, your self-defense instincts can repel the powers of the demon by working.

Of course this was not actively recommended in the previous world because it depends on the other person's power, and it is a dangerous way.

However, it was spreading among people as one of the common demonic measures.

"Do you still have that red stone?

I say "let it out" to the demon king who nodded slightly. My tone got really stiff. I am nervous without even the pattern.

In fact, weapons in hand are equal to none.

Because of the restraint against the Demon King, the use of pencils has exposed itself.

It would be a bad idea to be laughed at by a former companion, such as revealing your hand from yourself.

Still, I wanted to bet on my hopes.

Worst of all, even if you get into a situation where you have to do something with only physical surgery after inflicting pain on yourself.

in this world as much as possible,

The blade, - I didn't want to use the weapon.

I'm not ready to go that far yet.

The Demon King pulled through the pendant he saw in the infirmary from his collar.

The large red gems hanging from the chains, even under the weak sunlight through clouds in the sky, remain lustrous in colour and glimmer around elegant brilliance.

Give it to me.

"I can't."

"... give it to me"

"Without this,... I'll be in trouble"

The Demon King shook his head somewhere powerless, staring at my hand with a pencil for some reason.

"... why?

To force people to obey?

To hurt people?

To kill people?

"I'm losing my power, so I can't protect myself without this."

――……

For a moment, I felt terribly uncomfortable.

That was different from every response I imagined.

It was an unexpected answer.

I was confused and silent, and the Demon King continued to accuse me of something.

"You forgot. You said it. He said he didn't want me to get hurt."

………………

- I said.

I did say it.

It was a long time ago, but was that four years ago? I did say that in the school hallway against the demon king who was injured in the cutter.

I remember it right.

.................. I remember.

I remember...

(Are you saying that's the answer?

I weakened myself to an answer that was too unexpected and crouched on the spot.

"What the hell is that..."

Give me back my readiness to die.

It's like I jumped myself into a trap the Demon King craved for "power."

(I'm super bad at interrogating this one, even though I did my best...)

In my last life, there was no such thing as my presence because I had an expert on that side within my peers.

It was my job to get into the enemy line.

I don't know what they call a brain muscle, but basically, that's all I'm glad about.

I left it up to them to look like that.

(It was super hurdled to interrogate him while deluding him not to find out...)

Still, I did it because I'm the only one, and I have to. What the fuck?

"... ahem, so that jewel, what is it? You don't have kids. How did you get it?"

"This is a stone called Ruby. It's one of those things that my family ordered me to bring with me precious metals. This was the most 'power' I had. Suitable as a tool to protect myself."

"Stonepower."

... or that big ruby, if it's real, isn't it worth a hell of a lot?

As a common man, I almost doubt the nerves of the Demon King who brings such precious stones flat to school.

"My magic cannot be used, so I searched for an alternative 'power' to dwell in. There is also 'power' in this world. I have a trick a little different from the powers of the demon, but I can't even use it. Anyway, I am the Demon King."

- What this guy says will only be heard for every complete middle-and-disease patient lost in the world if he doesn't know who he is.

But I was able to convince myself somewhat of that.

I'm glad I wasn't willing to hide it from the Demon King.

Somehow this demon king, he's a demon king, but he doesn't have much of a backdrop. Honestly.

"Haaaaaaah"

After a few glitches, I sighed all over my body.

- I'm stupid and sweet.

"Listen carefully, Suzuki. Look, don't ever use that 'power' on me again. Then don't deliberately hurt a human being with that 'power'."

If you're just going to use it to protect yourself, let's give up a hundred steps and get help with it.

I have no body or lid to say this, but the Demon King is too weak for anything.

If that stone will follow the Demon King, it's not a bad story for me. Less effort on the Demon King, honestly, helps.

"If you use the 'power' of that gem to harm someone, I will never forgive you."

- That's the best concession I can make.

After a short tour, the Demon King nodded lightly, "Okay."

If you're lying, I'll drink a thousand needles next time.

"Aloise, are you angry about what happened in the infirmary?

Is that a question now?

My weakness has increased.

This pimboke demon king, no more.

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"Why be angry"

You fucking demon king.

"It's obvious...! Uh, that's, uh... it's still early!

"So next year would have been nice?

Wrong answer.

"When I grow up! Besides, that kind of thing should be the person you like! It's not like I'm going to do it lightly because I'm worried about trying."

"I like you."

"Huh...!?

I look at the Demon King a little bit, but he always had a question mark on the evil side as usual.

I screamed in my heart at that slight expression.

(This guy doesn't understand!

I've been thinking about it for a long time, but there are verses where the Demon King is significantly devoid of human emotion.

Well, I'm a former demon king, so when it comes to having no choice, maybe I can't help it. Too much.

How are parents raising this guy now?

What about emotional education?

That's a must for a different world, right?

You almost ate a school rabbit accidentally, because I say so, for sure.

What kind of education is this?

I want to see my parents' faces at the top.

"I don't like that..."

"Do you like it or do you like it?

"I do."

"How not"

"Simply put, it's the difference between Love and Lyke."

Why are you teaching love to the Demon King, me?

I want to throw it out already.

"Love and Lyke. You know?"

It's English.

It's not the same language, is it?

It's not even Japanese, is it?

"I know that, though.... not just a pin."

"Your favorite is Lyke. That one in the infirmary has to be Love, if you do it. Absolutely Akan"

"Wouldn't it be nice to love it?"

Oh, this guy just looked like a pain in the ass.

Thoughts, thrown away.

What a guy.

... What a demon king.

"No, no, no, no, no."

When he put his index finger on his face and put a nail on it, the Demon King looked sorry and agreed.

"Aloys is getting cold on me."

"So it's not Aloys."

After all the interactions I've had, I'm done with this one.

I saw a lot of complaints in the past life, but if you have any complaints, I'd like to tell you to reincarnate.

Really, it's true.

It was me with a slightly farsighted view that the demon king's opponent might have been easier when he fought normally.