The Former Hero Wants To Lead An Ordinary Life

The Lord of Beauty, who sensibly perceived that the consciousness of the person he touched deviated from himself, tilts his little neck by shaking his blurry raised gray hair in a dim indoor.

"... what's wrong?

The sofa that takes the weight for two is a red velvety antique.

Seeing only a room covered with Rococo furniture and interiors is likely to create the illusion of being in one of Europe's ancient castles, but this room was also a room on the school island where many students lived.

The room without windows, where the indirect lighting only lights up, is dim and creates a gloomy atmosphere.

On the couch in that room, the former Demon King, Nishi-kyu-jo Shining Light (Tetsuhiro), was overwhelmed by the school's guild master, Toyun Shinome Riji. The faces of each other that match each other are so close that their breath is likely to reach them.

"I didn't expect you to respond to the invitation, Eloise. No,... should I call you Theos?

An uncomfortable color passes in the dark eyes.

It's Nishi-kyujo.

To his opponent, who showed restraint in the way he called, Dongyun carves the grin he made on his mouth slightly narrowed his eyes.

"Nishikujo...,... hehe, that would be good too. I just need you to get it, that's all."

"What do you do with it? What do you want?"

"... I want you to have your blessings"

Dongyun touches the neck muscles of Nishi-jo and gently seeps through his snug obsession to let his fingers come and go. Rather than caressing, it was like inquisiting the quality of prey.

"You were delicious. I want to taste that sweet dew again. I'm starving. I was born into a world that I can't help, and I'm starving. Wouldn't that be pathetic? I've become a funny, pathetic creature."

The color of madness sways to the Blue Eyes of the East Cloud.

"Nishikujo, - I want you"

Dongyun put his hand on the collar of Nishi-jo and removed the blue tie.

The sound of the cloth rubbing makes the air tremble sharply.

The lights that couldn't have wobbled distorted loosely.

The sound of a tight sofa sounds indoors, - overlapping the two shadows reflected on the floor.

Nishikujo, who was listening to "Voice" as he looked up to heaven, quietly closed his eyes and left himself to Dongyun.

* * *

I was following the signs of the Demon King, standing in the corner of the central building lobby of the dorm.

That's a position away from the entrance and from the staff counter, not where someone would otherwise stop their legs.

I face unexpected things and stare at my feet bewildered.

(What do you mean...?

- The sign of the Demon King is under my feet.

Of course I'm not stepping on the Demon King.

I mean, you feel his signs coming from under the floor.

By the time I got back to the dorm, the sign of the Demon King was in the dorm building.

I did feel signs from downstairs, but I thought that was the first floor. The first floor of the dorm is a staff-managed area where supplies and other items are stored. Students rarely take to the ground floor as they usually come and go through the upstairs crossing hall through the dormitory and the central building. For once, it seems that students are forbidden to enter, but even if they don't, they don't bother to use it, but they don't have any students to take their feet. Unless you're a free-handed object lover like the Demon King.

... etc., and I had decided on my own by speculation that

(Ever since then, the Demon King was already underground, not on the ground floor...?

It is now regrettable that I failed to confirm because I was in a hurry.

The Demon King was on the move while I was doing laundry and stuff in my room, so there's no way to make sure of that anymore.

No one has ever heard of an underground in a dorm before.

Neither the elevators nor the stairs, either way, have the path (route) to go underground in a visible place, nor have the underground presence been made public.

I'm totally stuck.

Kneel into the lobby floor and poke your hand at the yellowish marble floor surface.

There are indeed signs of the Demon King below this - …….

On the floor polished enough to see his face, he found his face somewhere heartless and frowned.

- Calm down.

Take a gentle, deep breath and start circling your thoughts.

It's no use looking in the dark clouds like this. We have to find the entrance leading to the basement first.

It must be somewhere in this central building.

It's not like we're buried alive, and being able to move means space is secured there.

I thought of the plans in the building.

Mark the elevator first. Even if a secret button was hidden on the panel, it would be locked or authenticated.

I don't even know what's going on behind the counter in the lobby, in the staff room. The route to the basement may be there...

There are three entrances and exits that seem suspicious.

The door by the stairs leading to the dining room upstairs.

The door behind the bathroom hallway.

Door on the back of the store.

I looked around the ground floor and confirmed that all three doors required card key authentication.

I observed somewhat that there were no people entering or leaving the door for a while, but there was not one student or staff member using the door.

(... no?

Anxiety gets in the way of thought.

I have called on the Demon King several times, but he still never responded.

(Why don't you reply, Ter...)

The position has moved, which means it's awake.

- No, even if I'm unconscious, I can sense the signs of the Demon King.

(Suppose you're being moved with unconsciousness...?

The demon king's figure flashed back as he tried to sink into the bottom of the dark sea.

Shake your head and kick out any footage that isn't even on edge.

(Damn... eh)

The Demon King cared, trying to be calm didn't go very well, and his concentration was really distracted.

The reassurance of being connected at all times is completely reversed by not being connected.

These days, peer communication, which I had rather begun to think was useful, is also only a material that incites anxiety when this happens.

It's also because of the weird reduction in distance between the Demon King and him.

It was also bad that I became aware of the "loss" to the Demon King.

Based on the story of his classmates and the current state of affairs, he would surely be the first to see that the Demon King himself is currently in the Alliance.

Both the Alliance Master and Nezu were after the Demon King.

But I didn't know exactly what that purpose was.

... He's not the Demon King anymore.

It's just a human being.

... No, it's just odd power, but so far I've never shown the kind of power that hurts others, - and I also say don't use it.

If the guild caught you... Nezu won't see you torturing you right away...

Those guys still don't know the Demon King is the "Demon King".

But another whisper also arises in one corner of my head thinking so.

- Are you sure?

Are you sure about that?

Then why are you so obstinate in targeting the Demon King?

Don't they actually already know that he was once the Demon King?

You know, isn't that why you're persistently trying to get the Demon King?

In the first place, it is also the source of anxiety that we do not know what the intent is and why we are trying to bring the Demon King into our guild.

(... I can't help thinking about it)

I'm going to try the hand I can think of from one end to the other.

I headed to the phone box at the end of the lobby.

I've been in the box since I used it before when I called Uchi and Tanaka.

But this time, I don't use pay phones, let them use them to avoid people's ears.

(Hopefully they'll connect soon...)

Unlike the piercing that never connected me, the person I hung on my own phone, fortunately, answered me with a few calls. Thank God it's a busy after-school hour.

"It's Frameda."

- A thousand.

"... Anything wrong?

The Deputy Director's reply was terminal, either because of the seeping tension in his voice. I've already detected the anomaly before I tell you anything from here.

"Sorry, I lost sight of Nishi-kyujo. I can't see you headed for the guild."

I didn't want to take care of it, but it's a strange mess.

Maybe it's a matter of contending for a moment.

So I relied on Deputy Director Frameda.

'... since when?

"It's from the lunch break."

'And all this time, you mean you can't see him anywhere? How did you know it was a guild?

"He said he was going to the guild in person. So I'd like you to tell me where the Alliance is to see if Nishi-kyu actually headed for the Alliance..."

The answer to my request, which I had been thinking about for a while, was not very Fang (Kanba) for me.

'... from what I've learned, you can't be in the guild. Only Alliance members can enter the Alliance'

"Are you even standing at the gatekeeper?

'The door is locked. You only need a key card distributed to Alliance members to get in. The wind discipline is no exception to that. "

The guild's location is closed to the general public. It wasn't even in the club introduction booklet.

It's thorough enough for Alliance members to lay down a calligraphy.

Still, information can be leaked from somewhere, but when you find out where the rumors and information come from, it will be solemnly cleared with bees... and that's the rumor that you don't know if it's true or false. "Solemn Qing is fear politics, oops," he told me about the guild. It was only recently that he broke into the Rokkaya, which is still new to his memory.

... If you ask me about that, I can't even ask someone where the guild is.

Of course I didn't even ask Rokkaya.... I felt like I might know somehow, but I wouldn't be able to "solemnly clean" my fellow inmates into my eyes.

But I'm sure Kazaki wouldn't fall into that category.

Because the organization that protects the entire school is the Wind Discipline Committee, you will also know where the guild is, and Wind Discipline is the "control" side of the lynch named "Solemn Qing".

(I thought... The wind discipline is no exception...)

Even the wind discipline committee has no longer smelled of a secret society to an organization called Alliance that is difficult to reach.

In fact, because it is such an organization, member subscribers are also carefully selected.

In order to enter the guild, he/she has submitted his/her wishes to the school for paperwork review, and has taken a system in which students passing it are welcomed for the first time after completing further interviews conducted by guild executives.

Due to the cumbersome process of accession and the need for scrutiny, Alliance subscribers talked about many becoming members through nominations and scouting.

Otherwise, membership of the Alliance is a narrow gateway for those who wish to do so.

I feel a little unconvinced when I wonder if the contents of the panda mask are chosen like that and the students, but... I'm sure there's a lot of aptitude.

Most of all... the Demon King, anyway, even in light of the fact that he came scouting me as soon as he entered school, that criterion of judgment was difficult to measure. I don't know where I found my fitness... I feel something uninterrupted.