Chapter 126 (1/2)

Volume 2

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 4 Chapter 7

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In Vermudol’s room in the Demon King Castle, a luxurious bed, desk, and chair were arranged.

These weren’t from Vermudol’s tastes, but furnishings that were installed by Ichika. They seemed to be prided works of the Norm craftsmen, but Vermudol didn’t really know.

Vermudol was seated on his bed, and was submerged in his sea of thoughts.

The Demon God.

That, was not the God of the Mazoku.

That is something Vermudol was able to understand.

The Demon God had certainly created Vermudol, the Demon King.

However, the true nature of that Demon God wasn’t there.

The moment he was kissed, there was something that flowed into Vermudol.

It was, an understanding towards his own power.

About his abilities as a Demon King which up until now were taught to him by Ichika, or was understood by fumbling about.

After understanding that, a new doubt came to Vermudol’s mind.

Just what was a Demon King? What kind of function did they exist to fulfill?

What was the reason for being for the Demon King who was the sole member of their race?

And then, the Demon God.

The room that Demon God was in, it was composed with something that even Vermudol didn’t know of.

No, to begin with, it was unclear if that was a room or not.

The darkness that enveloped the room wasn’t darkness, but dense magical power.

It also wasn’t Darkness Element magical power, but something that was a mix of various elements.

Both extracting a specific element and converting to a specific element from that magical power would surely be difficult.

It was an absurd airspace where one needed to abandon all existing magic theories.

That place was configured with something that absurd.

No, most likely, it was a deed of that Demon God. Maybe because she was bored, or maybe because it seemed interesting, she surely created that distorted airspace for that sort of reason.

It meant that she was an existence able to do that sort of thing.

And then, Vermudol most likely knew of something similar to the magical power that was in that place.

But, he couldn’t remember what that was.

「……Fuu.」

Having returned from his sea of thoughts, Vermudol suddenly raised his head and was startled.

At Vermudol’s front, Ichika was silently standing in front of the room’s door.

「S, so it was you, Ichika. Don’t surprise me like that.」

「I am terribly sorry. It was because there was no answer even after I knocked.」

「Ahー……Is that so.」

He was probably concentrating too much and hadn’t noticed.

Nino would also often slip into the room while Vermudol was thinking about things, crawl into his bed, and sleep there.

「Were you, thinking about something?」

「Yeah……It’s about the Demon God, see.」

「I have heard about that from Rokuna. It would seem that you have met with that Person.」

「Nn, yeah.」

Replying with a nod to Ichika, Vermudol fixedly stared at Ichika’s face.

Their atmospheres were completely different, but they were similar.

That is what Vermudol thought.

No longer having the vague image he had up until now, he could really tell now that he had actually met with her.

The Demon God and Ichika, were similar.

「……Are we similar?」

「Eh?」

Hearing Ichika’s words, Vermudol was startled.

He didn’t think that he would be told that from Ichika herself.

Ichika walked up to the bed while still being expressionless, knelt down in front of Vermudol, and looked up at his face.

「Am I, similar……to that Person as they are right now?」

「……Yeah, you’re similar. Things like your atmosphere, or your height……various parts are different though.」

「Is that, so.」

When Ichika said that, after a bit of silence……she muttered a few words.

「In other words……Demon King-sama, has a preference for my face……that must be what it means.」

「Haaa!?」

In response to Vermudol having reflexively raised his voice, Ichika answered while still kneeling down.

「That Person, is one who has abandoned their form as an individual. Therefore, they search for a preferred figure from the other party’s soul, and take up that form……that is what I was told.」

「Why, would she do something like that……」

「It seems to be consideration for the sake of making it hard for the other party to harbor wariness towards them.」

Even so, that’s wrong, is how Vermudol denied it. And even if that were the case, that was a preference of the Human that had become Vermudol’s base, and not Vermudol’s preference……or that should be the case.

「Demon King-sama?」

Hurriedly averting his face from Ichika who was looking up at him, Vermudol had his thoughts come to a halt.

For her to be to his own preferences, that couldn’t be……probably.

「So, Ichika. Ahー……It’s that. What business do you have with me?」