This was seriously bad.
I lost sight of Velke and now I was wandering around the town, aimlessly.
I felt so close to tears.
Even though I told him I wouldn't let his hand go...
How come I didn't realize that my hand was already empty?
Even though he gripped my hand so hard like that...
I still lost him in the end...
"Hey there, are you alright?"
Someone came to talk to me, they must've noticed I was lost.
I looked behind me to see a man probably in his twenties with icy blue eyes.
He looked like a swordsman, there was a worn-out sword on his hips.
He also was very beautiful, he looked like a prince from a fairy tale with his glowing blonde hair and blue eyes.
The said man approached me cautiously and got on his knees so his eye level was the same as mine.
He smiled at me gently, it was a sight to behold. His gaze felt very warm and soothing, like an angel's smile.
"I-I'm lost..." I replied.
Somehow this young man before me had this calming radiance with him. I felt calm even though I was panicking just a second ago. Maybe this person would help me find Velke? It'd be nice if he were willing to help me.
"I see, poor you. Don't be sad, I will help you, okay?"
The man wiped my tears with his thumb and linked our hands together.
<<WAIT! It's dangerous, Maou! That's the hero!!>>
Suddenly the system blurted a loud warning inside my head, even though the system kept quiet when I searched for Velke frantically.
Wait...
This person. The hero.
Oh no.
I felt cold sweat dripping all over me.
To think I would meet the hero at times like this!!
<<The hero is LV 879. He's a dangerous fellow!! He's different from all the heroes from before, this hero... He has the divine protection of the gods! He slayed countless monsters for years. This hero is the reason why the monster's population plummeted to dust! The hero killed thousands of monsters, some species even went extinct because of him!>>
I was speechless.
The difference in our LV was too great.
This person.
This person was the one who exterminated my beloved monsters.
From the bottom of my heart, hatred, vengeance, and wrath surged forward.
But I couldn't do anything.
The current me couldn't do anything to this hero.
I knew this hero could kill me in the blink of an eye.
If I were to die here, the restoration of demonkind would become a pitiful dream once again.
I grasped the hero's hand tightly, my weakness frustrated me.
"Is there something wrong?"
"No, it's nothing."
The hero stroked my hand kindly.
YOU ARE READING
The Devil's Origin
FantasyWhen I woke up, I became the Demon King!? It's my responsibility as the Demon King to increase the monster population, and the only way to do that is to mate with as many monsters as I can... This is the beginning of my life as a monster-making Demo...
