On that day, I was on my way toward the Audience Chamber.
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Then I heard the sound of footsteps overlapping with my own.
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I changed my walking pace but the sound of the footsteps kept on mirroring me.
Feeling creeped out, I quickly turned my head around.
Right. I thought someone was pranking me but when there was no one behind me.
I thought I'd find one of the kids saying, "I'm trying to imitate Maou-sama!"
Maybe it was just my imagination?
Just when I was feeling relieved because I honestly believed it was just my imagination, I felt someone's breath on my neck.
Without skipping a beat, I immediately turned around again.
Who was it?!
In a matter of seconds....
As I turned my head around....
I saw... 'Myself'.
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"So my master, is that why you came running here?"
After seeing my own figure in the hallway, I ran with all my might toward the Audience Chamber.
Luckily Velke was already there so I leaped into his waiting hands without any second thought.
I clung to him with my dear life.
Even now, my heart was still beating wildly.
"Huahhhhhh... I just saw a doppelganger!"
"Dopelgenga?" Velke tilted his head in confusion.
"Doppelganger is 'the other you'. They said if you saw a doppelganger that means you're going to die soon! Huaahhhhh!!"
Please... I really can't stand scary things! Please spare me from these kinds of scary things!
I tightened my grab on Velke, the warmth of his body was able to provide me with a slight comfort.
"Hmm... 'The other you'... Could it be, that the thing you saw before is none other than Shadow?"
"Shadow?"
"Look, he's there."
My eyes followed the direction Velke pointed at and right there, I saw 'myself' that I had seen before.
"HUAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"
Instinctively, I screamed on top of my lungs.
"Master, he's not a doppelganger. Just like the name implies, Shadow is a shadow without form. Most likely, you were the first person he saw hence why he took on your form."
"Maou... I... Swear... Loyalty..."
From the figure of a demon called Shadow, a mechanical and flat voice could be heard.
"He's a demonkind as well r-right? He's not a ghost r-right??"
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"There's also a demon called Ghost but those two are completely unrelated," Velke answered.
I inhaled a big lump of air and timidly approached Shadow.
I offered him my right hand and Shadow mirrored my movement, he also gave his right hand to me.
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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...
