Demon King and Hero

Volume 3 Chapter 2

"Uuuu..."

A frowning Yuria grumbled.

"Idiot."
"Takes one to know one..."
"Still, how on earth does a hero fail to catch a single goldfish?"

That was the reality.

The reason why Yuria was grumbling was because of that goldfish scooping.

From already limited funds, Yuria had spent 20 coins (incidentally, 2 coins per try), but had failed to catch a single one.
Also, that stall was set to artificially low difficulty, as it was originally meant for children.
Looking on this sight the demon king had led the charge himself and completely conquered the pond (He caught all of them with a single paper net.) The stall owner who had turned white as a sheet offered 20 coins to the demon king as a tribute and was returned the goldfish.

And so the final result was the bag with two goldfish in Yuria's right hand.

"Goldfish have nothing to do with heros after all~" (Yuria)

Gazing at the pouting Yuria, the demon king said,

"Really? Then, do you wanna try that next?"

Following the demon king's hand, Yuria turned around to another stall.

Where he was pointing was a stall where you shot for prizes with a bow and an headless arrow.

"Sure, I'm good at archery!"

Yuria said with a smile. And looking at this smile, so too, did the demon king smiled.

'How good could you possibly be.'

***

"Idiot~"

Creeak. (Teeth grinding SFX)

A familiar word. But the difference this time was that those words were from Yuria's mouth, who was holding a giant stuffed toy in her arms.

"I told you! It's because I don't have my glasses!"

"Pettiness, now excuses! Not much of a man now, are you?" (1)

Yuria teased. Her smile had yet to leave her lips. In reality, the demon king had more or less lived with paperwork since his birth, and his eyesight was poor as a result.

In the demon world, he had extremely powerful glasses, but when the sorcerers had summoned him, he hadn't been wearing them. And so, he had been unable to use glasses the entire time.

Of course, there were renowned spectacles shops in the empire, but they were practically worthless to the demon king.

That was why he wasn't going to take part originally, but Yuria had badgered him into this, with the results as shown.

The difference between the demon king, whose accuracy would only fall even further with distance, and Yuria, whose archery was honed in battle, were worlds apart.

'Heh heh, I've found something the demon king can't do!'

Somehow, Yuria was feeling much more upbeat.

Looking at Yuria's smile, the demon king started to get angry. He felt like he'd somehow lost the initative that he'd been holding up till now.

"Then, should we try that?"

Looking at where the demon king was pointing, Yuria smirked.

"As. Much. As. You. Want!"

That was the declaration that announced the end of the festival.

***

"Mister! Mister! Pleeeaaaseeee!"

"No, miss! No, ahhh...."