Demon King and Hero

Volume 5 Chapter 7

"So, this means that I win overall, right?"

The demon king nodded at Aya's words.

"Why..."

Yuria admitted that Aya's skills were much better than hers, but even so, she still felt bitter about it.

"So, I'm gonna borrow the demon king for a sec, kay?"

"Urgh..."

At Aya's words, Yuria felt an emotion that she could not name.

'Wha, what's this?'

Taking the opportunity provided by a stunned Yuria, Aya quickly took hold of the demon king's hand and ran outside.

"Hee hee~"

Looking on at Aya, who looked incredibly pleased with herself, the demon king said,

"Alright, now what?"

While they were dancing, Aya had told the demon king about the current state of affairs in the demon world. And at the most important moment, she had whispered in the demon king's ear,

'The next part for when I win~'

The demon king could not help but to concede to Aya. It was that important.

"Even we could feel it, it goes without saying that the demon god noticed it as well."

It was about the previous time when the demon king had briefly unsealed his power.

"So, what was the demon god's reaction?"

"Of course there was a big fuss. But unlike the demon world, the intermediate worlds aren't under her jurisdiction. Therefore, she can't just go blindly searching, now can she? Thus, she went to the various other gods and lost her shit everywhere."

Unlike heaven and the demon world, in the intermediate realms, there were several gods. However, unlike the gods of heaven and the demon world, these gods weren't absolute supreme existences. Rather, their abilities were limited to only being able to  provide some of their power, and they are unable to interfere directly in the affairs of their respective worlds. Compared to those two, they were powerless, and if the demon god decided to throw a tantrum, they had no way to deal with her.

"And so?"

"Eventually, Raelle came along to stop her. So the grand masterplan called the invasion of the human world was shelved."

"Invasion of the human world?"

"To find you."

Aya started snickering. To think the demon god would order an invasion just to find the demon king who had run away from home. This was hard to understand even for the demons who always had a reputation for being eccentric.

"But, did the demon god actually stop when Raelle convinced her to?"

"No, eventually Raelle lost it as well, declared an all-out war and caused even more mayhem. Ultimately, the Chief God had to come in himself and stop them."

Speaking of which, apparently Raelle and the demon god were siblings.

"The gods sure have a fun time of it."

"Well, just how differently would they live compared to us?"

Aya shrugged and grinned.

"So, you're here to look for me too?"

"Yep! But just how should I report this~?"

Aya whined and stuck herself to the demon king.

"In the rear side of the demon king's castle that I manage, there's a second-hand goods store called Mirran. Look for a red sword. And if the owner says anything, tell him to give it to you for free."