Demon King and Hero

Volume 9 Chapter 1

"I pronouce [the two of you should just marry]."

At the declaration of the judge, no, the Creator God of another world, everyone was suddenly hit by petrification magic.

"Good! As expected of the best judge!"

Ah, except for the demon king.

Looking at the demon king with sparking eyes and his thumb raised high, likewise, the sight of her raising her own thumb, poking her tongue out and winking was an incomparably cute sight, but in the hero's head, looking on at the two of them, only one thought was running through her head.

'Creator or not do I just cut her?'

"Creator or not do I just cut her?"

"Wa, wait! Your thoughts and words are leaking at the same time!"

At the instantaneous lethal killing intent, the goddess flinched, dry coughed "ahem!" a few times, looked at the hero and solemnly said,

"The hero's crimes can't be helped, but crimes are crimes! But what if the two of you are husband and wife? A married couple creating a new household is a given, you don't have to report your husband to the clergy, and what kind of crime is it to save your husband? So naturally, all clear! The hero is cleared of all charges, the demon king solves the contract as sworn on the Scales of the Chief God, and the other kids don't have to fight with the hero! And so you two should marry! Happy ending!"

With her naturally nodding her head like that, so did the demon king.

"You're right! If the hero marries me, everything's a happy ending!"

As the demon king proudly shouted, moved by the goddess's reasoning, he turned to the hero with an expression akin to a puppy abandoned on a rainy day, and said,

"Or, or does the hero not like me?"

In her state still bound by Endless's hand, the hero closed her eyes.

Their first meeting. Their everyday life. Her ruining the household chores and the demon king cleaning up behind her, grumbling all the while. The festival they went together. The demon king that was captured by criminals and herself who rescued him.

The various unexpected sides of the demon king. And... countless other events. Yes, as expected...

The hero thought through of all the things since she met the demon king, and said with a clear voice,

"No."

"Hooooold uuuuuuupp! That answer's way too different to what you were thinking above?!"

As if he had never made that abandoned puppy face, with a completely shocked face he retorted with all his might. The hero momentarily though that she'd done something wrong, and corrected herself,

"Absolutely not!"

"Why is the final answer not chhaaannngiiingg!"

The demon king yelled/whined. At the same time, Endless vanished, the hero gracefully landed, propped her chin up with one hand, thought about it and said,

"Firstly, slavery contract as you pleased!"

"Th, that..."

"And yelling at me because I couldn't do household chores. I've never even done those before."

"Th, that's why I..."

"Oh, and Aya, was it? Sided with Aya that time as well."

"N, no, that contract was..."