Volume 4 part 5

“What?”
“Even though you might find it hard to believe, but Kameo is a reasonable person. He will not be biased against
humans or the Hero. You should understand. Ever since Heaven shamelessly started to interfere, Ente Isla’s situation
is not so simple such that it can be solved just by fighting and killing each other. In addition, even if we do have to
deal with each other sooner or later, there is still the problem of Alas=Ramus. If we fight now, we might end up
forcing Alas=Ramus into killing her own parents.”
Maou ruffled Alas=Ramus’s hair.
“Giggle~”
And Alas=Ramus accepted that hand, looking very comfortable.
“Even though our relationship is now enough to be able to eat at the same table, but you don’t plan to forgive me
because of the current situation, right?”
“Of course, what are you getting at?”
Emi’s voice finally started to contain a dangerous air to it.
“I know that we would have to fight each other one day. But for the sake of that moment, and pertaining to what is
happening now, we should share the minimum amount of information. If not, it might be just like the time with
Gabriel, where Alas=Ramus would be in danger.”
“……”
Unacceptable. Even though he is a Demon King, he is really too reasonable and logical, there was no room for her to
present any counter arguments.
Emi knew. Even if the Demon King did not mention these things, she also knew this.
“……Satan-sama has not changed at all, still as straightforward as ever when explaining things, chirp. However, we
are still enemies, even if it could be understood from a logical point of view, things aren’t so smooth when it comes
to the emotions.”
Seeing the state Emi was in, Kameo sighed and said.
“He-chip of the holy sword.”
“Who’s He-chirp!”
“If you cannot accept it, you can just think of it in this manner chirp. Since we have the same enemy, it’s alright as
long as we share information without interfering with each other’s situation, there is no need to fight hand in hand
chirp.”
Emi glared at Kameo who slowly stopped feeling repulsed about adding a ‘chirp’ at the end of his sentences.
“……With things as they are now, even if you did not lecture me in such an exaggerated manner, I would understand
as well. How about we just continue our discussion? I’ll just stay at the side and listen.”
In the end, Emi turned her back to the others in a defeated manner. After all, what Maou and Kameo said were all
correct.
Maou, Kameo and Chiho looked at Emi’s back with wry smiles on their faces.
After all, Emi herself knew these things as well.
“So, Kameo, let me ask you again. What is the reason for all of you coming to Japan? What do you mean when you
said that the Demon World and Ente Isla would descend into chaos once more? Also, what is this thing?”
Lastly, Maou pointed to the heavy looking rod like object which was wrapped in a black cloth.
Wrapped inside was the jewelled sword which Kameo brought over.
Even though the armour he was wearing had shattered, and he had shrunk into the size of a small chicken, only this
jewelled sword retained its original appearance and it had not lost its shine.
The reasons for why it was wrapped in Kameo’s cape, beside the worry that Amane might see it accidentally, it is
also because Maou had a feeling that it was not just a fancy looking jewelled sword.
Until now, for the angels who came from Ente Isla, whether it was to obtain the holy sword, or kill Emi and Maou,
their purposes were easy to understand.
But now there were demons who came to Japan for reasons other than to fetch Maou and the others. The things
which could be deduced from this situation were too little. Filled with mysteries.
“That is……”
Just as Kameo opened his mouth, intending to answer Maou’s questions.
Someone knocked on the room door.
“……Yes?”
If it was Urushihara, he would probably open the door directly and enter. If it is Ashiya or Suzuno, they would open
the door after announcing their presence. If so……
“Maou-kun.”
It was Amane’s voice.
It was an unexplainable feeling. Amane’s voice was no different from usual, it might be an illusion caused by the air
conditioning, but he felt that the tone of voice of the other party was strangely cold.
“I heard a sound which resembled someone killing a chicken just now, is everything alright? But for husband and
wife to fight when skipping out from work, it feels really interesting?”
Even though there are many places which were just aching for a rebuttal, but it might be because Maou haven’t
returned for some time, which is why Amane came over to call for them.
Kameo’s scream and Emi’s angry shout from before, could they have been heard from outside?
“Can I open the door?”
“Go, go ahead.”
Maou replied, while signalling to Kameo “not to say anything”. Because she knew nothing about Maou and the
others.
“Excuse me……what’s up with that chicken?”
Amane’s appearance looked no different from just now, with her hair tied up and sweating slightly, and curry stains
on her apron. After opening the door, she took off her sandals and entered the room.
Amane’s black eyes did not turn to look at Maou, Emi, Chiho or Alas=Ramus. She stared straight at Kameo.
Maou did not miss out this strange out of place feeling.
The moment the door was opened, Amane’s gaze had stopped at the area above the cardboard box which held
Kameo.
As if she knew what was inside, and what had happened.
If it was just to check out the situation, then for Maou, Emi and Chiho, who had looked towards Amane, one of them
would have met her gaze.
Amane stared at Kameo and approached him.
“What, a black chicken? Do you guys plan to roast the chicken to eat?”
“Chirp?”
Kameo let out a scared sound.
“That……I discovered this injured chicken last night……”
Maou explained with difficulty. How lost must it have gotten for a chicken to run to the beach? But Maou couldn’t
think of other reasons at that time, and also, it wasn’t considered a lie as well.
Even when Maou was explaining, Amane’s gaze did not shift at all.
“There aren’t any farms raising chickens nearby, so I guess it might be someone else’s pet? It would be better if the
vet hospital nearby was contacted.”
“I, I got it.”
“Also, Urushihara-kun keeps complaining, asking you guys to come back soon. Even though there won’t be any
crowds anymore, but it’s about time to clean up.”
Maou felt that she seemed to be slowly easing the tension.
Thinking about it, there was a chicken in the middle of the room, so its presence is very obvious, and Maou and the
others have talked for very long, it wasn’t strange for Amane, as the employer, to come and say a few words.
After shifting his feelings a little, Maou lowered his head and answered,
“I’m sorry, I’ll be returning now.”
“Yeah.”
After saying this, Amane finally stopped staring at Kameo.
“…...Uh?”
“How small. I wonder what kind of adult you would become in the future.”
“Fwah.”
Once Amane saw Alas=Ramus in Emi’s arms, she gave a secretive smile for an unknown reason, lightly patted the
girl’s head and left the room.
“……So, it looks like we have to end our conversation here.”
Since he is being employed, he cannot go against his employer’s orders.
It was referred to as closing for the day, but it was only evening now. As beach houses will close for the day before
the sun sets, there will still be time to talk later.
“……I will stay to hear the rest, go and work.”
Emi said softly.
“Ah?”
“……I said I will stay! If there is a need to act immediately, I will let you know immediately, go and work already!”
Emi glared at Maou who looked like he was going to say like she had an intention to kill him with her stare.
“That, that would be a big help……is that alright?”
“It doesn’t matter, isn’t that what all of you lectured me about?”
Of course, Maou and Kameo would not know that when Emi said ‘all of you’, Chiho was also included within.
It was obvious that Emi herself still did not accept the current situation, as of right now, she was face in the face like
she could cry any moment, but she was still a warrior who had seen fierce battles, and wasn’t a person who did not
know how to read situations.
“……Then, I’ll leave it to you.”
“I reject your plea! I just want to listen to it as well!”
“Alright, alright, that’s fine. Then, Kameo, I’m sorry, you and her can……”
“It was that woman just now.”
“talk……ah? What did you say?”
In Kameo’s short sentence, the ‘chirp’ sound no longer appeared.
“That woman just now……has a power that far surpasses mine, like the power of a god.”
“……Are you talking about Amane-san?”
Maou and Chiho, even Emi, stared at Kameo, not believing what they heard.
With a small beak and round moist eyes, the Demon Minister nodded solemnly.
“That’s the woman……who used a great dragon’s roar to engulf my soldiers……”
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Ooguro-ya closed for the day when the sky started to turn red.
It was after 5pm after all. Only the customers using the showers and coin operated lockers were left.
Maou and the others scrubbed the metal plate, cleaned the cooling box of the drink cooler, covered the ice shaving
machines, and checked the remaining ingredients, drinks and other products.
Amane printed out the sales record of the day with the cashier, and announced an estimate of the total sales that
way to everyone.
“For today, just the amount from the cashier……is 350,000 yen.”
Amane revealed the sales record with a smile.
Even though we still have to collect and count the money from Urushihara-kun’s drinks and shaved ice, Ashiya-kun’s
takeaways, the showers and the lockers……but it should be about 500,000 yen. It should be the highest record in the
history of this store.
However, if not for Chi-chan and the others helping out today, we might have messed it up halfway, and there is still
the extra expense for the small change. Regarding this, we still need to reflect on this.”
Maou held the sales record, comparing it to last year’s account book.
Regarding the overflowing work burden due to the underestimation of the customer numbers, there is a need to
reflect on this, but just based on the numbers on the accounts alone, it actually totalled up to twice more compared
to the sales last year, a godly number.
In some way, this can be attributed to Maou’s strategy, but the root reason is that the business model of Amane’s
family was really too relaxed.
“Don’t be so serious. It looks like I would need to give out bonuses, let’s do that. If this can happen every day, I have
no choice but to give out the bonuses! Ah, Yusa-chan, Chiho-chan, Kamazuki-chan, this is for you.”
Amane stopped the three girls who have changed out of their swimsuits into normal clothes and were preparing to
return to the hotel.
“This is the pay for two days of work. You were a big help, thank you very much, all of you. Especially Kamazuki-chan,
I added the fee for the sandcastle. If it’s convenient, I really hope that you can come every day to help make it.”
Suzuno’s masterpiece “Sand sculpture, Blue Heaven Tower” stood out, and crowds will attract more crowds, with
question, this was one of the factors behind their success.
Maou seriously contemplated if he could use Suzuno’s special talents in other areas in the future.
When Maou returned to work, the mysterious feeling which Amane gave off within the room had dissipated.
And Chiho, who continued to help, seemed to revert back to her original pace immediately.
Even then, Maou still felt a little uneasy.
One reason, of course, is because Kameo said that he was attacked by Amane, in addition, Emi’s current state was
felt unnatural.
About one hour after Maou returned to the store, Emi came out carrying Alas=Ramus, but in anyone’s eyes, she had
a gloomy expression on her face.
Even when she went to the beach with Alas=Ramus, Chiho who ended work and Suzuno to play, Emi’s face would
suddenly darken occasionally.
“It’s such a pity, everyone is going back tomorrow.”
Amane seemed to really want to have the three people stay, but Emi just happened to get a long holiday from her
work, and Chiho had already made an agreement in her parents. Even though Amane didn’t look like she was serious
about persuading to stay, but the three of them knew that she sincerely felt regret.
“……Oh?”
In the pocket of Maou’s shorts, a message vibration from his mobile phone was heard.
“……”
Of course, Maou was not so dumb as to look at the person who sent it.
“What’s up, Maou. Your face looks a little dark, you know?”
“The same goes for you, Urushihara. Besides, it’s just a tan.”
For the demons who had worked for a whole day at the beach, their skin had turned into a light wheat colour.
Amane went to find Chiho to take a commemorative picture in front of the castle which Suzuno made, and Maou,
who realised the unimportant fact that demons could also get a tan, waved to Urushihara and Ashiya, making sure
that Amane did not notice.
“I’m going out tonight, the both of you should come along too.”
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Inubosaki Lighthouse was designed by a British engineer, Richard Henry Brunton, built under his supervision,
completed and lit in the seventh year of the Meiji era.
T/N: The seventh year of the Meiji era is 1874.
Affected by the war, the design of the lighthouse was redone a few times and was one of the six first grade
lighthouses in Japan, and the light shone by the first order Fresnel lens can be seen 35 kilometres out.
A beam of light shone across the quiet dark seas, Maou, Ashiya and Urushihara were carrying a small cardboard box,
confronting Emi, who stood under the source of the light, the lighthouse.
“You’re alone……where’s Chi-chan and Suzuno?”
“I explained everything to Bell, just in case, I asked her with stay with Chi-chan.”
Maou thought, she can’t be talking about fighting at this point in time, or did Emi think that “something” would
happen after this meeting.
His missing precious daughter, might be the key to answering this question.
“Where’s Alas=Ramus?”
“She’s here.”
This time, Emi didn’t point at her head, but press her right hand as she said this.
“What’s happening. It can’t be that you called me out here so you can settle things with me in this kind of place?”
The message Maou received as he was closing up was sent by Emi.
Not just his mobile phone number, Maou had no recollection of himself telling Emi his mail address, it was probably
obtained from Chiho.
“Bring Kameo and come to the lighthouse at 11pm tonight, and do not let Amane-san find out.”
The contents of Emi’s message were very concise.
Maou did not agree and did not reply, but Emi seemed to know that Emi and the rest will come.
“Even though that would be rather interesting, but you guessed wrong. Kameo, tell him. The reason I asked the
Demon King to come.”
“Chirp, I have no choice then.”
Kameo’s voice was much clearer compared to before, it looks like he has almost recovered.
The three demons turned towards the small bird in the box. The Hero and Demon Minister had discussed this earlier,
what did they plan to announce.
The sea scenery which can be seen when looking at Choshi from Inubo, the colour of the sea gave people a black
ominous feeling.
A cold wind which did not match the summer night blew through the hair of the inhabitants from a foreign world.
“Satan-sama, Eastern General-sama, Lucifer, this country might be facing a crisis right now chirp.”
“Really, why you do drop the honorifics every time you talk about me.”
Kameo ignored Urushihara’s complaints and continued to explain,
“When I heard that the Hero Emilia and the child of the holy sword is here chirp, I really got weak at the knees.
Currently there is a power not part of the Demon Army and not from the demon world attracting many demons and
fervently looking for ‘Emilia’s holy sword’.”
“A demon not part of the Demon Army, and not an inhabitant of the Demon World? What does that mean?”
Maou looked down at the chicken in the cupboard box he was holding.
“Chirp, it was something which happens tens of days ago. A human visited the demon capital of the Demon World
Satanasarc, and announced that as long as the ‘holy sword’ is obtained, the power to conquer the Demon World,
Heaven and Ente Isla, the three worlds, can be obtained chirp. Those angry battle oriented clans who decided to
take revenge for the Demon King-sama were riled up by that person’s sweet words chirp.”
Behind Maou, it was not just Ashiya, even Urushihara had sucked in a breath in surprise.
A human actually visited the Demon World, in the long history of the Demon World, this has never happened before.
A normal person would lose consciousness for just being in contact with the magic from the Demon World.
Even just standing next to Maou in his fully restored Satan form, had caused Chiho to be unable to breathe just by
coming into contact with the magic.
“According to Kameo, after the defeat of the Demon Army, the Demon World was split into two factions, the ones
who decided to take revenge for you, and plans to gather up a second invasion army, the war advocates, and the
ones who believe you are still alive and intend to preserve national stability, the moderates. Kameo spent a lot of
effort trying to mediate between the two factions, but that human tilted the balance of the Demon World.”
Surprisingly, Emi was the one who explain the situation of the Demon World to Maou, it was a strange sight. Emi
ignored the confused Maou, and continued,
“That human said that there were two holy swords, and this is one of them.”
Emi did not check if there were any normal Japanese people nearby, and openly revealed her own holy sword.
The ‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’.
It was the part of the holy sword with the meaning of being the “Kinder Half”.
“There aren’t many humans who know that the ‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’ is with me in Japan.”
Hearing this, Maou finally understood the situation.
The reason why Sariel knew about the location of Emi and the holy sword from the start, and where he had obtained
that information from.
In Ente Isla, it was true that only a few ‘humans’ knew where Emi’s holy sword is.
Her past companions, Emeralda and Alberto, and Suzuno---Crestia Bell, who Emi met in Japan. Besides that, there
was also the six archbishops from the Archbishop Chancel, who had heard from Suzuno that Emilia was in the human
world before Suzuno arrived in Japan, and----
“The human who disappeared without a trace, taking the war advocates with him, he introduced himself as Olba
Meyers chirp.”
“What is that guy thinking, and what has he done now? Then again, when did he escape?”
The one who was most shocked about this name, was the one who thought about many things concerning Olba,
Urushihara.
Knowing that Emi is in Japan, showed hostile intentions towards her, and did not change in his ways. Only Olba fit
this description. Even though they had a feeling that it would be him, it was still rather unbelievable when they
heard it for real.
“I do not need to show mercy……”
Ashiya, who had directly fought with Olba before, gritted his teeth and clenched his fist in regret.
“Kameo-sama, who is the one leading the war advocates who followed Olba?”
“It is the Lieutenant of the Southern Demon General Maracoda, Barbariccia-sama, chirp.”
“Don’t use such a Pokemon like style when you speak when we’re talking about serious things!”
Maou clutched his head with some force.
“If we do want to talk about this, there really is no need to choose such an open place, we can just talk at Ooguro-ya.
Amane-san has gone back anyway.”
“You should have heard it at that time, it might have been Amane-san who defeat Kameo and the others.”
“I did hear that…..”
“Perhaps you might have forgotten because of that person’s straightforward personality, but she is still the niece of
that landlady. Don’t forget, even though she may not be our enemy, she might not be a normal human either.”
Emi still had a stern attitude.
But this time, the sternness was different from before, it gave the feeling that she was lecturing Maou for reasons
other than just simple hostility.
“Even if Amane-san has mysterious powers which we do not know about, and is the one who defeated Kameo and
the demon soldiers……we cannot leave it to her to handle the incident which is going to happen.”
“The incident which is going to happen? Are you saying that something will happen later?”
Kameo answered Ashiya with a “chirp chirp chirp”.
“I feel that foreign worlds should not be involved in our war, so I planned to sneak her to confirm Emilia’s holy sword
before the war advocates, riled up by the human, cause a commotion in the foreign world chirp. As Olba Meyers
only mentioned that the holy sword is somewhere in Tokyo in the foreign world country of Japan, I had no choice
but to set the ‘gate’ over the sea, and conduct an extensive search from the eastern area……”
In other words, for Kameo to appear in the eastern most point of the Kanto region was not a coincidence at all.
“Let me say this first, this is Chiba, not Tokyo.”
“However, doesn’t Chiba have a lot of facilities whose name starts with ‘Tokyo’?”
“Shut up, Lucifer. That’s not the issue here.”
“It might not be purely a coincidence chirp. Olba provided clues to find out about the holy sword’s whereabouts, and
a reaction appeared from this region after I used it.”
“Clues to find the holy sword?”
It felt like someone had talked about a similar topic recently.
Before Maou could remember, Kameo had already continued speaking,
“But I have turned into this state. Faced with the strong powers of this world, I couldn’t do anything……”
Kameo lowered his head in guilt, Emi helped him explain,
“The huge squad led by the war advocate faction, is approaching Japan……approaching Earth!”
“Ah?”
“What did you say?”
“Why didn’t you say so earlier!”
“Chirp!”
Urushihara, Ashiya and Maou showed their surprise at the same time, and Maou even dropped the box holding
Kameo because of that.
“A, according to previous reports and the calculated scale of the ‘gate’, I predict that they would arrive today, in the
middle of the night……they plan to start at this eastern most region, and start their extensive search with their large
numbers chirp.”
The black chicken slowly climbed out of the box, and sat on the ground, his feet tucked under his wings.
“Honestly, that woman’s power is totally abnormal. It’s hard to guarantee that the soldiers who appear later will not
meet the same fate as me and the others……”
To make things clearer, Kameo was implying that even that third party troop would not be a match for Amane-san.
It was unexpected that Amane would have such a large amount of power despite being a human, and Maou, who
knew this indirectly, still did not…fell its reality, but Kameo’s attitude was serious.
“Even though he had broken off the relations one sidedly, but Barbariccia-sama is still a comrade who planned to
unify the Demon World. I am reluctant to be his enemy, and more than that, I cannot just sit by while the
subordinates incited by him clash with that woman, which would lead to unnecessary sacrifices.”
“Not that what happens to the demons concerns me.”
Emi clearly stated and drew a clear line between herself and the demon forces.
“But this incident has something to do with Olba, so I can’t just sit by and do nothing. This has nothing to do with
whether Amane-san has superhuman abilities, I don’t care if she is an enemy or a friend.”
Emi glared at Maou.
“If the Demon Army came to Japan to steal the holy sword, then you and I, who brought the conflict to this country,
would have to take responsibility and chase them away. How can we push everything to Amane-san?”
Just then, the light from the lighthouse swept over the sky above Emi, who made this resolute declaration.
“……I hope she is our comrade……basically the landlady and Amane-san are good people, without them, we would
have been jobless.”
Maou gave a lonely smile.
“Emi.”
“What is it.”
“……I’m surprised that you believed all this.”
“Eh?”
Instantly, Emi’s expression became guarded. After all, from what Maou said, it was like he was hinting that he had
asked Kameo to tell a lie.
“Aren’t you worried that this is a trap set up for you by a dying demon in order to save me?”
“……What, so you were referring to this?”
However, Emi replied in a disinterested manner,
“Even if you and that little chicken want to frame me, what can you do to me?”
Emi’s attitude was filled with confidence, but it also looked like she did that intentionally.
She puffed out her chest with all her might, giving the look that she was looking down on Maou and the rest, but
changed her mind halfway……or rather, she relaxed her expression because she thought it was too idiotic.
“Don’t look down on people, alright?”
“Ah?”
Emi frowned and placed her hand against her forehead.
“Because when you let me discuss things with Kameo, didn’t you allow Chiho and Alas=Ramus to be present? So……”
“Ah, hmm……ah? So? What does that mean?”
It’s like he understood, but did not understand as well at the same time. After further questioning, Emi looked like
she wanted to escape Maou, turning her face away, with her back facing Maou.
“Because even though you’re the leader of the evil demons, and you’re poor and underhanded, is father’s sworn
enemy and the enemy of all humans, basically space trash, residue in the Earth’s orbit! But……”
Even though she was displeased from the bottom of her heart, Emi still continued shakily,
“You’re not the type of person who is willing to betray Chiho and Alas=Ramus and lie, at least with you guys, I still
trust you to this extent! So……”
After glaring at Maou and the others in order, who had started blinking because of the aura she gave off----
“With regards to this, you have to take responsibility together with me!”
Emi’s shout cut through the night at the cape.
“……Do you understand? If you understand, then quickly forget what I said just now! You space trashes!”
Emi shouted with such vehemence that it felt like she was going to throw the holy sword which contained
Alas=Ramus.
The waves seemed to settle down because of Emi’s cry, and an awkward silence descended.
“Even though it feels like you don’t trust us at all, and this doesn’t seem to have anything to do with space trash……”
Maou nodded while looking at a flash going across the night sky.
“Thank you, thank you for believing us.”
Perhaps it was an illusion, it felt as if Emi’s expression softened because of this sentence.
However, that warm expression was only a fleeting illusion, because afterwards, Emi spoke with such resentment
comparable to the King Yama from Hell.
“Didn’t, I, tell, you, to forget?”
Emi waved the holy sword, and the light reflected off it cut through the darkness like the light from the lighthouse.
“Erhm, erhm, Alas=Ramus will do what I can too!”
Even though Emi’s stance looked as regal and holy as the female warrior god, but from laidback voice from the holy
sword, it caused the atmosphere to go both ways.
However, it was good that way too.
“……It’s really such a strange fate chirp.”
“Seriously. But, what should we do? If a Demon Army is really attacking, honestly, I don’t think I have any hope of
winning.”
“About that chirp, I have a good idea chirp, the jewelled sword which I brought……”
Just as everyone tolerated the ‘chirp’ which was starting to become annoying, and were carefully listening to
Kameo’s proposal,
The light from the lighthouse which shone on the seas faraway, for an instant, shone and showed----
a cracked open darkness.
“……Have they come?”
Surprisingly, the first one to sense the abnormality was Urushihara.
Even though Maou, Emi and Ashiya did not know about it, but when Gabriel attacked, the first one to sense that
someone had opened a ‘gate’, was Urushihara.
Following Urushihara’s line of sight, everyone present couldn’t help but suspect their own eyes.
Between the night clouds, a clear black crack had appeared across the sky without anyone noticing.
“……Hey hey hey hey, that does not look like just one squad at all.”
Looking like it would cover the night sky, countless black shadows appeared from the crack like bats, or migrant birds
about to go on a long journey.
“Far reflecting eye!”
Urushihara said softly to himself, focusing on the shadows which current look like clouds.
“It’s as what Kameo said, even though Barbariccia is nowhere to be seen yet, but all of them are Maracoda’s
previous subordinates, demons from the Malebranche Clan.”
“You can see what’s there from here?”
Emi squinted, staring at the sea, asking Urushihara in surprise.
“It’s only a simple spell, I am half an angel after all, and recently I have been eating Bell’s cooking every day. The
ingredients that person uses has been blessed, are there are questions?”
When driving away the mist which was about to catch Kameo last night, the reason why Urushihara’s wings were
white, was most likely because of this.
But right now, it was not the time to ask such questions.
“……Why have they not lost their demon appearances even after coming to Japan?”
Ashiya asked another kind of question.
“How would I know. If it isn’t that they brought an item which can provide them with demon magic, then it has
something to do with the ‘gate’ that hasn’t closed, right?”
No matter what, the group is unable to tell at this point of time.
The reality is that a Demon Army which are able to maintain the same forms which they had in the Demon World,
had appeared in front of Maou and the others and are approaching Japan.
The Malebranche clan led by the Demon General Maracoda, are said to be, in human terms, a clan which is good at
necromancy.
Humans’ understanding of necromancy is limited to thinking that it is a forbidden skill which revives and controls evil
spirits or dead bodies; but in reality, that is just a simple puppeting skill, just the insertion of magic into a dead body
and controlling it, if the control from the skill user is missing, the puppet itself does not have any individual fighting
ability.
The Malabrache clan head Maracoda, who is skiled as using the gaps in human hearts, is ranked the lowest amongst
the Generals led by Satan.
The size and stature of the members of the Malebranche clan is similar to that of humans, with their identifying
characteristic being their bat like wings a very long sharp claw extending out from all four of their limbs.
“I did a rough count……there’s about 1000 of them.”
That was already a very shocking number. Since they can be seen from Inubo, the ships at sea might have noticed
the demons as well.
“The people on the ships out at sea might be in danger! I’ll be heading out first!”
Emi took a nutrional supplement bottle out from her pocket and drank it in one gulp.
Then she wiped the corners of her mouth with the back of her hand, and focused her power on her feet, after that
her whole body started to glow brightly.
“We’re going! Alas=Ramus!”
“Oh!”
“Heaven Light Boots!”
Before Maou could stop her, Emi had become a shooting star, flying towards the ocean.
The demons from the Malebranche clan seemed to detect Emi’s strong holy power, and the shadows which
appeared in the night fluctuated, like they were assuming a formation.
“Hey, Kameo, what should we do? What were you saying about that sword just now?”
Maou and Ashiya had only the minimum amount of magic, and Urushihara, who could only use simple spells, had
not recovered enough power to able to put up a resistance against such a huge group.
If this goes on, the group could only watch Emi and the Malebranche clan fight each other until the incident ends.
“Chirp! This isn’t good chirp! That’s right, Satan-sama, I brought the jewelled sword of this country, as long as Satansama
draws the weapon from its sheath …………chirp?”
Kameo finally realised that Maou, Ashiya and Urushihara were glaring at him in a worked up manner.
“Kameo, that’s no good, that’s no good at all.”
“I never expected that the great Kameo-sama would……”
“Lu, Lucifer? Eastern General-sama? What’s, what’s wrong?”
“If you think that thing is important, then it should have been taken along when we went out, idiot!”
Maou grabbed Kameo and lifted him up.
“Ah! Chirp?”
“What are you chirping for, idiot! You should have known beforehand that the sword would be of use, right? Do you
expect us to leisurely go back to Ooguro-ya from Cape Inubo to get it? During this time, Emi would have gotten rid of
all of them already!”
“Chirrrppp……Satan-sama……it’s hard to breathe chirp!”
“Ah, seriously, it’s useless even if I strangle you here and eat you. Hey, Ashiya, we have no choice, run back quickly
and get it.”
“Un, understood……ah!”
Ashiya turned around frantically and ran, but after running just five steps, he fell over.
When a big guy over 180cm tall shows his clumsy side, the audience will only feel frustrated.
“……Be, because I’m wearing beach sandals which I’m not used to, so just one misstep……”
Ashiya himself seemed to know this very well, getting up quickly like he wanted to avoid the cold stare at his back,
prearing to continue----
“Yo, were you guys looking for this?”
A person suddenly held out something in front of him, causing him to brake abruptly.
“I was thinking why this sword did not match the size of Bird-kun, and it looks like this is a weapon, or more
accurately, your trump card.”
The person who came had a beautiful and resolute face which was free of makeup, wearing a simple T-shirt and
apron, and in that person’s hand, is that sword which did not lose its shine even though Kameo’s black armour had
shattered and become a small bird.
“Amane……san?”
“That’s right, I’m Amane-san~~”
The substitute store owner of Ooguro-ya, Ooguro Amane replied with her usual bold smile and a wave.
“Seriously, I was thinking why there was still a small trace of the magic which I logically should have sent back. Look
at this sword, if you take it out from its jewelled sheath……”
Amane slowly drew out the jewelled sword which was in its sheath, wrapped in Kameo’s cape.
The jewelled sword, freed from its sheath, had a blood red blade.
“As you see, this is a magic sword……hmm, just pulling it out of its sheath a bit is overdoing it a little. What do you
plan to do to this thing?”
Amane kept the sword back in its sheath, looking straight at Maou.
“Ah, at this time, don’t play the card of “Oh my, Amane-san, what are you doing here”, that’s too cold. You can just
explain how you are going to use this sword, and what you plan to do.”
Amane asked in a leisurely manner, as if she was asking about the ingredients to prepare tomorrow.
Excluding Ashiya, whom the sword had appeared in front of from the start, even Urushihara, Kameo and Maou were
unable to hide their shocked expressions, and was hesistant in replying.
Just as they were hesitating, the battle between Emi and the Malebranche clan had already begun.
“Buck up! Maou Sadao!”
Amane shouted to garner a response from Maou, who had been unable to answer after all this time.
“You already let a girl say those things, and you’re still unable to say anything yourself? And you’re supposed to be a
guy, how pathetic!”
As she was speaking, Amane smoothly threw the forboding looking jewelled sword to Maou.
“Wah……wah, eh, this, this is……”
“This isn’t the time to say these things, you herbivore!” Even though we only known each other for two days, but I
still know what kind of person you are. Go quickly and show me your manliness! Let me see how you plan to take
responsibility. Draw the blade! You should be……”
In what can be described as under Amane’s threats, Maou reached for the sheath and drew the jewelled blade.
In that moment, the tip of Inbuo let out a light which was brigher than the light from the lighthouse, an unwavering
black pillar stretching to the horizon.
“the Demon King from a faraway world!”
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrom…………
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrromm…………
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrommm…………
A roar which signified the power of the black light cut across the surface of Choshi’s sea.
“Chiho-dono, is your body alright?”
“Ah, yes……I’m not sure why, but I seem to be alright this time……”
Chiho and Suzuno walked towards an empty Cape Inubo from the hall of the hotel, looking around while surrounded
by a thick fog which was so dense that they could not see own hands.
“……These are definitely traces of demonic magic……but, why……”
“That’s obvious, even if there is no one outside right now, but if so much demonic magic is released at once, it’s
likely that the residents of Cape Inubo would all faint. I only put some protective measures in place.”
An answer was heard from the mist.
“!”
Suzuno took a defensive stance, carefully putting Chiho behind her.
“There’s no need to be so wary, we were comrades who ate the same friend noodles after all.”
Ooguro Amane, wearing a T-shirt, appeared with the same dressed down attire.
“At the very least, I am not your enemy. Don’t worry, it’s only because they said that they would take responsibility,
so I decied to observe the situation, if there are any who got away and cause havoc, I will still raise a hand to help.”
Facing this situation, how can anyone not worry?
According to Emi, a large force consisting of the remnants of the Demon Army is approaching Choshi.
Suzuno did not completely believe that Amane was not a regular person, at the same time, she did not think that she
had the ability to handle the enemies which Emi had missed.
“Don’t look down on people, I’ll be very troubled, human.”
Perhaps she sensed Suzuno’s perplexed feelings, Amane gave a fearless smile, her hand at her waist.
“!”
“Wah?”
Suzuno and Chiho couldn’t help but cover their faces.
A typhoon like fog surrounded Amane.
A T-shirt and apron, jeans and sandals, and hair tied up with a hair tie.
A person who looked like a shop manager who can easily be found throughout Japan, who had now assumed the
identity of the master of fog, had descended on the beach of Inubo. The power Amane showed was not demonic
magic, and not holy magic, but an overwhelming power of unknown origin.
“The name Ooguro isn’t just for show. Even if I have to throw all the “existences who do not belong here” to the
other side of the light in an instant, it won’t be a problem for me, you know?”
As if a stage actor was currently saying cool sounding lines, the light from the lighthouse stopped on Ooguro’s back.
The strong beam from the first order light equipment caused Suzuno and Chiho to close their eyes.
But in an instant, it was really just an instant, the two people felt that they saw a light different from the white light
from the lighthouse.
“Sigh, the both of you can wait here first. For some things……”
That illusion disappeared, and once Chiho and Suzuno regained their sight, there was only a kind female shop
manager in front of them.
“once Maou-kun and the others return, I might tell all of you about it.”
“Amane-san……”
“Now, I have to carry out some tasks which Maou-kun and Bird-kun asked me to do, see you later.”
After saying this, Amane waved and disappeared into the fog.
The direction which Amane left in was towards the Inubosaki Lighthouse.
Following the roar of a giant dragon, Chiho and Suzuno saw that she was focused on the sea within the fog with a
sharp gaze.
?
“Mama, the bowl direction!”
From Alas=Ramus’s mental communications, even if she did not see it herself, Emi was able to use her shield from
the evil repelling armour to block the attacks coming from the left.
“Chopsticks direction!”
Very obviously, the demons let loose a continuous attack of countless clows from the right side, naturally Emi was
able to deflect all the attacks with the blade of the ‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’.
The individual fighting ability of the Malebranche clan wasn’t high.
But with the clan leader, Maracoda’s necromancy as the base, they were very good with underhanded moves.
“!”
Emi faced the demon attacking her, but it split the moment it reached her.
Even though it was only a feint using a simple illusion spell, but for Emi, in a battle of one against one thousand,
being greatly outnumbered, she did not have the leisure to determine which one was real or fake.
Just as Emi was prepared to use her shield to block the other party’s charge----
“Chopsticks side!”
Alas=Ramus gave a warning.
But for Emi, who did not sense the approach of the demonic magic bullet, she had already missed the chance to
dodge.
“Heaven Light Flash!”
Emi instantly decided to execute a counter attack.
“Ug, argh!”
But as she was unable to focus on the coming attack and the counter attack technique at the same time, Emi was
attacked by both parties at the same time.
Ten Malenbranches attacked the unsteady Emi at the same time.
“Hey, what are all of you doing! Let me go! Hey……stop! Don’t go touching strange places!”
If she was held down in the air, she would be unable to avoid the demonic magic bullet. With no other alternative,
Emi gritted her teeth----
“Exploding light shockwave!”
She shouted in her mind and activated a spell. It was a strong wind caused by the holy magic exploding out from
within her body, a forceful technique which would shake the Malebranches off her. However, not only does this skill
use a lot of holy magic, but the claws of the demons which were gathered together scatched Emi’s forehead as they
were blasted off.
A line of blood appeared on her forehead, and the worst thing is that the blood even flowed into Emi’s right eye,
obscuring her vision.
“Mama, are you alright?”
Emi didn’t even have the time to answer Alas=Ramus.
This only made the battle situation more difficult.
“Seriously, it was already troublesome enough to begin with.”
After all, Emi was using a battle style she had not tried before to face this large number of enemies.
“Bowl direction!”
In order to parry the techinique used by the Malebranche from the left side----
“Vaccum thrust!”
It was not a spell, and not the holy sword, but a martial arts skill.
Emi concentrated the holy magic around her hand and swung with a backhand, breaking the Malebranche’s sharp
claw in one blow, causing the other party to scream and back off.
“I’m going to borrow your skills, Alberto!”
Swinging out her left hand with a backhand once again, Emi gave continuous punches to those approaching her from
the front.
“Vaccum bullets!”
The shockwave caused by Emi’s punches became bullets and flew towards the Malebranches.
The demons who were hit in the stomach or head, shakily left the battlefield like they have lost consciousness.
As for the Malebranches who avoided the bullet rain and counter attacked with their own demonic bullets, they
were destroyed with Emi’s holy sword.
“Hah!”
Emi kicked the chin of the demon rushing towards her, using the chance to close the distance between them,
executing vaccum thrust with her left hand to push the other party out of attacking range.
“……This, this is really, harder than……I imagined.”
In the past, Alberto taught the basics of martial arts to Emi, who only knew how to use weapons to fight.
Before being conquered by the northern invasion commander of the Demon Army, Adramelech, there was once a
elite group in the Northern Continent of Ente Isla well versed in various kinds of martial arts techiniques and spells --
-- “Immortal Mountain Legion”.
It was only after the disintegration of the group did Emi meet Alberto deep in the mountains, who had been carrying
out the duties of a woodcutter while polishing his skills at the same time, and Alberto, who had been a elite warrior
of the Immortal Mountain Legion and a priest of the immortal arts at the same time, was proficient in various
fighting skills, including sword fighting skills.
“As the Northern Continent used to be a fragmented multi-cultural country, in order to avoid sowing too much
discord during fights, a long time ago, it was decided to use this fixed method of fighting.”
Emi had always thought that this non-lethal fighting style, was suited for battles between humans.
“Back off!”
At this time, in the large troop of Malenbranches, a murky voice was heard.
And resembling an illusion, the originally obstinate battle stances of the demons stopped at that instant.
“Human woman……it looks like you’re not an ordinary person.”
It was a demon who looked especially huge compared to the rest of the Malenbranches.
It looks like he is the leader who is commanding this group of demons. Even though the other party is a demon, he
used an eyepatch to cover one eye, and had long teeth which were more attention grabbing than his large size.
“Thank you for your compliments. But I’m sorry, I do not wish to use my holy magic because of mental
communication, so please use human language.”
“Within the 1200 elite members of the Malebranches……there have not been any casualties so far……this is very
abnormal. Can you be……”
As he said this the leader of the Malebranches suddenly raised his right hand.
In his hands, he held something which looked like a cheap crystal necklace.
That crystal suddenly gave off a faint purple glow, shooting a beam in Emi’s direction.
“Purple light……this is!”
“Mama! Yesod! Behind that shiny thing, Yesod!”
The voice of Alas=Ramus after their merging, confirmed Emi’s suspiscions. At this instant, the leader of the
Malebranches let out an evil laugh, as if to emphasise ‘This is what a demon is’.
“Wahahahaha! I’ve never expected that we would find it so soon. You’re the holder of the holy sword, Hero Emilia,
is that right?”
Instantly, the eyes of the leader of the Malebranches started burning with vigour, starting to call on the demonic
magic in his body.
“Since my opponent possesses a power which transcends that of the four Generals and Satan-sama, then I must
use my full power! Then I will win, and obtain that holy sword!”
“……Looks like I can’t hide it anymore.”
Emi showed an equally fearless smile, and raised the ‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’ up high.
“Emerge! My strength, for the elimination of demons!”
Just this shout was enough to sent the Malebranches flying.
The demons were unable to look directly at the golden glow which Emi was emiting from her body, and backed up
like they were overwhelmed by her presence.
“If you do not wish to get hurt, then take your troop and retreat.”
Silver hair, red eyes, solidified evil repelling armour, it wasn’t just limited to the complete healing for all her wounds-
---
“This is the first time that I evolved to the second statge of the blade of the holy sword since I came to Japan……the
power it has it nothing to scoff at.”
The ‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’ in Emi’s hand had evolved as well.
The holy sword was originally a thin one handed blade, but right now, not only had the blade become wider, with a
longer sword hilt, even the sword decoration on the hilt and the purple jewel----the fragment of ‘Yesod’, were
glowing brightly.
“You are really the person behind the destruction of the Demon Army, Hero Emilia!”
The leader of the Malebranches looked fearless, confronting Emi in an awe-inspiriing manner.
“My name is Ciriatto! One of the chieftains of the Malebranches! In behest of Maracoda, who passed away, and
the future of the new Demon Army, I will obtain your holy sword! Stay back, all of you!”
In response to the warrior Ciriatto, who controlled his subordinates and announced his name, Emilia placed the
‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’ in front of her eyes, giving a knight’s salute.
“I’ve found out a lot of new things about demons recently……I won’t hold back!”
An instant of attack and defense occurred between demon magic and holy magic over the Pacific Ocean. The
‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’ sliced across the black sharp claw on Ciriatto’s buff right arm.
“Ugh!”
Ciriatto’s right claw was cut into two with close to no resistance, and fell into the Pacific Ocean.
“Do you still wish to fight?”
“Argh……”
Just one short crossing of moves was enough for Ciriatto to let out a groan of regret.
His eyes were unable to follow the flash of Emilia’s sword at all.
If an Archangel was unable to do such a thing, then a mere chieftain of the Malebranches would definitely not be
able to do so, but as a warrior, even when faced with a despairing difference in ability, Ciriatto did not plan to back
down.
Because, no matter what, he must give the ‘holy sword’ to the new Demon Army, unify the Demon World after the
death of Demon King Satan and invade Ente Isla.
“……Looks like you do not plan to retreat.”
“I am the Malebranche Chieftian Ciriatto! If I run away from the enemy because I am afraid of losing, how can I be a
good role model for the new Demon Army! Wooah!”
“Wah! Wait!”
Even though he was an enemym but Emilia couldn’t help but say something to stop him.
Ciriatto intentionally used his unharmed claw to cut off the entire broken one.
“I do not need a weapon which is broken and will only get in the way! It will grow again anyway!”
“Ah, is that so?”
Even if it was just an instant, Emilia still felt some regret for admiring the enemy.
“Even so, it should still hurt a lot. It even looks like its bleeding, even if you’re missing one weapon you’re good at,
you still wish to fight?”
“I will fight until my body turns to dust!”
A traditional warrior personality.
Emilia did not think that it was a warrior’s ambition to die on the battlefield. But since Ciriatto thought so, then
Emilia will use the same battle technique as before to end the battle in a way which the enemy hated the most.
“I will not obediently follow your wishes and kill you, you know.”
Emilia raised the holy sword.
“Eh? Mama, is this alright?”
Realising Emilia’s situation, Alas=Ramus asked this.
Emilia intentionally decreased the holy magic of the holy sword. The holy sword, which seldomly evolved into the
second stage, changed back into the first stage. Not only that, the blade itself had weakened until it was barely able
to maintain its form, with some degree of sharpness.
“It would be better to handle if our conditions were more equal. This is to……”
Emilia closed her eyes briefly, and recalled the appearences of the demons.
“avoid taking your life!”
“Interesting!”
Ciriatto also decreased the demon magic in his left claw to the minimum levels. He matched his intention not to rely
on any spells, and defeat Emilia with pure battle technique.
The Hero of the holy sword confronted the Malebranche Chieftian Ciriatto, adding tension to the atmosphere above
the sea.
Emilia’s only worry is whether she would be able to defeat Ciriatto without taking his life, and it was also difficult to
guarantee that the other Malebranches will listen obediently.
If the chieftain was defeated, perhaps the troop will lose control as well.
If so, for Emilia who had overwhelming strength, it would become a one-sided massacre.
“……looks like I have become soft.”
Emilia took a deep breathe to adjust her feelings, the enemy is the chieftain of the Malebranches, equally matched
with Maracoda, he was not someone she could underestimate. She will handle whatever happens later after that.
If this battle occurred in Ente Isla, it would probably be fierce enough to destroy a town, even though there was no
signal fire to announce the start of the battle, the two who confronted each other with bated breaths suddenly
raised their heads.
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrom…………
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrromm…………
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrommm…………
The piercing roar of an ancient dragon controlled the whole space.
If it was just that, Emilia and Ciriatto might still began their fierce battle immediately.
But the giant dragon’s roar awoken the controller of the white fog on the sea, and suddenly, the area around Emilia
and Ciriatto had become a pure white world.
“?”
A certain black huge existence was currently approaching them from an area deep withi the white world.
Just the presence excluded by that thing was enough to open a path within the dense fog, like a carpet on the path
of Kings.
“Ciriatto, I have some impression of that name. You’re Maracoda’s subordinate, one of the chieftains of the
Malebranches, am I right?”
A giant shadow appeared behind Emilia.
“But what is going on? I’ve never heard of this new Demon Army, who was the person who rebuilt the Demon Army
by calling himself the ‘Demon King’ while ignoring my existence?”
“Who, who in the world……………!”
However, before he could even ask about the identifty of the giant shadow behind Emilia, Ciriatto was grabbed by
the neck by a hand he couldn’t see.
“A mere chieftain of Malebranche, actually being so insolent……if you’re not careful, I’ll crush your throat.”
A new black shadow appeared next to the giant shadow, extending a hand towards Ciriatto.
The tail of the shadow was split into two at the end, and a man, without any colour on his face, gave an ear piercing
shout.
In the sky, the group of Malebranche soldiers started to back up because of the two huge powers, but then----
“Even though it was your side who caused trouble first, you plan to run without even apologising, naïve, too naïve!”
Another voice was heard at the scene. The demons near the ‘gate’ turned around to find the source of the young
sounding, cold and sharp voice.
The other party had the appearance of a small sized human.
But on the young man’s back, there were wings even darker than the night sky, blocking the path of the
Malebranches.
“Seriously…..come earlier if you planned to come. You made me think of so many things for nothing.”
The omnimous black energy replied, giving the impression that he did not consider the light energy to be important.
“Haha, I’m sorry, I seldomly regain my original form, so I’m a little unused to it.”
The huge shadow behind Emilia slowly approached her side.
“W, who……ugh…...are you people……”
Ciriatto groaned and asked this with some difficulty, and as if to answer him, a calm loud voice was heard from
within the fog.
“Silence! Warriors of Malebranche! Do you not recognise the one standing before you?”
“Pu!”
Emilia almost laughed out loud because of this introduction like speech.
But for Ciriatto, who was struggling in pain, he tensed up when he heard this voice.
A black demon bird warrior descended slowly from the fake sky caused by the fog, stopping in front of the frozen
Ciriatto.
“Ah, Mi,Minister……Kameo-sama……”
Ciriatto was extremely surprised when he saw Kameo.
“You actually listened to the deceitful honey coated words of a human, and planned to cause harm to your own
Master!”
“Mas, Master……”
Even though his eyes were filled with agony, Ciriatto still looked towards the giant shadow Kameo had indicated with
much difficulty.
A burly large sized man wearing the outer coat of the demon bird warrior, holding a jewelled sword which gave off a
black glow, that person had one cracked horn, beast like legs and eyes which struck fear in the hearts of all living
creatures.
“Ah……this can’t be……you are……?”
“Warriors of Malebranche! The one in front of you is the Demon King Satan-sama! Show some respect!”
The man with an ear piercing voice gave a command with a tone full of intonation, in an introductory manner,
causing Emilia to laugh again.
“Hey! Are you guys doing this on purpose?”
“Sa, Satan-sama?”
“It’s actually Satan-sama?”
Waves of uncertainty swept over the 1200 elite members of the Malebranches, everyone was mumbling the words,
“Satan-sama, it’s Satan-sama” over and over again.
“The reaction on this side as well……seriously, forget it.”
“That’s right……that horn is really……”
“Isn’t that the eastern invasion commander of the invastion army……Great General Alsiel-sama?”
“W, why is the Minister here……and Satan-sama, isn’t he already dead?”
Just as the Malebranches were feeling shaken.
“Hey, actually ignoring me. Eh, no one took notice of me? Hey!”
Lucifer, who cut off the enemies’ retreat route, threw a temper, casuing the Malebranches at the back of group to
turn around hastily, only seeing him a while later.
“It’s Fallen General-sama……”
“Fallen General Lucifer-sama?”
“I really dislike the name ‘Fallen General’. Then again, all you surbordinates of Maracoda, have all of you been calling
me that in private!”
Cowed by Lucifer’s anger, a few Malebranches fled to within their troop.
“Alsiel, let him go.”
Satan said generously, and Alsiel alo loosened the hand holding Ciriatto without any hesitation.
Ciriatto’s throat was freed, and he took deep breaths once again.
As the situation in front of him occurred too suddenly, Ciriatto could only survey his surroundings slowly.
He glanced at the Hero of the holy sword, Emilia, Demon Minister Kameo, Great General Alsiel and Great General
Lucifer.
Then----
“Demon King Satan-sama, please forgive our insolence!”
As if on cue, all the Malebranches present kneeled down in the air at the same time.
“Malebranche Chieftian, Ciriatto.”
The giant shadow in the fog said in a heavy tone.
“Ye, yes!”
“I do not remember authorising anyone else other than Kameo to lead the citizens of the Demon World, what have
you been doing while I was not around?”
“That, that is……!”
Satan asked the kneeling Ciriatto in an unexpectedly warm tone.
“Raise your head, I will hear your reasons.”
“Reporting to Demon King-sama……us Malebranche Clan with Barbariccia as the leader, did not fall for the
human’s honey coated words! This is all for the peace of the Demon World, to prevent the holy sword from falling
into the hands of those who threaten the Demon World……”
“Peace of the Demon World?”
Ciriatto glanced at Emilia, who was holding the ‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’ from the corner of his eye.
“Barbariccia-sama only pretended to believe the honey coated words of the human, and intended to lead me and
the other citizens of the Demon World to obtain the holy sword……”
“Imbecile!”
“The human who tricked you, is only one human, Olba Meyers, the companion of the Hero. If you gathered the
powers of all the chieftains in Malebranche, you can always kill him after obtaining the information, it’s easy even if
you want to buy time. Why didn’t you do this, and why didn’t you seek interdiction from Kameo!”
“That, that is because……”
“Well said, Alsiel.”
The one who spoke for Alsiel wasn’t just anyone, but the one who berated Ciriatto first, the Demon King.
“These guys can’t be that stupid, Barbariccia probably really decided to do such a thing from the start. However,
Olba isn’t someone who can be dealt with easily, and he wasn’t working alone, was he?”
“You are correct, I am ashamed to face you.”
Satan faced the depressed looking Ciriatto.
“Ciriatto.”
“Yes……”
Emilia interrupted and asked.
“Can I see that purple jewel which you brought?”
“Purple jewel? Are you referring to this?”
The expressions of Maou and the rest changed subtly because of the word purple jewel.
The necklace Ciriatto held was decorated with a non-purple transparent jewel.
However, the result deviated from Eimila’s original prediction, that thing was not a fragment of ‘Yesod’, and was just
a normal jewel. However Emilia still had some impression of that glow.
“Communication crystal……”
It was a tool which could transmit and receive via mental communication regardless of the distance between them.
In short, it is like Ente Isla’s mobile phone.
“That purple light just now……was it transmitted from the other end of this communication crystal?”
Emilia had seen a similar light once before.
In order to fight the Demon King in front of her in the past, while leading her comrades to attack the Demon Fortress
on Isla Kentourm, the holy sword started to react to the seed of Alas=Ramus near the Demon King’s throne for
unexplainable reasons, emitting a “guiding light”.
Even though Emilia and the others thought that the holy sword was guiding them towards the throne room where
the Demon King was, but that light was actually the result of the connection between the fragments of “Yesod”.
“We only know that the light will guide us to the location of the holy sword……even if this jewel is linked to some
other place, we are not sure where it leads to.”
“……Even if you swear on my name, you are willing to guarantee that whatever you said just now was the truth?”
In response to Satan’s confirmation, even though Ciriatto showed a confused expression, he still replied without any
hesitation,
“I’m willing to swear on Demon King Satan-sama’s name, these words were not lies!”
Ciriatto lowered his head with a dejected expression, but Satan, who looked downwards at him, had an
unexpectedly tender expression on his face.
“Very good……then again, where does the ‘gate’ which you have come through connect to? Is transport possible in
both directions?”
“The……‘gate’?”
“Oh my, we are hoping that all of you are able to return obediently, but if you guys are punished because you
returned empty handed without completing your mission, it will leave a bad taste in my mouth.”
“Yes, uh, that……”
Ciriatto stared in shock at Satan, who suddenly changed his tone.
“Don’t worry, the Demon King has no plans to condemn all of you. Sigh, as for those who were injured for attacking
the Hero over there, just think of it as paying an expensive lesson fee and concentrate on recovering.”
As if he had given up, Ciriatto nodded at Lucifer, who showed an unkind smile.
“If you still wish to return to the Demon World, or you plan to return, then I will not stop you. Kameo, even after
these war advocates return, please do not harm them. As for what happens after, I will leave them to you.”
“Understood.”
Kameo kneeled down to signify that he had accepted the order.
“Now then, Ciriatto. All of you should return to the place you belong to next. Even though you might be flying a little
quickly, but just tolerate it for now. Kameo will follow all of you later.”
“A little quickly……?”
“When all of you return to the Demon World, tell everyone this. Tell them that I, Demon King Satan, am still alive.”
“Hey, what are you saying……ah!”
Emilia, who thought that the other party was trying to make use to Ciriatto to raise the morale of the Demon World,
voiced her protests, but let out a sharp scream when Satan suddenly put an arm around her shoulder.
Satan’s muscled arm, who hugged Emilia through her evil repelling armour, caused her to freeze subconsciously as
goosebumps formed on her skin.
Ignoring Emilia’s reaction, Satan spoke with a loud volume resembling a tsunami, giving his orders.
“And that one of the holy swords is already in my hands. Tell everyone that in order to bring peace to the Demon
World once again, Satan is recuperating in a foreign world, use this reason to placate the uncertainty felt amongst
the citizens of the Demon World. Ciriatto, I order you to assist Kameo, unify the Demon World and lead everyone
before I return!”
The orders of the Demon King Satan, who lead the Demon World and all demons, reverberated through the Pacific
Ocean which had been covered in fog.
In this instant, not just Ciriatto, all the Malebranches, Alsiel, Kameo and Lucifer, kneeled down to show their respect
for Satan.
Satan surveyed everyone, nodding with satisfaction as he said,
“Very good, now, everyone who wants to return, please step this way.”
“Eh? What?”
A stunned atmosphere descended with the fog.
Ciriatto, who was kneeling in front of Satan, realized that he was currently being surrounded by a coccon like fog,
and after he was illuminated by a light of unknown source, he disappeared after letting out a strange noise.
The wavering Malebranches started to make a commotion.
“Alright, because the back is blocked, so can everyone quickly forma line, don’t worry, I heard that it doesn’t hurt.”
Lucifer, who already grasped the technique of ordering the troops from the shaved ice, suppressed the disorder in
the crowd while arranging the Malebranches into two straight lines, and a beam of light, as if seeing the opportunity,
shone across them again.
Surrounded by the coccon like fog and swallowed by the light, the demons disappeared one after another after
letting out a strange noise like Ciriatto.
“Everyone let out a strange shout…..it can’t be that they will hit the ground at light speed once they reach the other
side.”
After all the Malebranches were gotten rid of, Satan’s worried words disappeared into thin air.
“Ciriatto is still one of the chieftains of the Malebranches, he wouldn’t die from that kind of standard.”
“Oh my, even if it was me, I’m not really confident about light speed.”
“Forget about those rude people……right now, we should be sealing that huge ‘gate’……”
The demon form of Alsiel, who, as usual, only said what was necessary, took the lead and flew towards the huge
‘gate’ which the Malebranches appeared from.
Kameo followed closely, and Lucifer followed in a flustered manner, and then----
“How long do you want to hold me for, I’ll kill you!”
Emilia’s holy magic exploded with her anger, and she followed behind Lucifer, burning with anger.
As for the red nosed, tearing Satan, he chased after the others in an unsteady manner.
“……Who in the world, opened such a large ‘gate’……”
After approaching it, one again, Emilia shuddered at the large scale of the ‘gate’.
She had never heard of any ‘gate’ which was able to allow a huge Malebranche army--- chieftain ranked Ciriatto and
more than 1000 Malebranche troops to pass through, while allowing them to maintain their original forms after.
Since it was a gate that allows the Malebranches to ‘exit’, then they should be unable to go back from this side, but if
this gate was able to operate in both directions, its capacity should be large enough to allow a fully powered Satan
and Emilia to pass through.
An abnormal amount of demon magic was being emitted from the crack in the ‘gate’, it looks like this was the reason
was the Malebranches were able to maintain their demon forms.
“It looks like their demon magic came from this ‘gate’…… Barbariccia might be a Malebranche chieftain, but no
matter what, he is still Maracoda’s surbordinate, does he have the ability to open such a large ‘gate’?”
“It might not be just Barbariccia alone. Isn’t Olba with him? That guy seems to be proficient in the usage of ‘gate’
spells, they might have worked together to open it……”
“What kind of stupid things are you saying, Lucifer? Look at this irregular shape, and the fact that it is still open after
the Malebranches passed through it. Do you think a mere human and demon, would be able to do such a thing?”
“Ugh, like I was saying, why do you drop the honorifics only when you’re talking to me……”
“But if it’s the Demon King in his heyday, he should be able to reach this standard right? Since he was able to make a
‘gate’ to throw Archangel Sariel in……”
Emilia interrupted the conversation between the three demons like it was a natural thing to do.
“But Satan himself is standing here.”
“Ah, you’re right.”
As the scene of demons and the Hero gathering and discussing together is really too strange, Satan gave a small
smile at this.
“……what’s so strange. Don’t look at me with that disgusting expression, I’ll really cut you if you do.”
“Ah, sorry sorry, I didn’t mean it that way.”
Satan waved her hands to stop her in a manner which was not much different from how humans would have done it.
“Do you guys really not know? There is still another method which can open any kind of gate easily.”
“……?”
Alsiel, Lucifer and Emilia showed confused expressions at the same time, causing Satan to laugh again.
“Hey Kameo.”
“Yes.”
Satan asked Kameo, who was standing next to him.
“I wonder how we became how we are right now from before.”
“You are right. This means that, even the Hero is no exception.”
“……Even though I don’t know what both of you are talking about, but I really feel like cutting the both ofyou right
now.”
“Emilia, now isn’t the time to say these things. Come and help to close up that crack too.”
Alsiel advised Emilia in a monotonous voice, gestering towards the dimensional crack.
“……Seriously, you guys owe me a lot this time…..”
Emila stood next to Alsiel, aiming ‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’ at the crack.
“I wouldn’t know about that, please write ‘To Satan’ in the heading.”
“Because you’re always acting like that, that’s why I don’t use honorifics when addressing you.”
Kameo stretched an arm towards the crack while giving a warning to Lucifer.
“All of you are with me through thick and thin. If it’s just me, who knows how she will make things difficult for me.”
After saying this, Satan put a hand on the jewelled sword at his waist.
The jewelled sword which took up most of Kameo’s waist looked like a small knife when held by Satan, whose build
was much larger than that of a human.
However----
“Ah……this feeling is so nostalgic.”
The blade of the jewelled sword started to glow a much brighter deep red colour, this showed that the jewelled
sword was resonating with Satan’s demonic magic.
“So I was this strong before.”
Satan looked at the reflection of his eyes on the blade, and mumbled to himself in a low volume which could not be
heard by others.
“……I’m going to cut off the power maintaining the gate from the space, after that, please drive the leaked demonic
magic back to mend the scar in the space.”
As she listened to the chatter from the demons, Emilia focused her attention on the dimensional crack.
“Cut off the power maintaining the ‘gate’, you can do that sort of thing?”
Emilia only answered Satan’s question with a look.
From the flashing ‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’ in her hands, it was as if an illusion of an energic young girl
puffing her chest out could be seen.
“She said she can do it.”
“I see, what a scary child.”
Emilia left a wryly smiling Satan behind and flew forward by herself.
Like a comet, she flew towards the black humming ‘gate’, which gave off an omnimous air, in a straight line, and
executed two lighting like strikes.
The instant the strikes reached, the intersection between the ‘gate’ and normal space started to waver vigorously.
“Now!”
“Good, seal!”
Coordinating with Emilia’s signal, the four demons released their demonic magic towards the ‘gate’.
The insection point shook continuously, and the crack which started to stablise was rapidly compressing.
If the moan of the foghorn can be described as the roar from a giant dragon, then the loud sound emitted by the
compressed gate, was like a dying throes of a chimera from the legends after it was defeated by the gods, it was a
sound which struck fear even when heard by the king of demons, a sound which did not belong to this world.
The thick fog started to attack the compressed gate.
And it let out a roar of a giant dragon like it was giving the demons a boost.
And then----
?
“The sea……calmed down.”
Suzuno and Chiho, at the empty Inubo, heard the roar of a giant dragon.
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrom…………
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrromm…………
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrommm…………
A roar which sounded like a lone savour from the legends searching for its long lost extinct comrades echoed across
the beach of Inubo.
“Suzuno-san, look, the fog!”
Like it was dispelled by the sound of the foghorn, the fog over the sea disappeared as suddenly as it came.
“Has it ended?”
“It seems like it has ended.”
Amane’s voice and form appeared again from the other side of the slowly dissipating fog.
Amane, who still had the appearance of a cordial shop manager, spoke. The imposingness which she had when she
appeared within the fog earlier could not be felt at all.
“Those scary guys and Bird-san, have returned to ‘the world which they belong to’. And that huge ‘cave’, seems to
be plugged by Maou-kun and the others. However……”
Amane turned towards the sea once again, scratching her face in a troubled manner,
“Maybe they spent too much time, and used up all the power. Even though it can’t be seen that clearly from this
distance, but the three of them probably fell into the sea. The waves are huge, I wonder if they can swim.”
Suzuno and Chiho turned to look at the wryly smiling Amane, then at each other.
“Eh?”
Even though the incident was solved in the middle of the night, even when the huge sun started to peek out from
the horizon, covering the light of the stars, Emi, Maou, Ashiya and Urushihara still have not returned.
With an expression like she was about to cry, Chiho searched for signs of the four people amongst the black sea wih
all her might, and Suzuno could only pray that Emi’s holy magic reaction did not disappear.
Even after day broke, Inubosaki Lighthouse continued to emit the glorious light which it was proud of onto the sea.
The cliffs below the lighthouse did seem to have any paths and led directly to the sea.
Just as the sun was about to rise above the horizon, on the shore below the cliffs of the cape----
“Yusa-san! Maou-san!”
“Alsiel! Lucifer! Are all of you still alive?”
Hero Emilia, with silver white hair, Maou Sadao, Ashiya Shiro and Lucifer, the four of them drifted to shore, soaking
wet.
“Huff……huff, Chi, Chi-chan, Bell……uh, that, the incident, has ended, mostly……”
Emilia gasped for breath, breathing in large gulps, deactivating her transformation before the two could look
towards her, returning to the usual hair colour of Yusa Emi.
“Chi-nee chan, Suzu-nee chan!”
At this time, another small human form appeared.
“Alas=Ramus-chan!”
“Listen, listen, Mama, Papa, Birdie, Alsiel and Lucifer, everyone! Erhm…..”
Alas=Ramus was talking with all her might in an excited manner.
“They got rid of all these things that look like this with a ‘Don’, and even ‘shu’ed a really big ‘bang’!”
“……”
“……”
They did not understand what she was trying to express at all.
“After that, after being wrapped and taken care of a little, the little birdie went back!”
“The little birdie went back…..Kameo-san returned to the Demon World?”
Chiho asked Maou, but strangely, Maou didn’t even have the energy to speak, taking short breaths over and over
again in an exhausted manner.
“After that sword…..returned to the Demon World with Kameo, the fog dissipated.”
After adjusting her breathing, Emi got up slowly.
“Then these guys suddenly changed back into humans, and they were about 200 feet above the sea!”
“Eh?”
“Seriously, they let out a pleasant scream that I was tempted to record down and fell into the sea. Even though I
don’t know how they changed form, but even if they change back to humans, they should preserve some demonic
magic so they can fly back.”
For Emi, she shouldn’t have much excess left. Even if she still maintained her half angel form, to swim in the
billowing large waves of Choshi while dragging three guys along was obviously not an easy thing to do.”
“……You owe me big time. Seriously……you bunch of demons who lack any planning.”
“Mama is very wet, are you alright? Will you get a cold?”
“I’m alright. How about Alas=Ramus?”
“I’m fine!”
Even though this is actually the first battle experienced after the merging of the holy sword and Alas=Ramus, like
what she said, Alas=Ramus did not suffer any unusual side effects.
“You worked hard today. I’ll give you a reward later.”
“Un!”
“Alright, alright, good job everyone.”
Amane, who walked down from the path, looked at everyone with squinted eyes after clapping her hands, even if
Maou and the others already knew she was not an ordinary human, they still did not know if she was friend or foe.
Emi and Suzuno couldn’t help but assume a guarded stance.
“Ah, hey hey, why do you look like you want to fight. I don’t plan to do anything. I will properly explain to all of you
later, even if it is summer, with the four of you like this, you would still…….”
Emi looked up to glare at Amane, but in the end, she couldn’t hold it in----
“Achoo!”
She sneezed hard.
“……catch a cold.”
Amane pointed to the cape when she finished speaking.
“Anyway, let’s return to Ooguro-ya first. I already prepared hot water for you to bathe with. Come on, take a look.”
Amane raised a hand to the front of her forehead, looking at the surface of the sea.
“Isn’t this a beautiful morning which matches well with the end of a battle?”
At this time, the sun happened to rise above the horizon, and the light from the Inubosaki Lighthouse turned off at
the same time. The source of light at the top of the lighthouse, the room known as the light room slowly lowered the
light blocking screens, covering up the first order Fresnel lens which watched over the safety of the ocean.
The highest grade sunrise in Japan which Choshi was proud of, extended its rays towards the Hero, demons and
humans who ended their battle.
?
The sun totally left the horizon and the atmosphere in Kimigahama seemed to hint that it would be a hot day today.
Even though they just experience a huge mess yesterday, the only beach house in Kimigahama, Ooguro-ya, was busy
with preparations to open the store.
According to Amane----
“No matter what troubles you are facing, as a Japanese, as long as the shop and customers are around, the shop has
to open.”
This seems to be the situation.
Of course, from the standpoint of Maou and the others, it’s not as if they had nothing to say about that, but at that
time, the employer used a hard tactic.
Even though a huge melee from a foreign dimension was experienced yesterday, and Maou’s true identity was seen-
---
“If you do not listen, then I won’t hand out any salary.”
One sentence from Amane caused the three demons to keep quiet obediently.
Therefore, Maou started to wipe the tables, Urushihara started to fill the child sized pool with water and Ashiya
started to prepare the ingredients while referring to the number of customers who came yesterday.
“When I first appeared, Chiho-chan and Kamazuki-chan were really afraid of me. What kind of person did you
imagine me to be, and what did you say to them?”
“Oh my, because we really don’t know anything about you……”
Maou tried to justify himself with an excuse.
After Emi, Maou and the others flew to the sky, Suzuno and Chiho had been waiting for them in the hotel.
Even with the knowledge that the Malenbranche army was approaching, for allowing Chiho to stay at Kimigahama
despite that, Maou had lectured Emi on this point from the start.
“If Amane-san’s power is real, I was thinking even if something unexpected happened, there shouldn’t be any
danger.”
But Emi used this reason to justify her actions.
“Hey hey, besides Chiho-chan, there should be another girl around. Regarding this, don’t all of you have any
thoughts about it?”
“I’m, I’m alright! They are just mere Malebranches, even if I have to protect Chiho-dono at the same time, I can still
fight!”
Suzuno, who stayed in the shop for unknown reasons while feeling awkward, immediately replied loudly in a
flustered manner when she heard Amane shift the topic to her.
“Oh my, Suzuno was strong to begin with, I’m very thankful that she could help to protect Chi-chan……”
“~~!”
“Demon King-sama, how can you say it like this! Ignoring the actual circumstances, it sounds as if she was the only
one who was left out and didn’t know about Kameo-sama, so at this time, you have to be concerned about her argh!”
Ashiya, who frantically decided to give advice, fainted due to an attack to the back of his head because whatever he
said could be heard clearly by other people. It looks like he was attacked by a soysauce bottle this time.
“Who was left out! I don’t care about insignificant things like this at all! Basically, as long as I take action, if doesn’t
matter if it was an army of 1000, or 2000 demons, all of them will become coral debris at the bottom of the sea,
Emilia is really too soft hearted!”
Even though Suzuno had an angry appearance, but she pouted like she still felt some loneliness and glared at Emi,
who was also in the corner of the store.
“Emilia, I heard that didn’t even kill one demon, how did that happen!”
“No special reason.”
Emi stayed in a shady area of the store, and she was the only one wearing a swimsuit.
As she fell into the sea, Emi’s clothes were undergoing emergency cleaning, so for Emi, who did not prepare a
change of clothes, had no choice but to wear the swimsuit which was hung up last night tide over the situation.
“I just…..do not wish to kill the opponent in front of me out of hatred anymore. Of course, I can say with certainty
that I will still take the life of my opponent if there is a necessity to do so……but……”
Emi glanced at Maou, who was wiping the tables.
“Even if I want to fight, I would have to wait until I return to that side, or else it would just be unfair. Of course, I am
unable to use my full ability in Japan as well, but I feel that Ciriatto’s original ability should be stronger than that. It’s
not difficult to kill, but I’m already tired of the battle methods which would only create hatred in my opponent.”
Emi raised both her hands, showing a pose of surrender.
“A strange battle like this cannot bring about the future at all. As long as we display overwhelming power in the end,
we would be able to gain victory, this is why I chose not to kill them.”
“Sigh……seeing girls talk about violence and killing in the morning, is Yamato Nadeshiko an illusion?”
(T/N: Yamato Nadeshiko describes the ideal Japanese woman. Refer to the link below for a comprehensive
description, http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YamatoNadeshiko)
Amane, who was preparing small change in front of the cashier, said this with a tone like she had lost hope with the
world.
“Then……that light is the light from the lighthouse, and the one who controlled the fog is Amane-san, right? What is
that fog? What happened to the One Eyed Tattooed Demon and beast demon at the beginning……did they die?”
Amane still used the same tone of voice to answer the questions which Urushihara asked as he drank the store’s
Oletimin C.
“As the child of the Tree of Life, one has to stay in the same place as the Tree of Life one was born from.”
“Ah?”
As the term ‘Tree of Life’ appeared in a place no one expected, everyone tensed up at that moment.
“They only returned to the place which they belong to, that light only helped to point a path for them. Sigh, even
though the method is a bit forceful, but those guys staying would only cause trouble to others, and we cannot allow
them to disrupt our business.”
Amane answered with regards to territory, and looked towards Maou.
“Maou-san, you should have met with Aunt Mi-chan, right?”
“Ye, yeah, of couse……”
“Have you heard about us from here before?”
“Us……what is that supposed to mean, eh? You’re not referring to being relatives or something?”
“Ah, then I can’t. If it’s like this, I can’t say anything more.”
Amane closed the drawer to the cashier and shook her head with a wry smile.
“What is going on? Are the both of you, really not normal humans?”
After preparing most of the vegetables, Ashiya asked this as he sharpened the vegetable knife on the whetstone, but
Amane just shook her head in reply.
“That’s true. Sigh, perhaps I really cannot be considered human…..but I don’t have any issues during my annual
checkup, my body is really healthy, you know.”
“Uh, that, I wasn’t asking about that……”
“Does it matter, it’s fine as long as we’re alive.”
After saying this, Amane walked up to Emi.
“……This?”
“She’s sleeping soundly.”
Amane looked at Emi’s eyes, and placed her hand on Emi’s forehead.
Since she is looking directly into Emi’s eyes, she obviously knew that Emi is still awake.
Perhaps Amane knew that Alas=Ramus was within Emi’s body.
“Please treasure this child, don’t make her sad. She might be a very very distant relative of mine.”
“Eh?”
Before Emi could decipher the meaning behind that sentence, Amane had already withdew her head and had turned
around to leave.
“So, the morning preparations should just almost done, right?”
Amane shouted towards Maou, Ashiya and Urushihara.
“Ah, it feels like I came at the right time?”
Chiho appeared from the back of the store, holding Emi’s clothes.
“It looks like it will be very hot today. Even though it was only hung up for a while, it’s already dry. Here, Yusa-san.”
“Th, thank you, Chiho.”
Emi, with her gaze still on Amane, accepted the clothes from Chiho.
“Yeah, so everyone……”
Amane clapped her hands loudly, attracting everyone’s attention----
“Even though it has been a short time, but I’m thankful for everyone’s help during this time. However, I cannot
continue to employ all of you.”
And said these astonishing words.
“““……Eh?”””
Maou, Ashiya and Urushihara replied, stunned.
“Don’t worry everyone, I will think of a way to cope with things later on. Ah, Maou-kun and Kamazuki-chan, Aunt Michan
seemed to have rushed the work, so the apartment renovations have been completed.”
“I, I don’t really understand what you are saying.”
Maou understood what Amane said after some difficulty, and his face turned white under the morning sun.
“Didn’t I tell you about the Snarling Spirits before?”
“Snarling Spirits?”
Thinking about it, the night when everyone was playing with fireworks, Amane did mention that topic.
Snarling Spirits----ship spirits circulating around Choshi.
“Even though the details are a little different, but all those are true stories.”
“Eh?”
“Oh my, because it’s Aunt Mi-chan’s recommendation, I already knew you have some special secrets from the start,
but you people are too strong of a stimulus for the customers. Especially Maou-kun and Ashiya-kun, the both of you
could have upset the energy balance of this beach.”
“……Er, erhm, Amane-san, I’m sorry for interrupting you. Erhm…..”
Chiho, who had turned as pale as Maou for unknown reasons, interrupted when Amane was explaining and pointed
at the corner opposite Emi with a shaking finger.
“Over there……is there a child like shadow sitting there?”
“……Oh no!”
Amongst them, only Amane lifted her head and groaned when she saw it.
For the remaining five, they did not notice the shadow in the corner at all.
The shadow which Chiho pointed to looked up swiftly like it felt that it was being stared at by the others.
“Kyaaaa!”
Emi let out a silent scream and jumped out of her chair in her swimsuit.
Rather than saying that the shadow had no face, it was more accurate to say that the other party was just a shadow.
That black shadow which looked like a human child walked towards the beach under the gazes of its frozen audience.
“De, de, de, de, Demon King-sama……”
After looking in the direction Ashiya pointed towards, the expressions of all those present froze again.
There was currently a commotion on the surface of the sea and the beach.
But these are not the tourists who came to enjoy the beach baths.
They are like the one who just walked out of the store, countless human shaped shadows.
Since an unknown time, in the bright and hot Kimigahama due to the summer sun, countless black shadows had
gathered.
All those shadows have human shapes, and some of them even had swimming floats and beach balls, or were
holding food and drinks.
But that is a huge gathering made up of only shadows.
“A, a, a, a, a, Amane-san, this is?”
The sudden appearance of this phenomenon flustered everyone because they knew nothing about this.
Even though they did not know what these countless shadows are, or if they had evil intentions, no matter what
their thoughts were, they were not the normal human tourists from yesterday.
“Sigh, for things to turn out like this, all of you need to take some responsibility.”
Only Amane appeared totally unshaken and waved her hand nonchalantly.
“Wha, wha, what, what in the world is going on?”
A pale looking Maou stood his ground in front of Chiho to protect her while shouting this.
“About ‘demonic magic’ and ‘holy magic’, have all of you ever thought about what these things are?”
“Wha, what…….”
“Don’t people say that the sunrise has a special power? Actually there aren’t any vengeful spirits of the people who
drowned or Snarling Spirits. This place is one of the few holy sites on Earth which allow the spirits to come to cleanse
their souls. Sigh, even though it’s limited to the time period between the middle of July to the middle of August, they
will be able to regain the peace in their hearts once they come here. My dad and I are fighting in order to protect the
souls of the dead, and are like the guardians of this land. But……”
Amane seemed to look towards Maou with a stern gaze.
“Your ‘demonic magic’ and ‘holy magic’, are things produced in worlds which are approaching destruction. Yesterday,
especially, you released such strong demonic magic on the surface of the sea, causing a distortion in the perfectly
balanced holy site, because of that, they lost the ‘human’ state which they temporaily got back. So, I have to ask all
of you to leave this place.”
“Worlds which are approaching destruction? What. what does that mean?”
Amane replied Suzuno with an intentionally faked smile,
“The Earth has many powers and mysteries which all of you do not know about. Since a long long time ago……that’s
right, even earlier than the birth of the gods.”
Even though it was obvious that Amane was changing topics, but she did not give Suzuno and the rest any
opportunities to ask questions.
“Sigh, that’s the situation. Sorry, I will add more bonuses into your pay, about the money I will give all of you some
preferential treatment and handle it properly, you can be assured about that.”
After saying this, Amane flicked her finger. Then----
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrom…………
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrromm…………
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrommm…………
The foghorn sounded.
With that sound, a dense fog which appeared from nowhere covered the whole beach like a ninja’s smokescreen.
Due to the seawind and sanddust, Maou, who could barely open his eyes, heard Amane’s voice.
“I am the Daughter of ‘Understanding’ of Earth.”
Logically, the other party is standing in front of them, but because of the disturbance of the wind and fog, Maou did
not know which direction Amane’s voice was coming from.
“Go search for the ‘knowledge’ in your world, and obtain the original state of your world. Aunt Mi-chan must be
expecting you to complete this task.”
Amane’s words ended there.
The instant the foghorn stopped, a gust of wind dissipated the fog.
When everyone regained their sight, the sea water baths of Kimigahama, the strange existances and the beach
house Ooguro-ya had suddenly disappeared without a trace.
There wasn’t even the original wide and bright expense of beach, the concrete footpath in front of them followed
the shoreline closely because of the levees, and countless armoured blocked were scattered across the surface of
the sea. These were similar to the things Chiho saw between the waves on the first day she came to Ooguro-ya. This
shallow beach covered in reef did not look like it can be made into a seawater bath facility no matter how one looks
at it.
Only Maou, Ashiya, Urushihara, Emi, Chiho and Suzuno were left at the scene, as well as their luggage, left on the
footpath with sparse grass growing on it in a lonely manner.
“This, this, this……”
Maou was shocked, and a chill ran out his spine.
“What in the world happened?”
Following the sea winds of Kimigahama, Maou’s shout was carried far away over the surface of the sea.
Even though they probably weren’t answering his shout, things resembling red papers drifted down from the sky,
dropping by the feet of Maou and the rest. And after counting them, there were six of them.
“Ma, Maou-san, this is!”
Chiho showed the surface of the red papers to Maou.
“Reward……packets?”
?
With two and a half days of work after including the preparation time, for one person to able to get paid 50,000 yen,
it only can be described as an unprecedented good haul.
Including the 10,000 yen for Chiho and Emi and Suzuno’s 20,000 yen, it was practically all the proft earned from the
first day.
Considering that this is a mysterious phenomenon that even the king of the Demon World is unable to understand,
the future direction of Ooguro-ya is worrisome.
“This, this money…..would it suddenly turn to leaves when we’re not noticing?”
After seeing the gathering of countless shadows, it wasn’t strange for Suzuno to suspect such a thing.
After everyone present examined the notes in their hands one by one like misers, someone said casually,
“…..let’s go home.”
As there was no place to hide from the sights of the others, Emi had no choice but to wear her dried clothes over her
swimsuit.
To Maou and the others, the hotel at Cape Inubo and the lighthouse looked no different from their appearance in
the past two days, but if they stopped a random passerby to ask if there was a seawater bath facility here, they
would probably get a negative answer.
In the past, the landlady had also disappeared after showing an attitude that she seems to know something, making
the most important piece disappear without a trace, so even if they wish to search for clues about the Ooguro-ya or
Amane, they would probably turn up with nothing.
Just in case, they tried to dial Amane’s mobile number, but they only receives the message that there was no phone
signal or that the phone was turned off.
“Demon King-sama, erhm, I found this near the luggage.”
Maou looked at the piece of paper Ashiya passed over.
“Rather than saying she is sly, it’s more of that I don’t really know the extent of how thorough she can
be…..seriously.”
It was Amane’s handwritten tourist guide map of Choshi.
?
For the scenery in front of them, 330 degrees were made up of ocean.
And the height was enough to see the whole of Choshi city.
“So what, why don’t we just fly in the sky, ow!”
After Maou made Urushihara, who did not appreciate the feeling, keep quiet, he jumped on top of the steps of the
platform in the middle of the observation deck.
“……so broad.”
Facing the grand paranomic view where the Pacific Ocean and Choshi city can be seen from 360 degrees without any
obstructions, Maou raised his head to look at the sky like he was taking a deep breath.
This place is the “Observatory where the round earth can be seen”.
(T/N: Mount Atago observatory: Mount Atago is a small mountain located about 1.5 km west of Cape Inubo, and the
height is only about 74 meters. On the top, there is the observatory building. In Japanese, it is called "Chikyuu no
maruku mieru oka tenboukan", and the long name means "Observatory where we can see the round earth". From
here, we can enjoy 360-degree view, and additionally we can see the sea with a 330-degree field of view.)
In addition, rather than saying it was an observation deck, it was more of a refined building roof, climbing up a hill
from Inubosaki Station, and erecting a building on top of the hill, it became a unique tourist spot in Choshi.
Even though Maou and the rest planned to return immediately by via the Choshi Electric Railway, when they
reached Inubosaki Station, a train had just left.
By a bad coincidence, the next train would take more than 30 minutes to arrive, and since it would be boring to stay
there and wait, the group decided to come here since it was on the way, and saw a grand scenery which exceeded
their expectations.
Even though the sunlight was strong, there were no clouds to be seen for miles, allowing people to see an
unobstructed view of the whole of Choshi city.
Even though Inubosaki Lighthouse looked huge when one stood next to it, it looked so tiny when it was seen from
here.
“Demon King-sama, how can you think such thoughts how such a small Choshi city? One day, you will need to
conquer the whole of Ente Isla, what if Emilia misunderstands that your capacity is small?”
But Ashiya, if we did not borrow her strength, perhaps we would be unable to protect even this small Choshi city.”
“That……perhaps it is like that.”
“Sigh, before that, if not for the power from you, Urushihara, Maracoda, Adramelech and Kameo, I might not even
be able to unify the Demon World. Then again, you were my enemy from the beginning as well. People who were
my enemies become my comrades later on, supporting my conquest.”
Maou placed his hand on Ashiya’s shoulder.
“Don’t you think that humans will have the same potential as all of you?”
“……I see, perhaps it is really like what you say.”
“Oh my, I thought you would be more surprised.”
“I am already used to Demon King making unorthordox actions.”
Ashiya’s calm reaction caused Maou to pout in dissatisfaction.
“Because isn’t that wasteful? Actually using that thing to generate electricity.”
Maou pointed to the giant wind turbines lined up at Byobugaura.
“Even though they have no demonic magic, they are still able to construct something like a sky tree which is even
taller than the Demon Fortress.”
“Demon King-sama, according to the map, that should be Choshi Port Tower. The Demon Fortress is actually taller
than that building.”
“It’s also the same for the Choshi Electric Railway, even though its appearance is old and it’s inconvenient, but it
created a new culture because of that, how can be allow these people to die out just like that. Don’t you wish to
conquer all these things as well?”
“It’s fine if you wish to expand your ambitions, but first think of a way to obtain demonic magic in a more stable
manner.”
Ashiya gave a wry smile to Maou, whose eyes were shining like a child, then Emi suddenly asked,
“Then again, how did you guys get enough demonic magic to revert back to your original forms?”
Logically, in the areas around Inubo, there should be any incidents or accidents which occurred to be able to obtain
negative feelings from a lot of humans……
“Ah, didn’t Kameo bring a sword over? That sword was my horn which you cut off.”
“……Eh?”
Emi couldn’t help but be stunned after hearing this.
“It seems to be something Olba brought over. He used the shards of my horn to make a sword, but was unable to
find any human who was able to wield it, and it became a negotiating chip with Kameo in the end. But actually, the
problem lies with this thing.”
Maou took out something from the pocket of his pants, and passed it to Emi.
It was the size of a marble, and emitted a purple glow under the sunlight.
“This, this is……?”
“This jewel was hidden within the sheath. Didn’t Kameo say this before? Olba left a clue to search for the holy sword,
he should be referring to this.”
“Then, who was the one who made the sheath …..”
“I don’t think that Olba has the means to make a sword from my horn directly. Even though I don’t know where this
thing was made, but it was taken away by Olba later. Sigh……if that’s the case, I can sort of imagine what kind of
person is backing Olba from the shadows.”
“Then again……according to the internal investigations from the Church, Olba-sama did have a large number of
shards from your horn……but how can a sword be crafted from these shards?”
“How would I know.”
For Suzuno, who came to Japan to investigate Olba and the traces of Maou’s horn, this is a situation which she
cannot ignore.
After all, even until now, Olba was still an authority representing the Church in the Western Continent of Ente Isla.
What reasons did he have to carry out such actions, this was still a problem which has yet to be solved.
“The fragment of ‘Yesod’ was probably used to suppress my demonic magic? It was a safety against the leakage of
demonic magic after changing my horn into a sword. The reason why Kameo, the One Eyed Tattooed Demon, and
the others were able to maintain their demon forms, is most likely because they used this. Sigh, but even though
they were looking for the holy sword so frantically, allowing one of the fragments to slip out of his hands so
carelessly, I don’t know what he is thinking.”
Emi looked at the purple jewel in her hand ---- the fragment of ‘Yesod’.
“Anyway, this thing is useless in my possession, so it’s a gift to Alas=Ramus. And this might end up helping you as
well?”
“Th, thanks…..wrong, that’s now how it should go!”
Emi, who involuntarily became honest, shook her head and said,
“Have you ever thought that this will only make me stronger? Just merging with Alas=Ramus was enough to defeat
an archangel, you know?”
“Then you don’t want it?”
Maou tutted in a disinterested manner.
“Really, don’t underestimate my demonic magic too much, just the residual demonic magic from my broken horn
was enough to cause four demons to transform back. So when I regain my original power, I will conquer everything,
you included, prepare yourself.”
“What!”
Chiho, highly sensitive, heard what Maou said.
“Maou-san! What you said just now was referring to conquering the world, that’s what it is right?”
After Chiho said this, it felt as if the words ‘conquering the world’ had become much lighter, dissipating with the
wind.
As for Emi----
“Wh, wh, wha, what nonsense are you spouting!”
She was red in the face and became very flustered.
“It’s still not too late. Quickly find Amane-san, forcefully send the Demon King and the others back to the Demon
World and fight them immediately. Let’s do that, yeah, that should be done.”
Suzuno showed a dark expression and mumbled to herself like she was chanting a curse.
“Demon King-sama, we are in a public place, please exercise more restraint.”
“Maou, I feel embarrassed just hearing that from the side. The weather is so hot, and I don’t want to become more
tan, just hurry up and come down already.”
Ashiya became frantic because of all the various dangerous meanings contained within Maou’s sentence, and
Urushihara continued to reproach him in a disinterested manner from a safe place.
“I, I……this is the first time I experienced such shame!”
Emi’s face became very red due to the anger she felt, and it was as if she would run over any moment to choke
Maou.
Hopefully, she would not swing her holy sword in her frantic state.
The pitiful childish argument between human and demon was sucked into the miles of cloudless summer sky,
vanishing without a trace.
Vol 4 Final Chapter
In the southern region of Isla Kentourm, where the Restoration Administration of the Central Continent of Ente Isla
was located and where the various dispatches from different countries of the Five Continent Knight Alliances resided,
there was a large city known as Norse Quatas.
Even though Ente Isla is already so peaceful that the various continents have started political disputes and power
struggles, the report which reached the administration agency of Norse Quatas that morning, caused panic amongst
the various important strategic locations and the commanders of the Knight Alliance.
The Afsahan Empire, which unified the Eastern Continent, one sidedly declared war against the Knight Alliances in
the North, West and South continents under the name of the Unifying Azure Emperor. This meant that they planned
to suppress the Central Continent by force.
Compared to other nations in the world, Afashan, who unified the Eastern Continent ha d a large amount of land and
high population, but as the Eastern Continent was a nation which expanded due to one nation devouring the
neighbouring nations, it had continuous internal strifes, and an unstable government.
On the seas between the North and South Continents, the navy troops for the two nations often have small scale
conflicts and ceasefires, therefore everyone though that the war declaration from Afashan was only an empty threat
and need not be taken seriously.
However, the Knights Alliance received reports after that, saying that amongst the troops sent by Afashan to the
boundaries of the various contients of North, Central and South, there were sightings of demons.
As a result, the decisive final blow occurred when all the members from the Eastern Knight Alliance were recalled
back to their home nation, in esscence, the Five Continent Knight Alliance had already fallen apart. Practically all the
Knight Alliances returned to the continent they belonged to in order to protect their home nation.
Because of that, the Central Continent, the ambiguous zone without any battle power, was faced with extreme
danger.
The war declaration of the Unifying Azure Emperor was merciless.
He rejected all requests related to harmony and peace, and gave a warning that unless they swore loyalty to Afashan,
or presented a certain object to him, he would definitely not agree to sovereignty of the Central Continent.
And that ‘certain object’, made it difficult for the four continents opposing Afashan to form a united front.
As they were unable to forget the terror felt when under the rule of the Demon Army, the North and South
continent decided to bow to the Eastern Continent and started to take on the responsibility to investigate the
‘certain object’ which the Western Continent had.
As for the Western Continent, due to the animosity between the Church, which was still highly influential, and the
holy Saint Aire nation, they were unable to reach a consensus, and the peace in Ente Isla which lasted only two years
officially ended.
As for the ‘certain object’ requested by Afashan----
it was the ‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’.

----End----
Vol 4 Afterword
Author, Afterword ----AND YOU----

Even I was still an elementary school student, I had gone to a beach with loding during my family vacations, at that
time, one of the flying rockets set off by a group of young people playing with fireworks went off course because of
the strong sea wind and hit my hit, causing serious burns.
Thanks to the auntie at the hotel giving appropriate emergency aid, I bore no scars from the incident, but after that,
there was a period of time when I was unable to use any fire spells in my games. Even though it doesn’t feel like
anything much when I wrote it here, but it is a serious mental trauma for young children. After all, hair will not grow
out of the area which was burned for quite a long time.
Everyone, please clean up properly after you are done playing with fireworks and enjoy yourself while being
respectful of the rules.
This time, with regards to the land created story for the ‘work’ stage for the Demon King and Hero, it was one of the
goals when I conceptualized “The Devil is a Part Timer!”.
This land has two miracles.
One of them is excluding outlying islands and high mountains, this is the earliest place to see the sunrise on the main
island, this is a miracle of nature.
The other is simply through a piece of Senbei, and a combination of timelessness, geographical advantage and unity,
they were able to save the region and the industry, this is a miracle of human society.
They did not reply on charity or assistance, but tackled the money issues directly, and with continuous effort,
polishing and charm, the internet and real human emotions were tied together, allowing the Choshi Electric Railway
to continue in a stable manner. The author thinks that this story is an economic effect caused by humans through
work, presenting a kind of ideal situation.
To be able to work in this land, it should be a precious experience for the Demon King and the others, but even if the
author thinks so because of concern, the Demon King and Hero themselves probably didn’t consider these things,
and were focused on putting in their best effort in an unfamiliar land and workplace for the sake of the bustling life
tomorrow, this book is describing this kind of story.
With regards to Urushihara’s rude comment, he did not habour any malice, and as for what Ashiya said after feeling
troubled for a while, the author wants to offer his deepest apologies to the great people involved in the Choshi
Electric Railway the the staff of the Apollo Project on behalf of these Demon Generals.
In addition, the actual Kimigahama Shiosai Park prohibits swimming because of the waves and current, and there is
no beach house, so there is no way to enjoy a seawater bath, please understand everyone.
In a gratifying manner, this volume of “The Devil is a Part Timer!” finally entered the first anniversary of the series. At
this point, to conclude this afterword, I offer my sincerest thanks to the editor A-san, the one in charge of the
illustrations 029-san, AMW and the people responsible for proofreading, printing and circulation, the bookstores as
well as you readers who picked up this book.