Hataraku maou-sama ! Volume 9 Part 3

Hataraku Maou-Sama ! Vol 9 

Hata-Maou Vol 9 Translations

Vol 9 Part 3:

Haraku maou sama volume 9 part 3 :)

Hataraku Maou-Sama Vol 9 

Translation Vol 9

Vol 9 Chapter 3: Demon King, focusing on getting ready to set out

“Didn’t I say I cannot confirm how many days it would take?”

“The limit is one week! Who would spend so much money on something which is only used for one week!”

“That’s your problem isn’t it! What if it cannot be solved in one week? The possibility of a time extension needs to be considered to prepare the resources!”

“You always thinking so pessimistically! It’s not what if things cannot be settled! It’s that things must be settled! Since we’re members of society, we would need to finish our work within a fixed time period!”

“Then setting a time period which cannot be kept no matter what happens, is that still considered a decent member of society? If work can be finished just by great principles and mentalism, then everyone would not have to work so hard!”

“Being too fixated on ideals will never end things! No matter how hard we work, there’s a limit to the preparations we can make for different circumstances! Saving costs in places which cannot save costs, it’s enough with civil servants and politicans doing it!”

“People like you who only complain about wastage are more likely to be unable to preserve important items! If it’s just shouting about efficiency, efficiently, even a myna can do it!”

“What did you say!”

“What about it!”

“Eeerhm, both of you are too loud! Don’t fight like that!”

Chiho tried to placate the quarrelling Maou and Suzuno with all her might.

Even though when listening from the side, it sounded like an unfocused debate between a employer and employee about the recent labour situation, but right now, the three of them were actually at the camping supplies section of the Don Quijote Minamicho store, which was a thirty minutes walk away from Sasazuka.

The reason for their quarrel was simple.

In order to avoid getting caught by the Afashan Hakin Knight Troops which had ties with the enemy, Maou and others would not be able to stay in large cities when travelling in Afashan.

Because they predicted that they would mainly camp out during this journey, so Maou and Suzuno were currently making related preparations, however both of them had disagreements with the camping strategy.

“There’s only three of us anyway! Buying one tent is enough! Since we might be attacked by enemies, then it would be better if there are less things to throw away!”

Considering that amount of luggage Suzuno’s Moped would have to carry and the one week journey, Maou felt hat one tent would be enough.

“Don’t be stupid! It should be two tents, and one sleeping bag per person! Besides having to take care of our physical health, basically Acies and I are females! How can we squeeze into a small tent with you!”

“T, that’s right! Maou-san, it’s not good to sleep together with girls after all!”

It looks like Suzuno placed decreasing the burden on their bodies as much as possible as the top priority, and no matter what, she wanted to avoid the situation of sleeping under the same roof as Maou.

Even when not considering the emergency situation, Chiho, who found it difficult to accept Maou sleeping under the same roof as other females, still chose to support Suzuno----

“Thinking so lowly of me, I won’t do something so crass at this kind of time!”

“T, that’s right, Maou-san is a gentleman!”

But immediately, she spoke up for Maou in reflex.

“Chiho-dono, whose side are you on!”

“S, sorry……”

And got hit by an unnecessary rebuke.

“Then again, this is not an issue of thinking lowly of you or not! Even though you’re working everyday, don’t you even have the money to buy a tent?”

“Don’t lump me together with an elegant single high class jobless person like you! I have to provide food for my subordinates everyday!”

“Don’t make it sound as if I am like Lucifer! How rude!”

“Anyway, one tent is enough! When meeting up with Emi and the others, we would have lost if we are unable to escape! We will open the ‘gate’ once we meet up and leave Ente Isla!”

“Stop being ridiculous! The ‘gate opening spell’ is a very complicated spell! Don’t think that it’s as simple as flagging down a taxi! In addition, what if Emilia and the others are in a situation in which they cannot move immediately! Since it cannot be guaranteed that a ‘gate’ can be opened immediately after meeting up to escape, we still need more than one tent to be able to hide!”

“Ugh……if so, then at least choose the summer sleeping bags over here! It’s cheap and small!”

“It’s almost autumn over there! It might be colder than expected! If we catch a cold, how would we have the energy to carry out a rescue operation!”

“T, t, t, t, then, if so, let’s talk about the tents later, why don’t we buy the other things first? We can decide after confirming the quantity of the other luggage, would that be good?”

In order to placate Maou and Suzuno, whose conversation had no focus, Chiho raised a new proposal.

However……

“Demon King! Didn’t I say that there is a weight limit on the cargo? Just the backup petrol is a lot, why did you still buy so much mineral water!”

“I don’t know how it’s like before, but I’m a human right now! What if I get diarrhea from being unused to the water quality!”

“You weak demon! Not only does Afahan have a rich supply of water, they also have abundant food! There are rivers and water sources everywhere, so it would be enough to bring this water filter and water storage tank! About the water, we can prepare them at that place!”

“Didn’t you say something about prioritising the taking care of physical health just now?”

The both of them immediately started to quarrel about water.

“We ought to bring rice after all.”

“No, we should bring udon.”

“I say, isn’t cooking udon in the wild too exaggerated?”

“An inexperienced person using a mess tin to cook rice would definitely fail. On the other hand, instant dry udon noodles can be cooked quickly and there’s no need to worry about failure, it’s light as well, so there are no drawbacks.”

“Then wouldn’t it be better to bring biscuits or similar long lasting foods, since it’s short term.”

“Food is a basic thing. When there is leeway, there is no need to live in such a difficult manner.”

“Even so, udon is too…..”

They could not even reach a conclusion about food.

“We still need bug repellent.”

“That’s true, there are a lot of bugs in the wild.”

Only with bug repellent, for unkown reasons, they instantly agreed.

“For the lantern, let’s choose the burning type!”

“No, LED type is better!”

“Ente Isla has the burning type as well, so even if there is a situation which we need to abandon them, it would make it harder to trace!”

“But comparatively, the amount of luggage will increase, and for the electric type, it can be turned on and off with the press of a button! And not only does this have mechanical modes of charging, it would also help charge mobile phones!”

“The burning type lantern is beter! The lantern fuel can be replenished in Ente Isla, so the amount of luggage can be decreased! For mobile phone charging, we just need to bring mobile power! Mobile phones are only amplifers for Idea Link in Ente Isla anyway, it makes no difference if they’re turned on or off, and tracking how much power is left is meaningless!”

“Wrong! LED lights are definitely more convenient! Don’t tell me you have no confidence in even using such a simple electrical product?”

“What are you talking about? You’re the one poisoned by science and civilisation! Are you still a Demon King like this?”

Just as the both of them started to stick to their own views about a light source at night and were unwilling to budge---

“…………Both of you stop a bit!”

“Ugoh?”

“Ohh?”

In the end the one who got angry was not anyone else but Chiho.

“I roughly know what the problem is! Both of you have no camping experience right?”

“No, no I don’t……”

Maou scratched his face in embarrassment.

“R, rather than camping……everytime there is a need to sleep outside during missionary trips, most of the things were handled by the monks……”

Suzuno made excuses in a soft voice.

“Inexperienced people without any plans are just wasting time no matter how they imagine! It’s better to look for an employee or go to a speciality camping equipment store to look for a professional to help draw up the plan okay!”

““……Yes.””

After being scolded by Chiho, Suzuno and Suzuno became depressed.

“Ohh, Chiho is so strong.”

In a place where there was nothing, Maou’s whole body suddenly emitted a strong purple glow, and the next instant, a silver and purple haired girl appeared next to him.

“Even though I have some idea, basically Maou isn’t able to raise his head in front of girls huh?”

“Uwahhh!”

Acies=Ara suddenly appeared, causing Maou and Suzuno to frantically survey their surroundings.

The both of them breathed a sigh of relift after confirming that no one in their surroundings were paying attention to this place, however only Chiho looked up at the ceiling in the store, her face tightening.

“Erhmmm! Maou-san, Suzuno-san! Let’s leave the store first!”

After managing to get the three people who had question marks above their heads out of the store, Chiho, gasping for breath, said,

“It was all recorded by the survellience camera……please be more careful in the future.”

Compared to Emi, who would pay careful attention to her surroundings when allowing Alas=Ramus to appear and merge, Maou was really too careless.

“Ugh, s, sorry. Hey, Acies, didn’t I say that you can’t just come out on your own whenever you like……”

“I didn’t even think that there was still a survellience camera. As expected of Chiho-dono, you do live in the modern era after all.”

“Chiho is amazing!”

“If Suzuki-san saw this……she might even suspect if Maou-san is really the Demon King……”

The trio looked towards Chiho with expressions of awe, causing the latter to sigh.

“That’s right, Suzuno-san, did you hear what kind of preparations Yusa-san made? Next time consider her situation and make some enquiries at a more specialised store.”

“Hm……Emilia did have Emerada-dono there to meet her. But based on the arrangement, she should be travelling alone after reaching there. Sigh, even though in the end, decisions will be made based on what Alas=Ramus wants.”

In other words, she did not know anything.

“……Anyway, let’s go to another place. We can go to Tokyu Hands first, or take a look at speciality camping equipment shops in the city centre, and listen to their opinions. There’s not much time left.”

After saying this, Chiho started to walk, leading the way.

After turning back and confirming that the three of them were following, Chiho suddenly started thinking about what will happen when Emi returns safety.

Even though Rika looked like she had calmed down on the surface, would she be willing to forgive Emi, who had been telling her lies?

After finishing the discussion at the Demon Fortress, Rika went directly to report to work as she had to work today.

She showed a complex expression when she left, causing Chiho some uneasiness which she could not erase away.

“Exchange of different cultures is really difficult……”

Currently behind her, Maou and Suzuno were continuing the debate which started at Don Quijote, Chiho turned behind and looked at the both of them and felt once again the special circumstances surrounding her.

“But……even if Yusa-san and Ashiya-san come back safely……”

Chiho looked up at the reflection of her mental state----a sun covered by clouds.

“How long……can I stay with everyone……”

Even if she searched the whole world, no one would be able to answer this question.



“Thank you for your call!”

“““Thank you for your call!”””

“We will earnestly be of service!”

“““We will earnestly be of service!”””

“MgRonalds Delivery!”

“““MgRonalds Delivery!”””

“……Yeah, the basic response is roughly like this.”

Kisaki looked at the document in her hands with a cold gaze.

The employees of the MgRonalds in front of Hatagaya Station, including Maou and Chiho, as the employees repeated along to Kisaki’s voice, they waited for what their boss would say next with tense expressions on their faces.

“Even though there is still quite some time until it actually starts, I want to hand this information to you, the main forces first. All of you have to do is familiarise yourself with it.”

Maou looked at the stack of A4 sized documents which Kisaki passed out with a stern expression on his face.

“Of course, you can first practice at the branches which have subsidies. People who are willing can find me later. But because the application period is short, the people who wish to go have to tell me as early as possible.”

“““Yes!”””

“Ah, one more thing, even though there’s no need to specially say it to all of you right now……”

Kisaki tapped the papers like she suddenly thought of something and said while shrugging her shoulders,

“But having a sincere attitude to the products is to be expected. I believe that within my employees, there is no one who is so inexperienced that they are only able to work sincerely after repeating what is on this information document. Then, I hope that everyone would be able to fight bravely in their own way today. Go back to work!”

The meeting in the employee room ended, during the time when his colleagues left the room to return to their work stations, Maou surveyed that stack of documents once more.

Even though Maou really wanted to participlate in the branch store practice which Kisaki mentioned, regrettably, Maou still had not obtained the Moped license.

Like this, even if he participated in the practice, he would not be able to ride the Moped out for delivery, in addition during the application period of the practice, Maou would not be coming to the store to work.

After adjusting the shift timetable with all his might, he was finally able to organise a timetable to go to Ente Isla.

Even though he would need to return favours to almost all his colleagues at the store in front of Hatagaya station after this, because Maou had always took his work seriously in Japan and was able to work closely with his colleagues at the workplace, he was able to manage to ask so many people to take over his shifts.

If it was just a selflish action by one person, such a thing would not have been achieved at all.

“Maou-san……are you alright?”

Perhaps she was worried about Maou, who was looking at the documents with a stern expression on his face, Chiho spoke up in concern.

“Yeah, I’m fine. It’s only because I can’t participate in the practice, so it’s a bit saddening. Even though I probably would not fail at the driving exam again, but when the delivery starts, I would have to start participating in it for real.”

“Eh……yeah.”

However Chiho seemed to blink a few times because she was surprised by Maou’s answer and suddenly smiled in understanding.

“That’s great, it’s the normal Maou-san.”

“Huh?”

“I thought you would feel nervous about the thing tonight.”

“……Aah, I see.”

Maou, who understood what Chiho wanted to say, also smiled as well.

After Maou finished work tonight, he would head towards Ueno.

And this meant that he will be heading towards Ente Isla.

On the contrary, it was only today that he could not find anyone to replace him, and since Kisaki had said that she was going to give out the documents explaining the delivery service today, Maou came to work.

“Because the thing which we need to do over there is simple. We’re just going to bring Emi and the others back. No matter what obstacles we face, we just have to use force.”

Maou continued to speak with a useless expression on his face,

“But it’s different for this. I have no confidence in reading a map, and even if I want to reach before the meal turns cold, I still have to face traffic lights, speed limits, two point right turn and other rules which cannot be broken.”

“For Maou-san, it can bit a bit restricting.”

A Demon King who can fly freely in the air, actually having to worry about breaking the two point right turn rule in Japan, when Chiho thought about this, she smiled subconsciously.

“The job of receiving calls, doesn’t that Emi feel that it’s hard as well? Honestly, if we get strange customers, it would really be troublesome, and in addition, doesn’t the delivery Moped have a gauge which is called squid or octopus installed to send the data back to headquarters? Once I think that ratings will decrease because I got lost, I would be filled with uneasiness. Ah~I want to participate in the practice as well!”

(T/N: The gadget Maou was taking about is the Tachometer. In Japanese, it’s written in Katakana and pronounced as Takometa. Octopus in Japanese is Tako, so that’s how Maou got mixed up.)

“Ahaha.”

Maou’s reaction, caused Chiho to think that she was a little dumb to feel nervous even though she was not going, and she could not help but laugh.

“This isn’t funny at all. In comparision, a situation where anything can be done to the other party is so much easier. The human society is really filled with difficulties.”

“Then assuming that Maou-san will conquer Japan as the Demon King in the future, would you abolish those rules?”

“……Chi-chan, do you really know what you’re asking?”

“Of course.”

Chiho replied unbashfully. Maou replied after sighing,

“I’m going to go on a journey while leaving behind an uneasiness which has not been solved, please be more considerate of me.”

However, Chiho did not admit defeat.

“This time, I can really only wait.”

“Hm?”

“Even though I’m really happy just with Maou-san behaving as normal.”

“Uh……”

“But at least make me, who is going to stay behind, feel more at ease.”

Chiho pouted in a rather dissatisfied manner.

“I hope you can at least say something like you’ll definitely come back safely, or that you would bring Yusa-san and Ashiya-san back, reliable words like that.”

Even though Maou understood what Chiho wanted to express, for unknown reasons, Maou showed a reluctant expression.

“I heard Urushihara mention this before, this kind of thing is called a ‘Death Flag’, right?”

“Death……seriously! Maou-san!”

Even if Chiho showed an unhappy expression because of this frivolous description, Maou refused to give in.

“Isn’t it the same in movies? Even if the guy who said these cool words to the main female character did not die afterwards, the plans would normally not go according to plan. In reality, if a person expresses his determination to a person close to him, it would be like riding a tiger and finding it hard to get off, causing the person to lose any leeway, so the more important it is…… Chi-chan?”

Even though Maou was explaining seriously, Chiho, who had an unhappy expression on her face a few seconds ago, was now smiling widely for reasons unknown.

“I understand! If so, then I can only accept it!”

Chiho, who instantly switched her feelings and expression, confused Maou a lot.

One can imagine that the reason for Chiho’s mood getting better was certainly due to the term ‘female main character’.

Because in this scenario, the main character of this adventure was definitely Maou.

“That’s right! Maou-san, have you prepared it?”

“Hm? Hmm? Prepare what? The preparations for going to Ente Isla are almost done.”

“It’s not that! I was referring to Yusa-san’s present!”

“Present? Emi’s? Hm……ah, ahh!”

After Maou diligently searched his memory, he hit his hand with force.

“I totally forgot about it.”

“Seriously……”

Which means, if Emi did properly keep her promise and return to Japan, everyone would probably hold a combined birthday party for Emi and Chiho.

However, after thinking about this, Maou discovered what he had said wrong.

“Ah, b, but Chi-chan’s present……I did think properly about it!”

Because the arrangement was to celebrate both Emi’s and Chiho’s birthday, so if he forgot Emi’s present, it also meant that he had forgotten Chiho’s present. The frantic Maou continued his series of gaffes, but Chiho looked like she did not really mind, and even----

“There’s no need to mind about me, because I have already received it from Maou-san.”

Said something strange.

Even though Maou was confused because it felt like he had heard this before, luckily, Chiho looked like she was not angry.

“Even though it does not sound that appropriate to say so, but even if I prepared some present, I don’t think Emi will be willing to accept it.”

“It’s alright! Even though Yusa-san might not accept it, the important thing is that Maou-san prepared something for her. Yusa-san should not dislike that.”

Maou did not understand the purpose behind preparing a present the other party will not accept, and why was Chiho proactively trying to improve Emi’s impression towards Maou?

“And……right now Yusa-san must have encountered things which she hates a lot. Perhaps even if she does return to Japan, doing so might not solve all the problems, but in order for Yusa-san to be able to cheer up a little after she returns, Maou-san should still prepare a present after all!”

Even though Chiho’s gaze was very serious when she said this, Maou still tried to refute and said,

“Then you should also have predicted that she would shout at my unnecessary actions, like ‘Who would want to accept a present from the Demon King!’, things like that right?”

“Maou-san! Yusa-san would not do such a……uh, even though it’s not a definite thing……but…….”

Chiho had planned to angrily rebuke Maou’s cold answer, but after considering that the probability was not zero, and that there was actually a higher chance to have such a reaction from Emi’s personality, Chiho started to stumble on her words.

“Sigh……anyway, after Emi returns, we have to let her cheer up no matter what, and just be as long winded as before right?”

“T, that’s right! That’s it!”

Chiho leaned forward a little and showed a victory pose.

“So? What present did Chi-chan prepare for Emi? I want to listen as a reference.”

“Me? For me……”

Just as Chiho planned to reveal her idea with a proud expression on her face.

“Hey, what are the both of you doing, it’s time to go to work.”

The supervisor, feeling unhappy about the two people who had not come out after a long time, showed an expression just one step away from becoming a demon after returning to the employee room.

“S, sorry, Kisaki-san!”

“A, alright!”

No matter what, they had chatted for too long, Maou and Chiho frantically ran out of the employee room together.

Recently, as long as they are on the same shift, the both of them would be in charge of the MdCafe on the second floor.

Even though all this was thanks to the qualification training for the MgRonalds Barista, but as they were chased upstairs by Kisaki----

““Pu!””

After Maou and Chiho saw the customers taking up the backrow seats, they could not help but get a shock.

“What’s wrong with both of you?”

“Ah, n, nothing……”

“Nothing’s wrong at all……”

How could there possibly be nothing wrong.

After all, at the innermost table, other than Suzuno, Amane, Acies and Rika, even Urushihara, who had not fully healed, was there.

“Even though I told them to wait at the apartment.”

Maou mumbled in a volume inaudible to Kisaki while walking behind the counter, Chiho picked up the sterilised cloth and started to wipe the unoccupied tables.

After finishing work for today, Maou and Suzuno were going to head to Ente Isla from the National Museum of Western Art at Ueno.

Even though he knew that Rika had mentioned wanting to see them off, but it was still dinner time. The departure time was set as late at night, how many hours are these people going to sit here.

Just like Emi and Alas=Ramus, Maou and Acies could not be separated beyond a certain distance.

However, he had confirmed that the distance between Villa Rosa Sasazuka and the store in front of Hatagaya station

was fine, so Maou specially left her at home in order to concentrate on work, like this, wouldn’t Maou be bothered to the point that he could not concentrate on work?

“Then again, the customers sitting at that time, are those your friends?”

And just as Maou finally put the thoughts of Suzuno and the others out of his mind, Kisaki immediately mentioned those people.

“E, erhm……”

“Kamazuki-san and your roommate…..I remember it’s Urushihara-san right. And the girl with pretty hair, is that your relative?”

“Eh, why……”

Just as Maou wanted to ask ‘Why do you think so, he suddenly changed his thinking.

“Because she looks a lot like the child of your relatives who Chi-chan and Kamazuki-san brought over before.”

That’s right, when Alas=Ramus was still living at the Demon Fortress, in order for her to see Maou, Chiho and Suzuno had brought Alas=Ramus here.

Alas=Ramus and Acies are sisters born from the ‘Yesod’ fragments, in Kisaki’s eyes, who did not know anything, she would naturally think that Acies is Maou’s relative.

The other unfathomable thing is that Alas=Ramus, with an appearance of a young girl, was the older sister, and Acies, who looked only a little younger than Chiho was actually the younger sister.

“It’s, it’s something like that.”

“Why are you replying in such a vague manner? The other two are new faces huh……”

It was Amane’s first visit, and when Rika visited this place before, Kisaki was not in the store.

“Then again, Maa-kun.”

“Yes?”

“Are you going on a long trip?”

“Eh?”

“There’s no need to be so surprised. It’s rare for you to take leave, and you even turned away so many shifts. And Chi-chan also seems restless.”

“……What does this have to do with Chi-chan?”

“If you think it’s unrelated, then you are truly an idiot.”

Even though he never planned to avoid this line of questioning, once he was asked in such a straightforward manner, Maou became a little embarrassed.

“Sigh, I won’t ask you to bring back souvenirs, but you should be careful not to get hurt or sick. If something happens to you……”

Kisaki looked at the back of Chiho as she wiped the tables.

“It feels like another important fighting force would become useless. To my store, it would be a huge loss.”

“……I will keep that in mind.”

“Hey, Suzuno-chan.”

“What is it?”

“I’m more feminine right?”

“……About that.”

“I think that the shop manager would not even care about who wins or loses for this kind of thing.”

Urushihara said mercilessly to Amane who was shaking Suzuno.

“H, hey, is the shop manager actually a really amazing person?”

Rika asked Urushihara.

“Huh? Why would you ask that?”

“Because even Maou-san, who is the Demon King, is willing to follow her right? So, is she some kind of Great Demon King, or deity or something?”

“Kisaki-san is the same and me and Suzuki-san, a normal Japanese person.”

“Oh~Chiho!”

Chiho, who happened to walk over while holding the cloth at this moment, said this softly.

“Eh, is that so? But I heard that Maou-san is the Demon King, and after I saw Acies appear and disappear, I keep feeling that Maou-san working normally is a really strange thing.”

“Sigh, about that part, I still don’t understand it even now……”

Suzuno, who was drinking coffee, agreed with Rika’s confusion.

Even though Maou frequently mentioned that he had no demonic magic, but he was actually hiding a minimum amount of demonic magic.

As long as he used this power, then whether it was obtaining large amounts of money through illegal means, or controlling Kisaki to increase his hourly pay, those were not difficult things to do.

Let’s not talk about whether increasing hourly pay was a reasonable reward for using up demonic magic.

“Of course, that is because Maou-san is a serious and kind person……at least that is what I think……”

Chiho suddenly turned back to look towards the counter.

At this moment, Maou was accepting Kisaki’s guidance and learning the method of brewing coffee.

Even if Maou and Chiho have passed the training set by the company, but Kisaki’s skills at brewing coffee was definitely not at a standard which can be achieved after training for one day and one night.

Ever since he started to be in charge of the MdCafe counter, Maou was occasionally accept Kisaki’s guidance, and learn the skills of brewing coffee during slow periods at work.

“Probably because he is a Demon King, because he is a king with very strong power, so after he turned into a human, he discovered that the things he can do on his own are severely limited.”

“Hm?”

“Perhaps Suzuno-san and Yusa-san would be angry after hearing this, but even if Maou-san really conquered Ente Isla, I think he will treat humans and demons equally in the end.”

If it was Suzuno in the past, she would probably rebuke Chiho immediately.

However, Suzuno did not move at all, and waited for Chiho to continue speaking.

“Why do you think that?”

On the contrary, it was Urushihara who asked this.

“Because I saw Camio-san.”

“Camio?”

Urushihara was surprised at this unexpected name.

Maou and the others had gone to the beachhouse run by Amane in Choshi, and at that time, the black demon warrior bird who appeared at the Choshi beach was the Demon Minster Camio.

Currently he was in the Demon World taking on the duties of the proxy Demon King, ruling the Demon World where Satan was not around, an open minded demon who treated Chiho politely.

Even though Maou-san, Ashiya-san and Urushihara-san all have different demon appearances, the disparity in Camio-san’s appearance is especially obvious. And after seeing Farfarello-san and Libicocco-san afterwards, they have completely diferent appearances……even though I don’t know if I’m correct in saying this……but I was thinking at that time……so there are actually so many species of demons……or more like separated into so many races.”

Chiho stared at her hand which was holding the cloth.

“Maou-san became king after suppressing so many races in the Demon World right. After after suppressing the humans, he would definitely integrate humans under his rule.”

“That’s hard to say! At least I have never heard that kind of order before.”

Urushihara looked up at Chiho in a mocking manner, but Chiho’s answer surpassed his expectations.

“There is you know? I think there should be one.”

“Huh? Why are you saying it like you have witnessed it personally.”

Even if Urushihara rebutted unhappily, Chiho still replied nonchalantly,

“It must have been carried out without Urushihara-san knowing.”

“That’s impossible! Even Ashiya thinks so. We did so in order to conquer the human world Ente Isla……”

“You see, it’s like that after all.”

“Huh?”

“The meaning of the term ‘conquer’ is to integrate a certain society under you right?”

““……?””

Even if they belonged to the side of the aggressor and the defender respectively, Urushihara and Suzuno still looked at each other, not understanding Chiho’s meaning.

“Of course, that does not mean that it would be better for Ente Isla to be ruled by the Demon Army okay? But I think that Maou-san had never planned to drive humans to extinction from the beginning……or more like he did not plan to massacre humans. Else how would a Demon King who suddenly became an ordinary person in the human world be able to respect humans and be so kind to humans.”

“Chiho-chan, your point of view is really interesting.”

Amane said in awe.

“A demon who is able to convert human’s sadness, anger and fear into demonic magic, if he really thought that humans are insignificant beings, he could have trampled on the human world more cruelly. But Demon King Satan let the four Demon Generals ‘conquer’ the various continents. That’s why I think this way. Maou-san must be a ‘king’. If he is unable to understand the importance of the power of every citizen more than anyone, he would be unable to qualify for this position of king.”

“King huh.”

Suzuno looked at her face reflected within the coffee cup.

“It would be a happier life to live on by looking at the good side of things. Especially since I am a king, in order to take the people following me in the good direction, I have a duty to carry this way of life.”

When they went to the electronics store at Shinjuku to buy a television, Maou had said this to Suzuno before.

Even though Suzuno did not take, and did not want to take Maou’s words seriously, even if she was unwilling, she still had to admit that Chiho’s analysis was correct.

“But all this is just conjecture, and guessing Maou-san’s thoughts on my mind might be a bit rude.”

“I don’t understand what Chiho is saying at all!”

Acies, greedily eating cheesecake by herself, looked up at Chiho and proudly did a thumbs up.

After Chiho gave a wry smile at Acies, who was totally at her own pace, she continued speaking,

“Doesn’t the human mind occasionally think of many things at once, and naturally contradict each other? So perhaps he did not think that far ahead, and is only continuously focusing on what is interesting in front of him.”

“So that means that Maou is not thinking at all?”

“……”

It’s fine if she could not follow the topic, but of all things, why must Acies interpret it in this way?

“Sigh, the number of people who are born in the wrong era and place are too numerous to count, but right now isn’t the time to think of such complicated things right? Are all of you prepared?”

Ignoring Acies, who was creating chaos and Urushihara, who looked discontented, Amane asked Suzuno like she was concluding things.

“With Suzuki-san’s introduction, I went to a speciality camping equipment store in the city, and asked them to prepare the things we might need. When I said I would pay for everything, the Demon King……”

“Ah, yeah, after seeing that scene, I was starting to suspect if Maou-san is really the Demon King.”

Rika nodded her head in agreement.

Maou and Suzuno, who were not able to buy everything at Don Quijote, even though they took Chiho’s suggestion and headed to the city center, even Chiho did not actually know where a speciality camping equipment store would be.

Just as they tried their luck and contacted Rika, who just got off work, they discovered that Rika unexpectedly knew a lot of stores.

Even though Rika looked like a person who did not like camping, when they asked why she knew about so many stores----

“Because for a period of time, the magazines kept publishing special editions of ‘Women’s Mountain Climbing’.” It looks like Rika had remembered the information of speciality camping equipment stores because of this.

Even if the group reached the speciality store with Rika leading them, because Maou appeared reluctant at the budget for buying the necessities, Suzuno, who could not tolerate it, suggested to pay for the tents, sleeping bags, food, fuel and all the equipment with her own money in order to make complete preparations for the journey.

But after Maou heard this, for reasons unknown, he actually became anxious.

“I, I don’t plan to be a toy boy!”

(T/N: He meant that he doesn’t want to depend on a woman, you know, have a sugar mommy and all that)

In the end they managed to finish buying the things, which were one level lower in price and function from what Suzuno had originally planned to buy.

Once they thought that a Demon King who would force himself even when buying camping equipment actually exists in this world, Suzuno and Rika, who did not know whether to feel that he was interesting or useless, subconsciously gave wry smiles.

“Chiho-dono, what time does the Demon King work until for today?”

“It seems like because Kisaki-san was willing to compromise, so same as me, it will be until 10pm. Ah, sorry, I should be going back to work.”

Chiho, who discovered that she was talking for too long, returned to the counter after making a greeting.

Suzuno placed the empty cup back on the table and looked at Chiho’s back.

Chiho, Kisaki and Maou were chatting while periodically looking in this direction. From their cheerful expressions, Chiho was not scolded because she had been talking with Suzuno and the others for too long.

“What is it, Bell?”

Urushihara asked Suzuno, who was looking at Maou and the others in a distracted manner.

“No, I just feel that it’s as if the situation in Ente Isla is dependant on one thought of shop manager Kisaki. It feels a little amusing.”

“Ah~ that’s true.”

Urushihara nodded with force like he understood.

“Only the person herself is not aware. When compared with Maou or Emi, she is a senior when it comes to the human side, and can truly be called the strongest in the world.”

“So it’s like that! Seeing Maou being so submissive, I did think that Kisaki should be really strong!”

“Acies-chan, I’m the same! I am considered Maou-san’s previous employer okay!”

“Amane is not a big deal.”

“How mean!”

After coldly brushing aside Amane, who had a strange rival mentiality towards Kisaki, Acies roughly knelt on the chair and stared at how Maou and the others were working, at this moment----

“Hm?”

Acies discovered a small figure walking up the stairs of MdCafe.

“What is it, Acies……”

Even the voice of Rika as she asked the question while looking at the stairs at the same time with Acies was drowned out----

“I came tonight as well~~!”

A voice jarred everyone’s ears.

“Pu!”

“Uwah!”

“Hmm?”

“That is……”

That person whose voice resounded through MdCafe before even making an appearance causing everyone to react differently, Suzuno had a huge shock, Urushihara frowned, Amane had a confused look on her face, while Rika tried to search for that person in her memories.

“That is……”

The person who came was a small man with around the same stature as Urushihara.

Even though the man was not tall, he had proportionate features. And from how he was wearing a uniform, it was obvious he sneaked during work.

“My goddess…..oh my, I said it wrong! Shop, manager, Ki, saki! Sarue came tonight as well!”

That’s right, he was the shop manager of Sentucky Hatagaya, situated opposite the MgRonalds in front of Hatagaya station, the archangel Sariel who had been enemies with Maou, Emi and the others in the past----Sarue Mitsuki.

Actually he was a playboy who had no resistance towards beautiful woman, and after contributing a large amount of

funds to the earthling Kisaki Mayumi, he even gave up his position and everything else in Heaven, settling down in Hatagaya.

Even though he had been banned from entering MgRonalds in the past because of inappropriate actions, he had already obtained Kisaki’s forgiveness after some setbacks, even if the frequency was not as high as before, he would still come every two days, contributing a lot to operation profits.

Chiho, behind the counter, frowned, while Maou looked like he had already given up.

Suzuno and the others discovered that unexpectedly, only Kisaki had showed a comparatively more friendly business smile and stood at the counter.

“Hm? That’s guy……I seem to have seen him somewhere…..?”

Only Acies had not recovered from the initial shock, brazenly staring at Sariel’s face from afar.

“……”

After taking the order, Kisaki turned her back to the seating area in order to brew coffee, in the moment when Sariel casually turned his face to Suzuno and the others during the short waiting time.

“Gyahhh!”

Whether it was Suzuno, Amane, Urushihara or Rika, there were not able to stop it in time.

Once Acies saw Sariel’s face from the front, she jumped from the chair towards Sariel in a straight line which could not be seen by the naked eye, and raised the arm which could even shatter the armour of archangel Camael.

“?”

Seeing this, Sariel showed an expression of surprise.

Kisaki and the other customers at the scene were completely unable to notice Acies’s actions, that was how fast her actions were, and they were filled with black killing aura.

“Acies!”

In the period of time where no one could react, only Maou, with close to spinal reflex action, stretched his right hand towards Acies who was planning to attack Sariel with a raised thin arm.

“Maou……!”

Acies’s shout of protest disappeared along with the cancellation of the solidification of the holy sword.

“Hm? What’s wrong?”

As the tense atmosphere spreading through MdCafe disappeared without a trace, once Kisaki turned around when she placed the brewed coffee on the counter----

“Sarue, Maa-kun, and Chi-chan, what’s wrong with all of you?”

she saw the customers and employees staring at the ceiling part of the store with stony looks on their faces.

Even Chiho, who was used to fighting scenes, as well as Maou and Sariel did not know how to clean up the mess, Acies’s actions and killing aura contained that much motivation.

“It’s, it’s nothing…… erhm……”

The first person who spoke was Sariel.

After looking at Maou, Chiho and the table where Suzuno and the others were at in turn----

“Shop manager Kisaki, I’m sorry, can the order just now be packed for takeaway?”

“It’s alright……but it’s rare of you to do so?”

Normally, Sariel would add on more orders after sitting down, but even if Kisaki showed a surprised expression, it was still a customer’s request, so she still honestly changed the order to takeaway.

“Yeah, I suddenly remembered that I had some work I need to take care of……”

After Sariel said this calmly, he momentarily glanced at Suzuno and Urushihara.

“Then, I’ll take my leave first.”

“……What is it, did you upset your stomach…..?”

Sariel left the store with in such a straightforward manner that Kisaki thought it was strange.

Of course, Maou and Chiho were not able to say anything, and together with Kisaki, they could only watch Sariel leave.

In place of that----

“Then, it’s about time for us to leave.”

Suzuno’s intentional voice was heard from the customer seating area.

Suzuno, Urushihara, Rika and Amane got up, and returned their trays----

“Excuse us for saying so long.”

“I’m full.”

“T, thank you.”

“I’m not going to give up.”

And after greeting Kisaki in various ways, they walked down the stairs.

“T, thank you for your patronage…… hmm?”

In a rare moment, Kisaki was unable to smoothly convey her regards to the customers leaving the shop.

But the reason was not because she knew the other party, and also not because one of the sentences did not really sound like a greeting.

“It feels like…… one person is missing……”

“Ah, she, she went to the washroom downstairs first!”

“Oh, is that so? I probably missed it.”

Not knowing if she accepted Chiho’s explanation, Kisaki mulled over her customer’s strange actions, and spoke like she had thought of something,

“Uh, Maa-kun, Chi-chan, I’m going downstairs for a bit.”

“Huh? A, alright.”

“Is something wrong?”

“It’s strange for Sarue to go back so quickly, I’m going to check the CCTV camera on the first floor.”

““Ah…………alright.””

Like this, they could confirm that even if Kisaki had abolished Sariel’s entry ban, she still did not trust him fully.

After Kisaki went downstairs to check if Sariel did something troublesome such as flirting with the customers on the first floor, Maou and Chiho finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“W, what was that just now, Acies-chan suddenly……”

“Even though I’m not sure, it’s probably because she saw Sariel’s face……ah~so noisy!”

It was likely that Acies was currently protesting strongly inside Maou’s head.

But if Maou did not stop her, Acies would probably use the power enough to shatter Camael’s armour to attack the flesh body of Sariel.

Compared to Sariel’s safety, if such a shocking incident occurred in the store, it could bring about unknown harm to the surroundings, the both of them shook as they thought about this.

“Acies, and Alas=Ramus, they hold an unusual animosity to angels. It’s just that compared to Alas=Ramus, Acies has extra mobility……”

“Even though Iron-kun is so calm.”

“Sigh, about that, we can only pray that Suzuno and the others would be able to get some information from Sariel……ah~it’s really noisy!”

Maou felt truly drained at the shouts of protests which could not be blocked even if he plugged his ears.

Right now, Maou was already able to deeply understand the troubles which Emi faced as she grudgingly consented to Alas=Ramus entering the Demon Fortress because the young girl kept crying at night in her head.

When Suzuno and the others left the store, they discovered Sariel waiting there with a subtle expression on his face while holding the takeaway bag.

“…………”

“You’re unexpectedly calm. I thought you would be more frantic.”

“Hmph, I may be surprised, but I won’t be thrown into disarray because of this.”

Sariel glared at Urushihara with scorn.

“Was that the child mentioned before? The one merged with Emilia……”

Sariel should be referring to Alas=Ramus.

“They do look alike after all, so it’s not strange for you to think so, but that’s wrong. Even though they are the same type of existence.”

“Hm? Because they are fragments?”

“Even if you ask me that, I’m not sure either.”

Urushihara answered Sariel’s question with a shake of his head.

“You should know. I don’t know about how all of you handled the Tree of Life. Long before all of you did those kind of things, I have already left Heaven.”

“Yeah, that’s true……”

“H, hey, Suzuno, I remember that person is from the Sentucky opposite……”

As Rika watched Sariel, who was speaking with Urushihara with a stern expression on his face, she asked Suzuno this.

“Hm, then again, Rika-san did see him before. That’s right, even though his identity in Japan is the shop manager of Sentucky Sarue Mitsuki, in reality, he is an archangel who came from Ente Isla’s Heaven , Sariel-sama.”

“What’s up with this street. Don’t tell me working is popular in the mythical world right now?”

Perhaps she was getting used to this kind of situation, even if she saw nonsensical facts with her own eyes, Rika only showed an expression that she had given up.

“But I understand now. With this, I now know the reason why Gabriel came here when there was a strong wind blowing.”

“““?”””

Not only Suzuno and Urushihra, even Rika was shocked by what Sariel said.

“If he’s an archangel, does that mean he’s a comrade of the guy called Gabriel?”

“Hm? That’s true……ahh, you’re the one who came to the store together with Emilia……”

“Shut up! Don’t mention that day in front of me!”

A few months ago, Rika had met Sariel once.

It was what happened that day which caused Rika to carry a heavy mental scar after knowing about Ente Isla.

“Even though I’m not sure of the situation, but have you gotten involved in the matters of this side like that Sasaki Chiho?”

“I, I did not involve myself voluntarily! T, this is because your comrade did……”

“Are you talking about Gabriel? What did that guy do?”

“You do not know?”

Sariel shook his head at Suzuno’s question.

“I don’t know. Because he bought a group of people to want to bring me back, so I resisted a little. And it caused my store to be unable to operate for the whole day.”

Sariel looked back at his own shop with a fed up expression on his face.

“Because they broke the windows and turned over the tables and chairs, causing trouble to the customers, so after a long time of not doing so, I seriously counterattacked. Even if it’s Gabriel, he would be unable to remain unscathed after facing my dimensional phase shifting barrier and Evil Eye of the Fallen. After threatening him a little, he left directly. After that, I still had to manipulate the memories of my customers and employees one by one, which was a lot of work.”

“O, oh……”

“Sariel……why are you saying Maou like words?”

Sariel, who had gone against Maou and Emi, was actually taking his work at Sentucky seriously like Maou, causing Suzuno and Urushihara to get a strange feeling.

At least when he first came to Japan, Sariel probably only saw Sentucky as a way to hide his identity.

“Lucifer, I want to ask you something instead.”

“What is it?”

“At that time, why did you leave Heaven?”

“……Even though it feels like someone had asked me a similar question before, it’s only because I was bored.”

“If it’s right now, I feel that I can kind of relate to what you feel.”

“What does that mean?”

At this moment, Amane, who had not participated in the conversation at all, asked Sariel with a rare serious expression on her face.

Even if he showed a surprised reaction towards Amane, who he met for the first time, he was explained honestly,

“Even though I have never thought about these things when I was in Heaven, after I started to work in this town, and met my goddess Kisaki Mayumi……it was the first one I had the thought to work hard for someone else besides myself. And that kind of thinking was not as detestable as I thought.”

“Ah, that part is a little different from me, uhm……”

Suzuno stopped Urushihara, who still wanted to say something, from beside him.

“Working hard for others, and getting thanks in return. For me, this was a new experience. Bell, perhaps this might be shocking to you.”

“No, I have already passed that stage.”

Only pious believers of the Church would be able to understand the meaning behind Sariel’s words.

In other words, this meant that these people who called themselves angels had never did anything for the human world in the past, on the other hand, the prayers given to the bible or church have never reached Heaven at all.

“I do not want to return to the world where ‘the peace of Heaven’ is the first priority and the only concern is how to protect oneself. Of course, I don’t wish to be involved in battle either. Right now, the only thing I care about is how to obtain Kisaki Mayumi’s acknowledgement, and whether I would be able to take part in her life and live on. If I leave with Gabriel at this time, then the things I have done so far would be wasted.”

Even though Kisaki was checking the anti-theft camera ln the first floor of the store right now because she thought Sariel’s actions were strange, it would be better for him not to know.

“So no matter what all of you planned, I don’t plan to help or obstruct. I just wish to work towards my and Kisaki Mayumi’s future.”

“It’s the normal kind of grossness huh.”

It seems like Amane’s merciless sentence had not reached Sariel’s ears.

“So I won’t care about why Lucifer and Bell, who normally act separately, are together, and even though I’m curious about the two beautiful ladies who know about the affairs of Ente Isla, I’m won’t be too bothered about it.”

“So you’re still bothered in the end.”

This time, even Urushihara had to rebuke this.

“For me, ignoring beautiful ladies would be the truly ridiculous matter.”

Sariel, who was able to answer in this manner, was rather amazing as well.

“There’s still the young ‘Yesod’ fragment girl……sigh, considering what we have done till now, it’s not strange for her to act that way after seeing me.”

“That’s right, this is where the problem is.”

“Hm? Lucifer, what’s wrong?”

“This is the part I don’t understand. What did all of you do in the past? Alas=Ramus and that girl dislike Gabriel a lot. To be more accurate, they dislike all angels. After I left, what did all of you do to the Tree of Life?”

Urushihara’s question had a strong connection to the foundation of the existence of Alas=Ramus, Acies=Ara and Iron.

Even though they did not habour any wary feelings for humans, demons and fallen angels like Urushihara, they held an abnormal animosity when faced with angels.

“Even though I am not a guardian angel of the Tree of Life, and did not stand at a position to directly do anything to the Tree of Life……but I can tell you the reason why Heaven targeted the Tree.”

Sariel leaned against a tree on the pedestrian walkway as if he had grown tired while speaking, raised his head with a calm expression and said,

“They wish to obstruct the true God from being born in Ente Isla. To put it in an extreme manner, it’s only just that.”

Whether it was Urushihara or Suzuno, they were not able to understand Sariel’s meaning with just this sentence, and Rika understood even less.

Only Amane was the exception.

“……Actually thinking about such idiotic things.”

She gave a smile which looked intolerant yet held a trace of kindness and said,

“Even though I don’t know where all of you are from, but you do really think humans would be able to resist the power of nature?”

“…………?”

This sentence caused Sariel to look towards Amane with a strange expression on his face.

Suzuno and Urushihara were also confused about Amane’s words.

Even though it can obviously be deduced from the conversation just now that Sariel was from Ente Isla, or at least from Heaven……

“But, because there are such thoughts, that why such things are done. The Tree of Life on your side, really created a grievously sinful lifeform.”

“You are……?”

“It’s not important who I am. It’s just that the place known as Ente Isla will have a lot of difficulties from now on. Reactions have already started to appear. Even if it’s me, I cannot predict how things will develop next?”

“No matter what happens, I don’t plan to go back.”

Sariel said with a heavy tone, pushed away from the tree on the pedestrian walkway and turned to leave.

“Sariel-sama!” Even if Suzuno shouted at that back which was getting further away, Sariel only raised a hand like he thought it was troublesome and said,

“I said so before. Right now, I am in no position to assist all of you. At the same time, I also do not wish to proactively go against all of you. In addition, I don’t plan to tell all of you anything else or offer any help. The incident before was the exception among exceptions.”

The incident before, should be referring to helping Chiho go through spell training.

Even though he had been hooked earlier by the chance to reconcile with Kisaki and showed an idiotic expression like a baby penguin feeling excited about the approaching of summer, this archangel with an exaggerated tone, actually said something unexpected next,

“……But I have already made up my mind to protect Kisaki Mayumi with my life if she meets up with any danger. So even though I don’t know what all of you want to do, but help me pass that on to the Demon King later. No matter what happens, I will protect my goddess Kisaki Mayumi, and the store and employees of the MgRonalds in front of Hatagaya station, only this shopping street, I will protect it properly.”

“Rika-chan, what do you think of this type?”

“This is rather hard to judge. Even though we have talked once before, it just feels full of regrets.”

After watching Sariel return to his own store, Amane asked Rika this casually, and the latter also responded seriously.

“Yeah, Suzuki Rika, that’s the correct answer.”

Urushihara also vouched for this judgement.

“But it can be confirmed that he is serious about shop manager Kisaki, at least we can believe this right? Sariel is peerless when against angels and humans, and the demons who would attack this place now, would be Malebranche standard at most right? They are not opponents who would give Sariel a hard time.”

“Even though I feel uneasy about how much holy magic Sariel-sama has left……but this can be considered an unexpected gain.”

Sariel had said clearly that he would protect the employees of the MgRonalds in front of Hatagaya station.

In addition, Amane would be around, this means that the safety of Kisaki and Chiho when they are at work would be assured.

The one who was the happiest about this was none other than Urushihara, who felt like he did not need to work even if something happened.

“Then, even though we went with the flow and left the store, what should we do next?”

Suzuno looked back at MgRonalds because of Rika’s question.

“We can only wait for the Demon King and the others to get off work, let’s go back first, then choose a suitable time to go to Ueno to make preparations……Amane-san, I’m sorry, I would like to trouble you to drive the Demon King’s Moped to Ueno.”

“I’m alright with it, but why is that?”

“Of course it’s because……”

Suzuno looked up at the second floor of MgRonalds unhappily.

“That idiot Demon King has not obtained a license. If we let the Demon King ride the Moped, if we encounter an impromptu check on the road, he could be arrested for unlicensed driving. That Demon King, he would not do so obediently even if asked to ride there himself. He would definitely say something like losing his rice bowl if he gets caught or being scolded if he was fined.”

“Ne, even though it’s a bit strange to say such things now……but is Maou-san reallly~the Demon King? The king of Demons?”

From Rika’s angle, whether it was a Demon King afraid of being caught for unlicensed driving, or Suzuno, who calls herself an inquisitor, worrying for him, it all felt rather strange.

“That’s right.”

Suzuno said with a heartfelt irritated tone,

“That man who follows the law, respects humans, loves his job and worries for his enemy Emilia is the King of Demons who invaded Ente Isla. So Emilia and I are very troubled as well.”

Within that sentence contained complex feelings which Rika could not imagine.



Later in the night, at the Ueno Park in Taito district.

On the land of the National Museum of Western Art where entry should be prohibited during this period of time.

However, on the tiled front yard, there were two people who were pushing two roofed Mopeds filled with camping equipment while being worried about patrolling security guards and surveillance cameras.

“Is, is it alright? Can anyone see us?”

“……Really, are you the Demon King?”

Even Rika’s numerous rebukes was unable to ease Maou’s nervousness.

“Because this is clearly illegal entry. And even though it’s this time, there are still people in the park……”

“This street does have a lot of hotels after all, and there are many shops which operate all night.”

“Hey, Suzuno, move faster, let’s set off already, hurry hurry hurry! Think about it, wouldn’t it be bad if Chi-chan and the rest are seen by other people?”

“Maou-kun, I say.”

Unexpectedly, it was Amane who admonished the Maou who was extremely conscious of the gazes from others.

“This is still the glorious return of the Demon King right? Can’t you be more assertive?”

“If we get caught because we force ourselves, that would be putting the cart before the horse! Damn it, even if we’re going to Ente Isla, if possible, I would still like to obtain a license before going……”

“Seriously, isn’t your bearing too weak. If something goes wrong, I will help you think of something. Buck up already! If this goes on, you would be abandoned by Chiho-chan.”

“Eh, I, I won’t do that because of this……erhm......”

“Seriously, I’m sleeply. I’ve been unable to stay up late since I got injured, Bell, hurry up and start!”

“……Really, why is everyone like this.”

In the end, Suzuno, the one who needed to use the most effort looked the most tired, this was how much tension this departure lacked.

“Excuse me, everyone, please quiet down a bit. I need to focus to cast the ‘Gate Opening Spell’.”

After making everyone quiet down, even though the sign ‘In front is the anti-earthquake platform, please do not climb’, Suzuno still stepped on top of the stand with the door installed without any hesitation.

There was something which caused Suzuno to feel uneasy.

Even though the blueprint of this gate of hell was from a popular piece of work and was a structure which contained great history.

But whether it could be an amplifier for the ‘Gate Opening Spell’ was another matter altogether, in reality, the gate of hell being able to be used as a gate was at most a deduction by Maou and Ashiya.

“……”

The giant door in front of Suzuno was the bronze sculpture ‘Gate of Hell’ created by Auguste Rodin.

This door protected by the ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’ statues, also works of Auguste, was the entry to Hell which appeared in the third canto of the Inferno section of the narrative poetry ‘Divine Comedy’.

In ‘Divine Comedy’, the inscription on the Gates of Hell was ‘Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.’

“Abandon all hope huh.”

“Suzuno-san, is something wrong?”

“I remembered some things in the past. I never thought there will be a day where I will contemplate this sentence with the Demon King.”

Chiho’s question caused Suzuno to smile subconsciously.

“It feels like it would work.”

Suzuno took a Holy Vitamin βfrom the sleeve of her kimono and drank it in one gulp.

“From the beginning, we have never held any hope.”

Suzuno slowly walked towards the door and looked upwards.

The sitting male statue which looked down upon all those who entered the gate was undergoing Suzuno’s gaze directly.

Auguste’s representative work ‘The Thinker’, this sitting statue which was made as part of the door, and he represented the author and main character of ‘Divine Comedy’, Dante Alighieri.

Suzuno gave a sincere bow towards the statue and took a deep breath, raising both her hands to the door.

“The Sacred Spirits connecting life and time, find a world on shores of the stars.”

(T/N: I don’t have an accurate or exact translation to what Suzuno says, so I’ll leave it as this.)

From Suzuno’s mouth came a language completely different from Japanese.

With every syllable, light orbs started to appear from Suzuno’s fingertips and headed towards the gate.

“So, so amazing……”

Chiho could not help but marvel at Suzuno’s figure.

Because she had learnt spells, Chiho could feel the capacity of Suzuno’s holy magic, and the huge amount of skill and holy magic capacity needed for this spell.

Even if there were one hundred Chihos, they would not be able to match Suzuno’s holy magic capacity.

“It, it really feels like magic……this, this isn’t CG right?”

It was no wonder that Rika could not help but repeatedly look at Suzuno’s hands while rubbing her eyes even though she had seen the holy hammer and the appearance and disappearance of Acies.

The light orbs gradually increased in density and became two light bands, and they were no longer limited to Suzuno’s hands but started to swirl around her.

“Hm, how strange.”

Suzuno’s kimono started to float and Amane’s mumblings were mixed within the sound of the shaking of the surrounding trees and could not be heard by anyone.

As everyone’s gazes were focused on Suzuno, no one noticed that a thin fog had started to appear around Amane’s feet, enveloping the area around the Gate of Hell.

During this period of time, the light bands swirling around Suzuno started to show pictures which looked like words.

“Ugh……ughh…..just, a little more……”

In the instant the words appeared on the light bands, Suzuno’s face started to show obvious signs of agony.

Even though Chiho had an urge to help, but if she disturbs Suzuno’s concentration now, the spell would definitely disappear like smoke.

This was a huge spell which could not be compared to ‘Idea Link’.

“It, it looks like it’s going to open!”

At this moment, Maou watched the door and cheered.

The ‘Gate of Hell’ was just a statue after all, and was unable to really open and close like an actual door.

However the edge of the door started to glow and the space started to distort.

“W, would it be alright?”

However, after Urushihara saw that light, he said this with uneasiness in his voice.

The distorted space looked like it might just stop short of opening.

The space looked it was held by something, and would close again every time it was about to open.

“Once it’s open……it would stablise…..ugh…..”

Suzuno maintained an anguished expression and suddenly looked up.

The man on the door was quietly looking down at the inquisitor from a foreign world.

Does that mean he did not wish for an inquisitor to open the Gate of Hell?

No, it was because this is Crestia Bell, because this is the woman who was once known as Deathscythe, she would make a good match for the Gate of Hell.

Suzuno breathed in hard and stepped towards the door.

“Don’t hold, onto hope……move, forward!”

“Only the pioneers can survive!”

With this voice, the light bands surrounding Suzuno compressed in one go and collided vigorously with the space warp released from her small hands.

“It, it’s open, it’s open! I opened the ‘gate’!”

Suzuno’s face was covered in sweat, showing how grand the spell was.

Even though Suzuno no longer had the energy to speak Japanese, she was clenched her fist from the success of the ‘Gate Opening Spell’ and shouted,

“We, we’re going, Demon King! Even though it’s still safe now, I can’t hold it for too long! Have you confirmed that you have merged with Acies?”

“Y, yeah!”

Suzuno frantically mounted the Moped and Maou followed suit.

After wearing the safety helmet, the both of them pressed on the brakes and started the engine.

“Maou-san! Suzuno-san! And Acies-chan!”

Chiho shouted to her important companions who mounted on the HGYRO ROOF and prepared to head towards the foreign world,

“Please leave everything after this to me, please be careful on your journey!”

“Yeah!”

“We’re going!”

Suzuno, Maou, and the unseen Acies, do not need unnecessary words.

Because no matter where they go, the place they belong was the three tsubo wooden apartment located in Japan Sasazuka.

The two engines roared loudly, Maou and Suzuno rode the Moped and headed straight towards the fissure in the space surrounded by light, and then----

“……They, they disappeared……”

Rika mumbled to herself in shock.

Just like watching magic, once Maou and Suzuno touched the space fissure in front of the Gate of Hell, and suddenly disappeared with the Mopeds without a sound.

And in the end, only a space fissure with mysterious light leaking out was left at the scene.

“……Be careful.”

Chiho mumbled again in a soft voice.

The ring with a ‘Yesod’ fragment embedded in it gave off a dim glow on her hand.

“What’s next……?”

Perhaps she felt troubled at witnessing the mysteries of a foreign world, Rika looked at the ‘gate’ and Chiho in turn with disconcertment.

“We just have to wait. Because Maou-san and Suzuno-san would definitely save Yusa-san, Alas=Ramus-chan and Ashiya-san and return.”

Different from Rika, Chiho’s tone of voice held no doubt.

Chiho’s overly strong tone caused Rika to momentarily become speechless.

“B, but……”

“Ah, of course it’s not just waiting. Anyway, I decided that when I go to work next time, I’m going to ask Kisaki-san to help me apply for the pre-implementation practice for the delivery service in the stores which provide them.”

“Eh?”

Because of the huge disparity in the scene which just occurred in front of her and Chiho’s words, Rika let out an airheaded sound. Why did she mention work practice at this point of time?

“Because Maou-san said he wanted to participate in the practice.”

Chiho replied nonchalantly.

“I want to take part in the practice, and when Maou-san returns, I’m going to tell him what I learned. Like this, I can reduce a bit of Maou-san’s burden when he starts on a new scope of work.”

“I seem to have witnessed what is called a true ‘good wife’.”

Amane showed a smile of respect at Chiho’s determination.

“Does that matter. Everyone is doing things that they can do for the sake of their comrades. That is teamwork.”

“I, I……”

Even though Chiho’s overly bold words, caused the much older Rika to become a little panicked----

“Rika-chan is different from Chiho-chan after all, and is still a beginner, right now you should first simulate the situation when Yusa-chan comes back and prepare to be able to accept her with certainty.”

However, in a rare moment of acting like the older person, gave counsel to the Rika in this state.

“Preparations, for accepting her.”

“……Then, I’m going back first to sleep.”

Even at this kind of time, Urushihara did not change his style.

“Ah, h, hey, that distortion.”

At this moment, in the direction Rika pointed towards, the hole of the ‘gate’ which Suzuno opened gradually shrank and disappeared completely after a short while.

In the end only the solemn looking ‘Gate of Hell’ sculpture was left there.

The door itself did not change, the traces which Maou and Suzuno left behind, were only the tire tracks during their initial acceleration.

“Then, let’s go back everyone. Luckily for us, it seems like no one saw.”

Amane said in an intentionally cheerful manner, and the fog around her feet disappeared like smoke, and Ueno park regained the silence which matched the late night timing.

“Then again, is it alright for Sasaki Chiho to stay outside at this time?”

Urushihara gave one look at the clock in the park, it was already past one thirty in the morning.

At this time, even an adult walking alone might be stopped and questioned by the police.

“It’s alright on my family’s end. Because I told my family that I’m staying at Suzuno-san’s house today.”

“Eh? You’re not going back? Amane-san is still staying in Bell’s room right?”

Urushihara widened in eyes in surprise, and Chiho, whose thoughts could not be guessed, looked straight at Amane.

“Ah, it’s fine for Urushihara-san to stay in the room. Please do not be concerned about us.”

“……After someone else decides that I will just continue lazing about, it feels equally bad as well.”

Even if Urushihara showed obvious displeasure, Chiho was not affected.

“I do not mean that, but for this, even Maou-san cannot do it. I can only do it when Maou-san, Yusa-san and Suzuno-san are not around, if possible, I would like for Urushihara-san to stay at home and si……recuperate.”

“What was that……and you wanted to say sit around at home just now didn’t you.”

Even though Urushihara felt confused because he did not understand what Chiho was saying, Chiho ignored it and turned to Amane directly.

“Amane-san.”

“What is it? Chiho-chan, such a stern expression.”

“Whatever the apartment landlady-san has not mentioned, it cannot be told to Maou-san and the others right?”

Amane looked down at Chiho’s gaze from a height a full head taller, and then showed a fearless smile like she felt it was a little interesting.

“Then what if you just told me?”

“……Even though I don’t know what you want to ask, but why do you think I will tell you?”

This was the only ‘test’ Amane gave Chiho.

However Chiho said the correct answer without any hesitation.

“Because I am a human from Earth.”

“You’re amazing.”

Even