Sekai Saikyou no Maou desuga Daremo Toubatsushinikitekurenainode, Yuusha Ikusei Kikan ni Sennyuusuru

Chapter 1. [Episode 9]
“The Strongest Demon King, Under Pressure by a Beautiful Elf”

 

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I inhale the clear air to my heart’s content and manage to get rid of my troubles.

After yesterday’s exam, I skimmed through the admission guidelines that were posted at the school.

The school’s philosophy seems to be that each student should demonstrate his or her maximum ability in his or her field. It is truly a meritocracy. It is interesting. Even though I know that I will come in first in all subjects in the entrance exam, I am still stimulated by my fighting instincts.

I may look human, but inside I am unmistakably a demon. Even though I have suppressed most of my power, my true nature as a demon remains the same.

This is shown by my lack of sense of time and the intensity of my various desires. I feel as if I have become agitated even though Rena told me she would calm me down.

Demons have a long time to make love. Because they live an infinite amount of time, their sense of time is vague, and once they are immersed, it can take several days at the earliest, and years at the longest. If it is long, it takes several years. The time I spent the most absorbed in my life to date, I realized that 10 years had passed.

No good. First of all, I have to do something about this ‘if I notice’ thing. As long as I spend time as a person borrowing human form, I have to do something about this.

…… I’m tired of thinking about this stuff. Maybe it has something to do with my recent rush of destructive impulses. Because normally I am a bit calmer.

I spent all that time with Lumiel until I went to see a hero training institute on a whim. I’m fuzzy on how many days or even years that was. I only remember that it was as intense or more intense than the time I spent with Rena last night. This is what is so troubling about a demon god who has too much time on his hands and is also agitated.

[Hey, you, you.]

Come to think of it, I wonder how Lumiel is doing. I let her sit on the throne at random because it is rare for her to have a visitor anyway, but she tends to get very bored. I hope she hasn’t exploded in frustration. ……

[Hey, you.]

Once Lumiel gets angry, she gets out of hand. I can use force to restrain her, but if I do, she will cry. It is intriguing to see a cheeky child cry, but I don’t want to see Lumiel, who is always so innocent and cheerful, cry.

Shall I buy some souvenirs to put her in a good mood? Food or jewelry? It’s hard to decide.

[Hellllllooooooooo! Can you hear me!]

[Wow!]

I let out a scream that no demon god should ever let out and jumped up. It’s like my heart wants to come out of my mouth!

[No, no, I don’t want you to be that surprised. ……]

The girl who approached me was an elf.

She has long dark green hair, and her ears are beautifully shaped as if they were the ideal of an elf.

Her eyes are light green. Now I have eyes like green jade, so I might look a little like her…

She is about 16 or 7 years old. She is almost as tall as I am. Maybe because she wears long boots.

The dark blue skirt, with its short folds, and the smooth, taut, porcelain-like thighs extending from the skirt naturally caught my eye.

Yeah, I’ll admit it already. I would have attacked her at this point if she wasn’t on the street. I’m a perverted demon god with a whole lot of lust anyway. ……

Half out of desperation, I ask, [What?], and the elf girl gives me a flowery smile.

[Oh, no. I saw a beautiful boy with a melancholy expression in front of a ramshackle inn this early in the morning, so… I couldn’t help but call out to him.]

[Huh.]

She seems very friendly for an elf. My image of elves is that they are somewhat arrogant and condescending, like the receptionist from yesterday, and have an atmosphere that is inhospitable to other races.

I don’t feel that from this girl.

[Hey, you. Where are you from? You’re not from around here, are you?]

The elf girl comes close to my face, just as if she were curious. She’s close, very close. I reply, gently pushing her back.

[Yeah, well, maybe from the west.]

I am not lying. I indeed come from the west. I came from the Tenebrae Demon Kingdom in the west of the empire, yes.

[West? Hmmm, maybe the fortified city of Granden?]

[Yeah, well, something like that.]

Granden is in the western part of the Elberian Empire. When the demon tribe invaded the empire a long time ago, it was used as a base for the demon tribe after the humans inside were annihilated.

However, at that time, I was only squatting on the throne as a way of keeping an eye on Lestaflora, a small country just above Tenebrae, rather than the empire.

[Hmmm? Are you from Granden? There are a lot of blondes there. A blue-haired boy like you is quite rare.]

We’re strangely going into this. I don’t know if it’s a good idea to get too deep into it. I don’t know what Granden is like today. I can’t remember the last time I passed through that city, which was hundreds of years ago.

[What’s your name? What’s your name? Tell me, tell me!]

[…… Theodore.]

[Theo-kun, huh? I see. He’s a beautiful boy, but his name is very common. Oh, I’m not being sarcastic or anything.]

[I’m more than that.]

I pushed the elf girl up against the wall of the building and showed her how I was holding the wrist of one of her hands while lifting her slender chin with a jerk.

[I’d like to know a lot more about you. What’s your name?]

Rena had once told me that prideful elves often become agitated or uncomfortable when this kind of thing is done to them. It should be an effective method to make them lose interest in me as quickly as possible.

[Liz. You can call me that.]

Liz, on the contrary, looks at me with interest and says. She’s stubborn.

[Well, Liz, why don’t you come and do something nice with me? Luckily, this is an inn. And I have a bed that makes a lot of noise, so it’s great.]

It’s a vulgar way of inviting someone. I almost felt a little self-loathing.

[I don’t know. I don’t mind. So, what will you do for me, Theo? Hmm? What’s a good thing, right?]

…… What’s with this elf?

I get a little impatient. How can she be so full of desire and why is she not frightened, but rather groping at me?

[I want you to tell me. Or…]

Liz pushed herself away from the wall, then inversely pushed me against the wall and poked the wall with both hands.

Her lovely face is up close and personal.

[I wonder if it’s something you can’t talk about?]

I broke out in a cold sweat. What, how did this happen? Why are our positions reversed?

[Come on, say it, will you? See? Big sister won’t get mad at you.]

[No, no, that ……]

[Hm, what? Hmm?]

My heart races as she approaches my face. What will I do? What does a human man do in a situation like this?

[Theo-kun, are you the type of guy who goes all in when you’re the aggressor but gets intimidated when you’re approached? That’s so cute!]

Liz lifted my chin with her hand as if in retaliation for my earlier comment.

Her light green eyes sparkle.

[You know how carnivorous elves are these days? They can’t stand it when a girl like me asks them out. Come on, come on, let’s go into the inn. I’ll escort you if you want. I can make your bed creak.]

My thoughts stopped and froze.

I’m driven by the thought that it’s okay because she says this. Yeah, my usual self would have taken that offer, but not now. …… Shit.

[You’ve got to be kidding me, Liz.]

[Hmm? I’m serious.]

[I’m not kidding, I’m going to attack you, okay?]

[Come in? Come on, come on. I’m welcome out there, you know? Come on, come on.]

The eyes stare at me, not letting me know if they are serious or joking. When the thought of what to do was running through my mind, I thought what’s the right thing to do?

Suddenly, the door of the inn opened with a bang.

A beautiful silver-haired girl in a maid’s outfit turns her gaze toward us.

It’s Rena. And she hasn’t disappeared. The maid girl, who is so beautiful that she is disproportionate to the shabby inn, stares at us silently. I felt a pang of shame when I thought she had seen me being pressed up against the wall by the elf.

[Oh, no, she saw me]

I don’t know what she thought, but Liz quickly pulled her hand away. I moved away from her as if to run away.

[You don’t have to run away so much. If I press you seriously for a moment, you run right away? I like that part because it’s cute.]

[I’m sorry, Liz ……. I have to go now.]

[I know. It’s the academy’s entrance exam, right?]

I looked at her with a startled look. Liz said with the same smile.

[Yesterday, I happened to see Theo near the school. I thought it might be because he went inside right away. Am I wrong?]

[Oh, uh, yeah. I’m about to take an exam.]

[But it’s unusual for you to take three classes. Usually, it’s one subject per person, right?]

[It’s a bit of a situation.]

[Hmmm. Well, it’s okay. I’m taking an exam today, too.]

Liz tosses her long dark green hair and then looks at me one more time.

[Then I’ll go ahead and wait for you, and we’ll both do our best to pass the test, okay?]

[I hope you can do it. I hope you can.]

She smiled and walked quickly toward the school.

I let out a breath of relief and turned back to Rena. But Rena brings her index finger to her lips. You mean, don’t talk?

[The elves have good ears, so they can hear our conversations.]

Rena’s voice echoes in my brain as usual.

Indeed. Of all the various races, I hear that elves have particularly good hearing. However, I think it’s safe to say that it’s about time for more people to go out.

Rena quickly disappeared without a trace.

[Now, let’s go to the school. We don’t have much time left before the exam time.]

I was right. I went straight to the school. Then Rena spoke to me.

[I know you are weak when you are approached by a woman. I know it well.]

[Ugh. ….…]

[You’re a strong man because of your overwhelming strength but you have little experience being forced by vulnerable women. I respect you. But-]

[If you are going to continue acting like a mere mortal, you should be wary of women of that ilk. I don’t know what they are thinking behind the scenes. But rest assured that I will be watching over you after this.]

Rena breaks off there before continuing.

Thank you, Rena. I had no choice but to be honest and thank you.

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