Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo Dorei Majutsu Vol 3 Chapter 2.4

Part 4

「AGUUUuuu……ッ!」

Though it was coming out, it was not a physical existence.

Having expanded inside of her, like a flooded muddy stream, it came pouring out with force.

If he were to take precaution, he should have taken some distance but……

As long as he didn’t know the structure of the Demonic Beings’ magic formation, he couldn’t thoughtlessly move Rem.

Edelgart was making a face that looked like she was about to cry and had her eyes fixed on the torrent of magical power.

「Oh……Oh……Demon King-sama……」

She looked like she was always aloof from the world, but this meant that she also risked her life going towards a goal. With success right before her eyes, she was in a trance.

He had vertigo.

Diablo turned his gaze to alongside the wall.

「Wh, what is, this……Is this……Krebskrem?」

Alicia muttered.

Rem extended her frail arm towards him.

「Are you alright!? Hang in there, Rem!」

「Ugh, kuh……Haa……Haa……」

On her brow, there was an incredible amount of sweat rising up to the surface.

「Haa……haa……Diablo……win……win……please.」

「…………That’s, true.」

Shera shouted.

Having been released from the seal, the Demon King Krebskrem that had become an enormous swirl of magical power was revealing its appearance.

A gigantic torso, formed its shape.

And then, the head was made.

The surface was a glossy black color, and gave the impression of being a hard surface like that of an insect.

It was larger than Diablo.

From its back, gigantic wings of light sprang forth, and spread out as if trying to reach for the sky. They even spread out to the sides. The dazzling light wings flapped.

That was the appearance of 《Demon King Krebskrem》.

It was a woman’s voice.

Edelgart raised both of her hands as if overcome with emotion.

It was a shout that resembled a beast’s howl.

Krebskrem was gushing out magical power from its whole body.

「……This can’t happen. This……If it revives, it’ll be no good!」

Rem’s complexion turned pale.

Diablo shouted.

He took out a Potion Tin from his waist pouch.

He used it.

「Fuuuuu……」

If the opponent were someone of the Races, he could read the opponent’s aims from their movements.

──There is the possibility that she might possess a technique that kills on first sight, but there’s no meaning in receiving it, I guess.

He turned his staff towards his opponent.

He was about to speak out his magic, but at that time──

*Basshuuuuuu!*

It was a sound as if the air of a balloon all came out.

She had become the same size……No, even smaller than Diablo. Far from Shera and Rem, she was even smaller.

Diablo unintentionally forgot to attack and gazed at her.

Reflexively, he looked at her over and over.

「……A, child?」

On her head, she had curved horns like that of a goat. Her eyes were a purple color that was similar to amethyst, and her blond hair that was put up into two tufts grew down to her knees. What she wore was a dress with fluttery frills, but her shoulders and stomach were visible, to the point where it would have been lascivious if she weren’t a little girl.

Her ears were long like that of an Elf, and from her butt, there was a lizard tail hanging down and flopping about.

Diablo doubted his own eyes. Questioning if the game-prepared MP Recovery Potion was too powerful and was making him see an illusion, he checkon on how Rem and the others looked.

So he really wasn’t mis-seeing things.
The little girl──Krebskrem got down onto a place where the edge of the tower became higher, crossed her arms, and glared over the surroundings. Though, even if she was standing on that tall place, Diablo was the taller one.

「Ku ku ku……Were the ones that awakened Maou from her slumber, all of you!」[1]

It was a normal, sweet voice.

「……Demon King-sama……Revival～, happy to, see it? Happy!」

「And you are?」

「I see. Umu! Maou’s revival, you will be greatly praised for it-noda!」

She was the enemy that he must defeat.

In the MMORPG Cross Reverie, Humanoid Monsters had been introduced. There were also bandits, and even the Demonic Beings were Humanoids.

However, there weren’t any little girls.

And then, wouldn’t a component where the ill-treatment of minors being seen be removed?

Moreover, this world was not the game.

Since she was the Demon King, that is the natural thing to do, but……

He did have his promise with Rem, and he couldn’t release her for the sake of the Races. That little girl was the Demon King that would destroy the Races. She should have been.

「Oi, are you really the Demon King Krebskrem?」

「My name is Diablo. I am the true Demon King that came from another world, the one that revived you……And then, the one that will slaughter you!」

From that small body of hers, tremendous magical power came overflowing out.

──Even with an appearance like this, she is still a Demon King, huh. Seems like I have no choice but to fight.

「Kukuku……What kind of fear would a Demon King that only just woke up be able to teach me?」

「Ku ku ku……Let’s see……For you who had revived Maou, that method should be good. I will kill you with that extraordinarily brutal one!」

She probably remembered some kind of fighting style. Or maybe, an execution method.

──Will I take the initiative? No, with that physique, it’s very likely that she’ll come using magic.

Despite that, Krebskrem was making a troubled face.

She was acting strange.

Did she have too many different magic spells to use? He was expecting her to use a powerful one from the first shot as much as possible though.

「………………Could it be, you, can’t think of something?」

「You are telling me you forgot how to fight!?」

She was just like a little girl that had her temper awoken.

「Th, that kind of thing is something you shouldn’t do!」

Krebskrem faltered.

She was stopped!?

Rem and Alicia were also dumbfounded.

「Demon King-sama!? Abiding, to words of someone of Races～……Wrong? Wrong!」

「Wh……at……is?」

The others were the same as well.
Only Diablo was able to make a guess. Rather than calling it knowledge of the MMORPG Cross Reverie, this was the result of having touched many fictional stories.

──Has Krebskrem lost a portion of her memory?

It seems that the ritual was halfway a success, and halfway a failure. He didn’t know the reason why though.

「The Demon King……is one that destroys the Races. Is that not how it is!?」

Krebskrem started thinking.

「And why is that!? I’ve always thought it was strange. Why, why does the Demon King kill people of the Races!? The Demonic Being possess territory, and even though they are living without any need for the lands of the Races, there should be no advantage or disadvantage to the confrontation. Just what is your goal!?」

Not a single thing about that was written in Cross Reverie’s setting either.

Monsters were things that attack people.

If their interests coincided just like in Edelgart’s case, they would also be able to cooperate with the Races.

“Why do you kill the people of the Races?”

「Uugh……No……That is……It feels like there was some sort of reason -noda.」

「Nn? Is that so? That may be the case.」

Towards a Demon King, that was a favor that seemed impossible.

Shera also continued with that.

Alicia was dumbfounded.

「Nnー……Since I cannot recall the reason to kill, I guess it is fine. I got it. I am fine with not killing you all as well.」

「Though, if you say that you will slaughter Maou, I will have to burn you to death -nodaga?」

In order to preserve a Demon King’s dignity, if told “burn you to death”, the only answer would be “go ahead and try it”.

In a panic, Rem and Shera interrupted.

「Th, that’s right! Diablo is actually really kind after all!」

Diablo felt relieved in his mind.

Krebskrem came to an agreement.

Alicia was making a face as if she was looking at something that was unbelievable. Surprisingly, she was displaying a diverse number of emotions.

「It is because I cannot recall a reason to do such a thing. Even if the Races are killed, it will not fill my belly -noda. Maou is hungry.」

In response to Alicia’s words, the girl that had been kneeling the whole time stood up.

──So, as I thought, the Demonic Beings don’t approve of the idea of “do not kill the people of the Races”.

However, Edelgart hung her head in shame.

It seems that she was lamenting over not having something to feed the hungry Krebskrem.

The Baal faction thought only about killing the Races, and the Ourou faction was the moderate faction. And then, Edelgart seemed to be in the direction of “obeying the Demon King”.

Alicia grinded her teeth.

「…………ッ!!」

Diablo called out to her like that.

Shera was relieved from the fact that it seemed that combat was avoided.

Edelgart was going 「Snacks～, go and get? Now? What should it be?」 and worrying.

And then, Krebskrem was holding her stomach, and breathing out a sigh.

「Kuh」

──Could it be, she wanted to fight Demon King?

Even if the Demon King said that she ”won’t kill the Races”, she should be defeated──there was the possibility that she might have had that way of thinking.

Diablo guessed Alicia’s feelings to be like that.

Just because the Demon King said that she “won’t kill”, it would be a problem to be too negligent.

Entrusting Rem to Alicia, Shera approached Krebskrem.

Did she completely trust her from the previous conversation? Contrary to Alicia, Shera had too little wariness.

What she pulled out from her pouch was a biscuit.

Krebskrem’s eyes shined.

「It’s a biscuit, it’s delicious, you know? See, tasty.」

Krebskrem received it.

With a crunching sound, she bit it.

「Delicious -noda!」

「Oou! You should hand it over!」

She said that while handing them over.

「Please thank you, -nanoda!」
She tossed the biscuits that she received into her mouth.

「Delicious -noda! Delicious -noda! What is your name!? I shall make you a strongly valued Demonic Being!?」

「What, so you are of the Races. Well, that is fine -noda. I shall praise you -noda.」

Having the role of giving snacks to Krebskrem stolen from her, she seemed dissatisfied.

「In that case, I shall bestow you power -noda!」

The magical power that was released from her small hand was poured onto Edelgart.

──So when someone receives power from the Demon King, they change that much!

「Ooo……grateful～, blessing!」

She really was the Demon King. She was able to drastically increase a Demonic Being’s level without any sort of difficulty.

At that time, if the Demonic Beings were strengthened by the Demon King, it might have been difficult for him to win.

He couldn’t feel any fighting spirit from Edelgart. Abiding by the Demon King’s words, she probably intended on not killing the Races.

「How are you feeling?」

「Hmph, so you’re unable to stand. You will recover eventually. So……Are you able to accept that?」

Rem squinted her eyes.

「Is that so.」

Saying that, Rem smiled.

Next to them, Alicia was silently listening. It seemed that she also held some complicated feelings, but it seemed that she already lost her fighting spirit.

「There aren’t many that could consent with everything that has happened. However, you have chosen to do so.」

「The accomplished promise has become half of what it was supposed to be.」

──To kill her as she is now, certainly, that would make me the monster.

「*Hagu hagu* (Munch, munch)……Delicious -noda! This is, delicious -noda! Thanks to this, Maou has remembered her mission!」

Shera panicked.

「To eat up the biscuits of this world! This was the meaning of Maou’s revival -noda!」

Diablo made a retort in his mind.
Because this world wasn’t the game, peace was the best. However, in Cross Reverie, if this kind of Demon King were to be implemented, the administration’s mailbox probably would have been overflowing with customer complaints.

For works of entertainment, people always desire an enemy that one can simply beat the crap out of. They sought a target they could crush and feel refreshed over.
However, in this world……Even the Demon King was not an existence meant be a diversion for the Players. She lives, she laughs, and she eats biscuits.

Krebskrem made an inquiry to Shera.

「Yeah, sorry. But if we return to town, there will be as many as you like, you know? If you put jam on it, it’ll be even more delicious. Also, mixing in crushed walnuts, will make it more and more delicious.」

*Jyuru* (Slurp), Krebskrem slurped up her drool.

「Yosh! You should guide me to the place with even more biscuits -noda!」

Edelgart drew closer in hot haste.

「The Demon King Castle, huh……There are biscuits there, right -nodana?」

Krebskrem pouted.

「……Ah, no……Um～……Demon King-sama～, being at Demon King Castle, appropriate? Appropriate! That is……A, apo, logies. Deepest.」

Going “Hmph”, Krebskrem folded her arms.

「Ha, haha (As you wish)!」

Krebskrem grabbed Shera’s arm.

「So you really are going!? Is that alright!?」

Now that things had become like this, there was no other choice but to take her there. If they untactfully declined her, it seemed like he would have to fight with the Demon King for sure this time.

──There are a lot of mysteries about the Demonic Being ecology, but there is one thing that I’ve come to understand.
In the Demonic Being world, there were no biscuits in their culture. Only that was something that was clear.

Chapter end