Episode 13: The Devil Princess
 

“Fuhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!”
 
“Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!”
 
“Huh!?”
 
Demon Lord Hiraines noticed a “girl” laughing alongside him in his own realm and, startled, jumped back.
 
“Y-you!”
 
“Oh my, nice to meet you. I hope I’m not intruding.”
 
The “golden girl,” without a hint of tension, gracefully lifted the hem of her black dress embroidered with silver thread, displaying a cheerful smile that seemed to unsettle those who saw it.
 
“This is my personal subspace! How did you get here!?”
 
Hiraines, with a look of astonishment and caution, narrowed his eyes slightly … Read the rest

[──Why have you summoned me? It seems you haven’t gathered enough souls to fulfill the contract.──]
 

In an eerie space, a “voice” echoed.
 
The dark place resembled a vast cave, its surfaces pulsating like living flesh, a labyrinth where up and down were indistinguishable.
 
“I can’t… go on. There’s not enough time…”
 
Kneeling on the writhing, organ-like ground, Geass, now a skeletal figure, wept in despair.
 
The number of souls required by his contract with the “Evil God” was five hundred thousand. Stronger souls could reduce the number, but in reality, he had far fewer, … Read the rest

“So, what should we do?”
 
Without showing any concern, Noah asked calmly, smirking as if he already knew everything.
 
“Leave it to me. Open it──”
 
“──〝Lost Eden, the Paradise Lost〟──”
 
…Huh?
 
As the servants chanted in unison, they manipulated the space with something resembling a key. A pitch-black void spread open, only to be concealed by a “black vortex” as if covering it… but.
 
“We failed.”
 
“Giving up so quickly?!”
 
What’s going on here?! And isn’t “Lost Eden, the Paradise Lost” my personal subspace? Why does Noah and the others have the … Read the rest

Episode 12: I Became an Angel of the Battlefield
 

 
With Rinne perched on my shoulder, I smiled softly as I headed toward the battlefield.
 
At that moment, for some reason, the [Fake Flame Spirit]—who seemed oddly out of place on the battlefield—froze in place. When our eyes met, it turned into pure white ash and crumbled away.
 
Wait, what? Why did it choose to “self-destruct” just because I smiled at it?
 
Was it out of its mind or something?
 
Well, whatever. It doesn’t matter.
 
At least I made it in time. It was … Read the rest

“Why……”
 
Alfio mutters softly at the sight of such heroes.
 
“Am I……not the ‘protagonist’……?”
 
The “real” hero in the distance shines brightly, holding a golden sword, praised by knights and soldiers, with royal friends, and a princess who, though still young, will surely grow into a peerless beauty.
 
All the women in Alfio’s group, including Ataline, who had been rescued from a dire situation, gazed at the true hero and warrior with eyes that once looked at Alfio.
 
“Hey”
 
Hearing such a casual voice, Alfio snaps back to reality and sees Ludrick approaching them … Read the rest

A few weeks after the Saint Eurushia disappeared…finally, the vanguard of the demonic army that emerged from the Demon Kingdom’s forest clashed with the waiting human forces.
 
The human army, comprised of troops dispatched by the central powers like Taliteld, Terthed and Sigres, numbered 300,000 including mercenary soldiers from the northern countries.
 
Meanwhile, the demonic army that originally had over a million soldiers saw many militiamen desert after the mysterious disappearance of their sorcerer and beastmaster wings. Only about 250,000 centered on the demon troop corps made it here.
 
If the entire million-strong demonic army appeared, even … Read the rest

Chapter 11 It’s War!
 

After years of childhood friendship and shared feelings, they finally decided to take the next step and went to submit their marriage registration at the city hall… But on the way, a truck suddenly swerved towards them. The young man shielded his beloved and lost his life in the process.
 
(……What is this place!?)
 
When he came to, the young man found himself in a dim, shabby room.
 
It wasn’t until months later, when his consciousness fully returned and his vision cleared, that he realized just how shabby the room truly was.… Read the rest

“Manifestation, huh……”
 
Rinne mutters this in response to my words, making a subtle expression.
 
……He’s quite skilled with cat expressions.
 
“Thanks to being named, my existence has become both stable and larger. Because of that, ordinary vessels would probably break, unable to contain my existence.”
 
And then— Rinne continues.
 
“Just devouring, killing, and consuming isn’t the only ‘essence’ of a demon.”
 
“Yes, that’s right.”
 
We, the [demons], are fundamentally different from the [gods].
 
I don’t know if true [gods], neither [land deities] ascended from spirits nor [elementals], truly exist, but I have … Read the rest

“What is this…?”
 
The Demon King Hevrat was breathless at the sight before him.
 
The dark clouds that had once covered the sky since his birth had disappeared, and after staring at it in bewilderment, he regained his senses and hurried towards the vanished Demon King’s castle.
 
Hevrat had no particular attachment to the Demon King’s Castle. He harbored no lingering sentiments for the place where his parents and siblings were slain. It was merely a site he had accepted for the sake of unifying his people.
 
But now, something was happening there. The castle’s central … Read the rest

Chapter 10: I Became an Idol
 

“…Oh, has it subsided?”
 
In the royal palace behind the Demon King’s castle in the land of the demons, the hero Alfio, who was inspecting the treasure vault, looked up at the ceiling nervously during the repeated earthquakes, worried the building might collapse.
 
Although he was a reincarnator from a country prone to earthquakes, he felt uneasy in a building that looked like it was just piled up with stones. Ironically, his noble and mercenary companions who had many opportunities to experience magic in this world remained calmer than him.
 
Alfio and his … Read the rest