The Sub-Heroine’s Butler Is a Vicious Bastard - Chapter 109



109. The Demon King (9)

To Princess Arlot.

Are you at peace, princess? Ugly butler… This is Waltz Schmitz.

I am currently living as a prisoner in the Demon King’s Castle.

At first, it was dark, but I think I might come to my senses and somehow survive and try to return.

There is a story I have always wanted to tell.

Because of my foolishness in not being able to face reality and my narrow-mindedness in trying to avoid reality.

A story deep in my heart that I could not bear to tell to Princess Arlot.

On the day I was kidnapped, I wanted to convey my feelings to the princess right away, but as things turned out like this, it seems like heaven was very indifferent.

Still, I think I will be able to return home soon through a pact with the Demon King.

I will return quickly and convey my feelings to the princess.

So, I hope you stay healthy.

P.S. I enclose my blood. Considering that your physical condition has worsened, we will send it to you by express, so we recommend that you quickly take a sip and eat the rest slowly.

Lady Arlott’s exclusive butler, Waltz Schmitz.

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“Is one letter really enough?”

“What… “You’re not even going to send it to me, are you?”

The capital of the western Elven kingdom also bordered the sea.

Since the weather was between late fall and winter, there were not many people,

At least there were quite a few people at the seaside restaurant where I was at Mawanga.

She waved her cocktail glass around in her hand and observed the scene.

“I read your letter just in case. It was quite fun.”

“There are quite a few stories about demons and you, so don’t worry.”

“That’s not the story… What happened?”

With the money the devil won, he rented a pretty good restaurant.

Outside the large window, I could see a deserted beach clearly,

The sunset shimmered beyond the crashing waves.

The Demon King, staring blankly at that scene, didn’t seem to be very happy.

“So how was your day today? Did you enjoy it?”

“It was fun. The entertainment in the human world you mentioned was definitely stimulating and different compared to the drab demon world. But… “

Her eyes, which were staring at the sandy beach, turned to me.

“You don’t look like you’re having much fun.”

“Not really…”

I wanted to immediately say ‘that’s not true’ to the devil’s words.

The reason I came here is to teach the Demon King about the fun of the human world and set new goals for his life.

Considering my purpose her her her, it would be natural to please her.

But those superficial words just lingered in my mouth and never came out.

She said, “Did you say Arlot? Is she something he wants to see?”

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He was a devil with eyes whose true intentions were unknown.

What should I say here to make her feel better?

She had mixed feelings, but she decided to tell the truth anyway.

A corner of her heart felt heavy, as if the dam of suppressed emotions deep inside her had burst.

“Are you crying?”

“No. This… “

When she hurriedly touched her eyes with her fingers after hearing the devil’s words, water leaked out.

I didn’t think about it on purpose because I didn’t want to be conscious of Arlot at all.

Because she had previously written a letter asking for the devil, her emotions were intensified.

“I would like to see. A person named Arlot. She is waiting for me, I want to see the precious person I serve. Because I love you.”

I still can’t exactly define what love is.

However, when I was on guard duty, I talked to Hannah and Evan and sorted things out on my own.

The emotional exchange that Arlot and I shared was at least defined as love by others.

“Is it love?”

“Yes. At least that’s what I think.”

Just because other people look like that doesn’t mean I thought, ‘Then I should love too.’

Just because the emotional exchange between me and Arlott wasn’t like the typical relationship between a man and a woman sharing skinship in a restaurant.

I was just mistaking this feeling for loyalty or paternal love.

He was a coward who was hiding these feelings from her because he was afraid to reveal them.

When Arlot was arguing with Hanna at the cafe, she confirmed that her feelings were the same as mine.

There was no need to delay any longer.

‘Of course, we are delayed because we cannot escape from the Demon King… ‘

Of course, she didn’t seem to have any intention of letting me go.

During the decades that we have lived up to now, which could be hundreds of years.

Because it gave her a new emotional stimulation that she had never felt before living her dull and dull life.

To her, I guess my existence is perceived as something like ‘a curious person who is connected to existence S’ or a ‘fun toy’.

The Demon King was silent for a while after muttering the word love.

As she drank her cocktail and cut her, she kept staring out her window.

I was curious as to what I was looking at, so I saw a couple of men and women walking along the beach and engaging in skinship.

“Is love something enjoyable?”

As I was eating ice cream for dessert, the devil asked me.

Did you become curious after watching the affectionate behavior of passing couples for a while?

Did you have that thought while watching the couples having fun?

I didn’t know her intentions, but I knew one thing for sure.

“Love is a joyful thing. “More than any other experience.”

She recalls the days she spent with Arlot.

She did not mind the pain of swelling her hands and feet and cutting off her flesh in order to help her.

In the end, she was able to grit her teeth and run so far, and yet she was able to smile without showing any signs of hardship.

It would be difficult to explain if it weren’t for the power of love that exists between Arlot and me.

“But you shed tears remembering your loved one. Now I’m suffering from an inexplicable pain. Then isn’t love painful?”

I thought she lacked sociability, but had she really never given or received something called love?

I felt sorry for the devil at that moment, so I tried to choose my words for her as best I could to help her understand her.

“That’s what love is. I’m happy enough to cry, and sad enough to laugh. I think it is a supreme experience that allows you to feel a variety of human emotions.”

“Is that so…”

The Demon King seemed lost in thought as he stirred the ice cream with a spoon.

It bothered her a little because she seemed to know too much even after saying it.

I, too, was a fool who didn’t realize love long ago and wandered here and there until I finally found the answer.

“…Many years have passed since I was born on this earth and reigned as the Absolute. “He ascended to the throne as a stronger, smarter, and better person than anyone else.”

“Is that so?”

“But when I met you, I was filled with things I didn’t know, including love and joy. You told me earlier that there is a saying among humans like this. “It’s a frog in a well.”

I thought I said something like that at the gambling house earlier.

What concerns me more than that is the devil who is always bright, cheerful, and confident.

The thing about me now was that he looked sunken with his shoulders drooping.

“Speaking of saying it’s a proverb, let me say one more thing: When you think it’s too late, it’s the fastest. There is also a saying: So don’t worry too much.”

“Is that so… You tell me so much. Even though this body is forcibly kidnapping you and holding you captive. Even though we are a race from another world with which we have no contact whatsoever.”

I don’t know much about the history of demons or how they are treated in this world.

They were only described as a race that acts as a counterpart to humans and does bad things to humans.

However, the demons that I personally saw and felt in the Demon Castle were intelligent beings that thought and acted like ordinary people.

“It doesn’t matter what race, age or gender you are. In some people’s eyes, you may seem like an absolute being, but in my eyes, you are just a girl who is thirsty for joy and love.”

“What… “

“It’s a joke.”

“…Hehe. “That’s fun.”

The Demon King, who became more generous, said that and drank his wine glass.

I’ve thought about it before, but you really like alcohol and drink a lot.

The Demon King drank the wine from the half-full glass in one go and opened his mouth.

“Hehe… I have a strange feeling that maybe it’s because I’m drunk. Wouldn’t it be bad for humans and demons to live together… “

“…Is it okay for you, who reign as their absolute leader, to say such things?”

I don’t know if he was drunk, but the Demon King muttered that.

Will my efforts to change her mind be rewarded?

I listened to her while trying my best to show no such signs.

“As you said, I may have been living a puppet-like life under the control of existence S. The voice that was ringing inside my head made me think that killing people was the only joy.”

“…”

“But you are different.”

I didn’t know that such a situation existed from the Demon King.

Was I brainwashed by a voice that sounded directly in my head?

As I was dazed for a moment, hearing this for the first time, her thin finger pointed at me.

“I can feel it. To my eyes, which are sensitive to magic, I can see exactly how connected the living thing is to existence S. You are connected to me on the same level, or even more so. However, despite this, they deny existence S and lead their lives independently.”

There was a setting that the Demon King was a magic master, but was there a separate setting like this?

The identity of existence S still cannot be accurately defined…

If you mean the systematic coercion of her game, I didn’t feel like I was being brainwashed by her.

‘At most, it’s just a quest.’

Other than fixing Arlot’s leg, it was a quest that I half-neglected because the rewards were not very satisfactory.

If existence S is a quest, honestly, it has almost no effect on me.

It seems that Demon Lord Chakan Baatar mistakenly thought that I, too, was being brainwashed in her head, just like she was, and that I was barely overcoming it.

“You said it before. Just as I have power, you also have power to match. I ignored you at the time, but now I realize. You… Are much stronger than me mentally.”

It’s difficult to look at him with those sparkling eyes…

All I did was play Yut and play with the devil

I’m not sure why it’s so highly rated.

“Anyway, I want to live a life like you that goes against existence S. Because it seems more fun that way.”

“Is that so. That’s a good thing.”

“Hehe… Is it? I might realize it later.”

“Do you mean fun?”

“Hmm… “

The Demon King stared at me for a long time.

As I was slightly embarrassed by the sudden silence, she chuckled.

“Well, let’s put it that way. Let’s go back first. “If you wait in the guest room for a few days, I will tell you good news soon.”

“Thank you for your consideration, Demon King.”

“…Chakan Baatar.”

I was about to get up from the table and walk next to her, but she nudged me with her elbow.

Because of the height difference, her eyes were slightly shaking as she looked down at me.

“Let them call you by your name. I’m never allowed to call the ones below that, but especially… “

“I understand, Mr. Chakanbaatar.”

“Be thankful. There are only a handful of people who can call me by my name.”

“Yes, let’s go quickly.”

As the evening came to Chakan Baatar, I wandered around the brightly lit streets a little more.

In the end, it was only around night when everyone on the street went home that I was able to return to the Demon King’s Castle.

It didn’t take long before I heard the good news she spoke of.