Miss Demon King, Please Endure a Little Longer - Volume 1 Chapter 4

Chapter 4: What Kind of Demon

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Like an old friend returning.

When Aira sat in the living room, the same place where she had initially collapsed and awakened, facing the four members of the Hero Party, this phrase inexplicably came to mind.

An hour ago, everyone was fighting for their lives in the forest. An hour later, everyone sat together in a circle. They couldn’t recognize me, but I recognized them.

“Let’s start by discussing what happened at that time,” said the swordswoman with long ice-blue hair named Celeste. “Based on the scene, it appears that after the Demon King returned here, he used some kind of secret technique to transform into an animal and escape. The evidence for this is that he left his clothes on the ground before leaving, indicating he couldn’t wear them anymore. The transformed animal was most likely small in size, caused very little commotion, went unnoticed by anyone, and left no traces behind.”

How thorough. Truly worthy of being my direct opponent from earlier.

“Wait, there’s another detail,” the mage Vina raised her hand to indicate. “Before the Demon King escaped, he also left behind a naked girl in the living room to block our pursuit.”

Although that’s what happened, hearing it said like this makes my image seem terrible…

“Could you explain in detail what happened at that time?”

“Aira?”

“Oh, right.” The somewhat distracted Aira snapped back to attention and quickly replied, “Yes, at that time he ran back from outside, came straight toward me, then I felt everything go black and passed out. I don’t know anything that happened after that.”

“So the Demon King knocked you unconscious first, then took off his clothes.”

Celeste said this calmly, calmly picked up her pen, and calmly recorded it.

Please don’t write down things like that…

“What do you know about the Demon King’s transformation abilities?”

“I don’t know. He never displayed such abilities, and no one in the castle has ever seen them,” Aira said with certainty.

In fact, there were no such abilities at all, but that was fine. Saying this would make her appear very shrewd, never letting a second person know about life-saving trump cards.

“Cautious and distrustful of others,” Celeste recorded while speaking aloud.

“…”

Is that how it’s being interpreted?

“Also, also, he’s a perverted lecher!” Vina raised her hand and said, “This big-breasted girl is the best proof!”

She’s so enthusiastic, afraid of missing anything.

The big-breasted girl’s eyelids twitched several times, but she still couldn’t help saying: “Actually, I’m still pure.”

I can accept being seen as arrogant and cunning, but not as a pervert, that’s the bottom line!

Everyone looked over, their expressions seeming to ask how that was possible.

“Because the Demon King… has great ambitions. He said he absolutely cannot be distracted by women before achieving success, so he hasn’t touched me for now.”

Doesn’t this establish a respectable character?

“Oh? Really nothing happened?” Vina showed a suspicious expression. “Could it be that he has sexual orientation problems and deliberately captured you as a cover?”

Damn mage brat!

Aira’s temples throbbed, and she forced herself to show a shy expression: “It’s not like nothing happened at all. Occasionally he would take small liberties.”

No choice. Can’t be labeled as gay, can only admit to minor improprieties.

“Oh~”

“Alright, enough nonsense.” Celeste tapped her pen. “Let’s ask serious questions. The Demon King has escaped. Based on your understanding of him, where do you think he might flee to?”

Aira casually mentioned several demon territories, such as the Demon King’s birthplace, the place where the Demon King gave his first speech, the place where the Demon King launched Crystal Night, and the place where he was crowned, among others.

She just mentioned them offhandedly, but Celeste seriously recorded everything.

“Last question: what kind of person do you think the Demon King is?”

“Or what kind of demon,” Vina said with a grin, changing the word.

Aira was silent for a moment, then said through gritted teeth: “The Demon King is a thoroughly evil, treacherous and cunning, cruel and merciless villain.”

Celeste wrote down her words one by one, then asked her to leave.

Returning to the afternoon rest compartment, Aira sat down, looked out the window, and gritted her teeth.

Today’s humiliation will be repaid a hundredfold in the future.

Just you wait!

On the other side, in the living room, Zero and Vina told the other two about Aira’s request to join the team.

“That’s impossible,” Celeste said without hesitation. “We have our own missions usually. This isn’t child’s play.”

Lia, sitting to the side, frowned slightly: “The divine has not permitted such a thing.”

Zero hadn’t expected her two companions to oppose so firmly and didn’t know what to say for a moment.

“Hey~ you can’t say it like that. The big-breasted girl has suffered so much and knows the world’s dangers. She definitely won’t treat it as child’s play,” Vina drew circles on the table with her little hand. “As for Miss Lia, after we bring her back to the royal capital, just take her to the church for a service. The Goddess of Light is magnanimous and will surely not refuse a devout believer.”

Lia’s pure and holy face showed some displeasure, but unable to find a reason to refute, she could only say: “One must not speak carelessly about the divine’s gender.”

“That’s two different matters,” Celeste put away her notebook and placed it in her carry bag. “We don’t understand each other.”

“That’s even less of a reason, because it’s the same between us. A month ago, none of us had even met each other. After half a month of joint training, we came here. Speaking of understanding, we don’t necessarily understand each other much either.”

Zero looked at the mage girl, then at her two temporarily speechless companions, silently giving a thumbs up in her heart.

So impressive, completely didn’t need her help.

After a few seconds of silence at the table, Vina took the initiative to speak:

“I know you just feel it’s not quite appropriate. How about this — let her return to the royal capital with us, then spend some time together, say about a month, enough for us to understand each other. We can make a decision then.”

Celeste had no reason to refuse this proposal.

A few minutes later, Zero ran to the adjacent room, excitedly telling Aira the good news.

“We have a month to get along. Once they understand you, they’ll definitely agree to let you join.”

So happy? Smiling so brightly too. Silly camper, being used by me.

Aira tilted her head slightly, showing a sweet smile: “Thank you, Zero.”

“You should thank me more~” Vina appeared in the doorway, left hand on the door handle, right hand holding a book. “I was the one who argued against all opposition, refuted all their objections, and won you this trial period.”

“Right,” Zero nodded. “Vina was especially amazing just now!”

“Mm, thank you.”

Aira thanked her absentmindedly, but her attention was focused on the book in the other’s hand.

Damn mage brat, came to my house to steal books without even saying hello. Wait, what was that book about again?

She felt the cover looked familiar. Finding an opportunity to steal a few glances, she remembered that book 《The Girl Carried Away by the Dragon》. It told the story of a beautiful girl who was captured by an evil dragon, developed Stockholm syndrome, and eventually fell in love with the dragon.

The plot was somewhat like the early romance novels from her previous life. Aira had also enjoyed reading it before because she identified with the evil dragon character and always fantasized about capturing a beautiful princess someday.

Unfortunately, luck wasn’t on her side. She never captured a princess, but instead became a beautiful big-breasted girl herself.