--I couldn't stand to be looked down upon.

　The demon king's army called me a traitor, and humans and subhumans shunned me as untrustworthy.
　I, Dionis Herberg, was born to the demon tribe with such a fate in mind.

　Every demon tribe is born with two horns.
　They use their two horns to control their magical power.
　However, I only had one horn growing on my forehead.

　It took a lot more effort to use magic than the other demon race.
　My body is also weak, and even the younger ones can lose strength.
　It's a joke of a body.

''Even if you have a single horn, you're still a fine son of mine.''

　It's a habit of his that he doesn't take much credit for other than his big frame, but his father said that to me.

Dionysus. I'm just glad you're healthy.

　The mother of the scum who couldn't understand such a thing, even though she wasn't healthy enough to be missing a single horn, smiled at me as she said that.

''Brother!　Teach me magic!''

　The scum sister, who has a habit of growing two horns and trying to take away even her special skill of water magic, said that while sweetly telling me.

''Don't be silly!''

　Everyone in the village pitied me for having only one horn.
　I don't like it, it irritates me so much, it makes me want to throw up.
　They all make fun of me for being the one with no horns, the one with no horns.

"They all look down on me,

　I can't stand to be looked down upon.
　So I tried everything I could.
　I had talent.
　Sword, sorcery, and body arts were more than humanly possible with a little practice.

　The control and strength of my magic and muscle power was made up for by my skills.
　In just a few years, I became the strongest in the village.
　Even though I had a handicap the size of a horn, the people in the village were weaker than me.

　It's funny.
　They were all such incompetent trash.
　I can't help but feel sorry for them.

'Dionysus is amazing. Dionis is amazing, he's so cool.

　I didn't like my childhood friend, Shirley, a whore who approached me as if she knew nothing about me, even though she didn't know anything about me.

　Some time later, I became the most powerful water user - the "water demon".
　It felt good to be revered by the cesspool trash.
　After that, my eyes turned to the outside of the demon tribe.

　The inferior species that always looked down on demons (me) was getting on my nerves.

　From that moment on, I made up my mind.
　I'll look down on everything but myself.
　I would step on them, humiliate them, and ridicule them.

　That's why I betrayed Amatsu, who was behaving as if he were a human being.
　I decided to take Lucifina's invitation to join the Demon King's army.

　It's disgusting to see Amatsu, who talks about borrowed ideals with great pride at the expense of trash that can't do anything without strength.
　He shouldn't be stronger than me because of his human nature.
　That guy, like the rest of the village, encourages, pities and looks down on himself.

　That's why it felt so good to see that tearful face when he betrayed me, I thought he was going to climax.
　It was also exhilarating when he cut down Liuzas, who thinks he's the one who uses him.
　Slaughtering the humans and sub-humans that Amatsu had saved before was a habitual pleasure.

　Not only did he kill the other races, but he killed all the demons who hadn't obeyed him.
　My parents, and my sister, ridiculed me for my crying and screaming, and turned me into a mangled mass of flesh.
　Charley, who was only good looking, I killed him in despair and intense pain and turned him into a specimen.

　The only thing I let him live was Bertoga, who crawled to the ground and licked his shoes.
　"I didn't like the fact that he had the unworthy title of 'flame demon', but I didn't like it.
　I was going to kill him someday, so I was disappointed when I heard he died in the Purgatory Labyrinth.

　After killing Amatsu, I was even put in charge of the Demon King's army's stronghold, the labyrinth.
　But I have no intention of ending up here.
　I'll kill the Demon King who's languishing in the Demon King's Castle and trample all the tribes that look down on me.

　"I can now use demonization.
　I've also mastered the Lost Magic.
　Now I'm the strongest of them all.

　I've been looked down upon so much in the past, so from now on, I will look down on them myself.
　Humans, sub-humans, demons, and demonkind, I will make them all slaves.
　I will trample them all and kill them in despair.

　And then I will be filled with all of them, and I will die in peace.
　I can't bear to be mixed with magic.
　I'm going to die a satisfying death and keep my individuality in the underworld.

　I'm going to die a happy death.
　That's what ---- is all about.

---- huh?

　The shaking of my body woke me up.
　For some reason, my whole body is damaged.
　For some reason, I don't know why I don't have any magic powers.

"What am I doing at ......?

　My memory is fuzzy.
　I wake up slowly.

"--Good morning, Dionysus.

　And then what came into view.
　It was the figure of Amatsu, smiling gently like a devil.


◆

Huh.

　Dionis lets out a small scream when he sees my face.
　As he tried to back away, he was blocked by the chains binding his feet to the ground.
　The chains pull me back and I fall to the ground.

'Hey, what the hell,'
It's a chain, see?

　I let him put it on while he slept, so he couldn't escape.

......!　It's unbreakable ......!

　Dionis strains to break it, but the chains only make a jarring noise.

......!　Amatsu, what are you trying to do to me!　I, what the hell are you doing ......?
Relax. Why don't you just check your own forehead?
'Forehead ......?'

　Dionysus reached for his forehead in doubt.
　And then he seemed to realize that there was nothing there that should be there.

''Ah...... ahhh!
''Your horns, they're surprisingly fragile, aren't they? Elfi's light grip on them snapped them off.
''My horns are ahhh!

　For demons, horns are quite an important organ.
　The demon race uses their horns to adjust their magic power.
　So if they lose their horns, they won't be able to use magic like they used to.

''Nah, why is this ......!
''Because we don't want them to attack us when we wake up.
That's why it's too much!　You can't use magic anymore in this situation!

　Shaking out her indigo hair, Dionis cries out.
　I don't know if it's because I woke up in my sleep, but that's an interesting thing to say.

You're not going to be able to use it, Dionysus. Soon you won't have to worry about not being able to use your magic.
To ......?
"Elfie.

　The moment he gave the signal, Dionis's body was lifted into the air.
　Dionis, who was suspended in the air, screamed.

''Hii......!
''Hm. That's handy, these chains.

　The end of the chain is floating in the air and reacts according to its magic.
　That's what Elfi is controlling now.

''I've had quite a bit of trouble figuring out how to get revenge on you.
'Huh, revenge ......?'

　He slowly speaks to Dionis, who is still suspended in mid-air.

'Pure pain, or torment them endlessly with sustained potions, making them drink the swamp poison .......
Yeah, is that what you're doing to me?　You're out of your mind!
...... Yeah. That's why I'm not going to do anything terrible like that. What you deserve is water.

　I give the signal.
　A moment later, the chains controlled by Elfi moved and knocked Dionis, who was suspended in mid-air, down into the water.

''There's a lot of water in this room, after all, so there's no way we can't use it.
But...

　Dionis is slammed into the water, and Dionis scratches his algae in the water.
　Due to the fact that his feet are tied up, Dionis can only flap his hands around.
　Eventually, he ran out of breath and noticed a change in his own body around the time he unexpectedly swallowed the water.

It's a good thing that you're able to get your hands on a ...... bot. Gobo?　Gobo!

　He suppresses his belly with his free hand and screams out in a desperate manner.
　In the meantime, he seems to have swallowed a lot of water.

Gobo: "Gobo: .......
Hmm.

　Around the whites of his eyes, Elfi pulled up.
　Dionis, slammed to the ground, spits an impossible amount of water out of his mouth.

'...... Iori. I can't bear to look at it.
Please be patient.

　He chuckles at the frowning Elfie and turns his attention to Dionis, who is spitting out gibberish and water.
　He's holding his stomach down and suffering from algae as he spits up water.

　He wouldn't suffer to this extent if he drank water normally.
　But now Dionis has a little special trick up his sleeve.

''What ...... is that, eh!
"I had to have a trick put in your stomach while you were asleep.

　The stomach has the role of digesting food, but it is not the only function it has.
　It's not the only function the stomach has, it also has the ability to regulate and send food to the duodenum.
　It is the function of the "pylorus" at the end of the stomach. ...... The function of the pylorus is deliberately prevented from working with "healing magic".

　This means that when Dionysus drinks a glass of water, the water goes directly to the duodenum.
　It's going to go right into your intestines at a brisk pace.
　It's not hard to imagine how painful that is.

"Pylorus ......?　I, my stomach ......?

　I explained it in detail, but Dionis didn't seem to understand it very well.

''The bottom line is that you can drink as much water as you want,''
"...... Hey, Amatsu. I don't know what you're talking about. What the hell do you plan to do with me, ......?
I don't need to know. I know what to do.

　At Dionis' question, Elfie muttered as he lifted the chain.　
　You are absolutely right.
　I don't need to ask.

You will taste the agony of hell and then you will kill him unceremoniously.

　After making sure that Dionis pasted a look of despair on his face, Elfie knocked him down into the water again.


◆


"Hey. ......

　Dionis is jittering and writhing in the water.
　His legs are bound by chains, so he can only swing his open arms around.
　The chains cannot be destroyed because of the broken horns, nor can they be used for magic.

''Ah...... Amazu!　Help ......!

　He looks up, doing his best and desperately trying to catch his breath.
　It's inexplicably funny that he comes begging for help in between.
　Where did that bravado from earlier go?

You're the Water Demon General, you're the Water Demon. It's a very good idea to have a good time. You like water, right?
Yeah.　You're a gobbler.
This is our gift to you. Drink as much water as you want.
"......!　......!

　Apparently, he liked it.

Stop ......!　I don't like water, all right?
Hmm, water demon. Hmm, water demon, you have nothing to be afraid of.

　It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on a new one.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.
　Dionysus was gurgling in the water, and Elfi looked at him with a very cold expression.

　He closes his mouth to avoid swallowing the water, but Dionis opens his mouth as he struggles to breathe.
　Each time, he swallows a lot of water and suffers in agony.
　The process repeats itself.

　Elfie is used to it, and he releases his magic eye just before Dionis runs out of power.　
　Unable to faint, Dionis was suffering from the water attack.

''Yi, gahhh.''

　Dionysus is struggling to look up against gravity.

'What's the matter?　'Do your best to keep your face up.'
Hi ...... Hi ......
"'I'm better than all you inferior beings,' says the guy, 'cause I'm better than you.　Well, you know, if you don't look up, you can't look down on me, right?
......!

　He still had some energy left in him to be irritated by my words.
　He clenched his teeth and looked up at me while staring at me.

''Oh, sorry. You can only 'look up' at me then, no matter what, right?
'Amazu!　Screw you, ...... gab.

　In the middle of the words, Dionis is submerged in the water.

'Bashi ...... hiccup ...... hahaha ......'

　About fifteen minutes have passed since then.
　Dionis was already sobbing and begging us for help.
　Her hair was mussed and disheveled, and her face was sticky with water, tears, snot and saliva.

　It's no trick to keep going on and on like this.
　So I signaled to Elfie to loosen Dionis's restraints a bit.
　That would allow Dionis to reach out and just barely reach the foothold.

'Good. If you can reach out, you can keep your face up out of the water?
'Huh ......!'

　He doesn't even have time to say the words anymore.
　With a tearful face, Dionysus reaches out to you.
　You'll be able to find the right time to reach the foothold while desperately raising your face to the surface of the water.

"Yikes!

　I stab my hand, which has grabbed the scaffolding, lightly with the knife.
　He retracts his hand in pain and is forced to writhe in the water again.

Why don't you just go to ......?
'You want to be saved, don't you?　Then go for it.
----

　Dionysus knows what I intend to do.
　I wasn't going to let him get a foothold in the first place.

～～～～～～!

　Even though he understands that, Dionis has no choice but to reach out his hand.
　It's because from time to time, Elfi uses his magic eye to sink into the water's surface.
　He reaches out to the ungraspable foothold to escape the pain.

''In my world, they say that a drowning man is grasping at straws when referring to someone like you right now, right?

　Grab the scaffolding.
　Stab him with a knife.
　Grab the scaffolding.
　Stab it with a knife.

Oh, my God, my ...... hand!　It hurts!
How can you whine about being stabbed with a knife when you're facing an opponent who has stabbed both arms and legs with a sword?
"Gabouche." ......

　Dionis's hands were ragged from the stab wounds, and the water surface was stained red.

''Jinu!　Jinu jinu jinu shinu die......

　Eventually, it seems, he no longer has the grip to grab a foothold.
　Unable to reach out, Dionis can only scratch algae in the water again.

　Well.
　Is it about time for the next step?


◆


"UPPER ...... geeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee

　Again, Dionys is pulled out of the water.
　He spits out a large amount of water from his mouth as if he is vomiting.

"That's what I call a water demon general. It's amazing that you can pull water out of your mouth without using any magic.
'Help me ...... help me ......!'

　It seemed that our words were falling on deaf ears, and they began to desperately beg for their lives.

''I'll return the stone I stole!　Me, I will give you the labyrinth nucleus and the body parts of Elfiszak!　I'll tell you about the other traitors!　Amatsu!　Oh, no, Amatsu-sama!　Forgive me: ......!　Please forgive me!
...... Hmm. Iori, is this what you're saying?
Well, first of all, let's hear the traitor's story, shall we?

　Flipping through, Dionis quickly sells information about his friends.
　Most of it was things that had already been plucked from Liuzas' memory.
　However, there was a harvest.
　It seems that other than the faces that were there, there was someone else who cooperated with Lucifina and Dionis.
　I made a mental note of that name.

So, do you have any other information?
Oh, yeah!　Yes, sir!　I'm talking about an associate of Master Elfiszak's. ......!
...... method.

　Elfi's companions were indeed slaughtered by Ortegia and the others.
　But it seems that not all of them were slaughtered.
　I don't know how many people were killed, but it seems that some of them fled the slaughterhouse.

"............

　Elfie shut his eyes and fell silent to think.

'See, ...... I've talked a lot!　Please help me!
'...... Right. Then Dionis. I have a good suggestion, do you want to hear it?
Hear me out!　I hear it. Let me hear it!

　Dionysus shakes his head, "I'm going to listen to you!
　He shakes his head and says, "I'm going to ask you to listen to me!

I'm not going to be able to get away with it," he said, crawling to the ground and licking the floor with a superior eye, "but I'm an incompetent scum who can only shake my inferiority complex. I apologize for betraying you,' and I'll save your life.
You can go to .......

　At that suggestion, Dionis' face, which was very blue, blushed slightly.
　Well, he's probably furious on the inside.
　Because the person who looked down on you as a lowly, lowly person is saying such things.

　I'm looking at it to see how it goes.

"---- huh?

　Dionis crawled to the ground.
　Then, pulling and shaking, he stretched his tongue out on the floor.　
　She licked the floor with a sticky lick, spilling tears.

"Bo ...... I can only shake up my inferiority complex ......m, incompetent scum. ...... It is. Ura ...... betrayed and betrayed ...... sorry, oh, no ......!

　Really, he apologized as we said he would.
　I'm a little surprised.　

　I was expecting this guy's pride to make him angry, saying "How could you do that?
　He doesn't want to die, even after all this.

'A, Amatsu, sir ....... I did what you told me to do, so I did ...... and you can help me, right?
"Yes.

　With a sneaky smile, Dionis reaches out his hand.

'--It's a lie,'

　With his jade taiji, he slashed off his outstretched wrist.

''Pah ......?''
''There's no way I'm going to help you. You said it earlier, you were the one who said it. It's not just a matter of time before you get to know them.　I just don't understand it.
Yes ...... no!
I don't understand it either. The nerve of you, after all this time, to still believe you can save yourself.

　Holding his arms down, Dionysus cries out.

'If you hadn't betrayed me back then, none of this would have happened. 'Besides,'
Ahhhhhh!

　It was followed by a bong.
　Rattling red blobs fell around them like rain.

''Huh?''

　Dionis' other arm was also gone from his wrist.

''- If you hadn't killed my man, it wouldn't have happened, would it?

　Elfie said, his eyes turning red.

''Ba......bu, bu......bu.''

　Dionysus blows a red bubble and begins to twitch.
　I've heard the information, and I've been able to shake things up quite a bit.
　Let's just take another two steps and get it over with.

　I take out the magic stone from the porch.
　I reached out my hand to Dionis's head while having the magical power on my shoulder with the magic stone.

◆

Ah.

　When the trick was done, Dionis woke up.
　At the same time, he moans out in pain from his slashed off arm.

　Dionis is now suspended in the air in a large figure.
　Like the specimen this guy had made so many times before.

'It's time to end this, Dionis.
"Ugh ......!　Wait. ...... Don't kill us. ......!　We're on the same side: ......?
...... doesn't make me laugh too hard. We're not your friends.

　With a small scream, Dionis turns his attention to Elfiszak.

'I'm sorry. ......!　Me, I was ordered to!　I ordered Ortegia to kill your people. ......!　It's all his fault!
'...... Iori. The same is true of Ryusas, but why do people you know always seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time?

　I'd like to know.
　I don't want to die, I don't want to die," cries Dionysus.

I don't want to die," cries Dionysus, "I don't want to die. You're always sneering when you're trampling and hurting people, but when you're in that position, you start crying and begging for help. Hey, have you ever helped someone who asked you for help like that?

　Shaking with wannabe wannabes, Dionis shouted.

'......!　I am, you know, a genius!　I'm not like humans or other sub-humans or any other inferior species!　What's wrong with cleaning up the garbage!
...... I agree with you on that last part. I have nothing to feel guilty about cleaning up the garbage that is you.
Hee......!

　The final touch.
　He points the jade sword at the writhing Dionis.

You can't get away with it. I'll pay that debt back here.
Huh?　No!　No, no, no, no, no!　You're gonna die if you do that!
Yeah, you're gonna die, son. Yeah, you're gonna die, you know. You're gonna die at the bottom of the ocean from what I'm about to show you.
"I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!　I'm gonna die happy!　I want to die happy!　I want to go to the underworld!　I don't want to die. Stop it!

　The sword pierced my chest with a thud.

"Huh.

　He exhaled and Dionys's body lost its strength.
　With the chains strapped to his feet, Dionis falls into the water.
　He disappears to the bottom of the water, turning the surface of the water red.

"Was that right?

　I nod at Elfi, who asks me.

"Yeah. It's a shame, but it's what you need to do.


You're not going to be able to do that.


　Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!

　As I sink to the bottom of the water, I bite down on the potion I had planted in my back teeth.
　The last bit of insurance I had saved, just in case.
　The fatal wound that opened in my chest closes up slightly, and I recover a little bit of magic power.

　Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill.

　I turn my wrist forward and make my way through the water.
　Even if you don't have horns, if you can use just a little bit of magic, it will be enough.　
　I'll use magic in the direction of the wrist and move forward little by little.

　I'm a water demon and a water demon.
　I'll be able to get through this kind of predicament with ease.

　There's a hidden passageway in the depths of the water in the room that leads to the outside.
　If I can swim to the bottom of it, I win.　

　I will heal the wound and kill those two men.
　I will make them suffer a thousand times more than I have.
　It's revenge, revenge, you idiots.
　That's what happens when you don't do anything, you incompetent bastards.

　I'm going to die a satisfying death, I swear it.
　This is not the place to die.
　I'm going to the Underworld, I'm going to the Underworld.

　I've found a hidden passage.　
　We can escape from there and I can go to ----

----

　What is it?
　For a moment, my vision went white. ......

''--?!''

　An eye was spread all over his vision.
　Eyes.

　Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes. Eye-eye-eye-eye-eye-eye-eye-eye.

　All of them are looking at me.
　They are looking down on me.
　They are mocking me, making fun of me.

　No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Stop it!

　The hand that swung around.
　There, the eyes were attached to the bishops' eyes.
　No, that's not all.
　There are eyes on my clothes, on my skin, on everything.
　All of them looking down at me.

'Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,'

　Breathing is disturbed and water enters the mouth.
　I can't breathe.

"Bogaaaaaaahhh?!

　Water enters the pit of my stomach.
　Cold ouch ouch ouch ouch cold ouch ouch ouch!

"Nngoohhhhhh?!

　I can't see the hidden passage because of the eyes that spread out all over the place.　
　I can't even tell what's in front of me and behind me and up and down.

　The water is coming in.
　My eyes are looking down at me.
　Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!

Mmmmmm!

　I close my mouth, but it opens quickly for oxygen.
　Each time I do, water comes in.
　I'm starting to lose consciousness.

'Bo...... is ah!'

　And yet the eyes don't disappear.
　Only the eyes remain vivid.

　I don't like it.
　I don't want to die.
　I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!

"I don't want to die!" "Oh, .........

　I am going to die a happy death!
　I am Dionys Harberg the Water Demon!

　I don't want to die in cold blood.
　No, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, and I need someone to help me, someone help me!
　Help me, Lucifina, Lucidus, Amatsu, Elfiszak, whoever you want!

　Dark, dark, dark, dark, scary, scary, scary, scary, scary, scary!

　Ahhhhhhhhhh.
　I'm sorry, I'm sorry for betraying you!
　Please, please, Mr. Amatsu, Mr. Elfiszak, please help me, please!
　It's Lucifina's fault, she let him talk me into it, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, I lied, if I hadn't betrayed her then, oh no, oh no, oh no, someone help me--

Oh.

　Dead: ----


You're not going to be able to do that.


　Brainwashing magic.

　I took a technique that I stole from Olivia and gave it to Dionysus.
　I planted a strong image in Dionys's brain.
　He didn't want to be looked down upon, so I gave him plenty of 'condescending eyeball' imagery.

　Because of that, I had to use a lot of the magic stones I had on hand.
　It took a lot of time, too.

　When I stabbed him in the chest, I dared to remove it from the fatal wound.
　I also cast a little healing magic to keep it from dying.
　The reason why I did that was because I wanted to kill that guy in fear and despair.

　Lack of magic power and extreme fatigue.
　Because of that, I'm starting to feel distant from consciousness.

''It's over.''
...... Yeah.

　I nodded at Elfi's words and kept my consciousness.

　Dionis.
　You wanted to send a fulfilling death, as I recall.
　To go to the afterlife - the underworld.

　The condition for going to the underworld is a satisfying death with no regrets.

"Hey, Dionysus!

　I ask the still waters.

"Did you die in good health?

　I guess I don't need to ask that.