The night as usual.
　Maybe it was because it had been a month, but Cianne was aggressive in bed.
　She was both motivated and eager to kill.

'Sakahagi, I have a few questions to ask you.

　Such is the invitation for pillow talk from Cianne.
　I wonder if she was thinking about what she was going to say when they met again.

'What?　I'll answer that question as best I can.

　Cianne's eyes narrowed sharply as she replied in an appropriate tone.

''It's about Shrezzad. That was still your doing, wasn't it?

　Hmm.
　If you say "as I thought," then you've thought it through and come to a conclusion.

Yes.

　Then there's no point in fooling around.
　The fact is that I interfered with the game.
　I nodded, ready to be pissed off, but Cianne's intentions were different.

''How on earth did you do that?''

　I'm a little nervous about my wife, who gives me a serious look.

'I didn't think I defeated you by any stretch of the imagination. Even if you did defeat it, I don't know. Why did that dragon die?''
Yeah, I see.

　The bottom line is that he was already convinced that I beat him.
　It's a typical Cyanne thought process when questions come before anger. She has a strong sense of upward mobility.

'I could tell you, but you'll never be able to imitate me.
No, I'll just take the cheat power from you and I'll be able to do it too.

　Ah, you're still mistaken.

'I was going to say this a long time ago, but granting you the cheat ability won't erase my ability.
I know that,
"Oh?

　I didn't know for a moment how to react to the straight-faced answer.

'I had to try it out earlier. You were able to use the connoisseur's eye you were supposed to give me.''
'What?　Oh, I see.

　That's when you saw the blood report.
　He was just testing you, wasn't he?
　Very clever.

"But my choice of expression, "take" is a matter of personal taste. I don't like to think of myself as taking a favor from you.
Are you sure?

　Sianne is very proud of you, isn't she?
　To be honest, she has a troublesome personality.

'I digress. If you can't tell me, or if you don't mind telling me, I'd love to know. How did you do it?

　It seems to be safe to listen to him in a Sianne way, and he's getting more and more forward.
　Various erotic.

"Well, I mean...

　He explained, in turn, how he finished off Shrezzad.
　Along the way, he answers Cianne's questions while revealing no secrets.

"So you're saying that you can't do it without the knife you're using to roll up your gekirinmekuri.

　He nodded back at Cianne's conclusion after hearing all the story.

''That's what I mean. But there's another reason we can't imitate it.''
What?
'Lightwing Sprint isn't a cheat ability, it's otherworldly magic.

　Unfortunately, the only thing I can give others is the cheat ability, and I can't even teach them anything about otherworldly magic.
　There's no way to say why, but there's no way to say it's like that.

'So, if you're going to imitate me, it would be nice to have a dimension transfer cheat. It's easier to specify points that way, and you can ignore the obstacles.

　As the name implies, dimensional transfer is a cheat that can teleport. It is highly versatile, allowing you to instantly return to a pre-designated point or to a pre-designated point.
　Conversely, you can only go to places you've seen before. It's a very unfortunate weakness for me, as I'm touring a different world for the first time.

''Then why do you use the light-winged sprint instead of using the dimensional transition?
'Hmmm, for a couple of reasons...'

　I explained to Sianne's natural question by adding a gesture of ah-hah and so on.
　I wasn't sure if she would understand, but Sianne seemed to agree.

'I understand. Then I don't mind the dimensional transition. I'll take it.

　Ah, the second round of late night wrestling.
　I'll take it and stand.



　After that, I spent some time at the Demon King's Castle, taking it easy.
　The things I do are the same as when I was summoned as the Demon King.
　Making a bright chicken and a fun purge. The repetition of that.

　Unfortunately, although the dragon scales and skeletons of Shrezzad's remains had been recovered as material, the meat was rotten and gone.
　Even so, the reason why they didn't kill all the Demon World Nobles was because the corpse of the Bird's Head Demon World Nobles was unexpectedly good meat.
　Although the quantity was too small to use it drastically, it tasted quite close to Fairchick's chicken, which was very good.

　In between making chicken, I would go out to personally bury the silly demon world nobleman who continued to call himself the Demon King even after I returned.
　There's not much to say about these guys.
　They might be a bit stronger than the guys who summoned me, but frankly, they weren't much different.
　I was hoping that maybe there was a resurrection demon king in the mix, or someone who had information, but I was completely out of luck.
　The fact that Cyanne, who accompanied me, was actively trying dimensional transfer was more impressive.

''Hmm.''

　I wasn't making chicken or purging that day.
　I was just waiting for the results of my predecessor's investigation after his resurrection and groaning about this and that.

"In order to revive the demon world, we hereby wish for the return of the Demon King who rules everything.

　While activating his appraising eye, he read out the blood oath.

'No matter how many times I do it, it won't change what it says.

　Cianne interjected, looking down at me in dismay as I rolled around in bed.

'I know,'
I don't know.

　I responded to Cianne's taunting, but I was very serious.

'No, I really do know. That's why I've fulfilled my pledge, and why I've been summoned to the same other world.
What?
Well, I can't tell you that yet because it's a theory.

　I can almost see that this would be it.
　Rather, I've read the pledge again, and my answer is the result of a process of elimination.
　But I haven't found enough evidence to support my hypothesis yet.

　Isn't there something I've missed?
　I've been reading lists of demon aristocrats with a connoisseur's eye.
　But I can't find them.

''Excuse me, Demon Lord.

　I can feel the presence of a maid entering the room with trepidation.
　That voice is Sheep's Corner, isn't it?

I have a report from Bifroth-sama.

　Bifroth?
　Who could it be? Is it one of the Demon Lords?

''Not in this room, but in the Audience Room, where all the other Demon Realm nobles are gathered, they wish to report their findings...''
What?

　Oh, I get it.
　Bihlos is a beautiful woman.

Oh, my God, why would I do that...

　The moment you raise your head to say so.
　An object comes into view.

"....what?

　At first I thought there must be a mistake.
　Because what I saw was something that shouldn't be in this other world.
　But as soon as I remembered that the same thing had happened in another world.
　And not just once or twice.
　It's not supposed to be there, so it's a mistake.................This is nonsense in the other world.

　If there is, there is. That's what the other world is all about.

　Think about it.
　Why does it exist?
　No, it's not.
　Why not?　It doesn't matter what it is.

　What we need to think about is meaning.
　The meaning of my being in this other world at the right time, the meaning of the thing.

"So that's it. That's what it means.

　The Blood Pledge.
　The previous demon king who can't be found.
　The reason why I fulfilled my pledge and came back.

　If what I'm seeing now is true, it makes sense when comparing it to my theory.
　I don't know what the previous demon king's reason for hiding is, but that's not important.
　Because...

Tell him I'll be right there.
Yes!

　Sheephorn-chan pattered away.
　I could make everything clear here, but Miura set the perfect stage for me.
　It was too good to be a coincidence.

''I thought you were going to ignore him and call him out...''
I just found a reason to go out.

　I responded to Cianne's unexpected voice as I slowly got up from the bed.

'Hey Sianne, I appreciate it. The answer was hanging right in front of me from the beginning.
What do you mean?

　He taps Cianne on the shoulder and crosses next to her as she tilts her head as if she doesn't know what it means.

''Come on, it's time to party. Let's drag the reclusive previous Demon King-sama out into the open.''



　The audience room.
　A room that had never been used since I was summoned.
　Just like that time, all the demon world nobles are gathered here now.
　All of them are sitting on their thrones with their heads down as I scratch my cheekbones.
　Of course, Sianne is an exception. She is standing intimidatingly next to me.

"I'm writing to inform you, my Demon King.

　Binao raised his face (or face) with one knee in front of the lined up demon world nobles.

''Yeah, say it.''

　When I urged him to go ahead, Miura continued with a distressed voice sound.

''In conclusion, it seems that the previous Demon King has not been resurrected. The mausoleum was also politely examined, and the body was still intact.
Huh. So, does that mean that the fortune-tellers of the human world have made a mistake?
Yes, Your Highness. If your predecessor was so powerful, and if he had been resurrected, he would have brought us together and guided us under these circumstances. The fact that we don't have that is--
That's enough.

　Realizing that it would be useless to ask any more questions, I crisply interrupted Miura's argument.

I didn't want to hear about that kind of speculation. I know what you're talking about long ago.
I'm sorry.
I said, 'Make sure it's back. Totally.....

　Sianne's fears were spot on.
　I guess the reason Miura went out of his way to gather everyone together was because he wanted to share with everyone that his predecessor hadn't been revived and to solidify my position as the Demon King or something.
　I was a fool for expecting any of this to happen.

''Oh well. The truth is, I have something to say to you. I'm going to take your footsteps and follow you to the end. I've found out why I had to disappear from this world once.

　Ignoring the buzzing demon nobles, I took out a blood seal letter from the item box and unfolded it to show them.

''Let's cut out the complications. The reason for this is because of this blood seal that you guys made. The reason for this is this blood seal that you have made. I have accomplished this very thing by defeating Shrezzad.
'By defeating Shrezzad?　What the hell is going on?

　Well, I'm sure Miura and the others won't understand it.
　

''It's not very likely. It's true that you thought you were summoning me as the Demon King by making this pledge, and even if I fulfilled my role as the Demon King I would still be able to fulfill my pledge. However, I unexpectedly accomplished the pledge in another way.

　The blood seal, which is no longer needed, was burned away with fire magic and glowered at the demon nobles.

''Resurrection of the Demon King who rules everything...''... in other words, the resurrection of the previous Demon King.