A few days later, at a certain place near the border of Aegina and Comotolia.

　When I was summoned and came to the designated place, Kaori was already there, waiting for me with her small body, arms folded, and a good-natured look on her face.

'Yo,'
'We have been waiting for you!　It's been a whole day since I called you.
I'm here as soon as I get the call, though.

　Standing in front of Kaori, I take a breath and look around.
　An unremarkable suburb, or to put it another way, everywhere you look at 360 degrees, you can't see anything that looks like a human settlement at all until beyond the horizon, "Do! I guess you could say it's a suburb.

"I'm surprised you found this place.
My people found them.
You mean little servant girl?
'No, I'm only human. You've done so much for me, I can make you a servant in a hundred years or so.
Oh, it's pretty hard to be a servant.

　It wasn't quite what you'd expect from the word "servant," a surprising fact.

Where's the little servant?
I didn't need this. I sent you here because I am in enough trouble with you that I would be caught in the middle of your death.
Okay. Well let's get started.
Of course it is!

　In a moment, the air changed completely.
　The peaceful mood that had been in place until then was transformed into a tremendous killing atmosphere that covered my entire body, as if I was continuously stabbing myself with about a hundred knives.

　I steeled myself.

　Demon King, Kaori.

　A creature that far surpassed humanity with the aspect of being the King of Comotolia.
　Some call it a super ultimate creature.
　That Kaori disappeared right before my eyes!

d*mn!

　He drew his sword and let go of it, and on a hunch, he turned around directly behind him and released a slash.
　The slash and something else (,) struck.
　The shockwave spread out like a water ripple, creating a crater around where I was standing.

　Climax from the beginning!　Such a blow.

'Don't do it!　It is.

　Kaori's slender hands had been deformed into sharp claws.
　The feel of the sword striking it together was, in a word, unknown.

　It was not metal.
　But it was harder than anything else, softer than anything else, more powerful than anything else.

　It was a blow that I couldn't reasonably open every drawer in my life.

'You're killing me.'
Of course it is.

　Kaori said that with a big smile, and then attacked with both of her claws, which changed sharply from the front to the front.
　It was fast, strong and heavy.

　Fortunately, there was only one weakness in the claw attack, as each strike had a special killing grade power.

　That is, it was an amateur attack.
　To put it very crudely, Kaori's attack is a "spoiled child punch that far exceeds the speed of sound".

　I countered with my "swordsmanship".
　Swordsmanship is a technique that humans have refined and evolved over thousands of years and dozens of generations.

　It was enough of a technique to intercept a far stronger and faster spoiled punch.

　So I managed.
　As long as he was intercepting it, he could manage it.
　The specs of a super-extreme creature called the Demon King are such that once it gets around to 'defending', it can be pushed away as it is. That's why I kept intercepting.

'It's amazing!　He is the second strongest person I have ever fought.
You're second?
He is your father in the first place!
Of course you do!

　He's the father of a demon king. He must be very powerful.

I'm the best I've ever seen.
I know it's true, I know it's true!
You look happy.
It's natural!

　After a few minutes of striking each other for what felt like an eternity, I was gradually getting used to it, and I could afford to have such an exchange with Kaori.

　It's still fast and strong, and the killing power is still the same, as if I'm rubbing it with a grater where it pierces my skin.
　Still, I've gotten used to it since the beginning, so I can afford to talk lightly.

'You've passed the first stage?'
Huh?
A little strong, go ahead.

　Kaori said and jumped back about ten meters, then kicked the ground as it was and took a big leap into the sky.

　I can feel the magic power.
　A supermassive magic circle with a diameter of over 20 meters appeared in Kaori's right hand that she thrust up.

''Hey, hey........''
Go!　This is Aunt Io's direct transmission of the Ten Thousand Thunderstorms!

　A natural disaster, such an impression was stuck in my throat.

　Lightning fell one after another from a magic circle - a circle more than twenty meters in diameter.

　The lightning pouring down from Kaori's 'plane' rushed to the 'point' called me.

　This is not good.

　I thrust my sword into the ground, close my eyes and concentrate.

'I am the commander. I am not alive. You are the apostle of formlessness and impermanence.

　The magic power is increased through chanting.
　The converted magic power was released out of his body and became a barrier of light that covered his entire body.

　The barrier prevents lightning from falling like a storm.

　..................After all, it's not good to be passive.
　If you're on the receiving end, you'll be pushed backwards and eventually pushed through.

　It's simple, but it's the same as arm wrestling.
　Once you start getting pushed, it's no longer a viable option.
　You have to push back.

　I stare through the barrier and stare at it.

　I found a single gap in the dense lightning.

　He grabbed his sword and jumped out of the barrier.
　I rushed through the gap where "ten thousand" became "thousand" while swinging my sword to brush it away.

　He fleshes out the Kaori flying above.

''Eek!　It's still our turn.
I didn't say I'd go along with the turnstiles.

　He dived into his bosom and swung down into a merciless kesa-suspension.

　It was palpable, the slash ripped through Kaori's flesh and severed her bones--.

''There it is........a hell of a blow.

　Kaori dropped back slightly and landed on the ground.
　Fresh blood was spewing out during the fall, but by the time he landed, the wound was completely closed up.

　Although I don't expect this to be a fatal wound in the first place.

''It's even more of a monster than I imagined.
He's a demon king.

　Kaori was in a good mood, no(,) chest.

'Oh, that was a compliment.
Of course. Good, now it's my turn. This time it's your turn to learn directly from Miss Hikari.
So I'm not going to deal with the turnstiles--

　Without question, Kaori cleaved her hand right beside him.
　Then, one after another, the 'humans' were summoned.

　Dozens and hundreds of them were summoned in the blink of an eye, and they all attacked at once.

''What is this?''
'I am a servant of the past. At any rate, I've summoned them from number one to two hundred.
Geez!

　The word "servant" reminded me of that servant girl - No. 1024.
　That girl was an expert at repairing things.

　The servants were also apparently carefully selected by the Demon King Kaori - the servants who summoned them were strong.

　Each and every one of them are as powerful as or more powerful than Midea.

''d*mn!

　Swing your sword and meet them at full throttle from the start.
　I'll try to increase my concentration to the limit and try to kill one of them - all of them in one hit.

'.........Haha.......'

　I couldn't help but laugh.
　Kaori, who had summoned her servant to hit me, was watching with her hands on her hips, looking flustered.

　The killing intent was - and still is, but I thought that maybe this wasn't the killing intent for the demon king.

　It's just that it's too strong, so I feel it's a killing intent.
　I'm sure Kaori has just been flirting with me from the start........

　It's crazy to think so.

"I'll go all the way with you.

　I'm going to switch gears.
　Bigger, bigger moves.
　I changed my fighting style with that in mind.

　　　　　Stars.

　The fight, which had lasted half a day, came to an end around evening, with a break in between.

　I was in a big circle on the ground and Kaori was sitting cross-legged on the ground.

'That was fun!'
No, no, no, no. That's not exactly what I'm talking about.
Why?
'Look around you. Scorched earth--no, it's much worse than that.

　The area around Kaori and I, which until this morning had been a scenic, serene meadow, had been transformed into something akin to hell.

　A gaping crater is just the beginning.
　The ground had melted into a lake of lava in some places.

　At a distance, bubbles were forming and popping like boiling purple liquid, and a large tree near it was melting down.

"It's all right, we'll let the servants fix this later.
Isn't she gonna die of exhaustion?
More importantly-- yes.
Hmm?

　Standing up, Kaori came over to me and offered me her hand.

'What's that?'
It's a handshake.
A handshake?
Your father told me about it. When two strong men fight each other, they are friends.
What's with the rhetoric?
'It's adolescence to hit each other on the bank under the railway bridge and shake hands in the twilight.
I don't know what you're talking about.

　I don't know, but Kaori was serious.

　Carrying the backlight of twilight, she continues to hold out her hand to me.

''Huh, it can't be helped--''

　She's a typhoon of a girl, but I like her backhanded frankness.
　I'm about to take her hand in mine - when...

"-Here?

　Malice.

　From Kaori's feet, a magic circle containing malicious intent spread out.
　That magic circle swallowed me and others.

''It's a seal. What do you mean by that?
"Hahahahaha, you are a shallow demon king!

　I heard a man's voice in the distance.
　He turned around with Kaori in that direction.
　I saw a group of soldiers approaching.

　I had never seen their faces before.

'They are incompetent.'

　Kaori, who is a bit awful like her servant, but apparently knows each other.

'You know him?'
'Yes, he's my man, but I never ordered him to do anything because he's incompetent.
Huh....

　I turned to the man.

'You, what do you think you're doing? Now you're Kaori's vassal, aren't you?
"We've been looking for this moment all along. "This is the time to take down the Demon King.
What did you say?
'Comotolia was originally a human country, and this Demon King's mother and daughter have privatized it. We will restore the rightful Comotolia.
You mean a coup d'état?
'No!　This is a righteous act!
'Uh....'

　The dumbfounded response of "Yes, yes, yes," came down my throat.

　I don't know the inner workings of Comotolia, but I do know one thing.
　I'm not sure if it's a good idea.
　You'll be able to see that none of them are decent enough to talk about it.

This is a problem, because I don't think I can defeat it.
Is that so?
Yeah. I'm exhausted from playing with my nephew.
Hmmm, that's what I was going for.

　Victory--what's his name, incompetence?

　I asked such a victorious Munoz.

'Hey, what did Kaori do?　Oppression and all that.
'Silly question!　The demon king is a sin in his very existence.
Okay. Hey, Kaori.
What is it?
You're the king.　How are you doing in terms of governance and such?
'It's what your mother told me to do. Until there is someone else of my caliber, politics is a non-starter. Man will rise or fall by his own power. They rule and they do not rule.
I see.

　Now he turns to Munoz.

'I know what Kaori's mother said, I know what she said. I'm going to side with Kaori.
What's this bullshit, this seal that not even the Dark Lord can break?
Nuh-uh!

　He put his remaining strength into his right arm and slammed the ground as it was.

　With a sound of paring, the magic circle shattered.

''-- Nah.''

　The magician's commandment was gone, and I jumped up in a heap.

''Bah, silly, why break it. You must have exhausted the same power as the Demon King!
The reason is simple.

　I hold my sword to the man.

'Because I'm not in my element yet.

　Munoz and his men were astonished.

'It's amazing!　It's amazing that you could still afford it, nephew!

　The party in question, Kaori, was not nervous at all, and even I felt weak.