CH 175

“What’s your name?”

“Zeros… Zeros Adolfo.”

“My name is Ryu. Zeros, I’m counting on you.”

“Eh…?”

She asked me my name as she walked slowly, and I answered honestly. Since I was in a position where I couldn’t refuse in case she’d change her plans and kill me for not answering, I had no choice but to tell her, even if it was to my detriment. Then Ryu, who had been walking slowly, suddenly disappeared.

“…..!”

Then the vanished Ryu appeared in front of me. I managed to prevent her from hitting me with my two swords. She purposely stopped in front of me and then attacked…. I was able to block it, but it passed right over Sophie and blew her away. My arm went numb and I felt like I was going to drop my sword at any moment. If I hadn’t guarded myself, I would have died.

“Well… can you block it at your current speed?”

“……”

I was blown away, and as I adjusted my stance, I heard a voice from right behind me. I have goose bumps all over my body. My instincts are telling me to run now.

“Gah…”

“You’ll die if you’re not careful.”

Then she kicked me in the side from behind. I had a bird’s eye view of the situation, so I was able to guard myself with my sword. But I couldn’t block it completely and was blown away again, this time hitting a wall. The wall was destroyed and I rolled to the inside of some room.

“Gggghhh…”

Several bones near my side were broken, and I couldn’t stand up right away. The room seemed to be some kind of guest room. It would have been nice if there was some kind of weapon or something here that could have revived me, but it seems I’m not that opportunistic.

“What are you doing sleeping? Did you forget about your sister?”

“…Huh?”

When I turned my face from looking down towards Ryu, I saw that she had extended her arm towards Sophie and was about to release a ball of white flame. I hurried to get in between Sophie and Ryu. I wanted to hold her and avoid the attack, but it seemed that she wouldn’t give me time to go that far.

“Here, what do you want me to do with this?”

As if she was waiting for me to come to Sophie’s defense, she unleashed a ball of flame. I used my magic slash to slay the ball of flame.

“I didn’t expect you to… slash my magic.”

“Haa…haa…”

I was on my knees, staring at Ryu. The injuries and lack of magic power can be resolved by drinking the elixir. But that’s just a drop in the bucket. It will only make me fall a little later.

“I’m starting to really want Zeros…”

“No! This guy is my mate!”

“Picon!”

“The Demon Lord’s Companion (tentative)”

I’ve earned another unwanted title. Judging from the acquisition of the title and the flow of the conversation, is Ryu still the demon king? But Im said herself that she’s the head of the demon tribe. I wonder which one is the demon king…

“Can’t it be the two of us?”

“He already belongs to both of us…”

“Who’s the other one?”

“His sister who’s lying there.”

“His sister certainly couldn’t prevent me from attacking, but she was able to follow my movements with her eyes. His sister is quite promising. But compared to Zeros, she’s a bit of a distraction. His sister is at a level where I don’t think she would want to be forced from human to demon.”

“Well, that’s the wrong person to compare her to.”

“I agree. Zeros’s reflex speed is unique. Even the executives and us don’t have such a fast reflex speed.”

Then the two of them started complimenting me. I’m happy to be told that I’m better than my sister Sophie, but I don’t know if I should be honestly happy.

“But if you kill his sister there, he’ll be yours alone, won’t he?”

Hearing this, I became more wary of Ryu and I prepared to get the elixir out of my magic ring at any time.

“She won’t die just from killing her. She’s too obsessed.”

“I see…”

For a moment, it bothered me that Im was looking at Sophie as if she were a monster, but I was relieved that Sophie didn’t seem to be a target.

“Be that as it may, it’s a shame about Zeros…”

“Gah…”

I was about to be attacked on the nape of my neck from the back again. This time, the speed was faster than before and it was all I could do to shift the point slightly to my back. I didn’t have time to guard myself.

“Even if you can block it, if there is a big difference in status, defense, you won’t be able to avoid it in time ….On the other hand, if the status is almost the same, it means that no matter who attacks, he will not hit …”

My spine is broken and I can hardly stand up. If I was attacked badly in my current defenseless state, I would die. In order to be able to move, I tried to take out the elixir. But at that moment, I felt a strong shock on my neck and I fainted.

“Are you sure you don’t want to bring him back?”

“Yes! I think he’ll get stronger on his own than being with us.”

“Well, we have plenty of time.”

“If you’re lazy, just go outside! Oh! By the way, it looks like this guy can disable his title!”

“He’s so abnormal, isn’t he? Then we need to lock the title so that it can’t be removed.”

“You’re right! It’s a gift from us and we want it to be used.”

“Yeah. Then I’ll put the curse and go home.”

“Yes.”

Of course, I have no way of knowing that Im and Ryu had this conversation after I lost consciousness. ……