“Umm… Miss Diyu… err…”
“Hmph!”
“Ahahaha… Susanoo… can you say something?”
“Zzz…”
“Ahahaha…”
What to do…?
It has been hours since we abducted Diyu…I think. She doesn’t seem to have a problem with it so I don’t think this is abduction anymore but she was been forcibly taken from one place to another.
Right now, since the sun is already setting, we agreed to make a camp near a lake where Diyu, who is an adventurer and someone familiar with the place, pointed us.
As we lit up the bonfire, we respectively sit in our own spaces. Of course…Diyu is sitting away from us.
Pouting cutely like that won’t do any good to the situation, though. I feel like steam is coming out from her head because of her anger. Even though, pointed, her eyes are cute because it has two different colors.
On the other hand, the culprit for suddenly abducting Diyu is sleeping a bit away from me. As soon as we lit the fire, he slept…
“Ummm…Miss Diyu… on behalf of this guy here…I want to express my apologies…”
“I can’t believe what happened to me…”
“I am really sorry.”
“You could have let me say farewell to my party. I bet they are worried about me.”
“Uhhh…”
“I am a vampire. At least I could have grabbed my supplies back into that town. Yeah… such as blood…”
“Ahh….”
“I know you two are incredible, I believe I owe you guys thanks but… taking me away suddenly like that…”
“Urrkkk…”
Why am I getting all the blast?!
It’s Susanoo’s will! Redirect your complaints to him! You’re damaging me mentally so please, don’t make that sad face!
“W-well… at least you guys… don’t…look…bad…um…”
“Ah, yes?”
She was mumbling something but I wasn’t able to hear it well.
As I was trying to think what she mumbled, Susanoo gets up.
“Ichirou, I am going to wash myself for a bit. It’s hard to sleep feeling a bit sticky.”
“I see. I’ll go with you to the lake.”
As Susanoo stands up and headed to the lake, I followed him.
Diyu, who’s staying quiet, suddenly speaks.
“W-wait! Are you going to leave me behind like this?!”
“I see… I am sorry for leaving you suddenly… but we need to…”
“Eh?!”
I left Diyu who’s showing an expression of disbelief. I kind of want to not leave her behind, but then again, we are both guys and she is just a lone girl.
It’s indecent…
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Susanoo and I are currently standing in the lake, dabbing ourselves with a wet cloth, exposing our bodies in the cold night and rolling up our pants to prevent it from getting wet.
Susanoo may have won in the height competition but my body has more muscle mass. Even so, his body is full of scars. It was an astounding sight for someone lean like him. As for me, there crack like marks in the part where the Spirit tech was connected.
“Hey…”
“Susanoo?”
“…You’ve been staring at her too much…”
“Eh?!”
“Try to control yourself…it’s hasn’t been days yet…”
“Ahh… was it obvious?”
“It seems she’s oblivious to it…”
“Ahaha… I didn’t mean to… I mean… she’s pretty…”
“I though you like Lily?”
“Ah…yes…but…”
“She rejected you, so now, you think it’s okay to hunt someone else…”
“No! It’s not like that!”
“Don’t worry… it’s a psychological thing… you got rejected…you crave for more…”
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“…”
“Look…I really don’t care whether you like her or not. But what I think is that… you are already attracted to her…”
“…I don’t know…I’m confused…”
“Well…give it a little more time…let’s take our time going to the demon capital…”
“…”
“…”
“Susanoo… may I ask…”
“?”
“Why do you have to go to such lengths to search for Asagao?”
“…I don’t know…I just want to… Is it wrong?”
“No… I can’t believe that you are doing this on a whim…you must have something on your mind.”
“None…I just want to…”
“Weird…”
Yeah…that was weird…
As we continue washing in silent, a squeal suddenly penetrated our ears…
It was Diyu… She just arrived and saw us…
“KYYAAAAAA!”
“Ah…”
“WET! WET! WET! WET! WET! WET!”
“Eh?”
“Ahhh!! No! No! No! Wet bodies!! Ahhh!!!!”
She runs back to the camp while blushing fiercely. Her eyes are clearly fixated on some parts but I ignored it.
Is she broken or something?
After that, we go back and sleep like it was nothing…
Susanoo was gentleman enough, though, to lend Diyu the sleeping tent as we can both sleep almost anywhere…
No… I feel like I still don’t need any sleep at all…
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And so, our travel progresses.
We occasionally stop at a town to buy things for Diyu since we abruptly… taken her. Such as girl supplies and such.
I also take my time buying and tasting liquors while we leave Susanoo in an inn to sleep.
And so, we are one of that town where Susanoo and is fast asleep in the inn and… we are… kind of together right now…
For the past days, she’s been quiet. I also stopped carrying her in my arms and we traveled normally by walking.
“Hey…”
“Yes?! Diyu?”
“W-well… now that I think about it…Do you want to look around? This is a fine town with many stalls and stores.”
“Umm…”
“N-no! I-I am not actually suggesting that…that… you take me…somewhere…and…errr… I definitely not, okay?!”
This is a big hint.
I am not some dense protagonist that will play this off as something irrelevant.
I don’t know how I really feel for her, but I at least could be her escort for this day.
“Then, do you want to go to a café? I saw a fancy one earlier.”
“Hmph. If you really insist. Lead the way.”
“Ahahaha…”
That cliché tsundere head turn while being embarrassed.
I said cliché but it’s actually breathtaking…
Should I man up and try my luck?!
Is it even a matter of luck?
I’ve been with her for several days now and I still don’t know anything about her. The same thing goes for her. She doesn’t know anything about me.
I don’t want to say anything that will make her hate me.
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We sat in opposite direction in one of the tables outside the café.
It’s a really fancy café that caught my attention earlier. The fancy large umbrellas and the decorated plants give it an ambiance of a British café or something…
In the table, two cups of hot coffee is sitting.
“…”
“…”
“…”
“…”
ARRRGGGHHH
ARRGGGGHHHHH
Help me!
Isn’t this like a date?!
I can’t say anything it’s so awkward. How do I start a conversation with a girl again?! Isn’t there a manual for it?!
None!
I swear everything happened so fast! There were times I thought to myself that I need a private room because Diyu’s been awfully close to me recently.
Am I in a dating simulator?!
“Hey…”
“Yes?!”
“I want to tell you that… I hate the two of you…”
“…I see…that’s normal…”
“I can always go on separate ways with you guys and Susanoo won’t bat an eye…”
“Yes… so…”
“I owe you guys my life. You guys even saved many lives, but that doesn’t mean I should be stuck with you guys for this long…”
“Diyu…umm…”
“But… I don’t hate it… being with you…”
“Eh?”
“No! I mean…ummm how do I say it…”
Diyu’s serious expression in which she stares at my eye starts becoming bashful again as she was about to say something.
She was serious when she said she hates us.
True…
I’ve been thinking nothing but my libido… but I haven’t given much thought of how she feels. Susanoo can only see her as someone convenient and I’ve been looking at her objectively…
“You see… umm… I-Ichirou… I don’t hate being with you guys…”
“…”
“Umm…my father and my adoptive brother who is a giant bull are both weird… and look awful… in a way…”
“Eh?”
“SO…it’s a bit new for me…to stick with people with… handsome… I mean…. Normal… normal appearance! But…I need to visit home soon… to check on things…but…”
“…”
“I plan to stick with you guys…towards the demon capital… I need to see what’s happening too… in Cattleya’s side too.”
“Miss Diyu!”
“Ah?! What?!”
I shouted.
I’m ashamed of myself for looking at this girl as my target of libido! I should have seen her diligent side despite her natural charms and attitude!
How rude of me!
I stand up from my seat and bowed down to her.
“I am sorry… I have been rude to you!”
“Eh? In what way?!”
“Ah… Please don’t mind it! So, thank you for going along with us!”
“Well, it can’t be helped then. This Diyu Hellbeing, the daughter of a True Ancestor, A Noble of the Demon Continent, shall go with you.”
“Please do!”
“W-well…if…people… like you… really…wants it…”
“Why?”
“Eh?...um…as a guy…don’t you want…a more…curvaceous and…beautiful woman…? ARrrgghh! What am I saying!?”
Oh? Is she not confident on how she looks?
“Non-sense, Diyu…You are beautiful.”
“I-idiot! W-what are you blurting out in the open?!”
“You are beautiful.”
“Eh…? Ah…”
“Beautiful.”
“Ahh….?! Umm…”
“Beau-ti-ful.”
“Awawawawawa!”
She needs to know that she is.
I respect her and I want to. She is someone who deserves better. And that man is not me. I am not in her league. All the shame I have been feeling towards her are gone.
Saying honest things like that become easier for me now that I look at her with respect and not some woman I want to do this and that.
But because of too much embarrassment, she runs off again…
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As I stand up and turn around…Susanoo was there…
“It’s time to go…but… I see you blew it…no… technically…”
“Eh?!”
“Nothing…call her…”
“Ok…”
And so, we left the town without any further development. Diyu stayed being awkward to me and I, indeed tried to be normal around her.
Susanoo, as usual, is just looking at the corner judging everything that I do.
Is it amusing for you, Susanoo?!
Camp here and camp there. We occasionally stay at an inn.
About Diyu’s problem with blood, we were able to procure some blood in one of the shady shops she knew.
…
Along the way, magical beasts and devils shows up.
Before they can even get close, we shot them down effortlessly leaving Diyu with nothing to do.
So one time, she got annoyed and told us that she’s going to fight and let her do the work since she wants to do something.
…
Susanoo started teaching Diyu some swordplay unknown to her.
She was using a cutlass but Susanoo has some advance knowledge regarding it. I also teach Diyu about some sword classes and I started to train her myself.
She was diligent and eager to learn.
Beautiful girls like Diyu is out of my league because of her outstanding quality as a person. The same goes to Lily…
I finally realize how I should start to strive for something unworldly…
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The demon capital…
We have already reached the demon capital…but…
It seems like they are preparing for a war…
“What’s happening?”
“I don’t know. Maybe Susanoo was right after all. There are also devils attacking the land in an opposite direction from us.”
“For now, let’s ask around.”
“No, that’s no use. Let’s ask the demon lord herself.”
“Ah… you do know her…”
“Ahh! Y-yeah… somewhat…”
“Please lead the way.”
Susanoo stayed quiet since I have taken the initiative to talk.
He knows that I want to help people as much as possible so he doesn’t interfere with what I want to do.
Diyu walks towards the Demon Castle.
I can see the demon capital is a bit gloomy but the magic is overflowing. The buildings are weird but the are lots of races in this place. Buying and selling stuffs…
But right now, most streets are being patrolled by Demon Soldiers.
The demon capital is as large as the Astlan Kingdom.
The buildings differ but the structure of the whole demon capital is almost the same as Astlan Kingdom.
People will occasionally steal glances on us.
But we don’t have much time to dawdle.
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Diyu led us to the demon castle and was immediately permitted to enter like she is a special guest.
The maid that came to our aide, a woman with a magnificent horn, escorted us to the guest room where we can meet the demon lord.
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As we enter the room, Susanoo and I made ourselves comfortable and Diyu is just standing in front of the door motionless…
After a while, we hear footsteps…
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BAM!
The door was slam open and someone came rushing at Diyu…
“Keh! Cattleya! Don’t cling to me you brat!”
“Dyu! Diyu! Diyu! Diyu! I miss you!! I miss you!”
“Get off me!!!”
“Ehehehe!~”
What came to our view is a little girl…no…a small girl who just stand below Diyu’s chest.
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Her hair is calm red. There are two small drills of hair dangling from her and at the back are also beautiful four hair drills. Her eyes are the same color, calm red. She has two horn sprouting from the side of her head and she visibly looks young…too young…
She is wearing a long robe with a hood hanging behind. She wears a tiara and some garments. Inside her robe is a chest fitted like clothes the weave down to the bottom. It also shows her navel…
Her body is… small…like a little girl…but her rack…is bouncing...
Wow…
This is Demon Lord Cattleya…
She then noticed us…
“C-Cattleya…”
“Ah…”
Her face froze and she quietly hides behind Diyu as if she’s scared…
“D-Diyu… are these the people with…scary aura?”