In a world where everything is white, there are two people and a chessboard. One of them is a purple-haired boy who was playing chess with some sort of invisible man. The other person is a plain teenager with glasses and dark hair. The teenager was watching the game and thinking about his situation.

"Hm. Let's see. How did I come here again?"

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15 minutes ago, Dai Maou ran to the nearest store in Shibuya for a copy of today's Jump. In Shibuya, there are so many stores, so he just went to the nearest one.

The store he went into was mostly empty except for a few people. When he looked around for Jump, there was only one remaining.

"Eh, I guess I'm lucky that I didn't waste a trip to this empty store."

As he said this to himself, he reached out to grab it. At the same time, someone else also grabbed the copy. 

When he looked to see who it was, it was a huge man. This man looked to be very strong and tough. The man had a scar on his face. He probably intimidated every one because he was at least 6 ft.

"Brat, let go of this copy of Jump.  I have to know know what happened to Tachibana-chan in Nisekoi."

The man had a fierce look on his face that could scare, most likely, anyone. However, Dai Maou is not one to be scared so easily. After all, he was the demon lord Satan.

Putting on a "I don't fucking care" look, Maou stared right into the huge man's face.

"Who the hell cares about that? I've been waiting for weeks for the Doflamingo fight to end and you want to stop me from reading it. No one takes my copy of Jump."

"You little brat, how dare you talk about Tachibana-chan that way?"

Both of them began to pull on the magazine. Everyone in the store began to watch this struggle for that last copy of Shonen Jump.

If Maou had the powers he possessed as Satan, just his stare would be enough to kill the huge man. But, in this life, he was a skinny boy. There was no way he could have won against the huge man in strength. But he still didn't let go and he got pulled up by the strength of the huge man.

"Wow, I thought getting pulled up only happens in manga."

While he was thinking about this, the huge man threw him. This finally caused his hand to let go of the copy. Believe it or not. Maou flew outside because of the strength of the old man.

Luckily, the door was opened at that moment and Maou flew into someone. Everyone was watching this occur and the owner ran to the door to help the people who were down.

"Eh, what's this fluffy thing I'm on?"

As Maou got up, he realized that he fell on a girl. The girl looked very weird. Even though he fell on her, she was not the slightest bit fazed. In a way, she was the average Japanese girl. The girl was the stereotype of Japanese people that many people have made throughout the world.

Then, he realized that in his hands, Maou somehow had a copy of Jump.

"Lucky?"

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"And that's all I remember, Loli angel-san."

"Eh, are you talking to me, kid?"

The purple-haired angel known as Lucifer looked up from the chess board. He had just realized that a dark-haired teenager wearing glasses was talking to him. The teenager was, of course, Dai Maou.

Then, for some reason, the purple-haired angle was surprised and began to think.

"It should have taken a little more time for the Holy Grail to be found."

"Um, Angel-san, can you please explain the situation?"

However, Maou could probably guess the situation. He didn't know why, but he figured out the fact that for some reason, some god wanted a person to find something. His guess was that it was the copy of Jump in his hand. In his heart, he grew excited. After all, he had proof that magic most likely existed and that this was a chance to obtain it. This could be the beginning of his conquest of the world.

"Oh yeah, kid. How did you get your hand's on that copy of Jump? I was going to make my minion return to a store. Those other brats are probably stumped as well. I might kill you if your answer isn't funny enough because now, I missed out on a huge fight."

The loli angel somehow managed to be interested and angry at the same time. However, Maou knew that this angel was at least as strong as when he was Satan. He might be even stronger, but Dai Maou was very narcissistic. His narcissism is more important than rational thought. So there was no way he would even attempt to believe the fact that the loli angel was stronger than him.

"I fell on a girl because this bastard threw me and then, a copy of Jump was in my hand."

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Are you serious? That's hilarious. Well, who the hell cares about those other brats when there's someone like you who has such bad luck. You aren't as stiff as you look, kid."

Maou did not reply to the loli angel. After all, he wanted to be respected at least a little. And he did not think it was funny when someone stole his copy of Jump from. But he did find it confusing when the angel said that he had bad luck.

"What do you mean I had bad luck? I thought this was a thing where you get a wish."

As Maou was thinking about the situation, the purple-haired angel stopped laughing.

"Wow, you guessed what this is all about, but it depends on many factors to consider this a good thing. Technically, you do have good luck, but that's only if you don't die. I'll consider you lucky if you live for a year."

The loli angel began laughing once again, but Dai Maou definitely wasn't happy anymore. From his experiences, he knew that if strong people laugh, it's at something they find amusing such as a weak dude against some strong dude. This was one of Dai Maou's greatest regrets because he had allowed the Hero to grow because he though the Hero was amusing. It was a strong person's fatal flaw, so he gulped when he guessed that this was the truth.

"So I'm guessing some other strong person wanted this chance and I stole it from them."

As soon as he said this, the loli angel looked at him with surprise. 

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"You really are sharp, kid, so I'll tell you the whole story. Basically, the copy of Jump was the Holy Grail."

Maou wasn't really surprised because he guessed it was something similar to this. The loli angel once again looked at him with interest because Maou wasn't shocked as the angel thought he would be. Still, the loli angel continued on.

"Basically, the Holy Grail is sent out to the mortal world once an era. It's something that's just done for a random reason. God uses destiny as an excuse. For example, the last time it was found, it was during a war. The dude found it was the one who killed Hitler."

"What are you talking about, loli angel-san? Hitler commited suicide, so he couldn't have been killed."

Maou studied the history of Earth, so that he could learn all about it. That's why he knew for sure that Hitler had committed suicide.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! That's because it was covered up. After all, Hitler was the Demon Lord of the previous era."

"Wait, if Hitler was the Demon Lord, then that means the dude who killed him is..."

Maou was surprised because there was only one plausible answer, but he couldn't really believe it.

"Yep, that's right, brat. That dude was the Hero of the previous era. He got too greedy and tried to kill Stalin. He died though, so a new hero was required. Basically, you're the new Hero."

The loli angel smiled at Maou as he said this, but he did not expect Maou's reaction. Maou just began laughing without no reason.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"

Maou just laughed and laughed at the irony of this world. After all, no one would expect the Demon Lord to become the Hero. After a while, he calmed down and went back to being emotionless.

"Eh, you done, kid.  I gotta explain some stuff to you though."

"Actually, loli angel-san, I have some questions. First, who are you? Second, how did the Holy Grail come into my hands? Finally, why do you believe I will die? And since you must introduce yourself first to not be rude, I shall tell you who I am. My name is Dai Maou."

Maou finally understood the situation and he couldn't help but mock the irony of his situation. Still, he needed to completely understand the Hero business.

"Well, Maou-chan, I am Lucifer, one of the four archangels of God. Like I said before, the Holy Grail has to be placed in the mortal realm every era and the archangel take turns doing it. This time, it was my turn and I was bored, so I disguised it as a Jump magazine. Then, I sent out my flugel to hide it in a store, but you got your hands on it. Oh yeah, for your information, a flugel is a machine that can be made into anything. It's ironic that my flugel of all things was what you hit out of all the people in Shibuya. And as for your final question, it's very complicated."

Lucifer seemed as if he was trying to decide how to explain the situation. This made Maou all the more confused about the dangers of finding the Holy Grail.

"Maou-chan, the thing is that magic exists in this world and there are people who can use magic in this society. They even managed to form their own society among regular people. The magicians are basically where conspiracy theories originate from in your world, such as the Illuminati. They even have top positions in governments. In case you haven't realized it, this is a huge secret."

Maou's expression did not change that much. If you came from a society of magic, it did not really surprise you that much if magic existed. However, Lucifer expected some huge cry of surprise, but Maou did not meet his expectations.

"You really are a tough nut to crack, Maou-chan. But, as I said before, the magicians have their own society. There are legends of the Hero and the Holy Grail in the magic society. So lots of brats search for the Holy Grail search for because they think they are supposed to be the Hero. However, in reality, that's just some bullshit made up those diviners. The Hero is chosen randomly nowadays, but it's still fun to watch them fight for the Holy Grail. So if anyone of those magicians find out someone like you is the Hero, who knows what they might do to you?"

Lucifer once again tried to get a reaction from Maou, but he did not. Maou seemed to pondering something at the moment.

"Lucifer-san, why is there a Hero? Is there a Demon Lord I have to fight or something?"

Lucifer smiled once Maou asked the question.

"I thought you'd never ask. The answer is yes and no. There is a Demon Lord, but you don't have to fight whoever it is."

Finally, Maou was surprised. He was confused why the Hero would not fight the Demon Lord because he thought that they were destined enemies.

"What do you mean by that, Lucifer-san?"

"What I mean by that, Maou-chan, is that the Hero and Demon Lord are not meant to be opposing forces. Most of the times they are enemies. But they are actually just titles given to humans by the archangels and archdevils. It's like the Olympics. You pick a person to represent your team. And you don't need to be good or evil. Before, that was a requirement. Nowadays, God doesn't even care about who finds the Holy Grail."

Maou suddenly smiled as Lucifer said this. Lucifer was interested in Maou's smile because he wondered about the reason. He knew Maou was different, so there must be a specific reason for him to smile.

"Lucifer-san, does that mean even if I was Satan, I could still become the Hero."

"Yep, that's what it means, Maou-chan, but Satan is a devil the humans made up.  Just so you know, he doesn't really exist.  So now that I've explained it you, it's about time for your prize."

Maou pondered something for a while. It seemed as if he was deciding between something.

"Lucifer-san, before we go, I need to discard the title of Hero. It's way too cheesy. I want to know which of these two is better: Holy Emperor or God's Child."

Most humans or even magicians would beg Lucifer to give them what they were about to receive. However, of all the Heroes, the only one Lucifer thought was interesting was Dai Maou. Lucifer's thoughts of him were rather simple.

"A narcissistic weirdo who is entertaining."

Lucifer smiled at Maou as he said this.

"Holy Emperor. God's Child might insult God, you know. Especially if it's you."

"Okay, then, Lucifer-san. Holy Emperor it is."