A Misunderstood Mentor

"I knew you were the Demon King."

Neither deny nor affirm.

She looks at me quietly and laughs.

That was a smile just like the null bee I used to see.

"Since when, did you know?

Under the great tree, the Demon King remained smiling.

"In the Great Labyrinth, when I saw the room where your main body is."

I suppose from the beginning, the Demon King wanted me to notice.

'How about some tea, if you don't mind? This is a special herbal tea made with aromatic blue roses from the West'

Herbal tea she let me in while I was preparing for my first Decathlon meeting.

A blue flower that was blooming to keep an eye on the body of an ice-soaked demon king.

Blue rose (blue rose).

The fragrance reminded me of the herbal tea of that time in an instant.

"What can I call you? Demon King, or..."

"If you like, just like before"

She slowly takes off her glasses and bows to me.

"Please call me Linden Lindbergh"

Why did the Demon King dive into the Alliance and become a secretary?

It would be to mislead Chairman Barbaroy into identifying me as the Demon King.

"Based on the information currently available, we will calculate the probability that Takumi is the Demon King. I got out in two seconds, 99.999%. '

Even at the Decathlon, he was always trying to set me up as the Demon King.

But that's not all.

Alliance rankings, too.

Actually, I didn't do anything, but I was supposed to do all sorts of missions with Alice.

The Demon King must have manipulated it in the back.

"Mr. Linden, what the hell do you want from me?

In response to that question, the Demon King did not answer and took something out of the air.

Blue Rose.

Bring one blue rose to your chest looking important.

"Do you know what these flowers say?

Shake your head.

I felt like Nurhachi told the story back in the day but I didn't remember.

"Once upon a time, blue roses didn't exist. Among rose enthusiasts around the world, the dream was to produce a variety of blue roses, which had the flower word [impossible]"

I can't see the story.

What does the Demon King want to do with me, because he doesn't want to answer that, so he's off the record?

But I didn't pinch my mouth on the Demon King's serious expression.

"The flowers that Nurubee left behind, he knew what they meant, and at first he remembered his sorrow. After all, I realized once again that I had no choice but to live alone without the rest of the world."

Did Nurubee leave those flowers?

The flower word impossible.

Did Nurhachi reject the Demon King?

"But that was different. When the first blue roses were born in the world, new flower words were born. accomplish the impossible, from its meaning this blue rose flower words..."

"" Dreams come true ""

Voices overlap and look back.

Were you following me?

Chihar is standing behind him.

The atmosphere was not the usual Chihar.

"I see, are you going to be a guardian even in that appearance? But why don't you leave me alone with him now?"

"Is the change of heart the effect of its body? I'm sorry, but don't get involved in this any more."

"Originally, someone else tried to give me more. Change of heart is mutual, isn't it?

There is unusual air flowing between them.

"Chihal. It's okay."

In the meantime, crack it and stop it from getting in.

"We talk properly. Don't worry about me."

"... ok"

After a long silence, Chihar said just one word and closed his eyes.

"You have little magic left. If you save it, you'll be able to get it back. Are you using it to make small?"

"What is it..."

"You better take it."

The Demon King pointed to Chihar when I tried to ask him a question.

Closed eyes Chiharu falls forward as he is. When I took it in a hurry, I slept small.

"That's cute. Alice remembers when she was a kid."

The Demon King watched Chihar sleep on my lap with a tender face.

Under the great tree, they sat side by side.

"So, in the end, what does Mr. Linden want me to do?

He seems a little happy to call me Mr. Linden without calling me Demon King.

"Right. I don't want you to do anything like this."

"Nothing?

"Oh, I would have made the announcement in the next two games if I had let it go. He says he's not the Demon King, he's the Demon King."

That's why I joined this Great Martial Arts Society.

"You want me to play Demon King all the time," he said?

"That's right. It's not just the Demon King. He ranks first in the Alliance rankings and is the most powerful Alice master of mankind. I want you to always be the most powerful demon king in the universe."

"Why would you do that...?

The demon king stares at me.

"Don't tell me. If I win the rest, I'll tell you."

There's no way you can win.

Apparently, it's impossible to know the purpose of the Demon King.

"Then the answer is no. In the next two games, Mr. Linden will announce himself to the Demon King and give up the game."

"Well, that's a shame"

The Demon King stood up quietly and looked down at me.

The negotiations broke down.

... or so I thought.

That was just unintentional.

Something was touching my lips the moment I thought the Demon King's hair touched my cheek.

Fluffy, and at the same time, the scent of blue rose tickles the nasal cavity.

I realized that was the lip of the Demon King only after its scent had passed through and misted.

"Become!?

They took the first kiss.

I don't know what it is.

"Please don't tell me, please kiss me"

The Demon King was smiling like a prankster, really enjoying himself.

And keep your back on me and walk away from the spot.

I couldn't stand up with Chiharu on my knees, and I was sitting there holding my mouth under a tree.