"Screwed up."
On a slightly sleepy afternoon, Annele Okso was sitting alone on the corridor next to the courtyard. She just casually recalled what happened during lunch, and her face instantly burned with a "pop". .
——"These dishes are so delicious!"
"Ahhhhh, what on earth did I say——"
In the deserted corridor, Anile rolled around, waving her hands and feet and making a fuss.
Finally, he stopped after cracking the pillar beside the corridor with his head.
She was mentally shocked at that time and lost her normal judgment. If she were in a normal state, it would be impossible for her to say such things.
So you can't blame her for any of this.
She could think of any number of excuses to shirk responsibility, but even if she brought them all out as if to comfort herself, she could not erase the inexplicable guilt in her heart, because this was the first time she saw a grown man crying like Like a child.
"I didn't expect that all those dishes were made by Li Mo."
Anner sighed and leaned her head against the still smoking beam.
No one would have thought that this seemingly careless man could be so good at cooking, right?
But you have to apologize.
So now An'er stood in front of the door of Li Mo's room with this idea in mind.
"Limo, are you there? I have something to tell you."
...
An'er gently knocked on the door and waited for a moment but didn't get any response.
What? It turns out he's not here.
As if frustrated, he gently buried his forehead against the door frame, and then at this moment, there was a strange noise in the room.
It seemed like someone was constantly saying something. The voice sounded strange, but it was vague as if it was not talking.
Could it be a thief?
Ying, it shouldn't be possible. This is also the lord's mansion after all. It can't be so easy for thieves to break in, right?
An'er tremblingly poked her head around to confirm the situation through the crack in the door, but it was pitch dark inside and she couldn't see anything clearly.
"Li Mo, is it you? I'm about to open the door."
Anier almost shrank into a ball, and the mosquito-like sound she made seemed more like she was talking to herself.
She was already extremely afraid of demons, and the only demon she could still trust was Li Mo, so she tried her best to comfort herself that the person inside must be Li Mo.
After some hesitation, she made up her mind and opened the door.
The Japanese-style door, which had recently been oiled, opened easily without making any sound.
The next thing that caught Anier's eyes was...
"Hiss-ha-hiss-ha-, Mr. Li Mo, the taste of Mr. Li Mo!!! Hiss-ha-"
The fox-eared girl in a gorgeous miko costume was burying her face in Li Mo's quilt and rolling around on the bed.
The tatami creaked due to her and looked like it would collapse soon, but she still made strange noises and continued to indulge in it.
"ah--"
Anner's eyes turned white, and she let out a deep scream from her chest, as if she was about to die.
Upon noticing the noise, the fox-eared girl froze immediately as if the power had been unplugged, and then slowly raised her face from the pillow. Her golden pupils could be clearly seen in the dim room, emitting a faint light.
"Did you see it?"
It was a lifeless question.
"I, I, I didn't see anything, I didn't hear anything!"
Annie shook her head like crazy.
"You saw it."
The girl stood up unsteadily, her hair falling just enough to cover her eyes. All she could hear was the oozing laughter coming from her mouth, and she stumbled toward Anier like a zombie with her hands stretched out. .
"Hey!!!"
A chilling feeling rushed from the spine into Anier's brain. Her brain, which had been blank, suddenly woke up, burst out with incredible strength, turned around and ran away.
"Stop for me~"
Of course, the little fox behind her didn't let her go out of kindness.
While making a creepy sound, he was chasing after me like a monster lying on the ground.
...
"Where is it hidden?"
Hiding in the cupboard in the living room and shivering, An'er covered her mouth tightly. Listening to the footsteps outside the house gradually leaving, she gasped hard as if she remembered to breathe.
We have to escape quickly.
Her legs were already weak, and she slowly climbed out of the cabinet, ignoring her skirt which seemed to be a little wet.
But An'er spent a long time climbing out of the cabinet, and the sense of danger that penetrated her bone marrow a moment ago came straight from her toes to her forehead.
"Yu is the Demon King, the ruler of the world. How dare maggots, maggots and ants set foot on Yu's territory?"
A faint voice came from the inner hall of the living room, carrying a chill that made one's bones tremble. An inexplicable sense of fear and oppression surged into Anne's heart.
Not because of anything else, but because of the two words in this sentence.
Demon King.
——"What if we meet the current Demon King?"
——"Run, run non-stop."
Thoughts surged in her mind without understanding the atmosphere at all. She didn't pay much attention to Li Mo's words at first, because this guy was basically a person who liked to make fun of people and treat them like children.
But when I think about it carefully, there are only two people who can make this person who seems so laid-back and pretending to be so serious at all times become so arrogant.
One is the girl in front of the mountain gate, and the other is the devil king who has never met before.
Run, run, run, run, run...
Li Mo's words kept rumbling in her ears.
That's right, you have to run, even if it's just a second earlier, you have to leave this hellish place as soon as possible.
Annele suddenly thought of her sister, and suddenly she thought of Father Nicola who was too gentle. She had to go back, so her body burst out with strength for some reason, causing her to rush out of the door crying.
"What's the sound?"
The cute girl with silver hair poked her head out of the inner room after hearing the sound, but there was no one in the guest room.
She tilted her head strangely, then sighed and turned back to the inner room:
"No matter what, the line I just used to deal with the hero is not cool enough. I need to think about it again."
...
Anier rushed out of the door and wandered in this strange mansion.
She didn't know the way out. She only knew that if she stayed here and didn't move forward, let alone the day when demons and humans coexist peacefully, she might not even be able to welcome the sun tomorrow morning.
"Stop joking, who wants to be in a place like this...ah——"
The next second after saying this, Anier's exclamation came. She collided with a certain figure at the corner of the corridor. She lost her center of gravity and collapsed on the ground.
"Oh, are you okay?"
The soft and cultivated voice made her raise her head in a hurry.
The long ultramarine hair appeared in front of Anner's eyes like the night sky, and the smile that always hung on her face was like lighting up the night sky with stars.
Anier has seen the girl in front of her.
She had been to the church with Li Mo, or rather she had seen her at noon. At that time, she gave off a terrible atmosphere, but now her mood seemed to have improved, and her usual smile was back on her face.
"You are... No, this is not important. You listen to me, Demon King..."
An'er quickly stood up and grabbed the girl's hand tightly.
The girl was stunned for a moment and then her smile changed a little as if she had awakened. She gently took away Anne's hand, and then pressed her index finger to her lips, asking Anne to calm down and listen to her words.
"Who I am, maybe that matters."
"Huh?"
"Have you ever heard of the curse of the triple body?"
"..."
Annie had no idea what she was talking about.
"It is said that there are three people who look exactly like me in this world. If you see another person, you will bring misfortune. And the me you see now, is it the me at that time?"
After the girl finished speaking, she left a meaningful smile and left quietly, leaving only Anier alone in the empty corridor.
"What exactly did she mean?"
Tick-tock——
The chilling sound of dripping water woke her up from her thoughts.
She turned her head and looked in the direction where the sound came from, which was the direction the demon fox girl came from. There was a long corridor with the sun behind her, no lights on, and it was terrifyingly dark.
But maybe the more it is like this, the more attention it will attract.
Then, Anner saw it.
At the corner at the end of the corridor, someone was looking secretly.
It was a person who looked exactly like the demon fox girl who had just left. There was no expression on his face, and he stood there like an exquisite doll.
Tick-tock——
The bright red liquid dripped down the knife in her hand and fell to the floor, where the sound came from.
Ah, Anile finally understood the meaning of the girl's words.
"ah--"
Unable to hold back her tears, she turned around and ran away again.
Why would this happen to me? ?
Now, now we have to go to that person. As long as we go to that person, everything will...
Anier wiped away her tears fiercely. The person in her heart is now her only hope in this mansion. She must find that person. Goddess, please protect me...
ah!
Saw it!
Perhaps it was a reward for serving the goddess for many years. After making a wish with all her strength, the person she was thinking about immediately appeared in front of her.
The young man in a tuxedo was alone in the dark corner of the squatting room.
Just seeing his back made Anier feel extremely at ease. She had only felt this way three times since she was born.
The first time was when her sister hugged her tightly at night when she was awakened by a nightmare, and the second time was when Father Nicola stood in front of her when she was bullied by a noble child.
But this time, even she herself did not expect that she would be standing behind the demon she was most afraid of.
"Li, Li Mo."
Anner stretched out her hand helplessly and gently called the young man in front of her.
But the young man still turned his back to her and did not make any response.
"From the end..."
"whee."
The young man suddenly let out a weird laugh.
"Hee hee hee, ha, hee hee hee, die, die, hee hee hee, hahahaha!!!"
The young man smiled crazily at the deserted corner alone.
Ah~ah~
The last glimmer of hope was shattered.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"
Annie's screams echoed throughout the lord's mansion.
"Ah?! What's wrong?!"
The frightened Li Mo turned around as if waking up from a dream, and what he saw was An'er who had rolled her eyes and fainted.
"Hey kid, are you okay?!"
Li Mo held Anner's shoulders and gently lifted her up. He tried to call, but the other party had no response at all and fainted completely.
"Ah, Master Limo is bullying the guests."
The rest of the people in the mansion also noticed the noise and rushed over. The demon fox sister who had been guarding the door from the beginning accused Li Mo as soon as she came in.
"No, I'm just removing the mold. It's been raining these past few days. It's easy for mold to grow in this backlit room."
Li Mo held up the sponge brush still stained with mold in his hand and argued.
"But Mr. Limo just kept giggling and saying things like 'die, die'. It's very scary."
"Ah, is it true?! I didn't even notice it myself... Didn't you remind me when you saw it?!"
"Yeah~ Because it's very interesting, so I don't..."
My sister covered her mouth with a smile.
"Well, I'll tell you later, the question now is what happened to this guy? Could it be that you did something?"
Li Mo set his sights on the number one suspect.
"Shang Limo, Yu has just been practicing his lines in the living room, but Yu Ke has done nothing."
"how about you?"
He looked at suspect number two.
"I hate it. I just went to clean Mr. Limo's room. Nothing. Didn't do it. Oh❤~"
The little fox winked at Li Mo.
"Ah, my angel, why are you wearing a bloody apron?!"
"Because I just finished processing the fish at the well, I met the guest when I came back, but I was afraid of disturbing her, so I waited until she left before coming back."
Sister Demon Fox replied expressionlessly.
"Then what's going on with this guy?"
Seeing An'er fainting with a frightened expression, Li Mo fell into deep contemplation.
It seems that it is still very early for Anile to realize the peaceful coexistence between demons and humans.
