CH 37

The fact that the Haishin’s, played by Kanata, badge sold like hotcakes went around the world.

Tourists who had come all the way from other countries just to buy the badge showed it back home or gave it as a gift.

While the world was in the midst of a Haishin fever, an unusual man was staying in the village of Roggin, Kanata’s hometown.

“… What a pain.”

The man, who was wearing clothes resembling tattered rags, muttered.

Even though the rugged road was made passable to some extent with the help of Saint, it was still a mountainous area, so the number of people coming and going was still small.

That’s why even with his suspicious looks he got welcomed as a guest.

However, since the people living in the village were naturally ordinary and powerless, no one noticed this man’s true identity.

“Tonight… My magic power will recover, kukuku.”

The man muttered as he watched the torrent of magic leaking out of his palm.

He was not a human but a man of the demon tribe and one of the rebels who fled from the undergoing purges in the Demon Kingdom.

He had exhausted most of his magic power when he fled from there, and now he was waiting for recovery by hiding in this village.

“How are you doing?”

Kanata’s mother, Meza, asked him, not knowing he was a demon.

Not just Meza but all the other villagers took care of him, thinking that something might have happened to him. They have arranged various things to make him feel comfortable.

“I’m good now. This village is very kind, and I am happy to have drifted here.”

(Watch me now. I’m going to kill every single one of you tonight and suck up all your magic.)

Unlike his appearance, which gives the impression of a calm man, he looks down on most humans in his innermost thoughts as if they are like trash.

He understood that his pursuers were very close, as the Demon King had given instructions to find him, and he had no time to lose.

(I won’t end up here, I’m not such a weakling!!)

He snarled at Meza, who had turned her back on him. 

Meza, her husband and the other villagers had no idea of the tragedy that would come later.

This, of course, was also true for their precious son, Kanata.

Meza and her husband are always thinking more about their son than themselves, wondering what Kanata is doing now and whether he fits in well at the school.

“… hmm?”

Thinking about something else, the man who harbours such a cruel purpose had something on his mind.

A few days ago, he saw a woman staying in the village like him, wearing a robe, but… this woman looked suspicious even to him. 

Being a demon, he can tell the amount of magic a being has by looking at them, but that woman had no magic power to an unnatural degree— it was truly zero.

“That was creepy as h**l… Well, not my business. I’ll eat all the magic, even if it’s just the size of a feather.”

So time passed, and night came.

The man, who enjoyed the food brought as if it were his last meal, showed his true identity in the center of the village. 

With his somewhat recovered magic power overflowing, the wings on his back and the horns on his head were undeniable proof that he was a demon, and the villagers screamed in horror.

“Y-you, so you were…!”

“Kukuku, you humans are really fools. But I’ll have to praise you because soon you’re going to become my food. Hahahaha!”

The man was thinking of eating everything in this village so he could return to the demon land to unite the rebels and start all over again.

As he looked at the villagers running away, the first person he noticed was Meza, who bravely protected the children.

(… This woman, not so much for her magical power, but for her quality, looks very tasty. Let’s eat her first.)

The man flapped his wings and landed in front of Meza.

Meza’s husband tried to protect her by punching the man, but the man easily avoided it and was about to stab him with his sharp claws.

“Yare-yare! The village is the most precious place for us demons to protect. And yet, you dare to get your hands on the most VIP person… How foolish. Truly foolish.”

Someone spoke in a very husky tone.

Something flew between the man and Meza, cutting through the wind, and the man suddenly turned his head to see what it was. 

There was a woman there. It was the same woman who he saw wearing a robe.

“You…? No, you can’t be…”

As she used her magic, he noticed that she had magical power.

The woman smiled slyly, took off the hood that covered her head and revealed a face of an enchanting beauty.

“What the h**l is a succubus doing here?”

“You don’t have to mention I’m a succubus. Because this is where that man’s family lives.”

“What the h**l are you talking about?”

Of course, not only did the demon not understand this situation, but also Meza and the other villagers.

However, the succubus being an obstacle to the man, he changed his target to the succubus and tried to attack her… but he got impaled on the ground.

“… Gah?”

The man was confused about why he was sinking into the ground and couldn’t move.

When he looked up, though crawling desperately with his arms and legs, he saw both the absolute existence and despair in the Demon Kingdom.

“It would have been better if you had left the village without doing anything. Are you ready for the consequences?”

“Argh… argh…”

It was the Demon King, the absolute ruler he once worshiped, coldly looking down on him.

She held out the palm of her hand, and something like a black sphere enveloped his whole body… When the sphere became so small that it disappeared, the man vanished without a trace along it.

“It’s done. Lucia, what about the rest?”

“No response. I think this is the last.”

“Good.”

Shrouza… the Demon King turned to the villagers.

Of course, the Demon King’s face was hidden, and the villagers were looking at her in dismay.

“… Haishin-sama?”

It was then that a relatively young voice called out.

Even though the village was in such a remote area, and there was only one terminal, it did not mean that there were no people who did not travel to the royal capital, so a few of them were aware of this trend.

That’s why someone noticed that the Demon King’s mask was the same as Haishin’s.

“Indeed. I am the Demon King and a fan of Haishin. I cannot say exactly why I am here, but the man from before is a result of my misconduct… I was keeping watch to protect you all.”

The capacity of the villagers’ heads was on the verge of exploding because the Demon King was looking to protect humans, and the Demon King was a fan of Haishin.

“I hear that this Haishin thing is pretty famous these days.”

“Huh… you don’t know Haishin?”

“I’m not really interested, and neither is my husband.”

The Demon King and the succubus called Lucia also rolled their eyes at Meza’s words.

Being the Demon King, she naturally knows the relationship between Meza and Kanata, but she didn’t know how to react to how neither his mother nor his father is particularly interested in him.

“… but that’s good for Kanata,” someone whispered, but no one heard.

If he were to see his own parents worshiping Haishin-sama, he would surely be overwhelmed with mixed emotions.

“… I will make you understand.”

“Haah?”

“I’ll let you know! The splendour of Haishin!”

“Wonderful idea, Lord Demon King!”

“Stop! You shouldn’t do that!”

Someone shouted so, but no one heard that.

******

“… Akchoo!!!”

During the live streaming, Kanata could not help but sneeze.

Kanata thought that either someone was gossiping about him or he caught a cold… Well, it was probably the former.

: Is it a cold?

: Are you okay?

: Sneezing… Haishin-sama is sneezing!

: I want to receive all of it.

: Sneezing is good… Can anyone help me sneeze?

Kanata wanted to mockingly ask what’s so good about sneezing.

Even though they were talking like that, Kanata was extremely curious about what happened at the academy today.

That was because of Maria and Alphana’s strange behaviour.

“Don’t worry! I’ll be back to normal tomorrow!”

“I’m fine! See you tomorrow!”

Kanata never thought that it was because of that ASMR.

Rather, Kanata didn’t notice the important thing.

“… Hmm.”

Kanata was altering the wavelength of his magic power to reach the brain the most easily, making the voice better to experience and stimulate the brain.

Unlike ASMR, which was tuned by adjusting the devices in his previous life, Kanata had not yet realized what would happen if it got amplified by magic power, which can be almost anything, and what happens when it prompts stimulation…