I Am Demon Lord In This Life
09 - Lost Faith

Dad, is there something you're keeping secret from me?

"Who are you really?" my question is full of search.

"I? It's nobody, Lord. Only a Demon with his life" replied the Demon with a smile and shrugged both of his shoulders.

"That single horn isn't something that's easy to obtain if you're not an Absolute Demon descendant. Then, are you another descendant of Absolute Demon?" I kept asking him. My throat is so itchy to ask her about so many things.

"Ahaha, don't think complicatedly like that, Lord. Who knows, right?" he continued and smiled.

DDDUUUAARR..

An explosion suddenly occurred. His loud voice and the trembling ground he made, quite startled me.

"Lord, are you okay?" Arce's voice was heard from telepathy.

"I'm fine, where did that sound come from?" ask me to ask back.

Ahh, shit. Anne's.

Forget about that Single Horn Demon, I darted quickly away and searched for Anne's whereabouts.

Among us Anne was the weakest, Anne was the type of army leader, not a warrior who could easily fight head-on. That's why I'm worried enough.

Enough is enough that I lost many Demon comrades from Styx.

After searching for a while, I managed the origin of the explosion. In the middle of the shattered ground was a female figure lying on top of it. Full of wounds and unconsciousness.

"Anne!!" From the other side, I saw Arce flying at no high speed with his worried face.

Arce and Anne have been through a lot of bad things all along. Other than each other, there was no longer anyone they could hope for and trust.

"Let's bring Anne over first" I said while helping Arce carry his sister. Arce's face was so pale, worry mixed with anger.

Then, from behind one of the Ogre wooden houses. A strange Magic Mana similar to Harley's appeared. But this time the scattered Mana was bigger and full of fury.

"I don't like hide-and-seek, so I'm out. Hello there" this time a human teenage boy appeared and greeted.

Walking closer towards us while smiling and not forgetting to wave his hand.

"Earth man?" I don't need to talk. Seeing that he could endure it well, it meant that he might not lose his wits.

"Owhh, you know that kind of place. Well, true. I'm human" he answered casually and then sat cross-legged facing us.

"Are you the one who attacked my friend?" kuwaku. Trying to buy time so that the teenager is not easy to attack or something.

"Euh? No, ahahaha, that's my sister. Not me, I just came because brother called" he replied casually and kindly.

What the hell is it so hard to guess his line of thought?

"Sister?" ask me again while giving Arce a code to take Anne away. The wound was deep enough so I couldn't get him stuck in an obscure place like this.

"Ah, he is a Demon. If you look around it turns out you have a single horn just like my brother. Yep, it's not entirely bad. But, where did your friends go?" he answered while standing and focusing on seeing Arce running away carrying Anne.

"I want to ask you something about mere-"

The young man tries to catch up with Arce. His body movements were as fast as teleportation, I was almost unable to catch any movement.

"You can ask me" I cried quickly blocking him.

"I'll try to answer it. So, you can tell me" I continued carefully.

"Ah, they look like someone I know. But I forgot about him. I just remember that he was a Demon. Well, it's not a problem. Excuse me, I want to ask you directly" he said as he pushed me slowly.

I flinched, again surprised by what he called. The demon? any more? Just like Harley. My heart cannot work with my brain.

"I cannot let you go" I said coldly. Holds his hand and looks at him sharply.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that" he said confusedly.

"What's your name?"

"I? Ka-"

DUUAARR...

Undetectable in origin, an object fell down and hit the ground. Make a hole with a diameter of five meters. The power of any kind, must be large enough to cause such a huge footprint.

"Kazuhiko, what are you doing?!" another teenager came after that. Getting closer to us then pulled Kazuhiko away from it.

"Oh, Alano, why?" ask the teenage boy who was talking to me.

Without answering that question, the teenager called Alano suddenly ran very fast towards me and attacked me with his fist.

But quickly, I formed a Shield with my magic. Resisting the sudden attack it launched.

One was full of rampaging magic Mana, while the other one did not feel the slightest hint of magic Mana from it.

"Damn. I have to kill you, fake" Alano shouted at me sharply full of anger from behind Shield.

"What do you mean by fake?!" my question while trying to stay calm is not carried away by emotions.

"Huh? You ask when you know the answer. Get rid of you fucking. Disgusting creature" continued Alano yelling at me.

"Oy, I asked nicely. Why are you answering so rudely?!" In a split second, I darted quickly in front of him and then strangled his neck. My emotions and curiosity were already too deep, making it difficult for me to hold back my anger.

"Kghh.kghh.., le-release a-me" while clutching my hand, just with her strength, Alano released my hand from her neck.

He has no magic but he has power. They're both strong.

"Ohoho, it turns out that you are here, Lord" the single horned Demon who had come looking for me earlier.

"Snake!!" Sapa Alano and Kazuhiko simultaneously while putting on a radiant face.

"Owh, sister. Turns out it's here, have you guys cleaned up the trash?" the Demon asked with a smile and then embraced the two teenagers he called his sister.

"Oh, we did well. But, brother, why is this fake here?" Alano asked while glancing at me cynically.

"Oh, I don't know. I also don't understand what people like him want. Well, Styx will definitely also be destroyed anyway, if people like him are leading" the Demon replied while giving me a look of disdain.

"Damn it, who are you to dare to say that?"

I darted quickly, pointed my sword's eye at his neck and then scratched it. Blood dripped one by one out of his wounds, while the Demon smiled crazily.

"Who? You have to ask yourself that, Lucifer Enrique."