Demon King Daimaou: Volume 3 (eBook)

Shoutarou Mizuki (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
241 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-0082-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Akuto Sai and his classmates are off on a school seaside retreat, but even here, he cannot escape the looming prediction that he will become the Demon King. The island they travel to has a legend about a hero who will defeat the Demon King... could it be true? And to make things even more complicated, why is the normally cheerful Hiroshi so bitter about his family... and even stranger, why is Korone suddenly trying to seduce Akuto? So much for a quiet, ordinary school life.

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1 - To the School Seaside Retreat

Akuto Sai didn’t know what to do.

Of course, this was a common state of affairs for him ever since he’d been given the prophecy that he would become the Demon King. His classmates at Constant Magical Academy were always afraid of him, and every day he ran into some new problem. Now he even had a giant dragon for a friend (not exactly a normal friend to have), and he felt like he was gradually getting closer and closer to becoming the Demon King.

Even now he was lying in bed in his dorm room, sighing to himself. His teacher, Mitsuko Torii, had summoned him after school and given him a message.

“Listen, we’re all going on a seaside retreat, but you’re staying behind. Sorry.”

The normally serene Miss Mitsuko seemed truly apologetic this time.

“Was that the decision they made?” Akuto asked.

“Hmm, I don’t know. There’s a lot of stuff going on. Hey, you know how when the Emperor dies, nobody has a field day for a while? It’s kind of like that. No, maybe it’s different?”

When he saw how Miss Mitsuko was mumbling, Akuto figured out what was really going on.

“In other words, if I leave the school grounds, it’s going to cause some problems for the school. So they’ve decided to have me stay here.”

Miss Mitsuko clapped her hands together.

“Yes, that’s right! That’s exactly it. Akuto, you’re so smart. I’m glad you understand. Yeah.”

“Thanks for the compliment, but it doesn’t make me feel any better.”

“Ahh, don’t let it bother you. It’s just the first years who are going. The other grades are staying here, so it won’t be lonely. You’ll be excused from classes for a while, so you can do whatever you want!”

Miss Mitsuko patted Akuto on the shoulder idly.

“Well, I guess it can’t be helped. Maybe it’s not that big of a deal.”

Akuto’s shoulders slumped.

Miss Mitsuko laughed with relief.

“I’m so glad you understand. I was worried that you’d be mad that you couldn’t see the girls in their swimsuits.”

“Do you really think I’m that kind of person?” asked Akuto, his eyebrows narrowed.

He had a handsome face, but a wicked glare. He looked exactly like a villain in a movie. Miss Mitsuko peered into his eyes.

“...True. You look like a guy who’s got half-naked girls hanging off him all day. You’d probably just be bored, seeing girls in swimsuits. If you’ve got that many girlfriends, I suppose this isn’t a big deal, is it?”

“I’m going just ignore that you said that. But yeah, it’s not a big deal. I understand,” Akuto said, and he left the classroom.

And yet...

—I guess I really don’t get to lead a normal school life, do I?

Akuto was really depressed. He rolled around on the bed and put his right hand over his eyes.

In his heart, he wasn’t at all like his appearance implied. Even so, he tended to show off in front of others. He certainly couldn’t tell her how much he’d been looking forward to the seaside retreat.

—It’s not the swimsuits. I just want a normal life. I could go swimming or something. Wait, what do you even do at a seaside retreat?

“The seaside retreat is your chance to interact very closely with girls,” a voice said, very close to him.

“Uwah!”

Akuto leapt out of bed. He hadn’t seen her come in, but Korone was staring down at him.

Even though this was the boy’s dorm, and his room was only for one person, she was always in here. Since she was Akuto’s observer, she needed to be around him at all times. At night she would sleep in the cabinet above his closet. So it was normal for Korone to be around, but something was different today.

He couldn’t put his finger on what it was, but Korone seemed different.

“Wh-What is it?”

“It’s an event where you can interact very closely with girls,” Korone repeated. And then for some reason she snuggled up next to him.

“Why are you lying next to me?”

“Because I want to. You don’t like it?”

Korone wrapped her arm around his chest, and pinned him down on the bed. And then she moved her face close to his.

Seeing a face that was near the human ideal up close was a nerve-wracking experience, even if you were used to it. Akuto felt his heart skip a beat. Liradans breathed too, to help with their pronunciation when they spoke. Her breath was tickling his nose. It had a strange scent, different from a human’s.

“L-Listen, are you teasing me again?” Akuto asked, trying his best to pretend that he was still calm.

Korone had teased him like this several times in the past. Akuto had to be careful that she wasn’t doing it again.

“No, I’m not teasing you. If you’re embarrassed, then I will take your secrets to the grave. No matter what you do here, I will tell no one. I’ll even lie in my reports about anything exciting that goes on here.”

Korone’s voice was like a detective reading a suspect his rights. As she spoke, her hand slid along Akuto’s body. From his chest, to his stomach, and then further down...

“W-Wait!” Akuto grabbed her hand and made her stop.

“What’s wrong?”

“Don’t ‘what’s wrong’ me! Seriously, knock it off.”

Akuto squirmed out of her grasp and sat up on the bed. He looked directly at Korone with a serious expression on his face.

Korone sat up as well. But she was holding her arms wrapped around her knees. She was wearing a short skirt, which meant that she was showing Akuto her panties.

“...Is something wrong?” Korone asked after he was silent for a moment.

Akuto shook his head and looked away.

“A-Anyway... This isn’t what you wanted to talk about, right? You were saying something about the seaside retreat.”

“About that. You will now be able to go.”

Korone looked up at him, opening and closing her legs.

“Huh?”

For a moment he didn’t understand what she was saying, and looked back at her. But then he looked away again. Her eyes were boring into him. But then he realized what she’d said and shouted in surprise.

“Huh? I get to go on the seaside retreat?”

“Correct. You will now be able to go.”

“But the Academy said I had to stay here...”

“I will take responsibility.”

“No, I mean you don’t have to do that. There’s a lot of rumors about me on the outside, right? So I don’t want to do anything that’ll cause a problem. I mean, if it’s not a big deal...”

As Akuto mumbled, Korone whispered in a soft voice.

“Is this a burden for you?”

Her voice sounded sad for some reason, and Akuto found himself looking at her face once more.

Her green eyes were strangely filled with emotion, and looking straight at him. They seemed damp, he thought. No, even before he could think that thought, he was starting to panic.

“That’s not it. I’m just confused, because I don’t know why you’d do that for me. That’s right, why would you want...”

Korone lowered her face between her knees and glanced up at him.

“As I said, the seaside retreat is a chance to interact closely with girls. I thought that if you went, it might make you a little less shy...”

Korone pointed downwards. Akuto’s eyes had no choice but to follow. Since she was sitting with her knees pulled tight to her chest, it was obvious what he was going to see.

“S-Seriously, stop teasing me. Anyway, I’m a follower of Ko-Roh. If I do anything like that, it’ll make it much harder for me to become a priest.”

Akuto got off the bed and moved away from Korone.

Korone stretched out her legs and lay down on the bed.

“I’m sleeping here tonight.”

“No way.”

Akuto shook his head. Korone stared at him.

“If you’re not interested in girls, that may be a type of illness.”

“It... it’s not that.”

“Then sleep with me,” she said, still looking at him. But since there was no change in her tone or expression, Akuto wasn’t sure what to make of that. He was really starting to get confused.

—Korone’s not acting like her usual self...

She didn’t seem to be teasing him, and there was no reason for her to seduce him.

“I-I’ll pass.”

“Why?”

“Why? Y-You’re being weird, Korone.”

“By weird, do you mean that you find me unattractive as a woman?”

“No, that’s not quite what I meant...”

“Then what did you mean?”

“No... it... it is what I meant. The way you’re acting isn’t... really turning me on.”

Akuto had no idea how to deal with this conversation, so he just blurted it out. He was worried about how she might respond, but Korone simply gave up.

“I see,” she said, and then stood up and went back to her usual sleeping space in the cabinet.

—She’s not upset or anything, is she? No, she doesn’t seem like the type...

...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Demon King Daimaou
• Reihe/Serie: Demon King Daimaou
• Illustrationen: Souichi Itou
• Übersetzer: Adam Lensenmayer
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Battle • color wars • demon king • Light Novel • Magical academy
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-0082-4 / 1718300824
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-0082-8 / 9781718300828