The Queen Of The Demon World
38. Conscious

After recounting everything he had experienced while poisoning Aelene, Zion also appeared to be a beard.

“It was so strange, he ran out of blood and suddenly woke up again. And you said, it wasn't the last time. So that Rimuru had the same experience and that was at 3?? Isn't that impossible, even though he is a demon. He couldn't possibly be .. Rather than that, the demons had black-colored blood. What, have you guys confirmed that Rimuru is a demon?”

“I've confirmed it.”

Zion turned her gaze to Eadric who looked extremely riled up. “Then, how did it go?”

“He was injured on his shoulder back then, his blood was also red like a human in general. Besides, more important thing. The wound is not healing, that means. He can't regenerate.”

“Are you sure? Not all demons have a rapid regeneration.”

Eadric. “Yes, I'm sure. He was not a demon but an ordinary human, which was the problem. Why would he be able to stay alive after losing so much blood, why would he be able to use a portal with such little magic energy, and even more so. He could use two healing magic, likely. One of his magic is unstable.”

Zion nodded in understanding. “So so the story, anyway. Just leave all this to .. Ned and the other shadow guardians,” he said with a sweet smile.

“Hah? Why should I?” ned asked while pointing at himself.

Zion smiled nosyly. “You are a knight. So you have to take care of things that Your Majesty cannot take care of.”

“I'm his right hand.”

“And also his Knight, so you have two identities and both have almost the same responsibilities.”

Ned's face turned riled up. “Alright if that's what you guys want, I'll do it with a heavy heart.”

“Hahaha, it's new good friend.” Zion patted Ned's shoulder with a big smile.

“Laurie, how long have I been unconscious?” ethelyne asked as she leaned against the tree, Laurie who was choosing the fruit glanced at her at a glance.

“A week more, you really make me very worried. Master, I'm almost crazy for fear of losing you.”

Ethelyne smiled faintly with her pale face. “Sorry yes, it worries you. I really did not expect such an event to happen again, even though I did not use my magic. But I was unconscious in the same way, and even more so. I was unconscious for a very long time, how are Aelene, Zachary, and ... Eadric doing now?”

“Why do you even think of a human being who never wanted to know about your fate?” laurie asked offended, she who originally liked humans the most suddenly became resentful of them since seeing Ethelyne unconscious in a situation that made her dejavu.

“I don't know, when I should. I can't have any feelings for humans, but I don't know why. I'm so worried about their safety, Laurie. Is this what love means?”

Laurie gasped in shock, her hands even getting hit by a stone while pounding herbs. He looked at Ethelyne in disbelief. “Master, it's not love at all!” Laurie turned her eyes. “That's just a very natural pity for humans, so you shouldn't think that strangely! After all, how could you possibly fall in love with Aelene?! You don't have any abnormalities!”

“I'll just ask.” Ethelyne sighed. “When I was dying on a snowy mountain, I suddenly thought of my mother. I don't know why you can love a demon that preys on humans. Moreover, mother is a holy girl and it is very inappropriate for her to marry a demon king.”

Ethelyne smiled smirkily. “Could it be that the previous king mistook my mother for a traitor and killed her?” He sighed, Ethelyne closed his eyes. “That's why, I always wondered. Is it wrong for someone to like someone else who is of a different race to him? Then what about humans, why can ordinary people marry a Duke or a king. Though their position is very low compared to other nobles, but ordinary people can still get love from upper class nobles. Then why isn't my mom?”

“Master,” murmur Laurie shrivelled. “You however, the devil is known as a human predator. Of course they would be very afraid and worried if they saw the demons in the human world, no matter what. It seems, it is very impossible to unite the two.”

“This can't be!” Ethelyne was about to stand up, but somehow. His feet were as numb as they were on a mountain full of snow. “ Anyway, I have to unite those two damn races! If I cannot unite them after becoming emperor, then I will become a god and unite them!”

Laurie nodded her head at the enthusiastic and confident attitude displayed by Ethelyne. “That's impossible.”

“Why not?”

“Because the demon emperor gave the curse of all the demons, you remember. Curse.”

Ethelyne. “Because the demons are greedy and consider themselves as gods, the Emperor cursed all demons. They can only live up to a thousand years, well. Everything happened before the holy maiden appeared and exterminated the demons with the holy sword in her hand. By the way, can I also bring out the holy sword? If from what I feel, the magic energy of the holy maiden starts to stabilize even though it is still difficult for the energy to follow my orders. What do you think, because my demon soul whose seal is starting to break. Therefore, I was unconscious because the two energies clashed with each other. He'em, it could be. Because one is light and one is darkness, but why can't I unseal it completely? No matter how I try, I can only expend 88 percent of the demonic energy. That means, 22 percent is still sealed. Huuh, it's really very troublesome.”

“You can not complain, master.”

Somehow since when, Laurie was suddenly beside him while treating the wound on Ethelyne's shoulder that couldn't be healed by demonic regeneration. Maybe because Ethelyne had just issued all his complaints, he became unaware of Laurie's presence beside him.

“Master, will you ... still exterminate humans?”

“Why? You're not willing, when you sounded really upset when you talked about them.”

Laurie shook her head slowly. “Not about that, it's just. Wouldn't it be cruel to finish off all humans, and so. The world would be destroyed if there were no humans in the slightest.”

“That's not a problem, I'll leave 300 million souls from each kingdom. I will only confine them to the dungeons in the demon kingdom, and to the princes. I'll let them be under house arrest, anyway. If they offer an alliance. We have to work together, even though I hate those damn humans,” Ethelyne muttered at the end of his sentence.