“This way, that guy won’t be able to come over to annoy us anymore, right?”
In the only alley in Cosmos that didn’t have any thing happen to it, Shien showed a grin of crafty satisfaction as he slowly withdrew his magic power.
“You really did that, huh.”
Airi seemed to have realized what had happened, and she rolled her eyes at Shien.
“Did you actually want those guys to come find us?” Shien spoke naturally, “My guess is that they’re likely trying to make a connection with you, you know?”
Obviously, Shien knew full well that those knights of Cosmos had learned of his traces here the moment he arrived. Thus, the First Knight Order also knew full well that one of the little girl he’s walking around with is the famous Dragon Demon.
Otherwise, his [Enemy Detection] skill’s response toward Limgir wouldn’t have been going fainter and fainter as they were walking, until it finally disappeared just a moment ago. It showed that Limgir must be forcibly controlling his hostility out of fear of something.
Plus, last time, during his ennoblement banquet, the young master of the Stalim family was present as well.
Thus, Shien could easily guess that he didn’t dare to do anything due to Airi’s existence, but now he’s instead planning on trying to form a connection to Airi.
“If he could get the recognition and support of a Demon Lord, then they’d basically be able to do as they liked among mortals. With an advantage like that, any noble would want to make such a connection.”
Shien shrugged.
“Then they’re looking for the wrong person.” Airi spoke with a completely blank expression, “I have no interest in them at all.”
That one sentence completely crushed the hopes of the Stalim family.
Shien just grinned with schadenfreude.
Shien doesn’t know about how it is with the other Demon Lords, but he knows full well how dificult this little girl Airi can be.
Basically, unless someone can somehow draw her interest, it’ll be completely impossible to get her to pay attention to them or even get her to properly look at them.
This this single condition will already remove 99.9999999% of all of humanity.
And Shien has long since witness just how cold and emotionless Airi will be toward those she’s uninterested in.
Thus, the Stalim family really should thank Shien instead for causing them some problems and preventing them from reaching here. Otherwise, Airi wouldn’t even glance at them, and she really may destroy this city and leave them with no one to cry to.
That kind of terrible personality supposedly isn’t actually all that rare among demons.
“Demons are a race who respects strength foremost from the start. For those strong enough to gain their recognition, they’ll offer their respect, but for those lacking in strength, they generally won’t pay much attention to. There are even some with worse dispositions who would scorn and look down on the weak, or even bully the weak. As the top of the demon race, the Six Great Demon Lords’ own leanings on this subject are fairly strong too.”
That was something that Lucy had once told Shien.
Airi very obviously leans toward this side. Although she wouldn’t go as far as bullying or looking down on the weak, she would very much maintain a cold and disregarding attitude toward those she lacks interest in. In certain ways, this may be even worse than bullying or looking down on others.
Based on what Lucy had said, the other Demon Lords are mostly like this as well. Although their personalities might differ, they won’t show any interest in the average mob. If you want them to properly look at you, then you must first gain their recognition.
“From that point of view, Lady Sara is basically the one exception among the Demon Lords. That’s why she is the head of the Six Great Demon Lords, standing as the sovereign of the demon race to coexist with the other two worlds and races, right?”
That Moon Demon also has a pair of eyes of wisdom, and her own personality also leans toward that of an intellectual. Therefore, she wouldn’t want to pass on even the smallest detail, and she would seriously observe even the most insignificant person. That’s why she’s capable of representing the demon race to communicate with the gods and mortals.
In other words, among the Six Great Demon Lords, Sara is the relatively gentle and kind one. The other Demon Lords are nowhere near so easy to get along with.
Of course…
“Don’t you go thinking that Lady Sara is someone easy to get along with though. Although she might not ignore you or look down on you, but if you lack the value for her to consider you important, she also won’t show you any care or attention.”
In this world, while others might greet you with a smile, it doesn’t actually mean that they actually like or welcome you.
Sara is one of those kind of people who might look easy to get along with, but in actually make one feel an unfathomable distance between them via her words and actions.
In other words…
“Demon Lords are actually all hard to get along with. In all these years, we’ve never heard of anyone able to forge a good relationship with any Demon Lord. You’re the lone existence in the thousand years of the Mitra Kingdom who has been able to form a connection with a Demon Lord. Thus, you should understand why those nobles are so shocked at the fact that you were able to forge a relationship with the Dragon Demon, right?”
That was what Lucy had told Shien.
One could imagine just how fortunate Shien really was.
Unfortunately, Shien didn’t feel a thing about this accomplishment.
After all.
“You can tell me how hard she is to capture all you like, but given that she’s a girl who was taken in with just a couple of sweets, I can’t really feel that at all.”
Back then, Shien who said those words ended up getting beaten up by Lucy.
It couldn’t be helped. Strictly speaking, that princess was also a girl who got taken in with just a couple of sweets. There was no way that Shien could have said that without getting a beating in return.
That said, one does wonder… If anyone were to learn that this beast had conquered the greatest beauty of all humanity and the Dragon Demon of the Six Great Demon Lords, just what kind of thing would they think?
They would definitely release a deadly curse that not even the Holy Sword could ward off, right?
Well, either way, right now, Shien just kind of wants to see just how the young master of the Stalim ducal family would with this situation.
“I’ll spice up your day some then.”
As he said that, more magic power rose out from Shien once again.
However, at that moment, Airi raised an eyebrow and looked up.
“It seems like an interesting person has come.”
When Airi suddenly stopped acting so impatient and said those words with some amount of interest, it caught Shien’s notice and he turned his head toward a certain direction.
“Boom-!”
The wall of a building suddenly exploded, blasting dust everywhere.