I Was Reincarnated Chapter 4

Since then I haven't met the demon G.o.d

The armor I received from the demon G.o.d was considerably good quality, so everyone was pretty envious

When he defeated the demon, everyone started to say wasn't he actually a pretty good guy

But that demon G.o.d probably just did it on a whim

Village chief said I should seduce the demon G.o.d for the sake of the village, but there's no way I could do such a thing

I'm just a typical average bodied beastman

I can't even compare to that demon G.o.d

Me doing that sort of thing would just be disgusting, right?

If that guy was in front of my eyes, even I would be attracted

(What about for the demon G.o.d?)

Speaking of, that guy that's like me, what's their relations.h.i.+p?

Whether seduction like the village chief says may or may not be effective, me and that person are different

On the contrary, won't it anger him?

The first issue is that I don't want that sort of relations.h.i.+p with a man

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In the middle of the night, the village was attacked

The attackers were all demons

Moreover, there were nothing but strong ones

Even all of us together were no match

"Kushushu (laugh…), You all will become offerings to the demon king!"

Said a demon with an unpleasant way of laughing

Everyone from the village ended up quickly being caught

Their voices of lamentation could be heard

It seems even the little children were caught

"For the demon to even come to such a small village…..it couldn't be that that one that came before was just a scout?"

Due to demon attacks there are few villages

Especially for beastman only villages, since they are overall weak they are easily targeted

For that reason beastmen are widely dispersed

If that wasn't so, beastmen would have quickly gone extinct

We were crammed into a boxcar-like thing and transported somewhere

Although I was told I won't die, as expected I don't have the courage to test it

Besides my skill with the sword isn't that much

If only it was only being captured, we could just surrender and not care about later

As for escaping, we would be caught before we could change into beast form, not to mention our beast forms were sealed by chains so we can't use it to escape

My armor was confiscated

Although it was given to me from the demon G.o.d, it's beyond just good quality so it was inevitably taken

So we were caught, and in my heart I couldn't help thinking that perhaps the demon G.o.d would save us

For that demon G.o.d that seems to do nothing but sleep everyday, although I understand there's no way he'd notice what was going on outside, somehow or other……..

However, continuing like this everyone will be killed

Demons rarely do things like sell human-like creatures

Normally they eat them

I will be fine since I have divine protection (from the demon G.o.d), but no one else does

(We have to escape somehow)

I can't just depend on the demon G.o.d

He probably won't be coming to help after all

But, the other tribes won't come help

We can only save ourselves

But in reality we would be cut down

Everyone treasures themselves

I'm not someone who would rush into danger on purpose

Everyone's faces are covered in despair

Since everyone knows we can't count on anyone coming to save us

"……Must be nice, you not dying"

With one person's words, everyone's eyes gather on me

"Kushushu, what are you saying? You are all the demon king's offerings, obviously you're going to die!"

Seemingly upon hearing the demon's speech, a voice calls out

"The one this guy subordinated to, is the demon G.o.d!"

I don't know whether they did it due to despair, but they easily revealed the information

"Demon G.o.d……?"

"Kushushu, there's no way, something like a demon G.o.d, doesn't exist in this world, weren't you fooled?"

For a just an instant there was a commotion among the demons, a leader like guy laughed at us

I get that I have a pretty amazing power, but I can't really cut in saying it's not a lie

(As for the demon G.o.d, could he be on the demon king's side?)

He is a demon after all

Although that demon G.o.d doesn't seem to have an interest in anything, if you consider the fact he's only just been born it can't be helped that he doesn't understand such things

In case he is the ally of the demons, not only the beastmen, the other races as well will probably be destroyed

(……am I an idiot, to do something like relying on a demon G.o.d)

We were without hope for our lives

However, I alone cannot die

—unless that self-proclaimed demon G.o.d kills me

(It's the worst)

While I was worrying, I thought I heard a clunk and the box jerked

(Did we break down—?)

Screams mingle together in the air

The ones who were not holding onto anything fell down on impact, and ended up thrown outside, falling through the open roof

Then, just kept falling

It seems we were rolling down a cliff

Several beastmen fell outside, me included

It didn't seem to be a very steep cliff, the people who rolled down it fell down while scattering blood

While rolling down, on the edge of sight I can see it, even though I want to turn my eyes away, I can't

I vigorously roll down the cliff for a short time then fall into the river

"Buhaa-"

I try to stand in the river and the water only goes up to my waist

However the current is rapid, and I can't keep standing in the water current, like that I'm washed away

It seems the demons didn't bother to pursue us

Did they give up and just a.s.sume we were already dead?

(Is this river connected to the one that pa.s.ses nearby the village?)

If so it's fine to head toward the sh.o.r.e just before there

Since the current downstream slows down, there's no point wasting my strength now

(Hurry…..someone, a person to help us……)

While I was thinking that, I was aware in my head that that was a wish that wouldn't come true

The other tribes would not come to help

The other beastmen villages were far away and wouldn't come to rescue the captured people

There's no place I can go to even if I escape

There's no one I can depend on

(I, somehow……)

In the river while I fell into despair, the one that came to mind was, as expected, that demon G.o.d—

(Let's go and ask for help while prepared for his refusal)

Perhaps, although there's probably only a one in a million chance he'll agree, won't he be able to save us

He's the only one I can depend on now, so I can only cling to him

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Downstream I climb up onto the river bank and head toward the castle

(If these chains weren't here, I could at least change into my beast form……)

Unable to run I can only quicken my pace

I wonder how long has pa.s.sed since then

While thinking to the point where the only thing I can think is I have to hurry, my feet tangle and I fall

(Somehow or other I have to make it in time)

Night ended and day dawned

I have to hurry, everyone's life is in danger

I sincerely hurry, but I still only arrive at the castle after the sun had risen high

I continuously pound on the door

(Please, hurry and come out!)

It felt like a long time pa.s.sed

"Demon G.o.d! Demon G.o.d!!"

Through my tears, the door appears to warp

"Help us-!"

Even still, I can only continue to pound the door

After a moment the door opened, and I saw the demon G.o.d's face with a displeased looking expression

"Shut u—"

"Help us! Please, help us!!

I will completely cling on, relying on this demon G.o.d

"Whatever's fine! Therefore, everyone….. You have to hurry, or else everyone—demon G.o.d is the only one I can rely on"

Although I'm frantically trying to explain, I can't sensibly convey anything

My tears flow and my voice shakes

"What is it?"

The demon G.o.d points his finger at my legs

"Chains that seal my beast form, rather, more importantly—"

"Chains, release"

Gachan (sfx)……

The chains on my legs that wouldn't come off without a key released

It released with just a word from the demon G.o.d

I'm surprised, but this isn't the time for that

"Demon G.o.d, help us, demons kidnapped everyone from the village, they're going to become offerings to the demon king!"

Maybe thanks to being surprised I could calm my agitation a bit and properly convey what happened

The demon G.o.d staring at the chains on my arms expressionessly turned around

"I'm not such a good person that I would go save strangers"

I despaired at those words

I had not considered that there would be this kind of ending

The demon G.o.d was not our ally

Although he defeated a demon, it was only due to the demon G.o.d's whim

(My last hope has been severed)

I can only fall down crying

When I alone survived, what should I do from now on?

Even if I returned to the village I would be alone

There's no point to a one man village

Looking for another village, doesn't mean they will accept me

Rising up while sobbing, I cry out, suddenly being carried

"Wh,at—"

"Do you know where the demon king is?"

I was asked and shook my head

If we don't know the place we can't head over there

The me who only just realize it is an idiot

"It's in that direction"

I point upstream

That's all I know

"How were you moved?"

"We were packed into something that looked like a box"

"Hmm, then, it must be close, let's go to the demon king's castle closest to here"

The moment the demon G.o.d said so my field of vision warped with a 'gunyari'

Then a spooky castle appeared before my eyes

"…… Here is?"

"Demon king's castle"

"How did you know the place?"

Are you actually allies with the demon king?

"Since I can even go to places I haven't been to before"

Answers from the demon G.o.d are always concise

"Who're you people! This place is Guy-sama's castle!"

A gatekeeper like guy approached us

"Close your eyes and block your ears"

Following what I was told, I closed my eyes and blocked my ears

Soon after that, I could smell demon blood

I timidly opened my eyes and I saw finely diced demon remains

"Hii—!"

I unintentionally let out my voice

Just as my sight darkened

"Wh,what—!?"

As I panicked I flailed my arms

"I told you to close you eyes and block your ears didn't I"

My movements stopped at the demon G.o.d's words

While I calmed down, I understood that the demon G.o.d's hand was covering my eyes

I once again blocking my ears and found his hand was removed

My eyes were already closed

The smell of demon blood was gradually growing stronger

It seemed the demon G.o.d defeated the demons while carrying me

Even though I blocked my ears, I could still occasionally hear a scream

Since beastmen's ears are good, I can't help but pick up sounds

Suddenly the smell changed

The air was full of the smell of beastmen blood

The hands blocking my ears were caught and I could hear a voice

"There are no living beastmen remaining, the demon king ate them all"

At those words, I opened my eyes

A blue-ish skinned fat man sat before my eyes

From his head grew four horns and I understood that this was the demon king

The village people's clothes and shoes were scattered around the demon king

Even the village chief's necklace had fallen

(I didn't make it in time)

I felt despair

"You've come offering this ore-sama a beastmen, well in consideration of your beauty I'll accept it, I'll make you this ore-sama's queen, be thankful"

The body leaning back on the chair rose while the demon king's fat body jiggled

He drooled with his eyes locked on the demon G.o.d

"Me, the queen of you b.a.s.t.a.r.d?  Your brain's rotten huh"

The demon G.o.d with a fitting expression said sharply

"Since I'm going to kill him, watch, even if you want to look away"

"…….for everyone's resentment, I'll watch"

Although the demon G.o.d told me to, the demon king is everyone's enemy

Although I am weak to splatter, I want to see the enemy die

"Kushushu, What are you saying to Guy-sama?"

I cringed from fear when the demon who captured us appeared

An opponent who all of us were entirely no match for

"Demon, Bind”

The moment the demon G.o.d said so, something came up from the floor and wound around the demon's body

"Tighten"

With a "gyuu" it became small and from a crack blood spurted

It got everywhere

"You, what the heck are you!?"

The demon king spoke frantically

But I can't see his appearance seeming frantic at all

"A hero accompanied by only a single weak seeming beastman, is not enough to frighten me"

(Hero?)

What is this demon king saying?

"I'm not something like a hero though"

It seems the demon G.o.d's surprised by this too

"I am a demon G.o.d"

The moment the demon G.o.d said so, the demon king's face turned purple (TN: which actually isn't that weird considering his skin's blue)

"D,Demon G.o.d-sama!?"

He at once became frantic when he understood

So he's an opponent that even makes a demon king frantic…..

I've ended up having to rely on such an outrageous guy

I've already been subordinated so it feels like it can't be helped

"Such a….. When was your birth?"

He suddenly became respectful

Still, is the demon G.o.d on that demon king's side in the end?

"From now you are going to die so it has nothing to do with you"

As the indifferent demon G.o.d tossed out such words, the demon king's face once again turned purple

If it were us, is it something like our faces turning pale I wonder?

"E, excuse this one, by no means, I was unaware demon G.o.d-sama—"

"Silence"

The demon king's apology was silenced by merely a single word

"As punishment for making this guy cry, Demon king, kill yourself"

"That is-! Forgiveness—"

His body seems to be moving involuntarily and contrary to his words

Aiming the sword at his own head he swung it, with a "bushouu….." unpleasant sound blood spurted out

But that wasn't the end, like that the cut part fell, and rolled on the floor

(Hii-!)

My eyes met with the rolling head's, and I turned my face away in a panic

Unintentionally looking at the demon G.o.d, who watched everything intently

(Does he think nothing of this?)

Because he's a demon G.o.d?

"Crush"

Coincident with his words, a "gushaa" sound came from the place where the the demon king's head was

(Was that the final blow……)

How to say, as expected of a demon G.o.d

"To my castle"

The moment the demon G.o.d said so, the scenery once again warped, and before I realized it we were in front of the castle

"To the nearby village"

The demon G.o.d once again spoke, and the place I am now is the beastmen village

The marks still remain from the previous fighting and looking at is is painful

However, why did the demon G.o.d come here?

"Life detect……….found"

The demon G.o.d walked over rapidly

(Still holding me like this……..how strong is he?)

Although I'm shorter than the demon G.o.d, as for my body, I should be rather heavy

Despite that he's holding me with one arm and walking like that

We go inside one of the houses

The inside is smashed, there's things like blood and broken furniture, evidence of a fight remain

The demon G.o.d, with a 'my pace' feeling, walked in and put his hand to the wall

"Open"

After a single word, the wall opened

"Rau"

"Ru,Rune—"

Rau was inside

A not yet four year old cat beastman

While calling my name, came over and clung to me

Perhaps due to having to withhold any cries in order to remain hidden, Rau was now loudly wailing

However, Rau's parents were consumed by the demon king

These aren't circ.u.mstances where a beastman child can survive

Even if we went on a journey in order to search for another beastman village, I don't think we'd find someone willing to take in a child

"Rau's parents were consumed by the demon king, everyone else too…..there's no one left except for me and Rau, we have to go search for another beastman village"

Rau continued crying without stop

That's right

It's much too sad for a four year old when their parents die

My mother as well was consumed

"Pack what you want to bring, we'll have to abandon this village"

Although I also feel like crying I firmly endure it

The two person journey with Rau will definitely be harsh

I'll have to protect Rau

"Don't want! Rau, will stay here! Rau's home is here!"

Rau pounds on my chest

If we could, even I want to stay here

But with just us two it's impossible

Since we can't be self-sufficient with just the two of us, we would end up dead just like that

"Please don't say something so selfish, I don't know how many days it will take so we have to hurry and start our journey!"

I don't know how long it will take so we have to leave as soon as possible

Rau sobbed

I too want to cry

"For a beastman with a child, I don't think you'll be able to properly travel, huh"

The demon G.o.d, who hadn't said anything up to now, interrupted with those words

"-It can't be helped can it!? It's impossible with only two people in this village, we can only search for somewhere else!"

We can't be self-sufficient and we can't drive away any invaders

Moreover, the other person is still a child, a girl

"I can't protect this place alone, and even if we were self-sufficient we still need resources, without anyone stopping at this village, we'd starve to death or die in an attack…. Better to be a slave"

That is, even leaving on a journey, there's a good chance our likely outcomes would be the same though

At my threats, Rau continued to cry, but stopped her tantrum

She looked up at me uneasily

"Want to come to my place?"

With that, I was shocked at the demon G.o.d's words

"As a slave?"

I am already subordinated, but Rau's not

……it would be a simple thing for him to learn her name

"Not as a job, just do the cleaning?"

Speaking of cleaning that castle, it's quite a lot of work isn't it

"When I occasionally get up, it would be good if you could clean my room, it's fine to leave the other rooms as is"

"Eh? Just one room?"

Just one room in that castle should be pretty big, but saying just one room is fine, is an extraordinarily good offer

"Ahh—….. However, as for food, manage it somehow or other with magic?"

For some reason he seems to be grumbling

Speaking of food, what do demon G.o.ds eat?

"Go and get your luggage"

We finally set out

"You as well"

The demon G.o.d put his hand down on Rau's head and said to wait here while he disappeared afterwards

After packing what I wanted to bring I took my luggage and waited, the demon G.o.d appeared

"Not much, huh"

He says while looking at my luggage, but I don't really have much I could bring

"……If you don't have enough things, it's fine to buy more"

While saying so he held Rau and grabbed my arm

And once again the scenery changed

(Amazing……)

At a loss for words I stood unmoving

Just saying the inside of the castle was extravagant wasn't enough, Rau was at a loss for words as well

"Here is the dining room, you can prepare ingredients here so make food as you please and eat, I still don't completely understand where everything is, so don't go into other rooms, only go to your own room and the dining room"

The demon G.o.d says indifferently

We have no reason to refuse so we nod

Currently, it seems I am to do the cooking

I only ever used the sword, so I've never done something like cooking

"I'll guide you to the room"

The demon G.o.d already began ascending the stairs and we hurriedly follow

The rooms we'll be in are big, not to mention private/single rooms

Although Rau seemed bewildered by the too large room, I felt the same

"Is it really alright to give us such nice rooms?"

"I won't be using it after all"

Considering the normal treatment for slaves, this is pretty rich/kind treatment

"I'll show you my room"

Saying so he once again starts walking

We set down our luggage, and once again hurriedly follow

We climb a long set of stairs, the door the demon G.o.d just opened, is to a room of a size that who knows how many of our rooms would fit in

Cleaning seems like it'll be a pain

Luidia-side end