Chapter 13: the secrets of yochiro
Shushi replies, "If I focus on what you and Muiro taught me, I should kill the demon. But I can't, because he is my first love. And even though he is a demon, I can accept him, but others won't agree. So, I shouldn't accept him, nor should I kill him. That's why it's really hard to answer what I should do with him. I can only say that I don't have an answer now, but I will definitely give you an answer in a few days."
She then asks, "If this happened to you, what would you do?" I answer, "I would act according to the situation. If he were harming humans and wanted to destroy this world, I would kill him, even if he was my love. And if he wanted to be a good demon, maybe I would let him go. But since he is a demon, I might still have to kill him." She says, "I understand."
I then tell her, "You should go home now, it's 5:30, and we have training tomorrow. Go home and rest." She asks, "Can you walk me home?" At first, I think I shouldn't go, but then I remember that Muiro told me to walk Shushi home. So, I say, "Okay, I'll walk you home." When I walk her home, I notice that all the village doors are closed, and no one is outside. I quickly reach her house, drop her off, and leave.
End of the second day's training
Shushi falls asleep at around 6 AM because she is very tired. I go to the demon's place where Shangshu suspects me and asks, "Why didn't you come last night? Where were you?" I answer, "Where could I be? I'm a demon, out arranging for my food." Shangshu says, "Okay." I tell him I am going to sleep now, and if there's any work, let me know now. If not, wake me up if you need anything. He says, "Okay, there's no work, you can sleep."
Since I'm human-like, I need to sleep every 2 or 3 days, while other demons don't sleep. However, Keto has made arrangements for beds in the castle for demons to rest. I go to sleep.
Shangshu becomes more suspicious of me. I had sent over 300 demons to kill the girl who could kill 'Lord Keto.' The other demons had named her the "Demon King Killer." The strange thing is, all the demons were found dead near the cursed village. By now, they must have turned to ashes.
Demons can't survive in sunlight, except for one demon—'Yochiro.' That's because he has both human and demon traits. That's why 'Lord Keto' likes him so much—he's the unique demon they created. But what I don't understand is, why did all the demons die in one night? It turns out that the demon fighters stationed in the cursed village never go out to fight demons. The ones who fight outside were on duty in another village last night.
There's something Yochiro is hiding from us. I think there's something very important in the cursed village that could benefit demons. That's why Yochiro is always near that village, but he tells us he was coming from another village and had to leave. Sometimes he tells us he thoroughly searched that village and found nothing.
If that's true, why does Yochiro want to keep us away from that village? There's definitely something suspicious there that Yochiro doesn't want to tell us. Could it be that Yochiro has joined forces with humans and is feeding them information about demons, which could lead to demon fighters planning an attack on us? No, I shouldn't think that way. Even though he looks like a human, Yochiro is still a demon, and humans won't accept him. If he reveals his true identity, demon fighters would kill him first, and 'Lord Keto' would find out because all demons are under his control.
Now, I need to speak to a demon who is a good spy and stronger than Yochiro, so even if Yochiro wants to, he won't be able to kill him. I need to talk to 'Kyotomoto,' a high-ranking demon at level 4.