There Is No Spring in the Stolen Field

1. stolen field

That was the first corpse I saw.

They weren’t my parents, but they treated me as if they were my own children when I was an orphan.

The people who always wanted me and Seria, who were always bickering, to smile and tell us to get along well.

Right up until this morning, they were the people who had been sending me off, telling me to go home safely, but they were lying on the ground with their necks and bodies separated.

I emptied everything I ate that day.

“Why on earth…? Why…?”

In this village where there is nothing, why did they harm innocent people?

The red armored knight even said that he had a worthy reward.

Those are the people. Our villagers have neither the reason nor the ability to do these terrible things.

Today’s variables were only those people.

“No… It’s not the time like this. Hurry up and tell anyone…!”

I came to my senses and ran through the forest to the city.

We must tell everyone about this terrible thing and bring Seria back to the mentally ill.

And after coming out of the forest, I saw the hell of royalties for the first time.

The town’s buildings were burning, and the corpses of residents were strewn about the streets as if they had just been murdered.

The blood hadn’t dried yet.

The sunset glow and the vibrating smell of blood made my head dizzy.

I ran through the burning buildings, trying to find survivors.

“Hello! There’s no one there! Hello!”

Tears cover the front. I’d rather it be a dream

I recklessly ran to the village chief’s house located in the middle of the village.

And I came face to face with the silhouette of a person. And when I looked closely, it wasn’t human.

Amidst the burning buildings, she wore a black dress and held a black parasol despite the rising sun.

“Everyone in this area must have died, but you seem to be coming from outside.”

Despite the hellish situation, she spoke to me in a very calm voice.

I know what it is.

A race that drove humans to the brink of extinction 1000 years ago.

It was clear that it was a demon. The red eyes that cannot be seen in humans were proving him.

And then she turned and looked at me.

Black long straight hair, fairer skin than Seria. And I was speechless at the contrasting red eyes.

Ah… dead… I thought. I’ll be one of those corpses lying on the street…

“Live… please save…”

With my face already messed up with tears, I sat down.

I have to save Seria too… I haven’t even buried my parents’ bodies yet…

All sorts of regrets ran through my mind.

“I didn’t do anything, boy.”

“…yes?”

She looked at me with pitiful eyes.

“Are you wondering who did this?”

I nodded while on my knees.

She folded the umbrella she was holding and slammed it lightly on the floor.

“Memories of the earth to you.”

Then, as if the village had been burned down, the situation was immediately directed.

Judging by the clock tower in the village, it was the time right after I left with Seria.

The red knights and soldiers they met during the day did not leave the village for some reason even though Seria had already left.

I could hear their conversation.

“Captain. We have confirmed that the hero has left this area.”

The driver nodded and instructed them to begin.

“No one should be left alive. There should be no survivors. It is more important than anything else to instill hatred towards the demons in the hero.”

“yes!”

After that, the soldiers began a merciless massacre.

The lady at the bakery who occasionally gave me extra bread, the owner of the clothing store I went to today, the village chief who was greedy,

Even the children that Seria and I often played with were all killed by the soldiers.

I was speechless. My body trembled.

And as if they had finished their work, they gathered in the middle again.

“Are you sure there are no survivors?”

“yes!”

“Okay. Now burn the village! I’ll do the final work and move on.”

With fires burning here and there, the knight pulled out a piece of parchment from his bosom.

And the moment he put his hand on it, an ominous aura enveloped the area.

The dark black magic contaminated the land, and then a non-human appeared from the magic circle on the floor.

“Summoning me as a human being, you must have been prepared to do so.”

It was the voice of a woman who spoke to me.

The knight trembled and took a deep breath before replying.

“I don’t ask for anything from you demons. Just return to where you were when this summoning time is over.”

She asked with a puzzled face.

“Did you drag me in from the Demon Realm for such a trivial reason?”

The article looked a little taken aback, but he responded enthusiastically.

“That’s right, demons! It’s enough that you’ve been here!”

“Hmm~ I guess you’ve already done all the pranks on the human side, and you’re trying to make excuses for me. Well, it doesn’t matter.”

The knight seemed satisfied with her answer. I turned my back. That moment.

“But the person who summoned me is so lousy that I lose face?”

At that moment, the knight’s whole body exploded.

Blood overflowed through the red armor.

He died on the spot without even reacting.

And that scene was the end of the magic.

“That’s how it happened. Boy. Unfortunately, there is still time left for the summoning, so he’s tied up here.”

She yawned as if she was bored.

On the other hand, I couldn’t control the emotions floating inside me and was shaking all over.

Anger at the knights and soldiers, fear of the demons in front of her eyes, and worries about Seria were a mess in her head.

Fortunately, the demons in front of me didn’t seem interested in killing me.

Rather, I tried to talk to her, who looked rather boring, with the last courage.

“Um… Demon…?”

She stared blankly at the flames, then glanced at me.

“What is it?”

I knew. If I even touch her heart, people like me will turn to dust right now.

“Can you… accept me… as your disciple…?”

She looked at me with dry eyes.

“What can you give me?”

“Information about the next hero.”

There was a gleam in her lifeless eyes.

“You? How do you know that?”

“I…because she and I were family.”

She looked at me curiously. And he put his hand towards me.

“Looking at it, it doesn’t seem like a lie. But why does the hero’s family want me, a demon, to teach me something?”

I responded with clenched fists.

“I will stop her… the hero…! I will never let this empire turn out the way it wants…!”

I turned my head towards the burning village and clenched my teeth.

“I want vengeance! I want to bring justice to those who have done terrible things to my family and my people…!”

She laughed round and round like she was having fun.

“It’s interesting. It’s fun. The warrior’s family becomes a member of the demon tribe… I’m sure the Demon King will be interested.”

The smile on her face was both eerie and beautiful.

“Okay. I’ll take you. I’ll make you a disciple. But I hope you know it’s not going to be easy.”

He knew that if he was discovered that he was still alive here, he would be chased and killed again.

and wanting revenge. The idea of taking out Seria was also sincere.

It was desperate. more than ever in life.

“Anything… I’ll do anything!”

I hit my forehead on the floor until my head bled.

“Boy. What’s your name?”

“…It’s June.”

“From today you will be reborn. Your name is… Sirius. I will call you Sirius.”

Sirius… Since I couldn’t live with this name anyway, I thought it wouldn’t be bad as a new start.

No matter what happens, I will persevere.

If only I could see Seria again. If you can get revenge on them.

“My name is Amelia. I am the demon who will be your teacher and the second-in-command of the demon realm. I am the head of the supreme demon tribe who does not kneel to anyone except the demon king.”

It was a jaw-dropping level to be the second person in the Demon Realm.

In the first place, he had a hunch when he saw the knight in red armor, who seemed very strong for a human being, eliminated without a single hand, but he never imagined that he would be in such a position.

She waved at me, who was taken aback by the level too high.

“Sirius. Come this way.”

She twisted the folded parasol and soon a huge door was created in front of us.

“Summoning time is over. I’m going back to Pandemonium now. Now, I’ll ask you one last question.”

She looked at me with eyes wondering if she had any regrets.

“I’ll do anything. Can you swear?”

I knew. The Demon King, the enemy of the Hero. And if that’s right under her, if she falls under her command…

Perhaps, no, with a high probability, a situation may come in which I have to confront her…

But no other options existed.

“Yes. Master Amelia.”

She smiled and held out her hand to me.

I swallowed a gulp and grabbed her hand.

The pitch-black door to the demon world closed as if swallowing me.