Just a magical girl who picks up trash

"...Come on, we demon soldiers already know about this. Do you think the Demon King doesn't know about it?"

"That……"

"You've forgotten what day it is today. It's the annual Demon King's Feast. The Demon King will definitely have some plans!"

"That's right, the Demon King is so wise and powerful, mere humans must..."

In the pitch-black imperial city, the gate guards were talking and laughing as if no one was around, talking and laughing in a casual tone. In the bustling demon city, one could see figures with double horns on their heads and black-purple skin coming in and out at any time. Among them, there were also some who looked no different from humans, but from their dark vertical pupils like those of wild beasts, it was not difficult to tell that they were definitely not humans.

“Oh, the devil…”

The guards who were chatting as if they were alone did not notice the black skeleton carriage that was slowly driving into the city at this moment, nor did they care who was in it. After all, the Demon King's Feast was about to take place, and at this time there were many princes and nobles from all the big and small territories of the Demon Clan. A small carriage like the one in front of them... was not taken seriously by them at all. On the contrary, their words were heard by the figure in the carriage without any omission from beginning to end.

There was a slight sigh, but a voice with a hint of coldness came out immediately. It sounded like a pleasant female voice. When the voice fell, the next sentence was followed by a mosquito-like soliloquy followed by a sneer:

"It's time to return the stolen throne... Qian Shen!"

"Gululu~~"

The carriage slowly drove into the imperial city, and joined many other carriages that were moving at the same time. Then, they all headed towards the most important location in the imperial city, which was also located in the center of the demon clan, and was where the strongest and most powerful people in the demon world were: the Demon City!

And this is where the monsters called Demons gather: the central restricted area of ​​the Demon God's Labyrinth, and it is also the biggest enemy and restricted area of ​​humans and other races on various continents!

The demons are creatures from the maze. Although they can also be considered as creatures of this world, they are obviously incompatible with races outside such as humans. It is as if they are a joke of the creator god. But after this world was formed, the demons and other alien races such as humans were separated into two parts inside and outside the maze respectively.

The demons are born with powerful magic and tough bodies, but they are also bloodthirsty and warlike. The human race is weak at birth, but full of potential and creativity... They are two extreme existences like in most stories, the only difference is that one lives in the maze and the other lives outside the maze.

Humans discovered magic, learned martial arts, and explored the maze, while the demons were guarding the maze, resisting the invasion of humans while planning to break out of the maze, destroy humans, and rule the world.

There is no right or wrong. War itself is a process in which power and ambition are intertwined. Therefore, it can be said that the demons and humans have been in absolute opposition from the very beginning, with no possibility of easing at all!

This is how it should be, but just one hundred years ago, a not-so-small...accident occurred between the demons and the human race!

Two children, a boy and a girl, one from the human race and the other from the demon race, were born simultaneously in the demon race's imperial city and the human race's imperial city. As described in most storybooks, they both possessed enormous magical powers, amazing talents, and strong souls. They were hailed as the hope of mankind (demon race) and were raised as such.

Everything is destined to be a bloody story. The human princess (hero) meets the demon prince (demon king). They like each other but are also hostile to each other, which leads to a series of love, hatred and vengeance... Well, please refer to books such as royal history or demon gossip in this regard. I will not explain them one by one here.

In short, because the two people love each other and want to be together forever, they deliberately use their dominant position to allow the demons and humans to coexist peacefully and jointly welcome the birth of a peaceful world.

However, the result was obvious... they failed!

The demons are bloodthirsty and warlike, while humans are intelligent and cunning. Apparently, superficial peace cannot satisfy them. Therefore, a hundred years ago... when it seemed that the two races could really reach peace, the disaster... arrived as expected!

The human princess (the hero) lived in the Demon King's royal city after her wedding with the Demon King. However, she was assassinated on the day of giving birth. After investigation, it was discovered that the attacker was actually a human... a member of the royal family!

This action immediately made the Demon King furious, and he immediately launched a retaliatory action against the human race. At the same time, the human race also felt that this was a deliberate design by the demons, who wanted to throw dirty water on the human race. Now that the hero was no longer unrestrained, the royal nobles immediately assembled a large army and launched a counterattack against the demons.

Sometimes the outbreak of war is so simple. After this incident, the human race and the demon race completely achieved an achievement called blood feud. In the end, after a series of brutal battles, the demon race retreated into the maze due to the inherent terrain. The human race should have pursued the victory and entered the maze after the great victory, but it showed its bad nature at the critical moment.

What bad nature? Divisiveness!

The army itself was led by various princes and nobles. When they were united against an external enemy, they were naturally united. However, when victory was in sight, ambitions were awakened. So the good coalition forces were shattered under the identity of a "king", and eventually split into one vassal state after another.

After nearly several decades of power struggles, the current situation of three kingdoms was finally stabilized. The demons also took advantage of this period to recuperate and gradually began to recover their vitality. Then, they once again ambitiously prepared to counterattack humans!

The above is the general worldview of this world. After closing the book in her hand that she had read countless times, the face of the stunning girl with long black hair did not show any interest in reading a story. Instead, it was full of... ridicule and... contempt!

"Hypocritical history...it suits you so well, Demon Lord!"

As if expressing her feelings, she said this!

44. True History

That is something only the little girl knows... It can be said to be a childhood memory, or perhaps... real history, right?

The human princess and the demon king met, fell in love, and eventually got married. While promoting peace between the two races, they gave birth to their own offspring, a little girl who was both a demon and a human. She was a princess... The human princess was also a demon princess, and she should have been the most noble existence in the entire continent!

Yes, it should have been...

However, on the day she was born, her mother died, killed by humans who were said to be of the same race. Her father was furious and started a war with humans. The war lasted for twenty years, so long that she grew from a baby who knew nothing to a little general who followed her father like a tail and hated humans!

That's right, she was born with extraordinary magical powers that were beyond the reach of ordinary people, as well as a unique talent called "Demon Subduing", which allowed her to summon monsters from the abyss to fight for her. Therefore, when she was only twenty years old, after showing her talent, her father took her out of the place that should have been her childhood, and she embarked on a path of becoming not a princess in seclusion, but an iron-blooded princess.

She followed her father from the age of five to experience and learn about war. By the age of ten, although she was still a child, she already possessed the wisdom and strength of an adult demon. Even on the huge battlefield where demons and humans were fighting, she relied on her own strength and wisdom to fight for her own place, becoming a well-deserved "Princess (Brave)" among the demons!

It happened that at that time, the disunited human coalition was losing ground under the powerful offensive of the demons. Defeat was obvious, and she was imagining that after annihilating the human race and avenging her mother, her father would be able to show a smile that she had never seen since she was born... She was so looking forward to it at that time and had been working hard for it!

However, all of this... was destroyed suddenly... completely destroyed!

Everything started from that day eighty years ago...that evening, a moment that seemed like the end of the world for me!

"Cursed Magic: Sunset Glow. This thing... I think Your Majesty should know its effects better than anyone else!"

The adopted son of his father, his elder brother, who was usually so gentle and like the big brother next door, spoke words that seemed to be poisoned and chilled people's hearts. The words that followed also frightened her, who had been hiding behind the closet and originally planned to give her father a surprise on his birthday, so much so that she dared not utter a single sound:

"After all, this is the magic that killed your wife, my 'mother'!"

A light and airy sentence was followed by a murderous intent accompanied by magical power that surged into the sky, erupting suddenly as if to tear the sky apart. Because of this burst of magical power, his brother seemed to be caught off guard and injured. However, after only two seconds, this momentum disappeared like a deflated balloon, and was replaced by an angry but also extremely weak voice... It was his father's voice:

"You...rebellious son, you have such evil ambitions. I never thought...it would be you!"

He thought of all possibilities, humans, demons, and even everyone around him, but he had never doubted his child, the child he picked up from the pile of corpses and raised since childhood. It must be said that this is really... ironic!

"Yes, it's me!"

The smiling voice no longer had the gentleness and deference it once had, and was replaced with words filled with malice and uncontrollable excitement:

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, who would have suspected that a mere five-year-old demon with low magical power could actually use human magic, and even the forbidden spell Sunset Afterglow!"

"..."

The smiling words received no response, but the murderous intent that was lingering in the air showed no sign of dissipating. The air seemed to grow thicker in that instant, and after a long while, the Demon King's voice slowly rang out:

"Kill me and then inherit the throne... After all, although you are not a legitimate son, you are indeed my only son... That's what you should think, right?"

It wasn't a question but an affirmation, and the answer was without any concealment:

"exactly!"

"If I'm not mistaken, you should have secretly contacted a powerful human. Your magic... was also taught by them, right?"

"That's right. My teacher is the human race's foremost dark mage, specializing in curse magic. Sunset Glow was the only magic he taught me, and it took me a whole year to master it!"

"Heh~~ Seeking the skin of a tiger is to bring about one's own destruction!"

"That may not be the case, but at least you... won't be able to see the scene at that time!"

Such a tone clearly indicated that he was going to take action, but before that, he paused for a moment, and then, as if he had thought of something, he changed his mind and continued to provoke:

"Oh, right~ Before I kill you, there's something else I suddenly remembered. Your daughter, my lovely sister... Father, you don't have to worry!"

The light words once again made the air solemn, but he seemed to have no reaction at all and just kept talking to himself:

"I will blame everything on humans, letting her live on with a heart of revenge. Then... after I become the Demon King, she will do her best to be my sword and... my wife, and give birth to a demon child for me... to carry on my family line!"

The smiling words made her eyes widen instantly. The deep admiration and love she once had for him began to shatter at this moment like a mirror. Tears accumulated in her eyes, and she bit her lower lip tightly, so she couldn't make any sound.

"Bang~~~"

The shock of magic came suddenly. Because she couldn't see what was happening through the gap in the wardrobe, she suddenly heard the angry roar from her brother... no, that man:

"Asshole, what did you do?!"

It was obvious that her father had done something before he died, and it was under his questioning that she heard... his last words:

"Hahaha~ A magic that makes you... unable to harm or... touch an orphan girl... you should be very familiar with it... Curse Contract... and..."

The rest of the words were not finished so he did not know what they were, but the pain from his body clearly told him that they were not good things. However, she who was hiding in the closet at this moment heard them clearly and understood very well what her father wanted to say at the end.

That wasn't said to him, but to...her!

Curse Contract Magic: Twin Lotuses, Sharing Life!

45. A long-awaited meeting

"Damn it, what did you do? What on earth did you do?!"

"Want to know? Go look it up yourself...but don't take too long!"

The weak voice was not very loud under the roar, but it reached her ears clearly as if it was intentional:

"After all, if it takes too long, with my good daughter's potential... it's enough to avenge me!"

"You... old bastard!"

"Boom~~~"

The light words immediately made her in the closet open her eyes wide and look in front of her, but the next second, with a flash of black light, a figure fell in front of her. A pair of deep purple eyes looked at her through the gap in the closet just as her peripheral vision was about to disappear, with a hint of apology and deep tenderness in his eyes.

"..."

Without saying a word, the luster of life in his eyes slowly dimmed, indicating that he had completely lost his life. However, all she could do was to cover her mouth tightly, not allowing herself to make even the slightest sound... She couldn't let anyone know that she was here, especially not her brother... No, the murderer of her father must not know that she was here!

Because I am too weak now, not yet capable of avenging my father, so I have to be patient... I have to endure it... I have to endure it no matter what!

absolute!

"..."

When the lavender eyes slowly opened, the carriage had stopped at some point, and the curtain in front was gently lifted. Through the small window, one could vaguely see a figure in front of him standing side by side in a row of black-armored knights, looking at him with a gentle smile on his face, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

That figure left a deep impression on her. Although she hadn't seen it for more than ten years, she had never forgotten even a trace of its outline. After all, the memory was so unforgettable, so profound that even now it was so vivid in her dreams every time, making people... feel heartbroken!

"...His Royal Highness the Demon King!"

After blinking, the cold look in her eyes suddenly faded away, replaced by an expression full of respect and a hint of harmony. After getting off the carriage, Lessa looked at the figure coming towards her, then bowed and saluted.

"Little sister, you are so polite after not seeing you for a few years!"

The ceremony was suddenly interrupted halfway through. His Majesty the Demon King Gaimon, with a warm smile that seemed to come from the heart, gently helped his sister up. While speaking in a slightly reproachful tone, he looked at the graceful girl in front of him with a smile, and a hint of passion flashed in the depths of his eyes.

"There's a difference between superiors and subordinates, that's the rule!"

Not a single word of hesitation came out of Lessa's mouth. After all, she was not called the battlefield witch for nothing. Years of marching career were enough to make her have an iron will.

"So even if it's the Demon King, I'm still your big brother, okay? There's no need for us to be so polite~~"

With a complaining voice, he walked towards the royal city with his sister. During this time, Resa did not refuse and let the other party lead her in, through the heavy door, down the long corridor, and finally came to a magnificent hall.

The dinner was extremely sumptuous, and it was definitely a delicacy rarely seen during military service. The value of each dish was enough to cover an army's daily rations. However, at this moment, it was placed on the table as if in unlimited quantity. The huge dining table, which was originally more than three meters long, was filled to the point where there was no room left for more food.

"Come, come, little sister, you haven't been back for many years, big brother, I miss you very much!"

He raised the blood-red wine in his hand towards Leisa who was sitting on the other side. Leisa also raised the wine glass in her hand, and drank the wine in the glass without hesitation... Even with his tough character, after swallowing so much wine in one breath, a faint blush appeared on his jade-like face.

There wasn't much talk during the sumptuous welcoming banquet, and the hall, which only had two people in it, was unusually quiet. Only after they had eaten and drunk their fill, and the servants had cleared away all the plates and left the room, did it finally come time for the brother and sister to communicate.

"How's the situation in the Outer City?"

The seemingly casual words broke the silence, and Lessa replied without a second thought:

"The foreigners are still attacking the maze. Although the progress is slow, they are clearly making steady progress... Brother should have received the news. The 'Brave' team has been formed. It looks like the next 'decisive battle' is not far away!"

The calm tone was like a report without any fluctuations.

"Is that so... Is it already this time? The hero... you really are a human who refuses to give up!"

As if lost in some memories, Gaimon suddenly sighed.

"Yeah, stupid race!"

A voice of insincere agreement.

"So...how's it going on your end?"

Gaimon suddenly changed the subject and looked at Resa with a smile. Resa was stunned for a moment, and after a while she asked back:

"...What do you mean, brother?"

"You little girl, you're playing dumb with your brother again... It's about time you came back!"

"..."

The light words once again made Lessa fall into silence. After a long period of no response, Gaimon continued:

"Although I know you hate humans to the core, after all, the hatred for killing your father is irreconcilable, but... Shasha, you are not a child anymore, I think it's about time..."

"Sorry, brother... I don't want to talk about this for now!"

Leisa naturally understood what the sudden change of address meant, but it was obvious that she would not agree to it, and the answer was very simple:

"I once swore before my father... revenge... is my only motivation right now!"

There is something he said that is very true, the hatred for killing one’s father... is irreconcilable!