He had no idea how the face that was hidden by the helmet had changed.
On the breast of his armor, he had the crest of the dominion. So this guy was a local knight under the direct control of the Feudal Lord. He was a person with a considerable amount of fighting spirit.
He did not become timid.
「I have no reason to overlook a suspicious person like you!」
The guard pointed the tip of his halberd toward Diablo’s head.
What he had equipped was 《The Distorted Crown》. It was a protector that had a Auto-HP Recovery effect. He didn’t care about it in the game but it was written in the explanation that 『When worn, the wearer’s visual will turn devil-like』. Specifically, they looked like they had “devil-like horns” growing out of them.
They were really convenient for his Demon King role play but……
——Thanks to these horns, I sure do look really suspicious.
However, Rem, Shera and Sylvie, they almost certainly thought that the horns “truly grew out from his head”.
Saying something like 「Actually, they come off」 at this point and taking them off, that would really be uncool. I think only a beautiful, big breasted female Demon King would be forgiven for such a joke.
Also for the sake of preserving his majesty, he couldn’t take the horns off.
And then, a 《Demon》 was one of the species of the Races. They were born from Human parents, but because they had inherited Demonic Beings’ blood for some reason or another, they had birthmarks that looked like tattoos on their face and body. In terms of ability, although they were inferior to the other races in physical ability, they excelled in magic.
Even among the Races, there are a lot of cases where Demons are especially made targets for discrimination and persecution——that was only a setting in the game, but in this world, they really did receive such unfair treatment.
If Diablo were a Human, he probably wouldn’t have been suspected to this point.
With a tug, Rem pulled his sleeve.
She warned him with a low voice.
「……You can’t, Diablo……The crest of Faltra City is on that person’s breast, right? That is proof that he is a local knight. If things grow worse, you might get arrested.」
Shera huddled with them looking frightened.
「What, what? Is it a scary person?」
For Diablo, it’s not like he wanted to make things grow worse because he like it.
However, being called suspicious even though he didn’t do anything, he was bothered by that.
「Hmph……It’s not like had burned down the town, right? What problem do you have with me?」
「Wha!? Burn down the town!?」
「I have not done anything yet.」
「Uugh!? “Yet”, you say!? What are you planning on doing from now on!」
——Ahh, I really am a poor talker.
「Just put an end to this already……After all, you’re just going to say that my horns are suspicious, aren’t you?」
The guard raised his voice.
「That isn’t the only thing! How you’re leading slaves around in the middle of the day like this is also suspicious!」
「Did you say slaves!?」
「Umu! Moreover, they’re two young and pretty women!」
——Oi!? Isn’t that just jealousy!?
On Diablo’s left and right, Rem and Shera who were called slaves embarrassingly made gestures to cover up their necks.
Other than times like this where they were called as such, they didn’t seem to mind it anymore but……
The two of them, they had boorish chokers attached that didn’t suit their slender necks.
They were 《Slavery Chokers》.
This was the result of the accident where the 《Slavery Ceremony》 that was done to Summoned Beasts was reflected due to the effect of Diablo’s 《Demon King’s Ring》.
With the guard having no way of knowing such circumstances, he seems to have mistook them for slaves.
——Since there weren’t things like slaves in the game, I don’t really get all of this. Is leading them around in the middle of the day something suspicious? Or could it be that this guard is just strange?
If this place were a cold location, they could at least coil around a muffler to hide it, but the area of Faltra was warm enough that they could settle with just a single blanket at night.
Because of that, it couldn’t be helped that the girls were mistaken for slaves. However, he couldn’t just keep silent about it.
I won’t allow you to call these two slaves, is what he wanted to say.
Just how would he explain it all?
It was way too difficult to talk about the whole story from the beginning. He was bad at talking for too long, so he decided to abbreviate it a little.
Hold on a second? If he wouldn’t allow it……What would he do? It would probably effective if he were to emphasize on that part a little bit.
Thinking about this and that, Diablo opened his mouth.