Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody

※Corrected typos on 2016/7/10.

I’m Satou. Compared to when I was a child, it seems there are fewer adults who scold kids nowadays. I wonder how children who aren’t taught what’s wrong learn social morals.

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“I'm back~”

“Welcome home!”

Tama and Pochi jumped at me, so I quickly put my mask back on, caught them with my empty hands, and descended to the ground together.

It seemed these two had spotted me when I teleported back from the sky.

Since Mia even played my entrance BGM, she must have noticed the glow of spirit light too.

As we landed, Arisa came running over, almost tumbling.

“Where have you been! Calling you with ‘infinite distance communication’ didn’t reach you at all!”

“Sorry, sorry. I was out exterminating space monsters beyond the void.”

The reason Arisa’s call didn’t reach me was probably due to the spatial magic “planetary defense (Planet Guard)” I used to prevent damage to the surface and the World Tree from the residual effects of the offensive magic.

This is a spell I half-jokingly modified from the “city defense (City Guard)” magic I found while digging through the Restricted Library’s documents.

When I developed it, I never thought it would actually be useful, but I’m glad I made it.

Anyway, Liza and Nana also ran up, so I turned toward them.

“Master, thank you for your rescue.”

“Master, is the new magic a chant effect?”

“Yes. See, ■■■ gentle breeze.”

I entrusted Tama and Pochi to Liza, nodded at Nana’s question, and demonstrated the chant.

Lulu and Mia were waving from the treetops beyond the cemetery, so I retrieved them with “magic hand.”

“Huh? That was weird just now. How did the chant succeed like that?”

Arisa criticized my chant.

Sure, it does seem to lack melody and beauty, but the magic activated properly and registered in my magic list, so what’s the problem?

You shouldn’t seek perfection in everything.

“W-wait. More importantly, why can you use magic in a magic-nullifying space?”

Hikaru asked a strange question.

Now that you mention it, the effect of the “sealing ice coffin (Shield Coffin)” seemed weak earlier.

I tried creating magic arrows, but the structure started collapsing in seconds.

Checking the Demon King’s unique skill, I understood why Mito hadn’t defeated the Demon King.

Apparently, he had a unique skill that didn’t mesh well with Mito, who specialized in magic-based combat.

—Huh?

While checking his detailed stats, I noticed something surprising from his name.

“Isn’t this Boy Shin? Why is the hero him, now a Demon King?”

“Well, I don’t really know.”

Even when I asked, Arisa and Hikaru just shook their heads.

Boy Shin’s title had changed to “Demon King,” and “hero” had moved to a hidden title.

There were also other hidden titles like “artificial demon king” and “false demon king.”

Those titles vaguely hint at what might have happened to him.

Let’s not mind that his level has jumped from single digits to 50.

“…Two hero Namelesses?”

When I turned toward the voice my eavesdropping skill picked up, Heimu of the Shiga Eight Swords had a near-fatal wound but raised his head.

Nearby, Princess Menea and Soya were lying unconscious.

I had no idea what was going on, but I put them to sleep with water magic’s “forced sleep (Anesthesia Sleep)” and healed their injuries with healing magic.

“Well then, I’ll go ask Shin-kun about the situation. It’s scary with damage in the Royal Capital, so I’ll head to the desert.”

But first, I’d better defeat the high-rank demons.

I thought about using them for my kids’ power leveling, but since there are plenty of strong monsters, there’s no need to fuss here.

I cast the forbidden destruction magic “ashes to ashes (Divine Ash)” and reduced the sealing ice coffin to black dust.

“No way, that was a forbidden spell, right?”

“Yeah, it’s a forbidden spell but a convenient one that doesn’t cause surrounding damage.”

I explained to the surprised Hikaru.