"Live on, become human in my stead! Now, you are the only Great Demon of the Mythical Era!"
The unfamiliar voice gradually dissipated in her mind. The nameless young girl had obtained her name in this world—Nanoda!
Backlash from the Magic of Obedience!
Aura never expected that she—who always bullied the weak, fled from the strong, and acted with such caution—would actually fall victim to her own magic.
In the center of the mana explosion, the white-haired Demon girl, Nanoda, tremblingly lifted her leg.
Splat.
Before she could take a single step, Nanoda fell flat on her face.
The lack of coordination in her limbs made her feel as if she were a beast walking on all fours merely wearing a human skin. Realizing this, Nanoda began to adjust her body.
Magically enough, it seemed her soul and flesh were beginning to merge completely; she could feel every inch of her body.
Aura, who had been dazed with terror, snapped back to reality.
The brutality and survival instincts of the Demon Race caused her to abandon all reason.
"This broken scale must be a fake! I, Aura, will never be a slave! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"
Throwing away the disappointing Scales of Obedience, Aura reinforced the longsword in her hand with mana and slashed madly at Nanoda, who was lying on the ground.
Scales of Obedience: [What did I do wrong? I was clearly being so fair. You can't blame me just because you couldn't beat her.]
"Aura, stop!"
The voice was no longer hoarse; it was crisp and bell-like, unique to a young girl.
As soon as the words fell, it was as if a pause button had been pressed. Aura froze in place, maintaining her running posture.
Nanoda slowly stood up and began to expressionlessly size up the immobilized Aura.
Aura's original sharpness vanished entirely, and cold sweat gradually broke out on her forehead.
"Umm, actually, I just wanted to use this precious sword to give you a haircut... I had no malicious intent."
She feigned a fawning smile. Her voice was trembling slightly.
So I really have transmigrated. Nanoda was somewhat speechless. In her past life, she wanted to live a stable life as an ordinary person but died an unnatural death. In this life, she had actually transmigrated into a Demon, a race beaten by everyone, and right off the bat, she encountered a harbored-ill-intent member of the Seven Sages of Destruction.
"Aura, let me ask you: Do you think humans and the Demon Race can coexist peacefully?"
"Huh? ...Impossible, right?" Aura answered cautiously. She was somewhat surprised by this question.
"Hmm, your expression is surprisingly rich. Usually, Demons wear a dead-fish face for their entire lives. I almost suspect you're a spy sent by humans."
"Impossible! Impossible! I, Aura, am a pure-blooded Great Demon! I am massively loyal to the Demon Army and the Demon King! Lowly creatures like humans should be killed and eaten!"
"Good. Aura, read to me what is written on this stone wall."
"Want... want to become human?"
"Yes."
Nanoda tried to reveal a smile. Perhaps because this was now a Demon's body, her facial features were extremely stiff. In Aura's eyes, Nanoda was currently sneering with malicious intent.
Aura instantly understood. She swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"I think... coexisting with humans isn't impossible either. I support it!"
"Good. Aura, I will now make three rules with you. First, you are not allowed to harm any humans without my permission. Second, you are not allowed to use the Magic of Obedience at will without my permission. Third, if you think about hurting me, heh heh, you will cut your own throat for me!"
What a vicious fellow! Aura smiled on the surface, but in her heart, she had already killed the guy in front of her a thousand times over. Truly a burning humiliation! No, since she couldn't kill her, she definitely had to find a chance to escape.
"I am the Great Demon Nanoda. You may address me as Nanoda. By the way, what did you say earlier? Aura will never be a slave?"
Snatching the precious sword from the immobilized Aura's hand, she rested it against Aura's neck.
"You must have heard wrong. Aura is Nanoda's servant."
"Mhm, good girl, good girl. You can move now."
Standing on her tiptoes to pat Aura's head, Nanoda placed the sword back into Aura's hands.
"Let's go. We'll talk more once we're out. I still have some questions, and it's really too stuffy inside this cave."
Nanoda turned and walked toward the exit.
The moment Aura regained her freedom, she stared death daggers at Nanoda's back.
When Nanoda turned around, Aura switched back to a smile.
"What's wrong? Let's go."
Nanoda determined that the freebie Aura no longer posed a threat.
"Coming..."
Picking up the glowing scales from the ground, Aura followed behind Nanoda with a look of utter despair.
Truly, success is due to the Magic of Obedience, and failure is also due to the Magic of Obedience.
The two arrived on the surface. Thinking about how she was still stark naked, Nanoda used mana to conjure a black robe and draped it over herself. Magic was really quite convenient.
As soon as they left the cave, Nanoda dispersed her mana, returning to a state where she appeared to possess almost no mana.
This was a mana technique unique to the body's original owner. Normally, she would only retain a mana quantity identical to the surrounding environment within her body. When perceived by mana detection, it would give others the illusion that she had almost no magical training. When necessary, she could rapidly and violently draw upon the surrounding mana to fill herself, and could even plunder an enemy's mana. This body also possessed extremely high magic resistance and could absorb a portion of incoming magical attacks for her own use.
Nanoda felt this was practically cheating. Ordinary mages cultivated mana internally and recovered it, whereas she only had to stand there and directly absorb external mana to refill and recover herself. As long as the external mana was sufficient, she was simply a perpetual motion machine. The Demons of the Mythical Era were terrifying indeed.
"Aura, let me ask you: Has the Hero Himmel killed the Demon King yet?"
As soon as these words came out, Aura was given a huge fright. Was she being this treasonous? That Demon King, who was countless times stronger than herself, would die? You must be joking. If the Hero actually killed the Demon King, and she managed to escape from the Hero's hands—eh? It seemed she could use that as bragging rights in the future.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Ah, ah... I just engaged in a fierce battle with the Hero's Party a short while ago. I lost narrowly and ended up stranded here. They should have already headed north by now. If I remember correctly, waiting for them is the Undying Böse, who is one of the Seven Sages of Destruction like me."
"Is that so? Then, is that Hero of the South still alive?"
"Him? Although he was a huge trouble not inferior to the Hero, he has already been killed. Huh, how did he die again..."
"Hmm, I roughly understand. It hasn't reached the Hero Era yet..."
Currently, the two should be located on the Northern Plains. The Hero was still heading north toward the Demon King's Castle. If they went south, they shouldn't run into the Hero's Party. However, the Central Lands were wedged between the North and the South, and the Continental Magic Association was situated at the junction of these two places. If she accidentally ran into Old Geezer Serie, it would be very dangerous. As an old fellow who had also lived from the Mythical Era to the present, Nanoda wasn't confident in facing her before fully adapting to this body.
"It looks like we can only find a human territory nearby to attempt to integrate and hide first. Aura, are there any human territories nearby?"
"The nearby large-scale towns all have barriers left behind by the Great Mage Flamme five hundred years ago. It is difficult for us Demons to intrude. If it's villages, there might be a few isolated ones."
"Alright, let's head south first. I hope those villages are still there." Nanoda felt somewhat helpless.
Aura appeared extremely obedient on the surface, but in her heart, she was already contemplating her escape plan.
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