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futilely to keep his family in the black. But the way his mind worked never changed. Multiple times before, he proclaimed to Emi’s face that he’d return to Ente Isla.
    And all the countless demons who longed for their one true king… Could he ever just set them adrift like that?
    What other reason would he have for forgiving Ciriatto, the demon who turned away from Camio and attempted to carve out his own Devil Kingdom in Maou’s name?
    That, and:
    “…Ohh.”
    The groan from Emi’s lips echoed quietly.
    Maou, returning to his world, as Devil King.
    Emi was shocked. Shocked that, in response to that mental picture, the first thing that came to mind was,
That’d sure make Alas Ramus sad.
    “What? N-no! I don’t…”
    And it’d be even harder on Chiho.
    “N-no! That’s… I mean, it’s not
not
true, but it…”
    After everything everyone’s done for him, he’ll just run off without repaying that?!
    “That’s not the issue here!”
    “Nnuhh… Fff…iihh…”
    Emi’s verbal sparring with herself made Alas Ramus quiver as her eyes opened. A rude awakening for her, it seemed. Her face began to contort itself.
    “Ah, uh, s-sorry, Alas Ramus, I didn’t mean to scare you…”
    “Hie-yaaaaahhhhh-aahhh!”
    She started crying anyway. Emi picked her up, trying frantically to calm her, but her mind was too frazzled to form a coherent strategy.
    That came across loud and clear to Alas Ramus, who showed no sign of stopping her bawl-fest.
    Until the child finally grew bored of the tirade and went back to sleep, Emi could do nothing but cradle her as reassuringly as she could.
    Eventually, dabbing her tear- and snot-stained face with a wet tissue, Emi softly laid her back down on her bed.
    “…Ughh…”
    The fatigue came like an avalanche. She put her face down on the bed, next to the child.
    Then her mind returned to the issues at hand.
    “I refuse to let the Devil King reform his army. He…he is the murderer of my father, the enemy of my people…”
    “Are you reading that from a script?”
    Emi could feel Suzuno snickering behind her.
    “Shut up a second. …I’m still kind of in a state of shock, okay? You don’t have to butt in.”
    I am the Hero, and he is the boss of the demons.
Peace for the world and her fellow humans was on her mind, of course, but more than anything, she couldn’t forgive how his armies shattered the tranquil, quiet life she had had with her father.
    There was no way she ever could.
    And yet…
    It took a disturbingly long time for her to recall that, nowadays.
    I haven’t worked through my feelings or something, have I?
    There’s no way I ever could.
    “There’s no…way I ever could…”
    Emi whispered it to herself weakly.
    Then, while there was no way she meant it on purpose, Alas Ramus turned over and placed a soft hand on Emi’s head.
    Almost like she was trying to comfort her.
    “…Oooooogh.”
    Emi felt the sadness take over, her lips tight as her head flopped onto the bed again.
    “If Alas Ramus never sees the Devil King again…it would make her terribly sad.” Suzuno’s words hung quietly in the air. “And it would make Chiho sad, as well. I doubt it would ever be the same between her and us, either.”
    “……”
    “That, and the denizens of Devil’s Castle owe us a great debt. Until we collect on it, it would annoy me greatly to see them fly off somewhere.”
    “You’re reading my thoughts, aren’t you? That’s cheating.”
    Now Emi was lashing out at anyone, anything, she could.
    “Not at all. I just think we are of similar minds here. But what follows after that…is something that is not Emilia. As a cleric, I am bound never to allow a child to kill her own parent for reasons beyond her own control. No matter what. Even if that parent is the Devil King. Thus…”
    The sound of fabric against fabric told Emi that Suzuno was standing up.
    “For now, to prevent the worst from happening, we must protect the Devil King from the demons of his