NOVEL WEB Chapter 91 So What?
"Where is Rosa? She isn't done with her task yet?"
Floid was curious why Rosavellt hadn't come back yet. She was supposed to be back from the academy by now but she still wasn't here. Once Floid asked this question, Alucard turned and stared at Rizi and Pyra. These two were the ones that went with Rosavellt to the academy and they are the ones that would know where she is.
When Rizi noticed that Pyra wasn't going to speak up and had to step forward and tell their master that she didn't know why Rosavellt was not back yet. They all left the academy together and Rizi knew that Rosavellt was supposed to be back by now. Once she was finished, Rizi looked to the side and stared at Pyra with a worried expression. What happened to make Pyra this shaken up? Ever since Pyra came back from the academy she immediately sought out an audience with the demon lord and after their conversation, she has been like this ever since. Was there something that happened in the school?
Floid also noticed how absent-minded Pyra was. He already told her that she could return to the castle if she wanted to clear her mind again but she refused and pleaded with him to let her stay by his side. Floid respected her loyalty to him but he was still worried about her. The man she met must've put the fear of god into her for her to be this shaken up. That man was lucky that he didn't kill her. If he had touched her in any way, Floid would have gone to the end of the world to find and kill him.
Floid hummed as he handed Alucard the towel. He commanded Alucard to call Rosavellt and tell her to report back to the throne room. Alucard immediately opened a communication circle.
"Rosavellt. Where are you?"
On the other side, Rosavellt looked away from Ophis and Lilith as she answer the communication circle. She told Alucard that she ran into a disturbance and she was about to get rid of it. Alucard asked her what sort of disturbance it was and Rosavellt told him. Alucard rose a brow in curiosity. The daughter of the former demon lord? I thought she died a hundred years ago. How did she even survive for this long?
Floid noticed the shocked look on Alucard's face and he asked Alucard what the issue was. Alucard told Floid what Rosavellt said and Floid immediately told Alucard to bring them here.
Rosavellt received the order to bring Ophis to the throne rooms and she gave a nod before she opened a portal. Ophis was surprised by the sudden change. Rosavellt didn't look like she would ever allow Ophis to see the demon lord but now Rosavellt was opening a direct portal?
Rosavellt really didn't want Ophis to meet the demon lord, but since this was a direct order from the demon lord, she does have any right to refuse. Ophis immediately walked through the portal with Rosavellt and Lilith following behind her! She has to see this demon lord for herself! Ophis still couldn't believe that the demon lord is Floid!
Lilith prayed that Ophis wouldn't do anything stupid. She was already feeling that Rosavellt would punish her when they get back to the castle for ringing Ophis here without informing her and if Ophis does anything stupid in front of the demon lord then Lilith's punishment would become even worse!
Once Ophis stepped through, she stopped dead in her tracks as she saw the man sitting on the throne. He looked like the hero. Everything from his hair to his feet looked like the hero. But that was where the similarities ended. Everything about this man screamed Demon Lord! Ophis felt like she was standing in front of the younger version of her father! This can't be real! Floid Demonheart became the Demon Lord!?
"I'm not someone that is easily shocked, but I have to say that this is a surprise. I didn't think that the false demon queen would still be alive. And not only that, but you look like a beggar,"
Ophis was still wearing the dirty cloak that she wore before and she subconsciously wrapped her hands around herself to remove his attention from her attire. She felt embarrassed that anyone would see her in attire like this. She is a princess and she hated being looked down on! Her head was bowed and Floid couldn't see her eyes as she stood like a statue. Ophis whispered something and Floid rose a brow as he waited calmly for her to speak up. If she doesn't talk louder then he would get rid of her. He doesn't have time to waste on her.
"How are you the demon lord?"
Ohos finally spoke in a slightly louder voice when she noticed the pressure in the room increasing and Floid could finally hear her. He hummed at her question. Is that the first thing she could think of saying to me? Well. I shouldn't be surprised. I was once her sworn enemy.
"What a stupid question,"
Floid's silence only made Ophis' angrier and Lilith closed her eyes and cringed as she knew what was coming! She could already feel Rosavellt's glare intensifying! Lilith knew that Ophis has never been a patient person, and since she was once a princess, her emotional outbursts were always tolerated by this around her. No one in this room will tolerate it if Ophis shouts!
And just like Lilith predicted, Ophis let loose like a banshee!
"How is the former hero the demon lord!? You took everything from me! You killed so many - Gah!"
A knife stabbed into Ophis' shoulder and she stumbled to her knee as she held her shoulder in pain! Rosavellt produced another knife to throw and Alucard started to bring his knife out of her spatial space. How dare this impudent child shout at the demon lord? The two heads were the quickest to act, but every household member was having the same thought! They would never allow a beggar to insult their lord and get away with it!
Floid rose his hand up and everyone stopped in their tracks. Floid looked down at Ophis again as he leaned back on the throne with an air of disinterest surrounding him.
Ophis grunted as she forced herself to look up again. She shouldn't have shouted like that.
Ophis knew just how protective a household was of the demon king. Her father's household was the same as well. She shouldn't have allowed her emotions to control her like that.
But Ophis couldn't accept this. What sort of madness happened to the demon world!? Why would they appoint a former hero as the demon king!? This man killed thousands of demons! He was the one that destroyed us when I was trying to keep the demon army afloat!
"You feel I took everything from you? And...?"
Ophis blinked up at Floid when he said this. Did he just say 'And'?
"W-What do you mean by 'And'?"
"And so what? What weight does your opinion carry? So what if I killed a hundred demons or even a thousand demons? Why should I be bothered by that? Was I not the hero? What was I supposed to do if not kill demons?"
Floid said this in a calm condescending tone as he looked down at Ophis. Floid would never remove responsibility from himself. Yes, he killed demons. But so what? If anyone had a problem with it then that is their business, not his own. Back then he was the hero and his job was to kill demons. Now, he is the demon lord and his job is to conquer the world. If you ask Floid which role he preferred, it will obviously be the role of the demon lord. But that doesn't mean that he would apologize for anything he did as the hero. Floid wasn't like other humans that would plead for forgiveness for something they enjoyed. Like people who commit sin and then go back to beg for forgiveness while claiming it was a mistake to enjoy it. Such nonsense. Floid enjoyed every moment of that game he played and he doesn't care what anyone says.
"If your only argument is that I was once the hero then that is no argument at all. You are not making a very good impression as the daughter of the former demon lord,"
Ophis was dumbfounded. She knew that what Floid said was right, it was the way of demons to never feel regret for anything they did. As long as you did it freely and without being controlled, then you have no right to apologize for it. Ophis was the same. Her crusade as the demon queen might have failed, but she would never apologize for it. She chose to do it by herself and she will take full responsibility for it.
But she never expected something like that to come out of the mouth of the former hero. She always thought of the hero as a righteous person which was sickening. Even his chivalrous and forgiving character from before annoyed her so much! But this person sounds so different from the hero she once knew. This doesn't sound like the hero at all. It sounds like I'm talking to my father!