A day had passed since the Founding Festival, which I attended and participated in as a stallkeeper, and to relieve my fatigue, Iām now leisurely brushing Bell.
Wellā¦ā¦ I was supposed to be brushing Bell butā¦ā¦
[Oh, sorry for suddenly calling you here, Kaito.]
[ā¦ā¦N- No.]
Rather than calling me here, it was more like I was almost forcibly brought hereā¦ā¦ As I had such thoughts in mind, I looked at Megiddo-san in front of me.
Iām currently in Megiddo-sanās houseā¦ā¦ castle near that huge arena Iāve visited before, and I suppose this would be the first time Iāve ever visited him here.
It may be due to the size of Megiddo-sanās body, but in any case, various things in the room are big.
[ā¦ā¦So, what business do you have with me?]
[Yeah, but wait a bitā¦ā¦ Oi, Shalltear. I know youāre there. Is there anyone around?]
[ā¦ā¦Thereās no one around.]
When Alice answered Megiddo-sanās question, Megiddo-san nodded once and then, his expression turned serious.
[I called Kaito this time because I wanted to ask you for a favor.]
[A favor?]
[Yeahā¦ā¦ I want you to beat me.]
[Yes?]
U- Unnn? Whatās he suddenly saying nowā¦ā¦ That doesnāt sound likeā¦ā¦ heās asking for a match. Heās telling me not to āfight himā, but āto beat himā? W- Whatās going on? I have no clue whatās going on at all.
Looking at me who was curiously tilting my head at his words, Megiddo-san seemed to have expected my reaction as he began to explain.
[Well, to put it simplyā¦ā¦ I guess it would be better if I show you that first.]
As he said this, Megiddo-sanās body lit up and his appearance changed. Heā¦ā¦ No, she had long crimson hair and two crimson hair and two large horns along the back of her head. There appeared the figure of a glamorous woman in tattered clothesā¦ā¦ Eh? What is this?
This doesnātā¦ā¦ seem like Humanization Magic, is it? Megiddo-sanās Humanized form should have been a muscular manā¦ā¦
[Kaito should have already known about this, but regarding this original form of mineā¦ā¦]
[Eh? No, no, please wait! First of all, thatās the first time Iāve seen you in that form!]
[Ahh? Didnāt you see this back in the God Realm?]
[No, even if I see your current form, I would know if it was Megiddo-san or notā¦ā¦]
The matter about the God Realm Megiddo-san is talking about here, sheās probably referring to that time with Shiro-sanās ordeals. Indeed, I may have seen her in that form at that time, but if she didnāt explain that to me, I wouldnāt have recognized her as Megiddo-san at first sight.
[ā¦ā¦Well, in any case, that is Megiddo-sanās original form. I understand that.]
[Oh. Then, Iāll continue with my explanationā¦ā¦ Regarding this form though, I honestly canāt say that Iām in a state where I can fully use my power. I had sealed a part of my power.]
[Sealed?]
[Yeah, how should I put itā¦ā¦ Thereās this destructive urge inside me that I canāt control. Itās something I was born withā¦ā¦ In fact, until I was beaten up by Kuromueina once, I was rampaging in the Demon Realm with only the urge to destroy everything in mind.]
Seeing the serious expression on Megiddo-sanās face as she explained this, I also listened to her with a serious expression on my face. Thereupon, Alice appeared right at that moment and sat next to me.
[Truth is, I donāt know much about it myself. Those were events that happened before I came to this worldā¦ā¦ I did hear about how Megiddo-san destroyed about one-third of old Demon Realm.]
[That was way, way back in the past, but that certainly was the caseā¦ā¦ Well, I unfortunately couldnāt really remember what happened back then myself.]
[T- The scale of the story somehow became outrageousā¦ā¦]
Destroying one-third of the vast Demon Realm, that alone is quite the incidentā¦ā¦ but since she said Kuro had beaten her up before, I guess that means Kuro had defeated her?
[I was rampaging with my destructive impulses, and Kuromueina defeated me. And at that time, Kuromueina sealed my destructive impulses.]
[No, youāre skipping too much info thereā¦ā¦ Why do you think I went out of my way to appear here when a crisis like this was brought up? How about you tell us about it a bit more?]
[No, like I said, I donāt remember much about it myselfā¦ā¦ Well, if youāre fine with stuff I heard from Kuromueinaā¦ā¦]
In response to Aliceās words, Megiddo-san nodded while lightly scratching her headā¦ā¦ I suppose this is like talking about the past. To be honest, Iām also quite interested in Megiddo-sanās past. I mean, I still donāt know how this will lead to her earlier remark about me defeating her.
However, just as I thought of listening to what she had to say seriouslyā¦ā¦
[Ah, is this gonna take long? Then, canāt you at least serve us a cup of tea? Ah, serve us some teacakes while- Ouch!?]
[Youā¦ā¦ Canāt you read the moodā¦ā¦]
After dropping my fist on Aliceās head, who just casually demanded some tea, I turned to Megiddo-san and focused on the conversation.