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Demon Abnormality

Translated by AmaLynne

「We’re leaving right now.」

I take Behemoth’s hand and try to move through the portal. But Behemoth just won’t budge from its spot, and it’s on its feet, as if to say…

「Wo… won’t leave until we mate…」

She says things that give me a bad headache.

「I want to have sex with Ares… Ares doesn’t want to…?」

「…………」

If you are asking me if I want to or not, of course, I want to. I’m a man, too. Behemoth is cute, to say the least, and her toned body is very well balanced and styled. Even at the guild earlier, most of them were probably drawn to the beastman who suddenly appeared, but I’m sure they were also drawn to her good looks.

There is hardly a man who would not be happy to be approached by a pretty girl. If the other party offers to be physical, I think most guys will go along with the offer.

However, there is a woman whom I have vowed to be with. Demiurge, once the most powerful ruthless boss in the history of mankind, and the beloved one with whom I fought to the death… 

To this day, I still can’t remember why she liked me. But I still love her with all my heart. At first, I was so confused that I didn’t even know how I felt about Demiurge. But now, it’s taken over my mind and I’m completely attached to it.

Just thinking about her makes my heart beat a little faster. Don’t be aware that I’m seriously wounded.

「Ares, which…?」

Behemoth pressing me for answers hugs me. Her chest is squeezed and crushed around my belly. I wonder if it is the saddest thing for a man to have my body temperature rise just because of that.

Still, I gently pull Behemoth away from me, look her in the eye, and open my mouth.

「Hey Behemoth… why are you so obsessed with mating with me?」

「I’ve said before… I want… a strong child.」

I remember that too. That first time we met, I was suddenly embraced and they were bickering with Demiurge, saying「Harem」and「strong males are common property」 and so on.

However, I have no intention of getting physical with women unnecessarily. As was the case with Demiurge, I still believe that a relationship that goes as far as physical intimacy is something special. I would never tolerate it with anyone else. I had no intention of changing my mind, no matter who might criticize me for thinking so cynically.

「Behemoth. Just to be clear… do you have feelings for me?」

「Like, you mean… that way?」

「Yes.」

「If I have those feelings, will Ares mate with me…?」

「No. Even if you like me, I will never accept you. Even more so if you don’t even like me. What you call mating is an act that has a special meaning among humans. It is not and should not be done without permission. We do it because we are special to each other. It’s something we do because we like each other, and we want to be together.」

「Ares is special to me… because he’s the only one I want to mate with…」

「But you still don’t like me, do you? You don’t get all bitter here thinking about me, do you?」

「……not. At least, that’s what I think.」

Yes, no. In terms of animal instinct, mating is indeed just an act of producing offspring. But creatures with emotions and intelligence have given special meaning to the act. It is not only to produce offspring, but also as a kind of communication that brings the hearts of both parties together.

Of course, there are plenty of people who have sex just for the pleasure of it. It is also a fact that there are brothels and entertainment districts to dissipate such desires. I cannot deny that.

Still, for me, sexual intercourse is something that I want to do because I want to connect with the person I love. Is it my selfishness to wish Behemoth to have that feeling, if he has the same feelings as any human being?

「What Ares is saying, is hard… make a child between two strong people, isn’t that what makes you happy…?」

「……at least, I don’t consider it a happy thing.」

As I answer the question posed to me, Behemoth twitches and slowly moves away from me. The look she gives me is as if she were a little child who has lost her way… and her crimson eyes, which are downcast, are shaking slightly.

「I’m, happy… I don’t know… Like… you? I don’t know…」

In the dimness of the alleyway, Behemoth mutterings melted into a tiny whisper.

◆◇◆◇◆

We were walking out of town, as inconspicuously as possible along the edge of Cid’s main street. Beside us was Behemoth, who looked like she had been pondering something for a while now, a grim-looking Phoenix, and a smiling Dragon God.

In truth, we should be heading home right away. I’m a little concerned about what I just heard at the guild: the abnormality of the demons. We decided to do a little research while checking how effective the『monster map』we received is.

I hope that this map, which I have just obtained, will not be useless.

I walked down the street with some concern.

I also felt that I needed to talk a little more with Behemoth about what had just happened.

It seemed to me that Behemoth and I had a big difference in the way we thought about the relationship between a man and a woman.

If we leave it at this, it will not be good for either of us. But at home, we would have the Demiurge’s eyes on us, and considering what we were talking about, she wouldn’t be too happy about it either.

So, I decided to go out of town with two objectives in mind: to investigate and to talk to Behemoth.

―――However, the main gate was closed and refused to let anyone out for some reason.

「What the hell?」

We peeked out of the shadows of the passageway to see what was going on at the main gate. However, several people got stuck in front of the gate and eventually gave up and turned back into the town.

We had entered and exited the town through the portal that Yggdrasil had set up, and we had no idea that such a thing had happened.

Because many guards were seen in the town, there might have been some kind of incident in the town. If we think that it was a measure to keep the people involved out, it makes sense that the gate was sealed.

As you can imagine, we can’t get any detailed information just by looking here.

The guild also said that there was some kind of『problem in town』, maybe it was about that thing.

If the gates are closed, adventurers won’t be able to do their job. Surely that was a『problem』. It is also at a level where the word『life and death』is attached to it.

「They have the nerve to block our way. I’m going to blow that puny gate right through the front door!」

「No, no, no, wait, wait, wait.」

I hold Phoenix in place as she tries to leap out at any moment with flames in her fist.

「But we can’t go out like this. What should we do?」

「Right…」

It’s not necessary to force myself to go out there today, partly because I just wanted to go out there to see what’s going on.

But if I had only wanted to investigate, I could have turned back here, but how would I carry out my objective of having a dialogue with Behemoth?

I was thinking that I could slip out for a bit to talk with Behemoth while they were assessing and redeeming the materials for demons at the guild.

I didn’t bring anything in particular to sell today… no choice. I’m no Phoenix, but I guess I’ll have to get out there by somewhat forceful means.

「We’re going to have to jump over this wall.」

By my estimate, the wall is about 30 meters high. It would be difficult for a normal person to climb it, but here we are, a『former hero』and『four powerful demon』.

A wall of this size is nothing for us.

Each of us jumps over the wall using magic and our physical abilities. The landing was no problem.

After we had safely passed over the wall, we stepped into the forest outside the town of Cid.

It was dimmer than the elven forest where we had made our home, but we could see traces of people here and there, perhaps because so many people were coming and going.

「A grim place… why do I have to come to this place?」

「Calm down, calm down. I’ve got all this information about demons. We can’t not make use of it. Instead of just taking Behemoth back, I think Demiurge would be pleased if we brought back Anima Crystal as a souvenir.」

「I heard that earlier. But I wonder if the information from humans is accurate.」

「That’s what we’re going to find out.」

Phoenix is constantly grumbling and complaining. If this doesn’t yield any results, this girl is going to get seriously out of control.

「Fufufu……I’m looking forward……my new catch. I’ve been vaporizing rabbits or mucus creatures for a while now, so I’d be happy……to have something that can put up a bit of a fight.」

And from another angle, Dragon God flies in with a black remark, smiling like a maniac. I have recently learned that, surprisingly, this Dragon God seems to have quite a belligerent personality among the four powerful demons. I guess that means she is a demon in her own right. She is a typical example of being deceived by appearances.

And Behemoth is,

「……」

She makes a little distance between me and them and silently follows behind. She had been sticking to me for a long time before. When she suddenly moves away from me, it makes me feel a little fuzzy.

No, I don’t mean that weirdly.

If a pet that you thought you had been fond of suddenly becomes distant, you might feel lonely… don’t you? Something like that.

「Huh… Well, fine. I did come out without telling Demiurge-sama, so let’s take the anima crystal home with us as a way of apologizing.」

Phoenix sniffed and said,「Come on, lead us to where the demons are!」 and poke me in the back.

Oh, dear.

But thanks for the motivation. I’m a little concerned about Behemoth, but for now, let’s focus on hunting monsters… I’ll have to see how useful this monster map is amid the demon anomalies and also how much more efficient I can be in collecting crystals… 

―――And what was the result?

「Wow! That’s a lot! The information from humans is quite useful.」

Everyone present had acquired more anima crystals than they could hold in their hands. The place is glistening as if we had just won a big win at the casino guild. Well, at the same time, there are also a lot of demon corpses around…

「Fufufu… I’m sure mother and aunt would be delighted with all this.」

「Mmm…」

Dragon God smiling elegantly and Behemoth reply with low tension. Certainly, if you look at the results alone, it’s a win. However, as I looked at the dead bodies of the demons spread out before me, I remembered something I had heard in the guild.

『Recently, there has been a major change in the habitat of the demons around Cid.』

The dead monsters were demons that would normally have made their homes further into the country than here, and to put it another way, there were three kinds of demons clustered here alone.