Disclaimer: I do not own "The Devil is a Part Timer"
I've only watched the anime so I have no idea if this kind of thing happens in the novel/manga. Anyways, let's get this going!
"Okay, I'm off," Maou called out as he rushed out of the devil's castle. He was running late and would need to hurry more than he wished on his bike if he was to get to work on time.
"Be careful while on your bike, my lord," Ashiya called out after his boss. It had sleeted the night and morning, making the roads outside slick. Ashiya began to hear a tired response from Maou, only for it to quickly morph into a yelp and several bangs. Concerned, he rushed out to see what happened to find Maou lying at the bottom of the stairs.
"My Lord?! Hey, are you alright?!" Ashiya called out as he quickly and carefully walked down the slippery steps to see how Maou was. Upon seeing that his lord was unconscious, he called out to Urushihara to help get him back into the room and lying down to rest more comfortably.
"Hello, Chiho?" Urushihara asked as he answered Maou's cellphone.
"Hi, Mr. Urushihara? Is Mr. Maou there? He was supposed to be at work by now," Chiho asked. Maou had never been late for work unless it was for a good reason, causing her to worry about what happened.
"Ya, he is. He fell down the stairs and hasn't come to yet," Urushihara answered.
"W-what do you mean hasn't come to? Is he alright? Is he still at your guys' apartment? How is he?!" Chiho demanded, her mind in a panic. How could something like this happen to someone as cool and powerful as her crush?
"Chiho, is everything alright? Did you reach Maou?" her manager asked upon hearing Chiho's loud questioning.
"Ya, Chiho, maybe you should calm down for a second," Urushihara commented to the high schooler.
"I have to get over there, it's an emergency!" Chiho replied to both the Manager and demon at the same time. She then ended the conversation and rushed out of the MgRonalds to the apartment.
In her rush, it took little time for her to reach the apartment and practically leap up the stairs; only to slip on the top one. To her luck however, someone caught her before she fell. Looking around to see who it was, she saw that the person was Emi, who then commented, "Careful, these steps look pretty slipper. And what's the rush? I mean, you didn't even change out of your uniform."
"It's Mr. Maou, and it's horrible," Chiho answered as she stood at the top of the steps safely.
Emi looked first shocked, then narrowed her eyes in suspicion as she asked, "What about Maou? What did that bastard do now?"
"He didn't come in to work so I called him and heard that he hurt himself, so I came over as fast as I could to see how badly it was," Chiho answered. Talking about her purpose for the sudden visit filled her with even more anxiety; causing her and now Emi to walk up to the door to the apartment and bang on it until Urushihara reluctantly opened it.
Once allowed inside, the two girls scanned the small room until their eyes laid upon the sleeping form of Maou with Ashiya next to him looking as if he blamed himself for something. Urushihara then took their attention by commenting, "You know, usually when someone allows you into their house you say something to them."
"Ya, thanks for letting us in, now tell me what the hell happened? I mean, what in the world could cause him to faint like this?" Emi asked.
"This is bad, do you think that he should be taken to a hospital?" Chiho asked as she sat by Maou.
"Could you two keep it down? Lord Satan should have the right to rest and heal in his own castle," Ashiya ordered protectively for his leader. His attention then turned to Maou when he heard the youth mutter something. The others' also focused on Maou as he slowly blinked his eyes open.
"Mr. Maou, are you okay? You had us all worried," Chiho asked as Maou slowly got into a sitting position.
"I apologize, my Lord. I should have reminded you earlier that the stairs could be slippery," Ashiya apologize.
"Wait, this is because he fell down the stairs? You expect me to believe that the great demon lord Satan got bested by some puny stairs?" Emi asked. Part of her was in disbelief, while the other part was trying to stop her from bursting out laughing from the irony. Needless to say, she figured that now Maou would have no right making fun of all the times she fell down those same stairs.
"Like you're one to talk," Urushihara commented, guessing at what Emi was thinking.
"I fell down the stairs?" Maou asked, a look of confusion on his face.
"That's what Urushihara told me. You don't look too badly hurt, but I am a bit worried since you passed out from it," Chiho answered.
"From how I found you, it looked like you may have hit your head when you fell. I promise you, my lord, from now on I will make sure that the stairs are not as treacherous," Ashiya commented.
"Well, I guess that would explain why my head hurts like crazy. But before you go about whatever it is you're thinking can you answer me a question? Why do you keep calling me your 'lord' and why did Emi call me 'demon lord Satan'?" Maou asked as a certain amount of dread fell onto the others upon the question sinking in.
"Because that's who you are," Emi answered slowly.
"No, last I checked my name was Sadou; not Satan," Maou answered equally slowly yet sternly.
"Yes you are, I've seen you like that. That's how you were able to save the neighborhood so many times," Chiho persisted. In response, Maou only looked at her confused before asking what she was talking about.
"Hold on a second. Maou, tell me what her name is," Urushihara ordered before pointing at Chiho.
Confused by the new topic, Maou answered, "That's Chiho, duh."
"Good, and him," Urushihara answered before pointing to Shiro.
"That's Ashiya,"
"And his real name?" Urushihara asked.
"…Ashiya Shiro?" Mau asked more than answered.
"No, his demon name," Emi clarified.
"What are you talking about?" Maou asked, turning more confused as the others gave him a concerned look.
"Maou, do you remember what these two are to you?" Emi asked as she pointed to the two demon generals.
"My roommates?" Maou answered.
"And what are they really?" She asked.
"They're my…friends? Look, Emi, I really have no idea what you guys are trying to get at so could you stop with this interrogation. My head hurts enough as it is without these stupid questions," Maou pleaded.
"What the hell is going on? It's like he remembers us by not really," Emi asked as she and the others gathered into a small circle in the opposite side of the room from Maou.
"From the sound of it it's like he remembers us but not all of the demon Ente Isle stuff," Chiho commented.
The others thought more about this as they stared intently at Maou. At last Shiro asked, "I need a precise answer. Do you remember about a place called Ente Isle?"
"Never heard of it. Is it one of those game worlds Urushihara is always playing in?" Maou answered then asked. The other's looked even more concerned by this, causing them to regroup.
"Okay…so apparently either Maou is trying to play some really messed up joke or he really did forget about all of that stuff. But how the hell is that possible?" Emi replied.
"Maybe it was when he fell and hit his head," Chiho reasoned.
"Messed up memories and head injuries huh," Urushihara commented aloud as he left the group to look something up online. After typing these symptoms into the computer and searching the results, he announced, "Well, if the internet is to be trusted it sounds like he got some sort of amnesia."
We'll stop there for now.
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