Moko -chan: Because I was coerced into writing this.

pika318: You guys should thank me ^_^ Anyway this is the last chapter.

Chapter 3: Trivial

"Urushihara! "

There was a light rapping on the cabinet door accompanied by Ashiya calling Urushihara's name.

Urushihara opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling.

Did I fall asleep again?

"It's time to eat." Ashiya said.

"Right...I heard you." Urushihara mumbled as he sat up and then slid the cabinet door open. Ashiya glanced at him with a worried expression before sitting next to the table in the middle of the room. At that moment, Urushihara noticed that the master of the house was back.

"Oh, Maou. You came back already." Urushihara said emotionlessly as he walked to the dinner table and sat himself down opposite Maou.

"Yeah." Maou casually replied as he picked up his chopsticks. "I'm digging in."

And so the three demons started having their dinner. About ten awkward minutes went by without anyone saying anything. The only sound that could be heard was that of chopsticks knocking against the bowls and the chewing of food.

Ashiya was throwing nervous glances between Urushihara and Maou. Just when Maou was halfway done with his food, he started talking.

"Oh right, Chi-chan told me something interesting today." Maou said in a somewhat nonchalant matter.

Urushihara didn't respond, fully expecting Asihya to respond to Maou's statement, until he realised that Ashiya was not responding either. Instead he kept glancing at Urushihara from the corner of his eye. Confused at Ashiya' strange behaviour, Urushihara turned to look at Maou and Maou continued talking.

"Apparently her school's janitor heard some strange noises in the school's attic a few months back."

Urushihara visibly stiffened.

"Chi-chan and her friend went to investigate and they found some snack wrappers and stuff there." Maou seemed to be observing the fallen angel's expression as he said that.

"Oi. You should tell Sasaki to stop doing weird things like that…it could be dangerous." Urushihara said with a forced laugh.

"You and Olba were staying there right?"

Ashiya's mouth opened like he was going to say something to Maou after those words left Maou's mouth but he decided that he should not break the tension.

Unexpectedly, Urushihara did not deny Maou's claims. Instead he continued eating another mouthful of rice before casually answering,

"Yeah. We stayed there. You can't expect us to sleep in the streets right? "

Maou seemed to be taken aback by the callous answer but continued asking.

"There were signs of a fight there. Chi-chan showed me an image where the wall got damaged by a magic attack."

Now, Urushihara stopped eating. He was clearly affected by the statement.

"There was even a recording. Recorded by the janitor who was on cleaning duty at that time. "

"A recording?"

"I don't have it with me because my phone doesn't have any data transfer function. But...I heard it. It was the Ente Isla language. And that was your voice and Olba's."

"What's so strange about that? I did say we were staying there. And you can't expect us to get along right from the start."

"He was threatening to kill you!" Maou said sharply, agitated that Urushihara was treating the entire thing like it was nothing serious.

"Like I said! You can't expect me to get along with the enemy that easily!" Urushihara raised his voice, agitated as well.

Urushihara stood up but Ashiya pulled his wrist, motioning for him to sit down.

"Demon King-sama is speaking. Sit down, Lucifer." Ashiya said in a low voice.

"Don't pull ranks on me now, Alsiel. We're all just measly humans now!" Urushihara retorted, pulling his wrist out of Ashiya's grasp.

"Lucifer, sit down." Maou growled in their native tongue.

The fallen angel glared at the Demon King unhappily but he still complied, reluctantly.

Maou let out a sigh and went back to using Japanese.

"Fine. Never mind about what you did when you entered Japan. "

"Great." Urushihara replied sarcastically.

"I want to know what happened after Emi defeated you."

"What? Why the hell do you need to know that?!"

Ignoring Urushihara's questions, Maou continued with his list of things he wanted answered.

"What did Olba tell you? Why did he help you? And…did the church…or whoever Olba was with torture you for information? "

Maou took a deep breath when he said the last statement.

"Heh. What gave you the sick idea that they did such a thing?" Urushihara laughed bitterly.

"Ashiya said you were having nightmares. Just now in fact."

Urushihara glared at Ashiya. Ashiya just said calmly,

"Demon King-sama would have found out about the bruised knuckle sooner or later. I had to tell him."

"And so what, Maou? Does it matter to you even if they did? Or is this just some attempt to fulfil your morbid curiosity?"

Urushihara's voice was cracking now.

"Of course it matters. I am your king and your master, I want to know what happens to my subordinates."

"Satan Jacob, don't forget that you were only a blasted brat when I met you. I taught you how to fight, I taught Alsiel how to read and write, don't assume you have power over me." Urushihara was furious and his eyes were glowing ablaze.

"Precisely because you did all those for us which is why I want to know!" It was Maou's turn to stand from his seat.

Urushihara suddenly had flashes of images of cloaked men pinning him to the ground holding large bone needles in front of his face. They were laughing and dishonoring his name and status.

"Filthy sinner! Count your blessings that someone is even bothering to cleanse you!"

ENOUGH!

Now was Ashiya's turn to raise his voice. Which was something he rarely did after landing in Japan. Urushihara's thoughts snapped back to the current situation. Maou glanced at Ashiya with a pleading look in his eyes but did not say anything.

"Demon King-sama. I know you are worried but it is obvious that Lucifer does not want to talk about it."

Maou looked at Urushihara who was gripping his own hands tightly and shaking. Maou sat down and sighed, massaging his temples.

"You're right. I'm just worried. I just...feel guilty for sending you to the Western Continent. If I didn't do that…Emi wouldn't have struck you down and…" Maou said. He was hesitating between his sentences.

"If you didn't send me, it could have been Ashiya or Adramelech. Well, not that I care if you sent Maracoda."

"Urushihara..."

"What's done is done. How can you be King if you keep getting hung up about such trivial things. It's my own fault for getting defeated and deceived."

Then Urushihara stood up and put his dishes in the sink and then walked to the cabinet and opened the door.

"If it provides you with any comfort, because of what you've done, I'm alive and with everyone right now."

With that, he crawled into the cabinet and shut the door.

After the soft sound of the cabinet door closing, all was silent within the apartment.

Then Ashiya spoke up softly.

"Well, that went better than expected."

Maou didn't reply and continued eating in silence.

Moko-chan: That's it for now. Once you start writing angst…it flows a long way hahaha. Hmm…we didn't forget about their next door neighbour did we?

Omake

Alas = Ramus toddled over to Emi who was watching television and tugged on her night dress.

"Mama, phone." Alas =Ramus pointed in the direction of the dining table where the Hero had left her mobile phone.

Emi looked in the same direction and got up from the sofa. She walked to the dining table and picked up her vibrating phone.

"Thanks, Alas=Ramus, I didn't notice I forgot to put it on Ringtone mode."

"You're welcome!" The little girl chirped and grinned.

Emi looked at the screen, it was Suzuno.

Eh...why would she be calling at this hour? Don't tell me that the Demon King…?!

Emi hurriedly answered the call and quickly exclaimed,

"What is it Suzuno?! Is the Demon King doing something suspicious?"

"...uh...uh…nope." The person on the other side stuttered a bit.

"Eh...hello…Suzuno? Something wrong?" Emi frowned, confused. It was rare for the inquisitor to be so flustered unless she encountered some newfound technology or at least according to her was newfound technology.

"Umm...Emilia, if you don't mind...can you talk, just talk to me...about anything?"

"Huh?"

"Like that bear you like, or the news, or what you did with Alas= Ramus today...anything!" Suzuno sounded desperate.

"Umm...Suzuno? You alright?"

"Anything so I don't have to hear what the demons are talking about!" Suzuno was whispering but sounded like she was close to screaming.

"They're…not talking about…something perverted, are they?" Even Emi thought it was unlikely because when it comes to women, Maou would take the trophy of being the ultimate herbivore, Ashiya, well, Ashiya might be crowned champion as well. As for Urushihara, the most perverted thing he did was dropping a GPS tracker into her bag which honestly, wasn't anything much.

"If it's just that, I would have smacked their heads with a frying pan already!"

Emi paused, trying hard to think about what other topics the demons could talk about that would disturb Suzuno so much. If it was plans for conquering the world, she was sure that Suzuno would have her ear pressed against the walls and taking notes. Then she heard shouting in unmistakably Ente Isla language.

"Are…they arguing?" Emi asked with caution in her voice.

"They argue with each other once in a while anyway. I won't be bothered about something as trivial as that!"

"Then what are they…."

"It's something too serious for me to be listening too. I might start empathizing with them! So please…just have a conversation so I don't have to listen!"

"Uh…ok. Then…On today's headline news…."

Alas=Ramus tilted her head, curious as to why Emi had started talking like an anchorwoman.

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