My Childhood Friend the Demon Knight Hates Me

40 Reiss Edition

Translator: Lioness

Editor: Arya
　
Before I left for the only place I could regard as ‘home’, the territory of Arleveil.

I’d already become an official certified guard knight, and thanks to the Queen’s blessing, the demon inside me had faded away as if it were a lie. In this case, even if I meet Suria again for the first time in two years, it seemed that the devil would not lose consciousness.

It was not that I let my guard down, thinking that …

In front of her for the first time in a long time, I couldn’t completely erase even a slight rushed of my emotions.

After showing my face to Director Alan, I headed to Suria’s house. When she came out, I saw her for the first time in two years, and she looked somewhat more mature than I remembered.

Her healthy skin, strong-willed eyes that reflected my visage with surprise, and vivacious atmosphere were still intact, but with a feminine touch of glamour that made me gasp. I couldn’t help but gulp as I thought, ‘You’ve become so beautiful.’

Another time, when we arrived at the royal capital, Suria was playing a prank on me with a spirit and put a flower petal on my head.

Suddenly, a childhood memory of us tending to the garden together came back to me, and I found myself reaching for her soft golden brown hair. Just as I was about to touch her, I remembered that my hand was not as warm as it used to be, and I came back to myself and pulled my arm away, and did not touch her.

Every time my mind wavered, I would wake the demon from its slumber.

If I imitated the devil who would wake up every time my heart shook, I wouldn’t be caught off guard.

I noticed that … she had a pained look on her face in response to my words and actions.

You could see the crying face of Suria on that day, which led to the breakup.

I’m sure I didn’t deserve to feel the same pain.

At the church, we finally received the readied ‘Spirit Crystal’ through an apostle named Roa.

It seemed he still had a soft spot for younger people. I regretted that I was jealous of him, who was friendly with her without any intentions, and roughly took the crystal from him.

Although I decided to stay cold no matter what happened, I was in the position of an escort knight so that I would not be so vulnerable to the devil and not to be distracted by my thoughts. However, when I was near Suria, my depressed emotions could easily come back to life.

However, if I wore the spirit crystal, even if I disturbed my spirit like that and the demon wriggled in the gap, the crystal would absorb the evil power.

Each time I wore the crystal, it accumulated more and more turbidity, but with this and the Queen’s blessing, I seemed to be able to get through the Holy Bell Festival in one piece.

The days since I arrived at the church seemed to have been surprisingly peaceful, with no major problems, although there were some things that I should be wary of.

However, I could see that Suria was having a hard time in training for the ceremony of the Spirit Princess.
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As a prelude, I was also taught the etiquette for an audience with the queen, but this was not so difficult. I knew that the role of the Spirit Princess was naturally more, and above all, her temperament was not good with details. She also seemed to be very tired.

Suria had always been uncomfortable with people worrying about her. Whenever someone asked her if she was okay, she reflexively pretended to be fine, even if she was in pain. She rarely asked for help.

This was probably due to the fact that they were surrounded by younger people at the orphanage. When I was a child, I sometimes wished I was older than her.

There was no way that her entire personality could have been changed in just two years. I wondered if I should go into the city and give Surya a break. My fear of demons had diminished to the point where I no longer thought about such things, and I could deal with them with ease.

As a result, I invited her to go to the city, though I struggled with the idea right up until I said it.

I nominally made up my own errand so that she wouldn’t know that I cared about Suria. I was going to pick up Ricola’s sleeping potions soon, so stopping by Leon’s store would be perfect. I also pretended that the apostle Roa had asked me to accompany him to relax.

With this reason, he seemed to have accepted my offer without hesitation.

In addition, when we went to the city, we weren’t alone, but also the water spirit was accompanying us.

“Suu! I wanted to go out alone with Suu!”

The spirit named Uur seemed to be wary of me. The crystal made it possible for me to see the genie, but the other genies didn’t react in any particular way, so it must have sensed the presence of the demon inside me. It was a highly perceptive spirit.

It was a little annoying that the Spirit kept repeating her nickname, which I could no longer call her.

Thanks to the spirits who went out to the city, Suria seemed to be able to stretch her mind together. … I wouldn’t have been able to do this alone. If I succeeded in taking it out, I decided to serve as an escort so as not to disturb myself.

It was generally a good idea here as well,—-, but.

New information on the ‘Missing Elementalors Incident’ that was heard at Leon’s store one after another in the royal capital.

As an escort, I knew and watched some details, but I didn’t think it was due to another ‘Demon possession’, and the moment I heard the word ‘Black butterfly’, I bit my tongue. It was there.

“The person’s disappearance was commonly at night —- and it was also a night with strong moonlight.”

So, before the wind spirit could finish, I forcefully grabbed Suria’s arm and left the store.

I didn’t realize that the incident that I thought was man-made was demon-related.

It seems that she was being followed by a demon possessed with a clear purpose, and as the chief apostle mentioned, the demon that was attracted to her did not come to take her life. With the Queen’s blessing and me, another demon possessed beside her, the demon among the ringleaders of the incident wouldn’t have bothered to target Suria for kidnapping.

Even so, there was no guarantee that I wouldn’t get caught up in this.

I didn’t want her to get involved with any demons, so I walked away as if nothing had happened, wiping away the unpleasant feeling of irritation before I could regret having touched her unexpectedly.　

Suria seemed surprised by the coldness of my hand, but she followed me quietly, and the outing itself was uneventful after that.

From the day I found out that the incident was demon-related, I was more careful around Suria. I kept reminding her, “Don’t go out at night without permission.”

I really didn’t calculate that such an incident would come together.

The chief of the apostles was also busy dealing with the situation. The head of the apostolic seeker’s office was also busy dealing with the situation, which made it difficult for him to visit her. The whole church was somewhat tense and always in a hurry.

If the demonic possessed was the ringleader of the incident that was about to happen, it would be on the night of the next full moon.

… For me, the night of the full moon of the Holy Bell Festival was a crucial moment. The movement of the devil, which had been calming for a while, would become ferocious during the moon. Especially during the Holy Bell Festival.

I’d been thinking about this for a while.

It was just as I was thinking that —-.

“Black head! Help Suu!”, The spirit of water jumped into me with great force.