The Female Hero Party That Exiled Me, All of Them Are Mentally Broken - Chapter 29

Hiding in the shadows of the musty dungeon, I was shaking and holding my breath.

From far away, I could hear terrifying footsteps pounding, like the walls themselves were being smashed.

“Kishishi! Using this body, I’ll make those monsters pay for what they did!”

A black mark on the back of my right hand flashed, and the Demon King’s furious voice echoed in my mind.

“Do you hate humans that much?”

“Humans don’t matter! What I hate is only that useless hero party who wouldn’t listen!”

I had thought the Demon King held some grand hatred for humanity, but she denied it completely. It was a very personal grudge.

“The previous tyrant forced me to inherit the Demon King’s throne! I couldn’t escape because of the throne’s curse, and I lived in fear every single day!”

“Then those monsters attacked! I tried to explain my situation, but they wouldn’t listen at all!”

Hearing the Demon King’s painful cries pouring straight into my head, I hung my head in despair.

“They destroyed everything like I was some weak enemy at the start! I’ll never forgive them!”

“Knowing I was about to be killed, I at least tried to save myself by moving my soul into this body. Ugh.”

With no dignity left, the Demon King began to sob in my mind.

She looked so pitiful that hot tears ran down my face without me even realizing it.

I knew better than anyone how impossible it was to reason with Yuria and the others, so this wasn’t just some distant problem. It was real.

“You were a victim of them, too. It must have been so hard being treated so unfairly.”

“Y-you understand? You’re a good person.”

Touched by my genuine sympathy, the Demon King completely softened as she had planned to use me as a tool for revenge.

At that moment, a strange alliance was formed between the Demon King and me, who should have been humanity’s enemy.

Boooom!

The sturdy stone wall right next to me was smashed to pieces by sheer force.

Dust and dirt flew into the air, carrying a sickly sweet smell that hit my nose hard.

“Al~♡ Where are you hiding~?”

The raging heroes with bloodshot eyes were coming straight at me as they drooled.

I recoiled in fear and frantically covered my mouth with both hands to stop myself from screaming.

“Eek! It’s coming, Vessel! Get away from those stubborn female monkeys before they drain you dry!”

“I know! I know!”

With the useless Demon King screaming in my head, I bolted deeper into the dungeon while I tried to escape as fast as I could.