The maid doll Tokoyo listens to Glida and Malboro’s stories.
The timeline is somewhere around episodes 150 to 160.
Oh, what are you? Maito’s familiar or something?
Eh? Something similar? Hmm, I see.
Isn’t this dress cute? Did Maito make it for you? That’s nice. Oh my, you’re adorable, aren’t you?
…Oh, wait. I haven’t introduced myself yet.
I’m Glida. The youngest failure of the glass spider clan. Nice to meet you.
Well, I’m borrowing magical power from Maito now, so I’m fairly strong. At least, I don’t feel like I’d lose to the weaker ones among my siblings.
…Huh? Who’s stronger between me and Ketorami, you ask?
Oh dear, I’m me, and he’s him. It’s pointless to compare, right?
…Oh, you’re curious? That’s so you… Well, let me think.
…I hate to admit it, but probably, if we fought a thousand times, I’d be lucky to win once.
He’s a battle maniac.
He’s lived doing nothing but fighting.
Unlike me, who spent time beautifying herself, we’re just fundamentally different.
Whether that’s a good thing is another matter. I live this way because I don’t find fighting fun. He’s a battle maniac because he finds joy in combat.
If he lived a more cultured life like me, he might find it enjoyable. …Then again, maybe that led to Maito.
I was shocked. He became a retainer to Maito.
I thought he’d stick to being a lone wolf. But he’s mellowed out a lot.
…He must really like her.
Me? I like Maito too.
She’s soft and smooth, isn’t she? Look, given my body, I may be beautiful, but I’m not small or cute, right?
So, I like cute things. I like Maito. And I like you. Cute things.
Oh, what? Are you blushing? You really are cute!
…But it’s not just that. I like her.
She’s interesting to watch. You think so too, right?
I can see why Ketorami stays by her side.
…Us, unique monsters, are basically loners.
Literally lone wolves.
Ketorami really is like that. He was a unique monster from birth. He’s lonely. In that sense, he’s different from Huntle.
Well, Huntle was fated to be that way too. But he escaped it thanks to Maito.
…Huntle’s clan, you know. It’s their rule to eat their parents during the transition of generations. Because of something they carry inside. To inherit it.
In that sense, my clan is really an irregular.
There are siblings, and the last one standing after killing all the others becomes the unique monster.
…Eh? Doesn’t that mean I’m not a unique monster?
Oh dear, surviving is enough to be unique! Isn’t that peculiarly unique?
…My siblings? Oh, they were nothing good.
All of them were like Ketorami, but in a bad way.
Like, they completely lacked the capacity to understand concepts of beauty or adoration.
Is it fate, I wonder? To be uniquely so?
That’s why I hate them. I’d love to kill them. It’s that kind of family, after all. I’m glad I didn’t have to like them.
…Oh, but we were talking about Ketorami.
In short, we’re lonely.
He was so lonely that he whimsically formed a pact with Maito. He’s lonely.
Really.
To him, I’m nothing but a small fry.
Same circumstances, same fate, simply being unique monsters made him feel a kinship, it seems.
…If I told him this now, he’d surely kill me. Yes. “Forming a pact with you was one of my few mistakes,” he’d say. Even though he initiated it? Not cute at all.
He was cute when he was little, you know.
Well, there was quite a distance between my area and his. We only met a handful of times, countable on my fingers, up until this age.
Thanks to that, he and I ended up being bound by a rotten fate.
On the contrary, it was surprising that despite having met me several times, who is quite far, he had no interaction with Huntle’s mother. Well, it seems Huntle’s mother wasn’t very friendly.
So, he probably always felt lonely, and then, meeting Maito, who just happened to try and connect with an immature pass… that’s why he decided to stick with her, I guess. But who knows?
It’s just an excuse, after all. “I’ll save killing you for last because it’s interesting.”
He simply wanted someone who could face him and be equal to him.
Maito is weak, but, well, that part is… hmm, what should I say? Strange, isn’t it? Weak, yet strong. That’s probably why he could compromise. It’s a bad way to put it, though.
Or maybe, it’s a more, well, cute emotion that he harbors towards Maito.
Ah, don’t tell him I said something like this, okay? I’d be killed!
It’d be endless if you get killed every time you hide your embarrassment!
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Hah! I am not asleep! I was not sleeping! …Oh, it’s you, Tokoyo.
Huh? About the story?
No, I have only recently become Maito-sama’s servant, and moreover, I have been in the abyss ever since I was born, hardly knowing anything about the surface…
Yes. Ah. I see. About the abyss and the Demon King, right?
Indeed, I would be the right person for that.
I apologize for the late introduction. We served as the gatekeepers of the abyss. My name is Marbello!
The name was given by Maito-sama!
We are a creature with three heads!
Please, do have my regards.
Huh? Why do we have three heads, you ask?
Eh… well, we were born this way, as a creature with three heads.
I have never thought about it.
To you, Tokoyo, having one head is normal. To me, having three heads is just as normal!
Having three heads is quite convenient!
Even if one head is asleep, the remaining two can keep watch, ensuring perfect vigilance!
We also never lose at eating quickly!
As for why, probably, the Demon King who created me would know.
About the Demon King, you ask?
Yes, I can only speak of what I know since I was born, but I will share!
Firstly, the abyss, it was created by the goddess when she was creating this world!
According to the Demon King, “The world cannot function on beauty alone. Even if created beautifully, impurities will arise. Hence, it was clever to have a place from the beginning where impurities could flow into and be purified.”
Yes! You catch on quickly, Tokoyo!
Exactly! The abyss is where the impurities of the world… um, the negative aspects of humans, plants, animals, and everything, as well as the sky, sea, and land, gather and are purified!
The method of purification, you ask? That’s us.
Yes. We turn them into monsters!
Monsters are made from all kinds of negative aspects!
By living as monsters, they digest these negative parts.
Specifically, when a monster dies, it is purified!
Yes! That’s right!
I was eating the monsters of the abyss, fulfilling my role in purification!
Unique monsters originally play such roles!
I take pride in this job!
Eh? Wasn’t I a gatekeeper, you ask?
Yes, I thought the Demon King might be lonely!
Yes. The Demon King cannot leave the abyss.
Because, the Demon King acts as a wedge, holding back the doors of the abyss.
Are you aware that humans once opened the doors of the abyss? Oh, you know.
Yes.
At that time, demons went out to the surface.
Originally, the relationships that should have concluded within the abyss extended to the surface.
And because of that, humans’ negative emotions increased.
Due to this, the abyss overflowed with stagnation, and the monsters only increased in number.
…To close this vicious cycle, the Demon King stayed in the abyss alone.
The Demon King closed the gates of the abyss with his own existence and magical power.
…And then, he became the Demon King.
Oh, is it confusing?
Well, the title of “Demon King” was something that came later.
Rather than being called a “Demon King” by humans for fighting with the goddess, it’s more like he ended up becoming a “Demon King,” and thus the Demon King at that time was labeled as such.
…Tokoyo, do you like the abyss?
Ah, I thought so!
It’s damp, dark, and unlikable, isn’t it!
The abyss is where the world’s stagnation gathers.
If you stay there long, you will transform.
…The Demon King remained in the abyss and became the “Demon King” by reigning as the king of the abyss.
Before that… no, even now, he’s a normal person.
I was born quite late, so I don’t know much about before, but the Demon King, by staying in the abyss, tried to do something about the surface.
However, the goddess gave magic to humans and chose to become a book herself.
The Demon King’s lamentation was said to be immense.
…I don’t quite understand the relation here… Eh? Unsophisticated? Eeeeh!? What do you mean!?
I was created by the Demon King afterward!
How should I say this… It’s embarrassing to say myself, but I was quite cute when I was younger.
So, I think I might have been a comfort to the Demon King.
And then, the Demon King allowed me to leave the abyss, to leave him behind.
So, it must mean that the Demon King no longer needs comfort.
Yes!
Therefore, I am determined to serve Maito-sama with all my heart and soul!
Because the Demon King no longer pays attention to me!
I can’t get enough of that hopelessly cold gaze that Maito-sama occasionally shows!
…Eh, Tokoyo? Tokoyo, what’s wrong? Tokoyo!
What’s with that look? More! Please look at me more with that look!
Ah! Why are you looking away? Ah, how cruel! Are you leaving? How cruel of you, Tokoyo!
