What if you are reborn as a demon after a funeral?.

Miyu, standing condescendingly to the side, cast the same icy gaze and continued, "Then explain yourself before I get angry."

"—Don't talk nonsense, you're obviously angry too!" Ash was almost in tears.

It wasn't because he was being blamed by the two mother-like children he had raised, but because he felt that the two were becoming more and more alike after getting to know each other, and even seemed to be joining forces, which made him worry about his future.

Just then...

"An attack? This is quite something~" A sickly blush appeared on Abby's fair cheeks, and her cold fingers inappropriately brushed across the corner of his mouth: "But why did Mr. Ash attack someone else?"

The air in the wheat field seemed to freeze upon hearing those words, yet it also became inexplicably tense to the extreme.

Ash felt cold sweat soaking through his shirt, and the girls' gazes, like searchlights, pinned him to the spot.

Abby remained straddling him, her silver hair swaying gently in the wind; Philon's smile gradually faded, and his eyes seemed to be turning cold. The two girls, one in black and one in white, did not seem to be looking at him with friendly eyes either.

"Um...the weather is really nice today?" Ash chuckled awkwardly as he tried to sit up, but Abby suddenly tightened her legs and pinned him down.

The silver-haired Abby tilted her head, revealing an innocent yet dangerous smile: "If you just run away, I'll nail you to a cross and put you next to my bed~"

"Don't talk about such dangerous things!" Ash thought to himself, feeling a pang of distress. He had reason to suspect that Abby in this form was no different from a witch.

But just as he was about to resign himself to his fate, Aize's dissatisfied voice suddenly came from afar:

"Ash, don't bring your women to play in my rice paddies! They're my winter food reserves!"

"Yes, indeed! But it's all their fault! Explain yourselves! These people who can't distinguish between grains and waste food!"

As if grasping at a straw, Ash immediately stood up, ignoring Abby who was still clinging to him, and pointed at Philon and the other two.

Philon, Ilya, and Miyu were all stunned, not expecting Ash to suddenly shift the blame onto them.

Abby, however, clung to Ash like a koala, looking at everyone with a hint of mockery.

But then... Aize looked up at Ash with a blank expression and asserted without hesitation:

“Who are you? Don’t I know you? But Philon is different from you; he’s a good kid.”

"Huh?? You don't believe in our century-old friendship? You actually believe a woman you've only met a few times?"

“…Don’t describe your child as a woman.” Aize shook his head speechlessly and directly stated the proof: “Also, Haita said in a letter before that Philon is a good child, completely different from you.”

"...In the end, you still don't believe me! You've grown distant! Our feelings have faded! I really didn't expect this! We've known each other for so long! It's not enough for you to stop discriminating against demons! Really...I'm so heartbroken!"

Ash, his face filled with grief and indignation, shook his head repeatedly, quickly walked through the stunned crowd, and swiftly left the place.

Philon, who still harbored many grievances against him, now muttered to himself in surprise, "Lord Ash, he's using this trick again..."

"...And it seems to be quite effective?" Miyu revealed an expression of suppressed headache. Illya, on the other hand, showed an endearing smile, with a hint of pride and admiration: "As expected of Ash, his methods are never new, yet this actually works?"

"What are you so proud of..." Miyu turned her head to look at him helplessly: "Don't be like Mr. Ash, you'll turn into a bad guy!"

"Yes, yes~ I know~ Ash is a bad guy, but..."

"what?"

"Aren't you going to chase them? They've run far away!"

As Ilya spoke, Ash's figure had already disappeared at the edge of the wheat field.

Miyu could only sigh helplessly, and silently met Philon's gaze. The two seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding again without saying a word.

终?

Now that the promise of the final chapter has been fulfilled, the long journey has come to an end.

Now that the promise has been fulfilled, the long journey has come to an end.

They were temporarily away from the "dangerous" wilderness.

Abby slid lightly off Ash, straightening her slightly disheveled clothes, a faint smile still playing on her lips.

"This is so interesting! I'm already looking forward to seeing what happens on the way back!"

"Please, don't expect anything dangerous. Just thinking about it makes my stomach ache."

It's no joke, Ash really does have a stomachache.

He even worried that he would face unprecedented criticism from two girls with similar personalities.

However... compared to his worries, Abby's face still held that untroubled smile:

"Things like that are fine no matter what~ Now... they're all away, so why don't we do something fun and 'naughty' together~"

"You've really become a complete bad kid! Try to tone it down a bit, this isn't healing at all." Ash shook his head helplessly, trying to awaken the innocence within her, but...

"Hehe~ Don't say such heartless things, and Mr. Ash probably knows, right? Bad kids... love doing bad things when no one can see them~ Because that... is more interesting, isn't it?"

Abby squinted and smiled happily, one finger gently touching her pink lips, while the other hand quietly pressed against Ash's chest, as if transmitting a strange electric current.

In the setting sun, the girl's silver hair shimmered with an eerie glow, and her delicate face was so close that it was breathtakingly beautiful and irresistible.

With a gentle push, she "pushed" Ash from this desolate wilderness into the royal guest room, onto the warm and luxurious carpet.

Before Ash could react as he slumped onto the soft carpet, Abby straddled his waist, her black lace skirt spreading out like a blooming poisonous flower, exuding an alluring aura.

Although he knew he shouldn't succumb to temptation at this moment, he couldn't resist the allure of doing bad things with the stunningly beautiful Abby, and unwittingly succumbed to the sin and pleasure with her.

..............................

After the long period of sinful behavior had passed, after what could be described as intense "badness," Abby finally returned to his golden-haired, good-boy self, completely satisfied.

Since both of them were her, and not in a schizophrenic way, but simply a change in personality, with the same memories and personality, Abby kept apologizing for her behavior.

But Ash, who was actually enjoying the process, couldn't bring himself to blame her, so he silently embraced her and savored the afterglow.

Then, without realizing it, I ended up "playing" with it in various ways, which finally released my worries about the future.

When Ash and Abby obediently returned home, the guilt they felt for doing wrong unexpectedly made them willingly accept Miyu and Philon's lecture.

But he listened to the criticism honestly, which surprisingly prevented him from being scolded too badly... Perhaps it was because he didn't argue back or something that made the two girls feel a little uncomfortable and lacked motivation.

However, after this incident, the relationships between everyone became more delicate, and Philon and Miyu became even stricter in their supervision of Ash.

However, Ash generally followed the plan, leading the two girls through many key points, and even arriving at... their original human village.

Although the village had been reduced to ruins hundreds of years ago, leaving only a few abandoned houses and their remains.

The wooden houses all vanished in the tides of time, leaving only some stone houses bearing the marks of their destruction, such as...

When Melusin casually lifted the collapsed ceiling of the stone house, she unexpectedly found some traces of fire.

"...Was this a fire? Did they perish because of a fire?" Miyu frowned slightly, unconsciously murmuring softly. Ash shook his head: "No, I started this fire."

"Why would Lord Ash do such a thing?" Philon asked, his face showing disbelief.

"Because the village was massacred." He looked around, searching for traces of the past, and unconsciously added, "...It was done by the demons."

"...So, most ordinary demons are bad people?" Abby couldn't help but shrink closer to Ash.

Ash found this behavior of fearing demons yet clinging to the Demon King quite amusing.

Even though the place wasn't suitable for teasing Abby, Ash couldn't resist poking her cheek.

"Aren't you afraid of me now?"

"Of course! Mr. Ash is different from those demons, and there are many bad people among humans... well, a lot of them!"

As they talked, recalling the persecution she had suffered, Abi felt that humans were, in some ways, more terrifying than demons.

Philon could not deny this, because her parents and family were all killed by humans.

Knowing what had happened to Abby, Miyu couldn't help but murmur:

"Human behavior and morality have equally high upper and lower limits. If there were no legal constraints... the innate foundation of human nature should be the coexistence of good and evil potential. I don't know about the demon race, but Mr. Ash must have received a very good education, right?"

"No, I am kind by nature."

"Lord Ash, you..."

Philon looked at him, who was completely oblivious to his own limitations, and a hint of helplessness flickered in his eyes.

Even Meiyu didn't know how to speak up for him or smooth things over, so after exchanging a glance with Philon, they both sighed in tacit agreement and gave up on defending him.

"You two are more in sync and more over-the-top than I imagined..." Ash sighed, feeling frustrated. It was at this moment...

"It's okay, Ash. If you're sad, I'll lend you my chest." Ilya skipped over and opened her small chest to him.

Although that chest was plain and unadorned, he fully sensed the goodness of human nature and the beauty of a loli.

Unfortunately... he glanced around but regretfully couldn't feel that kindness.

"Mr. Ash, you wouldn't be... falling for him, would you?" Miyu's gaze was somewhat piercing.

Ash felt wronged for receiving such treatment despite doing nothing, but he could only silently look away and say, "That's not true."

"Miyu-sama, it's best to ignore this person for now."

“Miss Philen is right.”

.....

The two girls were still in sync, but this level of sync made Ash feel a little nauseous just watching them.

Just then, someone patted him on the shoulder.

"...Philan's usual honorifics are gone."

Looking back, he saw Frillie patting his shoulder as if to comfort him, her smile so bright it was almost eerie. Ash realized that while she was offering comfort, she was actually just gloating.

What should I do? I really want to punch her. Can I punch her? It shouldn't be a problem to hit her once, right? — He forced himself to hold back for a long time, his lips twitching slightly, before finally managing not to lay a hand on her on the spot, otherwise his reputation would suffer again.

But merely punishing Frillie and lowering his own reputation would be completely pointless! ...Even so, Ash still lowered his head and whispered a warning in Frillie's ear:

"Do you think that because there are two troublesome guys, my situation is bad, but yours will be good?"

"What are you talking about? I raised Philon and he'll take care of me, but you raised Miyu and he'll only take care of you, right? Even if we have similar personalities, it has nothing to do with me! In other words, no matter how many people have similar personalities, there's only one person who will take care of me!"

“Indeed! But, Frilian, don’t you think it’s pathetic to say that? Being controlled by the child you raised yourself?” Ash tried to sow discord between the two, intending to instigate Frilian to challenge Philon’s position and help him temporarily reduce the attention he received.

However.....

Frillie wasn't stupid; she just looked at him with pity and deliberately said loudly, "Are you an idiot? I'm an incapable adult, so it's only natural that Philon takes care of me and disciplines me. And you're the same... How can you not have a shred of gratitude?"

"I... wait a minute? Isn't that the line I used?!"

This was clearly an act that put him in an unjust position, which made Ash furious and he immediately felt several sharp gazes piercing his back.

He turned his head stiffly and, sure enough, saw Philon and Miyu staring intently at him.