I Became a Demon Who Can Never Be Headpatted in the Academy?!

"Ah, you can control demons...?!"

Leviathan trembled and pointed a finger at me.

"That can't be!! Murmur hasn't studied at Maleficia!"

I knew she'd say that.

It's a natural reaction.

Even players who only play the hero or normal route without playing Leoa for the first time or going through the Demon King route would think that way.

【Black Magic Lv. 1】

But things are different when you go through the Demon King route.

If you learn black magic, which is the reward for 'Executor Rowan', you can 'summon demons'.

Of course, its efficiency is absolutely not high, and it's not a magic that you're supposed to use from lv. 1 in the first place, but the fact that you 'can do it' doesn't change.

"Murmur can do it."

"N-No way! Lies! Lies! Lies! Murmur is lying right now!"

Leviathan shouted fiercely and waved her hand wildly.

The tentacles that moved with her hand were ruthlessly swung at me, but I easily blocked the attack with summoning magic.

─ Thump!

"Ugh..."

I wasn't attacked, but my body, which had used a lot of mana, was screaming.

I knew this future was obvious, so I revealed the fact that I could control demons by force, but as the main story has been greatly twisted, Leviathan doesn't seem to have any intention of running away.

"There's no way Murmur can control demons! Even if you're a descendant of the Demon God, it's impossible!"

Leviathan, who was shouting fiercely, was about to knock me out and take me to the Demon King's castle instead of running away.

The more I thought about the situation, the more I realized it was terribly twisted.

First of all, Leviathan was making an absurd mistake.

"Murmur is not a descendant of the Demon God, but it is possible."

"Lies! More lies!"

Is it because of Aunt Colette?

I don't know why she has such a ridiculous misunderstanding, but I, Murmur, am absolutely not a 'descendant of the Demon God'.

This fact is so accurate and clear that I can't even doubt or worry about other possibilities.

Murmur can't be a descendant of the Demon God.

"Murmur..."

─ Clang!

Before I could even say a word, Leviathan swung a mana sword that emitted heat.

This is getting hard to deflect. My wrist is screaming.

"Murmur is a descendant of the Demon God! She's the daughter of the great and noble Demon God! We can tell! We can tell right away when we see her!"

I'm telling you, it's absolutely not true?

I, who have devoured the Legend of Academy's setting book up to the bonus pages, can say this for sure.

What is a descendant of the Demon God?

It refers to a demon race with the blood of the Demon God, Armonia, flowing through them.

And all of the 'descendants of the Demon God' were killed and exterminated a long time ago.

"Let's go back together...! Murmur!!"

This is a definite story.

It was such a huge event that the demons, who had been neutral, joined the Demon King's army because of this incident.

Why else would the 'Seven Sisters of Paradise' be looking for the descendants of the Demon God? If there was a living one, they would have gone to serve them.

They're not just going through all this trouble for nothing, even to the point of calling it a 'pilgrimage'.

And apart from all this circumstantial evidence, there is an even more accurate and clear fact.

In the first place, Murmur's identity, the identity of this small demon race saved by a failed hero, is...

"Focus on Leviathan!"

"Ugh...!"

The mana sword emitting heat barely grazed my cheek.

I can't do it after all!

She's not an opponent I can fight while sorting out my thoughts.

Considering that the first meeting with the Seven Sisters of Paradise is a 'super event' and the last event of the elementary school chapter, there's no way I can do anything with my current growth!

"Ugh, ugh...! M-Murmur...! Hang in there!"

I had asked Nikea to come with me in anticipation of this situation, but the situation was too twisted.

Honestly, when the tentacle hit the mana pillar, I thought I would become a flat tortilla, but Nikea was somehow enduring it.

It's unbelievable that I'm holding up the pillar with the spirits I can summon...

I guess I have to do something about Leviathan after all.

"You don't need to hang in there! Murmur! You just need to stop playing friend!"

Leviathan stepped back slightly and then hit me with a tentacle once more.

I didn't block this attack and deliberately threw myself towards Nikea.

If I fight head-on against an opponent like this, I'll definitely lose.

But I can't use the 'Bloodberry Family Heirloom' either, because there's no way I can beat Leviathan's strength or swordsmanship skills.

I'm glad I brought the 'old sword' with me, keeping in mind that the opponent is a changeling.

"Are you playing friend again? I'll finish you off!"

As I expected, Leviathan rushed at me with her mana sword, fast and accurate like a lion hunting a herbivore.

"Leviathan still underestimates Murmur."

I channeled mana into the 'old sword' I was holding.

The 'old sword' with a broken blade, rusted to the point where the handle was loose.

This defective product, which seemed useless, had a wonderful secret hidden within it.

Just like how a demon race, who should be hated and despised, can become a wonderful hero.

"Murmur will say it. You who were born evil!! Reveal your true form!"

"What...?!"

The old sword, which emitted a pure white light, released a small shockwave the moment it touched the mana sword that Leviathan swung.

"W-What, what is... what, how... W-What?!"

Leviathan took a step back, then clutched her body with both hands, trembling in pain.

"N-No way! This can't be! H-How?!"

"Don't fight in the form of a Phenex."

"L-Lies! Lies! Transformation magic...! H-How?!"

Leviathan's skin emitted a purple light and scattered like dust.

Leviathan's form, whose 'transformation magic' was naturally released, was as I saw in the setting book.

Long sky-blue wavy hair, a badge with angel wings on her chest, and blue eyes.

Even her pure white nakedness was exactly as in the settings.

"T-This, can't be, h-how... It's only possible to break transformation magic... Only someone who can do this...!"

"Is it the hero?"

"H-Hii... I-Iik!"

Leviathan trembled, put her hands on the ground, and retreated.

The 'old sword'.

This precious item that Murmur, who was saved by the hero, possesses is a trace of something that was once the 'Hero's Sword'.

It can no longer be called a sword, and it's a weapon that can't cut anything, but it can still fulfill its original purpose.

"...Cough."

With a small cough, bright red blood spurted out of my throat.

I don't need to follow the game to this extent.

"A-Are you crazy? Murmur, are you crazy?! Why are you doing that!"

Leviathan pointed at me with her finger.

"The Hero's Sword...! You used that power?! Then, die! Murmur will die too!"

"Murmur knows."

"You know!? You know?! Do you really know?! That sword was created to kill us! It's a weapon made to exterminate the descendants of Nectar!"

"No. The Hero's Sword is not like that."

I clenched the old sword tightly with my trembling hand.

"It's a sword made to protect precious people."

Leviathan looked at me and opened her mouth, then spat out black blood.

"Cough...! Cough!! Ugh...!"

This is the end.

Leviathan's transformation magic was forcibly released.

Her ability to completely transform into 'another person' from head to toe had disappeared.

【All stats reduced by 99%】With this debuff, there's no other option but to run away.

"Go back. Don't ever appear in front of Murmur again."

"Y-You're not going to kill me?"

I nodded.

"H-Heehee... H-Heeheehee!! Murmur is still soft."

Leviathan let out a strange laugh, awkwardly created a mana sword, and quickly slashed her own wrist.

─ Sluuurp!

"Murmur! I told you!! Murmur will return to Maleficia today!!!"

"...So that's why she added her blood to the magic circle."

"That's right! Can't you feel it? Soon... Cough! The gatekeeper demon Gabriel will appear!"

It wasn't a bluff, as the magic circle where Mrs. Zepar was lying began to emit a purple light.

"M-Murmur! Run away!"

It was a word from Nikea, who was sweating profusely and holding up the mana pillar.

"Murmur has no intention of running away."

"D-Don't say such, ugh...! Don't say such nonsense! Run away! It's not like we don't have a plan!"

"If Murmur runs away, you're going to let go of that pillar, right?"

Nikea bit her lip and nodded.

"H-Heeheehee... Demons don't die from something like that... Rather! With the blood of the royal race added, Gabriel's power might become stronger!"

"Nikea, Murmur said it. She can control demons."

"T-That's just... a bluff, Murmur."

Nikea gave me a smile that felt a little affectionate.

"Murmur doesn't lie."

How can I run away in front of a friend who truly likes me?

I knelt on the ground and groped the magic circle with both hands.

The heat of the mana, which was burning hot, seeped into my body through each of my fingertips.

"Murmur will ask the gatekeeper demon Gabriel a favor."

"T-There's no way you can..."

The warmth I felt at my fingertips had turned into a pain that was burning my whole body.

【Gatekeeper Demon Gabriel】

The status window is still kind.

It's telling me that I'm about to do something ridiculous.

『Murmur... cannot yet control this demon.』

"Gabriel must listen to Murmur's request."

A purple light erupted once again from the magic circle.

My fingers were burning, and I felt like the depths of my chest were drying up.

『Murmur... cannot yet control this demon.』

"Murmur has a wish."

Even moving my tongue to speak was painful.

"T-There's no, no way! Give up! Do you think the gatekeeper demon Gabriel will be under our control?!"

Leviathan shouted, coughing up blood.

"That guy! He's a demon who guards the land where the Demon God is sealed! There's no way he'll listen to us!!"

"Murmur... can do it..."

"That's impossible! If that was possible! Why would my sisters! Why would I! have suffered so much!"

I gripped the magic circle tightly with both hands, listening to Leviathan's screams.

The mana that erupted again hit my body.

My horns began to heat up uncontrollably, and my vision blurred.

『Murmur... cannot yet control this demon.』

"Murmur...! Run away, even now!"

The magic circle, which was about to be summoned, was emitting mana in all directions.

If this goes on, the academy will explode if the summoning fails, or a huge storm will occur even if the summoning succeeds.

So, I have to speak.

I must make a wish that will force the gatekeeper demon Gabriel to acknowledge me, Murmur, as her master.

"Murmur...! I want Gabriel to heal Mrs. Zepar!"

I shouted, enduring the pain of my throat burning.

"Ha, haha... What... That's your wish?"

Leviathan scoffed.

"There's no way he'd grant such a wish! Aren't you stupid? Murmur? You should be asking me to kill myself here! Or ask for power!"

In the midst of the loud laughter, the magic circle emitted a purple light once more.

"...Lies."

"Murmur told you."

The purple light created a huge door, and from within, a being with black wings reached out a hand to me.

It's obvious.

What kind of being would be the closest aide of the Demon God who hates sacrifices?

A demon with a heart as warm as the Demon God, Armonia.

"Why did you make such a wish?"

Gabriel's voice was as beautiful as the melody of a harp.

She was so dazzling that I couldn't even properly gauge what she looked like, but I knew that she was a pretty older sister.

"...Murmur thinks that a mother being killed by her beloved daughter shouldn't happen."

"You have the right to make a wish for yourself."

"Murmur doesn't need that. Even if Mrs. Zepar deserves to be punished, I don't think she should die like this."

Gabriel looked down at me without a word.

A slightly chilling silence followed.

『You have subjugated the Gatekeeper Demon Gabriel!』

My hand stung a little, but that was all.

『Murmur can now summon the 'Gatekeeper Demon Gabriel'!』

Is this all I get for being able to summon this demon with such incredible power?

In the game, I had to make a more selfless wish than this?

『The Gatekeeper Demon Gabriel... ... has granted Murmur's wish!』

At the same time as the status window appeared, Gabriel disappeared in a purple light without saying a word.

I thought she would at least give me an answer!

"W-What, what... what happened? N-No, right? Did you just talk to yourself?"

"Cough..."

Beside the flustered Leviathan, Mrs. Zepar coughed loudly and stirred.

She wasn't back to her normal complexion, but she had certainly escaped the state of dying.

"T-The magic circle... s-stopped? W-What happened? What did you do?!"

"Yeah, Gabriel listened to Murmur's wish and went back."

"A w-w-wish... She, listened...? You, talked to her? You talked to her?!"

I smiled and pointed the old sword at Leviathan.

"You, subjugated... a, a demon... at once...? That's what it means to be a true descendant of the Demon God..."

"Leviathan, now Murmur will ask you a question."

"H-Hiiik... Murmur-niiim...!"

"Do you want to see Murmur really angry?"

I felt like I was about to faint from a nosebleed, but I squeezed out the last of my strength and put on a final show of bravado.

* * *

『You have acquired a new trait!』

【Gabriel's Jealousy】