Demon Lord's Reincarnation Chapter 394 - Talking To Tsukiko

Chapter 394 - Talking To Tsukiko

While Ren was busy organizing the Serbek Kingdom, Tsukiko and Leila were waiting for him under the tree of life. Even though it has been a few days since they have last seen Ren they weren't that bothered by it. To races that can live for a longer period of ti like them, they view days differently from the short-lived humans. To them, days were like hours and months were like a day and a year a month.

So the mont Leila stepped into Tsukiko's territory the only thing she did was greet her, and after that, they waited quietly under the tree of life. Leila was finding the right mont to talk, on the other hand, Tsukiko found it fun to wait and see when Leila would talk.

Every ti Leila gathers up the courage to talk, Tsukiko would notice it and try to talk as well. Once that happens Leila stops and an awkward silence ensues. Tsukiko found Leila's different facial expressions kind of cute. It was actually quite amusing ssing around with her. It reminded Tsukiko of the ti when she would usually ss around with the other demon lords of her era.

'I wonder how I can ss around with this little puppy. I can't really ss around with Ren, for so reason just thinking about it makes scared. I no longer tease the elves since that got boring a century ago. I could ss around with Ren's won, but I haven't t them yet. Though I guess I did see that girl with no expression, and the other one who was looking at like she wanted to dissect . Hmm, the forr would be a challenging one to tease, while the latter could be soone that could help tease the others… Wait, I'm getting off-topic here, what should I do to make this little puppy fumble about?'

While Tsukiko was thinking of how to tease Leila, the person in question was also having her own deep thoughts.

'Damn it! Damn it! What should I do?! What should I do?! This is getting too awkward! What the heck is this?! Every ti I try to talk to her she would also try to speak. After doing that a few tis we couldn't get a word in. Are we cursed or sothing, what kind of curse makes people talk at the sa ti?!… Okay, first I need to calm down and look at lady Tsukiko.'

Leila peeked at Tsukiko at the side. She saw that Tsukiko was engrossed in her own thoughts.

'I can't talk now, what if lady Tsukiko is thinking about sothing important and I ss up her thoughts. She might not be a demon lord anymore, but she still might kill if I do sothing that irritates her… Okay, let's wait for a bit.'

Leila stopped thinking about it for a second and looked at the falling leaves of the tree of life. Unlike normal trees, every ti the a leaf of the tree of life falls ans one life on this planet had been extinguished. Yet at the sa ti, when those leaves fall a new one would replace them. Watching the falling leaves of the tree of life was both lancholic and inspiring.

'Among those leaves would be a reincarnation of my family. I wonder if they reincarnated as humans like Big bro?… Even though we will never et as we were before, it is heartwarming to know that they're still there under the sa bright sky.'

Leila curled her lips a little bit upward. The expression she had was a little lancholic, but at the sa ti hopeful. Seeing Leila losing interest in talking and was imrsed in watching the falling leaves, Tsukiko decided to do sothing. Tsukiko suddenly emitted so bloodlust, it wasn't enough to alert the others but was enough for Leila who was sitting right beside her to sense.

Leila who was calmly watching the falling leaves was surprised by Tsukiko's bloodlust. Leila quickly stood up from her sitting position and warily looked around. Even though usually no enemy could get near without her sensing them, Leila was still on guard since the current enemies were sowhat different from the others.

Based on the brief explanation she heard about Primordial Demons, Leila knew that mana sensing and her sense of sll wasn't going to cut it. As she warily looked around she noticed that Tsukiko was no longer emitting any bloodlust.

"Lady Tsukiko what is it, did the enemy leave?"

Hearing Leila's question and looking at her expression, Tsukiko was trying her hardest not to laugh. She then showed Leila an apologetic expression before answering.

"I'm sorry for startling you, Leila. I just rembered sothing from the past. You know how it was back then, with us five demon lords fighting each other. Seeing you and Kretos, ahem, I an Ren had reminded of the old days."

"Oh, is that so?" Leila once again sat down and was about to say sothing to continue the conversation but then she saw Tsukiko once again deep in thought.

'Hmmm, so she's thinking about the past just like … Now that I think about it, wasn't she the one who accompanied during my ti inside that ice coffin? I guess I haven't thanked her for accompanying for all those years. Still, I should do that after she's done reminiscing.'

Leila looked at Tsukiko who was gazing at the tree of life. Tsukiko's eyes were looking beyond the tree of life, as her tails flutter in the wind. At that very mont, Leila had a single thought. 'Beautiful.'

Tsukiko was truly beautiful and epheral, it felt like she was one with nature itself. It was like at any mont she could be like the clouds in the sky and be blown away by the wind. Leila was stunned by the very sight she saw. It was then that Tsukiko looked at her and smiled.

"Hmm, why are you looking at like that?" Being jolted awake from her daydreaming, Leila shook her head and looked the other way embarrassed.

"Not it's nothing I just rembered sothing."

Seeing that reaction of hers made Tsukiko feel extrely happy. 'She's so cute! How adorable, I don't think I'll ever get bored teasing this little pup. Still, for now, that's enough ssing around. I'll do it later once I get to know her better.'

"What did you rember?"

'Damnt it! This is my chance for a normal conversation, so stop blushing Leila!' It took Leila a few seconds to calm herself down before she was able to turn around and look at Tsukiko.

"I just rembered that it was you who accompanied in that ice coffin all those years ago."

"Yeah, that was . I teleported there as I rembered what Ren did for you. I thought that if I did the sa thing I would be able to stop the encroaching of the mana killing curse. Unfortunately, it did not, all it did was slow the process. Still, with that, I was able to stay there for a few years, and I was able to accompany you in your dreams."

"I always wanted to ask why you did that? You had no obligation to save , so then why?" As a pure demon, Leila knew that the demons believed in the strongest rule all, and survival of the fittest. So it confused her a bit that Tsukiko, soone she had never t before that day, helped her. Seeing the confusion on Leila's face made Tsukiko giggle.

"It wasn't anything noble like you think it is. It was actually a very selfish act of mine. You see, you were one of Ren's few regrets. He had erase his mories of you because at the ti he couldn't take it. Every ti I rember that face he showed when I told him I have no way to save you… That face of his still haunts to this very day. Knowing that I was the cause of him to once again show such a face, filled with guilt. So I saved you before you succumbed to the darkness of your very soul. It was a way for to sohow feel better about myself. It was sothing I did so I won't be as guilty as I die."

When Tsukiko said that last line she sighed as she smiled. Leila shook her head and responded.

"It doesn't matter what reasons you had, to , the only truth I know is that you saved , and for that, I'm truly grateful." As tears were slowly forming in both of their eyes, Tsukiko quickly wiped hers away and smiled an even brighter smile than before.

"So Leila, are you also one of Ren's won?" Leila who was also rubbing her eyes quickly shook her head as she blushed. She waved her hands in front of her before responding.

"No, no, no! He and I aren't in that kind of relationship. We're actually in a sibling type relationship, he's my big bro."

"Oh, is that so? So you don't see him as a romantic partner at all?

"I do respect him, but that's it. I only respect him as a big bro."

"That's what you say, but I wonder what you really think?"

The two then started talking about different topics while laughing. As the leaves of the tree of life continued to fall, the two maidens that shouldn't exist in this era filled their lonely hearts with laughter.

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