They are cunning, sinister and mean. Although they are fragile, they are ambitious. Among all kinds of otherworldly creatures, human beings are quite dangerous. "
"Is that so..." Arlette asked. "Actually, it's true in a sense. Of course, I can't tell what kind of human beings are. After all, there are many kinds of people."
The Demon King said: "And you don't feel the same to me. Although you are indeed thoughtful, you are also a little narrow-minded... Oh, I say this, I hope you don't get angry."
The mage said it didn't matter, there was a smile in his voice, so the demon king continued to speak with confidence: "But I don't think you are the kind of creature with malicious intent, and you are not the same as the 'human mage' in many rumors of the Hundred Caves Purgatory."
Humans seemed to be at a loss for words, and the Demon King was not sure what he was thinking. After a while, Arlette said, "I found... this thing is amazing..."
"What's amazing?"
"My lord, do you know what human beings say about the devil?" said the wizard. "We usually think that devils are cruel and cunning, and have no feelings at all. They don't love anything but war and blood..."
"Do you think I am?"
"You are quite fond of war and blood, but you are not very cunning..."
The mage's tone was a bit strange, and the Demon King suspected that he was laughing at his stupidity. It doesn't matter. Humans are better at conspiracy, and they don't feel wronged when they say they are stupid.
"Devils do like war, but it's not like we don't like anything else." The Demon King glanced around his room, which was full of things he liked, "For example, take me, I actually I love music…”
"what?!"
"You seem to be particularly surprised, as for? I really like music. I don't know what your human instrument system is like. On our side, there is an instrument called Thothlin, which is a keyed and plucked musical instrument. Stuff, you can play a lot of chords with just one Thothling, and if you play it expertly, the effect is like a small band."
Saying that, the Demon King let go of the mage's hand: "Wait, don't leave the mirror, I'll play it a few times for you."
In fact, the Demon King's playing skills are not very good. He played well when he was a kid, but he's long since abandoned, but he still likes to listen to it, and likes to casually play popular tunes in his private leisure.
After the song was over, the Demon King asked Arlette how he felt. Arlette didn't know what Thothrin was, so he couldn't tell why, he said in a trance, "Aren't you a King of the Demon City... Why do you like music... "
"It's not surprising at all," said the devil, "a lot of devils have to learn music as a child, oh, and drawing, we like to draw epics. When I was a child, my mother forced me to practice Thothling, and every day was a , you are not allowed to eat without practicing the piano. She is a killer and a musician. She is not soft when she beats me... Thanks to her training, I became a real lover of music, and because I played against her all the year round, I His fighting skills also improved very quickly.”
The human mage didn't say a word, didn't even move his fingers, and was probably particularly shocked. The Demon King asked, "Are you so surprised because you didn't expect that devil women have the right to kill?"
"… what?"
"I heard that human women don't have the right to be killers, is that so? We devils are different."
"You have a major misunderstanding of humanity..."
"That is to say, this rumor is false? In fact, humans can be killers regardless of gender, just like us?"
Arlette trembled a little, as if laughing: "It seems right, but there seems to be something wrong... I don't know where to start... "
The Demon King added: "When I mention this, I really miss my mother... It's been more than 200 years since she died in battle. To commemorate her, I often organize a Tothlin performance competition, and select some music from the entire cave floor. hands or something..."
The mage murmured: "I'm so surprised, it's true, I can't say anything but surprise..."
"Actually, I'm surprised too," the Demon King said. "Remember that cake? You gave it to me before."
"Remember, what happened?"
"You gave food, and you made it! I was very surprised at the time, but I didn't say it right away. Before that, I always thought humans couldn't cook."
"How come? Why do you think humans don't cook?"
"Oh, in the legend of the devil, human beings usually live by hunting. It is said that humans do not grow crops or keep livestock in captivity. They only rely on young adults to go out hunting every day, so they are hungry and full. It is said that human beings are cautious and ambitious. It is from this strange living habit."
After hearing this, Arlette laughed for a long time. He explained that it was true that humans were like this in the past, and there may be tribesmen in some places today, but most humans cultivate and trade, no different from the devil.
No difference with the devil. The sentence itself is strange enough.
Before they knew it, they talked about many details of life around them, from the changes in the sky and the stars, to the maximum intensity and principle of earthquakes, to the recent prosperity of the kingdom's regime, and to brushing their teeth several times a day. Suddenly, the Demon King kissed the back of the pro-Mage's hand again. The Mage was defenseless and his fingers trembled slightly.
The Demon King said, "So, I don't know you well enough, and you don't know me well enough. You don't know me well, so how do you know that I won't think you're cute?"
"Why is the topic back to just now?"
"Alette, let's get to know each other slowly, okay?" the devil asked, "If you think I don't love you, so you can't be my wife and concubine... Then let's change the way, I'll hire you, you can be me counselor or advisor or assistant…”
"What are 'consultants' and 'assistants'?"
"Don't you have this word over there? It's a profession anyway." The Demon King unconsciously leaned forward and approached the mirror, but even then he couldn't see Arlette, "Anyway, the contract is still there, so you have to continue to do it for you. I serve."
"Of course, my lord, on the other hand, I also need to be paid."
The Demon King nodded, and then realized that the mage in the other plane couldn't see at all. Holding the small human hand, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, is your hand ready?"
"what?"
"You said earlier that you fell down the stairs and broke your left hand. How is your hand now?"
"Oh, it's healed. In fact, it was healed not long ago, otherwise my spellcasting will be affected."
"Really?" The Demon King pushed the mage's right hand towards the mirror, "Change your left hand and let me see."
"Is it necessary..."
"let me see."
The Demon King withdrew his left and right lower hands and reached into the mirror with his upper right hand. It's his dominant hand, and he thinks it's a better grip. Under this unsuccessful summoning technique, he could only grab the arm of the summoned target, and it was impossible to grab other parts—otherwise he would have asked the mage to stretch his face over. But on the contrary, as long as he grabs it deliberately, he will definitely be able to grab Arlette's hand, and Arlette can't hide if he wants to.
He successfully grabbed the mage's left hand and gently pulled it to the side of the mirror. The mage said that this hand was broken before. Human beings are so fragile, the devil is careful, for fear that he is too strong to break it again.
Arlette's left hand is of normal shape and moderate temperature, and his arm is thin but still intact. After initially confirming that it was all right, the Demon King carefully touched and pinched it with his two lower hands until he was sure that it was really healed before letting go.
When the Demon King checked, the human was silent for a while, until the Demon King kissed his finger and said, "It's fine," and he spoke again with a sigh of relief.
"Then, I'm going to rest." Arlette withdrew his left hand. "It's already midnight here. If you need anything tomorrow, call me anytime."
The Demon King said good night to him, and went to the cloakroom to pack up his clothes and prepare to go out for a parade. It is now morning in the Hundred Caves of Purgatory.
Looking at his four strong arms in the dressing mirror, the Demon King couldn't help sighing. Humans only have two arms, which is so inconvenient, they can't cast spells while drawing a bow, and they can't beat the beat when they play the piano... or they can only beat the beat with their feet.
Fortunately, the recovery speed of human beings is still normal and not too fragile. There are also some races in the Purgatory of Hundred Caves that only have two hands, such as those half-human Naga. They not only have two hands, but their hands are very easy to fracture, and it is very difficult to recover after a fracture. The devil usually needs a few hours to a day or two to recover. The degree of fracture injury, and the half-human Naga needs hundreds of days... It is said that this is a defect in their ancient mixed blood.
On the day the summoning was activated, it is said that the left hand of the mage Alette was still on a splint. Until today... how many days have it been? Anyway, it didn't take long. It seems that the mage has recovered, and there is no trace of a broken bone. Humans' recovery ability is indeed relatively poor, but it is acceptable. At least from the mage's situation, his recovery process does not seem to have improved. Hundred days so long.
However, the demon king noticed that there were two scars on the wrist of the mage's left hand. The scars have also healed, and they don't look too serious... Probably they were left when the mage was doing experiments, the Demon King secretly guessed.
With the help of the mage Arlet, within a few months, all the coal lights in the palace of the magic city were replaced by magical cold flames. The cold flame will not ignite objects, it can last forever, and it will not be affected by the wind direction, which is really convenient. Arlette added activation runes to each lamp, so that the devils in the palace could switch it on and off as needed.
Actually the devil