The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind

ver, Lyla wasn’t pleased with the idea of her joining.

“Even if our abilities have progressed, if we go back to the cemetery again, we don’t know what will happen.
If you think about that, it’s a good idea to increase our battle power.”

“Yeah, that’s also true.” Zich nodded his head.
“Good, let’s first accept her, and if there’s anything suspicious, we can observe her from a closer angle.”

Zich made his final decision.
It was expected, but Lyla was unable to hide her complex emotions.

* * *

“Please take care of me!” A woman wore a wide-brimmed sun hat and gave a small bow to Zich and his companions—Marilyn was going to join them starting today.

Marilyn individually greeted each member and stood in front of Lyla.
“I’m looking forward to working with you, Ms.
Lyla!”

“Me too, Ms.
Marilyn.”

They both held each other’s hands.
It was a very energetic sight, and it was clear to everyone that Marilyn especially liked Lyla among all the companions just by looking at their handshake.
Of course, the person she liked the most was Zich.

Like a puppy greeting her owner, Marilyn ran towards Zich and said, “Thank you for letting me join your group! I-I’ll really do a great job!”

“Ms.
Marilyn, you’ll be fine with that amount of passion.”

Like this, Marilyn officially joined Zich’s party.

* * *

First, Zich brought along Marilyn to hunt monsters.
Even though he knew that her skills were at a very high level, he needed to know the limit and extent of her abilities.
Zich was well aware of the Witch’s skills, but that was all before his regression.

Kuaaaaaaack! A muscular orc let out an awful scream and rolled on the ground.
Two orcs were fighting each other next to the fallen orc.
Another one screamed and fumbled with its body until it eventually smashed its head on a tree.
These were all results of Marilyn’s curses.
The first orc fell under a curse that inflicted crushing pain all over its body, and the second group of orcs fell under a curse that made their allies look like enemies.
The third orc fell under a curse that blinded its eyes.

“First, these are the simple curses I can do,” Marilyn spoke as if they were barely anything, but Zich’s companions, specifically the three disciples, were shocked by the power of curses.

Since Lyla had overpowered Marilyn the whole time in their recent battle, Marilyn didn’t get to properly showcase her skills.
This was even more shocking, as all of Marilyn’s curses were shot down before they could have an effect.
However, when Marilyn’s curses reached monsters like the orcs, the results were shocking and horrifying.

“Is there anyone who wants to try experiencing a curse?”

All three of the disciples shook their heads in unison as if they had pre-planned it.
Then, they looked back at the cursed orcs again.
The orc under a torture spell was inflicting wounds on itself, and the two orcs fighting each other were both covered in deep injuries.
Regardless of which orc won, it would be difficult for either of them to survive.
The blinded orc frantically moving around in shock was on the ground after hitting its head on a rock.

“They’re not as fancy as magic, but curses use less mana.
They’re also much faster and the accuracy is very high.
Curses have their own advantage.” Marilyn jokingly boasted about her skills.

“Yes, but Lyla’s attacks shattered all those curses.”

“It’s because Ms.
Lyla is way too strong! When she hit my curse with a bolt of lightning, I thought my heart was going to drop! I can’t believe she was able to perfectly hit a flying target when it’s hard to even hit a still target with magic! She was able to do that with lightning magic which is infamously unpredictable! The curse’s light wasn’t even that big!” Marilyn whined to Zich while shaking his sleeve.
It was understandable that Marilyn would complain about Lyla’s skills.

Marilyn grumbled to Zich for a long while afterward.
Lyla stared at this sight with a strange gaze.

* * *

Zich and his companions looked for several more monsters to practice working with Marilyn.
During this time, the companions grew even closer to her.
However, even among this group, two people got especially close to her.
The first person was obviously Zich, and the second person was Lyla.
After they accepted Marilyn as part of their group, she moved into their lodging and traveled with them.

Lyla had gone out to finish a matter and was about to come back when someone tightly hugged her from behind.
If it was several days before, Lyla would have been surprised and immediately hit the person’s head with her staff.
However, she could predict who the person was, so she sighed, “I told you to not stick close to me like that, Marilyn.”

“But I can’t stop myself if I see your back, Lyla!”

“Are you a pervert?”

“Hmm, I can’t deny it in regards to you.”

“I hope you firmly deny such claims so that I won’t be worried about them in the future.”

Marilyn moved away from Lyla’s back and began walking alongside her.
They dropped their honorifics and were now comfortable calling themselves by their names alone—they looked like childhood friends.

“Were you able to find what you were looking for?”

“No.
Honestly, I didn’t expect much.
Since Violuwin is a tourist city, it doesn’t have many objects or information about magic.
I just wandered around for a walk.”

“You must have gone out to cool your head, right? To prepare for going to an important place in several days.”

“Yeah.”

In a few days, Zich and his companions would be going back to the Clowon Emperor’s tomb.
They hadn’t given specific information to Marilyn yet, and they just told her that they were going to an important place.
The two of them walked the streets together and continued their conversation.
It was just small talk, but this also soon reached an end.

“Ah, Sir Zich!” Marilyn ran towards Zich standing in front of the lodging.
Lyla watched them from behind.