Funeral, what should I do if I reincarnate as a demon?

But can he say those things? No matter how he thinks, it's impossible, right? He can only pretend that he didn't hear anything and said nonchalantly:

"Rather than this, shouldn't the exam be more important now?"

"Change the subject?"

"It's just business."

"Uncle is not an examiner, he is a examinee like us, right?" Connie put his hands on his waist and leaned forward slightly, but he said righteously:

"But as a member of the Magic Association, I have the obligation to maintain the fairness and justice of the exam!"

"But~ In the end, we only need to deal with Zanze, which is lucky~" Yubel, who was watching the excitement on the side, stared at the captured replica, licked her lips beautifully, and took the initiative to say: "Okay? Let me do it."

Looking at her like this, Ash knew that this guy must be sure.

Although the strength of the two sides is very different, Yubel's cutting magic has a very high upper limit. Normal magicians can't do anything about Zanze's hair, and Yubel's original cutting magic may just be able to restrain it.

Especially when he had talked with Zanze in the past, Zanze's attitude towards Yubel seemed to completely treat her as a natural enemy, which made Ash more certain of this.

So he silently reached out and pressed Yubel's head, pushing her away from the restrained replica: "Forget it, just go over there."

"Ah... you're talking about this at this time?" Yubel raised her eyebrows in surprise: "As a member of the Magic Association, I have the obligation to maintain the fairness and justice of the exam... Is this what you said?"

"We have known each other for so long, it's a bit too polite to say this."

"Say this now~? You will definitely only use what is beneficial to you, right?" Yubel shook his wand with a teasing smile on his face.

"....Even if that's the case, so what? No one loses, and everyone gets convenience, what's wrong with that?"

"You, you have a really good personality~" Seeing that he was exposed, he was not ashamed and started to argue again. Yubel, who just wanted to tease him, couldn't help laughing: "It's just a copy, there's no use keeping it, right? Why do you still want to protect it?"

"I just think it's a waste."

"Waste...? You are not someone who has a strange interest in monsters, right? No, no, do you have any strange thoughts about Zanze? Because he was rejected by the real person, so you went to the copy? Isn't this really a bit extreme?" Even Yubel was really terrified when he thought about it carefully.

Connie frowned and said unhappily: "How is it possible? The uncle must just be unable to bear to see the humanoid creature being killed."

"You think this guy is too kind, right??"

The overly strange speculation made Yubel doubt his ears, and cast a reproachful look at Ash, suspecting that he had deceived this innocent girl.

But he didn't want to say anything more, to avoid making things worse, he silently pushed the three people in, and stayed where he was, staring at the replica bound by the binding magic.

He didn't really have any strange thoughts, just simply...

"... I don't really have strange interests, but if you think about it seriously, isn't this a ready-made life-size figure? It saves a lot of money on decorations."

He stretched out his hand and touched the seal, making the stone-like replica girl completely petrified. At the same time, he began to regret why he had destroyed the other replicas before.

Otherwise, so many stone statues would be interesting to just put in the room! It also saved a lot of decoration costs.

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Ash's calculations were very good. When the exam was over, he quietly took the petrified Zanze replica and the Water Mirror Demon away.

The Water Mirror Demon had someone secretly transport it to the capital, and he himself, who was worried about being considered to have strange interests, could only hide the copy of Zanze in his closet, and prepare to send it to the capital when he left.

"Fortunately it's small, it would be troublesome if it was bigger~"

After quietly hiding the petrified girl in the tidied closet, Ash wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked out of the house happily, wanting to find a good place to read books, and by the way, fulfill the promise of the first round of exams to deliver magic books to them.

And on the same morning, at the same time.....

The atmosphere at the top of the white tower of the Magic Association was different from his relieved joy, but seemed particularly solemn.

The blonde elf girl - Celia was sitting cross-legged in the deep of the conference room, with her back against the painted French window.

And on both sides of the carpet in front of her, there stood four first-level magicians who were still stationed in the branch, including Zanze.

But at this moment, the conference room was quiet, with only the slight crackling sound of burning firewood in the side fireplace.

They were all famous first-class magicians, but everyone at the scene remained silent. This made Celia look at everyone with one hand on her chin, revealing a playful smile, and finally cast her eyes on Zanze:

"There are a total of twenty-three people who passed the second round of the exam. It's too abnormal and too many. Almost all of them passed... Zanze, although the cooperative exam you proposed is good, after all, these days It is true that first-level magicians lack coordination, but in this exam, a guy who is so powerful that he shouldn't have appeared has completely destroyed the balance. "

"....Are you talking about Lord Frilian and Lord Ash?" One of the candidates this time, Elu's grandfather, is an old man wearing a white cloak, with a head full of white hair, and even his beard has turned white. , Lairne said while making tea for her:

"Honestly, I don't think those two people need to participate in the exam at all."

"...It's all thanks to them, no, it's all Ash's problem! Many people who are not strong enough have passed. If this continues, judging from the past third round of exams, they will all die."

Selie, who was sitting on the statue, ignored him and turned her gaze back to the only woman in the scene besides herself, who teased: "Zanze, this is completely contrary to your expectation of a peaceful selection."

"...."

"Don't say anything. Forget it...I don't intend to ask you to apologize. Anyway, it's all Yaxiu's fault. It's all Yaxiu's fault."

"...Is it Master Ash's fault?"

"What's wrong?" She spoke up for the rare occasion, which made Celia say with great interest: "Speaking of which, you always protect Ash, are you planning to speak for him this time?"

"...Originally, this is also a problem because my rules are not clear. There is nothing wrong with Mr. Ash, but..."

"What?"

"I'm surprised that Master Ash also said something similar to you... You and Master Ash are really similar."

"It's very similar? Huh... How is that possible? It's just me being mature and tolerating that random guy."

"... Master Ash also said something similar." Zan Ze, who opened his mouth slightly, was no longer surprised by what happened.

The other first-level magicians beside them just smiled silently, and they all couldn't understand how these two willful guys managed to create the world's authoritative institution.

Although being strong is one thing, nothing happened to him being so willful. Sure enough... Ash had problems with the relationship between him and the kingdom, and Celie was tough enough when she was in the Holy City, right?

It’s just that Sellie herself seemed a little unhappy at this moment:

"——Enough! Special treatment for special circumstances. In short, I will be in charge of the third exam. It is a truly peaceful selection... In the past, you were responsible for the third exam, Laerne, right? Do you have any objections?"

In the end, she looked at the old man beside her, but Lairne just put his hand on his chest and bowed his head slightly in respect:

"This is not the first time that Siria-sama has been willful. Of course I have no objection...and aside from Asher-sama, I am also not qualified to test Lady Fulillian."

"Hoar?" Sailie crossed her legs in surprise.

"...You can tell with just one glance that Lady Fulilian is suppressing her magic power. Her actual magic power is extremely huge, even rivaling yours."

"What, Laerne, have you noticed?"

"....It's just an occasional fluke."

"Oh, I can tell you at a glance. Even now, you have always been humble and steady..." Celia shook her feet casually and said casually:

"Fulillian has been practicing that impractical skill for so many years, and has even dedicated her whole life to it. Even among the demons who are extremely sensitive to magic, basically no one can see through it except the Demon King."

"...Although you say so, in fact, in a situation of even strength, contempt when seeing through can be fatal. This is probably the main reason why she chose this skill."

"But if she had practiced other magics well, she would have been several times stronger than she is now. She might even be able to fight Ash in full form, or become a counterweight to that guy."

"...Master Ash's complete state?" Laerne and I couldn't understand what he said, but Zanze showed a slightly thoughtful expression.

"Although he is an unpleasant guy, Ash is also a truly talented bastard. Now he has grown to a peak that you can never reach." Sai Liai said as she walked down from the seat and went to Zanzewu. While Yan was covering him with a coat with his hair, he casually said as he passed by Laerne:

"On the contrary... half a century has passed since you became the first first-level magician, but you are still a cowardly brat... This also makes me extremely regretful; even if you are not as good as Ash, you are still able to Seeing through Fulilian's realm, there is not much time left now; you will never have the chance to fight Fulilian in this life, right? Even if you have a chance to defeat her."

When she walked out of the door, Celia looked back at Laerne with a little regret, and an obviously thorny, even scornful voice, then shook her head and walked away:

"Sure enough, we shouldn't accept humans as disciples... It's such a pity."

As a result, the child couldn't see it, my magic power was shaking... Sure enough, the talent wasn't enough? It is clear that Ash is a demon, but when he was still so weak when we first met, he saw my magic power swaying - when the regret was far away, Celiai also felt really regretful in her heart.

However, she not only regretted that Laerne's life was approaching, but also regretted that at this final moment... Laerne's efforts were still not as good as his talent.

After Celie left, no one in the room who was scolded by the unceremonious master made a sound. They just stood there in silence.

Laerne, who was especially criticized, lowered his head with unconcealable disappointment.

After a long time, he seemed to have finished thinking. He slowly raised his head to break the silence and revealed a decision that surprised everyone present:

"I want...to kill Lord Frilian."

"...Why?" Zanze asked in confusion on behalf of everyone else: "Do you want to prove yourself?"

"I don't want that gentleman to be alone in the future."

"....I don't understand it at all."

"Among Master Seriei's disciples, the only one whose name has left his name in history is the legendary great magician Volame. So after he dies of old age, there will be one less proof of that master's existence... I I don’t want that gentleman to be alone in the future, so it doesn’t matter if he leaves a bad name.”

Laerne expressed his unique opinions to his juniors. The other two people at the scene seemed to understand, but Zan Ze opened his eyes slightly and whispered to himself: "I think... ...probably understandable.”

"Really? You don't want Lady Celie to be alone either? Or..."

"..."

Zanze did not answer, but continued to think in silence; Laerne did not ask further questions, but cast his gaze in the direction where Celia disappeared.

The other two people looked at each other in confusion, completely confused about what they were talking about and what they understood, but...as colleagues, there seemed to be no reason to stop them.

In fact, Laerne wanted to kill Fulilian, but the real reason was not revealed, and only Zanze understood it.

Laerne hopes to leave his name in history, hoping that in the distant future, he can be remembered and occasionally recalled by Celia, instead of being completely abandoned in the long river of history.

Even if extreme measures are taken, all that will be left is a bad reputation.

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After completing his agreement with others and reading a book outside for a while, Ash returned to his home and saw Conne and Rabine, chatting and laughing with Fearon and the others.

The girls seemed to be eagerly waiting for the content of the third round of exams, and expected to pass easily these three times.

"...I always feel like I'll be lectured when I go in. As expected, I'd better go somewhere else today."

He had been avoiding Feilun last night and left home early in the morning. He thought about it now and silently turned around and left again.

But just as he turned around, a blue bird flew in front of him and dropped a letter.

After casually unfolding it and looking at it, he couldn't help but feel a slight headache, and just like that... came to the Magic Association.

The top of the pure white tower is inlaid with an endless glass dome, bathed in gentle sunlight, just like a special greenhouse.

In this miracle of harmonious integration of nature and architecture, the sparkling artificially carved pond complements the carefully arranged flower beds, surrounded by lush trees and various rare vegetation, weaving into a vivid ecological picture.

On one side of the straight aisle in the center, a blond elf squatted beside the flower bed, his eyes focused on a gorgeous blooming flower, where a colorful butterfly was dancing.

This was supposed to be a beautiful picture, but unfortunately the other party rushed towards Ashi who had just arrived here without raising his head, and made a somewhat surprised and unhappy voice: "You really dare to come."

"I told you beforehand that I don't think I did anything wrong."

"....You still want to say it's my fault?"

"Just telling the truth." He was very nonchalant and sat beside the bricks in the flower garden: "It's all your fault, so I was forced to take that exam."

"I dare you to say, are you ready for a bloodbath in your wallet? Or are you finally entering the rebellious stage?"

"I've always felt that you...cough, forget it."

He wanted to say, "You are like a rebellious child," but considering his wallet, he chose to keep his mouth shut at this critical moment to avoid being demolished again.

This attitude made Celia turn her head and narrow her eyes: "...it's not like you to care about your wallet so much."

"If you don't make money, of course you don't know why firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive."

"You are not allowed to preach to me." Celia scolded, but she cast a scrutinizing gaze and said, "Ash, you are planning to start a war, so you want to save money now."

"Whether we plan to start a war or not, it is necessary to save money... Of course, your guess is actually correct." Halfway through, he was very indifferent and told the truth of the matter.

"Hey~ What if I want to stop it?"

"You wouldn't think so."

"....I mean if."

"If this is the case, then please forgive me."

Even if the target was Celie, Ash did not show any concession on the key issue.

This made Celia, who had a serious expression just now, suddenly grin:

"——Haha! Not bad, you are really good, worthy of being my disciple, you are now ready to graduate."

"No, I still want privileges."

"...I hate guys who are too ambitious. I said this a thousand years ago when Volame brought Fulilian to see me, right?"