"What's that thing you don't understand?"
Once again, the head demon frowned a bit.
"When we try to enter that pit, the demons sense our presence. So they reach that place to catch us. But you were also in that pit and came out. Surely the pit trembled at your presence. Then they did not understand your presence as you said."
"Hmm that's right. When we entered the palace there was a special event going on inside the palace. And all the demons in the palace were there. That's when Ryan and I went out to find his parents. We went inside the palace a lot. But unfortunately we didn't find his parents. Rather, I see some demon footsteps there too. Fear they'll see, we fall into a dark hole the moment we enter a room. Then find a way out. And that's when the shaking starts. I guess. There were no demons there at that time. So we could easily get out of there."
All the demons gasped. The strange thoughts disappeared from their heads.
One thing Xenia lied to those demons. She knew what the Demon King and the demons were cheering for. But she cleverly hid it from them. Because she knows the demons will worry a lot if she tells them about it. Considering these things, she did not tell them anything about it.
Although Ryan could not understand the reason for keeping it a secret. But he didn't even ask that.
"Well Chief Demon, when we tried to come out of the hole through the tunnel, arrows suddenly came from both sides of the path and wanted to hit us. You said that path was created by you. So did you set that fancy trick?"
The demon laughed a little.
"Yes, we think this place is very safe. It's a bit far from the palace and on the other side of the palace. That way the demons won't sense our presence. That's why we chose this place as our place to live. But when we tried to enter the palace, the demons understood. We suspected that they would attack us on some dark night. So we adopted that strategy to avoid them. And since then we have been safe here."
Xenia smiled.
"Wow! You guys have a lot of brains. So the reason for the two paths at the end of the tunnel is to dodge the demons. Am I right?"
Hahaha!
The demons smiled again.
Xenia blushed a little. She thought to himself what she said was wrong?
"No, not quite like that. In fact, because there is so much darkness inside the tunnel, we make a new path towards the light. So that in the presence of that light we can enter."
Another demon among the demons raised his voice and spoke.
Dragia is trying to find a different mind. Sometimes she poked her huge head over the small hills to try to get a view on the other side.
Ryan was silent for so long. But at the moment he seems very impatient. Something seems to be happening inside his head. Trying to find out something unknown.
"But one thing never enters my mind. Ever since I saw that scene, it has been floating in front of me and has been haunting me. I can't find any solution to it at all."
Xenia was very surprised. She thought to himself, what is the thing that makes Ryan so thoughtful? Why hasn't he told me that yet? What could such a thing be?
"Ryan, what are you talking about? Tell us what you want to say. Besides, I don't understand your nonsense."
"Hmm, do you remember when we first entered the palace and found the Demon King there. But the Demon King is my father. So where did the new king come from?"
Xenia moved the veil over her eyes up and down once. She also gently shook her head.
"Indeed. I don't care about that. Ryan's father is supposed to be sitting on the king's throne. But he is under the control of the Demon Lord. So who did the demons make king again? Do you know anything about the new Demon King?"
"Hmm, I know. He was the commander of this Demon Kingdom of ours. The Demon Lord made him greedy for power. He was able to capture the good king of this kingdom with his trickery. And now that brutal commander is the king of this kingdom. Anyone who is greedy for a little power entrusts our happiness to the Demon Lord."
These words surprised Ryan a lot. Because he had never seen that commander before. But heard from his father that he is a very brave and strong hero. That hero took advantage of his father's simplicity and caused so much damage to this kingdom.
"Oh! So this is the matter. You are so helpless today because of the treachery of that general. So they killed the rest of the demons in your kingdom?"
Just as one of the demons was about to speak, the head demon stopped him.
"No, they haven't killed all the demons yet. There are more demons like us hiding in some unknown secret place. Although we don't know much about that, we understand that some of our companions are hiding elsewhere."
Xenia remembered the first scene when she first stepped into this realm. But she didn't think it important to tell the demons all that. So she avoided the tragedy.
But Ryan has become impatient. He is eager to say something.
He took a good look around. He hadn't seen this side of his kingdom so well in so long.
He thought to himself, even then, there are some demons in this kingdom. I thought the Demon Lord had killed everyone.