Alen just stood there and watched them leave, actually he also wanted to go straight back to the tent, but he had to check on the Demon he brought to the Arasy.
A shadow of darkness appeared from below and covered Alen's entire body, and brought him to a familiar place. Alen was now in the Arasy, he searched for the Demon's whereabouts and found it sitting under the tall pillar that supported this place.
The Demon girl who had realized Alen's existence, a little boy who was only 2 years old. Even so she seemed a little afraid of him. But she tried to find the courage to ask "W-Who are you?"
Alen took a step back and answered her question, "Don't worry, I mean no harm. My name is Alen, I healed you earlier with the [Heal] spell"
"So you cured my curse?"
"Curse? I actually don't know what happened to you. I just reflexively healed you"
"I'm a demon, you shouldn't heal me and you'll regret healing me" Her expression looked a angry.
"Oh, is that so? By the way, does your body feel much better now?" asked Alen with an innocent face.
"I... My body..." She could not continue her words, tears began to fall out and loud cries could be heard echoing in this room.
Alen approached her and patted her shoulder "I will never regret having healed you, even though others might hate you, hate your race, I will never regret helping people in need. That's what my mother taught me" Alen smiled, he always remembered his mother's words to keep doing good to anyone.
She looked at Alen with a face full of tears, and buried her face in the little boy's chest.
Alen gently rubbed his head and said "It's okay, just let out all your feelings until you are satisfied. Don't hold it in, because it's not good"
Although his words sounded gentlemanly, Alen's mood became chaotic.
'Gosh Alen fool, what have you said. Saying such cool words, oh my god that was so embarrassing' He cursed himself inwardly.
*****
The crying had subsided though her sobs were still audible, she wiped her tears "Are you feeling better now?" Alen asked her and she nodded.
"By the way, what's your name" Alen asked again and she shook her head "I don't know"
"Don't you have a name?"
"I used to... I had one, but now... I've thrown it away"
There seemed to be something she couldn't say, so Alen asked again "So what should I call you?"
"....."
She didn't answer, "How about we come up with a new name for you?" she then nodded slowly.
"Alright, now let's think about it... Good names... Hmmm..."
Alen tried to think of a good name.
"Ah, how about... Rosaria."
"Rosaria...?" He smiled slightly at that.
"Don't you like it?" Alen asked, since he was not good at giving names. But she shook her head "No, it's a good name. I like it" She smiled at Alen, which made Alen's heart flutter.
'Gosh, she's so pretty when she smiles'
Seeing Alen who was just silent looking at her, Rosaria asked "W-Was there something on my face?" at that moment Alen realized "Ah, nothing. I was just mesmerized for a moment by your beauty. Hehe" Alen answered honestly and shyly.
At that Rosaria's face turned as red as a tomato, looking like there was smoke billowing from her head. She could only look down in embarrassment and hide her smile.
"Ekhem, what should we do now anyway? Do you have somewhere to go" Alen cleared his throat and asked, what would Rosaria do next. Did she want to leave or what?
Rosaria was silent and looked down before she could finally speak "I... I have nowhere to go"
"Therefore please, allow me to be by your side" Rosaria bowed to Alen "I... I will do as you say, there is no place for me in this world... Please I will do anything" Rosaria seemed to be crying again.
And Alen was also quite confused, because he did not know how to accommodate Rosaria. "That's... It's quite difficult, I only have this place as a hiding place"
"No problem, this is enough for me"
Honestly, Alen was still undecided, but if he refused. Rosaria might be captured again, and even worse she might be killed.
"Hmmm well, you can stay here. But there's no bed here, and only a cold floor. Ahh, and there's a box that contains some food like bread. You can eat it."
"..."
Rosaria was silent and looked at Alen who spoke, "You... Are you seriously letting me stay here?"
"Hmm? Of course. Didn't you ask for it, and also no one else can enter here without my consent"
Rosaria just pondered while listening to Alen's words. She made a respectful pose to Alen as if he was a king "I, who just got a new name. Rosaria, please allow me to follow you. I will try to be useful to you and you can order me anything"
Alen scratched his cheek "Didn't you say that earlier, why are you repeating it again" but Rosaria shook her head "I didn't mean it earlier, but this time I mean it"
Alen could only agree to Rosaria's words "Alright"
"Oh and I'll say it again, I can't give you a bed yet. And there's only the cold floor here" Alen continued to ramble on, but Rosaria just smiled at Alen who was worried about her.
*****
"So this place is another dimension"
"Yes, and only I can authorize anyone to enter here"
"This is the first time I've heard something like this"
"Oh yeah, by the way how did you get the curse?"
Rosaria then recounted her dark past.
It started when she was four years old, she used to walk in the forest aimlessly and couldn't remember anything about herself. She was then picked up by a church sister. Although she was a demon, the nun did not discriminate against her and instead took good care of her. She was raised by a nun named Maria and Rosaria was named Rose by the nun.
But the happiness didn't last long, people started to find out about the existence of a demon in a church and the paladins of the church came for little Rosaria to be executed.
But Sister Maria refused and instead tried to save her. Rosaria then ran away from the church and leave Maria, but in the middle of running she then returned to surrender herself and save Maria from the paladins who interrogated her.
But unfortunately, when she returned. Maria's body was hanging by a rope around her neck. Her eyes were no longer blinking and her heartbeat was no longer audible.
Rosaria shook Maria's body, hoping she would answer her call. But alas, she did not budge, and instead it was the villagers and paladins who approached her to arrest her.
Angered by the loss of her loved one, Rosaria went berserk and her body transformed into a giant monster.
Her small horns began to extend, six black wings emerged from her back, sharp claws were visible, sharp teeth began to emerge from her mouth.
She became a terrible figure to the saints.
She killed the entire population and the paladins, destroyed the village and not only that. Because she could not control her anger, she came to the city and destroyed most of the city.
But many Priests there cooperated, not to mention being helped by an Apostle. Rosaria was now able to return to her original form and was given a spell [Hold] by the Apostle and the spell [Hold] made her unable to move. She was then locked up for years and tortured. And she was made the subject of experiments that made her look as ugly as before. She was treated like a useless animal, perhaps even worse than an animal.
After experiencing decades of suffering that made her no longer care about the importance of life, that's when she met Alen. The one who saved her, no matter if she was a demon or not.