Looking at Anya's expectant eyes, the boy was silent for a while, then he replied sadly: "No."

"Eh?" Ania was surprised. According to her expectations, with the boy's personality, she would definitely not refuse at this time.

The boy was silent again, and after a while, he slowly said: "I am not as good as you said. I... don't deserve to be your father."

Here we should explain that the boy is definitely not a good brother who is too young. Being called father will make him feel that he is a little old and refuses to agree. It is completely different from those who are called "uncle" on the street by children asking for directions and pointing others in the opposite direction.

Since Ainia has decided to open the skylight and say something bright, the boy no longer hides anything: "I am actually not good to you at all, but I have been looking for opportunities to tell others about your identity. All the parts you feel that I am good to you are actually my performance to comfort you and don't want to be hurt. Moreover, those 'caring' have not reached the level of a father caring for his children."

Ainia smiled and shook her head: "I know, I know all of these. But no matter what, you really take good care of me. Although this kind of care seems to be the minimum care in your opinion, it is still a long time ago, as if you are a family member. No matter what your starting point was before taking these actions, your care for me is indeed true. I believe you will not deny this?"

"Doesn't your heart?" the boy whispered to himself, and then said, "I really can't deny my care for you, but that level of care is far from the care between my family. I still feel that I can't bear the title of "Dad".

"In your opinion, what kind of care can be considered as a father's care for his children?" Ania smiled lightly, not angry at all because of the teenager's constant denial. "Isn't the care between family members reflected in small things in daily life? Every time you go to a crowded place, you are always worried about my social phobia and take care of my feelings everywhere; if I don't want to go out, you buy food for me, and if I don't want to take care of the room, you will help me. Even if this will squeeze you a lot of study time, it may even lead to you failing the exam, and you have never complained. Every time you see me playing on the computer for a long time, I will remind me to pay attention, hoping that I can exercise more... Although these things seem insignificant, they are exactly what I have always longed for."

The boy opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Ania continued: "Of course, these insignificant little things are not worth mentioning to you, but please don't forget the experimental accident when I first came to your house. At that time, I was the devil king, and the devil king with all my strength. But you seemed to have forgotten this, and rushed into the scene of the experimental accident without hesitation regardless of your own safety and wanted to rescue me. Do you know what I thought at that time?"

The boy shook his head: "I don't know, but if it were someone else at that time, I would have done that."

Ainia nodded slightly: "Yes, you are so... stupid. I am obviously a demon king, a demon king who does not need protection, and a demon king who may cause disaster at any time, but you are so kind to me, which really makes people wonder what to say."

The boy did not speak, and Ania continued, "I know, after that, you were sure that I had lost my strength, so I became even softer. My attitude towards me was just an ordinary person became more kind and took care of me more. I don't know if you were just pitying me or treating me as a child who needed care, but at that time I did see you as an elder who could rely on."

"I don't pity you." The boy decided to tell. If he wanted to say, he was more pity than pity for Ainia. "After knowing that you still have a strange disease like social phobia, I just treat you as a little sister next door who needs someone to take care of."

"Even if I have pity for me, I won't be angry." Ania's eyes smiled into crescent moons, revealing her white teeth, and the small tiger teeth at the corners of her mouth made her look full of vitality. "Of course, if not, I would be happier."

The boy turned his head and did not look at Ania's smiling face. He was worried that he would be uneasy because of this beautiful smile and would have the idea of ​​whether he had done something good enough. His reason told him that he had done nothing wrong. If there was anything wrong, it must be this world, a world full of conflicts between the opposition and ethnic conflicts of the poor class.

"I have to apologize to you." Ainia's words made the boy look back at her, "In fact, my strength has slowly recovered. On the third day of coming to the Brave Academy, my strength has basically been restored, but I have been hiding it from you, making you think I am still the sick child who has lost his strength and needs care. Sorry, I really hope that you can take care of me like that, so..."

"It's okay." The boy interrupted Ania, "No need to say anything more, Ania, I already know what you think, so can you listen to what I think next?"

Ania curled her smile and looked at the boy with anticipation and nodded.

"Actually, I should be the one who needs to thank and apologize." The boy thought for a moment. Because he was afraid of his omissions, he spoke very slowly. "I am a very ordinary person, even compared to you. If I hadn't met you and forced to be a brave man, I would probably never be able to become a brave man in my life if I did not meet you, and I was forced to be a brave man. In this regard, I should actually thank you. It was you who gave me the opportunity to go out of the village and see a wider world. Maybe you were using me at the beginning, but you never caused me trouble along the way, and gave me secrets. Every day I took time to teach and answer questions. In the brave man academy, which is full of geniuses, I have not been fired for my poor grades. All of these are your credit."

Ania blinked, listening silently without saying anything.

"I should take care of you who have no power. But you teach me magic to teach me, but it is not something you have to do. I should be grateful to you and better to you, but I always think that you are the devil king after all, and what will happen once you restore your strength, so I have never been really good to you. I have been thinking about how to avoid you revealing your identity to others. I was so bad, but you even thought about leaving me aside if you reveal your identity and not implicate me. Think carefully, besides the identity of the devil king, there is no difference between you and an ordinary little girl, and you are more sensible, well-behaved, obedient and kind. I should believe what I said at the beginning. You are a good child, a good child who works hard for your ideals. I should not always be wary of you because of your identity."

"You should beware of it. After all, the demons and humans are essentially in opposition. The knowledge I have learned cannot avoid benefiting most demons. This knowledge is something you should avoid to benefiting the demons. Even if you feel a little uncomfortable in your relationship, I can understand it rationally. You don't need to apologize for this."

The boy lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then asked, "Aniya, can you tell me, what is the purpose of studying magic? Your skills are already first-class in the demon race, right? Why do you still take the risk of coming here to steal the stolen master?"

Ainia thought for a while and replied: "At the beginning, it was because of my mother's expectations. My mother hoped that I could inherit her major in studying magic. She once told me that the future of the world belongs to magic. After my mother was killed, my thoughts changed. Since the future of the world belongs to magic, magic will definitely create a better tomorrow. If I could study magic hard and push magic to a higher mountain, wouldn't it be possible to use magic to create a new world where there is no war between races and people can live peacefully together? At that time, will no one be killed like my mother?"

At this point, Ainia smiled embarrassedly: "I know my ideas are naive. Maybe I will never see the day when this ideal is realized in my life, but I hope at least I have worked hard for it, and don't regret that I have never tried to do it on the day when my life ends. Oh, by the way, there is a reason for now. The more I learn magic, I feel that the more unknowns in the world, and the more I want to know the truth of the world, the more passionate my desire to learn more about the truth of the world, so I can also consider it to satisfy my curiosity."

The boy reached out to touch Ania's head, but when he reached halfway through, he realized that he was no longer Ania's father, so he wanted to retract his hand, but Ania grabbed his hand and placed it on top of his head, rubbing it slightly twice.

Looking at Ania who was tilting her head under her palm, the boy gradually strengthened his thoughts: "I believe you, Ania, if it were you, I would never use the magical knowledge I learned to create war and disputes, so I want to help you."

"Hey?" Ania was stunned for a moment. She didn't understand why the boy said this at this time. After all, her identity was exposed soon. No matter how hard she tried to separate the relationship between her and the boy, she could not really cut off the relationship between them. Even if it was the best result, the boy would be asked to drop out of school and live under the surveillance of secret personnel sent by the empire for the rest of his life to avoid him leaking secret techniques.

"After all, Luo Yiyi did not expose you directly. Maybe she just had doubts. The Demon King sneaked into the Imperial Capital Brave Academy to study. No matter who hears this kind of news, it will not be believed immediately. I believe that Luo Yiyi is the same. Since she only got the news that the Demon King came to the Imperial Capital, rather than accurately explaining where the Demon King sneaked into, we can use this to wash away the suspicion of being the Demon King."

"Are you trying to create the illusion that the Demon King appears in another location and relieve her suspicion of me?"

"Yes. Also, don't call me respectfully. Don't you want to call me dad?"

"Have you agreed to my request?" Ania's eyes lit up and she looked at the boy excitedly.

"If you want to call me dad, you should at least be as obedient as a daughter, right? Then don't 'you' first." The boy rubbed Ainya's little head, "Also, since I'm a dad, you should hide behind my dad and leave all the dangers to me. You should believe that dad can protect you, instead of wanting to run out to block the dangers for dad."

Ania was a little hesitant. She didn't think that the boy could resist this crisis for her. If she really encountered danger, she must be the devil who protected the boy. But everyone knows this. It would be time to talk about it when they really encountered danger. It would be okay to agree now: "Okay. Dad, can you call me Aili? In fact, compared to Ania, whom my father nicknamed me, I like my mother's nickname."

"Ailey..." The boy tried to scream. He always felt strange in his heart when he said this name, "But I am used to calling you Ainia, and I always feel a little uncomfortable."

"I had known that I would have asked you to call me Aili from the beginning..."

"Okay, OK, it's still early, go to bed early, Ania."

"dad."

"Um?"

"Can you sleep with me?"

“?!”

"Is it OK to have only one night today? I have never been hugged since my mother passed away. My father has been busy with various government affairs and has not even said a few words for so many years. The one we talked the most was when I challenged him to become the new devil..."

The glimmer in Ania's eyes flashed, as if she was about to cry. The expression of the lonely little girl who longed for fatherly love suddenly made the boy feel soft. He hugged Ania in his arms: "Okay, but you have to promise me that you must go to bed early and get up early and not play games."

"…Hmm." This answer sounds a bit reluctant.
Chapter completed!