"I...I can't see...Waaaaah~ You bastard, what have you done..."
Unable to move or escape, all that remained was endless darkness.
—I have gone completely blind.
Pfft...
I could clearly hear this sound while I was enduring intense pain.
Kokoshiri Chisilica was inserting her right hand into her eye in a way I couldn't foresee, her entire arm submerged, and then groping around inside.
"Speaking of which... that was the Magic Eye..."
Having just been resurrected, even she hadn't fully mastered all the abilities of the twelve demonic eyes and could only continue searching.
"Aha! Found it!"
As the sound rose and fell, I could feel Kokoshiri Chisilica sticking her fingers into my eyes again.
"Hmm... that's it! It might feel a little strange at first, but it won't affect your eyesight."
"Ah... damn it... my eyes... Waa ...
"Ahhh...wait...I'm not blind...I can see?"
As a ray of light emerged from the endless darkness, the scenery before them began to become clear.
"Hey! You're a boy, aren't you?! Can't you hold back for a second? What kind of behavior is this, yelling like that!"
"Huh? Why is she covered in so many black things?"
What is this? I have it on myself too? It's blue with some white mixed in?
"As you can see! The eye implanted in your eyes is the Demon Eye! It can detect the magic power of others based on the magic power you inject. In short, train hard as much as possible. Once you reach the Emperor level, you might unlock new abilities!"
"Hmm? Is this the Mystic Eye? It gives me a kind of nauseating feeling..."
Speaking of which, is the black aura surrounding her, threatening to devour her, her magic? And I only have a faint layer on myself, is it because I am the Demon King?
"Alright... I still have things to do right now, I must find Urakimi as soon as possible. Anyway, thank you for saving me today."
As soon as he finished speaking, a thing shrouded in black energy jumped onto the roof.
"My loyal Demon General... I'm sure your eyesight has been restored... Well then, until we meet again. I hope that when I see you next time, you will have fully mastered the Demon Eye. Goodbye... Hahahaha... Cough cough... Hahahaha..."
The demonic laughter belonging to Cocosiri Kishirika gradually faded away, and the black thing also disappeared from the roof.
However, only I knew that the black aura that almost enveloped her entire body was her magic power—truly immense magic power…
I was the only one who stood there dumbfounded, wondering if I had somehow inexplicably received some kind of buff.
Magic eye?
If you suddenly received something like this, your normal reaction would be to gape in disbelief.
Why would the Demon King Cocosiri Chisilica appear in such an alley? I only treated her to a skewer meal and she gave me this?
Speaking of which... she was planning to give it to me from the beginning, right?
Why?
In short, my brain is a bit slow to catch up with my thoughts, or rather, my head feels a bit dizzy after switching to the Magic Eyes, and I feel nauseous.
"Ah...it feels exactly the same as back then."
I'm referring, of course, to the feeling of returning from the space where "humans and gods" reside... an indescribable discomfort.
"Let's go back to the hotel first..."
This is what they mean by reaping what you sow. If I hadn't come to this alley, I wouldn't have met this strange demon king who casually replaces people's eyeballs.
—Even though I didn't agree to it myself.
Does one ultimately have to pay the price for their naiveté?
Thinking this, I walked out of the alley while holding onto the wall. I don't know if it was because I was not used to the magic eye or because my head was dizzy, but the ground became uneven, and walking was very unnatural, as if I was wearing reading glasses.
"Huh...?"
When I finally made my way to the entrance of the road, I was surprised to find that everyone was covered with different colored substances. Some were very thick, some were very light, and some people had nothing at all, probably because they were white and couldn't see themselves.
"Hey! You damn brat! Can't you watch where you're going?"
Because of the twisted ground, my attention was completely diverted from what was in front of me, and I bumped into a man.
The other person looked like some kind of thug with a bad temper, and he yelled at me in a rough voice.
"Huh? He doesn't have that kind of thing on him?"
"Hey! Kid! Are you deaf too?!"
Thump~
I think I was pushed to the ground. Anyway, for some reason, even the surrounding buildings started to distort, and the man in front of me was the same.
It's like watching from underwater; the whole person is stretched out and distorted.
"What...is this?"
"Hey! That's not right to treat a child like that!"
"Get out of my way!"
"Whose child is this?!"
"It must be that its eyes and ears are sick... It's so pitiful, it's so small..."
"..."
The man's violent behavior attracted a crowd, though most of them were just there for the spectacle.
But to me, they were all distorted and disjointed images, and everyone was covered in various colors, which looked disgusting.
"Damn it...this feels so bad..."
"Oh dear! Look... his eyes are bleeding..."
"yes……"
"Who's the magician...? Come quick and see..."
"Hey! This has nothing to do with me, I just gave him a light push..."
"Go and notify the guild immediately... tell them to send a mage over!"
"..."
Hearing the whispers around me, I realized that some kind of liquid was indeed flowing down my cheeks, but at that moment I didn't have much consciousness left to distinguish whether it was blood or not. The scenery in front of me became more and more distorted until I could no longer see it.
Finally, I collapsed heavily to the ground.
~~~
"Hey! Move aside!"
At that moment, a girl who looked to be only ten years old suddenly squeezed through the crowd.
"Huh? Big Kuzuki! Come quick... Isn't this Leon?"
Yes, the girl pointing at me and shouting at the back of the crowd is none other than Yuna, the spearman who went with me to hunt down the desert dragon some time ago.
"Make way, make way..."
Hey! You stepped on my foot!
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Then, hearing the shouts, Ookugi hurriedly squeezed through the noisy crowd to Yuna's side.
"It really is Leon? What happened to him?"
"Stop gossiping... Look at him, his eyes are bleeding!"
"Okay, okay! Yuna, don't rush, let me see!"
"Great goddess of life, in my name, by your power, grant those who have lost their strength the power to stand up again—Azure Crown."
"How are you? Big Brother? Is Leon alright?"
"The situation is a bit complicated. There are two forces of magic that don't belong to him that are running rampant in his body... Anyway, let's take him back to the inn first!"
Then, I was carried on Ookugi's shoulder, squeezed through the chattering crowd, and crossed the bustling street to Yuna's room.
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