Chapter 24

Ignea looked at me with a puzzled look on her pretty face, damn that's one cute expression to add to the collection!

-EH!?[Ignea]

-What?[Seiji]

-Do you realize what you just proposed?[Ignea]

-Yeah, I asked if you want to become a heroine, anything wrong with that?[Seiji]

-YES, EVERYTHING! Heroes are usually special born individuals, blessed by the gods, who are nurtured from birth to become powerful weapons and idols for their country, or alternatively they are summoned from another world![Ignea]

-So....[Seiji]

-YOU CAN'T JUST ASK RANDOM PEOPLE TO BECOME HEROES ON A WHIM![Ignea]

-It wasn't a whim. I think a lot about this things, ya know?[Seiji]

-So what reason could the great demon king have for choosing a little fairy to become his heroine?Tell me.[Ignea]

I can't exactly tell her that it's because she's the novel's heroine, right?

-Ignea, you are a talented mage with great offensive capabilities and amazing healing magic, on top of that you are a fairy. Your race holds impressive amounts of magic and has some spells only you can do so it shouldn't be weird that you're an excellent heroine candidate![Seiji]

-Still, are you sure about that? If I become Yafrenia's heroine that means I'll have to make a contract with a god, are you sure that you can arrange that?[Ignea]

-Do you not want to become a heroine?[Seiji]

-I do...if I become one that would mean that my family regains their status as nobles but it would also mean to offer myself to a god and.... I'm to scared to do that.[Ignea]

-There's no need to be scared, after all the contract would be with me![Seiji]

-EH?![Ignea]

-What?[Seiji]

-But don't you need a god?[Ignea]

-Oh, I guess the church never told people this but the rank of demon king does come with divine power so, technically, I am a god.[Seiji]

-... I should have seen this coming, shouldn't I?[Ignea]

-Well yes but actually no.[Seiji]

-K, guess I'll become a heroine.[Ignea]

-Than let's get to work![Seiji]

-Sure but why are we in the library?[Ignea]

-To look for a few grimoires on fire and light magic.[Seiji]

-Ok, so are we starting with learning more magic?[Ignea]

-Well yes but actually no. We're starting with combat training and expanding your mana pool as much as possible.[Seiji]

-Didn't you say that fairies already have a huge amount of mana?[Ignea]

-Well yes...[Seiji]

-It's the third time you do that joke, finish it and there will be consequences.[Ignea]

Damn, she's cute even when she's bored by memes, what a girl!

-Ok, while fairies do have a lot of mana in comparison to normal humans, heroes do get extreme boosts from blessings and a huge mana pool is usually among them alongside boosted power, magic power and some skills.[Seiji]

-So the contract with you didn't give me any boosts or blessings?[Ignea]

-The Demon King's blessing is a mix of permanent and semi-permanent status effects called Devil's Love. It gives insane buffs to almost every stat but it also has some debuffs to the mana needed for casting spells and the size of your mana pool.[Seiji]

-That's pretty cool, so how big are the buffs and debuffs?[Ignea]

-Well the mana cost is raised by 50% and the mana pool size by 25%.[Seiji]

-...THAT'S HORRIBLE! So are the buffs at least good enough to compensate for that?[Ignea]

-Well they raise all other stats by 15 times with the semi-permanent ones having different potion effect buffs.[Seiji]

-Wait what?[Ignea]