The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! (魔王の娘は優しすぎる!!)

Where are you?

Where are you?

Found you!

Hup!

I caught you!

A sadism trial?

I've made some poisoned apples.

Oh?

We're going to have Lady Doux hand these out in a human village.

Once Lady Doux sees the humans who eat these writhe in agony,

she should awaken to her demonic instinct: a sadistic heart.

I see...

Looting, sadism, destruction, killing...

Every evil impulse or desire is a demon's justice and instinct.

Doux should have those impulses and desires within her.

Very well.

Let's not waste any time.

Lady Doux! We will take these for your next trial—

I'm going somewhere wearing this?

Yes, you are. It looks great on you, Doux!

So cute! You're the cutest in the world, Doux!

"The Divine Messenger Is Too Much Trouble!!"

THE DIVINE MESSENGER IS TOO MUCH TROUBLE!!

Your Majesty! This isn't some field trip!

Why is she wearing that hood?

I'm aware of that. This is for her protection.

Very well, then.

Here, Lady Doux. Take these.

They look yummy!

Yes, but these are no ordinary apples. They're poisoned...

Lady Doux! I just said they're poisoned!

Poisoned apples?

They are not delicious. They are meant to torment.

Tor...ment...?

You just need to hand these out to the humans, Lady Doux.

Once you're able to do that, you'll become a full-fledged demon, Doux.

Really?!

Yes.

This time... This time, it'll absolutely work!

Lady Doux just has to hand these poisoned apples out to the humans.

Then she'll naturally awaken to her sadistic instincts.

Any demon would be elated to watch a lower being suffer!

Kitty!

Ah! Lady Doux!

You're not allowed to save anything!

Bye-bye!

This is the village where your trial will take place.

I've chosen a very poor village to heighten your chances of success.

Listen well.

You will say these are normal apples

and have them eat them.

Okay.

You absolutely must not tell them they are poisoned or that you are a demon.

Got it!

Then...

Please have mercy!

Please have mercy, Lord Aeshma!

What's this?

A village like this has a ruler?

At this rate, my daughter will starve to death.

Please show us some grace!

You...

Here.

Th-Thank you very—

Who do you think you are, huh?

I am Aeshma, a divine messenger, the one protecting your village from the demons.

In return, you're offering me all of your food.

Wasn't that our deal?

That guy's a divine messenger?

No. Divine messengers,

the angels, live in heaven and have wings and a halo over their heads.

What's a halo?

They have a donut-shaped thing floating above their heads.

A donut?!

So someone without wings or a halo like him is not a divine messenger.

You can't be serious!

No divine messenger would abandon a starving child to fulfill his own greed!

That's right! We can't take this anymore!

We definitely showed up at the wrong time.

I'd like to avoid any trouble during the trial.

Lady Doux, let's give up on this village and try another...

Wait, Lady Doux?!

Traitors will not be shown mercy. They will be punished.

Now, who wants to be punished first?

Does anyone want an apple?

I beg of you, please learn some restraint!

We clearly shouldn't be butting in right now!

Wh-Who the heck are you? Where'd you come from?

Over there.

I wasn't asking the literal direction!

I'm asking where you live.

Doux lives in the demon castle.

The demon castle?!

Wha?!

Th-Then are you a demon?!

Big Sister Jahi told me I wasn't allowed to say that.

You basically just admitted it!

What's a demon like you doing here?

I'm gonna give out apples.

Apples?

Those apples! May we have some?

Who gave you permission to speak?

We won't let you hurt them!

Oh?

I wondered how this would turn out, but it's not going so bad.

Now, Lady Doux! Give the humans the poisoned apples

and awaken your demonic instinct.

Do you like torment apples?

Torment...?

I guess these are torment apples.

I've only eaten yummy apples before.

Do you like torment apples?

No... I don't want any torment...

I see...

Lady Doux! Don't give up so soon!

Man, I love every moment I torment these traitors.

I love it so much! I don't know what to do with myself!

You like it?

Huh?

Then I'll give you these.

Wait, really?!

Hmph.

I guess you fear me even if you're a demon.

I'll spare your life for being so obedient.

Hey, this is great!

There's no way I'd let those traitors have these!

GUUURGLE

My stomach... Ow, ow, ow!

What are these?!

They're torment apples!

You tricked me?! You won't get away with this!

Whoa.

Wh-Wh-Wh-What?!

It's Papa!

I applied a teleportation function on the hood for emergencies.

It looks like it works!

Those travelers defeated the divine messenger!

Hm? Divine messenger?

This guy's an angel?

No, no. He was just calling himself that!

Really?

Yes. Look. He has no halo or wings.

Hm... I see.

We've been freed!

Hooray for our hero!

What?!

Looks like the trial was also a huge success, Jahi.

How so?!

We demons are being treated as heroes by these humans!

But she was able to hand out those apples, wasn't she?

Then perhaps Doux's sadistic instinct has begun to awaken within her heart, too.

Here! Have a yummy one!

Wow...

It's so good!

Thank you so much!

I guess the trial failed.

Well, no matter.

Villagers! I am the Demon King Ahriman!

This village is now under my protection!

I will make sure you are not eaten by monsters and even give you food!

In return, you will work for me!

I'll treat you better than this "divine messenger."

Ahriman!

Ahriman!

Lady Doux!

Lady Jahi!

Well, all's well that ends well!

Well!

This is all wrong!

THE DIVINE MESSENGER (THE REAL ONE) IS TOO HOT-HEADED!!

"The Divine Messenger (The Real One) Is Too Hot-Headed!!"

And then they...

Wh-What?

We have come to save you.

We are angels.

Essentially, we are divine messengers.

What is the matter?

We're sick of divine messengers.

But we're real ones!

You literally saw us come down from heaven just now.

We heard that demons have taken over this village.

We will help you escape.

You say that, but we don't exactly hate our lives right now.

It's much better than with that last divine messenger.

Mr. Ahriman and Ms. Jahi are pretty nice.

Doux is kind and cute.