Kouhei fell silent for a moment, his eyes remaining on Yuka as he tried to sort through the thoughts running around in his head. Her question sounded simple enough on the surface, but the more he thought about it, the harder it became to come up with an answer that actually satisfied even himself.
It was a perfectly reasonable question for someone like Yuka to ask, especially considering the rather strange position Kouhei had found himself in. He had never originally planned to participate in the demon world's struggle over who would eventually become the next Demon Lord. The entire competition had been something he had become involved with almost by circumstance, rather than something he had actively pursued from the beginning.
