Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 18

**A Kind King** (やさしい王様, *Yasashii Ōsama*) is the 18th chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 2 on August 9, 2001.

## Plot

Gash asks Kiyomaro to stop casting spells, because he no longer wants to fight against Shiori and Kolulu after seeing them both in tears but Kiyomaro doesn’t understand why. Shiori pleads for them to stop attacking, but doesn’t yet show Gash she wants to stop as well, and so she casts another *Zeruku*. Gash sees how much Shiori and Kolulu are suffering, but Kiyomaro insists he’s going to keep attacking or else they’ll get beaten. Gash snaps at Kiyomaro, yelling at him to not cast anymore spells. Kolulu slashes at Gash, but he takes the attack and then grabs her claws so she’ll stop. Kiyomaro is still conflicted, but Gash explains to Kiyomaro that he knows the bookkeeper, and describes her as being a kind sister to Kolulu and a good person. Gash calls out to Shiori, to make sure that it’s her, and introduces himself as Kolulu’s friend. Gash goes on to tell her that he and Kiyomaro will stop attacking her, and asks the same of Shiori. Shiori recognizes Gash and apologizes, also asking him to help Kolulu. Gash looks at the demon attacking him and puts together that this is Kolulu. Shiori asks Kolulu to stop fighting now that Gash isn’t going to hurt them anymore, but Kolulu refuses and readies to attack Gash some more.

Shiori grabs Tina and runs over to them, getting in the way of Kolulu’s attack. Kolulu slices Shiori’s shoulder as Shiori begs Kolulu to remember her, to remember Tina, and to go back to normal. Kolulu continues to cry and doesn’t understand why she can’t move before then slowly reverting back. As she turns back to her regular self, Shiori holds her close in her arms. Afterwards, Shiori sets down Kolulu on the grass, and Gash asks if Shiori is okay. She says she is, and thanks him for stopping Kolulu. Kolulu wakes up confused wondering where she is and why Gash is there. She then notices Shiori is hurt and finally recollects that she caused all of the damage around her. Shiori tries to calm her down, insisting that it’s over and that there’s nothing to worry about, but Kolulu reiterates that she is still the one who caused all of this damage.

Kolulu takes her book and holds it before Gash, telling him to burn her book, because that’s the only way she won’t be able to hurt anybody anymore. Gash counters that Kolulu will then return to the Demon World, which Shiori also expresses she doesn’t want Kolulu to leave. Kolulu insists that as long as her book is around, she will end up hurting people again. She goes on to explain that, for the demons in this fight who don’t want to participate, they’re given another personality, one that likes to fight, therefore forcing them to continue fighting in the battle. Shiori tries to tell Kolulu that she won’t let her hurt anymore people, but Kolulu reminds Shiori that that’s exactly what just happened even though Shiori knew exactly what would happen. Kolulu turns back to Gash and tells him that she can’t burn her own book, and begs him again to burn her book for her. Gash says he can’t because he doesn’t want to separate Kolulu and Shiori because they’re so happy together, and he insists that he’ll protect them if another demon shows up. Despite this offer, Kolulu remains firm on her decision as she doesn’t want something like that to happen ever again.

Kiyomaro understands Kolulu is right and that they have to be the ones to burn her book, so he tells Gash to look at Kolulu’s book with the excuse that there's something weird on it. While Gash takes a closer look at the book, Kiyomaro thinks about how Kolulu really wants to stay with Shiori, but that she’s doing this for the sake of others so that nobody else gets hurt. Kiyomaro pauses for a moment before finally casting *Zakeru*. Gash shoots a small amoutn of lightning directly at Kolulu’s book, and it drops to the ground in flames. Gash regains consciousness and yells at Kiyomaro, asking him how he could do that, but Kolulu thanks Kiyomaro for helping fulfil her wish. Despite this, Kiyomaro cries over the fact that he and Gash finally met a nice demon, only to find out that she was forced to participate in a very cruel battle to decide the next king. As Kolulu begins to disappear, Shiori begs Kolulu not to leave because then she’ll be alone again. Kolulu however assures her that she’ll never be alone and she will be watching over Shiori because they’ll always be sisters. Finally, Kolulu turns to Gash and tells him that if their king were kind, things wouldn’t happen the way they had, and this sentiment resonates with Gash. As Kolulu's book disappears, Kolulu herself vanishes along with it.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Kolulu
* Shiori
* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine

### Spells by Appearance

* Zeruku
* Zakeru