Chapter 193 – [Hero] Truth
“Why are you here…”
“Rather than that, what are you trying to do now?”
Ruella cut off her words, and Sarah spoke in a cold voice.
“This…”
“Did you try to kill the hero?”
What is this situation.
Didn’t they come to kill me?
No, at least Luella is.
But… It doesn’t seem like Sarah.
“Remove the barrier.”
“… No.”
“Hero, go and break the barrier. Can you do it?”
“Sera!”
While I hesitated, Louella shouted in an angry voice.
“You… Are you still good Are you really going to obey that order?”
“Luella, have we forgotten who we allegiance to?”
Damn, what do you mean?
They were arguing about something only the two of them knew.
“You can’t forget. So it doesn’t make any more sense…”
“Take it, Luella.”
“It’s great…”
Anyway, now is your chance.
I put holy power on my sword and cut through the wall.
To tear the barrier that surrounds the outside of the wall.
Clink!
The sound of something breaking was heard.
“Kuu… It’s growing at a really unbelievable rate.”
“Eric!”
“Eric!”
As soon as the barrier was broken, they rushed into the room.
Seria, Arin, Uni, and even Ertina.
Except for the demon king, all the main characters gathered in one place.
“Luella and Sarah. What are you guys doing?”
“Are you going to continue, Luella?”
“Ha…”
She glared at us and quietly took a step back.
“… I cannot admit that.”
Louella muttered that and jumped out of her window and disappeared.
I ran to her window where she had disappeared and tried to follow her trail, but she was already out of sight.
“Eric! Are you all right?”
“UNI… Are you okay. Because we didn’t fight.”
As I reassured her of her concern, I looked at Sarah.
She looked at the window where Luella had disappeared with a cold expression that was not usually seen, looked back at me and smiled brightly.
“Long time no see.”
“This… What’s going on?”
“Do you think I will tell you something?”
Does it come out like this…
“Sarah, if you don’t speak, I will.”
But this time, Ertina was by her side.
She took a step forward and looked at Sera and said that.
“Because I can speak now.”
“… It’s solved.”
“Because it will end soon.”
Sarah was silent for a moment, then nodded her head.
“Ha… Yes, in that case, I just say it.”
Saying that, she slipped a chair from our room up to her tail and sat down on it.
“Everyone sit comfortably. I think we should talk a little bit.”
We hesitated for a moment.
Is it okay to listen to what she has to say?
Sitting down makes it difficult to prepare for a sudden attack.
“If anything happens, I will protect you. Please sit down and don’t worry.”
Even Ertina said this… It will be fine.
We sat down.
By the way, there are only two chairs here, and naturally Sera and Ertina are using them.
Even though it was our room, we ended up sitting on the bed and listening.
It’s a strangely uncomfortable scenery, but it’s ambiguous to cut off the flow of conversation with just something like this…
I sighed and waited for her story.
“Hmm… You probably have a lot of questions, right? Which of them should I explain first? .”
“The three of you, it seems to me, that all of you have different goals for action. Why is that?”
Seria came out with a question she had been curious about before.
Luella is easy to understand. To prevent us from killing the Demon King.
As a direct subordinate of the Demon King, it was a natural action.
But what about Sera and Ertina?
It seems clear that Sera serves the demon king, but there is a point in her behavior that seems contradictory at first glance.
What about Ertina? Although she is the Four Heavenly Kings, she is openly hostile to the Demon King.
Why does the demon king leave them alone?
“That’s a good question. It is also a necessary part to explain the current situation.”
Ertina was just staring at Sera, as if she had no intention of interfering in the conversation.
Sara grinned and revealed an important secret of hers.
“Of course, because the Demon King condoned.”
“… Why?”
Why do you condone actions that might harm you?
“Demon King only wants you to die.”
“… What?”
What do you mean?
“The first thing he did after becoming the new demon king was to shut himself up in a place where no one could come and enjoy the pleasure.”
All the wealth and power of the previous demon king.
The current demon king who obtained it was not interested in invasion because he enjoyed such luxury.
Quite absurdly, that was why there had been no war in the meantime.
The king of the demons was busy playing and eating with his women, so he didn’t pay attention to those things.
“… It is the most pathetic peace in the world.”
Hearing this, Arin murmured.
“Huh, that’s right. There was endless money no matter how much I spent, so there was nothing I couldn’t do. I tried a lot and enjoyed it.”
However, even that was for a day or two, over 10 years, over 100 years, and there was nothing they hadn’t done to them anymore.
“Yeah, it’s starting to get boring.”
Every time I try something new, I get tired of it.
When you get tired of it, look for something else, and get tired of it again.
“After all that time, there was only one thing left.”
To die.
I was the only one who could become the demon king and kill him with an immortal body, having received the blessing of the goddess.
“Then…”
“Yes, all of this is the last entertainment of the Demon King.”
All this journey…
No, this war itself is nothing more than a demon lord’s entertainment?
A war that started just because you were bored?
“The last order he gave us was not to kill the warrior. That was all.”
“… Do not be ridiculous!”
It was Ceria who couldn’t hold back her anger at her words, but it wasn’t that she was the only one who was angry.
We were all outraged by her words. Seria just represented us.
“Then what is it, this is all… Is it all his game?”
“Of course… No, let’s do that first.”
Seria’s fists trembled with anger.
It was something vague, but what I was hearing was too shocking to pay attention to such trivial things.
“… So, did all the people and monsters sacrificed in the war die just for that?”
“That’s right.”
Arin closed her eyes.
“Well then, Master helping me…”
“I cannot forgive the Demon King.”
Ertina said that with anger similar to ours.
“I am thinking the same as you. This… This is nonsense.”
Through this opportunity, I was able to hear Ertina’s past.
When she arrived in front of the Demon King, she was already forcibly mixed with the current Demon King.
Even though she hadn’t even taken her heart, she couldn’t defeat the three who betrayed the hero with her own strength.
In the end, she was transformed into his Four Heavenly Kings along with the hero…
“Wait a minute, even a hero… ?”
“Did you knock them down?”
The Four Heavenly Kings we defeated…
Are you talking about that skeleton?
All of our faces turned pale.
“The warrior… Since becoming inhuman, your mind has been rapidly disintegrating. He must have been unable to bear the fact that he, who had served for all people, ended up on the side of the demons who had to kill humans.”
We killed our senior without even knowing it.
“Oh…”
As my body trembled at the shocking truth, Yuni held my hand.
“UNI…”
Thanks to her body temperature, I was able to calm down a bit.
“I ran away. I was forced to become something like the Four Heavenly Kings, but I couldn’t look at them any longer as they fell into luxury and pleasure after the hero collapsed. So he chose the path of being sealed…”
It was not too long ago that she opened her eyes again.
“Luela and Sarah, who took me, told me. The demon king is just waiting to die… No matter what I do, I won’t interfere anymore.”
That’s why Ertina was able to openly oppose the Demon King even though she is the Four Heavenly Kings.
Because the Demon King himself wants that.
“… Well, if you want to insult us, do as much as you like. Because it makes sense.”
“… So what’s the difference between you and Luella’s attitude?”
At Seria’s words, Sera put on a slightly vague expression.
“I want to let him go. If that is the Maou-nim’s wish, he wants to let go as a subject and former lover.”
While Sarah thinks so, Luella…
“She didn’t admit it. I don’t want the Demon King to die.”
Louella, who doesn’t want to listen to him.
It also happened because he was loyal to the Demon King.
“Um…”
Shocking facts poured in one after another.
The parts I was curious about were neatly solved thanks to it, but thanks to that, it became more frustrating.
Did this journey all go according to his plan…
“So, why are you telling me all this?”
“You guys asked, right?”
“… There would have been no reason for me to tell you all this.”
True to Seria’s words, although we did ask for an explanation, she probably didn’t need to go into all her details in such detail.
Why did you explain in such detail that it could have just been a quarrel due to disagreement and passed it on?
“… Maybe it was because I feel sorry for all of you who are in the same situation.”
“I’m a woman who likes to see others shocked like that, so don’t worry too much about it.”
“Oh, if someone sees it, they will misunderstand.”
“That is not wrong.”
Seeing the two of them bickering, I felt the bond between them that once existed.
They became the Four Heavenly Kings and were torn apart, but their bond naturally healed over time.
“Anyway, that should be enough. Any more questions?”
I was so overwhelmed with just accepting the given story that I had no time to ask questions.
When we all fell silent, Sarah rose from her seat.
“Then… Please take good care of the castle.”
Widely.
Sara said that and left.
“Yuni, training… Let’s continue tomorrow.”
Ertina also left those words behind.
Those of us who remained at the table were in the process of accepting the truth little by little as we pondered over what the girls had said.
“Ha…”
A sigh of unknown origin echoed throughout the room.
Then, all of a sudden, I had a thought.
So, is there any point in training anymore?
