Chapter 217 – [Porter] Loneliness
“Scale.”
“… Yes.”
Arin answered helplessly.
“Whoa, come here.”
“… Yes.”
She quietly approached me and hugged me.
Seria didn’t say much to her who took me instead of her self.
“Only today.”
“… Thank you.”
After hearing the truth about her from the hero, she was powerless all along.
All of her own must feel denied.
She had lived in the church almost her whole life, and eventually she was shaken at its very foundation.
“… Sorry, sorry My master is my first priority… Still, still, it’s so shocking…”
“Whoa… Yes, because I know.”
I’ve said it sneakily before.
I am more important than the goddess.
But she didn’t mean to abandon the goddess.
What… I understand.
To be honest, both Seria and I were shocked by her, but she can’t be all right.
“… In the end, it was all destiny.”
“I guess so.”
Are you saying that getting them into my hands was, after all, a pre-determined procedure?
“I feel bad.”
“I feel bad.”
So what?
Are you saying that whatever I did was meaningless?
It’s unpleasant, as if I realized that I was actually a doll, not a person.
How far is fate going?
The loyalty they dedicate to me?
Is it just that everything is engraved according to fate?
I looked at their blackened roses.
Did you say this is another demon king’s legacy?
After all, if that’s the case, can’t we see that their fall itself has nothing to do with the goddess’ intentions?
I don’t know how far the goddess’ bondage has forced us, but at least I wouldn’t have thought of holding Luella to me.
Or the relationship between the hero and the other four heavenly kings.
As the hero explained, if I became the new demon king and the hero was there to kill the old demon king, did I bother to create this situation?
If you think so, and considering that the previous bridle was similar, it can’t be completely denied…
To be honest, the fact that everything was running according to the bridle itself didn’t really bother me.
“… If you say that my obedience to you is all made up, I’m very offended.”
“Eww… Master…”
I said to them who were shaking.
“It doesn’t matter. If you want to serve me, that’s it. Don’t bother thinking about it any more.”
“… Huhu, that’s right.”
Yeah what… What would you do if you thought it was a headache for how far it was made and what was a lie?
Isn’t it possible to check now anyway?
“Then, that’s it. It’s okay, don’t think about it any more. Arin, don’t think any more useless than this.”
“Yes…”
She hugged me tightly with a slightly cheered face.
I asked Seria for the purpose of diverting the topic.
“What about Yuni?”
“I will be alone in my room. You seem to have a lot of worries.”
Whatever she was thinking, she kept her head down all through the conversation, and when the story was over, she went away first.
“Hmm…”
“Would you like to visit?”
In order to check her condition once, I have to comfort Uni and steal her heart…
“Then I’ll have to go back for a while.”
“Ah…”
When I got up, Arin groaned in regret.
“I’ll do more when I come back.”
“Yes…”
“Have a good trip.”
While being sent off by them, I went to visit Yuni.
Her door closed.
I knocked lightly.
Smart.
No sound could be heard from inside.
Should I talk to you?
“… Eric?”
“No, it is me.”
“Oh…”
The hero’s name immediately came out as if she was imagining something, but when she realized who I was, she shut her mouth.
“Are you worried about something?”
“… What does it matter?”
She didn’t reject me, but she didn’t even tell me that she was.
“If that’s the case, I won’t be able to attack you.”
“… He speaks plainly.”
“Did you not know?”
“No.”
She was silent for a moment.
“… I am trash.”
That’s right, I tried to hold back what I was about to say subconsciously.
Phew, I almost destroyed the tower I worked hard for.
If you weren’t as self-disciplined as I was, you would have failed.
“What are you talking about?”
“I heard about it and thought about it. Maybe the reason why I betrayed Eric was because of that fate… I was cowardly thinking that way and tried to renounce responsibility…”
“I was thinking about something.”
Were you worrying about something trivial like that?
She is aware that she has done something wrong, but it seems that she could not bear it because she was disgusted with herself when she heard the hero’s story and tried to blame her moment on her fate.
“I am… Really crap…”
“Ha… UNI.”
I said, suppressing the slightly rising irritation.
“Why do you care about that?”
“… What?”
“Why are you worrying about useless things like that?”
Is it because I’m originally a trash guy?
I couldn’t understand why I was blaming myself for blaming others.
“I keep having bad thoughts like that…”
“I don’t care.”
“… What?”
I said to Uni who hesitated for a moment.
“I don’t care what cowardly thoughts you have.”
“It’s not like that, I just…”
“I don’t care, why do you care?”
“What are you talking about?”
Uni didn’t seem to understand what I was saying.
I confidently told her that she was still lacking in self-awareness.
“You only need to look at me.”
“… What?”
“In my opinion, I’m so trashy and so… Don’t waste your energy on useless things like that. If I love you, you just have to be satisfied with that. Okay?”
Yuni shut her mouth for a moment as if she had nothing to say.
After a while, I heard her angry voice.
“… Don’t treat me that way.”
“Won’t you at least be happier than worrying like that?”
“I’m not going to be your pet dog.”
It’s a pet dog
Well, Seria and Arin both feel that way.
The dream is too big.
“So you don’t need me?”
“… No, blood, no need.”
Yuni said so, trying hard to brag about her.
I wouldn’t want to be alone again.
There is a hint of regret in her voice.
“Okay then okay. Tell them not to disturb you either. Think more about yourself.”
“Ah…”
For a moment, she seemed to hesitate, so I said firmly.
“Goes.”
“Should I sleep…”
Without hesitation, I stepped back from her door.
One step, two steps, and three steps…
Rattle!
Yes.
I turned around leisurely.
I saw Yuni biting her lip and glaring at me.
“You say you don’t need it?”
“… Cowardly.”
“What?”
A ring was clutched in her hand.
The ring I gave you.
“On the subject of not leaving me alone… Like this…”
Her body trembled.
“I, uh, I hate being alone… Knowing…”
She was crying
The loneliness you feel when you are alone.
But if I and the girls are there, I won’t be lonely.
“… So please don’t bully me in such stupid ways.”
Saying so, I approached her again.
One step, two steps.
“Did you tell me? Don’t keep trying to see the dirty side, you just have to see yourself through me.”
“That, something like that… If so, I…”
I will forget my mistakes too.
There may be nothing to regret.
“Okay, then you don’t have to bother yourself so much, do you?”
I gently hugged her.
“Oh…”
Her hand wasn’t on my back.
But maybe she’s hesitating just above it.
I checked Yuni’s reaction and put her hand behind her head.
“Hahm… ♥”
When I stroked her weak spot, the back of her neck, she trembled.
It must have been a long time since I felt it.
“This is a bad place. Shall we go in for a minute?”
“Now, wait a minute…”
Before she could say anything, I went into her room holding her in her arms.
Again, the fire was off.
The bed was neatly made, as if it had never sat on it, and even the other minor tools were not moving at all from their places.
What was she doing in this room?
Did he just sit there, not touching anything?
Just blaming yourself?
“Chi, no bed…”
“Why?”
“Oh, it’s crumpled…”
You’re making a strange noise.
“The bed is meant to be like that.”
I flopped her down on her bed.
“Ah…”
Yuni’s eyes went dizzy.
I put her on her bed and she turned her head for a moment to find her fire.
Can I do it properly when it’s this dark?
I need to turn on the light.
“Ah… Now, wait…”
I was only restraining her, and lit a fire to brighten the room.
“Oh…”
She covered her eyes with her hand to see if she was blinded.
“Don’t cover it.”
I took her hand and lowered it under her.
“I, I…”
“Isn’t it nice because it’s bright?”
“…”
Yuni blinked her eyes a few times until she adjusted to the light, then she wept.
“Are you crying?”
“… It suddenly brightened, and it just brought tears to my eyes.”
And Uni didn’t reject me anymore.
