Chapter 199 – Chapter 199 ― Repay for the Future (7)
Episode 199 ― Return for the Future (7)
Fiora’s red lips parted.
She has a puzzled expression.
It must be so. Who would think that such a thing would ever be possible?
Roan swallowed the accusation inwardly.
But in reality,
There are many monsters that have skills that are far superior to those of Roan, and can surpass the ability of the Demon King if they grow properly.
“That… Copying power… Everyone’s, everyone’s… Ability?”
Roan shook his head.
“Not to that extent. One thing from one person. It can only be done by certain people with special abilities.”
“Special…”
“I cannot specify the target. I’m guessing that maybe the greatest abilities come from that person, but I’m not sure. You can’t even check the other person’s ability in advance.”
Fiora asked, looking at Roan with a mixture of admiration and astonishment.
“How is power transmitted?”
And Roan hesitated for a moment.
“Hmm… By sex.”
A loud, high-pitched sound erupted from Fiora.
“Sex?!”
Fiora’s eyes suddenly narrowed as she stared at Roan with her mouth wide open.
“You, so?!”
Roan rarely blushed.
Seeing his ruddy cheeks, Fiora’s thoughts had gone mad somewhere, and her eyes grew colder.
“Wait a minute, that means… Ah… Somehow, the women accepted after Roan became the new Roan…”
“… I wasn’t aiming for it.”
Since it appeared as an attack, it was like collecting a collection out of necessity.
How could she put up with the character she loved walking around in front of her eyes.
Moreover, in the case of Lisa, Aina, and Fiora, I unexpectedly met her and put her by her side. It can’t be seen that everything was aimed at.
“Such a beast… Of course, I’m a beastly person, but I’m aiming for my ability…”
Fiora feigned her astonishment and crossed her arms to cover her breasts. Although she doesn’t even cover her huge breasts enough to cover them with her arms anyway. Anyway, when her eyes weren’t serious, Roan sincerely waved her hand.
“Fiora, wait, no. What do you mean, think about it. Wasn’t I the one who started in the first place? No one else knows, but Fiora shouldn’t do that.”
“… Hehe…”
Fiora let out her snort as if it were not clear.
She looked Roan up and down and then shut her mouth.
She thought for a moment before Fiora spoke her words to Roan a few minutes later.
“By lowering her abilities like this, what kind of help was Laurecia trying to ask for? I don’t know exactly about God’s world, but at least I know that it is very difficult for God to get involved on earth.”
Fiora murmured as she gathered to her side and hugged her legs from where she was sitting.
“In order for gods to grant abilities to just one person, not many, there must be a good reason for that. God’s movements, no matter how small, are so influential and can distort so many things.”
“I haven’t heard the exact words yet either. Even when she first received her abilities, and when she had a direct conversation with the Goddess the other day, she was only told to prepare for something.”
“Do you have any guesses?”
There was neither positive nor negative.
Instead, Roan looked at her fiora with her mouth shut.
Momentary action.
But what he was about to say was conveyed well enough.
Fiora raised a hand. As if to stop the ominous words from coming out of his mouth.
“… Okay. Like you said, if the fight isn’t over…”
Her crimson eyes turned to Roan.
“I don’t know if she’s preparing you.”
The silence settled coldly.
There are people who gave their all and gave themselves. However, the fight in the past has not been concluded until now.
What emotions is Fiora feeling?
At least not in a positive way.
Roan suppressed her detection-type skills.
She didn’t want to know what Fiora was thinking of her.
But the words that came out of her lips, which were opened again, were astonishing.
“Thank you. Roan.”
Roan opened her eyes wide, and Fiora smiled faintly.
“Even when we first met, you must have been afraid. It’s really hard to have a secret. Besides, now really the world might be indebted to you. That you have to bear the weight.”
Fiora also had a situation she could not tell anyone, and she had endured for a very long time.
Because she is like that, I can understand her feelings.
Roan, who had been staring blankly at her fiora, pulled herself closer to her and sat down.
Stretched out her hand,
Fiora’s forehead touched Roan’s forehead.
Roan’s loneliness is felt through the skin he touches. And relief.
A smile spread across Fiora’s face.
“Thank you for trusting me and talking to me. Roan.”
“… Huh.”
Fiora reached out and ran her white arm through Roan’s curly hair.
“How is the world you live in?”
Roan’s eyelids, which had been gently closed, opened, and her purple eyes sparkled, reflecting the small candlelight.
Roan, who was choosing his words, answered slowly.
“Goddess said so. ‘Greed’ gets its strength from the gap between where I lived and this world. Where I lived is like that. A place without magic, but full of things to give power to ‘greed’.”
Fiora widened her eyes.
“There is no magic… ? How are you then? Still, is there anything that could motivate ‘greed’?”
Roan laughed bitterly and started talking in a low voice.
It was the story of a world where machine power was developed.
The whole time she heard about the world he lived in, Fiora had a look of disbelief on her face.
“There is only one human race, and even though there is no magic, they have created such a dazzling civilization… Even in such a world, everyone fights.”
And Roan went on to talk about his life.
He himself was almost abandoned in such a world.
He lived his life as a person who trampled on someone backwards because there were more people who used and tried to suppress him than those who loved him.
Disillusionment with oneself. Sadness.
And about the sudden approaching death and the touch of the goddess just when I was numb to those emotions.
At the end of Roan’s story, Fiora, who was leaning in his arms, touched his cheek and whispered.
“Yongcheol. For some reason, I think I know why you dwell with Roan.”
“Hmm?”
“It looks like. You guys.”
It was an unexpected remark.
Roan looked down at Fiora, who was hugging him.
“I was thrown into the world at a young age, and I tried to overcome it in a violent way. As a result, he hates everything. Even yourself.”
“You hate yourself? Roan?”
“Yes.”
Fiora thought hard, as if retracing his memory.
“Roan was fickle. Sometimes he likes to have long talks with me, but other times he’s locked me in for months and hasn’t taken me out.”
“Why?”
“Because I’m Kiruina’s keepsake.”
“Ah…”
I could understand.
If he kept missing her mother
Fiora must have been the one who could best understand his feelings and reminded him of his mother’s last days.
“In a similar way, Roan treated her body the same way. Capriciously.”
“Whim… If so.”
“It’s mainly a whim of the will to live.”
A look of sadness appeared on Roan’s face.
“Does he blame himself for her mother’s death?”
Fiora affirmed.
“Yes. The idea that Roan might be the source of trouble is very unbecoming of a demon, but… Those who fought the former emperor tried to destroy the remaining Kiruina and Roan, and Kiruina had to fight while protecting Roan.”
Maybe the (former) demon king constantly chewed on the past while looking at Fiora.
If he had enough strength to defend himself.
If only his own awakening had been a little earlier.
If only her mother had fully utilized Fiora instead of hiding her power out of concern for herself.
If I hadn’t been myself,
Kiruina might not have died.
“Self-hate.”
“Perhaps it stems from Roan’s kindness.”
“Kind… Box?”
Roan frowned slightly.
Be kind
When I just came to this world, I remembered how many times I was misunderstood and warned because of what the (former) demon king had done.
“When I just became the Demon King, his reputation was already at rock bottom.”
“At first, I thought Kiruina just said Roan was kind because her son was an idiot. I’ve heard that sometimes. However, the awakened Roan did not look normal.”
Fiora shrugged her shoulders.
“But if he had been really violent, he wouldn’t feel guilty about his mother’s death. And I wouldn’t have let your police officer live. You said that Roan was wary of Eleanor, right? If she had really gone out of her mind, he would have killed her and her grand duke in front of and against her eyes.”
Okay.
If he was really a fool who killed people in the castle, he wouldn’t have needed to save me…
… A brief thought flashed through my head.
All the advice he gave had a reason and was valid.
“But I couldn’t. Kiruina died because it was for Roan’s life.”
Roan unknowingly clenched his fist.
It was a pity.
It seems he couldn’t get over his mother’s death after all.
“Is he feeling free now?”
“… No. He ran away So his burden will not be lifted.”
Fiora shook her head.
“Besides, let’s see how good the other guy is… Have you ever said After all, Roan appeared when you fell.”
A hint of realization flashed in Roan’s eyes, but Fiora didn’t notice.
“It’s an ambiguous ending of kindness. It might be better to just throw everything off and go far away.”
“Then maybe…”
Roan asked blankly.
“As for his personality, seeing me fall once… Would you like to go far?”
Actually, I was half sure of the answer.
Fiora expectedly shook his head.
“No. It must be hanging around nearby. That stuffy guy.”
Roan closed his mouth and thought about Fiora.
Her suddenly hugged Fiora puzzled her, but Roan held her without further conversation, lost in thought of her, and fell asleep after her.
The next morning.
Roan took a walk with the returned Aina and, surprisingly, the forest fairy duke Amelie. Along with Iris, who served as Roan’s watchdog.
Occasionally, it was felt that the young forest fairies poked their heads out of the railings and windows of the tall house, as if they couldn’t overcome their curiosity, and looked at Roan.
As if looking at a scary monster.
“Your perception of the demons won’t change overnight. Because we live so long and remember so much.”
Amilie waved her hand at the boy forest sprite who peeped out from her.
The boy bowed his head to the Duke and ran away into the house of Honbi Baeksan when Roan’s eyes met.
“But the future will be slightly different. I hope not. It’s hard for our people to leave this place, but we can taste the changes that are coming. Because that is the future they and you of the present gave us.”
After the walk, the duke made a magical pact with her elders.
“It is fortunate that we are able to cancel our debt for things we took for granted. We fought together, and as a surviving race, we have an obligation to remember the past, but we neglected it. I will know about your visit with the help of the goddess.”
The duke smiled and left his magical powers to his contract.
It receives the by-products needed by the demons from the forest fairy, and instead supplies the external resources the forest fairy wants. It can be food, a tool with technology applied, or an external book.
The exchange starts with Zeno, where the city of the demons and the northeast of the dark forest meet, and activates with the villages and cities of the demons close to the east side of the dark forest.
The premise of exchange is as long as the armed invasion of the demons disappears, and this is inherited by the king of the demons from generation to generation.
“I want you to live as long as possible. It would be disappointing if the king changed several times and the contract was quickly broken.”
“Long live… I’ll try my best.”
With a smile on his face, Roan received the magical contract, and with it, the Dark Forest and Evirgio gained peace.
Although not revealed, the emperor of the Demon Tribe, who achieved notable achievements in the history of the continent, hurriedly left the Dark Forest, refusing to greet or see off without a moment to catch his breath.
Incomprehensible
It was time to meet his bride.
