Chapter 0 – 00. Prologue
[Prologue]
“Haha…”
Damn you guys. To destroy the entire castle just to kill me. Besides, where did all those countless things come from? In the magic circle, in the magic tool… How the hell did you spend your money on?
Under! You wouldn’t even think you’d still be alive.
…… No, is it hard to honestly say you’re alive?
I closed the hole in my stomach with my hand.
But it’s too big. He was somehow preventing his intestines from flowing, but he was on the verge of running out of mana due to excessive warp magic, and his physical condition his was also insane.
“Cool!”
He coughed up blood on his other hand.
Not from those I killed.
My red blood.
I never thought the day would come when I would be hurt like this. Also, I was a human too.
Still, there is hope.
“…Warrior?”
I can see the black hair with the luscious wave perm.
“Hehe, it’s been a few days. Demon Lord?”
In the last showdown, the Demon King I fainted and hid secretly.
“What the hell is this…”
I squeezed my last strength and teleported to this hiding place, not anywhere else. If the plan was to the point of destroying that castle, everyone except me would have participated.
… No, the woman probably didn’t participate, let alone most likely she didn’t know. Still, somehow I remembered that she was not that woman, but the demon king.
“It’s as it appears. Cool, … The words of a foolishly betrayed hero.”
As he vomited blood once more, his strength drained from his body. Maybe it was because I met the demon lord I was aiming for. It is said that humans subconsciously relax when they reach their goal.
It’s not what’s important now
“How can you, who defeated Ye, get hurt like this?”
“I’d like to explain everything too… Hehe, kuck! … I guess I’m running out of time.”
The demon king was embarrassed, but he quietly grabbed his body and laid his knee on his as a pillow.
“Huh, I never thought I’d get a lap pillow from the demon king… It’s softer than I thought.”
“… Before being the Demon King, you are also a woman.”
“That’s right, you’re a woman too. That’s very beautiful…”
The front starts to blur. Maybe that’s why, for some reason, tears seemed to flow from the demon king’s eyes.
He fought to the brink of death, and he couldn’t shed tears for the opponent who knocked him out and hid him in a place like this.
“Do you know why I hide you?”
“… I think I understand now.”
“That’s right, if I was betrayed… I needed someone to take revenge on me.”
“If you expected betrayal, why didn’t you run away or jump first?”
“Even so… But they’re the ones I’ve been with for years. At the last, final moment… I wonder if you wanted to believe it?”
The faces of the damn guys came to mind.
Grand Mage. Warrior. Dwarf Paladin. Saintess. Elven archer. Huin tribe martial artist. And the sage. … Oh, he died in the middle of the war. His hair his seems to be strange because he lost so much blood.
… Damn it
“But I was stupid.”
The voice begins to crack.
It seemed as if his mana his had run out, and his intestines were leaking little by little.
“Demon Lord… I’m sorry I asked you this… But instead of me, you should take revenge on them. If it were you, would you be able to do it?… Honestly, the reason why the Demon Lord Army was stopped is all because of me, right?”
“Yes. It’s because of you alone. Honestly, the others weren’t much. Only… You alone were a monster.”
Monster.
Yeah I was a freak
The word genius was not enough. Despite being human, he possessed overwhelming talent and innate mana, and became the strongest in the kingdom before he turned twenty.
Just then, the Demon King’s army started to move and blocked their way, so he became a hero.
Although he became a warrior and was admired by people.
I was anxious.
Because I know my talent and strength well.
Because I know how much others fear me at the same time as I admire them.
So, I made several hiding places, prepared some means, and as a trump card, I stunned the demon king and hid it here.
It’s something that the party members, who can’t even overcome the demon king or even the Four Heavenly Kings alone, will never know.
“One right before I die… I have a question, can I ask it?”
He was talking, but I couldn’t tell if his voice was coming out properly.
“…Something.”
I guess I heard it fortunately. However, the demon king’s voice felt very sad, probably because his ears had already gone bad.
“What’s your name?”
“Yeo’s name… Yeo’s name.”
“Quickly… Tell me… Because I’m on the verge of losing my consciousness… “
“… I’m sorry, hero.”
“…”
“I will not be able to fulfill your request.”
Is it. Well, it deserves it.
There’s no way he’d have a name to tell the hero who kidnapped him after fighting to death.
The moment I thought so, my vision brightened.
It seems as if an unknown light is emanating from the demon king.
‘What… ?’
As I expressed a question in my heart, the demon king’s voice came as if I had heard it.
“There are 3 types of taboo magic for demons. Among them, there is something called reincarnation. Originally, it was magic to return oneself to a baby by sacrificing the life force of the same demon tribe to avoid death… But I will use this on you. Using strength as a sacrifice. The probability of failure is high, and I don’t know what side effects there may be, but even so…”
‘Evil… Taboo… Raw wine… Sacrifice… Harm? I don’t know what you’re talking about.’
It seemed like the demon king was saying something, but I couldn’t hear the words properly because my ears were deaf.
How are you?
I would die anyway
So I quietly ended my life.
