Chapter 272. Living eternal life (1)
“He is an important person. Take good care of him so that he does not get hurt.”
The fainted madman was picked up by the soldiers and gradually moved away.
I decided to transfer him to the dungeon for now.
You can put it there for now and think about what to do with it later.
It’s because he’s lost his magical powers, and his mana supply has been destroyed, so he’s as harmless as a normal person.
Among the prisoners he saved, there was a good doctor who was able to reattach his limbs.
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A maggot with all its limbs cut off is an alien, and it wouldn’t be fun to display it in a zoo.
It warmed my heart to be able to walk on my own two legs again.
In the end, I subdued him without using my abilities.
The time limit for ‘Selection and Concentration’ consumed this time is only 1 second.
That too was used for computational power in order to take away the power.
Hurt Locker abruptly broke the madman’s center, Fellain disabled his arm with supernatural strength, and Trier carried the madman who was trying to escape, so the madman was thrown as if he had been hit by a firearm.
At the end, I cut off my limbs and absorbed the authority.
I was able to get 10 coins by clearing the quest a long time ago.
It was an absurdly easy revenge.
“Haa…”
I tried to squeeze his hand.
It was like someone else’s hand.
From just before, the feel of the air on my skin and the trembling of mana all felt different.
I thought I could count the leaves and ashes scattered everywhere.
The field of view was wide open and time passed slowly.
It was only then that I felt it.
This was the world of superhumans.
A world that I can only taste for 5 seconds a day if I use my abilities.
It could be clearly said that he had transcended the human realm.
Majins always live like this.
That’s why humans can’t help but look ridiculous…
“One cigarette, please.”
“Oh, yes, sir. Here you are.”
I sat down on a fallen tree and smoked a cigarette.
Soon, sparks burst from the soldier’s fingertips.
As I took a deep breath, the tip glowed red and the cigarette ash burned down.
My expression naturally frowned, probably because it was a cigarette I smoked after a long time.
I now see that it was a cigarette without a filter.
So I have no choice but to be poisonous.
“Whoa…”
However, even cigarettes could not get rid of the nasty smell of burning corpses.
*
After the prisoners were transferred and all the fires were extinguished, we took up positions and ambush another 24 hours, but no Tilpitz appeared.
In the end, we decided to withdraw.
On the way back, a wagon was waiting at the beginning of the wetland, so we could ride it.
Hurlocker said he was anxious and got off the wagon and walked with the soldiers, but in fact he didn’t have to.
All objects within a radius of 10 km were clearly visible to me without the need for observation magic.
I wanted to turn off my nerves, but all sorts of information flowed in by itself.
I felt like a living radar.
“Are you okay after being hit by a demon?”
“hehehehe. It’s okay. I’m strong.”
“But let’s see.”
I forcibly took off the armor of the laughing feline.
I was afraid that he was deliberately pretending to be strong so as not to worry.
The armor of the madman’s back kick was completely shattered and shattered.
I pulled up the sweaty underwear underneath.
Once the stomach was fine.
“It’s…”
When I leaned back a little more and lifted the lower chest, I could find a bruised pit in the stomach.
I checked the ribs with my hand to make sure they were solid, and checked the lungs and heart inside.
Except for a slight crack in the rib, everything was fine.
It’s this much even after being hit with a devil’s kick properly…
He was strong enough to make me laugh out loud.
“There is only incontinence in the ribs… They are fine.”
“Schlus Niim······. No more······.”
“Oh, sorry.”
Now Bonnie Fellain was looking sideways, reddening his cheeks.
Although it was said to check the wound, he felt sorry for his lady.
“Then, is the belly or abdomen okay?”
“As far as I can see, there’s nothing wrong. Still, go check it out with Iris when you get back.”
“Okay. hehehehe… I’m glad…”
Smiling as if relieved, Fellain came next to me and rubbed his hair, so I inadvertently stroked his shaggy hair.
I didn’t think about anything at first, but as I felt and felt his shaggy hair and soft skin, I remembered what had happened before and I felt bad for him.
“Hmm!”
“Oh.”
Suddenly, a clearing sound came from the other side, stopping his hand.
He had forgotten that there was a tree.
I glanced at him and Trier glanced at him with his arms crossed, then came out and met his eyes and fixed his gaze straight ahead.
Perhaps it seemed awkward, Treee suddenly brought up another story.
“Well, come to think of it, if you absorbed all the powers of demons, are you now also immortal?”
“It’s not immortality, it’s immortality. If your head is cut off, you die, but you don’t die of old age.”
“Ahhh… Uh, by the way! Why are you touching me again?!”
“What?”
Trier screamed, covering her face with her hands.
Fela, who was making an ecstatic expression as I stroked her head, chin, and stomach with my hands, looked up at Trier upside down on my lap as if surprised.
“That kind of thing… You should do it in a place where the two of you are together…
“It’s just petting, but what?”
“You talk like you’re petting something.”
It’s a pet.
I thought I would be very happy to have Fellain as a pet at home.
There would be no other paradise if you stroked it whenever you were bored, touched its fluffy ears, and rubbed your face against its tail.
However, I was a little afraid that Fellain would die of old age, so I had to let her go.
It’s just Fellain.
I have to let everyone go now.
I have to remain alone, endlessly repeating meeting and parting.
That was the responsibility I had to bear after receiving Yulia’s heart.
“To the tree.”
“Huh?”
“Your confession.
“Oh, that’s…”
“I’ll do it now. Let’s get married.”
“No. It’s okay… Huh? What did you just say?”
“Let’s do it. Get married. I think I’ll be happy if I live with you.”
“No… What if I say that while touching another woman…”
“Oh.”
It was definitely an inappropriate situation to answer the confession.
I was afraid of becoming lazy like demons who live forever, so I tried to convey everything in a hurry, so I stopped…
“Do you want me to touch you too?”
“What, what! Such an unscrupulous thing… Master, something has really gone wrong…”
“So you don’t like it?”
“No, fine…”
With her lips pouting, Trier slowly moved closer and leaned her shoulder against me.
When I put my hand on her waist, her body twitched and trembled.
Feline’s body didn’t show any signs of being very trained, and if it was soft to the touch, Trie had a solid feeling without any flab.
There was still a lot of time before we reached the islands.
***
The Schluss is back.
Just as I said with communication magic on the way back, I’m fine without any damage.
It was very disapproving of stopping at the Pleschette Mansion on the way, but Emilia decided to let it go.
“I pushed one of Asylum’s strongholds. A mine appeared there and I killed him as well.”
“Huh…”
When I came back, I explained everything in detail about what had happened.
Everything without hiding anything.
It was definitely a story that everything went well.
Even so, for some reason Emilia felt as if the inside of her chest was getting stuffy.
“The madman has now absorbed all of his powers and has become a human body. From now on, he will live as a human who looked down on him like that.”
“Wait a minute. Absorbed all powers? Who?”
“I am.”
“Then is your brother now… A demon?”
“To be precise, I gained the same strength and ability as a demon, but in a way, it can be said that I became a demon.”
“Then oppa won’t die?”
“As long as you don’t get your throat cut by Tilpitz.”
That was good news.
Isn’t it said that he obtained power that transcends humans?
I can finally fight on an equal footing against the demons.
So you should be happy, but only an awkward smile appeared on Emilia’s lips.
Anxiety for unknown reasons remained inside her.
“When the war is over, you’re going to give the authority to someone else, right? As far as I know, if a demon loses even a part of her power, she can’t live forever.”
“I won’t give the authority to anyone.”
“Oh, that’s right. It’s dangerous if that person gets corrupted… It’s better to seal it somewhere. No. The seal can be broken. The way to destroy it is-“
“Emilia. I will not give up my authority.”
“·······.”
Her heart felt like it was sinking.
You won’t give up your authority.
“What do you mean, brother?”
“The Authority, I’ll keep holding it.”
“You will live eternal life…?”
“Yes.”
“Oh, no. Why? Why are you doing that?”
“I heard before. Yulia keeps reincarnating. But she won’t reincarnate as long as the child’s heart lives and beats inside me. So until the continent naturally disappears, I have no choice but to live forever.”
“Why, why? You might want to reincarnate. No matter how painful life may be, it might be better to live once, right?”
“They hate themselves. They say it’s hard. Even so, it’s too much to try to find meaning in a life of pain while forcing them to live. That’s hypocrisy.”
“·······.”
I knew.
I knew everything.
What terrible pain Yulia hides under that placid smile.
Emilia was able to see how familiar that fake smile was.
However, the first day Yulia came to this mansion, her expression changed.
Her face, which always looked tired, chatted with the Schluses, and she wore a sincere smile as she spoke.
But now Yulia can’t meet Schluse forever.
The moment she was reincarnated again, she said that Schluss did not exist in that world.
She seeks the meaning of life from the Schluss, revives him, wakes the child who has fallen into sleep, and makes him repeat the pain of eternity again without the Schluses….
That kind of thing was too much, Emilia knew well.
She was not capable of doing anything as a human being.
“But there must be another way, huh?”
“Emilia.”
However, living an eternal life and living alone until the world perishes was also not something a human could do.
I don’t know if it’s a demon from birth, but how can a person born with a human body endure that?
I will definitely go crazy.
It will forget its original purpose and become a monster with great power.
A normal person would do that.
But for some reason, I was even more scared because I thought that Schluss could do it.
“There is only one other way. It is to exterminate humans. If there is no family to be born to, Yulia will not be reincarnated anymore.”
“Ah…”
“You can’t do that, can you?”
“If you do that… Even if my older brother doesn’t live forever…”
“No, Emilia. Don’t say that.”
“Huh, black…”
Tears poured out.
Emilia was hugged by Schluss and buried her face in her chest, sobbing.
It’s too harsh.
How can this be the fate that one person must bear?
If God exists, shouldn’t this happen?
“Anyway… My brother is still in this state, and I am getting old…”
“It’s okay. I’ll love you no matter what you look like. Do you think I got engaged just by looking at your face?
“Sir, don’t talk nonsense… After I die, my brother? Huh?”
“I don’t like remarrying? I won’t if you tell me not to.”
“That’s too bad… How can I live alone forever…”
Tears kept coming out.
I didn’t like having another woman next to Schluse.
She still hates it because she thinks that a saintess is wearing a hat, but thinking that she would have such a sweet life with another woman after I died made her heart ache.
But thinking that Schluss will live in solitude forever because of my words made my heart break again.
I didn’t like this and I didn’t like that either.
I couldn’t help but feel really annoyed.
“How to do it.”
“I don’t know… I’ll think about it later…”
“Yes. Then. Let’s think slowly. We have a lot of time.”
Emilia gave up thinking about this and entrusted herself to Schluse’s big arms.
Right now, I just wanted to stay like this.
The stubbornness of Schluss is unbreakable.
This one will probably never break.
He will indeed live eternal life.
He constantly meets people and watches them die.
I’ll be left alone to watch the world fall, until eventually the planet is swallowed up by the sun.
What bothered me the most was that it was all for one woman.
Yulia. Schluss decided to endure eternal life only for that child.
That fact never changed.