140 – Forget everything
“Dad!! Dad!!”
Slap, slap, slap
With the slight pain of slapping my cheek, I suddenly came to my senses.
As soon as I open my eyes, the first thing I see is Sir’s face looking at me with a half-crying face.
“Dad! Are you okay?”
“Sir…I’m okay. So don’t cry.”
“Ugh…Yeah! I’m not crying!!”
Your eyes are so moist, but it’s a lie.
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I raised my arm and stroked Sir’s head, then stood up.
My body was still heavy from fatigue, but it wasn’t to the point where I couldn’t move.
“…Are you out of your mind?”
When I got up, I saw Mr. Cheney sitting on the ground nearby with an exhausted face.
She dropped her cane to the ground and sat down.
And the final struggle of the devil we saw at the end.
I thought I roughly understood it.
“You saved me. Thank you so much.”
“…This is all I can do now. More than that, that guy.”
I turned my head to Mr. Cheney’s words.
After the last struggle, there was a demon king who seemed to have lost consciousness, lying on the floor and not moving.
“Well… It must have been so desperate to survive that it stretched out the refraction barrier and passed out. I tried to kill it, but it didn’t work.”
After hearing Ms. Chaney’s words, she approached her distraught demon and stretched out her hand towards her.
Quick.
Caught.
As expected, the refraction barrier doesn’t seem to work for me.
If not…
“Huh?”
She turned her head to look at Sir, but Sir seemed to know nothing.
I grabbed the unconscious Demon King and searched her arms.
…The dagger he carried in case of emergency was not visible.
Where did you drop it?
I didn’t bring a sword to chase down the devil, and I don’t have any weapons right now.
… She placed her hand on the Demon King’s neck.
Because it has the appearance of a child, it has a small and weak neck.
If I give him a lot of strength, the Demon King will die, whether from sleepiness or from brokenness.
My hands gained strength little by little.
‘One last piece of advice. Even if I just kill the Demon King, he will be resurrected someday.’
…I relaxed my hands.
I remembered the advice that ‘her girl’ gave her at the end.
Actually, it has nothing to do with me whether the Demon King is resurrected in the future or not.
Anyway, I will already be dead in 100 or 200 years.
So, there won’t be much damage to me and Riel.
…But.
“Dad?”
It’s not Sir.
Sir is the world tree.
Even after Nana Riel dies, she will continue to play the role of circulating the magical power of this continent and the world for a long time.
…Think about it.
How did the world tree Yggdrasil ultimately die?
Of course, there was a little bit of jealousy in Velia, but it was this demon lord who aggravated it further.
It is unknown when this demon lord will be resurrected and cause harm to Sir.
…What should I do?
‘Find another way.’
Another way?
What on earth is there?
Is there a way to eliminate the evil being called the Demon King from this world?
I don’t know.
Even if you kill it, it will respawn someday, so killing it is not an option.
What about throwing it into another world?
It’s difficult.
Enough magical power to send you to another world? Where can something like that be found?
This world has already had its total amount of magical energy reduced due to the absence of the world tree, Yggdrasil, for a long time.
Now that Sir has taken on the role of world tree to some extent, her magical power has begun to increase, but with her still young power, it may take several decades to create enough magical power to go to another world.
Is there no way…? There is a way… A different way…
“Umm…”
The Demon King opened his eyes.
I open my eyes, look around with a hazy face, and my eyes meet mine.
…In an instant, the Demon King’s expression turned completely white.
“Hi…!!”
An expression as if he had seen a terrifying monster.
I try to turn around and run away, but I’m already holding one of the devil’s arms.
…There was no way I could escape.
“Ugh!! I don’t like it!! I don’t like it anymore!! Let go of this!!”
“Damn it, stay still!!”
I need to think a bit, but if you scream and scream like this, I don’t even have time to think.
“Let me go! Let me go!! Ahhh!! Ahhhhh!!”
…Wrong.
I am already out of my mind.
It seems like he can’t understand what I’m saying and can’t even see his surroundings properly.
Even though his arm is currently being held, he is desperately trying to escape, so his arm is twisted in strange directions, making a snapping sound.
…Even though I don’t know if my arm will be fractured or dislocated.
“aaa!!”
A scream so loud that it leaves your voice.
Just as I was wondering if I should pass out, someone pulled me from behind.
…It’s sour.
“Dad.”
“Sir?”
“Dad, it’s okay.”
Sir stepped forward.
He passed me and approached the rampaging Demon King.
“Sir, it’s dangerous.”
“It’s okay, Dad.”
Sir approached the Demon King.
I approached the Demon King even though I was hit by his feet and the Demon King’s rampaging fist.
And…
“Ugh!! Ugh!!”
“It’s okay.”
Just like that, I hugged the Demon King tightly.
Even though the demon king he held in his arms was still swinging his arms wildly and hitting himself, he continued to hug the demon king.
“Because it’s okay.”
“…Ugh…Ugh…”
Little by little, the Demon King’s movements stopped.
The fist that was pounding Sir lost strength, and his arm slowly lowered…
“Dad.”
“Uh…Huh?”
The thoughts that had been frozen due to Sir’s sudden action began to move again.
“I don’t know.”
“What…Are you saying you don’t know?”
In response to my question, Sir said as if he was troubled.
“I don’t know what to do with this kid.”
……
I don’t know about that either.
The demon king lost his mind due to extreme fear and despair.
Sir calmed him down, but we can’t leave him like that.
“Dad, what should we do with this child?”
“We can’t leave the evil being called the Demon King alone, so…”
“…The Demon King.”
He couldn’t think of any way, so he had no choice but to go in the direction of defeating the Demon King.
But when he turned around at the sound of a voice coming from behind him, he saw Mr. Chaney approaching with difficulty.
“The Demon King was not born as an evil Demon King from the beginning.”
“What is that…”
What Mr. Cheney said was something I knew nothing about.
“400 Years ago, I searched through all kinds of data and lore to find a way to defeat the Demon King.”
Mr. Cheney continued.
“…This is the conclusion that emerged as a result. The existence of the Demon King is a crystallized product of pure demonic energy and high magical power. It is nothing more or less than that.”
Mr. Cheyney sank down in his seat while saying that.
“I’ll rest for a bit, hehehe… Anyway, such a being is evil from the beginning and has nothing to do with it. It’s the same as a fairy.”
“Fairy…?”
“Yes, they are simply pure, and because of that, they can become more cruel and evil. The Demon King is also one of them.”
The Demon King, a being born with magical power imbued in a mass of pure demonic energy.
That is why, above all, it is a being that is pure, and above all, it is easy to be tainted.
Such a being has encountered more filth than anything else, and has been tainted more.
…The pure being became even more black and evil than the one that polluted and stained itself.
That is the devil.
I understand what it means to be like a fairy.
They are easily influenced by those around them, and can either become good or evil.
…It’s like a child.
“……”
He looked at the Demon King, who had his eyes closed with a calm, relaxed expression on his face.
…The killing intent naturally rose.
How many people suffered because of that guy?
But…But.
“…Dad.”
“Sir.”
“I will follow my father’s decision.”
…Then, how about this?
In some ways, this may be the cruelest punishment for the Demon King, and in other ways, it may be salvation.
But this is also a method that may be acceptable to those who suffered because of the Demon King.
But as of now, I can’t think of any other way.
And in a sense, it is also a gamble.
That too, a gamble not on me but on others in the future.
…I don’t know if it will really be okay, but if there is a possibility.
I wanted to bet here.
“Sir, Mr. Cheney. Please listen carefully…”
The Demon King opened his eyes.
Her eyes were vaguely open, but her body did not move.
It felt like something was holding the Demon King so that he could not move.
Once again, instinctive fear emerged from the Demon King’s body and his body began to tremble.
Something scary might come.
But her body did not move.
…Nevertheless, the tremors of the body gradually began to subside.
I wonder why, it must be because of the warm feeling surrounding the Demon King.
The trembling completely stopped, and the fear that had sprouted within the Demon King gradually decreased.
Something made me feel comfortable.
“It’s okay.”
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It seemed like something said that.
“It’s okay to not be afraid.”
“It’s okay to not shiver.”
“Take it easy.”
However, it is too scary to feel at ease.
I’m afraid that scary thing is coming, that it’s coming to eat me again.
“Then forget it.”
Forget?
“Let’s forget all the scary things.”
“It’s not just scary.”
“Everything dirty, scary, and sad I’ve ever seen. Everything.”
Everything?
“Yes, everything.”
All…
“Spew it all out.”
All…
“…Is it really possible?”
“What are you talking about?”
Mr. Cheney also responded quietly to my quiet words.
“Still, he’s a demon lord… I don’t know if it will work.”
“…Fortunately, the Demon King’s mental state is currently unstable, so there is a possibility.”
I looked anxiously at Sir, who was hugging the Demon King in front of me.
Of course, the reason Sir is hugging her is to calm down her demon lord.
And, in order for Sir to intervene in the spirit of the Demon King with her sacred power and magic power.
In order to erase all the memories, despair, and darkness of the Demon King.
“More than that, you are very generous. Even though you know what the Demon King did to Riel.”
“…Is this really generous?”
“What do you mean?”
“In the end… The very basis of what is called the Demon King will completely disappear.”
… Completely spit out all the memories, despair, and fear that he had seen.
If he were to turn back into a crystal of pure demon energy, would that demon lord… Be able to be called a demon lord?
“It’s the same as killing me. This.”
“hahahaha…Well, you might think so.”
The devil returns to a pure existence again.
It is completely unknown what will happen to that demon lord in the future.
Will I become the evil devil again, or…
“Dad.”
“Sir, are you okay?”
“Yes…I didn’t have enough strength.”
…No, that’s not okay.
When I looked at Sir with a worried face, Sir smiled brightly.
“It’s okay now!”
“…Is this really okay?”
“Yes! Sir, you are your father and mother’s daughter! When the two of you are together, you gain strength!”
Sir smiled brightly.
The power of the Demon King’s body, which was held in Sir’s arms, was seen to be completely relieved.
“…I think it was a success.”
“Well, I never thought the day would come when I would write this.”
As he said that, Mr. Cheney picked up the small bracelet he was holding and threw it away.
Originally, the bracelet was emitting a soft glow, but now it had completely lost its glow.
“It’s funny to ask now, but what on earth is that?”
“… It’s just a magic tool used to assist with holy magic. That f*cking b*tch left it behind. I’m not familiar with holy magic.”
The sacred magic used against the devil is to heal the patient’s heart.
It is a sacred magic mainly used to heal mental trauma or phobias caused by internal factors, but…
I didn’t know you could use that on the devil.
I was just asking if there was any magic related to memory.
“Are you finished?”
“Yes, it’s over.”
I answered the sudden question calmly.
“What are you going to do with that kid?”
“…I don’t know what he will do if I leave him alone, so I have to take him with him first.”
“Yeah, well, I thought that would be the case.”
…First of all, I answered without realizing it.
I thought I had to say what I had to say.
“…When did you come?”
“Just now.”
When I looked behind her, Riel looked at me with a smile.
…This is what Sir said if the two people stayed together.
It wasn’t just Riel.
His Highness Aine and her knights, Liliana and the wizards of the Magic Tower.
Princess Lufia and her subordinates seemed to have all the power they could use.
“Sir suddenly disappeared, so I wondered what was going on.”
“…hahahaha, a lot definitely happened.”
I stood up and hugged Riel tightly.
“Don’t worry. It’s finished.”
“……Yes.”
“Let’s go back. There’s no need to worry anymore.”
Kyou, Riel, Sir, the being who was the Demon Lord, the knights and wizards all left.
In a place where there was no one, the one left alone was the magic tower owner, Cheyney.
No, I am no longer a magic tower lord.
He passed on the position of lord of the magic tower to Alice, who came after him out of concern for him.
So now, it’s just a sieve.
A thought form whose magical power is almost depleted, and you don’t know when it will disappear.
She woke up as a thought form and did not leave the magic tower, so she used space movement magic that she had not used, and she disappeared on the spot.
A forest located in the southeastern part of the continent, almost at the end.
There, Cheyney appeared again.
Cheney walked through the forest.
Even though it was a thought form, it felt as if the fragrant scent of grass was surrounding me.
…It’s a nostalgic scent.
“…It was still there.”
The place she arrived at was in front of a small cabin.
No, now it would be better to just look at it as the remains of a cabin.
All that remains are some walls and a few pillars.
Cheyney placed her hand on her pole.
“…hahahaha.”
I burst out laughing.
It’s a place we left over 400 years ago.
No, she is not real in the first place, she is just a thought form, so it is like coming here for the first time.
Still, I missed her.
The place where she first met him.
“Ha…”
All strength drained from her body.
…It’s slowly reaching its limit.
Her magical power, which sustains her own existence, is showing her bottom.
… She leaned against what was left of the wall and looked in front of her.
Coming to this world, she devoted countless hours to getting rid of the demon lord.
I remained in this world as a thought form, and eventually saw the Demon King disappear in a different way.
I am satisfied.
I was satisfied… But I was also scared at the same time.
Her vision becomes increasingly blurry.
She is the real Chae, not Lee Chae-eun.
It’s just a thought form left behind by her lingering regrets.
… If she disappears, where does she go?
If a thought form like me dies… Can I go to his side?
Chaney’s body becomes increasingly blurry.
Her blurry face suddenly smiled brightly.
…Soon, the thought form Chainy completely disappeared from this world.
…hahahaha, I was worried for nothing.
As expected, you came to welcome a country like this.