391 – 373.Epilogue-6
The day after the festival ended.
I wanted to be able to rest well at home for the first time in a long time, but unfortunately, that dream did not come true.
While enjoying the festival, numerous requests for help came in from the Demon King.
“Sweet!”
He arranged a meeting with the Holden Kingdom and obtained land, and after that, he did not hesitate to provide numerous assistance.
Nevertheless, the Demon King still needed help.
Next year marks the 10th year. Shouldn’t you rule the territory independently from me?
I laid down on the bed, hoping to figure it out on my own this time.
However, it was not like her to send a large number of requests for help all at once, so she opened a complete book.
“…… “I’m going to go around.”
After skimming through the contents of the book, my body woke up automatically.
Because the problem facing the Demon King was too serious to be ignored.
It was something that even I couldn’t help but be nervous about, and I was very embarrassed because it happened so suddenly.
[Jinjo came to the Demon Territory without any warning! Help me!!]
From one sentence added at the end, I could tell that the Demon King’s situation was urgent.
It goes without saying, but as time has passed, the current Demon King has become much stronger than in the original novel.
However, when you see Jinjo struggling, you realize that there is a gap in class that cannot be bridged in this world.
“It is said that Aira was living before the first Demon King even appeared, so it is true that she is someone who cannot be looked up to.”
Of course, she is the devil, and I cannot defeat her.
At least, I expect that the ancient dragon I met in Dranis is on par with her.
However, there was a difference in that the ancient dragon had reached the end of its lifespan and only the thought form remained, while the true ancestor was still alive.
Therefore, even if a genius appeared who could control an era, he could not keep his head down in front of Jinjo.
“…… Hades.”
“Yes! “Did you call me?”
“Let’s go to the devil with me.”
“Has something strange happened again in the Demon Territory?”
“Yes, it’s not strange, but a huge incident occurred. They say that Jinjo has come.”
“I will be playing with Zeke at home today.”
“I’m taking Zeke too.”
“Daheuheuk!”
My former boss, the Demon King, my current boss, myself, and Jinjo, a living legend in the undead world.
Hades wailed because he was going to be struck back and forth between them.
I can sympathize with people who were struggling at work because they were people in lower-ranking positions.
“The Jeon Seo came yesterday, so it won’t be too late if we leave now, right? “Get up quickly.”
“…… Oooh, I get it. “Instead of meekly complying, can’t you just put one condition on it?”
“What conditions?”
“Let’s have Meryl and Mary accompany us too!”
“Why?”
“With Meryl’s divine power, her mind is at least stable.”
“Uh… Um, yeah.”
Holy power is the power to burn and purify the undead.
Nevertheless, I was unable to say anything as I saw the lich wishing for divine power.
***
The Demon Territory is at the end of the east, and our house was actually located at the end of the north.
If you wanted to arrive within the same day, a dragon or chaos had to take you there.
But as soon as Sestia’s birthday party was over, she left for Yuran, and Chaos went on an outing with her puppies.
To make matters worse, Renee and Breeze took their children to a new hot springs resort in the West.
There was no one who could take me to the demon territory quickly, so I had no choice but to take the next best option.
“The development of magic tools is also amazing. “Making artifacts like this.”
A horse artifact that can run infinitely without resting just by injecting mana.
It could run up to twice as fast as a normal horse.
Even 2x speed was limited to horses made of iron.
In our case, our entire body was made of orichalcon, so we could easily withstand five times the weight.
Thanks to this, the trip, which was expected to take ten days, was reduced to just two days.
“Let’s stay in this village tonight.”
It was still far from sunset, but since we were traveling with a child, it was impossible to proceed too hard.
Furthermore, poor security was not good for emotional education, so we stopped at a village that seemed like a good place to live.
“Good.”
“Ugh… ! “I’m a little reluctant, but I can’t help it.”
The reason Hades was reluctant is simple.
This is because the place where we will stay today was once the village where she poisoned her corpse.
Hades planned to poison the villagers and turn them into a large army of undead.
However, I easily thwarted her plans and even suppressed her with force.
“I won’t tell you to forget the past, but it’s not good to be too tied up in the past. “After all, our meeting took place here, right?”
“From what I heard, this was a village full of precious memories!”
“Did dad and mom meet here?”
“Yes! “At that time, my mother was a villain who committed bad things.”
“What about dad?”
“He was a hero who punished evil villains.”
Zeek is interested in the story of how I and Hades met.
Everyone would be intrigued if a hero and a villain who were conflicting characters fell in love and gave birth to each other.
Accounting for his feelings, I calmly told him a story from the past.
Confronting Hades at night, robbing and reselling the undead under her command, competing against each other and fighting with dignity, and finally having Hades give in.
We adapted it slightly and added dramatic direction so that children can enjoy it.
As a side note, I tried to explain the process by which Hades, who was undead, became a cancerous bone, but was stopped because it was embarrassing.
“Well, stories like that are shameful in many ways. “Please don’t do this in front of the kids!”
“The back story is actually more interesting.”
“Woo! “If you keep doing that, will I also reveal my master’s dark history to my children?”
“Dark history? “Have I ever had anything like that?”
“You were curious about the taste of my bone marrow, so I tried to make broth with my pelvic bone…” ….”
“Okay, that’s it! “I won’t tell you the backstory, so let’s move on.”
“Really, my lord, you are mischievous!”
“But you love me, right?”
When Hades smiled humorously, his lips stretched forward as if he was displeased.
However, he did not deny the question of whether he loved me.
You can’t say that you don’t love a married couple.
It was something that could not be said, especially if there was a lovely child nearby.
“I’m so sick of this, but still… ….”
“Huh?”
Hades suddenly approaches me and grabs both of his arms.
As soon as she became unable to resist, she openly attempted to hit her on the lips.
I was shocked by the passionate way of expressing affection.
She had the eyes of a child watching her, so she never thought she would come out so boldly.
However, she was laughing brightly, saying that Hades had given her a blow.
“It seems like you were so absorbed in telling the story in front of Zeke that you didn’t even notice.”
Hades turned her body slightly to the side.
Then, she saw Zeke dozing off on her bed.
“I started dozing off midway and just left for dreamland.”
“After riding a horse for such a long time, I’m sure I’m sleepy.”
“Yes!”
Hades began to smile as he looked at the face of her sleeping child.
Seeing that her sulky appearance just now disappeared in an instant, it seems that there is no one who can melt the hearts of her parents more than her child.
“Let’s stop sleeping now. “I have to leave early tomorrow morning.”
“Yes!”
“Anyway, I haven’t seen Meryl and Mary since before. Where have they gone?”
“As for Meryl and Mary, when our lord was talking about long ago, he told me he would take a look around the village and went out.”
“Even though we’ve been here before, it’s probably our first time in this town, so we’re probably curious about many things.”
“Shall I bring it?”
“No, I will come back when the time is right. “Meryl is now a mother of one child.”
Putting aside my worries, I lay down on the bed, hugging Hades.
What could possibly be happening?
***
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Evening when darkness begins to fall.
Inside the temple in the village, a small brazier dimly illuminated the interior.
In the temple, which had a gloomy atmosphere, people wearing hoods were moving around busily.
The statue of the god they followed came down and a new statue went up on the altar.
A human statue that looks far from the image of a god.
The statue’s right hand was holding a shining sword, and its left hand was holding a small bottle.
It was unclear what the bottle symbolized, but all the people wearing robes knelt in front of the statue and prayed.
After a while, a woman holding a messy handkerchief walked out in front of them.
“Well, today too, let’s begin worship for Almighty Bern.”
“””Yes!”””
It was extremely award-winning, but unexpectedly, the worship method was no different from other temples.
It was just that the object of worship was strange.
However, perhaps because they did not realize that they were strange, they continued the service until the end.
And as time passed, when all the worship services were over.
A nun believed to be the ringleader of the secret meeting led someone by the hand.
“Brothers and sisters, there is good news today! “It is none other than an outsider who is interested in our doctrine and has come to visit us!”
“Oh!”
“Hwiyu~!”
“Ah, his glory is finally spreading across the world… !”
Meryl is dragged out by a nun amidst wild cheers.
While taking a walk in the village with her daughter, she became embroiled in something bordering on kidnapping and ended up coming to a secret meeting.
She did not know what to do with this and appeared restless under the gaze of the numerous crowds.
Meanwhile, unlike her mother, Meryl’s daughter Mary had sparkling eyes.
A girl who inherited the blood of Cpeterius but was unable to generate divine power.
Seeing those worshiping her father, pure divine power began to radiate from Mary’s body for the first time.