Dungeon Defense (WN)

“…… Barbatos. I've always chosen you. I will always choose you. ”

“Kill that Pymon bitch. With your own hands. ”

Barbatos growls low as a wolf.

I seriously confronted Barbatos' eyes. This was not a good way to refute the other person's words. Barbato was very excited, and he forced me to do both. Here we needed to show the gesture of following gently... ….

“I'll kill Pymon any time you want. ”

“Then there's no problem. That's what I want most in the world. ”

“Why kill now, you have to convince me. ”

Barbato frowns.

“Convince? Are you telling me to persuade you? ”

“Pymon is the leader of the mountain tribes. There's not a bit of a downside, but there's still a glimpse. You can't just kill someone in that position, Barbatos. Unless you want the Demon Lord to be divided. ”

This time I brought his face closer to Barbatos. The two of us moved a little further and reached a distance where our lips could touch each other.

Barbatos' face is a little better when his eyes are used to the darkness. Barbato's cheeks are red. It was a drink before I came. The scent of the herbal scent faintly seeps through your nose.

“Sounds to me like you can't kill me. ”

“I told you. Explain why you have to kill him now. It's only been a year since the Demon Lord's army was united. I even established the appearance of the Habsburg Empire in order to use it until we have enough power. Throw it back in the dirt and trample it down? ”

I rolled my mouth up.

“Is that your wish? What an elegant taste. ”

“Watch your mouth. Don't talk nonsense. ”

“I--I built this empire with all my blood and sweat! ”

I grabbed Barbatos by the hand, holding his collar firmly this time. Barbato, don't think you're the only one in the world who can threaten someone. We have always been equal.

“Who was the first to succeed in the Lunar Army expedition that had thrown troops on the ground for 2,000 years? It's me! Who's been leading the charge against Baal who deceived the Demon King for 3,000 years? It is I! Who created the system of empires so that our success would not be a temporary miracle, but a permanent history. It's me, Barbato! There is no blood spattered on the earth that does not originate from my hands, and there is no scream in the sky that does not originate from my blade! ”

I take Barbatos' hand from his throat.

“There's only one reason why the Flatlands and the Mountain Clans are together right now, even though you and Pymon are fighting a fierce faction - four fucking bitches and I are dating at the same time! ”

Barvatos slapped me on the cheek. I turned my head, but I immediately turned my gaze back. If you're going to hit me, hit me all you want. I'd rather take out a sword and stab myself in the heart. But I can't keep my mouth shut.

“Ah, yes. The empire remains intact because I'm fucking you both. This is the truth. Why, when have you ever been so afraid to look at the truth, Barbatos? You've been a coward for half a year. ”

“Son of a bitch……! ”

“And you like that son of a bitch for being a son of a bitch. ”

Barbato slapped me again, but nothing changed. I could just feel the blood on my tongue and where it burst from in my mouth. Perfect timing. If there's a smell of blood coming out of my mouth, Barbato will calm his head a little.

“Do you think I made you my brother Veled for nothing? You think I made Citri my girlfriend because I had nothing else to do? Do you really think that the most temperamental man in the plain and the most bloodthirsty woman in the mountain wave 'accidentally' have a deep relationship with me? ”

Barbato raises his hand. But I was expecting it. Even though it was said three times, I had never lived with myself being beaten three times by the same thing. I didn't even want to greet him quietly this time.

I grabbed Barbato's wrist with my left hand. Now Barbatos has both hands on me. As Barbatos struggles, we both lose our balance. I still hold both wrists of Barbatos, tripping her on the floor of the room.

“I am coordinating my factions, abandoning my whole body and mind! ”

You climb up to Barbatos and shout.

“My friendship, my dedication, my affection, my sincerity were all poured out! Ah, thanks to you, I became the world's lowest male prostitute! I had a great feeling about this, but what does it matter? My petty emotions are dull enough to be crushed with a glass of wine! ”

Neither does Pymon, nor Barbatos, and you are all overwhelmed by emotion.

I know. Emotions can get intense sometimes. Thanks to its intensity, emotions seem to be genuine. But the truth is completely different from the truth!

Just because you're telling the truth doesn't make it true! No matter how much you yell at me to get rid of the pymon, I can't guarantee that it needs to get rid of the pymon! Why are you turning away even the simplest of these facts?

How can human emotions be so important?

Jealousy is not a grudge, it's okay to tear down an empire with emotion! To tear the Demon Prince to shreds once again -- are you serious, Barbatos?

“But now you're telling me to bring down the empire myself. All right, Barbato. I promised you I would always put you first. I'm happy to grant you your wish if you truly want it. But I mean, but.... ”

I bite my teeth hard.

“At least, don't you think you need to convince me? ”

What leaked out of my mouth was already more like groaning than my voice. I was chewing and chewing my voice and making it ragged.

“If you want to stomp on my empire, fine. If you want to turn all my blood and sweat back into nothing, that's fine. But don't you think you should at least convince me, Barbatos...? ”

Then something falls from the snows of Barbatos.

“I'm in pain, Dantalian. ”

“ ……. ”

“I know, I know. You're getting assassinated in Batavia and the Republican Conference, and you're trying to make it work because of Pymon. You almost died because of Pymon. ”

Barbato's face is distorted.

This was the first time her face was so messed up since the day she ran away angry knowing that she had been betrayed by Pymon during the Lunar War.

“Pymon threatened your life the day we first met. Pymon's the one who dragged you out of the Moon Blind. And the same thing happened again last winter.... ”

“Barbatos.”

“It's okay for me to die with Pymon. Yeah, I can live with that. But if you...... Dantalian, if you die because of Pymon...... I'll really curse everything. ”

“ ……. ”

“I can't do that. I can't do that, you bastard... ”

Barbato's golden eyes get wet and blurry. I couldn't say anything. I didn't have any ideas in my head.

“If you're gonna die, it's got to be Pymon. I don't want to see her face anymore... Please kill Pymon. ”

“I'm not dying. ”

“Don't lie! ”

Barbato shouts.

“If you take one wrong step, you're dead! Don't try and reassure me with your lies! ”

Amphibious Herbs.

Barbatos didn't know the assassination was staged. I kept it a secret.

Even if I find out here that it was a drive-by, Barbatos won't be able to convince me. You will be asked why you did it. Then I had no choice but to stage an assassination for Pymon.

I don't know if lying to Barbatos will solve it easily....

I couldn't do that.

I, sincerely, didn't want to be a liar to Barbatos... … I didn't care to act for Pymon. Ivar was fine to lie. But as much as Barbato and Lapis. For two people…….

What would I have been able to do without them?

It was impossible for me to deceive you two. It was just impossible....

“Pymon will destroy you, Dantalian! I can tell. I know... If you don't kill Pymon, I'll kill her! ”

“No, Barbato. Think of the Empire...... Think of our new Demon King army. ”

I could barely bear to pull myself out of my throat. However, it did not prevent the unbearable extra from leaking out.

“Our future... Baal is dead, Agarez is dead. If the mountain tribes don't cooperate, conquest of the continent is impossible. I'm thinking... calmly... ”

“What does it mean without you in the future? ”

Barbato said.

For some reason, her expression is blurry and hard to see.

“You're as precious to me as the entire continent, Dantalian. I mean, shit happens. I had to be like this. I...... no matter how important fashion is to me, you are just as important...... I can't choose only one... ”

“ ……. ”

“You don't have to punish the continent in a hundred years. It can be a dream that can't be fulfilled in 200 years. Even if it takes a thousand years, even if it takes two thousand years...... It doesn't matter how much time it takes, please stay by my side...... Don't leave me alone anymore... ”

And then, Barbato raised his head and kissed me.

Something falls from Barbatos' eyes. It was engulfed in my eyes. It flows down the white ball of Barbato.

― ― Where did it go wrong?

If the question is wrong, you have to fix it and say, "Where did you hide the wrong thing?"

It was unclear who cut their lips first. Maybe I took a step back, and maybe Barbatos quit. But what is certain is that I stood up without saying a word.

We both have broken faces. I could feel my expression slipping out of control. In this room, there were no royal palaces or regimes of Habsburg. There were only two people who were soaked in water.

“ ……. ”

I looked at Barbato.

“ ……. ”

Barbato shakes his head.

I got impatient enough to kick myself out of the room. It was already too late and there was no one in the imperial hallway. Only the sound of me walking down the hall slowly follows my shadow as I rebuke.

Daisy stands silently at the door of my bedroom. Daisy ducks at her waist as she hears her footsteps this way.

“Father, hurry up...? ”

And as I looked up at my face, Daisy hung up. No, it was more appropriate to say that the words were cut off. But I couldn't see Daisy's face well. In fact, there was no reason to look carefully. Ignoring Daisy, you open the bedroom door and walk into the room unannounced.

I picked up the water bottle in the room. I liked anything I could get my hands on. I left it on the floor.

The sound of the pottery breaking resonates.