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“ ……. ”

“You point out that you can't praise her for being a good girl. ”

Daisy keeps saying something.

I put up a good fight and got along just fine. But on one side of my head, I kept thinking about something else. It was as if the skin of your face was separated from your head and moved separately. It was a pretty familiar sensation to me.

“ ……. ”

A voice whispered in my ear.

It was the same voice I had just heard in my dream. It was Pymon's tone. I knew enough that it wasn't Pymon, so I didn't react too well. But I listened to Daisy's voice.

“The Barvatos regency was very cute. Father, have you ever heard of hogs groaning when they breed? It's worth listening to at least once. And when the flesh was torn, the pig had to cry. ”

Daisy laughs.

You're going to use my affection for Barbatos.

In the past, I was angry. On the day of the opening, I was paralyzed by the thought that Daisy had destroyed Laura and Pymon. And I put all kinds of curses on Daisy. I ordered you to kill yourself.

I wonder how Daisy felt when she heard that from me.

You must have suffered.

It must have been unbearably painful. But I endured it. I endured the twitching of the slaver engraved in my heart. I endured a word of my gut being hacked off, and somehow made it here.

To the end.

More aggressively, to save me.

“Daisy.”

However, I was not a human fit for the same word as salvation. No matter what Daisy thinks. The immutable truth was stuck here like a memorial stone. That I should never be allowed any comfort.

“It's okay now. ”

I'll tell you that from now on.

“No more acting, Daisy. ”

“ ……. ”

The face of Daisy, who was cold as steel, cracked.

He was wise. More than anyone I've ever met. Although it was only a slight hint, Daisy would have understood everything by this hint. But people understood what they wanted to refuse and what they had to refuse.

“Smoke... You're so sleepy. ”

Her eyes were poisonous black girl.

Like an aged calligraphy stamped on a blank sheet, Daisy's hair was glossy, dark and smooth at the same time. She was already done when I met her. He was confident in the world and also knew what he meant by his confidence.

“Your father said that it was hard to understand from the beginning.... ”

So I was afraid.

She seems to already know that this is the stage and that she can do anything. Despite the villagers dying and lying dead, this child is already confident he can convince the assassin to come forward. It terrified me.

Kill him.

“That was a lot of nonsense, but today the concentration of poisonous nonsense...... is terrible. Meaning, unknown. ”

So I can kill you anytime.

It was not a question of whether or not I could kill him. Of course I could have killed Daisy. The question is, will you convince me she's dead? That was it.

What happens if you have affection for me?

What happens if I am regarded as "not a bad person"?

That was unacceptable. Murder was an evil thing to do with no excuse. The man who committed the murder, who committed the endless massacres, had to remain a villain at all costs.

He is killed by someone who is not a villain...... I could never tolerate such an excuse. Daisy was the same. I always decided to remain a villain to Daisy, so I felt sorry for her, no matter when or where Daisy was killed.

There is no glorious cause for you to die.

You will be killed because I am just a villain who kills you, arriving at a point where there is no excuse and a villain who declares his territory there.

Drip-free equations.

But it was concise.

“He said, since the old days.... ”

Daisy shuts up.

Do you know that your lips are trembling?

Daisy swings the Great Sword. I feel uneasy about the way the sword moved. I understood that the smoke had been detected, but I couldn't accept it, so I tried it. Hopefully this side avoids or prevents the attack, Daisy's desperate for it.

Live sincerely.

I could feel the blade rushing towards my neck, not the reef.

Of course I didn't.

“Phew……! ”

Daisy quickly stops the Great Sword. The blade stopped right in front of my neck. Daisy's test failed. She looks down.

“Why... why aren't you avoiding me?" ”

Poor Daisy.

My daughter.

“You could have really died. I don't understand! Why, why……. ”

I never showed myself as a father.

She does not leave any gentle comfort when she is in distress. She never stood by her side when she struggled with loneliness. I forced Daisy to play. He demanded that you hate me. You don't know how much it hurts your daughter. But Daisy followed me without a word of complaint…….

For the first time in my life.

You hugged Daisy.

“Ah……. ”

So small.

There was still a lot of space left after entering my heart. He was so small and pathetic. I wonder what I've done. What have you done.... I made this child kill, torture, and let the human mind die.

A child who has done nothing wrong.

Just one reason why it might be dangerous.

“I'm sorry.... ”

Dantalian should never apologize to anyone.

He was a noun that had to remain a villain.

So, this is my own guilt.

It was entirely an apology spoken from me.

Daisy was trembling in my arms.

“I didn't look at you the way you are. Everything. It's all my fault... ”

At first Daisy rebelled.

Please don't kill yourself. With Pymon gone, Barbato's death planned, your father won't be able to stand it if he dies. Or I would rather kill my father with my own hands.

I smiled.

“I thought you'd say that. ”

I took out a vial of poison. It wasn't just poison. Poisonous and poisonous that instantly kills humans with a single sip. It was a poison made by Jeremy's heart. I, the Demon King, would only need one bottle, but I had nothing to worry about. We have quite a few bottles.

“Father, is that...? ”

I opened the bottle cap and drank the colourless poison.

I felt a burning pain in my esophagus.

The innards scream sharply. The esophagus and stomach were dissolved. I was unconscious of the pain, but desperately emptied the second poison and filled my mouth to the third poison. Not unlike that. Daisy rushes in, noticing the identity of the potion.

“Father!"

A little closer.

“No…… tell me the name of the poison! Ah, ah! No...! ”

Closer.

“No... I don't want this... ”

Soon after, Daisy put a face on my chest.

I stroked her head with my right hand. Daisy raises her head. I kissed my lips lightly, where tears poured down constantly.

“ ……! ”

Daisy's eyes widen. But it was only for a moment. She caught on to my lips to make sure she understood everything. He was also a smart kid. I wanted to talk to Daisy a little more. I wanted to stay with Daisy a little longer.

I couldn't find a reason to stay when I could, and now I don't have time to stay anymore. It was funny. Regret always comes to me like this.

But at least the last.

The poison gradually fell from my lips to Daisy's. From some point on, the drugs ran out and disappeared. We took our lips off slowly, as if it were a waste.

“... It hurts, Father. ”

Daisy smiles small.

Maybe I'm smiling, too. I couldn't feel my face, but I was sure.

“I made this specially for Jeremy. ”

“It hurt...... a lot. ”

Daisy gives me a heavy hug.

The magic of both of us was already raging. A huge pit digs as if a meteorite had fallen. The rocks and stones float in the air, defying gravity. A landscape where one world ends. It was the end of the road for the two of us.

“Like this, I can't remember anything I talked to him...... and no one can remember him...... ”

“That's not going to happen. ”

Besides, and I said,

“Honestly, there's nothing worth remembering from anyone else. ”

“You're always so clingy. ”

“It's okay not to be afraid. ”

I hugged Daisy a little harder. Days ago, Daisy's shoulders were trembling. Is it scary to die? I wonder if I'm afraid of disappearing like this. Come to think of it, Daisy is not yet 20 years old. You're afraid.

“I'll stay with you to the end. ”

“Father.”

“Yes."

“…… I like it. ”

Once again, I kissed him.

I can feel life dying in my arms. Not Daisy's life, not mine.

Daisy's breathing weakens slightly. Softly. I felt that Daisy's candle would fade away a little sooner, I don't know where. I was relieved. I didn't want Daisy to leave me feeling dead.

“ ……. ”

It seemed like a long time ago.

Finally, you look at Daisy's face. Daisy smiles lightly. Fortunately, I've only caused her pain all my life, but I seem to have done enough to give her a final smile.

My eyelids were heavy.

The dying sensation of the body.

I feel like I'm losing power in my head. I had already experienced it once. But it was hard to get used to it. I hate to live, but I get used to it, so why not die a few times and get used to it?

I really do.

The magical power of the whole body rushes out everywhere. There is nothing left in the body. I couldn't even breathe out of my nose. I closed my eyes, feeling the pain of my gut tearing. I wanted to see Daisy's face a little more, but I couldn't.

The sound coming from everywhere is faint.

The accident has stopped.

I was blinded.

And...

And………….

“ ……. ”

Finally, I looked forward with my two eyes.

I lay on the ground and looked up at the sky.

A sky full of ashes.

I hear birds coming from a distance. The leaves between me and the sky tell me that this is the middle of the forest.

“…… Was it successful? ”

I muttered. I tried to tell you in a self-help way, but there was a sudden mixture of water. I was crying. Tears for Daisy. I killed the sound and cried for a while.

But I couldn't cry forever.

For Daisy.

And for everyone.

“ ……. ”

I got up from my seat.

I didn't have time to wait.

From now on, I have to do what only I can in this world.