"Hey, Dick. Why did you aspire to the Demon King Crusaders?

When was that?

On the way back to King's Landing after a journey of demon king crusade. Was it the night you took a place in a city on the border between the kingdom of Albain and the kingdom of Elsein?

Usually, the men's room and the women's room were separated as much as possible, so I never met the women's team at night. But only that day did Miralka follow me after two nights of walking.

I still didn't like talking one-on-one, even though I recognized Miralka as a good wizard back then. I can hardly like it if I'm told that I have an unforgettable face to face.

However, at the time when she was dressed in her bedtime clothes, she was as adorable as her sister who wanted to protect her if she only said her appearance. If you open your mouth, it will be a poisonous tongue storm.

Miralka, who went up to the highlands of town with me, complained that she was about to be exposed to insects even though she wanted to. So she magically protected her. I feel like I was told "thank you", but I remember it was very quiet.

"Why did you want to be a brave man? It doesn't look like you."

Even if they say it's not cute. At that time, I just wanted to volunteer. "

It's not easy to volunteer in your mood. We are the only ones in this country who have been recognized for SSS ranking. That means you can do anything else you want. And yet, where is the reason you chose to destroy the Devil King?

Miralka's allegations were sharp. But I also thought it was a child's idea to go around once more than I did. Because it was just as unnatural for her to volunteer for the Demon King crusade.

I think that Miralka was able to spot the part where I thought I had grown old strangely, and maybe I didn't like it.

It seems that you don't really want to be on the front stage. And you're glad you did something so conspicuous?

Normally, I didn't take it seriously, but the situation was different at that time.

For Miralka alone, I wondered if I could tell her the truth a little.

"... the Demon King wasn't that bad. Monsters do harm to humans, but they can be dealt with by countermeasures. That's what we found out because we got into Demon Kingdoms in small numbers. If the Royal Army were to move, it would be a war and the borders would have changed."

You don't like people dying, so you want to crush the Demon King with your own hands?

Everyone hates it. Well, I don't want to die either. I don't like people who want to sacrifice themselves or talk about things like that. "

It didn't feel good that some of the people who sent us out were crying. They thought we might die because they knew we were crying with sympathy.

Even at the age of thirteen, I can tell that much. We were afraid of that power, but in terms of being children, adults felt superiority.

After Yuma and Miralka returned from the Demon King crusade, it seems that there were various kinds of relatives who didn't even know their faces. After they talked to me, I used the Alliance's power to keep them quiet.

Money and power drive people crazy. I wouldn't be disappointed if I knew that from the beginning, and it would be better to protect them from people's dirty parts than to hurt Miralka and Yuma.

--While thinking about that, he misunderstood Eileen and hurt Miralka, or made her feel lonely without going to see Yuma.

I guess what I'm doing is contradictory. Miralka has been aware of this for a long time, and now she knows that she felt itchy.

"I think you should say more of what you think. If you keep your mouth shut, no matter how good you do, people won't know."

Not really. The defeat of the Demon King proved to Miralka and everyone, and I promised the Demon King a truce by keeping the talisman until five years later, but this would not be a good way to say "good". "

It's not yet a gentle way to keep something important. You're really.... "

Miralka stops trying to say something. Did you really try to say something stupid like that?

"... hey. Do you ever go home to King's Landing?

I won't. Don't tell me what you want to do.

"Yes... then, I can monitor you for now."

"Surveillance? Surveillance? Is Miralka talking about me?

Asked confused, Miralka sat on a wooden fence built on a high ground and stroked her shining golden hair in the moonlight.

If I leave you alone, it's going to be like a demon king crusade.

"Something like that... I don't think anyone as strong as the Demon King will show up like that."

It's okay, I'm sure you will. If this happens, I can't help it, so I'll keep an eye on you. Even if you do what you say and I hate you, I'll watch while I hate you. "

I seriously doubted if Miralka was really younger then. Her mental age, which was a genius of premature maturity, was no stranger than or higher than mine.

"Miralka hates what I do?

Didn't you think I'd hear that? Miralka blinked her eyes. Then, her face was dyed red to her ears.

"... don't say that. If you tell me, you'll be fine."

Haha...... I see. Then I'll ask you when I remember it again. "

You don't have to remember forever. That's how it goes. "

Miralka seems angry and gets off the high ground first. There's no way she's in danger, but I tried not to lose her later.

Miralka was wrong about one thing.

There is no such thing as me killing the Demon King alone.

If I really didn't have someone I could fight alone, I might have one.

But I've already met him.

I'm proud of what I can't do, but in each area I'm good at, I'll never win.

You cannot be stronger alone than anyone in the world.

That's why I don't fight alone. Because I know it's better to gather people than just one.

That's why I wanted to create an Alliance after breaking up with the four Demon King Crusaders.

That's because I wanted to make friends.

Because I knew I would never forget what happened when we traveled together until we died.

--Darkness.

I'm in the dark.

My arm is still moving. My eyes are open, and my right hand is holding a broken sword.

Behind my left hand is my master's Fairy Sword. I hold it, I hold my sword in both hands, and I stand up.

Titans, and snake bitches. And half of the woman embedded in the head of Snake looked down at me.

The faint magical connection that remains between us tells us that they are safe. But there's no sign of anyone getting up.

"O ye who crawl through the earth! Why stand, knowing you can't win."

"... I can't do anything by myself."

Answer me, 'snake' doesn't make any sense. That's fine, you don't have to understand.

"The mightiest swordsman, the mightiest fighter, the mightiest sorcerer, the mightiest monk. The other three can do what I can't. Everyone has that kind of thing."

"... but you're powerless. No matter how many hands I tie together, I'll never..."

"It will arrive. I'll let it arrive. I know how to do that."

The "core" I had in my chest moves fetus.

Core earned when defeating Legion Dragons. In addition to processing into other tools, Monster Cores can be used to gain Monster properties.

The character of the corpse dragon, the Spiritual Dragon - that is.

Collecting the power of countless dead spirits, armoring themselves and turning them into a source of power.

What happens if I do the same thing?

They're still alive. You will answer my call - and I will fight.

(Guys, please... just for a minute. Give me a hand...!

Instead of answers, magical connections with all the parties come back to life - one by one.

Cody's sword spirit compensates for the broken sword. With the incredible power of the Light Sword, I remember my sincere awe.

The magic that covers the body is a mixture of demons and humans - this is the demonization. The impulse to uncontrollable struggle and the power to destroy everything reside in the limbs.

Yuma kept me sane in my furious consciousness. The soul is soothed, remains calm, and confronts enemies who have no chance of winning.

"― ― What can change when you gather your strength. You can protect something!

The snake roughed up his voice for the first time. I'm convinced - you're feeling threatened by my power right now.

Snakes give orders to giants to plead not guilty to me. In front of the giant sword to be swinging down, I just swing through the fairy sword that was lowered in my left hand.

- Type 66 - Onigami Rupture (Lakshasa Zapper) -

The Titan's sword stops before it reaches me. At the next moment, the sand crushes into tiny particles, and the destruction propagates to the Titan's arms.

The snake woman emits light from her eyes, but I can't reach it covered in the magic of the Onigami. Now I don't use my sword to fight back, I just chant magic.

--Snake Erosion (Hydrator) ---

Combine the Unfilled called by Verlaine with Shelley's Phantom Snake. By using the power of the Spirit of the Snake, I was able to increase the number of "Unfilled" that can only be summoned once.

The spear of the snake woman, and the shield, are eaten up and taken away by the unfilled. The Lost Snake Woman is no longer my opponent, she just fogs me no matter how much light she emits.

--While I was in the shower, I understood how the light works. I deformed the barrier, reflected it, and shot through the serpent woman's mask. The mask flew and the snake woman bled from her forehead and fell on the spot.

"You're the only one left. Let's finish it."

The snake said nothing. It just wraps the magic of the whole spirit around its head, opens its jaw, and comes towards me.

Abandoned Special Attack. It was a bet for me right now, but there was no escape option.

I can't look bad with the help of my friends.

I can hear Miralka's voice - there's something I've been working on for a long time.

I don't hesitate to use it.

Flowing knowledge of Miralka - in addition to the normal three times the speed of thought, plus the speed of Miralka, I was able to instantly complete the magic of the formation.

"--uhhhhhh...!

--Zero type, extreme breakage (limit burst), reverse cross (reverse cross) ---

Two swords reinforced by all my powers.

Shake the sword stacked on the cross while penetrating the jaw of the snake with metastasis magic.

Simultaneously, the destroying team destroys the snake from within - the chained self-destruct does not stop until it destroys everything.

That's the Zero Extinct Self-Destruct Team. It was created to destroy certain enemies completely, but it was the magic of the faction Miralka had never used before.

I was intact when I was exposed to the power of the snake from the front, for some reason - the magic of the snake was converging more than ever. Still, you mean everyone I lent me won?

Looking back in the air, the snake collapsed while hanging its neck on the ground - where it ran out of strength.

I got off the ground and approached the disappearing 'girlfriend'.

"... I lost... to those who crawl the earth... just humans..."

I wondered what kind of words to use.

However, it was created to move the floating island, and it followed the vague order of 'destroying what man has become' - and then disappeared.

While I couldn't say anything, my master walked up.

Master lifted up her body, which had already begun to collapse, and then shed tears.

"I'm sorry... if I were to replace you then... I would..."

Desperately squeezing his voice, 'she' didn't react.

However, the eyes that did not capture anything were pointed at the master - for a moment, they regained a slight brilliance. It's like waking up from a long dream.

"... no... you don't have to apologize for anything..."

"Nh...!

Her left right hand moved and touched Master's cheek.

Not a 'snake' who lost her ego and woke up only to destroy people - she was once a human, finally released and returned to her master.

"... I'm the one... I'm sorry... let me alone..."

"No... no, the bad thing is... the bad thing is..."

She was the only one Master could live with for a thousand years on the same floating island.

But in order to be united with the serpent, and to contain the will to perish, one of them could only be sacrificed to the other.

And she joined the party of the first king Albain, and offered herself to the snake.

Master must have seen the scene. But there was nothing I could remember.

The two men were forced to do everything, and the surviving 'people left behind' disappeared. It is hard to imagine that everyone lost their lives if the city remained intact.

Master would have hated everything that led to this fate. Or maybe he was looking for someone.

Still, I couldn't find it, I was desperate, and all I had left was the feeling of wanting to die.

That's why she found me, raised me, and wanted me killed - I couldn't make it happen, and she fell mad.

--And even now, I took my best friend from my master. Even if it was the only way to free her.

I always make my master cry. I can't even wipe her tears now, I can only watch.

I can see 'her' trying to disappear now.

The same hair as the master, the color of the eyes. However, when I lived as a person, I had an atmosphere that made me think that I would have been happy.

"... your name is..."

"... Dick. It's Dick Silver."

"Yes... Dick... take this kid... and give him a limousine..."

"Hey... don't go, Deanne... I finally got back... even though..."

The area under your chest has already collapsed. Still Diane laughed to the end and touched Rimserit's cheek.

"... the crying worm hasn't changed, Rimse... again, at that promised place... the flower crown..."

The great woman, who had kept the snake sealed for a thousand years, fell asleep for ever in the unknown place of the people of the kingdom that she had defended.

"... why...?!

The master cried like a child, holding Diane as she disappeared.

Everyone who had fallen got up and looked at the master. Verlaine, whose clothes were shaggy and her headdress came off, walked up to me - bleeding from her forehead, but she shook her head and hit me on the shoulder, telling her not to worry.

Nobody said anything. Leave me and my master alone and leave this place behind.

Verlaine told me that there was only one thing I could do. Without knowing what the answer was, I poked my knee in front of the master who was crying and hugged her.

The hand that tried to get Diane turned around on my back. As you can see from the armor, Master stuck to me tightly and kept crying out loud.

The thought of saving the kingdom was nowhere. I saved Diane, and all I did was kill her to kill the snake.

If I could have come back a thousand years ago, could I have saved them both? Your heart can't stop looking for dreams that you can't even dream.

--But...

Little hope remained at the bottom of this darkness. There's that fairy in front of my gaze, with my master in my arms.

Fairy lips move and you hear voices. It seemed like I was the only one who told it.

"Thank you."

Indeed, fairies fly. Beyond that, there will be Miralka and the others waiting outside.

A fairy who seemed not to be passing through people's feelings did say a word of gratitude.

Like Diane, who regained herself as a human being before she disappeared.

"... Master. No... Rimserit. If you cry all the time, Diane won't feel safe, so you'll have to keep watching.

As I stroked Master's back, I said. Even though the name Rimserit was known to be the master's real name, I couldn't settle for it. I want you to name her because she doesn't have a name. She said that, but I didn't expect to know in this way.

However, by calling the name, the shivering of the master's body gradually decreases.

And when she gently let go, she turned to me with her bright red eyes. My lips try to say things several times, but I can't make a sound.

"Take your time. Let me hear your voice one by one."

"... everything... I remember. When I was... called Rimserit."

"... I see. That was tough."

You don't have to ask everything now. Our time will continue.

Master's arm is now on my neck. I can firmly accept the embrace of stepping out here - I'm a grown-up now.

In the light that plunged through the skylight of the castle in the underground city, I remembered Diane who had disappeared as I stroked her back.

She kept defending people behind history. I'll never forget that.

This country has not been praised enough to show her chest - but it should change, and I must do what I can.

Before we do that, we must first work with the people who fought with us. Everyone in my guild, Leonid, Lotte and Cashmere will be waiting for you.

"... well. Master, it's time to go. Tell me about Diane's memories if it's time to talk."

The master who stopped crying looked up at me. And after a long time, I said with a smile. The painfully red eyes don't bother me at this time - if you laugh at me.

"... Dee, you might like Diane, okay?

"Superior. Anyway, I'll be drinking all night....."

"Fufu... Dee, if you say that, everyone's gonna stab you in the back."

"Eh... wow!

Looking back, the people who were supposed to have left looked at us in each pose.

"Master, Mr. Rimse... drinking with Dick is a bit of a flying violation, right?

"It's hard to book Dick's afternoon. Even Dick, who seems to get on easily, is also Dick."

"Hmm... when you comfort a crying woman, you can be masculine."

"Miralka-san, I think it's okay to ask you in turn today... please be the first! Eh!"

Tong, Yuma pushes Miralka's back. And then she walked up to me with her arms tied, with her face filled with resentment.

Master has already returned to his usual state and is looking at me with a smile. Miralka is waiting for something, and when she looks at Verlaine and Shelley like I'm asking for help, she somehow nods back silently.

Even after the battle, it seems that we all have to do something that is not very easy to shoot.

"... if I tell you I can't help it, I'll destroy you."

If I listen to the dialog, I will admit defeat without a word or two. I thought it would be distracting to think not only of Master, but of all six, but I thought of how I attacked the guards of the iron wall in front of Miralka, who said it myself and backed off.