He Didn’t Want to Be the Center of Attention, Hence, after Defeating the Demon Lord, He Became Guild Master

After crossing the river without being blamed by anyone. From where I was, I could see the huge figure of the Mixed Beast in the north.

Eileen destroys a group of enemy generals in front of her and slashes them into about 8,000 more enemy soldiers. I thought I should join forces, but now I have to concentrate on fulfilling my role and keep running.

(When the Mixed Beast appeared, a message came from the camp. In other words, the Commander remains in the camp... with the possibility of a trap. But if Glass Goal is coming, the opportunity to defeat the leader will come at this stage...!

A general who tied hands with my brothers and betrayed my country. Existence that can be said to be the culprit of all.

Dick didn't want me and my brother to fight. Instead, he gave me this assignment to fight those who gave my brother the Armor Spirit.

But the fact that my brother conspired and conspired to take this country remains the same.

I do not fight because I want to punish the person who instigated my brother. He just wants to get this country back.

When the message came back, the curtain house was constructed in detail from a distance. Running through the camp without soldiers, I slash the curtain and step inside. [M]

"What are you... guh!

A soldier inside comes knocking at me with a sword - he was a pretty good user, but he avoids it and strikes his side head with a back fist to mow his consciousness.

From the thin part of the center of the tent, light is pouring into the dim curtain house.

The age of the demons cannot be inferred from their appearance. In human terms, it was almost as far away as I imagined from my position as a general.

The lines are thin and look like a woman. The shoulder rest of the armor worn is large, but the body is far from the word strength. Rather, the lines seemed thin enough.

(Depending on the race, some of the demons have a neutral appearance... but this is what Mermaire was so... confused about.)

"Even a Rank A Guard doesn't seem to be a match. I'll defeat you without even showing you a single scale of power... and that's what SSS ranks are for."

"... I didn't come here to talk about that. Are you General Glasgow?"

"It's an honor to have your name in the Hall of Light Sword. Leon's sister, Cordelia... you don't look very much like your older brother. Compared to him, you look good in the sun."

"I often say that by bringing my brother on my side and taking away this country... your plan is over. I'll finish you off by beating you up...!

As long as I have the Light Sword, it is no wonder the battle begins. [M]

--Still, the glass goal doesn't move. I noticed that the color of his eyes was different from left to right. [M]

Her right eye is a purple crystal color. Her left eye was dark.

(Something's wrong... you know, black eyes...)

I felt the ominousness that I shouldn't keep looking, but until something pattern appeared in my black eyes, I saw it in my own eyes.

"Nh...!

I knew it was slow, but I had no choice but to shake out the light sword. My sword rips the glass goal apart by armor - but it doesn't respond at all. [M]

"Didn't you hear my two names?" Phantom Glass Goal "... one aspect of my power is not based on swords or attack magic."

─!

I can hear a voice right behind me - I swing my sword in retrospect, but there's nobody there.

"Inside this curtain house... is it illusion itself...?

Glass goals are in front of us sometime. He looks at me with his arms folded and a smile on his face - how much room he can afford, loving things in his lively right eye.

"Kh... uhh...!

Rapidly, your body relaxes. A magical paralysis - and unlike that, a forced severance. My consciousness and body senses are separated.

"Looks like it's working. You can't stand there... but you've succeeded in resisting even a tiny bit. This is very interesting."

(No way... Magic Eyes... no, that's not true. I can resist magic too... but it's so easy...!

Glasgow's left eye did not appear to have been born - only the left eye was later turned into the magic eye. He just pointed his hand at the Magic Eye after the role had already been completed, and the pattern disappeared and he returned to his original eyes.

"Even with SSS ranks, there are types of forces that cannot be resisted. One of them is an unknown magical artifact… Sometimes something like being excavated from a ruins labyrinth has much more power than the magic of today. Like my left eye."

I can't understand what Glass Goal is saying from the middle. Your body and consciousness sink into the water, and you don't know whether you're standing or opening your eyes.

"You weren't being rude. [M] I'm just saying I can't die yet."

Deep, deep everywhere. Everything sinks slowly to the bottom of the phantom.

◆ ◇ ◆

Someday I was in a very nostalgic sight. [M]

I don't wear armor or armor. I dress as a woman and climb a gentle slope. [M]

The sky was clear. I go up to the hill covered in short grass and I find the person waiting there.

The wind blows and my hair shakes. I always had my tied hair untied. [M]

What do you look like? I've always acted like a man, but I never showed him anything.

"... Dick"

Calling his name, Dick looks back. And I cheeked him like he was bad - no.

I'm sure he's illuminated. There's the look I wasn't supposed to see.

"This is Cody's home. It's a nice quiet place."

"I'm glad you said that. But...."

I left King's Landing with Dick to report my brother to my parents.

The unrest in Ratochris ended with a settlement between Glasgow and Princess Mermaire. Glasgow tried to defeat his invading brother and Lugard by pretending to have made ties with his brothers as traitors.

I should have understood and accepted Glasgow's explanation. [M]

Otherwise, I wouldn't have come here with Dick.

"... ah..."

My eyes suddenly dazzle and I get flustered. [M] Normally, this never happens.

Not to mention that Dick would never take it personally. And yet I had forgiven myself for being held by his arm.

"... don't overdo it. I knew I should have told you."

Little by little, the idea that what you see now is your sight fades.

If only Dick could protect you by turning you back to the Knight Commander - and behave more like Sphere's mother.

Maybe one day Dick will see me as Cordelia. To everyone else, I am nothing but a woman. [M] I hope so.

"Hey, Cody. Why don't you two go on a trip without going back to King's Landing?"

"... why are you two suddenly like that..."

"When I was on my journey to demon king crusade, I thought Cody was a man. That made it easier for me to be with you. So if I went on another trip, I thought it would be good for both of us."

--It was a small part of my heart that I couldn't help but feel.

I didn't want another woman to pick up Dick. As a friend of his, I wanted to keep that relationship going so that I could talk about it.

I wanted you to think that you were special because I don't care about you at all.

"When I was practicing my sword, I noticed. If Cody had been a man, I would have wanted to be my best friend forever. But it's not."

It was a wish that would never come true.

I told myself so and tried to fool myself and take it for granted that Dick wouldn't choose me. [M]

Wearing armor, waving a sword, and serving as a knight captain as a man - still, I had to check every time I went home and looked in the mirror.

I don't have much time left to play a man.

When that happened, I wondered what to do. [M] Even if you still wish to remain in the same position to fulfill your duty to protect your country, your time will eventually expire.

"... the rank of Knight Commander may be given to someone. For us, this time will never come back. If you wait any longer, you won't be able to step on it."

If that's what he says. If you look at me as a woman and want to take me.

I want to go anywhere with you. I want to see what Dick wants to see and see him chasing what he likes with his heart.

"Let me know when you have the answer. Will you come with me...?

"... I..."

I tried to answer. I tried to say that I wanted to go.

But at the end, my throat trembled. When I can't speak, I forget how to breathe. [M]

If you answer, you lose something important. What I need to be - it is.

Because Dick should be what he needs to be.

"... we're a party. The Demon King Crusaders can't do it alone."

No matter how painful my chest was, the words were uttered without trembling, as my true truth. [M]

"... I see. That's Cody's answer."

Dick's voice is cold and changes like someone else's.

And my home landscape turns gray. [M] Dick disappeared and I was left alone - I don't know where to go.

What happens if we don't get back from this world all the time? Bad imagination spreads, creating an urge to ask for help without pretending.

But if you do, you will surrender to illusion. This irritability is also a phantom created by Glasgow - screaming will only weaken the spirit.

"... is this how the phantom works...?"

The answer will not come back. The gray world provokes irritability for no reason, anger, sorrow, loneliness - all emotions are raging in the chest.

--I can't control it. You can't help but spit out your anger as you run around without touching the gray meadow.

"That's all I should've done... but lie to Dick...!

I knew it myself. I mean, you're just crying.

I was the one who made that fake dick.

I didn't just dress up for my brother to keep the party balanced. [M]

--By partying with Dick. It was the first time I saw someone like him.

Some men can be trusted. I could undo my masculine costume so that I would never be aware of him as a heterosexual person, but I chose to go on forever.

If you stand in front of Dick as a woman, you can't hide it. If I tell them what I think of him, they'll only bother him - he's always been my friend.

"... that's not a lie. Even friends... I don't think I miss anything."

There are still voices about Dick from now on. But it's a lie.

No matter how much it dreams, I won't reach out. [M]

"I will never betray the real Dick...!

If you can't get back from the illusion, Glasgow may kill you - but it won't end without any resistance.

Scratch to the end. The moment I vowed - the blue sky of a colorless world would shatter like a broken glass.

The phantom sky, the grasslands, everything disappears into darkness. But I wasn't worried about anything. [M]

─ Cody!

Someone will pull me back. I heard him calling, and I called back his name in the same way.