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

Episode 192: A Far Vow With Those Who Have Been Left Behind

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Before Dick sought Yuma's power, Yuma had already noticed the discomfort when he descended deep into the Vortex of the World.

Something like a sphere of metal floating in space with gaps. The girl sitting in the chair inside attacked the red-haired boy and the elf woman, shaking her soul with emotion.

That sounds like an apology.

An unintentional attack. While listening to the girl named Makina, Yuma noticed that she was pushing her emotions to kill each time she talked about someone.

For a girl named Makina, who is the leader? Nor was it concealed in front of Yuma, who could feel the waves of her soul.

Yuma told Makina the song, opened the shell of her heart that covered her soul - and sent her mental body into Makina.

Yuma is looking at Makina's mental landscape. Yuma was about to meet another side of Dick, one of Makina's essentials.

Inorganic white room. There are only doors and windows, and there is a young girl with thin pigmented hair in the light inserted from the window.

What is placed in front of her is a crystal ball larger than her body. Yuma sees what's reflected there from behind.

It was an enormous array of letters.

The history of the world, everything recorded so far. Knowledge of magic - and.

Records of the "people left behind" who disappeared from the earth leaving behind several people.

"... this... this is so terrible..."

Yuma spills tears. Even with the mental body, the tears that flow turn into magical grains and disappear.

Makina keeps staring at the crystal sphere without turning around and reading the text with a small voice.

Once prosperous in this world, the "lost people" were trying to further develop their magical civilization.

However, when the floating island - reminiscent of the kingdom of God in heaven - was created, the leader of the "people left behind" acquired a sense of Almighty.

I wonder if we can make artificial gods by ourselves.

The source of the power of the God-gods, created in the plan. That was the Pseudo-Nuclear.

However, it was used as a power source for the floating island Kvaris, which rose into the sky - a day that came more than a decade later.

It is the coming of the god of the other sky.

The fact that it emerged from a rift in the sky did not have a fixed shape and was not recognized as a threat at first. When some of the people of Kvaris realized the anomaly, the gods of the other skies had already fulfilled their temptations.

Kvaris, who had accumulated power as the "Castle of God," unleashed that power to destroy the world. The Divine Army uniform, which was supposed to be the 'Messenger of God', and the Dragon Wings all aimed to destroy it.

The target was the people of the floating islands other than Kvaris. It illustrated the fact that those who tried to make God recognized their tribe as enemies of a different sky God.

However, Kvarys, who had dropped the floating island of Berthalis and still thought he would destroy the people on earth, did not carry out any further attacks.

As if they had fulfilled their purpose by destroying those who sought God.

The world was spared its doom. Forget even the fact that the gods of the other skies threatened this world, and people spent two thousand years.

But there was someone I could not forget. A man named Hugo, the survivor of the "Forsaken People" with immortal flesh.

He was not from Kvaris, but from the destroyed floating island. He fell to the earth and still lived, and kept moving to fulfill only one purpose.

Not all the 'people left behind' are as good at magic and fighting as the Rimserit. Hugo was a bachelor's degree and it was difficult to live on a strange earth.

He nevertheless continued to live for one purpose. I was convinced that the threat of a different sky god would come again, and I thought that if it came again, there would be no trace of human life left in this world.

However, based on the Vortex of the World, Hugo reached a lifespan that should not have been visited in the form of breaking the balance between body and spirit.

Hugo spent less sane time at the end of his life nurturing a successor to his will.

That's how she was born, Makina, Hugo's bloodthirsty daughter.

The "Seat of the Hegemon" was an organization led by the "Alliance Lord", who had no flesh, and his daughter, the "Eye of the Seat".

About five years after Makina became the "Eye of the Seat". When Dick and the others went to Elsein, the demon kingdom, as the Demon King Crusaders, the number of people who made up the "seats" was almost unchanged, and the sequence of the top seats, including Cain, was up.

"... we don't have the power to be strong in this world."

"But, Makina... I was weak, and I got the tools to fight the strong. Therefore I will give you strength."

That's the divine uniform I made up... "Magic Equipment". Titan's Armor Made of Immortal Metal "

"Not only does it have the power to protect you, but it also has another unique power."

"The ability to gather power through the spiritual veins that spread their roots to the edge of the world... once used, the magical equilibrium of the world changes. Therefore he that uses it shall be good as a vessel of power.

Makina was given the role of activating the power of magical instruments and becoming a vast magical vessel.

Makina's mental landscape - the figure she continues to learn as a young woman - was her memory, and Yuma thought it was still her figure somewhere in her heart.

"... with your father, defeat the god of the other sky. That's the most important thing for Makina."

"Yes, that's why I was born. I can only live for it."

Makina says without looking back at Yuma.

The answer now shows Makina's confusion. Yuma hurts her chest and puts her hands on her chest.

"Every life born in this world has a duty to live what it wants… and to enjoy happiness."

"... it's not an obligation. It's a right."

"... yes. But in the teachings of Albain's God, that's what it is."

Makina looks back. Yuma smiled and continued her words.

"Makina's father wanted to fulfill his feelings with his own hands. That's why I'm in a bit of a hurry...."

"... the enemy is invisible. It's just malicious."

"Yes... that's not strange, even if it's directed at the whole world. Both we and the" seats "are fighting to protect this world. Makina and your father."

"I... just obey the will of the Alliance Lord. I will never be able to oppose the Alliance Lord...."

For the first time, Makina's voice, which had not expressed her feelings for a long time, trembled.

Yuma still smiles. Like Makina's heart, she took everything as it was.

"... your mother and father are important to me, too. You can do anything for them."

"... you're not the same as me."

"Perhaps. But you must feel the same way about your father."

"I... was only given the role of 'Eye of the Seat' by the Alliance Lord. Lord Alliance and I have no connection like yours. That's necessary....."

Something unnecessary. Before Makina finished, Yuma bent over and hugged Makina in her young form.

"You don't think it's necessary. Your soul teaches you what your father is like."

"My soul... I can't see anything like that..."

"No, that's why I was chosen to be part of the Demon King Crusaders."

Makina stopped reaching away from Yuma.

----The warm stuff that flows from Yuma's body envelops Makina's soul.

Makina would naturally refuse to be touched by her soul - but Makina could not refuse Yuma to do so.

That's because Yuma also exposes everything in her soul.

Yuma is just wondering about Makina, and the waves of her soul are not cloudy at all.

"Makina is sacrificing herself for her father. But... I don't think that's what your father wanted."

"... your father entrusted me with 'magic equipment'. Now that your father has been manipulated, all I can do... is unleash the power of the 'Magic Equipment' and wipe out the gods of the sky."

"But your mind doesn't fully accept it. I knew you shouldn't, but I showed you your memories... you were raised as a vessel of" magical instruments ". However, the" magic equipment "must have been a gift from your father to protect yourself."

"....."

Makina can't argue. She just breathes painfully and hears Yuma's words.

"Suou and Mikado are back to fight with you. Trying to keep them away, you...."

"... they did their best for 'seating'. Everyone else... but everyone..."

"You're still trying to fight with Makina. I'm upset to learn that Makina's father is being manipulated by his enemies... but that doesn't mean we have to defeat Makina's father."

"How... how can you say that...?

"There is no sin in being manipulated. If my loved ones are manipulated, I am prepared to bring them back to the identity of Albain's God with this song."

Makina opens her eyes to Yuma's words - and...

Tears appeared in those eyes, passing down their cheeks.

The tears that flow in the mental landscape are the same as real tears and flow at the same time. She embraced Makina, who jumped into her arms, and Yuma wept again.

"Your father suffered forever... to avenge his death, but he stayed in this world... but he did something he shouldn't have done. Number one in the table... I couldn't stop trying to defeat the Divine Sky myself... with Cain's body, who shared our purpose. I knew it was dangerous to touch the Pseudo-Nuclear."

"... so, Mr. Hugo is staying in Mr. Cain's body. On top of that, I was interfered with by the" God of the Other Skies "...."

Makina nodded back. Yuma asked as she stroked her back, waiting for her to calm down.

"Living longer than others, losing your body. It also means you can't get peace of mind."

"... still, I... want to hear your father's words again"

Using 'magic tools' to destroy Hugo and the 'God of the Universe' who ruled him means killing Makina's father.

"Your father's heart was trapped 2,000 years ago. If we can defeat the" God of the Other Skies ", we will finally be free from the pain of living in this world."

"... that must have been painful. Makina, who has been watching your father, thinks so."

"I betrayed a fellow who sat in the Seat... I have no right to be told that."

Yuma releases herself once. Makina, who was in the mental landscape, looked like a young girl about five years old.

"When a child's feelings about his or her parents outweigh anything else, his or her neighbors watch over it. Neither Suo-san nor Mikado hate Makina."

"It's just... it's just sweet for both of us... I can't even forgive you now without explaining anything to them..."

"I forgive you. Because I believe forgiveness brings everything in a bright direction."

Makina's cheeks began to cry again. Yuma continued while gently stroking the girl's head.

"Let's stop Hugo. May his wishes not be distorted in that direction."

"...... nh..."

Makina put her head on Yuma's chest and cried without a voice.

The silent voice of the girl who had trapped her emotions in her heart shook Yuma's soul, and she wept again.

And Yuma prays to God that the battle that will begin will never end in tragedy.