Hero’s Redo ~ A Hero That Once Saved the World Reborn as a Girl ~

"Please...? What the hell...?

"It's easy. I want the Pope to sleep for a while."

In contrast to the puzzled eagle, Melia smiled faintly.

"Sleep...?

"I don't mean to die. I want you to give me a little bit of your vitality."

That said, Mary rolled up her jacket. The young girl suddenly wondered what she had done, but when she looked at Melia's body, she was even more surprised.

"... what... what is that?

"Fufu"

Merliah's body - its center was embedded with a jewel. Its jewels, the size of a human fist, wave like creatures. The sight, which was impossible for a normal human being, did not speak. And Mary made her fingers follow the jewel, as she loved the beloved.

"Isn't it beautiful? This is the power that keeps me alive."

It's not a decent human body, so you can't just throw it away. Melia continued her words so that she could not see confused eagles.

"After you abandoned me, I realized that I had been thrown out alone in the dark forest. I guess you're lucky your body didn't get caught in a tree and die. And I wandered for days, running away from the monster and hiding, trying to live. But I know what the child's health was like. Quickly exhausted, the fallen monster poked his fangs at his body to feed me. I lost consciousness thinking I was going to die here, and then I woke up, and I was sleeping on a warm bed."

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I was surprised to be alive in that situation, but I didn't think it was about to become a monster's prey... No matter how much Melia hates me, I can't help it.

"When I woke up, my body was already in this state. He said," I was dead once and I came back to life with the power of this heart. "

That guy....? Is that who helped Melia? But this is... I looked at the creepy jewelry with an unspeakable feeling.

"This heart. It absorbs human vitality and keeps moving. But it won't last forever. Someone has to share my vitality in order for me to live. That's why, Pope."

I knew what Merliah was going to say next, and I realized that my throat was crackling.

"Split your vitality. If we suck up the lives of many magicians, we can live that long. If you feel guilty about abandoning me at all, you won't be punished for that, will you?

"Melia....."

That's what Mary said, with a cold smile on her face that looks just like Flair. After all, it's an old man with a short life. I was told to give me all the remaining life, but I can give it to you unconditionally. But before I do, I have to ask you something.

"It's Melia. If you want me to give you my life, I will gladly give it to you. But before I do, I need to ask you something. Can you answer that?

"What is it? I'll answer to the best of my ability."

"How many lives have you ever breathed? And what happened to those who were sucked? Just tell me that."

As soon as she heard it, Mary pulled in a laugh and stared at me in hatred. It's like being asked something you don't want to be asked.

"... why do you want to hear that?

"If the subject who sucked up the vitality was the bad guy, he wouldn't say anything. But if you say you took life from innocent people..."

"So you want me to die!?

Until now, my calm shouted like a lie, and I couldn't carry on. This mess... I still have a bad feeling about it... However, I can't reveal this child's guilt and bullet him... It is my fault that this child has been hunted down to this point.

"... it's Melia. If you want, I'll give you all my life. Promise me instead. Tell Flair everything about you and find a way to live without it."

"What...?! There can't be such a convenient way!

Merliah's refusal seemed like a child's tantrum. There's no other way. No matter how hard you try, you have no chance of being saved. Like a little kid trapped in despair.

"Even if you can't find it by yourself, you might be able to do it together. Merliah, please tell Flair about this."

"Shut up!"

In a blink of an eye, Meria grabbed my throat and pushed me to bed with incredible force.

"Gh...!

"Who would talk to a guy like that?! He saved himself and lived like that!

I had no choice but to be stunned by the darkness of the unknown Mary. I can't believe this happened to a sister who was so close. Melia's hand, which strangles her neck, gradually strengthens, and the eagle gradually becomes less able to breathe. At the same time, Merliah's hands and heart emitted a faint light, and I felt something important falling out of my body.

"I'll tell you one thing before I go to sleep, Pope. I have taken many lives so far. To live. And I'm not gonna stop it in the future."

In a hazy consciousness, only the words of Melia can be heard clearly.

"And we - the 'oppressed' - begin revenge against the world. People who trample on others and don't even look after them."

"What do you mean...?!

"If you ever woke up again, the world would have collapsed. And despair! What we've been seeing is totally pointless!

We have to stop Melia. This child is trying to do something irrevocable. But I can't stop it. Flare... Please save your sister. I let go of my consciousness, thinking so.