It Is A Different World And Yet I Am Cultivating Monsters

"... Lily"

"Long time no see, Felid."

Looking at Lily, the brave man who came down to the hall on the ground floor, Felid muttered as if he understood what had happened up there.

"... before I went upstairs and stopped them, I guess I came to get in the way, but don't worry about it. Either way, these wounds will be tough to fight with Kew and the others. And apparently, the goal has been achieved."

"What does that mean?"

"You know that, too. The vibrations that occurred earlier and the light that was seen from outside the window. Perhaps that is the awakening of the world tree. Then the purpose here has been fulfilled."

"After all, your purpose was the same as the Emperor's?

The reason Felid was helping the Emperor, a brave man to be called a hero, would make sense if he knew that the Emperor's purpose was to awaken the world tree and evolve the world.

That's what Lily thought.

"No, my purpose is not as noble as you or the Emperor.... I'm far weaker than anyone else."

"? You're the one who says weird things. Of the seven brave men today, no brave man in the right shape is better than you."

Lily unexpectedly raised a question mark on Felid's spilled line.

I can assure you that it was Felid who made the greatest contribution to the world, at least among the seven brave men of our time.

Because he was the only one who defeated the SS ranked monster on his own, and as a result became one of the seven brave men.

The world's evolution to defeat and grow the Brave System, and thus the SS ranked monsters, was best embodied because there should be no one else except Felid.

"... I bought too much. I didn't like it enough to be the Seven Braves. Besides... I didn't like to defeat SS ranked monsters."

Lily felt a feeling of regret.

"More importantly, you seem to have fully recovered your memory and returned to the group with Kyo."

"... did you notice that? You're telling me who you are?

I was fighting Felid on that battlefield and I never had a chance to have a conversation with him like this.

Still, as far as Felid's attitude was concerned, he seemed to know who he was.

"Now I'm convinced. I could only feel it somehow on the battlefield."

You mean the brave man who once defeated the SS Rank on his own?

Lily wondered if she knew who she was with the same signs.

"... after all, I was jealous of you... how much I regretted that everything about you and Kew... should have been like you..."

"Felid, you...."

Lily felt an emotion of regret and sadness that could not be hidden in Felid's murmured expression.

"... don't worry, my role here is over. Above all, they showed me what growth is for the world because they fought me like no other."

That said, there were monsters lying on the floor, including Jack, where Felid pointed.

Lily rushed over, but Felid murmured earlier.

"We're all alive. Especially this guy, the pumpkin-headed gentleman... In a way, I praise him for being a contributor to this shadow."

That's how Felid smiled, holding back his wounded arm and heading further away from the main hall on the first floor towards the entrance to the castle.

"My role here is over. If I ever see you again, I'd like to be one of you. [M] Yes, tell Kyo."

Lily quietly abandoned Felid's back as she left.

Rostam, I need to ask you something.

That's why Fitness asks the Emperor Brave, who is kneeling at us in confusion.

"Do you remember what words you used when you first met me?

"... of course. At your birthday party, I provoked you ironically and yelled at you to prove your worth. And when I became a woman worthy of it, I declared that I would eventually welcome you."

"... is that so?"

To Rostam's answer, but Fitness meditates his eyes to be sure of something, and eventually affirms it clearly.

"That's the proof that you're not Rostam."

"What...?

Fittis pointed the truth at Rostam, who frowned.

"It wasn't you who said that and provoked me back then. I'm your brother, Zahaq."

――

In fact, for the first time, Rostam looks stunned and sees his brother Zahaq kneeling in the same way next to him.

"At that time, you stood next to your brother Zahaq. Certainly at that time, I was supposed to be showing off my engagement to you, but you, my brother, did my best to replace my brother. The statement that you will welcome me at that time also means that you will be my brother's fiancée. I officially spoke to you when you decided to take possession of the Empire from Zahaq and become Emperor, and they said the same thing, and I thought that all my brothers and sisters would be the same, but, well, if it were a real Rostam, I wouldn't be wrong about it."

He remained perplexed by Fitz's remarks, but remained silent as if there was something to nod about or affirm.

"... Zahaq. Can you tell me what the hell happened? Who is this Rostam and where is the real Rostam?

"... that's..."

Fitz's query made Zahaq look reluctant, but it was a third party's voice that appeared.

"The real thing is already dead. Isn't it?" One of the seven brave men, Zahaq. "

Responding to that voice, he turned around and saw someone we knew very well.

"Mom! And me!

In this case, the first two people to break into the Empire's castle, and then there was no news.

Well, I thought it was safe because it was about the two of us, but will you show up at this time?

"... explored the smell of me and my compatriots, followed a path worthy of being underground in this castle, and visited a secret compartment beyond that. I found something there."

That is why the words my mother told me bring even more shock to the scene.

"It's a coffin. It was a fine fit for the royal aristocrats. Perhaps the real Rostam is inside. Isn't that right, Zahaq?

"... ahh, that's right..."

Admit it honestly to your mother's point.

That means the real Emperor Brave is already dead.

Then who is this emperor brave here...?

"I was wondering. How was Behemoth of my SS rank taken by human hands? Moreover, there is no way that it can be easily made, such as a place where SS ranked monsters can be imprisoned. But if you think about it this way, it's true."

Say it and tell her.

"Behemoth went 'to this empire by his own will' from the beginning. And with the ability of humanization of SS ranked monsters, I changed their appearance into the appearance of a certain person, so..."

And my mother pointed to that man, the Emperor Rostam, who knelt before us now.

"The Imperial Brave Rostam. Your true identity is SS Rank Behemoth. The smell of the SS rank that existed in this castle, it was drifting from you."

Everyone had to breathe quietly.

To reclaim Behemoth, an SS ranked monster, who was originally one of Mother's aims and was also one of her compatriots.

However, Behemoth is the emperor brave in front of him, and Behemoth has acted as the emperor brave.

My head was full of what was going on.

"... let's talk..."

But then Zahak talked as if he were going to confess everything.

"... it was all when Rostam was chosen as a new brave man, when he was seven brave men and still four brave men... when he was chosen, when I realized the feelings I felt for him, my sins began..."