It Is A Different World And Yet I Am Cultivating Monsters

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In the dark room, the person sat crouching alone.

Her name is Luna.

Shortly after she was brought to this ancient castle, she was pulled away from the keys and trapped in a room somewhere.

Even though it is a single room, it is a particularly well-maintained place in the castle, and luxurious items and furniture that the lord of the castle once lived in were left unattended.

If she were a normal person, it would be a luxurious room to live in, but Luna did not dive into the bed as if she were restless and sat scared in the corner of the room.

"Oh, you didn't like this room?

Meanwhile, a man appears in the room.

It was Ji Dahaka, the SS ranked monster who brought her to this place.

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"It's bad for you not to even touch the meal you prepared."

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There was no reply to the conversation and Dahaka shrugged her shoulders, but Luna was stunned by the line he said next.

"Oh dear, you've invited me to your old room, and I'm going to miss the reaction."

"! What...?

Luna stood up upset by an unexpected line.

Dahaka answers with a smile as if she had predicted it.

"Oh, didn't you notice? This is your former castle, and the castle you should rule."

"Well, that's... what does that mean..."

Dahaka laughs at the confused Luna, but tells the truth.

"Did you actually notice that yourself? The nostalgic signs that I felt from the moment I came here, and the emotions that came back from my memory slightly. Your true identity is nothing more than the first demon king, Fraswerg."

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Luna loses her word to the word Dahaka told her.

But there were emotions there that were ready for the answer.

"Actually, I was one of the first Four Heavenly Kings to serve you."

Huh?

Luna looks up to further truth.

The eyes of Dahaka who sees her like that are filled with aspirations to recall a distant place.

"I can still remember your harshness back then. Currently, Favenir on the Demon King's throne on your behalf is also quite capable, but it still does not reach you. In terms of demon king, there were no other monsters as worthy as you. It's the same SS rank, and I'm no match for it."

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Before Dahaka talks to her rap, Luna doesn't stop looking steep.

"... that's it."

Yes?

"What do you... want me to do..."

Dahaka answers Luna with her shoulders shrugged as she wrinkles between her eyebrows.

"Isn't it you who really wants to do something? Mr Fraswerg"

What?

"You once said: People in this world sacrifice everything they want to accomplish. Let's be honest. I fell in love with your declared will and firm conviction."

Luna was puzzled by Dahaka's unexpected response, but Dahaka continued without a problem.

"Besides, I'm one of the SS ranked monsters. I remembered envy and jealousy for the radiance of a human being who had penetrated his will without hesitation. That's why I wanted to be a human being. Otherwise, it was Master Fraswerg who held the firm belief that I fell in love with. Dear one,"

The snake tells.

There is no falsehood, no falsehood, no ploy.

I simply confess to honoring those who believe that I have fallen in love.

"Certainly your purpose will be to sacrifice much of the world. But still, you tried to penetrate it with your knowledge, and you were shining. The same SS rank monster, even the Four Heavenly Kings, who were your men at the time, did not submit to you until the end. But whether you're alone or not, you fought to the end for that purpose. It ended up like that, but even if it did, there would still be feelings in the back of his chest. Isn't it?

"Chi, no...! Wow, I...!

Luna holds her head at Dahaka's invitation.

Something that is not you is about to burst out and come to the surface.

Luna was desperately trying to hold it down.

"Oh, what do you... want from me?!?

Dahaka quietly retrieves a crystal from her pocket against Luna, who screams desperately.

"... a world where people grow up and monsters fall victim to them. I initially embraced it as one of those roles in the world... but that was the first time in that era that you challenged and denied it straight away. Once the world has evolved as it is, there will be no more of you and no more of the purpose you wanted to achieve. I'm lonely as a man who once served and yearned for you. That's what I thought."

Say so and Dahaka turns to the door with the crystal passed to Luna.

Luna shouts at Dahaka's back with a severe headache.

"Wait... what is this...?

"It was your“ purpose. ”If you look at it and resist the impulses that come from within, that's fine. You choose the path as a“ person, "and I will not deny it. Because I'm in a hurry to become a person myself."

But Dahaka tells him to take a beat.

"If you were to play your role as the“ demon king ”of the time - yes, I will provide you with it then. As the last man to fall in love with your stupid way of life."

Finally, Dahaka opens the door and disappears.

Crystals remain in Luna's hands.

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At first, I try to hit it on the ground with my trembling hands, but I realize that I can't do it.

Eventually, I feel a nostalgic sign from there.

The truth of herself sleeping in the crystal - unable to resist what she wanted to fulfill, Luna held the crystal in both hands, calmed her feelings and concentrated her magic.

As I have done many times before.

As if it were natural, Luna sees the footage that appears in the crystal.

And the moment she saw what was there, Luna was crying without knowing.

"... ah"

What appeared was what she had always wanted. What I was looking for.

Sometimes when I woke up, I went down to the city and kept searching.

Everyone has a natural, natural thing.

Looking at it, Luna notices.

Who you are. Purpose.

Why am I here now?

And what should we do? What did you want to be?

When she understood it, Luna wept again.

It is not the tears of nostalgia and joy that were first shed, but the tears of regret and sorrow.

"Ah... I see... I'm... I'm... no, I'm... that's right..."

Luna continued to weep as she embraced it in the crystal.

So, I look back on what I've spent since I woke up at Ishtar Ruins.

It was a nostalgic and enjoyable day to meet someone named Kyo.

The various people around it.

Rock, Lily, Phytis, Jack, Felid, Mina, Dora, various people.

The fact that I was able to spend time with them this way.

And the “I” who had given up not seeing them anymore, could spend days with them again.

Understanding everything, Luna shed tears.

Eventually, Luna, who held the crystal and shed tears for hours, filled her eyes with a flame of determination.

It is not the eyes of a lost girl who has been frightened, frightened and rejected by something until now.

The eyes of those who believe in the determination to never retreat from the soul that does not cover the unwavering will.

The girl's soul, now called Luna, quietly finished the transformation and contained its will as the demon king Frasverg, who once ruled the castle.