Maou No Utsuwa

Castle fortress at the south end of Nort Ende. Its location, which is ostensibly the only entrance to Northende, is now in a wartime position. The tricks that the Kamuis have planted in the eastern part of the continent have already moved. We don't have to wait for that information. The western part of the continent is preparing for the next phase. A full-scale war with the Ruthuan Empire. Prepare for that.

It is Hildegand who commands this fortress now. The men who obey are the troops who have fought with Hildegand since he was queen of the Empire. Plus that's joined by troops that were former Church Knights led by Vedoel.

Preparations to intercept the Ruthua Imperial Army are steadily progressing. But no movement has yet been seen on the other side of the Ruthua Empire. Information on the wars in the eastern part of the continent has probably not yet reached the main army of the Ruthua Empire, led by Emperor Nicolai. In that situation, there can be no big move for the Imperial Western garrison or the Royal Dia Army to attack Nort Ende. The Kamui army is waiting for the time of battle as they reinforce the castle fort and practice defense battles day after day.

In the meantime, Hildegand frequently visited under Aur. The reason for this.

"Today is the day to tell the truth."

"... Dear Hildegand. I've explained that to you many times."

"There's no point in explaining that we can't talk. I want to know. Who is a brave man? what's happening now."

Aur knows who the brave are. Maybe why they showed up. That's what it means to be unable to talk. Hildegand has been talking to Aur so many times trying to find out what information he can't talk about.

"... nothing from the Lord as usual?

Kamui is also trying to uncover the identity of the brave. As far as Aur knows, that's got to be a lot of research going on.

"Kamui won't tell me anything until I'm sure."

"You shouldn't do that. Couples are only married if they're both worried."

"Yes, I'm a little worried about that too...... don't delude me!

I could have switched to a couple relationship consultation at risk.

"I'm not going to be deluded. You two have known each other for a long time now, but your reluctance from the Lord will not disappear. I know it's because I respect Hildegand, so it's a good thing."

"I am, but I treat Theresa more easily... No, I'm not, but I'm not more reluctant either... you tried to delude me again, are you?

It's been another story like stupidity about Kamui. Though I thought it was good for Aur, Hildegand.

"No, I don't mean to..."

Hildegand was just changing the story on his own.

"... I'll get back to it. I can't get clear information from Kamui. So if you want to know the truth, you have to ask Mr. Aur."

It's best to ask Aur, regardless of not getting any information from Kamui. Aur...

We already know the truth. Just don't try to talk about it.

"You can't speak clearly from me either. I didn't actually confirm it."

This is an excuse. If you want to be clear, you can go make sure. I'm not trying to do that if I were Aur, I should be able to do that. I don't want to know what I'm thinking is true.

"I'll see if it's true later. Now I want to get a little more information."

"Get the information, and if that makes enemies..."

Aur didn't put it into words until the end. I don't just want to teach Hildegand. I'm afraid of what I say.

"Even if it were God, we would fight"

Hildegand made it clear that Aur could not speak. The pride that comes from the unbelief that is common in people, does not mean. It is the word of those who are ready.

"You can't win if you fight"

"Definitely will be the first. But we can't give up. We have to fight for our future and survive even if we can't win."

"... what's a human race"

The arrogance of the people. From the point of view of Aur, a demon tribe, it makes me think that even Hildegand is like this.

"It could be stupid. Hate that stupidity if I were you before, I might have asked for the right path"

"Before... now you say it's different?

"Yes, it's better than giving up no matter how stupid, unusual or ugly it is. If you give up, that's where it ends. We can't pave the way for the future."

"... then it's like"

There are those who are called fools, traitors, and still keep fighting without getting off the stage. Kamui's, naturally, is also an enemy figure for Hildegand.

"Even by madness, it has come to frighten Kamui. Her actions are by no means admissible, but I think it would be a mistake to deny everything"

"... that's brilliant. People show incredible growth during their short lives. For better or worse."

"It's a short life, which is why I know to live to the fullest. And it's not easy to start over in a short life. I don't know if anyone grows bad, but I don't think there's a way to do that."

"People don't inherently have good or evil..."

Those who are in the process of growing up may go the right way, and some may go the wrong way. Good and evil are due to the difference in the way forward. There is no birth evil, no birth good. This is how Aur received Hildegand's words.

I should have known. But when they say it from the mouth of Hildegand, a human race, they somehow feel a fresh surprise. People grow up in short lives. So what about those who live a long time? Degradation, not growth. This idea came to Aur's mind for a moment.

"If I hadn't met Kamui, if I hadn't known him deeply even if I had met him, I would have been a different me. That doesn't sound like a good me from what I am right now"

Hildegand, who was solidified in aristocratic values. It was Kamui who changed that. Hildegand is not the only one. Everyone will move on with a very different life depending on who they meet and who they walk with. Theresa, and Claudia.

"... God watched over such a human being all the time with anxiety"

"... Yes"

Aur, who all of a sudden spoke of God. Even though he is a little confused by it, Hildegand shows a listening attitude.

"You just have to be good. But there is also the possibility that people will be stained with evil. Because man, the ancestor of the people, was. God couldn't let it go because he was worried."

…………

Turns out Hildegand is trying to tell Aur the answer he wants.

"The people were proud, and if they tried to tarnish the world again, they sent the Savior to the world and made it stop."

"Savior, is it"

If those who hold man's tribe are called saviors, the existence of man's tribe is only harmful to this world. That's what I thought, Hildegand, but this was a little too soon.

"Yes. It's the Savior. When the people faded and were about to be eliminated from this world, they sent the Savior to protect the people."

"... is that also the Savior again?

Aur says that both those who fight people and those who save people are saviors. Hildegand doesn't know why.

"Yes, the Savior was sometimes called a brave man by the people, and sometimes a demon king"

"The brave and the demon king are the saviors together..."

"Not all brave men, not all demon kings, are saviors. Some of them are not God's will."

"So what is a ceremony for the selection of brave men?

A ritual once performed by the Church of God. It does not seem to Hildegand that God's will dwells in the brave men thus chosen. At least Hildegand knows that the brave men accompanied by Kamui's mother were not even Locke.

"The Rite of Choosing the Brave is a ritual to manifest the power of God's use in the world of the earth. Simply put, it is a ritual to unite the spirit of man with the use of God. Transforming the power of God's use into physical power through the body of the brave."

"... is there another power between God's will and His use?

I'm talking about Aur. God's use will have nothing to do with God's will, it will be empowering the brave. That surprised Hildegand.

"Unfortunately, you're right. It is the Divine Nation who, while naming the use of God, behaves differently from God's will."

"How could that happen?

Hildegand has no idea what the relationship between God and the divine tribe is like. But if you apply it to the world of the earth and think of it as king and subordinate, your subordinate will be moving at will, disregarding the king's will. I can't say I don't have any subordinates like that, but it's wrongful, and it doesn't seem to Hildegand to be the deed of those who name the use of God.

"The Word of God is not easy for any of us to hear, even though it is a divine tribe. The divine tribe, unable to hear the word of God, is acting in the belief that this is God's will. So sometimes you make mistakes."

"That's what..."

"In fact, I made a mistake. He interpreted God's will and acted on his own initiative."

"Who the hell is Mr. Aur?

I know I'm an ex-god. Most of the Demons do, but many of them are now descendants of the Demons who were gods. Aur is somewhat different from the other demons. Hildegand thought that the reason might have something to do with this story.

"... you need to put the story back together to teach it. God has always defended this world while sometimes merciful and sometimes angry toward people"

"By sending the Savior in."

"Yeah. But even then, people could be doomed like they tried this world. God has always feared that. For God, the human race is a part of the world. That's why I think it's important, but I don't take it personally."

God is watching over the people. But people are not the only ones God is watching over. We are watching over what lives and what lives, everything in this world.

"Taste it, the people are in danger of doom."

Man who obtained something called civilization, polluted the earth, polluted the water, polluted the wind, and destroyed many creatures, was given God the punishment he deserved for his work. Hildegand listens to and knows what happened so far back in the day that he can't imagine.

"That's right. It pissed God off. Thousands of years were needed to extinguish the evil deeds that man had committed from this world. It's been a long time for the Divine Clan as well. And it seemed that God would never want to feel that way again."

…………

What can I do to avoid feeling the same way again? Hildegand figured it out.

"There are beings allowed to interfere in the world of the earth in order to protect this world from people. It is special among the divine tribes. I was one of them."

"... What makes you wrong?

"Considering it to be in keeping with God's will, I helped the brave and tried to destroy the Demon King. But the demon king was the savior."

"Is that possible?

Extremely speaking, it's like God and the Divine Clan are divided into enemy allies. I had doubts about Hildegand if such a ridiculous story could happen.

"In fact, we don't know if it's really the Savior. I'm just thinking that I would be. Anyway, I made a mistake, I abandoned that position, I also abandoned being a god tribe, and I went down to earth."

"How did you get there?

Many of the demons are ex-gods. But Hildegand hears that it was those who had no choice but to go down to the ground or were forced to drop it. Being a Demon for the Divine Clan means falling. Sometimes it makes you describe it as falling.

Aura became herself like that. I didn't know why Hildegand would do that.

"There are many reasons, but I should tell you here... because I got scared"

"What?"

"I don't care what happens if I make the same mistake again, I'm scared."

"... but anyone makes a mistake. Of course, I'll be careful not to, but still, can't you say absolutely?

"There are mistakes that can be redone and mistakes that cannot be redone. What I was afraid of was causing a mistake that I couldn't start over."

"What would that be, for example?

"Destroying the people"

"What..."

Aur had as much power as he could. That's all I had authority over. That authority was not gained because it was Aur. It is the authority given to those who are allowed to intervene in the world of the earth.

"I was proud. It was the same for me, despising the nature that people have. I am absolute justice and being contrary to it is evil. I was foolish to think that my thoughts were God's will."

"... are people that evil?

"That's when it was the Demons I tried to destroy. But people are helpless and evil by our standards. Being that kills other organisms without good reason. Only humans exist like that."

"Really..."

"If a human race does another act that will destroy the world, God will destroy the human race without straying. You won't have to go that far to greatly reduce that number as you try. Once upon a time I was endowed with the power to do it. And after I'm gone, someone has taken over that power."

"... No way"

"God used the power of the Spirit to purify this world. These are powerful spirits called the Seven Spirits. Ok, Full, Fareg, Offiel, Betol, Hagito, Astron. The brave men of the Empire are named after these seven spirits."

…………

"I'm sorry. I had no idea you were going to buy God's wrath so far. I made an irrevocable mistake that I feared."

Aur bowed his head deeply and deeply. Apologizing to Hildegand here won't solve anything. I couldn't apologize if I knew that. Aur has the thought that he has led Kamui. As a result of that guidance, he bought God's wrath.

"... what have we done?

I don't remember Hildegand doing anything bad enough to be destroyed. On the contrary, apart from the means, I believe that the aim is the right one. I wonder what is wrong with racial harmony in losing inter-ethnic strife from this world.

"I don't know. I can't guess God's will."

"I don't understand God's will. Don't you do anything because you don't know?

"It's..."

You can't go against God. If it is God's will to destroy a people, we can only watch it no matter how sad it is. This is the idea of many demons, and so is Aur. In the case of Aur, he was obedient to God even more so for what he had experience of being a divine tribe unlike most other demons.

"... Until now, when asked the truth about this world, I have been ashamed of myself being a human race. It made me sad to wonder how ignorant and arrogant people are doing other species harm to this world."

Prejudice to the devil tribe created by twisting. I was reminded of Hildegand's persecution of the fae represented by illegal slaves, and the ugliness of people. I sympathized with the Fae, knew them and sympathized with their thoughts, and at the same time embarrassed the ugliness of the people.

"But I'm glad I'm a person now. If you think the other person is wrong, whether it's God or whatever, it's good to be a people who can be willing to stand up to it. And... I was delighted that Kamui, who thought he was close to the Demon Clan, was determined to stand up to God, and I am proud of his people to fight with him"

"Dear Hildegand..."

"We fight. No matter how mighty our enemies are, we fight with faith in our own justice. If you want to take pride in that, go ahead. We are not just beings who obey, but those who rise up of their own free will. No matter what they say about being arrogant, I don't feel ashamed of it."

…………

"I would like to thank you for telling me the truth. Thanks to you, we're going to be able to fight without hesitation."

When I said this and lowered my head to Aur, Hildegand took his seat and left the room. Theresa, who has been silent and holding back since then, follows.

"Theresa."

Aur stopped the Theresa.

"... what?

"Do you fight, too?

"Of course. I am Lord Hildegand's Kingsguard. You can't leave Master Hildegand's side."

"... even if you knew you were going to die?

Even Kamui is in danger. Theresa will be debated with no hands or feet.

"Master. One day people will always die. It's not about living long, it's about how you live. I like who I am now. I don't want to live that way that I'm ashamed of myself."

"... yes. Right."

"This is what my master taught me. I'm a normal person. Being an ordinary person, I must be an example to everyone who is also an ordinary person. That's why I fight."

"Therese......"

Therese following Hildegand.

Theresa is also prepared for a different reason than Hildegand. One thought came to Aur when he found out about it.

I thought it was due to the power of numbers that the Demons have continued to be pushed by people, but I wonder if not. The strength of the people is ready. I wonder if the strength of the people is their readiness not to fear even death.

(... have you noticed by now?

"What?"

(It doesn't matter if you're a person or a demon. How my people were strong. Didn't you understand that before?

"... it was. Ray the Demon King was not afraid of death. The soldiers who obeyed also sometimes gave up their lives to help their people."

(God willing... is that really what it is? Even if it did, is that really justice? Don't you think you can just blindly follow it, but think about it a little bit?

"... Yes"