Yomigaeri no Maou

The fourth-place and fifth-place fights were to be decided in the battles of Gran and Yakou, respectively.

Originally, Yumis was supposed to join us here, but the magic depletion seemed serious, and he hadn't recovered enough to fight.

I give up crying and I just fit in watching the two of us fight.

The result was that Gran won and Jacou was fifth.

Even though Yakou wasn't as good as Yumis, he was pretty worn out, and it seemed pretty tough to deal with Gran with that body.

Close to the outfit of being defeated without doing everything in his power, he seemed to regret it a little.

Gran was depleted in his battle with Lulu, but he didn't even get to the point where he was magically depleted, like Yakou and Yumis, so it seemed big enough to be able to fight with enough strength.

He regretted being in fourth place, saying I would win next year.

◆ ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆

I can feel the cheer of rocking the stone walls and floors of the arena coming through to my ears, and to my skin, even if I don't go out on stage.

Looking at the light plunging into the hallway from the entrance to the stage as he walked this long hallway from the modelroom to the arena stage, Lulu felt a tension he rarely felt, something like running on his body.

That said, that's like disappearing as soon as you breathe a little, not a big deal compared to that before the speech you gave in the past, where there were so many times.

No matter how many spectators are packing into this arena, they just said tens to tens of thousands at best, so it's not enough to remember those days when the army of red-eyed demons was hissing just to fill the surface.

Lulu walked out toward the arena stage with a smile, slightly lifting the edge of his mouth, instead of feeling hardened by the tension, but rather just feeling better.

At the same time that Lulu appeared in front of the audience, which had been going on since earlier, it added even more power and volume.

In that voice there was a mixture of different things, such as those that praised Lulu and those that criticized him against, but what was common to all of them was strong excitement and great expectations of the game that would be played.

Lulu glances at the cheering audiences like that, feeling a strong force from it. The cheer calms down as intimidated, and a different atmosphere dominates the arena.

It was a fear of the absolutely strong, to which the audience's instincts appeal, but we do not know that to the audience, where those who are originally non-combatants make up the majority.

With the exception of some warriors, the audience began to turn an extra huge cheer to Lulu after a moment, not naming the emotions that arose from the core of their own bodies as fear, but as expectations of the game.

"It's a peaceful time..."

Once upon a time, even those who had never fought could understand that if they felt intimidated the way Lulu had pointed at them this time, that was what their own instincts were telling them to get off the spot, but they no longer had the intuition to say so from modern humans.

Compared to the old days, it seems that the present era, which has become far more peaceful, has probably taken that feeling away from people.

That's a happy thing, but at the same time, while remembering something somewhat lonely, Lulu smiles bitterly and takes to the center of the stage.

When Illis appeared, the cheer was somewhat different from that directed at Lulu.

Does it mean that there are a lot of wild men's ones anyway?

I can also hear women, but for some reason there are many unique things that make me bored.

Plus, I can even hear a dialogue like that about rescuing you from Lulu's demon hands or if you get caught up in a bad guy like that.

With that said, I recall that according to Gran's story, Iris and Kyou were treated as mistresses at some point because they lived with Lulu and often together again.

Saving not so bad a reputation by saying they both treat poor daughters who have been deceived by Lulu, but as for Lulu, it's a slackening story.

"... Black Princess! Hang in there!" "I'm here for you, Black Princess!

I can also hear voices like that.

Black princess, which seems to be the nickname of Illis, is a cute decorative thing with lots of frills, but it seems to be becoming called by such a name because the shades are black flanked.

In addition, red eyes, silver hair, and bright white skin color accentuated her mystery, and she received the princess's name.

On top of that, because he is actually such a powerful user that he climbs to the finals in this way, the name spreads at tremendous speeds, and many people in the Wang capital now know it.

Not everyone on the boulder, but more than one in two will know.

And, of course, there comes Lulu's name.

Still, nothing was grasped in the hands of Illis, who slowly entered the arena stage with clinging.

The choice to say that neither weapons nor anything, from the fact that Illis is an ancient demon, means that he is unwilling to moderate.

Lulu naturally understood that he would be more efficient in fighting with that if he were a demon-guided weapon of the past, but bare hands would be better enough to have a modern weapon.

For a weapon, there are several important elements, but its ultimate one is often aggregated in terms of how much magic it withstands and amplifies.

Modern martial arts, in that sense, are inferior to the bodies of the ancient demons.

Unless you want to cut meat, or something like that, for the Ancient Demons, modernity is the time when your body is the greatest weapon.

Iris smiled as he stood opposite Lulu on the arena stage and softly looked up at the sky and whined.

"... Dear brother-in-law (who is here), The stars are beautiful tonight..."

If you ask me, look up, there was a full starry sky there.

There are numerous stars blinking there, as the time is now some time after the sun sets.

Until now, the game has never been played at such a time, but the final, winning battle will take place at this time.

That is because after the game there will be a night club of the nobles in another venue, largely due to the circumstances on the part of the organizers.

It's almost irrelevant to the common man, but there will be no choice because there is also the issue of sponsoring the martial arts competition itself.

Tomorrow's closing ceremony will take place at a late hour for the same reason, after which the winners and semi-winners of the tournament are to be invited for a night club as well.

I don't know, it's a hassle, but it's sponsored by the tournament sponsors.

There's no way you're not answering.

And while the area should be darker than today's game is taking place at that hour, it will be extremely bright inside the arena and the Lulu's are often seen from the audience.

That's why a ball of magic lighting (magic lights) floating around the arena illuminates the area, so you can play the game at this time without any problems.

And basically, it's all installed outside the junction, so there's no need to worry about breaking it.

Because it is in that, you should not be able to see stars or anything else if you look up into the sky, but Lulu and Iris have unusual eyesight.

As an ancient demon tribe, Illis can make as much of a creation as the stars can see in the light, and Lulu also said that adjustments can be made easily with skilled magic.

I mean, the two of us can see the stars even during the day, but I mentioned the stars on this occasion, maybe because I still have the feeling that the stars are what I see at night.

Lulu nods and says according to the words of Illis.

"Right... now and in the past, the starry sky hasn't changed much... much like it did back then"

"Some things are slightly out of position or the magnitude of the light is changing...... right. It hasn't changed much. Every thing that exists on earth has become something we don't know very well, but it makes us wonder."

It would never have been my fault that I felt such a little lonely color in the words of Illis.

Apparently not a single one of the ancient demons exists except for Lulu and Illis. In this world, there are only about starry skies, such as the ones that didn't change for her.

Even Lulu is changing his ethnicity and tone.

Perhaps he feels lonely because he feels the anomaly that nothing in the world has changed, even though the contents haven't changed.

That's why Lulu says.

"After thousands of years, nothing has changed... but even then, nothing has changed. Every day, every day, something had changed..."

Mainly because of the war, there have been many times that the person who was there today is gone tomorrow, etc.

Rather, it's more moderate now than it used to be in the sense of a day of change.

Seven years after meeting Ilis, not so much has changed.

Get old, have strength, leave the village......

That's about it at best, and there's still very little about someone being lost from this world forever, etc.

To the extent that a few of the villagers lost their lives, and that was something they had no choice about.

This world is gentle as warm water, just because there is no such thing as an acquaintance who has unreasonably lost his life.

He could understand Lulu's feelings like that. Iris nodded and said.

"Right... I'll always have a brother-in-law tomorrow. I can believe that these times are peaceful, gentle, happy... and I want them to last forever if I can.... but"

The voice of Illis changed its nature slightly.

As Lulu tilted his neck wondering what was going on, Iris continued.

"... have you noticed (...)?

"... what?

Lulu somehow understood what Illis was trying to say.

From earlier on, the voices of Lulu and Iris were soundproofed by the hands of Iris so that they could not be heard around them.

It's so much more assembled up to disguised witchcraft that it sounds like a conversation outside without any other love.

So I could understand that you were trying to tell me something important.

"There's nothing in this world that won't change.... you're right. But I thought somewhere in this day and age that I could live peacefully with my brother-in-law. Without changing all the time...... no, there are parts of me that I want you to change, but leave that..."

For a moment, I gave you a mouthful, but Ilis quickly recovered and continued.

"In those days when the war was going on, I always felt. Something's changing the air, something called a strong river flow that you can never stay in. Did your brother-in-law ever feel anything like that?

No, I can't say.

In those days, maybe, but everyone would have felt it.

If it were true, I felt something called my being, even though somewhere in my mind no one wanted to fight a war or anything, if I put my enemies in front of me, I would only be able to pull out my weapon and vibrate thoughtfully.

Even if I'm going to change it, I don't know how to change it.

I don't even know if it's a good thing to change in the first place, that kind of flow can sometimes be seen when you're alive.

And that kind of thing only looks good when the world is confused.

Back then, everyone saw and felt something like that.

Looking back now at this point, the conflict between people (human beings) and demons may have been solved if they were inherently gutsy and overlapping in dialogue, as could the battle between the brave and demon kings.

But at that time, to the demon kings and brave men, men and demons who were in that place, they could not believe it was possible.

The great currents were pushing all those who were in those times away, leading them to a single end.

So while everyone thought it shouldn't be, they followed the flow and were pushed away to defy it again, sinking quietly to the bottom of the river.

The last, conversation with Lulu's brave men as demon kings was an uplifting attempt to cut off that flow.

I don't know if that succeeded any more than I know in detail about those days.

But if I look at the serenity of this day and age, I'm willing to say that I won't even be able to say I failed.

But Iris cracks that sweet guess that Lulu was trying to believe.

"My brother-in-law. I can hear the flowing sounds of the times I said that right now. I can say with certainty that this anxiety, which feels tingly on my skin, is never a mistake...... as one of those who lived in those days. I was really excited during this fight, considering all the things... something is moving a little bit... that's what I feel."

Virgin, Demon, Ancient (Elf), Ricole, Kyou......

Different things happened, even though it was only a few days away.

To all of that, Lulu, like Iris, was feeling something.

I've never been sure, no, I haven't tried to make sure. Lulu finally understood what that was.

It's the flow.

You could call it a whirlwind of the times.

A breeze that blew thousands of years ago is about to start blowing in this day and age as well.

I wonder if that's what this is about.

No matter where the wind starts, no one can know the answer, but everyone can see that the wind is blowing.

"... when the days of serenity are over, that's what Illis wants to say"

Lulu said so heavily, and looked at Iris.