In a World Where Dirty Cartoons Are Legal 331

Chapter 331 – Volume 67 – Hero of a World Where Heroes Disappeared (1)

“Why did my father…”

At that moment, I remembered all the things that had happened so far.

Kirishima City is a research facility for the development of the empire.

And that Neo Hvitia, the leader of the Knights of Ativ, was blocking us.

The Atib Knights is where my father served when he was a knight.

The person who adopted Rika, who was strangely suspicious, was none other than her father back then.

… Everything that has happened since I gave up on Rika.

“No way, the thing about Rika that my father told me about…”

“Yes. If you had continued the family business… You could have lived as Rika’s manager instead of me.”

“…”

The Gladys family has led the knights as the imperial knights for generations.

Although it was a place that had that feeling externally.

In reality, it was probably an order of knights in charge of things related to human experiments, including Kirishima City.

And that’s why I followed in my father’s footsteps.

He was in charge of managing Kirishima City’s experimental subject, Rika.

So my father said that if I wanted to protect Rika, she should take over the family business.

“Father… Was he doing this?”

“Yes, it is absolutely necessary for the empire.”

“What is it for the empire…? Isn’t it just an inhumane testing ground?”

“You’re saying that because you don’t know anything. We are essential to the empire.”

“Father!”

“I know it’s not normal. It’s something that brings suffering and death to many lives.”

But you realize it in the end.

The powerful power created by that sacrifice, the salvation created by that power.

… If it weren’t for Kirishima City, the empire would have collapsed a long time ago.

“Ha…”

“And it’s none of your business. You will no longer inherit the family business from me. I acknowledged it, and you acknowledged it.”

“No, I am not speaking in that capacity.”

If what they are claiming is sacrifice for the empire.

The plan was to stop it in the name of the empire.

With that in mind, I took out my smartphone and handed it to my father.

“…!”

“This is an officially issued document.”

“You used your head.”

“I didn’t know that the person I was going to show this to would be my father.”

“Whoa…”

Honestly, I don’t know.

Although my father was strict, he was never a wreck with such a strange personality.

So I couldn’t understand the situation any further.

“However, we are not moving at His Majesty’s command.”

“That is treason, father.”

“Maybe so. But, that’s for the empire…”

“That damn empire, empire…”

Is it for the good of the empire to continue human experiments that His Majesty does not approve of?

After raising the child who succeeded in the experiment as his own daughter.

In the end, using it as the result of an experiment is for the good of the empire?

“Son. You don’t know anything. How dangerous the empire is.”

“Okay, I don’t know. But what’s wrong needs to be righted.”

“What power do you have?”

“Ugh!?”

It’s been a really long time since I’ve seen my father move properly.

The moment I blink, he comes right around the corner from me and is swinging a sword.

Although he was treated like an old man in the back room, he still seemed to have the same skills.

“Kali…!”

“Wait a minute, Orca!”

Kwaang!

And Orca rushed to her father to protect me.
It fell with just one hit, destroying half of the wall it flew over.

“Orca!”

“You’re definitely a talented person. I never thought you’d take a guy like that with you. You’ve grown up a lot already.”

“…”

“Yes, I know. You must be very resentful of me. I know that because I did that too.”

They say that my father also inherited that job.

But it made his head hurt because it was something he couldn’t understand.
How can you do something like that and have a sense of duty for the sake of the empire?

If it was just an ordinary plot by a warlock or something to eat up the empire.

If it had been a story with such ordinary honest villains.

It wouldn’t have been this embarrassing.

‘Okay… I have to admit what I have to admit.’

I wanted to believe in my father.

Even though the situation had come to this, I didn’t want to doubt my family.

Who could easily believe that their family member is a psychopathic killer?

“You were Kali’s father.”

“… And you?”

“My name is Yuria.”

“…”

“You’re not going to say you don’t know, right? Or would you understand if I told you it was the fifth month, test subject number 22?”

“Why are you…”

My father’s eyes wavered for a moment.

After quickly regaining his composure, he aimed his sword again.
Could it be that her father is trying to kill Yuria…?

“Why did you save me then?”

“… What?”

Just a moment.

I thought it was because of her memories of her father bullying her that Yuria recognized her.
If you think about Yuria’s words now, that wasn’t it.

It was said that there was an administrator who saved Yuria, who was originally supposed to die, and released her.

Does that mean it was none other than my father?

… This makes my head hurt even more.

“It was you number 22. So, I was wondering how Kali knew so much about us.”

“Answer me.”

“… It was just a whim. I told you that if you overcome all of this, you will live.”

I don’t like it when I made that promise and didn’t keep it.

It was said that as long as her experiment was successful, she was sent away alive.

“If you have such a human heart, why do you do such things…”

“Because I need it.”

“…”

“Without it, humanity, no, all races will perish. Just like the dragons of the past.”

I know.

I’ll probably end up in hell.

According to the doctrine of the Mizia Church, if you treat life in this way, you are headed straight to hell.

“But otherwise, this world will become hell.”

“What on earth…”

“Because we are infinitely weak in front of ‘it’.”

That…?

The expression of being afraid to even call his name.

My head started to feel cold for a moment.

It wouldn’t be a lie just to avoid a situation.

With my father’s skills right now, it would be possible to cut us all down.

Because you had to talk about it.

“In the past, they were called demons.”

“Demons…? Weren’t the demons annihilated now?”

“They have never disappeared. Because there is no end.”

“But recently, there have been no such large-scale wars…”

“Because war is meaningless in the first place.”

Because they have always been stronger than the beings of this world.

He didn’t just mean that it was too strong, he said it seemed like the system was set up that way.

Even if it seemed like they would win, it always seemed like the demons would win in the end.

“You don’t know. The hero who first defeated the being called the Demon King. We control all related records.”

“…”

“He was a half-succubus. Born between a human and a succubus… He was the only demon mixed blood.”

He was also the first person to be able to stand on top of demons.

A half-demon born from a succubus who betrayed the demons.

It succeeded in saving the world.

“Don’t you feel anything?”

“No way…”

Demons can only be defeated by mixed blood.

So, from now on, through experiments, we will create mixed-blood demons?

No, that seems like a leap forward in the story.

“The priority would have been to encourage succubus children.”

“That’s right. Succubi are recognized as an official race. They gave birth to children on our side. They became the vanguard of defeating demons.”

In this way, the devil and his remnants were completely defeated.

It would have been nice if it was an ending where everyone lived peacefully.

It wasn’t that easy.

“After the demons ended, the next demons invaded. For convenience, we call them the second generation demons.”

First of all, the fatigue of the existing demons could not deal with these guys.

Because there was no one like a succubus who could get pregnant with our species.

It is said that there was literally no other way than to lose.

“But there was only one way left.”

“No way…”

“Forcing the creation of a life form that combines demons with humans.”

Humans are born with many characteristics that make them superior to other races.

On the other hand, it had the disadvantage of not being specialized.

It is said to be excellent as a ‘material’ for biological experiments.

“Of all the similar experiments, the only ones that were successful were empires run by humans.”

In this way, the system called Kirishimashi was adopted as the world’s defense system.

The empire that had it came to dominate the world.

… But at the same time, it also meant that there was a duty to protect the world.

“So, artificial heroes have been created periodically…?”

“A hero? No. That would be impossible. A hero forcibly created in a laboratory, he must act like a hero.”

“Then…”

“It is a weapon. A biological weapon that kills the personality and makes it behave according to our input.”

“…”

Every time the generation of demons is replaced, human experiments are conducted with new demons and humans.

The resulting ‘strong’ object is converted into a weapon and used.

My father was talking like that right now.

“It’s terrible.”

“That’s how humanity has survived. That is the history and rules of this world and empire.”

“…”

Sometimes I say things like that.

Reality is crueler than what is depicted in works.

Perhaps this reality was a more hellish place than the world of human experimentation I had imagined.

It’s not even that people with malicious intent harass others for their own gain.

Rather, there are people who have no choice but to survive by sacrificing someone else.

Claiming that it was the ‘right way’ actually felt more like hell.

Because there is no malice left in it.

Because it is a monster born from a heart full of good intentions.

That mindset makes me very fearful.