Chapter 832 – Day 96 – Meeting Princess Kaguya
The princess and her party carefully entered the room called the treatment room.
The treatment room was surprisingly cleanly decorated with white walls. From Sabas’s perspective, it was a place filled with long, sturdy-looking beds that he had never seen before.
Aside from the bed, there were many of her demonic belongings, so Sabbath didn’t know where to place her eyes, but in the end, what caught her eye were the dozens of ‘monitors’ that filled one side of the wall. 〉
“What kind of magic is this?”
On the monitor, images showing various parts of the country where Savvas was born were being displayed. Starting from the Great Plains, a huge port where many people are said to live together, a steep mountain where you can’t reach the top even if you hike all day, and even the scenery of your hometown where beautiful grains sway in the wind in the fall, creating a beautiful scenery.
Savas was surprised that there was a space where she could see every corner of the country where she was born, but she carefully approached her demon, who was looking at it in silence.
That demon was the one that attacked the princess last time and ran away. Fake Princess Kaguya. The demon that is right to be called that way has only one horn, unlike other demons.
“Haaa…”
When she finally met Princess Kaguya, whom she had been searching for so long, Sabas looked incredibly nervous and swallowed her saliva.
With just one act of her own now, countless people in her hometown and homeland could die or become happy.
That fact made her feel a pain in her neck and she was so scared that she couldn’t walk forward. It’s natural. Because humans are inherently incapable of protecting even their own lives properly.
“Don’t be nervous.”
Next to Sabas, who felt her fear, was the princess. Shining like the sun, she cooled down and held her shaking hand warmly before slowly walking towards where Princess Kaguya was.
“Princess Kaguya. I have a story to tell you with General Sabas.”
Princess Kaguya, who was leaning on the black sofa, did not open her mouth at the princess’s word
“Didn’t Sabas come all the way here to find you? Please give me an answer.”
“… That’s ridiculous. I guess they came here with the intention of cutting off my head and hanging my head on the tower.”
Princess Kaguya answered in a voice that was not only drowsy but also exhausting.
“It’s funny. The royal family, who haven’t been here for a thousand years, would come at a time like this.”
“Isn’t it rather an opportunity?”
“Opportunity? Ah, yes. It would be a chance for the bug god to boast that he cut off my head, killed all my brothers and sisters, and brought peace to this country.”
As Princess Kaguya spewed out words like rapid fire, Sabas moved his still legs.
“Princess Kaguya. General Sabas has come here.”
Shaking with fear, she spat out her words and quickly fell to her knees, looking at Princess Kaguya’s back.
“… Sabbath.”
Princess Kaguya knew well. How much General Sabas hates demons.
“… I am what you are looking for…”
The princess pursed her lips. It was decided a long time ago.
The moment the real princess who came to the Great Plains was killed by humans, a girl made a decision.
If human anger burns like a flame in this land where my beloved sisters live in hiding, countless lives will be sacrificed. If someone can become a princess and save tens of thousands of lives, I will save it.
The girl who made the decision a long time ago knew very well that the result would ultimately be something that no one could understand and that it would end up deceiving someone endlessly.
“The Crown Princess… I don’t know what she said to Sabas, but she’s tormenting me to the end.”
Princess Kaguya laughed.
What would the princess who came all this way hope for?
“I never thought I would need my neck so much.”
The princess nodded her head.
“Yes, you will definitely need it. I heard from the sisters that something big is being prepared in Holympia in the west.”
“Princess Kaguya…”
“Yes, to do such a big job, you need a good result. We found and killed the demon who had been secretly ruling the eastern country for over several decades. And we brought peace. It’s a great achievement.”
Princess Kaguya burst out laughing.
“Unlike other insect gods who have not visited for a thousand years, they have come and achieved great results, so the humans living on this land can also be used as troops. It was a very good political decision.”
Princess Kaguya stood up.
She pulled out the knife from her belt and turned around. She smiled crookedly as she saw the princess, Ceres, Overseer, and numerous demons behind her.
“That’s a good decision! Even our sisters here were perfectly roasted and boiled!”
She took a step back and aimed her sword all the way.
“But, I don’t intend to die! I won’t die! If you need my head so badly, take it! I won’t take it without shedding a drop of blood!”
In response to Princess Kaguya’s harsh words, the princess calmly moved her feet.
“You are misunderstanding. Listen to our story.”
“Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? What does the god of bugs do? Is there anything else that the insect gods do other than killing us, showing off our corpses as trophies, and lavishly receiving gold and silver treasures from the bugs!”
“Crown Princess Venus Holympia is different, princess!”
Savvas, on his knees, shouted with all his might.
“… Sa, Sabas?”
“When I heard that you weren’t the real princess, all I could think about was finding you and killing you. There was only despair in my heart!”
At Sabbath’s shout, Princess Kaguya stepped behind her. She had nowhere to run anymore.
“Because you are a demon! Because I thought that the princess I truly served was just a deception tactic and did not exist anywhere in this world!”
“Sabbath…”
“B-But no, you were the princess I served from the beginning, and you were the one who thought it was okay for me to even sacrifice my life. That’s right! Do you know who brought light to me, who couldn’t even remember such a simple truth out of anger and prejudice? ?”
Princess Kaguya swallowed her saliva and looked at her princess.
“But that princess…”
“He did not cut his hands even on the guards who could be considered as part of the group of demons. From the beginning, he did not even intend to take the princess’s life.”
“But they call me a demon!”
“What’s the problem with the princess being a demon? The princess is a demon unlike me, a human, but she is a princess.”
The princess looked at the princess with anxious eyes.
“Then you won’t kill me… Or commit a crime… Or cut off my head and hang it on a tower…”
“Why would you do such a thing? You are the only one who can bring this eastern country back to a peaceful and prosperous era.”
“Is that really true? Are you kidding? I am a demon. I am a sacrifice that you must kill and be praised by the bugs!”
“What are you talking about?”
The princess was now so close that Princess Kaguya could swing her sword and cut off her head at any time.
“You are just a demon. The royal family is a being that protects humans from demons, not a being that slaughters and annihilates demons.”
“What is that…”
“While there are humans with good hearts, there are also beings who enslave elves, stick swords in the backs of fellow humans, rape them, and commit violence.”
The princess got close enough to hold hands with Princess Kaguya.
“Isn’t it the same with demons? All I do is protect humans from such evil demons. How would you kill a demon who abandoned you for decades and lived as a princess to protect peace?”
“The god of bugs now understands me…”
“Don’t you understand? Beside me is Ceres, who has changed into many people for a very long time.”
Only after Princess Kaguya heard those words was she able to see with her own eyes the being called Ceres, or by her standards, Vergilia.
“But I… I… I can’t do anything now.”
The princess suffered.
“Sabas and the Crown Princess Nauri are calling me Princess Kaguya, but there’s nothing I can do.”
The princess laughed as if she was about to burst into tears.
“Look! Look here! What has happened to the peace between humans and our sisters that I tried to protect at all costs!”
The eastern country shown on the monitor was devoid of beauty due to endless war.
It was as if blood was flowing in the river instead of water.
“I am there.”
“How could that be…”
“I am, and you are not there? Why is the eastern country in chaos right now? Isn’t it because greedy humans and greedy demons are causing trouble?”
The princess smiled and patted Princess Kaguya’s waist.
“What would happen if you let people know that you are a great princess from the moon and then showed the monarchs that the royal family, who have come here for the first time in a thousand years, can help you at any time?”
“But among the monarchs are our sisters…”
“That’s the point! What if I announce that you are not a demon? Would you be able to desperately claim that you are a demon?”
Princess Kaguya opened her eyes wide in surprise.
“You can’t do something like that!”
“Why not? If you tell people that you are a demon, hundreds of thousands of people will die. If you tell people that you are not a demon, hundreds of thousands of people can be saved.”
“But I lied… I am a demon…”
“Sometimes you have to lie, right? What does it matter that you are a demon in the first place?”
The princess smiled.
“Do you know how many people are desperately waiting for Princess Kaguya to return to the tower?”
“If the princess returns and with the help of Crown Princess Naeuri, this country will be able to find peace again.”
“Isn’t there a saying that when a tiger living in the mountains dies, a fox becomes king? If the tiger shows that it is okay, the foxes will hide on their own.”
The princess smiled and held out her hand, and Princess Kaguya, who was even holding her sword, ended up crying and holding the hand with difficulty.
“I will believe in you. Venus Holympia, god of the new era…”
