Chapter 234 – Showdown
After the outing
A reply to the letter sent to the imperial family and the north arrived.
The emperor and the grand duke had been closely sharing stories until now, and thanks to the fact that both of them had a certain degree of access to the truth of the world because their position was their position.
I was able to get cooperation easily.
─I believe it.
—I won’t let go when my daughter cries.
I think it would be ok if I didn’t have to say the back part.
Rather, she was worried about her daughter filling a sheet of paper tightly.
Should I think that I trust me that much, or should I say that I am not trusted?
In addition, replies came back one after another from the great forests and mountain ranges affected by Chepes, and from the Holy Land.
─I’ll be prepared.
To briefly summarize:
In a situation where you couldn’t ask for more than this in the yard without proper information, even this much of an answer wasn’t bad.
If we could know where the invasion of the Pandemonium, including Baal, would come, we would be able to prepare more.
In the past hundreds of episodes seen through Mitra’s memories, the location from which the demon king invaded was always different.
Still.
‘They’re probably aiming for me.’
Even if it’s the Demon King’s subordinates, the demons who haven’t taken their lives yet.
The Demon King himself, Baal, will aim for me.
It’s not because there’s no other reason, there’s only intuition, a vague sense that it will be so, but that’s why I’m all the more certain.
‘My head hurts.’
There was a lot to think about. Because it was going to be the last fight. Even if I tried to pretend to be resolute, I would sometimes feel frustrated as if my stomach was burning.
I try not to show off, but probably everyone notices.
He turned his head out of the window.
A cool breeze blew and the curtains swayed gently. Moonlight penetrates clearly through the curtains made of thin material.
Shining moon.
I feel the protection of the moon naturally dwelling on my body.
“I thought it was kind of strange.”
During the last semester, which was not more than a year from now.
I thought I was able to use it simply because I was able to interpret the formulas of ancient magic.
It’s because of my ability to use it.
But as for other ancient magic, the magic I used at that time was the grace of the moon.
If the sun is Mithra, the moon is Luna.
There is no way you can use magic to receive grace from the moon with only understanding of the magic formula.
“You’ve been watching me for a really long time.”
One hundred and twenty years since I was born in this world.
After fighting the demon king, losing my memory, and building a new relationship, there was one more goddess who quietly watched me.
It was then.
“…」
─Salang.
As the wind blew, a faint scent passed by the tip of my nose.
As if you were answering my words.
“So, what about the me you saw?”
“…」
I can’t hear your voice
Unlike Mithra, who was located outside the world, Luna, who went back in time together with hundreds of regressions within the world, was affected by the return.
Even if you exhaust all your strength and disappear.
Even if you perish in the fight against the Demon King.
Thanks to being in the providence, as the clockwork rewinded, Luna was also revived and proceeded with the next episode.
However, even though she gave up her seat, Luna is also the seat of the god of creation (一座), the same as Mithra.
In the providence of her returning time, Luna was subtly missed.
She comes back to life as much as her body and faces her new round.
Her soul has carved the past like a scar on her.
—… The child needs to rest.
In her memory, Mithra muttered that with a sad face.
Her face was distorted because she couldn’t hide her complexion at the sight of her only family member losing their voice.
What did I say then
“Relax.”
“… ?」
Called.
And, after this.
“This is the last time anyway.”
“…」
To put it differently.
“If I fail anyway, Mitra, you will also perish, but she should not be upset and trust only me.”
I thought that was quite comforting.
—… Are you crazy? What comfort, what so…
Mitra was straight and angry.
─Salang.
Seeing that the wind is cool, Luna doesn’t seem to hate it that much.
—… Still, yes, what
Still, she didn’t seem to hate Mitra too much.
World in memory.
The boundary that divides the outside and inside of the world that Mitra shared.
In that space where there are only the two of you.
─The only person my sisters can trust is really you. Whoops, yes, you have to believe it. Now I have no choice but to believe. … If you receive a prayer from a goddess, what kind of existence is that? He’s like a god among gods.
Mithra tucked her hair behind her ear and smiled at me, because she must have been in a pretty good mood.
*
And suddenly.
When I came to my senses, before I knew it, I was standing tall on my own two legs in a different world again.
Until recently, I was sitting on my bed in my room, looking out the window and interacting with Luna.
Suddenly?
“… Is there anything to pursue?”
The circumstances quickly came to mind.
Even though I can’t hear the answer, I’m talking to Luna while feeling the soft moonlight and cool breeze.
My ‘eyes’ were opened.
A clairvoyant obtained after completing the ordeal of the balance the other day.
As soon as I regained my memory and gained divine status, it sublimated to another level and finally became an object worthy of being called a true god’s eye.
A special eye that allows one to see what is called the origin of the world, or the truth and providence, which can be called just another power.
It was those eyes that brought me into this world.
‘… This space itself is proof of that.’
A space that feels like putting the universe under your feet.
Things like the Milky Way decorate the floor beautifully, and things like pure white stems stretch out and connect without knowing the end.
Even when I first got ‘Eye’, I didn’t know what this place was like, but now I do.
“──Outside the providence. It’s the first time I’ve truly visited this place. Welcome.”
Suddenly, a familiar voice is heard. There is only one familiar voice that can be heard here.
“Baal.”
“I am not surprised.”
I didn’t bother answering. Even he who has eyes like mine wouldn’t know that there is no point in hiding because he has ‘eyes’.
“Did you call me?”
“Maybe, maybe not.”
What
When I twisted my expression, Baal raised the corners of his mouth and shook his hand.
“I don’t mean to make fun of it. It is true that I intended to call you, but I can’t call you here at will just because I want to. Aren’t you already on equal footing with Jim?”
It was a fair talk.
Even before gaining the title, I had fatally wounded him. Even though it was a state in which he had sealed most of his powers and weapons in order to descend into another dimension.
I was on an equal footing with him. You wouldn’t be able to call me to this place easily like this.
If so, it means that I, more precisely, my ‘eyes’ responded to it.
“Why? This is the face you want to say.”
“You talk a lot today.”
“Well, Jim is actually quite talkative. Up until now, I had no one I could call a friend. Those who stand at the top are lonely.”
This guy looks genuinely happy. Whether or not my expression was rotting, Baal continued his explanation with a flick of his finger.
“Anyway, let me explain… , Because your destiny is set to ‘save the world’.”
“… What do you mean?”
“For you to answer my call and move your body to this place——regardless of success or failure, it’s the closest thing to a ‘method to save the world’.”
Therefore.
“This means that this is the battlefield that will decorate our finale.”
“It’s also easy to understand.”
Apart from success and failure.
In other words, if I defeat him, success. Conversely, if I get knocked down by him, it’s a failure.
Understood.
It’s the final showdown anyway.
Win or lose, the ending is the same. Even if the results are different.
Then what if—I win, but the power of Baal destroys the world?
My power cancels out Baal’s power, but if he burns his life and destroys the world, can I really block it?
Of course, there is no problem with me alone.
Of course, I can protect all of my people, who should be protected.
But our world.
The world, which is no different from already fragile glass, maintaining a precarious balance, would easily break.
So we fight here
Out of the world.
The world of transcendentalists who can contemplate that the stem of providence continues under their feet.
Defeat Baal here.
Pierce its heart
With that, I will save the world in due course.
“Anyway, they only ask for difficult things…”
Everything I had planned was for naught.
Everyone must be embarrassed because I disappeared without saying a word. If I go back, I think I’ll probably be scolded a lot.
It was then.
“My old nemesis.”
I turned my eyes to Baal.
“Shall we talk for a moment? No, it’s probably going to be quite a long story. This is our story.”
“No.”
“… Hmm?”
Baal’s eyes widened. It was a face he never expected to be rejected in this atmosphere.
Feeling a bit of pleasure, I opened my mouth again.
“It means not to use useless emotional arms. I don’t want to hear about your old days.”
Even though villains with stories are the trend these days.
The demon king said, ‘Actually… I don’t want you to be the main character of a story that starts with ‘.
“You are a demon king, an invader, and nothing but destruction.”
“… Indeed it is. Then, are you a hero to prevent the destruction of Jim?”
I suddenly remembered an incident from a while ago in this question and answer.
A story the Great Devil told me.
“No. I’m just Scarlett Chepes. I am receiving heavy love from so many women that I am blessed.”
“… Is it.”
“What are you?”
I asked again.
Baal,
The demon king opened his mouth.
“Demon King.”
