Chapter 232 – Ep.16 – Whistleblower
Stories about Helen poured out of Kaede’s mouth as she cowered in fear.
Also, vague anxiety about the devil and anxiety about the future…
Even after Delrin listened to all those words in silence,
She could not easily open her mouth for a while and had to organize her thoughts.
“…”
“She’s getting stronger. Her voice is getting louder, calling us. She says her time is coming, she’s calling us to come see her…”
Helen’s call, which caused Kaede to suffer, was not caused by mana, miracles, or prayers.
It was purely out of fear and fear.
An unfamiliar concept to people from another world,
Fear of the supernatural…
Only Kaede, who has a more sensitive sixth sense than others, feels this.
Like a dog barking like crazy when it senses an earthquake,
Kaede also runs into Delrin’s arms, who is holding her own leash, and whines.
“They’re waiting for us…”
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What point in time did Helen refer to by ‘time’?
Even Kaede didn’t know that much. However, she had no doubt that ‘that moment’ would inevitably come to them sooner or later.
“Listen carefully.”
Of course… Soon everyone found out.
Delrin,
And his other wives,
They thought this was the moment when Michelle came to see them for the last time.
“This is the last help I can give you as the head of the Human Management Bureau. From now on, I will not be able to come to see you or have a chance to talk to you.”
Less than a few days later, Michelle returned to Delin’s home and gave her last words.
It was as if she was being chased by something inside her. The cold-looking demon, who did not give a good first impression, showed a nervous look that he had never shown before, and even had quite a few beads of sweat on his forehead.
“The higher-ups are trying to use you to create a justification to invade the Human Continent, and they will do whatever it takes to drive public opinion like that.”
‘Accidentally’ blocking the CCTV cameras in the house,
With Chichi’s magic, a small space is created where noise is blocked,
Michelle told us everything she knew in less than a minute.
“Recruiting a few actors is not difficult. Creating things that did not exist before is modern technology, and using it is politics. Public opinion will begin to think that you are dangerous people. If you make mistakes, you will use violence, and if you are not yet socialized, you will start to create public opinion. We will make it clear to the public that they are an uncivilized race.”
No one complained or refuted her words.
Even the prickly Rico just listened in silence while holding his daughter in his arms.
“There must have been someone who touched Kaede and made him use his fists. From now on, he will continue to provoke you like that. He will touch the children. That way, you won’t be able to stand it. Then, if the target of your anger is a demon male. If it is included, it is natural that the public’s position will begin to waver.”
Everyone there knew.
Michelle risked her life to find them.
“We won’t stop until it becomes mainstream public opinion that humans need to be educated. Rather, it will be packaged as a just thing, and the public will start protesting, calling for an invasion of the human continent…”
Everything said in just a few minutes is probably the demons’ plan for the next few years.
No, perhaps even more cruel things than that will happen.
The more you endure, the harsher it becomes,
It will become cruel.
“… So, please leave. There is a tourist product that involves taking a cruise to the strait near the Human Continent, and I will help you make up an excuse to get on it. Since I am still the team leader, I can plan up to that level. During the cruise, we will provoke you and report that we will film the violence on camera and broadcast it on TV. You just see an opportunity and run away.”
Michelle’s final offer included both her kindness and consideration.
It was even puzzling to see them struggling to somehow secure our lives. I felt a little sorry, and that much I was thankful.
“… Why are you trying to help me so much? We’re just strangers.”
Although there wasn’t much time, Delin asked Michelle the question he really wanted to ask.
“Michelle might die too. I don’t know how the demons will come out, but humans who plot things like this usually destroy anything that gets in their way…”
“It’s similar. It doesn’t seem to be that different between demons and humans.”
Because this might be the last time I see her.
She wanted to hear her answer from that dull face.
“… When they said they were urgently recruiting personnel related to the human race, I was just curious about what the humans I heard about in fairy tales when I was young were like in reality.”
As expected, with a dull face,
Michelle smiles ever so slightly.
“I just felt closer to you than I expected because I was close to you.”
“Thank you!”
Delrin expresses her gratitude on behalf of everyone. Sometimes honest and plain expressions are the best.
“Thank you so much. But, we can’t go back like this. Even if we go back, we’ll be chased for the rest of our lives…”
And sometimes, like ChiChi, it’s best to think about things far in the future.
“It doesn’t look like they will stop invading the continent just because they run away. It would be easy to create a justification for the invasion just by falsely labeling us as spies sent from the Human Continent.”
Sometimes, like Rico, it’s best to be blunt…
“Even if everything is fine until we die, from the next generation onwards we will live crawling on the toes of demons.”
And sometimes, like Neva, you have to stubbornly stick to your convictions.
“Thank you very much for the cruise plan, but we need another solution. Now that we have come this far, we must be confident that the demons will not invade in the future. We cannot leave like this.”
Really sometimes,
Very occasionally, the situation is so overwhelming that I collapse in my seat.
“… Aren’t you afraid?”
There are times when I’m afraid of dying, and I’m afraid of losing.
There are times when you feel anxious that the undeserved happiness that has finally come to you will soon leave.
“It’s scary. Well…”
It’s okay though.
No matter how hard it is, you just have to get back on your feet and walk slowly, even if you wander here and there.
“But it will work out somehow. I’m not sure.”
Kaede, with her two daughters leaning on her shoulders, looked at her Michelle for a moment to gather her thoughts,
She finishes her sentence calmly.
“… I have to meet the devil.”
Everyone fell silent for a moment at that stubborn expression. However, sometimes you need to be simple like Kaede.
“I will meet the devil and settle the matter directly, and I will also meet a woman named Helen and settle the matter.”
“By the devil, do you mean Mr. President?”
Demons do not use the expression demon king.
They address one of the greatest demons that reigns over their heads and call them Mr. President.
“We won’t be able to meet him. He is in poor health and is taking care of himself. Moreover, the order from above means that the report has already been sent to the President, and the plan is being implemented with his permission. Even if we meet, you will never get what you want.”
Michelle, who risked her life to help, was stopped like this.
However, there are not many options left for the Delrin family.
They must meet the leader of the demons.
“… And to be honest, while I want to help you, I don’t know what might happen if I help you meet the President.”
“I think both sides are in danger now that we’ve already helped, so just tell us where that devil called Mr. President is. We don’t even know her face because you censored everything that appears on TV. Or just come with us?”
Rico says. In fact, Michelle and the Delin family are already in the same boat, so there is no place for them to retreat.
But Michelle kept her mouth shut.
After such a pause,
“… I have a family to protect, too. I will remain in the organization. Even if I get caught for helping you, I won’t die. I’ve done what I’ve done so far. Would you even go as far as killing me?”
She looks out the window for a moment and says.
“His Excellency is staying at his private residence in Southall. It takes about two hours to drive south from here. The Prime Minister is acting in his honor, but he is said to be returning as early as next month.”
Michelle left Delin’s house with those last words behind her.
That was the last time Delrin saw Michelle’s back.
Since she could no longer see her, Delin looked at her departing Michelle with a sad look in her eyes.
If there is a meeting, there is a separation,
In the end, it is said that it is the bitter fate of humans to quietly remember passing relationships,
It seems like Delrin can’t quite get used to this fate.
He remembers all the relationships he left behind.
I think back to the encounters in another world, where several years have passed before I knew it.
Because the only thing left by his side is the family he left with,
I reflect on past relationships that I will meet again someday.
It’s soon time to leave.
