Chapter 234 – Ep.16 – Demon King (1)
Helen slowly placed her body on the sofa in the living room, as if her devil’s room was her own.
As she sits down on the long, soft sofa, she gestures for Delrin to come too. It’s such a kind and gentle gesture that she misses it, so Delrin drops his guard for a moment and goes to her side.
“No one will hear. This is a story just for you and me, Delrin. I didn’t stop time. “I’m just speaking directly to your heart.”
As she said, an afterimage like a shell of Delrin remains where she originally was.
When Delrin realizes this, he feels a strange sense of floating. She felt free as if she had thrown off the shackles of bondage.
“Delrin, do you see how far you’ve come? The title of warrior is not a waste of money. All the rewards of this noble journey await you.”
“Let’s stop talking about that and get to the point. Where have you been all this time? And, why did you try to erase my memories? How did you delete it?”
Delrin cuts off all of Helen’s congratulatory words to fulfill her saintly duties, and pours out all the questions she has been holding back.
“What is the real purpose? “What do you want?”
“Are there too many questions?”
However, as if Helen was enjoying the time she spent alone, she continued the conversation without losing her gentle smile.
“And, I don’t think these are questions that need to be answered now. It’s been a while since I’ve seen her face to face, so please tell me how she’s been doing. “I always waited for you.”
Her sad eyes do not match her kind smile. Her white and beautiful hand rests on Delrin’s knee, and she waits there for a while, as if asking him to hold her hand even just for a moment.
But Delrin cannot fold her hands easily.
He is now the father of three children, and will be the father of many more children in the future.
There were already a lot of wives next to me, and they all risked their lives to follow him.
“… It’s nice to be happy. I need to know the reason first. “Why is it like that?”
That’s why he just quietly folds her arms and looks at Helen.
Her lonely hands, which had been resting on her knees, eventually returned to their owner and gathered together on her thighs.
“I just did what I had to do. “There is nothing more to say.”
“Why did he suddenly appear and disappear like this? And then you only show up at odd times and interfere? If you wanted to stop that demon lord, you could have fought with us a long time ago, and if you wanted to join in with the demon lord, you could have just killed me first!”
Helen’s eyes widen. It’s hard to notice, but Delrin doesn’t miss the change.
Helen, looking surprised, blinks her eyes a couple of times, and then she looks down at Delin again, her dry eyes filled with sadness.
“If I can’t help it, I have to step forward… But how can I kill you like this?”
Although she always maintains her consistent attitude, she cannot hide her faint emotions from Delrin’s words.
“Please don’t say things like that.”
“Then tell me what you’ve done. “I also tell you why you approached us in the first place and made us come to the Demon Continent, and why you ran away alone like you were dead after coming here.”
Helen looked at the empty living room as if thinking for a moment, then quietly opened her mouth and answered.
“I can’t tell you yet.”
“If not now, when are you going to tell me! Just a few more seconds, and we’ll be on our way to negotiate with the devil himself. Just know that. I don’t know what the intention was, but we’re going to do what we want. If you have to fight, you will fight. If you have to run, you will run. “Don’t disturb me and don’t stop me.”
Delrin, who let out her anger in a slightly exasperated voice, took a deep breath and glared at Helen.
However, Helen is just,
She remained silent and just smiled at Delrin.
“I am always waiting.”
“Stop talking like that! What are you always waiting for? What do you mean you are always there for me? “She follows along as if she knows everything and does nothing when it’s really important!”
Delrin gets angry. The disappointment she feels for Helen pours out with force as if a hole has been opened in her dam when she sees her for the first time in a long time.
“We are warriors, and we don’t care. “My family comes first now.”
Helen’s eyes soon move away from Delrin and turn to several women standing on the other side of her.
“Family… ?”
“Whether it’s the devil or you, if you try to mess with my family, we’ll fight. Did you understand? If you don’t want to say anything, just leave. Go and don’t appear in front of us again.”
“Delin, you consider them family.”
“… “You’ll know it when you see it.”
Helen pondered the word family,
She says to Delrin:
“Do you no longer care about the family you left behind in the original world?”
The original world.
Delin complains of a headache as he hears her words for the first time in a long time. An unpleasant headache interrupts his conversation.
“… I decided to live here. “It’s already too late.”
“Do as you wish.”
Delrin is unwavering because she has already made up her mind. For him, she is ultimately the place where he will live and die.
“Don’t lose sight of that meaning. Delrin, as long as you don’t lose your meaning, everything will end quietly.”
Helen’s appearance becomes blurred. Her smile fades.
“You will see me again after that. I’m waiting for you. Now all is forgotten, in the garden for the gods, waiting only for you. You will soon find out where God’s Garden is. Soon… “
She walks a little closer with her disappearing body and carefully places her hand on Delrin’s cheek.
“Then it will all be over. This tiresome journey will end, Delrin, and you will be free again.”
That touch was so warm and sorrowful,
I can’t bear to throw Delrin away harshly.
“I pray for you. “Never give up on your promise to protect her family.”
With that said,
Helen disappears.
Only the bitter scent of her cigarette, left behind by her fingertips, passed Delrin’s nose a little,
Time goes by again as usual.
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The wooden stairs going up to the second floor are so old that they make a creaking sound.
The house is too ordinary and insignificant for the leader of the demons to live in, so Delrin feels rather ominous.
Also, I am worried about the women who have not been able to speak properly since entering this house.
With their noses and mouths covered, they are barely able to withstand the aura of the devil.
Let’s go up all the stairs,
You can see a long hallway,
There is a half-open door at the end.
Even Delrin, who is just an ordinary person, hallucinates as if space is distorted. The energy emitted by a transcendent being is so powerful that it even distorts the principles and laws of the world.
Delrin is also a little scared.
No, it would be a lie to say a little.
Delrin’s legs are shaking. Even taking a single step is difficult for her.
Therefore,
Kaede takes the lead in front of them.
Even though her face was frowning, and her expression was distorted, Kaede did not stop her steps and entered the Demon Lord’s room.
She has a daily routine that she has to follow. It’s been a long time since I forgot about the free-floating life. Now she has a place where she wants to stay.
The time has come to make up her mind and end everything for his sake.
With yourself,
Delrin and,
For Karen and Karen,
And, even though I can’t say I’m on good terms with them, I don’t want to let them die.
Kaede struggles to protect everyone. From now on, you will never lose anything. No matter what the cost, I will protect it.
She is the first to face the devil.
After that, Delrin,
Neva and Chichiga,
Eva,
Rico…
“Are you here?”
I face the devil sitting quietly.
There is no intimidating throne like you see in cartoons, but you are sitting on a cozy looking rocking chair,
The woman called the Demon King gives her greetings first.
“I was expecting it to come. Although he came sooner than I expected.”
There is no king of the strong and strong demons anywhere,
She only appears to be a woman who appears a little more fragile than others.
“I wanted to come and say hello to you first, but as you can see, it’s like this. “Can you understand?”
Her long, straight hair goes well with the calm and gentle image she presents.
Her jet black hair is neat and elegant.
The snow is so clear and blue.
“Ah… “
However, what everyone’s eyes are focused on is
It is not like the ordinary and gentle appearance that the Demon King shows,
It is being born, spreading all kinds of ominousness and fear throughout the world…
A little too swollen,
As if hatching an egg,
It’s inside the devil’s ship.
