Chapter 237 – Ep.16 – Demon King (4)
What can stop that ambition and sacrificial spirit? In the face of the great and noble mission of preserving the race, what should a group of women does?
The answer is simple.
I can’t do anything.
I couldn’t even persuade the devil,
I’m in a situation where I can’t even kill the devil.
In a space where conversation is cut off, women remain silent.
Neither thieves nor chivalrous nor witches nor wolves,
Even the king of the demons no longer speaks.
It seems as if time has frozen.
In the static silence where no progress is made, the only thing that moves is the large sword that Kaede is holding.
The hand holding the hilt of the sword becomes so strong that the sword trembles and makes a sad sound.
Towards pregnant women who can be killed so easily,
The tip of the sword is pointed.
The devil closes his eyes.
She doesn’t want to see for herself the moment her head falls off.
Until the end, she no longer wants to see the round belly that haunts her.
However, the pain of death that spreads throughout the body rarely comes.
His sword does not swing even after thirty seconds have passed since the Demon King closed his eyes.
“There’s no need to hesitate, right? If you don’t kill me, I won’t leave you alone anyway. Killing me now is for both of us…”
In order to eliminate Kaede’s hesitation, the Demon King opened her mouth, but
Those weak lips are soon embarrassed by a small, unexpected sensation and are unable to utter a word.
“Are you my younger brother?”
“Little brother!”
When the little girls who went downstairs came up, they placed their small hands on the round devil’s stomach and laughed.
“Yes. A younger sister. Besides Rika, there will be another younger sister. And then, and after that. There will continue to be younger sisters.”
With two defenseless girls,
A human man with no mana or talent,
A newborn baby in her arms.
“What…?”
“I felt like the conversation wasn’t going well, so I came in person.”
The Demon King quickly scans the reactions of the women behind the man.
However, they are neither excited nor tried to stop them,
They are only embarrassed for a moment, but soon they erase their embarrassment and stare straight at their husbands.
“Go away! We’re already done talking! Get the kids out of the way!”
“These kids don’t listen to me very well. They get excited when I tell them they will have a younger sibling.”
Is it sane to release your children to the enemy of your lifetime?
The Demon King is embarrassed by the unexpected scenario, but soon regains his composure and speaks firmly.
“The number is obvious. Did you think that if you let the kids go, I would feel envious when I see it? Did you think I would feel sorry for my child? No way.”
“Ma’am, what is your younger brother’s name?”
“Moe?”
The Demon King continues talking, trying to ignore Karin and Karen who pat his stomach and ask for his name.
“… There is a great cause in the world. There is a goal that must be achieved for everyone. Family, precious people, and a great and noble will that surpasses even such things…”
“I guess this little brother is huge!”
“It’s so big! Yes!”
Full-term pregnant women, which are rare in this world, are themselves subjects of study for children.
The innocent yet rough hands of the two children who were massaging Rico’s belly had no doubt about the demon king’s swollen belly.
“Stop touching me! Ah, anyway…! I will definitely sacrifice my life and my daughter for the sake of all of our demons… Argh! It hurts! Don’t pinch me…!”
“I didn’t pinch you! I just kissed you!”
“Use the kiss side!”
The devil’s anger rises.
I don’t like the fact that my noble intention of sacrificing for everyone is being hindered by those foolish children.
“You…! Clean up after the kids and tell me directly!”
“Just leave it alone. If I don’t let it, it will pout and grumble all day.”
“Is this the level of the human race? It’s so vulgar…! There’s a reason for the slow development and barbarism, and now I understand the reason! Very well!”
The devil’s face turns bright red.
Even though she flails her arms and pushes the children away, the two spirited daughters, who never tire, rub their cheeks against their bellies and listen to the sound of their younger sibling kicking.
“Oh wow! It moved!”
“Ugh! I think I heard it too!”
The two burst into laughter, wondering what was so exciting about them. A smile too ecstatic and honest to be directed at someone I have never met and had no relationship with…
The devil cannot take his eyes off the two girls.
Captivated by the naivety shown by the two girls who have barely even learned to speak yet, it is not easy to escape their terrible fascination.
“I told you to go away…!”
The devil is trying to use his power for the first time in a long time to drive out those curse-like emotions.
A bony hand rose up to the level of the head and headed towards the two girls…
Although it is added slowly,
The magic energy contained in the tips of his fingers cannot bear to go to those two.
Delrindo, Kaededo,
All the other ladies are also tense for a moment and watch the situation.
The devil cannot deliver that easy blow.
“… I told you to go. I don’t want to kill you.”
Is it because he doesn’t want to stain his hands with blood?
Or is it because his personality is not ruthless enough to commit murder right before he dies?
The Demon King, with his own doubts, pushes Karin and Karen’s back and sends them to Delrin.
“… They are cute kids.”
The devil’s eyes, full of sorrow, cannot turn away from the girls.
Small and cute body,
A youthful face that seems to have taken its cue from its parents.
“So cute…”
Finally, sadness and fear burst out simultaneously from the Demon King’s sturdy eyes.
What makes her cry,
It is the laughter of two children who know nothing.
“That’s why I’m doing this. It’s for the sake of our children who will live in the future.”
She seems to have difficulty even wiping away her tears, and begins to defend herself in a tearful voice.
“If we don’t solve it now, it will only get worse. Do you know? In the end, we all end up dying. Even though no one needs this cursed life of slowly dying…”
Delrin hugs her two daughters. Even his hands can’t stop shaking due to fear and tension.
Even though he tried to pretend to be calm and detached and sent the children away, his heart was pounding like it was breaking.
“There’s no need to be that extreme…”
With a trembling voice,
A crying voice.
“No. To solve the problem, you have to fix it from the very beginning. If I don’t fix it, if I don’t break away from my own problems, more people will end up suffering…”
Perhaps what she says is right.
Those called pioneers and pioneers always have to take risks.
You must endure all criticism and curses from all beings.
Those who have overcome it all,
It becomes salvation for the future.
However, in front of the devil who knows the miserable future to come,
A human man, unaware of the future, quietly pleads.
“You just have to give it a chance. Give it to my kids, and your kids too.”
A stranger who came from a far away place,
He conveys the wisdom he has lived to the devil.
“It will get better. It may be anxious and difficult now, but it will get better little by little over time.”
“Is it going to be okay? The world? This world is going to be okay? If you leave it alone, nothing will get better! If you leave a problem that needs to be solved unattended, you will pay back with hundreds and thousands of times more blood and pain in the future…!”〈 Br〉
I don’t know if I can call that wisdom.
Weak, weak,
From a man who is not good at anything,
He always lived on the run,
He always lived with a watchful eye,
What such an insignificant man says is,
It’s a stupid and useless thing to just leave this all alone.
“Yes, time can solve some problems. But not this one! In exactly twenty years, not only the humans but also the demons will become dangerous. Are you saying we should choose the stupid path of destroying both of them!?”
With the woman who has always led everything,
A man who was always drawn to everything,
They look at each other and speak.
“Ordinary people who live without thinking don’t know. I understand. They can’t even imagine how difficult this problem is.”
“No. I know roughly. That’s what I’m saying.”
Looking at the same future,
Say while looking at another part.
“Let’s wait until we find a better way. Just a little longer…”
In the eyes of a human looking only at a small landscape, he sees his three precious daughters and his wife watching him from behind.
The embers of disaster, war, massacre, confusion, and dizzying ruins are visible in the eyes of a demon looking at a future landscape.
“I promise. I will never kill you and your daughter. And I will never kill other demons either. Because I know there are many good demons.”
Is it Delrin’s stupid faith and belief that shows a blurry and unclear future in the eyes of such demons?
“I will help you. There is no need to invade the human continent and make it a colony. “We will persuade other humans to help the demons.”
If not, is it because of the women who changed everything because of their daughters and husbands?
If not,
Are these the bright eyes of those little girls looking forward to their little brother?
The Demon King ends up seeing the future of himself and his daughter, which he tried so hard to ignore.
Excellent and great, just like him,
My daughter shows the disheveled smile of a child only to herself…
“…”
She sheds more tears in silence.
In front of the fragmentary image of the future that I have ignored dozens of times in the meantime,
This time I collapse.
“… Really, will it get any better?”
Her winding path, as she sees it, is fraught with trials that are more difficult and painful than the plot she herself has chosen.
Hidden in the murky and dark path that can end everything right here and now,
Very slow, ugly, painful,
Even an uncertain future.
“… I don’t know. But one thing is certain, the future is always unstable and scary. Even if we kill all of us humans, we will still suffer from new problems in the end.”
To that human man who asked me to walk that path together,
The devil gives a look.
“The past is always regrettable, the present is always anxious, and the future is always scary… I know that. I know this better than anyone else. Everyone wants to go back to the past. Go back to the past and make better choices than before. If I did that, I would be living a lot more comfortably now…”
I feel a warm hand along the way.
It’s so small and fragile,
I feel a vague, warm hand.
The touch of my daughter who I haven’t even given a name to yet.
“There must have been a perfect choice. There must have been many smart ways that I hadn’t even thought of.”
“But you don’t have to try to find it.”
“No matter how you live, no matter what you choose.”
“It’s more important to know how to be satisfied with that.”
“What’s important is how happy I am right now and how happy I am.”
“I just need to be satisfied with the present. There is no need to be scared of a future that hasn’t arrived yet.”
“I’m happy even struggling to solve that future.”
“No matter how much time you rewind, no matter how many opportunities you get.”
“I will never be as happy as I am now.”
“… You and your daughter will definitely be as happy as me. All other demons and all other humans…”
“So to me, to my sisters, to my kids, and to your kids.”
“Give me the future.”