Chapter 291 – #66 and the Hero Who Knows Everything, Makes a Decision (3)
“First, I would like to apologize to all the demon kings who are your ancestors’ friends.”
“My old ancestors were foolishly used by other humans, and then killed you after being used… I deeply apologize for the stupidity of my ancestors and for the unfortunate tragedy.”
[Oh, forgive, forgive… Ha Nora… ! My dear friend, I forgive you. Forever, I love him… !]
To Emilia’s calm words of apology, the demon lord gave a lenient answer in a trembling voice that had no room for it.
Appreciating that generosity, Emilia left a note of thanks.
“Demon king, friend of my ancestors… For a moment, forgive me for my rudeness in averting my gaze from the king.”
“Before I continue to speak to the king, there is something I must finish.”
Hahah… Haha… !]
Emilia politely requested, and the demon lord granted the request without delay.
After Emilia bowed lightly, she raised her lowered body and turned to her earl.
As the count, she had no way of knowing what Emilia was thinking right now, what was in her heart behind that gaze.
“… Count.”
“Emile, Leah…”
Emilia let out a sigh with a light hum.
She closed her eyes for a moment, and then slowly opened them again for Emilia.
“… ?!”
Fluff, She fell face down on the spot.
She didn’t fall
She bowed before him.
Kneeling in front of the Count, put both his hands on the floor.
With her face and forehead flat on the floor, she prostrated herself in front of the count.
It was similar to what Count Monana had ordered for her former assistant, but the meaning was obviously quite different.
“Emilia… ?!”
“To Count Devro Meln, I also apologize. My poor father and mother’s work, deep gratitude as two children… I would like to apologize.”
Without showing her face, Emilia spoke with a trembling voice.
She lay on her stomach and began to sob.
“My father knew that she was a corrupt person who had abandoned humanity and knew only herself. If she had left him alone, the world would surely be in for a catastrophe.”
“My mother was someone who loved luxury and made enemies here and there.”
“When his father died and the family collapsed, the Count took care of his mother’s rehabilitation and… And I know that you have sent me as a worker in a place of trust to protect you from the hands of a mad enemy.”
“You saved me from being unable to make any life decisions and from being used by others. Thank you very much.”
“… And above all, thank you for defending the honor of my father and mother. You took care of me so that I could always yearn for and love my parents.”
“For all that, I cannot fathom how great your anguish must have been.”
“I don’t know what kind of heart you were, and how much your sorrow was, except for the stories I heard.”
“I am an ignorant and foolish woman who hates you and only resents you without knowing anything.”
“Just all of that.”
“The thing that made you carry a lot of care and anguish that you didn’t have to bear.”
“Even though this cheap head can’t compensate for that anguish to the dust.”
“However, for me, who has nothing and has only one body… There is no other way to apologize.”
“Please, forgive me.”
It was different from the resentful voice he had when he first saw the Count.
It was different from the way he spoke politely, acting befitting a slave under the command of the count.
With words that were solemn and polite, befitting the head of a family and an aristocrat, Emilia expressed her apology to the count.
However.
That attitude was completely unacceptable for a count.
“That is… What do you mean, Emilia… !”
“Why are you apologizing? Why are you bowing your head in front of me without orders?!”
“What the hell have you done wrong!”
“I am the one who stole your parents when you were still young!”
“Ever since I was little, I was thrown on the street, and it made me wander the streets looking for a way to live… It’s me!!”
“I entrapped you and enslaved you, defiled you and humiliated you as I pleased… Why are you bowing down to such trash??!”
“You haven’t done anything wrong! Why are you apologizing after experiencing all sorts of absurdities?!”
“Do not be like this… !! Don’t do this!!!”
“I mean hate me! I am your enemy!!”
“Hold up that sword right now, Emilia!!”
“Say that you will kill me, that you will avenge your parents and your enemies!”
“I hate you, my enemy! Tell them to die right away!!”
“Emilia… Emilia aaaaa… !!!”
In front of Emilia bowing her head, her count knelt down and stretched out her hand towards her.
The Count was originally a naive, sentimental, and upright person.
However, when he realized that goodness could not do anything about the current situation that had completely collapsed.
While making a contract with Mona and eating the ‘egg fragment’ that drives people crazy… He wanted to become a villain himself.
He abandoned goodness and wanted to become a thoroughly wicked man.
As trash that can die at any time, I wanted to meet an end worthy of trash.
Utter trash, on the very day he will disappear.
He gets ridiculed by Emilia for being good-looking, earns her resentment, listens to all sorts of curses and eats… And he said it was a bad memory, and he just wanted it to be forgotten.
So, this is not right.
As the enemy who killed his parents, he must be hated.
You must be hated for having taken your precious virgin, and having insulted you with every kind of humiliation.
He himself had to die in her resentment and hatred, with her unseemly gaze.
Otherwise.
Unless he dies as her enemy.
If that’s the case——wouldn’t that only make Emilia unhappy…? !!!
“Emilia!! I hate you!! Hate me right now!! Hate it! It’s an order! It’s an order, hate me!!”
“Enemies of your parents! The scum who insulted your friend! I mean, hate the criminal who polluted you, you idiot.!!!”
The Count writes evil.
He was shouting at Emilia as if screaming, with bloodshot eyes.
However, despite the count’s sullen expression, Emilia just silently bowed her head and lay face down.
But her face on the floor is full of sobs.
She must not know what is right either.
There were so many things that I couldn’t believe, and there were so many things that I couldn’t accept with my heart.
But after struggling, struggling, struggling, struggling.
She could no longer hate her enemies.
As she learned of the count’s anguish, and as she learned of his thoughts, she rather sympathized with him.
Isn’t it ironic
To pity her enemies who took all of her own.
A year and a half ago, when she had just arrived at this mansion, it was something she could not have imagined.
However, the opponent who had honed her deep hatred for insulting and humiliating herself so much and threatening to kill her countless times… It was no longer something she could hate.
* * *
The Earl urged Emilia to hate me, screaming loudly.
The many things he has endured so far, the many things he has abandoned as he turned his eyes away from many things to achieve his goal and became a wicked man, and the things that were suppressed by reason are rising up in his heart.
He couldn’t control himself any longer.
Rather than resorting to violence, he wanted to change Emilia’s heart.
To that extent, the count’s heart was devastated in an instant, and he was helpless.
In the meantime.
After stopping her crying, Emilia resolutely raised her body on the spot.
Her eyes are still moist, and the tear marks on her face extend to her chin.
Mucus flowed from her nose, and even though she tried to swallow it, it didn’t go away.
Really ugly, messed up look.
However, while wiping her face with her hand, Emilia turned her head to her demon lord, who had been neglected for a while.
When Emilia and the Count looked at each other, the Demon King also seemed to have managed to pull himself together.
He got out of his flustered attitude a moment ago and asked quietly.
[… You showed ugliness.]
“It’s okay, and thank you for your generous consideration. In addition, I thank you, my King, for remembering my ancestors and still loving them.”
Emilia looked up at the demon lord and said.
As much as she could, she raised her voice brightly, cheerfully and giving it strength.
Her voice still trembled, and she felt like she would burst into tears if she relaxed even a little, but she held it back.
‘Because I’m a warrior.’
Although the current situation has nothing to do with titles such as being a hero or something.
Even the demon king, whose lifespan is not confirmed, is embarrassed and shows ugliness.
But even so, Emilia muttered that to herself, and she picked herself up.
“Actually, I’ve been told more or less outside the door. Sorry for stealing… You said you had to get rid of the hero, me.”
[…]
“Is that right, King of Demons?”
To Emilia’s question, however, unlike before, the demon king hesitated without giving an immediate answer.
However, he responded to Emilia’s gaze looking straight up at him, and to her urgings, as if he couldn’t help it, but with a voice that didn’t even show a hint of dignity.
[That, so… Doing… Place…]
[No… … It should be. With my hands, I have to deal with you.]
[I created an existence called [Hero], And I have to deal with it with my own hands.]
[That… Runny…]
With the real thing in front of my eyes, I wonder if I can’t bear to dare.
The demon king couldn’t speak clearly and hesitated.
The majesty of a moment ago is nowhere to be found.
In the first place, she hadn’t seen her face right before her, when she was talking to the Count, so she didn’t know much about her demon lord’s original appearance.
So she, on the contrary, thought she was cute too.
Is that why?
I wonder if her mind has been relieved for a little while.
She calmed down a bit, and with a rather playful smile, Emilia confidently looked up at the demon lord and said.
With a smile like a flower, I propose to the Demon King.
“Demon King, I understand that you need a body in order to be resurrected.”
“How are you, Demon King?”
“Your half, in this body that your strength is said to have dwelled in, in this body where the fragments of your friend are left.”
“How is it that you are resurrected using this body as a vessel?”
“If this body contains half of your strength, I think it will be enough to replace Count Meln’s body.”
“——So.”
“Please come into this body, and thus destroy me, the 【Hero】.”
“I will gladly offer this body.”
Emilia throws a bomb-like remark.
Behind her, Earl Meln yelled at her in denial, like a madman.
