episode_0196

A considerable amount of time has passed since the Demon King’s soul possessed by the Amantium Dragon was destroyed.

As soon as the Demon King’s soul disappeared, most of the large quantities of monsters that had been pushing down from the north turned into lumps of magical power and evaporated.

However, the only things that evaporated were the monsters summoned again by the power of the Demon King’s soul.

The monsters that originally existed on the continent lost the influence of the Demon King’s soul, became wild again, and returned to their original habitat.

The Demon World and the Kingdom, which suffered extensive damage due to the Great Monster Invasion, each had a hectic time recovering from the damage.

Edward, the head of the city federation, focused on restoring the ruined cities in the north and returning refugees to their hometowns, and gathered the heads of each city to begin discussing in detail the next step of the city federation, that is, the reconstruction of the royal family.

In the demon world, Ainblad’s queen, Ludmilla, who had been fending off demons almost on her own to reduce damage from demons, lay down.

It was said to be a side effect of using one’s magical power so much that it went beyond its limits and even eroded one’s own vitality.

Fortunately, there was no risk to his life, but there was an opinion that even if he woke up, it would be difficult to use magic as powerful as before.

When I returned to Kubel after defeating the Amantium Dragon with Sylphy, I did not receive a proper welcome because everyone was too busy repairing the damage.

Almost a month later, there was talk of a celebration of my heroic deeds at Edward’s coronation, where he would unite the city confederations into one kingdom and proclaim the royal family was officially reestablished.

“I am grateful from the bottom of my heart. However, I will refuse. There is no need for a separate event to honor my achievements.”

But I immediately rejected Edward’s offer.

As he said, if we hold an event to praise my achievements at the coronation, the entire kingdom will pay attention to me.

I am now… … I didn’t really want to be noticed by people.

Algot returned as the guild master of the Kubel Adventurer’s Guild while maintaining the operating rights of the restaurant where the demons of the demon shelter were working.

What was different from before was that, like the City Union, a new Adventurer’s Guild Association was established to link all adventurer guilds in the kingdom, and Algot was appointed as the leader of the association.

Algot actively used the influence of the adventurer guilds in each city to erase the prejudice against demons that was still prevalent in the kingdom.

Thanks to her passionate activities, demons began to be treated similar to ordinary other races in Kubel and the surrounding cities.

Mariel’s mansion, which was used as a shelter for demons, also stopped functioning as a shelter, and the demons protected there were able to save money from working at Algot’s store and buy their own homes in Kubel.

Aruru worked with Meruru as a receptionist at the Kubel Adventurer’s Guild.

This was possible because Algot worked hard on all fronts to break the prejudice against demons.

Unlike Meruru, who only specialized in races of other races, Aruru also catered to general adventurers.

Soon, rumors of beautiful receptionist sisters with fluffy ears and tails began to spread through the Kubel Adventurer’s Guild, and adventurers from far away came to visit.

Mileia, who had made a name for herself as the continent’s best female swordsman and adventurer, made the most unexpected choice.

With Algot returning and the Kubel Adventurer’s Guild returning to normal, Mileia returned her adventurer’s badge to the guild.

It is said that she promised to retire from being an adventurer and take on the role of leader of the knights of the new kingdom.

“Milleia, even if you take on the role of leader of the kingdom’s knights, there’s no need to quit being an adventurer, right?”

After hearing the news, I asked Mileia.

Mileya answered my question like this:

“ While fighting a large army of monsters with the kingdom’s army, I thought that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to work for the kingdom. Yunoa, I am a person with more regrets and regrets than I look. In order to really focus on your new job, it would be better to return your adventurer badge.”

I don’t know what really made her change her mind, as she had always been a loner and a lonely adventurer.

Whenever something unexpected like this happens, there is a narration that explains the reason… … .

“Ah… … .”

“Yunoa, why are you like that?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

Okay, no more narration.

More than a month passed, but I never heard the narration in my head again.

In order to truly extinguish the demon king’s soul, the narration used up all of the goddess’s power that had maintained her existence.

There was a strange feeling of discomfort as the voice in my head that I had been hearing ever since I came to this world disappeared.

A narrator with a strange personality who speaks only when he wants to speak and often says baseless mean things to me.

But thanks to that narration, I started out as an adventurer from a penniless beggar and was able to defeat the demon king’s spirit.

But he disappeared without even saying thank you.

Well, even if it had been there anyway, the narration wouldn’t have listened to me directly.

After the narration disappeared, I sometimes found myself waiting to hear a voice in my head without realizing it.

As I slowly look back at the situation on the continent that has regained peace, whenever a question arises in my head, I think, ‘At this point, it’s time for the narration to say a word…’ … .’You end up thinking the same thing.

But of course, no narration was heard.

It felt like a bad-tempered friend who had been living in my head had disappeared.

And if you think like this, you would have retorted by saying, ‘Yunoa is so ungrateful, blah blah blah.’

“Goddess Arcelia… … .”

Narration, to be exact, is the name of the being that planted the consciousness in my head.

Still, I knew the name at the end, so what happened?

“Let’s take a walk… … .”

I walked slowly along the streets of Kubel without doing anything.

Is your mind tired, or is your body tired?

A lot of time has passed since we defeated the Demon King’s Spirit.

Anyway, I wanted to rest quietly.

That was just the thought.

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Both the Demon World and the Kingdom are having busy days.

Even after the Adventurer’s Guild began normal business, I did nothing and just watched the situation in various places.

People around me asked me to tell them if they needed anything or help with anything, but I really didn’t want anything right now.

Before defeating the Demon King’s Spirit, I thought that once everything was over, I would return to being an ordinary adventurer and quietly travel around the continent.

But after defeating the Demon King’s Spirit, for some reason, that thought disappeared.

Right now, I am just spending my days meaninglessly, without any purpose and just wanting to rest.

I didn’t like receiving too much attention from people, and I didn’t like living a comfortable life by receiving a great position.

Why on earth?

I don’t know why I’m like this, so I just spend time every day.

Then one day, the goddess Stellania, who was staying at Mariel’s mansion, called me through Saint Selena.

Now that I think about it, did Stellania safely recover her goddess powers?

Even now that the demon lord’s soul has disappeared and the balance of the world has been restored, Stellania is still staying at Mariel’s mansion.

I immediately followed Selena to the mansion where Stellania was located.

When I arrived at the mansion and went to goddess Stellania’s room, I felt that her mood was different from usual.

Before, she felt like an ordinary young lady, but now she has the appearance of a proper goddess.

Not only did she look like a goddess, but when I stood in front of her, I felt like I had to bow my head and kneel with my hands together.

But I didn’t kneel.

In the end, Stellania’s power was of no help in subduing the Demon King’s Spirit.

Moreover, I was an apostle of Arcelia, a goddess higher than Stellania.

Even if you can’t hear that voice now, it’s inevitable that it’s difficult to look up to Stellania like other people in this world.

“Yunoa, thanks to you, this continent was able to restore the balance of the world and I was able to fully regain the power of the goddess.”

“It took a lot longer than I thought.”

“K… Well, as the goddess who presides over this world, I cannot stay here any longer. That’s why I called you to say hello one last time.”

Even though I have regained all of the power of the goddess, I still feel like there’s a screw missing somewhere.

Well, if she continues to stay here, that’s a problem.

The goddess who originally governs the world is a being who manages and observes the world from the divine world, not from this world.

Because a being like that can’t just hang around here like an idiot forever.

“As the goddess who presides over this world, I would like to express my gratitude to you, Yunoa, on behalf of this world.”

Goddess Stellania’s body slowly began to glow.

Perhaps he wants to return to the God Realm.

I looked at that figure quietly, and something suddenly occurred to me, so I opened my mouth.

“Arcelia.”

“Yes?!”

As soon as the name was called, the light emanating from Stellania disappeared in an instant.

Then Stellania opened her eyes wide and asked me.

“How did you get that name…? … ?”

“I heard it when I was subduing the demon lord spirit.”

“That… He… Are you trying to interfere directly with this world?”

Stellania’s attitude was strange.

Why am I so embarrassed when I only know the name of the goddess?

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