episode_0010

Drop, drop, drop.

It’s like a dark red wine.

It’s like a fascinating ruby.

It’s like a burning fire.

Red, red, red.

Knock, knock, knock.

The drops repeat to form a stem.

The stems stretch out gently and leisurely.

It flows down the pure white neck.

It flows along the pure white sword.

Even though it was just a moment, it felt like forever.

If only Irusia had put a little more strength into her arms.

If you just push the sword in just a little bit more.

It will definitely bloom. Gorgeously. Absolutely breathtaking. Like the blooming of zinnias, like the blooming of chrysanthemums.

Your whole sight will turn red.

Then it’s over.

The sword won’t go back in.

Perhaps I was caught in Irusia’s thick magic.

Or maybe, the moment he saw Irusia’s expression, his heart completely collapsed and he didn’t even have room to put his sword away.

I’m scared.

Rather than experiencing the pain of having my whole body torn to pieces again.

I’m afraid to look.

I want to close my eyes.

No, I’d rather gouge out my eyes.

If I didn’t have eyes, if I had to see such misery, it would have been better if I didn’t have them. Why do humans have eyes in the first place, why did they exist?

Are you here to watch your loved ones die? That’s too much. That’s too much.

I realized it again.

okay.

From the beginning, I couldn’t kill Irusia even if I died.

What were you trying to do?

Irusia smiled brightly, as if it were a lie.

The teardrops sparkle.

The sky was already covered in sunset.

The world, the world is so red.

“Ugh, uh. Oh, ah, ahhh. Uh.”

Seed desperately opened his mouth,

“Sorry, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. It’s my fault. Me. Me, me, me, my?? No. Don’t. No. That’s not it. No. No, no, that’s not it. This, is not it. Because of me. I’m, so cowardly. So selfish. I’m such a bastard… .”

Before I knew it, the entire blade was dyed red with Irusia’s blood.

Irusia moved her arms again.

He took Seed’s sword away from his neck.

“Ah.”

“You shouldn’t say that.”

She winked, sticking her tongue out slightly and her eyes swollen from crying.

“Yeah, it looks like this is the only way.”

“Ah, huh?? Huh? Right now. Huh?”

“But I didn’t want to die. Yeah. So I’m the selfish one.”

That’s how it was originally. I was just acting coy, wearing a mask and pretending to be good.

It’s really just a bunch of garbage.

“Yeah. I want to live with you.”

***

Just a pitch-black sky and pitch-black land stretching out endlessly.

There is a well.

A woman with snow-white hair and red eyes was leaning against the well.

Suddenly, a large horn sprouted on the woman’s head.

-Why do we have eyes? To watch our loved ones die… Hehe. No matter what, it’s so cringey to think about it. You’re being sentimental, Cid.

Still. Seeing someone you love die.

love.

-My dear, you are a human being.

Maybe because I liked the feel of it, I kept repeating the same words over and over again.

The woman’s cheeks flushed slightly.

-I want to live with you… La. Am I the same way over there? Hehe.

Well, that’s good.

That’s a nice thing to say.

-Try hard.

The girl who was the ruler of all the demons in the world.

He closed his eyes and smiled softly.

***

From the other side, a devil’s voice was heard, sounding pitiful.

“What, ha. This is ridiculous. It’s a shame. It would have been better if he had just died gracefully… . Let’s end it now.”

Suddenly, it seemed like it was night.

A pitch-black sword that fills the sky.

The number is incomparable to before.

The quality of each blade is on a different level.

Even if it doesn’t hit, just passing near the body will cause a human, who is weak to wind pressure, to burst and die.

Just because it’s a building doesn’t mean it will withstand and not collapse.

He gave up on hiding his existence among humans and decided to destroy everything here and now.

“… Yeah. That’s it.”

Seed looked at the blood-soaked sword. He said as if he understood.

“Yeah. That’s it.”

Irusia answers with a bright smile.

“I’m sorry, but die. That’s for you!”

Like a torrential downpour.

Before the return, the bomb that completely destroyed the academy flies in targeting only one human.

but.

Every time Seed brought out a sword, there was a longsword, a pair of swords, a sword, a greatsword, a falcata, a crescent sword several times the height of a person, a rapier as thin as an awl, a spear as thick as a building pillar, a pair of small scissors, a razor blade, a carving knife, a scalpel, a sickle, an axe.

It simply breaks into pieces and scatters on the floor like cookie crumbs, soon turning to dust.

“After… .”

“What, what is it? What the!!!!!! No, that blood. Surely, surely it’s purer than mine, quiet?”

Difference in questions.

No matter what you say, he’s a kid who’ll become the Demon King.

Even though they are of different classes, they are very different.

Even with just a little bit of blood soaking into the sword, the tip of the blade shatters into pieces.

“No way, this can’t be happening. No way, no way. No way!!!”

But Escaria’s face is distorted.

It seems a little different from anger.

“How can a human have that much magic? That much magic! And, he hasn’t done any evil yet?”

Hundreds of flying insects continue to fly at an absurd speed. Even if you were to just touch them, that alone would be beyond the realm of humans.

By taking them out one by one, you gradually close the distance.

“Why? Feeling wronged?”

“No, you don’t know anything. Still!!”

My body is already reaching its limit. If I collapse here, I will never wake up again.

So just a little further, through the rain of black swords, forward.

“That child, that child, how, how cursed a child. How is this. How. Why!!!!!”

Just a little bit now, and it’s done. Soon the arms will close.

Because they are close by, indiscriminate bombing like before is impossible. That’s why.

Wonjin.

Dozens of swords surround Seed from all directions, firing simultaneously.

It was very difficult at first.

It’s a technique that has been used several times already.

Whirik, turn the sword, and hold the blade with your fingertips.

He deliberately struck one of the pitch-black blades with the part of the handle that was not stained with Irusia’s blood.

The blades do not break, but bounce off while maintaining their shape, and similar to dominoes, they hit other blades and change their paths.

Scatter the blades pouring down from all directions.

Close the remaining distance in one breath.

“Do you know what the devil is? Do you even know how the devil comes into being?!!!!”

“I don’t care!!”

An incomprehensible monster that appears from nowhere, sneaks into human society, and preys on people.

I don’t know anything more, but I don’t need to know anything more. That’s what I thought.

The sword finally reaches Escaria’s body.

Every time you swing it, the part that the sword touches bursts and goes into a large hole.

“Every demon was once an ordinary girl.”

“What?”

“Huh? You’re saying that you’re coming from the dark world through a dimensional rift, that’s just human nonsense!!!”

The attack changed again.

Countless swords dance individually in the air, aiming for Seed’s body.

Each one of them rushes forward, displaying swordsmanship of a different level.

If I were a normal person, I would feel like I was dealing with dozens of people.

Even though it may seem random since it moves alone, the overall intention is obvious. Since dozens of them move at the same time, the movements are very awkward in Seed’s eyes.

“Do you know why demons hunt people with magic?”

“Of course you want to kill and eat them!!”

“Of course, there are instincts as a demon, to satisfy hunger. There are also predation to satisfy desires. But once the hunger is satisfied, it stops right away. Because it makes you go crazy, because regret comes rushing in. Even so, if there are cases where you move on your own will.”

After destroying dozens of swords, Cid cuts down Escaria’s body again.

Following the trajectory, his body is torn apart again. But he doesn’t care and locks eyes with Seed.

“I hope he doesn’t turn into a demon like this. That’s why when he sees a girl with magic, he tries to kill her first. Somehow.”

“… I will protect you. I will save you.”

“Me too!!!!! I had someone like that too. Someone who told me that. I cut that body… . With my blade, I tore it apart, and yes. Just like I did to you… I reassembled it. It was so much fun, I couldn’t stop. This is our fate. The thicker the magic, the tighter it gets. How far will your childhood friend go? Even a demon like me will become a monster that you can’t imagine. Definitely… .”

Escaria had already lost many parts of his body, and the body that was excavated from the ruins resembled a broken statue with every part missing.

But the seed is trying to break it.

Oh, my body.

“Even if you destroy me, you will meet another demon someday. They will all try to destroy that child. Can you… fight to the end?”

The feeling of one’s body falling apart.

Suddenly, I saw something black, and suddenly everything became dark.

My eyes are getting black.

Consciousness.

It won’t work.

If I close my eyes now, I will probably die. I don’t mean killed, but self-destruction. This body has been squeezed to this extent. There may already be no hope of survival.

If you spare it, you will be killed immediately. If you don’t spare it, it will be like this, there will be no next time. Perhaps the end was already set.

“… Ha, I see, it seems like it’s already over. Haha, hahahahaha. I feel like an idiot for expecting a little bit… . Ha… … .”

Since he is a devil, his tear ducts have all burned out, so he doesn’t shed tears.

But back then, before he turned into a demon, if there had been an ordinary girl named Escaria who liked to chat with her friends, instead.

Perhaps a single, big tear was shed.

Is this really the end?

Well then, I have a question.

“… Is it okay if I ask you just one thing?”

“If it’s your last wish, then yes.”

“Then what if, what if. There is a demon who endlessly and insatiably slaughters people who have nothing to do with him.”

“Huh?”

“And if there’s a demon at the end who wants to destroy the world. That’s… ”

“It’s simple. He must have hated people. He must have hated the world. Ever since he became a devil.”

“Haha, is that so… .”

What, it’s my fault.

Seed closed his eyes.

“Are you satisfied? Then die. What I have been hoping for for hundreds of years… . I will give in to you first. ”

A small dagger.

Floats limply into the air.

Take aim.

It’s shaking slightly. It’s the limit. But it doesn’t matter. If this happens, I’ll definitely die. I’m going to die.

Oh, I’m jealous. Me too.

At that moment, that was what the devil of the fly and the irreversible girl were thinking.

“… Lord.”

With someone’s voice.

There was light.

The dazzling light takes shape and wraps itself around Escaria’s body like a rope. The part that touches the rope burns and emits smoke.

“… Ah. This isn’t enough. Still.”

“Tch, really? Sealing, no, more like reverse summoning? I can’t kill him.”

“… Thank you.”

Escaria closes his eyes with a relaxed face like a sleeping baby.

The rope is tightening.

The body is scattered like dust.

“Well, anyway. I guess I won’t be able to install this for a while~.”

who??

Clearly, I’ve heard that voice somewhere.

Memory, memory.

No. Consciousness.