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The first day started with training with the warrior, and from the next day, other party members also began training.

After dealing with not only a saint, but also a wizard, an elf, and a warrior, they all resolved their problems after the sparring.

Contrary to the expectations of the goddess, who said that growth was slow, the hero put in a lot of effort and his growth was sparked.

He began to grow the fastest among the party members.

Of course, that didn’t mean that other party members were growing slowly.

The other party members were also quick, as they immediately accepted the problem.

Because he was a weak warrior from the beginning, his growth rate was overwhelmingly fast.

Anyway, looking at those scenes, I increased the intensity of my training according to my growth rate, and the result was.

The warrior’s strength grew to the point where he could go to the demonic realm within a month.

Other party members also achieved significant heights.

In fact, by the standards of the party members, they have now become stronger to the level where they have already achieved the growth they should have achieved in the early stages of the Demonic World.

After completing training, we prepared to leave for Makyeong.

With most of the preparations completed, the day before leaving for Magyeong.

I was out in a place under the moonlight.

‘It’s beautiful.’

Beautiful moonlight that cannot be seen in heaven.

In order not to forget the beautiful moonlight that I would never see again when I returned to heaven, I engraved it in my eyes again and again.

To never forget again.

Jeez.

I asked the owner who seemed to be approaching me without looking back.

“What’s going on?”

“I just can’t sleep.”

The owner of the presence was a warrior.

The warrior sat down next to me and looked at the sky with me.

I looked at her saying nothing and asked.

“Are you nervous?”

“… I’m nervous. Tomorrow is the day we leave for the magical scenery that seemed so far away.”

“I am naturally nervous about the first day of deployment.”

I can vaguely understand her feelings because I too have experienced the same thing.

In particular, a warrior who has been unable to advance to the Demonic Realm due to his own reasons, but has become strong enough to advance to the Demonic Realm in just one month, will have a different feeling.

The warrior turned his gaze and looked at me with calm eyes.

The eyes were also filled with confusion.

“It seems like you have experienced it yourself.”

I answered her question without hiding anything.

“I experienced it firsthand.”

The dimension I lived in was also attacked by beings from another dimension, although they were not demons.

As a result, I fought them on numerous battlefields.

At that time, I was in a terrible, lonely state, and there was not a single glimmer of hope in sight.

How overwhelming it feels when I think back to that time.

At least at that time, I saw no hope and thought only that I would perish.

‘I managed to stop everything in the end.’

When I think about that time, I felt like I was walking through an abyss with no hope in sight.

Considering these things, the current situation of the hero party was quite good and congratulations.

‘The reason I helped the warrior party was to repay the goddess for her kindness.’

The biggest reason is that I didn’t want anyone else to go through the same thing as me.

Because I know very well how difficult and painful the road is.

I couldn’t just wait and see.

“… What on earth are you?”

At the hero’s question, I closed my eyes for a moment.

Actually, it’s a simple answer.

My identity is a being from heaven and a being who came here at the request of God.

That’s all.

Rather than giving such a simple answer, I had to think of my own identity.

And I said with a smile at the answer that immediately came to mind.

“My identity is not someone special or anything like that. Just think of them as people who have experienced things before you. That’s why I’m helping you. Nothing more, nothing less.”

Not a hero of the country, not a hero of the world, not a great hero.

I’m just an experienced person.

A person who has had to experience something they didn’t want to experience.

The warrior didn’t say anything after that.

Because he was so expressionless, I couldn’t tell his true emotions.

I could tell that he was thinking a lot.

You’re probably busy thinking about what I said.

I waited quietly with a faint smile on my face.

Only after a considerable amount of time had passed did the warrior open his mouth.

“You… why… ”

Tears flowing from the corners of both eyes.

The warrior was clearly crying.

That too is very sad.

I said while looking at her.

“I don’t know why you’re crying.”

I don’t know what conclusion she reached from my words.

If you ask me whether whatever conclusion I reach is enough to make me sad, I honestly don’t know.

Hundreds of years have already passed since that time.

It was left as a memory.

So, from my perspective, I don’t understand why you’re crying like that.

On the contrary, the warrior shed even more tears.

“… ”

“This is true. You are more emotional than you look.”

I sat up and gently stroked her hair.

It may be a bit rude, but I wanted to convey this message to this tiny girl carrying a heavy burden. That I really don’t care.

“I don’t know what you’re thinking. I am okay. Countless years have already passed. Because it ended well. So, what the warrior will be thinking about is how to move forward from tomorrow. Please, control your emotions well.”

I left that place without saying anything.

***

The place where Yucheon left.

Deanna let out only a sigh.

“Ah… ”

No words came out.

Only sighs came out of my mouth.

Why on earth are you crying?

Why are you crying like this?

I couldn’t even understand it myself.

‘… ‘

Why?

She recalled a memory from before.

The reason why he is crying now.

As I refined my memory, I was able to understand why it happened like this.

‘sad… I saw it… ‘

Because his eyes looked so sad as he said that.

Because the weight of the two eyes locked in longing and regret was so heavy that I couldn’t even imagine.

She burst into tears.

What on earth would someone have to go through to feel that kind of weight?

Even though he was called a hero and was carrying a lot of burden, he didn’t feel that much weight.

‘… ‘Experienced person.’

He described himself as an experienced person.

So, does that mean you have experience saving the world?

But it didn’t make sense.

The only threats to the world are this Demon King and the Demon King from 500 years ago.

If he was truly experienced, he should have been a warrior who fought the Demon King 500 years ago.

It makes no sense in common sense.

A person from 500 years ago.

How could a hero who fought against the devil be here?

Although it is impossible and cannot happen again.

On the other hand, Deanna thought, it might happen.

The force is so overwhelming that you wonder if it could possibly be human.

Two eyes filled with a weight that he couldn’t even imagine.

Lastly, the reason is that I help you as someone with prior experience.

As if he was a warrior during the era of great chaos 500 years ago.

All circumstances pointed to him being a warrior from 500 years ago.

‘If really.’

If he was a hero from 500 years ago.

Deanna was wondering how to deal with him.

It is said that he is merely carrying out his role as a porter and is in a position to guide party members including himself.

The person who brought about the growth I so desperately wanted.

Especially if it was a warrior who was recorded as a great warrior 500 years ago, it was impossible to treat him normally like before.

That’s because the warrior from 500 years ago was the one who gave her a dream.

‘My idol.’

Before I became a warrior yet.

As a child, she loved stories of warriors.

The story of a warrior who defeated the Demon King with his friends and saved many people.

The story of how she saved the world and lived happily with her colleagues still remained in her heart and those who read it.

When I was young, I vaguely dreamed of being a hero.

After actually becoming a warrior, I realized how heavy the weight attached to the status of a warrior was.

I realized that it wasn’t always as good as it was in a fairy tale.

A phrase from a fairy tale.

-The warrior party, who faced many enemies, eventually succeeded in catching the devil.

How much hardship, adversity, and sadness there was in that simple sentence, she felt deep in her bones that she must finally become a warrior.

Because she felt those things, she came to respect the first warrior, the warrior from 500 years ago, even more.

Even more, I had a desire to become like the warrior back then.

however.

‘Such an idol.’

You are training and helping yourself.

Also, unlike the story in the fairy tale, there is a huge, indescribable sadness in the eyes that makes it difficult to believe that he is a happy person at all.

Deanna thought a lot about those facts.