episode_0022

Twinkle twinkle.

The impression I had after entering Noah’s house was really something I couldn’t help but dismiss.

Because the house was filled with gold everywhere, as if to show off their wealth. Rather, the nobles who valued the beauty of moderation were less so.

“Hehehe… Is your house a bit dazzling?”

“No, not at all.”

“My eyes hurt…”

Leah rubbed her eyes. Only then did Leah understand why the nobles, who loved so much luxury, didn’t paint all their walls and floors with precious metals. It would be hard for her to live there!

Lucifer’s situation was no different, as he said he was okay but kept his eyes wide open.

“It’ll be a little better when I get into my room. I guess it’s only places like hallways and living rooms that are like that – well, it’s to show off our wealth to our guests. The value of our house is ‘money’. I like marble floors better too…!”

Noah also realized that fact and added an excuse.

At least, Noah’s room looked like a room in a really ordinary mansion, so he succeeded in proving that Noah’s words were not a lie. He seemed quite pleased with that fact, and smiled broadly.

“Ah, wait here for a moment! I’ll bring you some food!”

As always, Noah moved briskly.

“…gone.”

And almost at the same time, as soon as Noah disappeared from Lucifer’s sight, the atmosphere became as cold as ice.

-Phew!

Lucifer looked at the floor, then took a fork and marked the body of a mouse that was secretly moving across the floor.

After a moment, Abel checked the spell of the lower-level pilot and then nervously threw the rat into the trash can.

“…Elder Lich? Huh, what is there to see in this cramped rural town…”

Lucifer slowly got up from his seat. As the saying goes, even the Gold River Mountain is better after a meal, so he had to go pick up Noah. There seemed to be quite a bit of bravado mixed into his attitude.

“That’s not how you write it…”

Leah’s absurd mutterings were buried in silence, because there was no one to listen.

*****

“Who are you guys! Gosh…!! Let go of me!”

“Here it is! There’s a monster here!”

A rough-looking, big man wearing peasant clothes and carrying a rusty pitchfork on his back, holding Noah’s hair, shouted.

In front of the mansion, the townspeople were gathered in droves.

“We have to get it to that Richie quickly! Search inside! ”

“You devil’s bastard! If that bastard hadn’t been there, we wouldn’t have been invaded by monsters in the first place!”

“It was wrong to raise a monster baby! Are you repaying kindness with enmity?”

Noah couldn’t help but be astonished.

The world Noah had seen so far had been beautiful like a fairy tale, but what on earth was this? Noah was simply dumbfounded by this orgy of violence he had never seen before.

“Wait a minute, that’s her! That’s the girl that monster told me to bring!”

“Catch him!!”

Phew, before Noah could even respond, someone grabbed Noah by the hair and dragged him away.

it hurts…!

I struggled and twisted my body, but it was no use, as the size difference between an adult and a child is unavoidable.

At times like this, it was so sad that his father had gone on a business trip today. In fact, nothing would have changed even if he had been there, but Noah didn’t know that.

-Boom, boom, thump…

The house that I had been living in for a month was being destroyed and trampled on, making all sorts of noises. Why did I have to go through this?

*****

“…Stop it, I’m going to go out on my own feet.”

And in the midst of the chaos, Lucifer slowly stepped into the chaos. Seriously, I knew they were beasts, but I didn’t know they were this much of beasts.

Lucifer smirked, looking down at them. His smile was mixed with self-mockery as he realized what was about to happen.

” Catch that dog !! ◦ ◦ ◦

“If only you weren’t here… If only you weren’t here, we wouldn’t have been attacked! Why didn’t my son die instead of a bastard like you!”

“Fuck, kill me! No, beat me to the point of death!”

-Thud, thud, thud.

Lucifer realized as his nose started bleeding and his cheeks were swollen shut.

These people just needed someone to blame.

And the target is none other than Noah, an outsider who has recently arrived and lives in a different dimension from theirs, and me, a vagrant with no parents.

Honestly, how long have I been struggling to avoid this fucking violence?

Now I realize that it was all useless.

In fact, my physical abilities were only slightly better than those of an average person, but I couldn’t do anything to all the villagers.

But at least I had wings. Wings that could fly high while holding Noah in my arms. That was the meaning behind my decision to go and get Noah. It was a groundless confidence, but…

Well, what other way is there? He is just a monster’s offspring born from mating with a monster, an ominous baby pigeon.

Perhaps the words “going to pick up Noah” subconsciously implied that he was going to the afterlife to greet him.

Have you ever been in a prison transport vehicle?

In fact, the vehicle we were in right now wasn’t a convict transport vehicle, it was just a sled. The two of us had to be put in a chicken coop-like thing and kept under surveillance to prevent us from escaping.

…I had a brief illusion of a woman wearing a white shirt who looked quite similar to Noah, looking at me with pity. Was I finally losing my mind?

Let’s listen in on what they’re saying, and it seems like there was an attack by Lich and a large army of monsters around the time I went to Noah’s mansion to play.

And the rich man said that he had heard rumors about me and Noah, and that if we both were sacrificed, he would spare the rest.

This is seriously ridiculous. Do these idiots even know what they’re doing?

No, you probably don’t know.

The fact that their actions were considered collusion with monsters and that Lich had no reason to spare them.

They and I are both destined to die here.

-Rumble. Rumble…

The closer I got, the more I felt the fraud. In the meantime, I couldn’t even tell the difference between an Elder Lich and a regular Lich. Have you seen those idiots?

I rolled my eyes. No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t think of a way out.

Suu …

When I came to my senses, the fraud was right in front of my eyes, and a black, glossy skull was right in front of my eyes.

The empty space where my eyes would go was creepy, but I kept my mouth shut.

It looked at me and Noah and opened its mouth as if it were looking at a harvest.

-I thought it was just a rumor, but she is a beautiful and beautiful child. It is truly a joyous occasion! It is a double joy!

I can’t give up. If it were my life, I would give up, but for Noah…

please.

Give me a miracle.

The boy prayed.

-Pthud.

-her?

-Tch, tch, tch, tch, tch!!!

Obsession, fervent desire, became a mental strength like a vast ocean.

The talent that was born and spent its entire life in chains, never waking up and sleeping inside,

The vast sea of divine power,

That overwhelming talent and talent, genius and natural disaster,

It burst out.

『Bible, Chapter 2, Verse 1 of the Book of Revelation.』

The shattered shards of the chains flew out, piercing the Elder Lich’s skull with a single blow.

-Ah, ah, the terrible ■child of death has finally― brought disaster upon me with the hands of this fool―

-Pasasasasak!

A ray of light descended from the sky, blessing the angel’s awakening.

『Bible, Chapter 2, Verse 2 of the Book of Revelation.』

『The light and the sea were mixed together so that it was impossible to tell what was the light of God and what was the sea emanating from an angel, so even a piece of bone could not dare not return to the light.』

-iced coffee.

Looking around, where there should have been a large army of monsters, there was already only ash flying around.

『That sea spread far and wide, and no one dared to see the light in the empire. Only the blind could say so. From then on, for a whole two weeks, no one heard the sound of the demon, and only the ashes that remained as they returned to darkness became the wanderer’s footsteps.』

A miracle had happened. Lucifer could see it so easily. If this sight was not a miracle of God, then what could it be?

The town’s residents trembled in fear before their eyes.

Their expressions were filled with the feeling that they were screwed. They realized how seriously they had committed heresy.

No, no. This wasn’t some kind of miracle by God―

It was a miracle that ‘I’ created.

Lucifer lightly raised his hand and swung judgment at the worms who dared to harm Noah, at the darkness that tried to obscure the only light in my life.

-Thud.

All it took was a simple act of moving a muscle and clenching a fist to erase the dark clouds of a lifetime.

Lucifer’s head was filled with memories of the past. Memories of the unspeakable bloody mass.

*****

‘Rebecca, Rebecca!! Ah, Rebecca… Didn’t we promise to be together for a hundred years? How could it be so vain?’

My father was an angel with white hair and blue eyes, and my mother was a human with black hair and yellow eyes.

Bloodshot, jewel-like blue eyes glared at me.

My father’s curses rang in my ears.

‘Your power is a curse. A curse… your power killed your mother!’

‘Your power, mixed with my blood, will surely make that cruel woman seek you out!’

‘You will surely be destroyed one day, by your own power!!’

-Ugh, ugh…

The man gasped for breath in excitement for a while, then muttered something.

‘The day you break these chains, my prophecy will come true. These chains that will tighten your neck, bind your arms, and restrain your legs are the price you pay for the hair that resembles your mother.’

And then, my father just left the house.

It was the moment when the rich man’s relationship ended just 5 hours after coming into the world.

*****

Chewing on the memories of the past, Lucifer laughed at his father.

Destruction? Don’t make me laugh. It must have been jealousy.

With this power, I saved Noah. The great army of Elder Lich that even the Holy Emperor and the Saints could not defeat!

…Lucifer quietly took Noah out of the cage and held him in his arms.

A person’s eyes are the mirror of the soul.

Lucifer’s blue eyes, reflected in the boundless transparent waters, held a deep arrogance that made them seem intelligent.

And at that moment, ‘she’ appeared, tearing through the waters.

『Bible, Chapter 2, Verse 3 of the Book of Revelation.』

『To the wandering young angel of Manhae, the little lamb, our great mother, the goddess of the scales who balances everything, came down in person and extended her hand to guide us-

-The lamb took hold of his hand.

Leah knew all too well who her actions that day had hurt so badly.