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    Time passes. The warlock group confidently walks out together to the Frost territory.

    In it, Venice looks dejected. Did he have a premonition of his own ending?

    “Everyone… Gather all the dark magic in one place! I will blow up the entire territory in one fell swoop!!”

    Jet-black bugs spread across the pure white snow. Warlocks do their best to gather dark magic. As the old man also joins in the dark magic power, a huge amount of black magic bombs are formed.

    The moment that bomb touches Frost’s territory, not only himself but also the residents within the territory and the entire territory will evaporate.

    And that was the time when the warlocks squeezed out all their power and joined the black magic. Venice, looking for an opportunity, steps forward.

    “….Carl Bent! What on earth are you doing…!”

    “Do I still look like Carl Bent?”

    “What-!”

    Wajangchang-!

    With a single gesture from Venice, the bomb of black magic fluttered and disappeared in the air. The warlocks looked in vain at the dissipating black magic, and the forehead of the old man who was assessing the situation was full of blood.

    “…Haha. How can they be so stupid and disgusting.”

    “Yes… What on earth are you talking about? How do you do the inversion…!”

    “….Me? It’s Venice. He is the butler of an ordinary yet beautiful young lady.”

    ….I disparaged and belittled you like that. Why do you still call yourself my butler..?

    Even if you insult me and ignore me, it won’t be enough… Why are you so pure and foolishly kind?

    As Venice’s mask comes off and the face is revealed, silence flows for a moment. The old man, who is so bright red that you think he might explode, points at Venice and shouts.

    “A traitor, no, a spy…! Everyone, bring that damn bastard before me!!”

    The warlocks who had been standing in a daze at the old man’s shout all rushed toward Venice.

    Everyone rushes to one place with murderous intent. Venice looks at them and smiles empty-handedly.

    “….This is the end for me.”

    Venice lets out a small laugh and puts her mask back on.

    Afterwards, he reverses the magic of the charging warlocks and counterattacks.

    The warlocks were cut down by Venice’s overwhelming and flexible response. As if there is nothing more to hide, Venice burns her own life to deal with the warlocks.

    The overwhelming but miserable battle was aborted due to the intervention of the old man. Most of the warlocks were defeated, but the old man was dozens of times stronger than all of them combined.

    Venice cannot even react to the angry old man’s blow and falls down. Blood begins to flow from his abdomen.

    “How dare you… How dare you interfere with the cause…! You will not die!! I will never kill you, I will make you writhe in pain…!”

    “Cough…cough. Let’s give it a try.”

    Violence that can safely be said to be one-sided continues. The old man launched an overwhelming attack, but Venice was busy countering.

    “How on earth can you do inverse calculations…! That must be the power of the Demon God…!”

    “Kkkk. That demon god. Fuck you.”

    “….bastard!!”

    The old man continues his attack with bloodshot eyes. A sight that anyone could see would be victorious.

    But Venice’s eyes are still full of life. No, rather, the eyes look as if they are aiming for something.

    Venice, who counteracted the emotional old man’s unreasonable attack, seemed to be staring into space and then smiled helplessly.

    “….Okay. If only I could hit that guy with that. Take it all.”

    “…waves of emptiness.”

    As he muttered briefly, an enormous amount of dark magic began to gather around Venice. A storm arises as if all the dark magic in the world gathers in one place.

    The area around Venice and the old man seems to have fallen into a void due to black magic, and only endless darkness unfolds except for them.

    “What the hell is this…!”

    Even the old man broke into a cold sweat, as if he was seeing this scene for the first time. Venice, who was looking at the scene, smiled mockingly for a moment.

    As Venice raises her trembling hand, something begins to form in the darkness surrounding the old man.

    Dagger, long sword, spear, wolf, tiger, dragon.

    All things made of dark magic glare at the old man. The old man senses something is wrong.

    “….Goodbye.”

    “Ugh…ahhh-!”

    A rush of knives cuts into the old man’s body. A dark tiger bites his shoulder blade.

    The black dragon’s breath burns the old man’s entire body. A flying arrow of darkness passes through the old man’s body.

    Even though the old man tried to gather dark magic to rebel, he was faced with overwhelming black magic and became a human fighting against the dragon.

    “I… I will come back…!”

    “….cough. At that time, other people will do it, not me. Be quiet… go.”

    “Quaaa-!”

    As if it was just a joke, a wave of emptiness sweeps away the old man.

    The old man is hit, broken and cut, and soon disappears without leaving a trace.

    “…cough.”

    Once the object is completely devoured, the veil of darkness disappears. It disappears in an instant, as if it never existed in the first place. Where the curtain of darkness spread, a huge crater was formed, as if a huge explosion had occurred.

    “Cluck…cluck.”

    “Ah…no… Venice…”

    The appearance of Venice was not normal even at first glance. Blood flows from the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, and massive bleeding occurs.

    Nevertheless, Venice began to walk steadily towards somewhere. And the direction was towards the Frost territory.

    Jeok… Jeok.

    Red marks are left on the pure white snow field. Even taking a single step seemed difficult, but Venice moves forward without stopping.

    With each step he took, Ariel’s guilt seemed to increase.

    In the end, Venice, which did not stop, reached the Frost estate. Venice looked up at the high walls, looked down at her own body, and soon became translucent.

    “….cough.”

    Venice headed to Frost Castle without being noticed by anyone. While walking through the village, residents are puzzled by the bright red marks left behind.

    As Snowpil Village collapses, residents who arrived at Frost Territory under the instructions of Lord Frost can be seen.

    “……..”

    Venice, walking through the village, stops in front of a certain house. And as Venice approaches the house, she approaches the glass window and looks inside.

    -lol! So much fun, teacher!

    -okay? Well, I’m so glad!

    Crackling- Crackling.

    What was visible through the window was the children of the orphanage, Lennie and Barry, smiling happily.

    Venice, who was looking at that scene, smiled and put the note she took out of her pocket into the window frame.

    “…You should get along well. Guys..”

    Venice smiled brightly at the children and continued walking as if she had no regrets.

    “……..”

    At that time. Venice stopped in front of another store.

    “It’s delicious…! This is bread I just made…! Try it just once…!”

    Inside the shabby store, the girl seen in Snowpil Village can be seen offering bread to people. But no one cares, and the girl looks depressed.

    Venice looks at the girl for a moment, smiles for a moment, and then approaches her without anyone noticing.

    He then took out a few gold coins from his pocket and placed them on the table, along with an unfolded note from his pocket.

    “…I’m sorry. sister. I don’t think I can keep my promise.”

    -Don’t wait.

    Venice, who said that, smiled at her as well, and then started walking back to Frost’s estate.

    With difficult steps, they reached the Frost Fortress, but there was a barrier artifact for the Great Warlock installed in the Frost Fortress.

    It was an artifact that, if a warlock passed through it, would cause an unbearable amount of pain and make a beep sound.

    Venice, who returned to the back of the house, passed the barrier without hesitation. The entire body is burned and torn, leaving traces of blood on the pure white snow, but Venice doesn’t care and lets the body pass.

    Why~!

    An alarm sound loud enough to be heard all the way to the Frost Territory. Venice quietly climbs the wall, opens the window, and enters my room.

    “Cluck…cluck.”

    Venice walked towards me, who was lying down in pain, even though she was coughing up a lot more blood than before.

    “I’m late… I’m sorry.”

    Venice, who was smiling sadly, raised her hand and placed it on my forehead. Through his hands, all the energy remaining in my body begins to be absorbed into Venice.

    “……..”

    Now, not even a word came out. My throat felt like it was blocked, and all I could do was look at that scene with tears flowing quietly.

    In the end, all the energy remaining in my body disappeared. After checking it, Venice smiles brightly and strokes my forehead.

    “With this… all the demon energy is gone. Miss Ariel…”

    Please… wake up. Please wake up right now and give Venice a hug.

    That sad smile… Can’t you see the sad tears? Please… wake up now.

    “…I’m doing well. Hello…”

    However, I dismissed it as a dream and did not wake up, and just like that, I left Venice with a relieved smile.

    Venice climbs down the wall again and slowly walks through the hole in the barrier.

    “Cough…cough.”

    Blood began to flow out even more than before coming to the Frost Territory. And even slower steps.

    Venice died slowly, without anyone noticing it. I walk out alone without anyone by my side.

    The endless steps stop in front of the space where I and Venice first met.

    Venice, looking at the entrance of the cave and smiling warmer than anyone else, slowly walks into the cave.

    Then, he sits down in the warlock’s space inside the cave.

    “Ha… That’s a really awesome ending.”

    Venice smiles with a relieved yet regretful expression, as if she were about to leave at any moment.

    -Your memory ends here. After 5 seconds, it takes off.

    Space and time stop, and mechanical sounds begin to be heard.

    The space slowly begins to break apart. Ariel looks at that figure blankly.

    “This is the last time. ‘Devil’, no. ‘I’.”

    “You….”

    “I will never see you again. In fact, the fact that you and I met now shouldn’t have happened.”

    “……..”

    “….I’m really jealous. For me… it’s an opportunity that will never be given again.”

    angel. No, I look at myself and shed tears. The tears were so sad and full of resentment that it felt like I would cry just by looking at them.

    I see the end of the world collapsing. And unlike me, who is pushed out of that world, the angel looks at me with tears in the center.

    “…Goodbye. Just you…”

    Her words didn’t reach me. When I came to my senses, Ariel was back in the cave.

    The space where everything began and the space where Venice arrived.

    ….Wait, Venice?

    “….Venice!!”

    no..

    No no no no no no no no

    No no no no no no no no

    Ariel is inside the cave. Run to the warlock’s workshop. With tears starting to flow and an earnest expression on his face for the first time in his life.

    ***

    “………….”

    The angel in the world starting to disappear quietly looks at Ariel.

    “……Just you. Make Venice happy. Because I… it’s already late.”

    -bye. Me in another world.

    In that way, the angel slowly disappeared, leaving no one in anyone’s memory.

    Soon there was nothing left in that place. Only a small black magic artifact remains.

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