episode_0579

It was right after I collapsed that Jo Se-gi’s gaze changed and he began to seriously confront Seraphine with his sword.

Since Seraphine’s transformation into the Demon King began, her half-hearted attitude of not being able to express her true feelings has changed completely.

Thanks to that, the balance changed from 3 vs. 1 to 2 vs. 1, but it seemed like it was much more advantageous. To the point where I didn’t even have to get up and get involved in the fight.

“… Phew.”

When I relaxed a bit and looked around, everyone seemed to be in a bad condition.

Although Luke was in the most dire condition on the outside, the others were not in much better condition. Edmond was deeply stabbed in the shoulder by Luke’s sword, and Agnes and Antonio both collapsed after deeply wounding each other.

… I don’t know because I didn’t watch the entire battle, but maybe one of the two lost their will to fight in the middle and pretended to fall together. Even if they clashed because of different ideologies, there’s no way they could really rush at their ex-lover and try to kill him.

‘Even if I safely subdue Seraphine and return, there will be chaos.’

How to deal with Seraphine’s death, how to make excuses for the missing warrior, how to convince Luke to come back, how to restore the relationship between Agnes and Antonio, there were a lot of other problems to solve.

If we had just gone about subduing the Demon King the way we did, these annoying problems wouldn’t have even occurred. The fact that Seraphine, who had always dealt with these annoying problems, was no longer around was a particularly big problem, so shouldn’t the entire warrior party be in the palace for a while and testify about what happened during the Demon King subjugation?

… The biggest problem is whether Luke, who was shocked by Seraphine’s death, will kiss us. After all, the next inhibitor hero after Seraphine will soon disappear, so it was a real mountain beyond the mountain.

‘Sigh, I don’t know. I just want to give up and lie down.’

While I was thinking that way and lying down, avoiding the battlefield, Serista, who was a little far away, hurriedly came towards me.

“Lee, Release…! Hey, hurry up and get treatment… .”

“Ah, yes… .”

… I’m so tired I could die. My body is tired, but my head is so complicated that I feel like I’m going crazy.

I wish all my problems would be solved when I wake up.

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It was a few hours later that I woke up, having used up all my magic power.

I don’t know exactly how many hours have passed. It feels like I just woke up after sleeping for about that long.

A feeling of my body shaking as if I was sitting on a rocking chair. When I overcame the fatigue and carefully opened my eyes, what I saw before my eyes was the side view of Edan’s face.

“Ethan?”

“… Are you up, Release?”

“Yes… .For now… .”

My head is still a little complicated, but my body’s fatigue has been relieved.

If you see Edan carrying me like this, it probably means that the goddess has appeared at least once. If you look at it in terms of the original work, you can see that you have seen the ending of Part 4.

Considering that Part 5 was essentially a sequel and bonus scene, it was the actual ending to the game.

‘The battle… seems to have ended somehow.’

… In the end, Seraphine died. That one thought lingered in my heart and darkened my mind.

Even though we were friends who had developed deep relationships after coming to this world, I didn’t know that we would end up parting ways like this. In the worst way possible, through the subjugation of the Demon King.

Besides, he probably got stabbed to death by a savage at the last moment. I wonder what it feels like to meet the end of someone you love.

I had no idea that the journey I had taken to briefly dip into the climax of ‘Luminor Academy’ would end so heavily.

At least it ended somehow since Ethan and I came. If it weren’t for Ethan, how would we have gotten rid of Luke, who would have stuck by Seraphine regardless of whether she became the Demon King or not? And if it weren’t for me, that bastard who was always trying to kill Jo Se-gi would have just stood there dumbfounded until the very end, only to come to his senses after one or two more of his comrades died.

I feel so angry when I think about how he went back to Korea alone after creating this mess.

“Are you awake, Lady Rosewood?”

“… … Huh.”

While I was riding on Ethan’s back with those thoughts in mind, I heard a familiar voice coming from my right.

I was making a blank expression as I looked at the silver-haired warrior who was looking at me with a refreshing expression, but it wasn’t just the warrior who caught my eye.

“… … .”

“Hwa, Princess… .”

Seraphine walking with a sinful expression and Luke fidgeting and keeping an eye on her.

It was that evening at the campsite that I realized how things were going.

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The way back from the Demon Realm was surprisingly easy. At least compared to the days when the three of them had broken through with Luke and Ethan.

Just because you kill the Demon King, the monsters and demons in the Demon Realm won’t suddenly lose their will to live and commit suicide.

But the reason I can say it’s easy is because, excluding our current warrior party, we’re moving with four battalions of elite knights.

Because the battle at the Demon King’s Castle was prolonged, the number of people was only about the size of two battalions, but even so, it was still only about 100 people.

This means that there are no disrespectful people who can be entrusted with monster hunting or night watch for our party with the princess. If we were short on people, we would have had no choice but to draft people from our side, but that is not the case.

“Release, are you okay?”

“… Yes, it’s okay. I’m just a little confused. ”

“That makes sense. Lady Rosewood was already down when Sister Seran woke up.”

“… You were the same.”

“… How does Agnes Youngae know that?”

“… … Huh.”

… Hey, seriously. Why is the party atmosphere like this?

Seeing that Seraphine ‘woke up again’, it seemed like the guy who had been the one who had the most rage had regained consciousness and knocked her down once, but since I couldn’t see the exact process, I still felt confused.

I think I know the general process through which Seraphine was resurrected and the hero still remains in this world.

After the argument with Agnes, Antonio became silent, so Thomas, who was the most calm among them, continued the explanation.

“Princess Seraphine, who became the Demon Queen, was once killed by the warrior’s sword.”

“Yes… .”

“After Princess Seraphine, who became the second Demon Lord, fell, this time, the hero’s body began to be enveloped in a pure white light. According to Saint Serista, it was a light filled with divine power, as if the goddess had descended. ”

“… Is that so.”

“After that, the warrior spoke something in the light. Although we couldn’t understand what he meant because he spoke in a mysterious language we didn’t know.”

I guess he probably didn’t speak Korean. Unless he majored in a second foreign language in Korea.

Although I can’t be sure because I haven’t personally seen the situation, it’s almost certain that even Ethan or Agnes, who are multilingual, don’t know.

“Not long after talking like that, the princess who had collapsed woke up again, and after the strong light shined down on the Demon King’s castle, all those who had been injured also got up. Miss Luke, Prince Edan, Prince Antonio, and Lady Agnes.”

“Even when you go down, the other floors are the same. The demons that filled the castle have all disappeared without leaving even corpses, and the knights and mercenaries who were still alive have recovered from their wounds and are now back to their feet. Testimonies can be heard from all floors.”

“Unfortunately, those who have already passed away have not yet woken up.”

… I wasn’t that surprised by the last pattern because I already knew it. It was originally a set pattern where the Demon King was defeated, the hero made a wish, and then the Goddess purified the Demon King’s castle with her divine power.

However, even with the divine power of the goddess, the dead cannot be revived. In order to revive the dead, the goddess’ ‘power’ must be used, but that power is set to only intervene in the world in extremely limited situations.

The power of the goddess can only be used in such a way as granting the wish of the hero who defeated the demon king.

And the fact that Seraphine, who died once after becoming the Demon King, rose again, is probably… .

“Well, there was a minor incident, but Seraphine is back on her feet, and now it’s time to return to the Empire, so let’s all cheer up.”

“… … Yes, warrior.”

There was a reason why Seraphine had not been able to look at the warrior properly and had been acting like a sinner.

Maybe she was aiming for me to be infected by the Demon King’s ideology. Maybe she realized right away that I wasn’t the type of person to kill myself and return home in peace.

The determination to keep him in this world even if it meant being hated was amazing.

‘Of course, it won’t change the fact that Seraphine’s poor judgment put not only herself but everyone else in danger.’

… I’m sure he’ll figure it out on his own. But he’s the type of person who definitely takes responsibility for what he did.