Undead Seeks Warmth Volume 7 Chapter 14-22
The thing that I am worse at, is talking about the past.
My family consisted of my father, my mother, then lastly me.
My father was a very stern.
My mother was kind but only focuses on the details.
Since they were both busy with work, I was often left alone in the house when I was younger.
I didn't quite like being all alone.
I was a loner since the beginning, or at least that was what someone once told me.
But, I don’t remember that I felt lonely when I was younger.
Even though there were no one at home except for me.
Even though, I shouldn't have any other family members besides my father and mother.
But then, there was always someone else.
Though I can't remember that person’s name or face.
I felt like there was always someone else beside me.
I don't understand it and it hurts my head.
It has always been so.
Every time I tried to scavenge my memories, my head will consistently end up like this.
Every time I tried to think about it, my head will always hurt.
I am always alone.
No, there was certainly someone else besides me.
But, who? I don’t know.
That's of course, after all, there's none.
No one, that I'm sure of.
That feeling at the back my mind, surely is just my imagination.
But, but.
That's.
Before long, I was tormented with headaches.
It hurts, it felt gross, I felt sick.
It seems that I was someone who smiled lot, but I don't know about it anymore.
After all, I had already forgotten about somethings about my past.
Since I kept on trying not to think about it, I ended up forgetting about it.
This is why, I will not think about it.
After all, it was just too bothersome.
[ Whoops ~]
That girl who standing on the top of the trees casually jumped off and landed on the ground.
With the soft sound of her shoes stepping on the grass. That girl opened her feet shoulder-wide while placing her hand on her hips.
Even though the opponents were wounded, she was still about to fight with 2 demon lords alone.
Despite that, she still took that natural stance.
[ How do you do, two demon lords, this lovely hero has made her appearance~]
With a bored-like voice, she spoke like she's holding out her yawn.
Looking uninterested, and unserious.
While it doesn't sound like she spoke monotonously with herself, but it still sounded like she was talking to the pebble on the side of the road.
She didn't need her opponent’s answer, it's just a line that she wanted to say out loud.
With eyes filled with boredom, that girl looked at her surroundings.
A girl with a red sword, a girl in black and white maid cloths, and girl in a torn-up dress.
While there were differences, but they're all wounded.
Lastly, the girl tilted her head.
[ Eeeeh ~ , that stupid Kokonoe isn’t here though. Ah, did he died without even meeting one of the demon lords?]
She took a light sigh, and muttered, 'Whaaa, that fool really is useless'.
There's no grief that can be felt in her voice, only scorn.
Those were words that didn't hold any other meaning behind it.
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TL : The continuation lost uwu;
The barrier was smashed.
The space that isolated the space within the barrier from the outside, returned to how it was before as if nothing happened.
... The forest that was engulfed in fire, stayed the same.
[ Haah, haah .... Your majesty, are you alright? ]
The space moved. Stella, who was doing her best preserving the barrier, appeared in front of Marrieta, who was standing still with her eyes cast down.
Stella must be really tired, her breath which was usually never thrown out of order no matter what happen are become faint and sweat could be seen on her temple.
On the contrary, Marrieta's condition was not clear.
She hung her face and her peach coloured hair covered her face like a curtain, completely hiding her expression.
But, her rage just a moment ago. Now that Stella looked closely, Marrieta's shoulders were trembling.
Finally ---
[ Ugaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ! ! I'm angry, angry, aaangryyy ! ! ! ]
She vigorously raised her face, with the force that seems to be able to move the heavens.
Showing out her rage, she roared with loud voice.
[ HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT TAKE TO MAINTAIN THIS HAIR OF MINE, THAT CRAZY BRUTE ! ? IT'S THREE HOURS, T H R E E H O U R S! HOW DARE SHE HURT MY HAIR ! ]
She scratched her head roughly, while stomping on the ground with great vigour.
Like a child, she letting out a tantrum without minding anything else.
Looking at Marrieta which was usually gentle ... or rather easy going, looking for fun and optimistic, making Stella to stare in amazement.
[ What’s with that woman!! Just because she's bit pretty, she's getting carried away!
The heck’s with that, is it that weird lisping or that hiragana language, she uses that to seduce man, huh!!?] (TL : Vermouth speak with only hiragana without kanji in RAW )
[ Your majesty!? Please calm yourself, you have already strayed from your reason! ]
[ The heck’s with blonde! My hair is goddamn Pink you know, come at meeee!! ]
Marrieta became weird perhaps because she was rarely being mad, she kept screaming around.
On top of the thing that, she was that she was different from the reason of her anger, it's also inconsistent.
No. she always inconsistent about things, but this time it is worse than usual.
Perhaps her hair getting plucked being the trigger, Marrieta continued throwing abusive word towards vermouth in a fast-talking manner at her heart’s content.
[ Who give damn about beauty with big boobs, none shalt defeat a Loli! In the end, time after time they will always choose Lolis you know!! ]
Rather, it's close to the truth about the world!
Yet again, Stella thought that it's too overly hasty to decided it just like that.
[ ... ... Your majesty. ]
[ Loli with big breasts are the best, I'm sure if all of the male in the world were to choose, it will win in a huge victory! Immorality will never win over anyone you know!! ]
[ ... For what reason is your majesty angry, I am already lost. ]
Stella looking at her own master with pitiful eyes.
It seems, that Marrieta was holding great animosity against Vermouth, who is by possibility more beautiful than Marrieta.
At the time when Stella thought that it's about the time, for sanity to return back into Marrieta's head who was already getting heated up for some quite time already.
------- Crack, craaassshhh ! !
[ Kh!? ]
[ uwu?]
Just like thick glass breaking into pieces.
The sound of something hard but brittle broke into pieces, resounded around the already destroyed forest.
As the girls were wondering where the sound came from while looking towards the source of the sound, what they saw were ---- two feet.
They were slender and beautiful white feet, that kicked the border between time and space from another dimension.
A hole that's just barely big enough for an adult male's head to pass through, appeared through the space.
Both Marrieta and Stella, opened their eyes wide in shock without being able to utter a word.
While at it, the feet slowly returned into the hole.
But then.
CRASHHHH!!
One more time, the impact.
The wall between the dimension, which is supposedly impossible to destroy by physical strength.
This time, a hole which was big enough for a person to easily pass through it, opened up.
[ No way ... even though I should throwed her off to another completely different dimension that once you go in, you'll never return, even it's impossible for me alone to connect these two place. ]
At the edge of that hole, five fingers with a sharp claw on each, grasping it.
At the same time, the space started to restor itself, the broken fragment started to fasten each other and closed the hole.
Perhaps perceiving it as annoying.
*slash * * slash * *slash*
Three slashes of a red sword.
the blade that showed only an instant, but it contained an amazing magic power in it.
Even the dimension wall was slashed into piece like it was cutting a fruit.
[ ... Cursed sword ... Furthermore, it is a strong one that's more powerful than norm. ]
[ Don’t kid with me! My magic is already empty you know! ]
On the other side of marrieta who shouted with a slight tear in her eyes.
Smashed, slashed, torn to pieces.
Forcefully destroying space itself, the monster that crossed the wall between the two worlds.
Vermouth, came back from the space she was thrown into.
Easily and quickly.
As if, she just had a little walk.
[... ... ... ... ]
But, as expected, being thrown into another dimension effected her consciousness a little.
Her eyes which was soaked with red because of anger just a moment ago, had the calmness returned to it.
However, her animosity didn't reduce even one bit.
In the end, Marrieta's act only brought back Vermouth composure.
[ ... I will kill you. You whom sullied my Takahina, definitely. ]
[ Awawawa. What should we do now, Stella, we're in pinch you know. ]
[ Unfortunately, My magical power also empty. If your majesty was able to gain time about 2 minutes, there's still possibility for us to run away ]
[ No way! Nevertheless 2 minutes, I can't even hold her for 10 second you know! ]
Behind Marrieta who swinging her head left and right, there's Stella that tried to knead her magic.
The vampire emperor took one step forward and then another, with a red sword that was able to slash through anything in her hand, toward those girls.
And then, the moment she wanted to dash towards them to enter her range.
Between the both side, a silver sword was pierced.
[ Kh!! ]
[ Wha, what!?]
Vermouth who dashed forward, with only her legs power jumped to the back.
On the top of the handle of that silver sword,
stood a girl.
[ Yaay, I found it. furthermore two at the same time, ain't it? What an amazing member we have here, to be honest, I wanted to skip this. ]
While standing on top of unstable sword's handle, the girl made a rotation.
This was the confrontation between two demon lords and the hero.
The gear accelerated to this is the moment, the beginning of the event that could possibly affect the world.
[ Hey, the moon is beautiful, right? ]
While bathing under the moon light, the woman suddenly said with a smile on her face.
Her appearance, was that of a doll.
[ Yep, it's so beautiful, it makes me want to destroy it you know ~ ]
Ahahahahaha, she laughed unamusedly.
The girl, Takahina Mayu.
[ Also, though it doesn’t matter. ~ ]
Noticeably, unamusedly.
[ Is the demon lord, really this weak, I mean are you guys are mobs? ]
She stepped on vermouth's head, whose body was full of scars.
It's horrible, the situation was terrible.
Getting out from the closed space, Vermouth used up lots of magic power.
In the battle with Vermouth, Marietta who's cornered near to her limits.
Maintaining the strengthening barrier, Stella who was not in the condition to enter a battle.
If, the three of them were in their best shape, and in the condition where they can show their true power without any problem.
The one who grovel in the ground will be Mayu.
... However, the girl right now can't even take out 20% of their true power.
The result, by the hand of the one who have extraordinary power among the human.
they were defeated, by the hero.
[ ... As I thought, series of battles is tough, to be defeated by a human, it's quite humiliating you know. ] - Marrieta
[ It's my blunder. ] - Stella
While leaning against the three, she muttered so while pressing the hole that goes through her abdomen with her hand, the fifth demon lord, Marrieta.
While blood spilled from her mouth, for her to maintain her usual composure, perhaps it is the last pride of hers.
Getting close to her, Stella who stood with shaking legs, also have her body full of scars.
So that the blood won't flow from her neck that got cut, she stopped the bleeding with magic.
[ Kuh .... ]
[ Stella, stop it. if you move more than that, you'll seriously died you know, it's better for you to just stay quiet. ]
In reality, Marrieta's wounds were deeper than Stella’s.
Nevertheless, for her to try to stand up, it's already hard for Marrieta to just retain her consciousness.
And then.
The one who difference between their [ demon race ] which is living being, the [undead race]'s king which proud of it's bizzare toughness.
vampire emperor , Vermouth-erzalord's body.
already in precarious state .
[ this is the second demon lord ? the world second strongest being ? eh, a gag? ]
lying faced down , Mayu looking puzzled stepped on vermouth head who already can't even move her finger .
vermouth didn't even have any magic power left to even move her body .
she was sliced many time with the natural enemy for monster, a sword that stole the magic power of the thing that it cut , the [ holy sword ]
having her magical power eaten until exhausted, the only thing that vermouth can wait is slow death .
but the hero is not that patient, to wait for that long .
[ well, for me it's good since I can take it easy. but just in case, maybe I should gave finishing blow ~ ]
she plucked out the holy sword that pierced the ground near her, and held it with underhand grip .
then, she pointed it right at vermouth's back .
[ ah, just wait for 5 more second alright . After I finished with this, I will try my best to finish you guys too , alright ~]
[ ... well, that's not really ---- *cough* *cough* *cough* ! ]
[ her majesty ! ]
without even looking towards marrieta who's vomiting blood, mayu raised her sword.
on the holy sword's blade, a pale silver light started to appeared.
[ - what it's aim is the body, what it's pierce is the soul, what it's celebrate is the mortality - ]
perhaps the word that she said boredly in monotone is the mantra to draw out the holy sword's power.
but no matter what it is, vermouth's life, which is about to dissapear at any moment .
the whirpool of power that can be said too much for her condition right now is about to crush her life .
---- however.
[ then ------- kh ! ! ? ]
that's perhaps a miracle that's created by someone.
or perhaps, just a chance .
mayu's expression who's about to thrust her sword downward.
clearly showing a, [ pain] .
[ aaah ----- khhaaaa ---- kh ! ! ]
well then , right here, let's talk about a story that vermouth and the other didn't know.
the hero that's summoned by mashanoisaz.
the hero that that kingdom's summon at first was , Takahina Mayu.
though her personality and character bring quiet problem for them , but she have enough talent to become [ the choosen one ] which is the end road of a hero.
(TL : actually it's Eiyuu , which mean hero , but so that it didn't make confusion , I just translate it as the choosen one uwu;)
however, there's exist one problem that cannot be solved.
that is .... [ headache ]
if himuro mayu were using her body for extensive battle for more than 20 minutes, then she will assaulted by violent headache and make her totally useless.
that why ,mashanoisaz's king wished for another spare which is no proble if it's downgraded in quality but in exchange it's can be used without any problem.
and that's kokonoe shinya .
[ Aaah, AAaaaaaah ! ! Damn it , it's hurts, it's hurts, damn it ! ! ]
throwing away her sword, mayu frantically pressed her head.
opposite to how she screwing around and looking uninterested all the time, she shout from the bottom of her lungs and run toward the forest .
[ Uwaaah , Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah , AAaaaaaa ! ! ! ]
while she screamed, she desperately stretch her hand .
after quite a time, she able to grab the handle of the holy sword.
a pain on her head that like there's crack opening on her head, and tears flowed from her eyes.
[ thi, this o , one ---- [ this one call upon peace ] ! ! ! ]
while leaving a big conspicious light.
the hero, takahina miyu .
leaving the demon lords in that place alone thinking that they will eventually died even is she leave her alone.
with victory in her mind --- she dissapeared , somewhere.
because of that time out, her fate in the future will change greatly.
so great.
to the extent that it will invlolve , the continent , even the world in it.
it will change.
[ ... I don't really get what just happened ~ but it's alright to think that we're just saved, right? ]
[ Possibly so ... more than that, your majesty , we must quickly retreat your ---- Kuh ]
Stella who tried to move her body, groaned while grabbing her neck.
From the gap between her fingers, blood started to drip.
[ Like I said, you need to stay down. You got a really grave wound after all. ]
[ However ... Your majesty's wound , too ... not something that, can, be left alone ]
[ Aah, it's alright, it's alright. ]
To Stella's words who's filled with worry, Marrieta easily said.
As is there’s nothing wrong with it.
[ After all, I cannot be saved anymore. ]
As she said, she can't be saved.
She glanced at her own body which was covered in blood.
[ --- --- --- Ukh ]
Even Stella, while gritting her teeth till it cracked.
She didn't even get angry nor deny Marrieta's word.
After all, she understood.
While her wound is indeed deeper than Marrieta's
But Marrieta's wound was more fatal than hers.
If Stella quickly treated herself, she still can be saved.
But no matter how they struggle, Marrietta will not be able to be saved.
[ It seems stabbed in the stomach is the end for me you know. The rest of my magical power were sucked dry, I can't even regenerate the skin ]
Marrieta laughed.
However, from her body, from her eyes.
The sign of live, slowly started to dim and almost disappeared.
[ Your majesty ... ...! ]
[ Why do, you make that, kind of face ~ . A beauty, shouldn’t cry .... except ... in front of a man, you know? ]
Her usual expressionless face that never changed broke and now tears streaming down from Stella's eyes.
Marrieta, tried to remove those tears from Stella's eyes ... but, her hand won't move.
[ Sheesh ... by the way, are you still alive ? ]
[ ... ... ... ]
As if she just finally remembered about it, Marrieta shifted her eyes.
In her line of sight, lying down without moving a bit ... Vermouth was there.
Her sliced skin along with her clothes seems painful, however there's no spec of blood flowing from her body make her appearance seems bizarre.
Vermouth already long since died, and perhaps Mayu was having misunderstood and that scar was something that was carved into a corpse.
However, a moment after she was called.
With a movement like a rusted old toy, she only moved her head.
[ .... Hmph, just like you. 5 minutes more, I would have just became a normal corpse. ]
[ That's terrible. The whole world's fifth demon lord ... will soon become the fourth ~ Look, queen Lilith will take over, after all. ]
[ I just don't care anymore. ]
Even though they will disappear from this world before long.
Vermouth looking really uninterested and looked like she doesn't care about anything anymore.
[ I just, don’t care about it anymore alright ... after all, I can't meet with Takahina again, even if I was able to meet him, he will surely reject me once again]
[ Eeeeh ~ perhaps, the vampire lord, got dumped? ]
[ Kh! Shu, shut up! ]
She raised her voice, but there's no power at all in it.
Marrieta looking at that powerlessly laughed.
[ I don't really know what you've done, but I'm sure it'll be fine. He is kind after all. To the extent that it makes him look pitiful. ]
[ ... Even I, know that]
[ If you die here, surely he will be sad. After all he's kind. He's foolishly kind that he's felt sad whenever someone or something died in front of him you know. ]
For Marrieta, those words were something that were worth nothing.
However.
vermouth who heard her words, opened her eyes wide.
[ ... ... ... ... So, that's it. That's right, that's it. ]
Why he, left her side.
why he, rejected her.
Finally. Finally, she understood.
When she thought about it, Takahina was indeed a weird undead.
For an undead, he's fixated with life, he was a weird man.
So that's it.
He, was disgusted with me, who casually robed other beings of their life without a care.
When she realized about it, it was a simple thing.
From Vermouth's eyes, a tear started to flow.
[ Is it me, who's stupid, or Takahina's the one who's foolish ... ]
She couldn't see anything.
That's right. She didn't see other things.
The only thing that reflected in her eyes was Takahina's appearance who laughed with her.
His heart, his thought, none of them ever entered into her sight.
[ I ... never realize any of it. ]
Takahina was a fool
If he didn't want me to kill anything, he just had to say it .
I was stupid.
After all, I never tried to realize Takahina's troubles and sufferings.
And then.
[ The time I realized it, it's already the end for me ... huh. it's just like me, what a stupid ... way to come to a close to my life ]
Using her last power, Vermouth looked into the sky.
The crescent moon , was beautiful.
[ Fuuh ... If, if there's a chance. I can start this, once again. ]
With trembling hand, she stretched it, further, forward.
*gyuut* She grasped the aid.
[ This time, for sure --- --- ]
--- *Cluck*
without finishing her line.
The power, left her hand.
she closed her eyes.
[ ... ... ... Hmm. ]
As if seeing her off.
A gentle smile appeared on Marrieta's face.
Slowly. The flame inside her.
The last bit of it, no matter how small it was.
She gave it to her servant in front of her.
While wishing for her, to keep on living.
She closed the curtains of her live.
A woman who mistaken feeling of possessiveness with love, toward one man.
in the last minutes of her life, realized her own feeling.
By the time she realized it, it's real, the first love inside her heart.
A slight, warmth feeling.
Wrapped with warmth, she disappeared.
She second demon lord, Vermouth Erzalord met her death.
Inside her corpse that meet gentle death, whom the hero didn't finish off.
Just a little, a tiny bit.
The magical power that the holy sword didn't absorb, left.
At the last moment, her magical power who wish to be together with Himuro Takahina.
Was sent towards, him .
[ Please wake up ... come on, wake up .... ]
Inside the town that was engulfed in silence, the plaza.
Ursula who was hugging onto Takahina's body which didn’t show any sign to opening its eyes, kept muttering those line with a feeble voice.
[ This is, this is too much ... If it's not by my hands, if you're not died by my hands, there's no meaning to it ... ... ]
Her body kept on hugging onto his body which was coiled in cold air, was attacked by severe frostbites.
Drowsiness attacked her body, the pain of heat and coldness that mixed together. However, she didn't release Takahina.
From his wound which was caused by the holy sword, his magical power keep pouring out.
she understood that there's no way to heal it .
While tears flowed down her cheeks, Ursula greatly regret her powerlessness.
While she was like that. Something emitted light.
[ ... ... ... ... ? ]
Without even wiping the tears on her cheeks, Ursula raised her head.
It's not, the moonlight. The light that looked like stardust, poured down onto them.
Finally, as if it's absorbed into Takahina's body, the light dissolved.
At the same time, she realized that it was magical power.
Ursula's body was blown away because of sudden impact that come together with the light.
[ Kyaah!!? ]
The light, wrapped around Takahina's body .
No. Takahina’s body was emitted light, despite him still being unconscious.
[ Wha, what was that ... ...? What, is happening ... ? ]
Not able to follow what's happening, Ursula looked perplexed.
Meanwhile, the light became stronger, finally covering his whole body.
[ Undead-Ice Angel ] Himuro Takahina
Current magical aggregate ammount / Magical power connotation limit: 44 / 9959
※The magical power inside fell below operation limit. Please take magical power from outside as soon as possible.
※Completing absorbing a small amount of high grade magical power. The magical power inside fell below operation limit.
※Automatically absorbing magical power from the surrounding. Analyzing material possible for absorption.
※ Founding material possible for absorption. Qualified item, 3 items.
※ Absorbing magical power from [ Reverse reverse ] [ Shadow gate ] [ The judge ]
※ Finished on absorbing magical power. Current magical aggregate amount, 15345,
※According to Vermouth Erzalord's magical power, Magical power's nature encroachment, all of the absorbed magical power became Takahina's.
※98% of magical power inside were high grade magical power. Correction on magical power's Magical aggregated amount value.
※ Amendment completed. Current magical aggregate amount, 79278.
※The magical aggregate amount exceed the current limit. Starting the rank up.
※ Possessing the fixed amount of high quality of magical power. Rank increased from rank 4 to rank 7.
※ Special condition [ Absorbing demon lord's magical power] has been completed. Rank Increased from rank 7 into rank 9.
※ Due to the current rank exceed Himuro Takahina growth limit. Rank down from rank 9 to rank 8.
※The Emotion level showing high despair. Attribute changed from [ Ice ] into [ Ice - Chaos ]
※The Emotion level showing high despair . Race changed from [ Undead - angel race ] into [ Puppet race ]
※ Due to race change, Skill [ Angel Breath] Lost
※ Due to race change, Skill [ Ice wing Misha ] Lost
※ Due to race change, Skill [ Cursed Sword Lost Fang] Lost
※ Due to the rank up, [ Profess ] transformed into [ Professor ]
※ Due to the rank up, skill [ Misery ] acquired.
※ Due to the rank up, skill [ Magic Potion constitution ] acquired.
※ Salvaging the last piece of memory failed. Performing process on the seal from the outside.
※ Mental breakdown reaching lever 6/10. Starting restoration.
※ Restoration failed. Fixation on mental breakdown level.
※ All mentioned above in the middle of processing. Please wait a moment.
※ All processes finished. Restating consciousness.
Was it 1 second, 1 minutes, or perhaps one hour.
After a vague time have passed, the dazzling light slowly dispersed.
At that time, Ursula realized that the pain she could feel from her body disappeared.
She was healed. Perfectly.
The effect of the light or perhaps something else.
Her body returned to how it was, to a beauty body that it should be.
But, without even having time to minding about that.
From inside the light, something stood up.
[ ----- ---- Kh ]
For an instant, Ursula's heart felt stirred up.
It's truly just for an instant. By the time she blinked, that feeling was already gone.
Slowly, that thing turned around.
[ I cured your frostbites. I have too much debt, to you. ]
That something, was Himuro Takahina, at the same time it's not Takahina.
His physical appearance was no different from before. The clothes that he wore as well.
The shine on its inorganic white hair increased, even the faint moon light reflected many times of its light.
His undead like body, the pale body has disappeared and was replaced with white porcelain like skin .
looking at him who's now clad in something overwhelmingly different than he used to be, almost made Ursula cried.
Not because the man that she chased changed into something totally different.
But the fact that his change, looks really pitiful.
For her, who possibly the only one, knowing the true meaning of his appearance, made her want to cry.
Race : Undead Ice Doll
Species : Doll
Attribute : Ice - Chaos
Rank : 8
Individual Name : Himuro Takahina
Current magical aggregate amount : 79278
At first, he who's just an undead.
What came after was coldness, then he became an angel.
And now, he became a doll.
It wasn't even a corpse, it was just a doll.
That man, who kept longing for life.
In the end, become a being that's furthest from thing called life.
... I dont understand.
Nee-san, is dead.
Also, Marrieta died too.
The magical power that flowed into this body, vividly told me those things.
... I completely didn't understand.
I absorbed nee-san's magical power and all the magical items in my possession.
I was able to evolve to the final stage.
Into a doll, that's not even a corpse.
I am reduced to an, undead ice doll.
.... Why, why is it like this?
It seems, Stella was still barely able to hold onto her life.
But her wounds were quite deep, if left alone it will become fatal wound for her body.
It can't be helped. If I let her die here, I will regret it later, I will go and help her.
... ... I can't comprehend it, I don't know what it meant.
Me, who tried to leave that place, was called by sister(nun).
Well, it does matter, ... ... but unfortunately, I didn't have any time to companying her.
Special magic, Proffes which evolved into Professor.
With the magical power of a semi-demon lord class, for the very first time I use it, the well of wisdom.
This magic which occasionally let me read the mind of my opponent in front of me, also giving me piercing alarm inside my head.
Stella's condition was a race against time.
... ... ... I don’t' want to think about it.
In many ways, for me to turn my back on the sister whom I have a lot of to pay back, I felt sorry.
Even if I stay her for too long, we only will kill one another. Our relationship was like that.
Her only weapon was [ purification ] which is useless against me who's turned into doll.
But possibly, that thing doesn't really matter for her.
Surely, from now on, she will search another effective method to kill me.
And then, she will come to kill me.
... ... Stop, my train of thought, Cut, Cut .
But that's a story for the future.
There's too much gap between the me and her right now, that it wouldn't even become a battle.
And possibly, sister also understood that.
She was certainly a lunatic, but at the same time, she was smart.
She wouldn't do it, the act of plunging her neck into a battle while having a 0% chance of winning.
While vexingly biting her lips, sister averted her eyes from me.
... .... .... ... cut cut cut cut.
Without even responding to her, I tried to spread my wings just like I have always done.
But then I remembered that I have just lost my wings.
For me who has lost my angel attribute, I wouldn't be able to take out my wings.
The feeling of losing Misha, made me a little bit sad.
But right now was not the time to drowned in my emotions, and thus I straighten myself.
... ... ... cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut
Though there's more than one way to fly, but I wanted to try the thing that just cross my head.
Magic circle came from below my feet, I twist the space in front of my eyes.
After several seconds passed, I succeed in opening a hole that's just enough for me to pass through it.
Connect. That thing that both Stella and Marrieta used, a magic that's capable of creating a way from one space to another.
If I used this, I will be able to immediately arrived at Stella's location.
.... .... ... cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut!
As I was about to put my feet into the hole that's created by connect.
For a while, I glanced at sister who was standing there.
She, didn't even try to look at me anymore.
In her hands was the thing that I probably dropped when I fainted, the [ mirror of exposure ] .
Without even saying anything.
I disappeared into the gap between the space.
... ... The faint crying voice that I heard from behind, I'm sure it was something that I had just misheard,
My thought, stop.
Avert your eyes, don't think about anything.
Why, why, why, why, why, why, don't think about it ! !
dammit, why I can't stop thinking about it, please stop, stop it, I beg you, please stop!!
Aah, it won't stop, why, how, why, why!!
why, why.
Even though, you are supposed to be death.
Why, you, the hero.
Why, why did it become like this.
I don't know anymore.
I don't know, what should I do.
Me, what I suppose to do?
Please, please tell me.
Mayu ----
Crank crank crank ... ... ...
Sounds of metal scrapping each other, resounded along with the sound of footsteps.
A high-pitched sound, that cool the atmosphere around.
While her back hunched a bit, Merlan slowly, walked.
[ ... ... ... ... ]
She got out from the mansion, passing through the gates.
Her eyes were blank, no one knew what she was thinking about.
Her usual firm but strong-willed gaze, now were only a shadow of the past.
Her hair which was tied to the back with the ribbon was undone, from afar she looked like a different person.
Drag along chains, she walked through the dark city street.
The moonlight shone upon her, despite it being a crescent moon.
The faint light that cannot be compared to the light of a full moon, made her appearance looked like a ghost.
Without saying anything, just the sound of the chains and her footsteps reverberated.
Crank crank crank crank ... ... ...
Thus, she stopped her footsteps.
That place, was the plaza that was right in the middle of the town.
Perhaps something happened, but things were broken in many places.
Merlan moved her head as if looking around the town plaza, kluk, then she tilted her head.
[ ... ... ... ... ]
She walked towards the place, where her sight locked onto.
It was the corpse of a human. Its neck was sliced really deep and was now drenched in a pool of blood.
Rare black hair, with that uncommon black cloth.
Merlan thought for a moment.
After several seconds passed, she realized that it was Kokonoe Shinya .
Even if she really didn't like that person, Kokonoe was by name still her friend.
But now he laid down, in completely different shape.
For a normal human who have sense of humanity, they will surely feel pain over this scene which none can get used to no matter how much death they had seen.
But, Merlan didn't even grimace a bit.
[ ... ... ... ... ]
Like a person who mistook a rock on the side of the road with something else, she quickly shifted her sight.
It seems, that her objective was already gone from this place.
As she sighed a little, she moved her body.
[ As expected, you came]
With an unconcerned tone.
Since when, so Merlan thought for a bit.
Just a little moment ago, there's no one there.
[ ... ... It seems, you're good at hiding, eh. ]
Merlan's tone was nothing different from her usual tone.
That's why, she gave off something that can't be undone anymore.
[ Half of my lifetime were met with disaster after all. It's necessary you know. ]
[ Zat so? Well, not like I care. ]
To that person who just arrived .... Ursula, Merlan who talked with her didn't give any uncomfortable feelings.
She talked like she always do, she behaved like always, her expression was also no different from usual.
Except for, the numerous chains that're come out directly from her hand and legs.
[ Hey, that person? You know about it right, tell me. ]
[ I won't tell you. After all, the current you, must never enter his sight. ]
The chains that Takahina bound her with, are called [ parasitism chain ],
it will assimilate with the one it's cling to and give power to its user.
But as the compensation, the nature of the person will become grotesque.
Clank, Merlan raised both of her arms which were bound by the chains and smiled.
[ Hmm? I don't really despise him about this body you know. I just, want to meet him, I really want to. ]
[ It's not like that, well, I wonder if you could understand if I put it like this? ]
To add the thing, Takahina didn't know about these chains.
It's just something that restricted the movement of the opponent.
Because of the incomplete profess, that's the only information that Takahina knew.
Ursula, she knew about that fact.
Also, more, other than that.
[ ... ... ... You're, evil. To say it simply, you're just a nuisance. ]
[ You really said it straight to my face, eh. Rather, didn't your atmosphere changed? ]
[ My eyes had been opened, just take it like that. Anyways, I will remove that for you. ]
The ring which become the medium for purification magic shone, Ursula stretched out her hands.
Merlan make crackling laugh, resounded along with the chains clacking.
[ Stop it. This body, is so hungry, I can't stand it. Though you look bad, I will eat you till no bones left. ]
[ What can you do with that hand, that isn’t even able to hold your bow anymore? ]
Merlan's chains, were something that have magical power flowing in it, an antimatter.
Thus, it was something that Ursula can purified with her magic.
It's alright, I can win, Ursula convicted.
Clink, clank, facing Merlan with her chains clanking into each other, Ursula muttered under her breath.
[ ... I know, I know about it. All about that person, the end that wait that person. ]
The mirror that tells the truth, told her about it.
The end of Himuro Takahina, the person in question didn't even know about it.
[ I, already decided it. To that person which didn't have any more place to go, to that person which didn't have any other fate other than disappearing from this world]
[ --- Before he break, I will kill him. ]
Holding determination that smeared with love in her heart.
Ursula Pendragon, facing off Merlan Mashule who had already become a monster.
We've lost too many.
In the accident, we've lost too many lives.
Including Elbart, 13 big and small cities and villages were destroyed.
Then, the amount of the lives that was lost didn’t even ranges within the hundreds or even thousands.
With only the amount of know death, over several hundreds of thousands live were lost.
This incident ... was later called as [ Paired devils disaster ] and was recorded down as history, it was the worst incident out of the only three that were ever carved into history.
The second demon lord [ Vampire Lord ] and the fifth demon lord [Lilith Queen]
Those two monsters which are treated on the same level disaster as typhoon and rain of thunder, were existence than normal human usually cannot oppose.
However, due to the achievement of the hero who summoned by Mashanoizas, the two were defeated.
The hero who was able to achieve the title of [ Demon lord killer] whom no one could achieved for more than a thousand years, Mayu Himuro.
Later, she was also able to achieve another great deed of killing the third demon lord, [ Kaizer Beast] and the fourth demon lord [ Despair Evil ].
The paired devils disaster was over. However, it doesn't end the tragedy.
Why is that so? Because the perpetrator of the disaster.
The reason why Vermouth Erzalord got mad and the one who you could say lured Marieta Nightgale out of the perpetual night's area, the existence in the middle of the whirlpool.
The man whom with just his looks, charmed the two demon lords, has still not met his end and still exist out there.
Mayu Himuro should properly finish off Vermoth Erzalord.
After all, without Vermouth Erzalord's last magical power, he would have stayed as a corpse which he should have been.
He, Himuro Takahina, was an evil being.
He stole the hearts of the demon lords, as a result, many people lost their lives.
His existence, has already robbed countless lives.
That's right, Himuro Takahina, without a doubt was an evil being.
The 3 great country, that existed within the Baveron continent.
Mashanoizas, Shardia, Botlheinzel.
Other than those countries, there also existed 4 city-state that were within this continent.
Himuro Takahina's existence itself, was evil.
He changed the queen which was called as a saint into a tyranny, framing the well know knight leader as a devilish homicide.
Three among the four of the city-state, were completely destroyed without trace.
Looking at the result, he created an incident that made the incident that Vermouth Erzalord has done look pale in comparison.
The time he bared his fangs at the world.
Was a year after the [paired devils disaster] settled.
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FIN
TL : thanks for reading this far, there's still 1 extra chapter,
the story about the destroyed country
and epilogue (sadly I can't fully recover the epilogue uwu')
well, anyway it was fun ride , cya , have a fun day ~
The perpetual night forest where the golden moon continuously shone over it, [ golden night woodland]
Deep inside the forest that was also called the forest of no return.
An old castle, where the vampire Princess lived alone.
[ Hina ~ ]
Inside the dark corridor inside the castle, was a girl walking briskly.
Every time her long, platinum blonde hair rubbed off each other, *shash* *shash* sound could be heard.
[ Hina ~ ? ]
She opened the door near her and peeked inside.
After confirming that there's no one inside the room, she closed the door and once again walked down the corridor.
In the end, after she continued doing that 10 more times, she stopped and tilted her head.
[ Hi ~ na ~? ]
While looking at her surroundings, she called out the name with a slightly loud voice.
She unconsciously hugged the big book, that she carried with both of her hands.
[ ... ... Muuh ~]
Finally, the end of her eyebrows which are usually slightly dropped, dropped even more, on her expressionless doll like face, a slight discontent could be seen.
She's displeased ... But, due to her cute gesture that's unbecoming of her appearance of woman in twenties, all it does was made her looking like she's pouting.
In reality, rather than anger, she's just simply sulking.
He, whom usually stayed in the library wasn't there. Even though, she moved around like this, she still couldn’t find his figure.
... Even though, she had already chosen the book for him to read it to her for the day.
While she thought about it, she peevishly mutter "Sheesh".
At that moment.
[ Eh? what happened, nee-san. Why are you here?]
[ ! ]
A voice came from behind.
Vermouth whom just a moment ago pouted, changed her expression into smile, thus she turned around.
The one who was standing over there, a silver haired man wearing a red crimson butler suit.
Himuro Takahina.
The only resident of this castle other than Vermouth herself, he was her beloved one.
Holding a tray with teacups placed on top of it, he gave a puzzled look at vermouth who was walking around the corridor.
[ Since it's about the time for nee-san to wake up, I went to prepare tea ... ... Did something happened? ]
[ Nah, it’s nothing. It's just that you're not there, so I went and search for you. ]
They just passed by each other at the right timing.
Also, she completely forgot about the fact that lately, Takahina always prepared tea for her.
Vermouth showing off an ambiguous smile to dodge Takahina's question, she then pushed his back and urged him.
[ Quickly, I want you to read this book for me. ] - vermouth -
[ --- --- Then, the king, giving an order to subjugate the dragon. ]
Inside her private room, she laid down.
Using his lap as a lap-pillow, she asked him to read the book for her with his clear voice.
For vermouth, this was her moment of supreme bliss.
This moment, when the kind him pampering her with all of his might, she really loved it.
[ Hina. My hair, pat it. ]
[ An easy task. ]
The feel of his fingers slipping into her hair, more times better than some unskillful combing.
She lazed around and groaned from her throat, as she stuck around to Takahina.
He slightly made a biter smile ... ... thinking that it's good for Vermouth to be in a good mood and so he let her do as she liked.
Slowly.
It's the moment where they felt that the time seemed like it slowed down around them.
However, just like the phrase that's been told in all ages and country.
Boooooooooooooooooooooooom ! ! ! ! ! !
Good times don't last forever.
[ Hmm? Aah, it's already the time, eh? ]
[ ... ... ]
Takahina raised his head hearing the sudden explosion.
Vermouth who just comfortably lazed around, clearly showing displeasure on her face.
[ Well then, nee-san. It seems that the usual is coming, shall we go and see it? ]
[ Bothersome. ]
Showing that she's sulking, vermouth threw her face to the side.
But, if she didn't go, the castle will become a mess.
Even while she's thinking about it, a similar explosion from before happened three more times.
[ ... ... Fuuh ~]
Takahina shook his head looking at Vermouth who's throwing a tantrum just like a little child.
He stretched out his hand towards her.
[ Let's go, Vermouth. ]
[ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kh!!!! ]
Was she's surprised because her name was suddenly called, or perhaps she’s just embarrassed?
She opened her eyes wide, she looked at Takahina with a red beet face.
Giving an impression that he's done it for her, Takahina giggled, then he beckoned Vermouth.
Somehow feeling like she's defeated, showing him her weak side, vermouth averted her eyes from Takahina.
And then, she grasped his hand tightly.
[ Let's have a match, vampire! Today I will not lose you, you know that! ]
The one who invaded the castle from the big hole that was made in the wall just like usual, a girl who carried two big bows in different size.
She was a great adventure who was called the [ Bow Princess ] in public, it was Merlan Mashule.
[ ... ... ... ]
vermouth hated that girl.
There're three reasons for it. It was because she kept destroying the walls every time she invades the castle just like this.
She always come during a good time, which is every time she wanted to flirt with Takahina.
And then, more than that.
[ Welcome, Merlan. How about a cup of tea?]
[ Takahina! Just you wait, today for sure I will save you from the grasp of this evil vampire’s hands! ]
She really didn't like it how Takahina was taking quite a liking to that woman.
And so.
[ Eat this! The attack that I came up with after good sleep for three days straight, the anti-vampire att- - - ]
[ Too long. ]
[ Unyaaaa ! ?]
Merlan received a poke with vampire great magical power at her forehead, and thus she's blown out from the hole in the castle.
[ Kuh, don’t get carried away in this transient victory this tiiiimmeee ----- ]
Since you could hear her excuses while she's blown away, she shouldn't be dead.
[ Now Hina. After we fix the wall, let's continue the story ]
[ Ah, yes. ]
Since this was an usual occurrence, Takahina didn't really mind it.
The two of them, started to repair the wall looking like they're already accustomed to it.
---- That's one of the possibility that could happen in one of the scenario.
Vermouth-Erzalord knowing about the suffering that Takahina held in his heart.
And then, she who accepted it and got accepted by Takahina from the bottom of his heart, such a future.
If, the gear of fate deviated for just a little bit.
Surely it will would have become the reality, but that was one of the possibilities.
Where Himuro Takahina and Vermouth Erzalord lived happily.
Such future, might exist.
Undead Seeks Warmth Volume 7 Chapter 14-22
The thing that I am worse at, is talking about the past.
My family consisted of my father, my mother, then lastly me.
My father was a very stern.
My mother was kind but only focuses on the details.
Since they were both busy with work, I was often left alone in the house when I was younger.
I didn't quite like being all alone.
I was a loner since the beginning, or at least that was what someone once told me.
But, I don’t remember that I felt lonely when I was younger.
Even though there were no one at home except for me.
Even though, I shouldn't have any other family members besides my father and mother.
But then, there was always someone else.
Though I can't remember that person’s name or face.
I felt like there was always someone else beside me.
I don't understand it and it hurts my head.
It has always been so.
Every time I tried to scavenge my memories, my head will consistently end up like this.
Every time I tried to think about it, my head will always hurt.
I am always alone.
No, there was certainly someone else besides me.
But, who? I don’t know.
That's of course, after all, there's none.
No one, that I'm sure of.
That feeling at the back my mind, surely is just my imagination.
But, but.
That's.
Before long, I was tormented with headaches.
It hurts, it felt gross, I felt sick.
It seems that I was someone who smiled lot, but I don't know about it anymore.
After all, I had already forgotten about somethings about my past.
Since I kept on trying not to think about it, I ended up forgetting about it.
This is why, I will not think about it.
After all, it was just too bothersome.
[ Whoops ~]
That girl who standing on the top of the trees casually jumped off and landed on the ground.
With the soft sound of her shoes stepping on the grass. That girl opened her feet shoulder-wide while placing her hand on her hips.
Even though the opponents were wounded, she was still about to fight with 2 demon lords alone.
Despite that, she still took that natural stance.
[ How do you do, two demon lords, this lovely hero has made her appearance~]
With a bored-like voice, she spoke like she's holding out her yawn.
Looking uninterested, and unserious.
While it doesn't sound like she spoke monotonously with herself, but it still sounded like she was talking to the pebble on the side of the road.
She didn't need her opponent’s answer, it's just a line that she wanted to say out loud.
With eyes filled with boredom, that girl looked at her surroundings.
A girl with a red sword, a girl in black and white maid cloths, and girl in a torn-up dress.
While there were differences, but they're all wounded.
Lastly, the girl tilted her head.
[ Eeeeh ~ , that stupid Kokonoe isn’t here though. Ah, did he died without even meeting one of the demon lords?]
She took a light sigh, and muttered, 'Whaaa, that fool really is useless'.
There's no grief that can be felt in her voice, only scorn.
Those were words that didn't hold any other meaning behind it.
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TL : The continuation lost uwu;
The barrier was smashed.
The space that isolated the space within the barrier from the outside, returned to how it was before as if nothing happened.
... The forest that was engulfed in fire, stayed the same.
[ Haah, haah .... Your majesty, are you alright? ]
The space moved. Stella, who was doing her best preserving the barrier, appeared in front of Marrieta, who was standing still with her eyes cast down.
Stella must be really tired, her breath which was usually never thrown out of order no matter what happen are become faint and sweat could be seen on her temple.
On the contrary, Marrieta's condition was not clear.
She hung her face and her peach coloured hair covered her face like a curtain, completely hiding her expression.
But, her rage just a moment ago. Now that Stella looked closely, Marrieta's shoulders were trembling.
Finally ---
[ Ugaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ! ! I'm angry, angry, aaangryyy ! ! ! ]
She vigorously raised her face, with the force that seems to be able to move the heavens.
Showing out her rage, she roared with loud voice.
[ HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT TAKE TO MAINTAIN THIS HAIR OF MINE, THAT CRAZY BRUTE ! ? IT'S THREE HOURS, T H R E E H O U R S! HOW DARE SHE HURT MY HAIR ! ]
She scratched her head roughly, while stomping on the ground with great vigour.
Like a child, she letting out a tantrum without minding anything else.
Looking at Marrieta which was usually gentle ... or rather easy going, looking for fun and optimistic, making Stella to stare in amazement.
[ What’s with that woman!! Just because she's bit pretty, she's getting carried away!
The heck’s with that, is it that weird lisping or that hiragana language, she uses that to seduce man, huh!!?] (TL : Vermouth speak with only hiragana without kanji in RAW )
[ Your majesty!? Please calm yourself, you have already strayed from your reason! ]
[ The heck’s with blonde! My hair is goddamn Pink you know, come at meeee!! ]
Marrieta became weird perhaps because she was rarely being mad, she kept screaming around.
On top of the thing that, she was that she was different from the reason of her anger, it's also inconsistent.
No. she always inconsistent about things, but this time it is worse than usual.
Perhaps her hair getting plucked being the trigger, Marrieta continued throwing abusive word towards vermouth in a fast-talking manner at her heart’s content.
[ Who give damn about beauty with big boobs, none shalt defeat a Loli! In the end, time after time they will always choose Lolis you know!! ]
Rather, it's close to the truth about the world!
Yet again, Stella thought that it's too overly hasty to decided it just like that.
[ ... ... Your majesty. ]
[ Loli with big breasts are the best, I'm sure if all of the male in the world were to choose, it will win in a huge victory! Immorality will never win over anyone you know!! ]
[ ... For what reason is your majesty angry, I am already lost. ]
Stella looking at her own master with pitiful eyes.
It seems, that Marrieta was holding great animosity against Vermouth, who is by possibility more beautiful than Marrieta.
At the time when Stella thought that it's about the time, for sanity to return back into Marrieta's head who was already getting heated up for some quite time already.
------- Crack, craaassshhh ! !
[ Kh!? ]
[ uwu?]
Just like thick glass breaking into pieces.
The sound of something hard but brittle broke into pieces, resounded around the already destroyed forest.
As the girls were wondering where the sound came from while looking towards the source of the sound, what they saw were ---- two feet.
They were slender and beautiful white feet, that kicked the border between time and space from another dimension.
A hole that's just barely big enough for an adult male's head to pass through, appeared through the space.
Both Marrieta and Stella, opened their eyes wide in shock without being able to utter a word.
While at it, the feet slowly returned into the hole.
But then.
CRASHHHH!!
One more time, the impact.
The wall between the dimension, which is supposedly impossible to destroy by physical strength.
This time, a hole which was big enough for a person to easily pass through it, opened up.
[ No way ... even though I should throwed her off to another completely different dimension that once you go in, you'll never return, even it's impossible for me alone to connect these two place. ]
At the edge of that hole, five fingers with a sharp claw on each, grasping it.
At the same time, the space started to restor itself, the broken fragment started to fasten each other and closed the hole.
Perhaps perceiving it as annoying.
*slash * * slash * *slash*
Three slashes of a red sword.
the blade that showed only an instant, but it contained an amazing magic power in it.
Even the dimension wall was slashed into piece like it was cutting a fruit.
[ ... Cursed sword ... Furthermore, it is a strong one that's more powerful than norm. ]
[ Don’t kid with me! My magic is already empty you know! ]
On the other side of marrieta who shouted with a slight tear in her eyes.
Smashed, slashed, torn to pieces.
Forcefully destroying space itself, the monster that crossed the wall between the two worlds.
Vermouth, came back from the space she was thrown into.
Easily and quickly.
As if, she just had a little walk.
[... ... ... ... ]
But, as expected, being thrown into another dimension effected her consciousness a little.
Her eyes which was soaked with red because of anger just a moment ago, had the calmness returned to it.
However, her animosity didn't reduce even one bit.
In the end, Marrieta's act only brought back Vermouth composure.
[ ... I will kill you. You whom sullied my Takahina, definitely. ]
[ Awawawa. What should we do now, Stella, we're in pinch you know. ]
[ Unfortunately, My magical power also empty. If your majesty was able to gain time about 2 minutes, there's still possibility for us to run away ]
[ No way! Nevertheless 2 minutes, I can't even hold her for 10 second you know! ]
Behind Marrieta who swinging her head left and right, there's Stella that tried to knead her magic.
The vampire emperor took one step forward and then another, with a red sword that was able to slash through anything in her hand, toward those girls.
And then, the moment she wanted to dash towards them to enter her range.
Between the both side, a silver sword was pierced.
[ Kh!! ]
[ Wha, what!?]
Vermouth who dashed forward, with only her legs power jumped to the back.
On the top of the handle of that silver sword,
stood a girl.
[ Yaay, I found it. furthermore two at the same time, ain't it? What an amazing member we have here, to be honest, I wanted to skip this. ]
While standing on top of unstable sword's handle, the girl made a rotation.
This was the confrontation between two demon lords and the hero.
The gear accelerated to this is the moment, the beginning of the event that could possibly affect the world.
[ Hey, the moon is beautiful, right? ]
While bathing under the moon light, the woman suddenly said with a smile on her face.
Her appearance, was that of a doll.
[ Yep, it's so beautiful, it makes me want to destroy it you know ~ ]
Ahahahahaha, she laughed unamusedly.
The girl, Takahina Mayu.
[ Also, though it doesn’t matter. ~ ]
Noticeably, unamusedly.
[ Is the demon lord, really this weak, I mean are you guys are mobs? ]
She stepped on vermouth's head, whose body was full of scars.
It's horrible, the situation was terrible.
Getting out from the closed space, Vermouth used up lots of magic power.
In the battle with Vermouth, Marietta who's cornered near to her limits.
Maintaining the strengthening barrier, Stella who was not in the condition to enter a battle.
If, the three of them were in their best shape, and in the condition where they can show their true power without any problem.
The one who grovel in the ground will be Mayu.
... However, the girl right now can't even take out 20% of their true power.
The result, by the hand of the one who have extraordinary power among the human.
they were defeated, by the hero.
[ ... As I thought, series of battles is tough, to be defeated by a human, it's quite humiliating you know. ] - Marrieta
[ It's my blunder. ] - Stella
While leaning against the three, she muttered so while pressing the hole that goes through her abdomen with her hand, the fifth demon lord, Marrieta.
While blood spilled from her mouth, for her to maintain her usual composure, perhaps it is the last pride of hers.
Getting close to her, Stella who stood with shaking legs, also have her body full of scars.
So that the blood won't flow from her neck that got cut, she stopped the bleeding with magic.
[ Kuh .... ]
[ Stella, stop it. if you move more than that, you'll seriously died you know, it's better for you to just stay quiet. ]
In reality, Marrieta's wounds were deeper than Stella’s.
Nevertheless, for her to try to stand up, it's already hard for Marrieta to just retain her consciousness.
And then.
The one who difference between their [ demon race ] which is living being, the [undead race]'s king which proud of it's bizzare toughness.
vampire emperor , Vermouth-erzalord's body.
already in precarious state .
[ this is the second demon lord ? the world second strongest being ? eh, a gag? ]
lying faced down , Mayu looking puzzled stepped on vermouth head who already can't even move her finger .
vermouth didn't even have any magic power left to even move her body .
she was sliced many time with the natural enemy for monster, a sword that stole the magic power of the thing that it cut , the [ holy sword ]
having her magical power eaten until exhausted, the only thing that vermouth can wait is slow death .
but the hero is not that patient, to wait for that long .
[ well, for me it's good since I can take it easy. but just in case, maybe I should gave finishing blow ~ ]
she plucked out the holy sword that pierced the ground near her, and held it with underhand grip .
then, she pointed it right at vermouth's back .
[ ah, just wait for 5 more second alright . After I finished with this, I will try my best to finish you guys too , alright ~]
[ ... well, that's not really ---- *cough* *cough* *cough* ! ]
[ her majesty ! ]
without even looking towards marrieta who's vomiting blood, mayu raised her sword.
on the holy sword's blade, a pale silver light started to appeared.
[ - what it's aim is the body, what it's pierce is the soul, what it's celebrate is the mortality - ]
perhaps the word that she said boredly in monotone is the mantra to draw out the holy sword's power.
but no matter what it is, vermouth's life, which is about to dissapear at any moment .
the whirpool of power that can be said too much for her condition right now is about to crush her life .
---- however.
[ then ------- kh ! ! ? ]
that's perhaps a miracle that's created by someone.
or perhaps, just a chance .
mayu's expression who's about to thrust her sword downward.
clearly showing a, [ pain] .
[ aaah ----- khhaaaa ---- kh ! ! ]
well then , right here, let's talk about a story that vermouth and the other didn't know.
the hero that's summoned by mashanoisaz.
the hero that that kingdom's summon at first was , Takahina Mayu.
though her personality and character bring quiet problem for them , but she have enough talent to become [ the choosen one ] which is the end road of a hero.
(TL : actually it's Eiyuu , which mean hero , but so that it didn't make confusion , I just translate it as the choosen one uwu;)
however, there's exist one problem that cannot be solved.
that is .... [ headache ]
if himuro mayu were using her body for extensive battle for more than 20 minutes, then she will assaulted by violent headache and make her totally useless.
that why ,mashanoisaz's king wished for another spare which is no proble if it's downgraded in quality but in exchange it's can be used without any problem.
and that's kokonoe shinya .
[ Aaah, AAaaaaaah ! ! Damn it , it's hurts, it's hurts, damn it ! ! ]
throwing away her sword, mayu frantically pressed her head.
opposite to how she screwing around and looking uninterested all the time, she shout from the bottom of her lungs and run toward the forest .
[ Uwaaah , Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah , AAaaaaaa ! ! ! ]
while she screamed, she desperately stretch her hand .
after quite a time, she able to grab the handle of the holy sword.
a pain on her head that like there's crack opening on her head, and tears flowed from her eyes.
[ thi, this o , one ---- [ this one call upon peace ] ! ! ! ]
while leaving a big conspicious light.
the hero, takahina miyu .
leaving the demon lords in that place alone thinking that they will eventually died even is she leave her alone.
with victory in her mind --- she dissapeared , somewhere.
because of that time out, her fate in the future will change greatly.
so great.
to the extent that it will invlolve , the continent , even the world in it.
it will change.
[ ... I don't really get what just happened ~ but it's alright to think that we're just saved, right? ]
[ Possibly so ... more than that, your majesty , we must quickly retreat your ---- Kuh ]
Stella who tried to move her body, groaned while grabbing her neck.
From the gap between her fingers, blood started to drip.
[ Like I said, you need to stay down. You got a really grave wound after all. ]
[ However ... Your majesty's wound , too ... not something that, can, be left alone ]
[ Aah, it's alright, it's alright. ]
To Stella's words who's filled with worry, Marrieta easily said.
As is there’s nothing wrong with it.
[ After all, I cannot be saved anymore. ]
As she said, she can't be saved.
She glanced at her own body which was covered in blood.
[ --- --- --- Ukh ]
Even Stella, while gritting her teeth till it cracked.
She didn't even get angry nor deny Marrieta's word.
After all, she understood.
While her wound is indeed deeper than Marrieta's
But Marrieta's wound was more fatal than hers.
If Stella quickly treated herself, she still can be saved.
But no matter how they struggle, Marrietta will not be able to be saved.
[ It seems stabbed in the stomach is the end for me you know. The rest of my magical power were sucked dry, I can't even regenerate the skin ]
Marrieta laughed.
However, from her body, from her eyes.
The sign of live, slowly started to dim and almost disappeared.
[ Your majesty ... ...! ]
[ Why do, you make that, kind of face ~ . A beauty, shouldn’t cry .... except ... in front of a man, you know? ]
Her usual expressionless face that never changed broke and now tears streaming down from Stella's eyes.
Marrieta, tried to remove those tears from Stella's eyes ... but, her hand won't move.
[ Sheesh ... by the way, are you still alive ? ]
[ ... ... ... ]
As if she just finally remembered about it, Marrieta shifted her eyes.
In her line of sight, lying down without moving a bit ... Vermouth was there.
Her sliced skin along with her clothes seems painful, however there's no spec of blood flowing from her body make her appearance seems bizarre.
Vermouth already long since died, and perhaps Mayu was having misunderstood and that scar was something that was carved into a corpse.
However, a moment after she was called.
With a movement like a rusted old toy, she only moved her head.
[ .... Hmph, just like you. 5 minutes more, I would have just became a normal corpse. ]
[ That's terrible. The whole world's fifth demon lord ... will soon become the fourth ~ Look, queen Lilith will take over, after all. ]
[ I just don't care anymore. ]
Even though they will disappear from this world before long.
Vermouth looking really uninterested and looked like she doesn't care about anything anymore.
[ I just, don’t care about it anymore alright ... after all, I can't meet with Takahina again, even if I was able to meet him, he will surely reject me once again]
[ Eeeeh ~ perhaps, the vampire lord, got dumped? ]
[ Kh! Shu, shut up! ]
She raised her voice, but there's no power at all in it.
Marrieta looking at that powerlessly laughed.
[ I don't really know what you've done, but I'm sure it'll be fine. He is kind after all. To the extent that it makes him look pitiful. ]
[ ... Even I, know that]
[ If you die here, surely he will be sad. After all he's kind. He's foolishly kind that he's felt sad whenever someone or something died in front of him you know. ]
For Marrieta, those words were something that were worth nothing.
However.
vermouth who heard her words, opened her eyes wide.
[ ... ... ... ... So, that's it. That's right, that's it. ]
Why he, left her side.
why he, rejected her.
Finally. Finally, she understood.
When she thought about it, Takahina was indeed a weird undead.
For an undead, he's fixated with life, he was a weird man.
So that's it.
He, was disgusted with me, who casually robed other beings of their life without a care.
When she realized about it, it was a simple thing.
From Vermouth's eyes, a tear started to flow.
[ Is it me, who's stupid, or Takahina's the one who's foolish ... ]
She couldn't see anything.
That's right. She didn't see other things.
The only thing that reflected in her eyes was Takahina's appearance who laughed with her.
His heart, his thought, none of them ever entered into her sight.
[ I ... never realize any of it. ]
Takahina was a fool
If he didn't want me to kill anything, he just had to say it .
I was stupid.
After all, I never tried to realize Takahina's troubles and sufferings.
And then.
[ The time I realized it, it's already the end for me ... huh. it's just like me, what a stupid ... way to come to a close to my life ]
Using her last power, Vermouth looked into the sky.
The crescent moon , was beautiful.
[ Fuuh ... If, if there's a chance. I can start this, once again. ]
With trembling hand, she stretched it, further, forward.
*gyuut* She grasped the aid.
[ This time, for sure --- --- ]
--- *Cluck*
without finishing her line.
The power, left her hand.
she closed her eyes.
[ ... ... ... Hmm. ]
As if seeing her off.
A gentle smile appeared on Marrieta's face.
Slowly. The flame inside her.
The last bit of it, no matter how small it was.
She gave it to her servant in front of her.
While wishing for her, to keep on living.
She closed the curtains of her live.
A woman who mistaken feeling of possessiveness with love, toward one man.
in the last minutes of her life, realized her own feeling.
By the time she realized it, it's real, the first love inside her heart.
A slight, warmth feeling.
Wrapped with warmth, she disappeared.
She second demon lord, Vermouth Erzalord met her death.
Inside her corpse that meet gentle death, whom the hero didn't finish off.
Just a little, a tiny bit.
The magical power that the holy sword didn't absorb, left.
At the last moment, her magical power who wish to be together with Himuro Takahina.
Was sent towards, him .
[ Please wake up ... come on, wake up .... ]
Inside the town that was engulfed in silence, the plaza.
Ursula who was hugging onto Takahina's body which didn’t show any sign to opening its eyes, kept muttering those line with a feeble voice.
[ This is, this is too much ... If it's not by my hands, if you're not died by my hands, there's no meaning to it ... ... ]
Her body kept on hugging onto his body which was coiled in cold air, was attacked by severe frostbites.
Drowsiness attacked her body, the pain of heat and coldness that mixed together. However, she didn't release Takahina.
From his wound which was caused by the holy sword, his magical power keep pouring out.
she understood that there's no way to heal it .
While tears flowed down her cheeks, Ursula greatly regret her powerlessness.
While she was like that. Something emitted light.
[ ... ... ... ... ? ]
Without even wiping the tears on her cheeks, Ursula raised her head.
It's not, the moonlight. The light that looked like stardust, poured down onto them.
Finally, as if it's absorbed into Takahina's body, the light dissolved.
At the same time, she realized that it was magical power.
Ursula's body was blown away because of sudden impact that come together with the light.
[ Kyaah!!? ]
The light, wrapped around Takahina's body .
No. Takahina’s body was emitted light, despite him still being unconscious.
[ Wha, what was that ... ...? What, is happening ... ? ]
Not able to follow what's happening, Ursula looked perplexed.
Meanwhile, the light became stronger, finally covering his whole body.
[ Undead-Ice Angel ] Himuro Takahina
Current magical aggregate ammount / Magical power connotation limit: 44 / 9959
※The magical power inside fell below operation limit. Please take magical power from outside as soon as possible.
※Completing absorbing a small amount of high grade magical power. The magical power inside fell below operation limit.
※Automatically absorbing magical power from the surrounding. Analyzing material possible for absorption.
※ Founding material possible for absorption. Qualified item, 3 items.
※ Absorbing magical power from [ Reverse reverse ] [ Shadow gate ] [ The judge ]
※ Finished on absorbing magical power. Current magical aggregate amount, 15345,
※According to Vermouth Erzalord's magical power, Magical power's nature encroachment, all of the absorbed magical power became Takahina's.
※98% of magical power inside were high grade magical power. Correction on magical power's Magical aggregated amount value.
※ Amendment completed. Current magical aggregate amount, 79278.
※The magical aggregate amount exceed the current limit. Starting the rank up.
※ Possessing the fixed amount of high quality of magical power. Rank increased from rank 4 to rank 7.
※ Special condition [ Absorbing demon lord's magical power] has been completed. Rank Increased from rank 7 into rank 9.
※ Due to the current rank exceed Himuro Takahina growth limit. Rank down from rank 9 to rank 8.
※The Emotion level showing high despair. Attribute changed from [ Ice ] into [ Ice - Chaos ]
※The Emotion level showing high despair . Race changed from [ Undead - angel race ] into [ Puppet race ]
※ Due to race change, Skill [ Angel Breath] Lost
※ Due to race change, Skill [ Ice wing Misha ] Lost
※ Due to race change, Skill [ Cursed Sword Lost Fang] Lost
※ Due to the rank up, [ Profess ] transformed into [ Professor ]
※ Due to the rank up, skill [ Misery ] acquired.
※ Due to the rank up, skill [ Magic Potion constitution ] acquired.
※ Salvaging the last piece of memory failed. Performing process on the seal from the outside.
※ Mental breakdown reaching lever 6/10. Starting restoration.
※ Restoration failed. Fixation on mental breakdown level.
※ All mentioned above in the middle of processing. Please wait a moment.
※ All processes finished. Restating consciousness.
Was it 1 second, 1 minutes, or perhaps one hour.
After a vague time have passed, the dazzling light slowly dispersed.
At that time, Ursula realized that the pain she could feel from her body disappeared.
She was healed. Perfectly.
The effect of the light or perhaps something else.
Her body returned to how it was, to a beauty body that it should be.
But, without even having time to minding about that.
From inside the light, something stood up.
[ ----- ---- Kh ]
For an instant, Ursula's heart felt stirred up.
It's truly just for an instant. By the time she blinked, that feeling was already gone.
Slowly, that thing turned around.
[ I cured your frostbites. I have too much debt, to you. ]
That something, was Himuro Takahina, at the same time it's not Takahina.
His physical appearance was no different from before. The clothes that he wore as well.
The shine on its inorganic white hair increased, even the faint moon light reflected many times of its light.
His undead like body, the pale body has disappeared and was replaced with white porcelain like skin .
looking at him who's now clad in something overwhelmingly different than he used to be, almost made Ursula cried.
Not because the man that she chased changed into something totally different.
But the fact that his change, looks really pitiful.
For her, who possibly the only one, knowing the true meaning of his appearance, made her want to cry.
Race : Undead Ice Doll
Species : Doll
Attribute : Ice - Chaos
Rank : 8
Individual Name : Himuro Takahina
Current magical aggregate amount : 79278
At first, he who's just an undead.
What came after was coldness, then he became an angel.
And now, he became a doll.
It wasn't even a corpse, it was just a doll.
That man, who kept longing for life.
In the end, become a being that's furthest from thing called life.
... I dont understand.
Nee-san, is dead.
Also, Marrieta died too.
The magical power that flowed into this body, vividly told me those things.
... I completely didn't understand.
I absorbed nee-san's magical power and all the magical items in my possession.
I was able to evolve to the final stage.
Into a doll, that's not even a corpse.
I am reduced to an, undead ice doll.
.... Why, why is it like this?
It seems, Stella was still barely able to hold onto her life.
But her wounds were quite deep, if left alone it will become fatal wound for her body.
It can't be helped. If I let her die here, I will regret it later, I will go and help her.
... ... I can't comprehend it, I don't know what it meant.
Me, who tried to leave that place, was called by sister(nun).
Well, it does matter, ... ... but unfortunately, I didn't have any time to companying her.
Special magic, Proffes which evolved into Professor.
With the magical power of a semi-demon lord class, for the very first time I use it, the well of wisdom.
This magic which occasionally let me read the mind of my opponent in front of me, also giving me piercing alarm inside my head.
Stella's condition was a race against time.
... ... ... I don’t' want to think about it.
In many ways, for me to turn my back on the sister whom I have a lot of to pay back, I felt sorry.
Even if I stay her for too long, we only will kill one another. Our relationship was like that.
Her only weapon was [ purification ] which is useless against me who's turned into doll.
But possibly, that thing doesn't really matter for her.
Surely, from now on, she will search another effective method to kill me.
And then, she will come to kill me.
... ... Stop, my train of thought, Cut, Cut .
But that's a story for the future.
There's too much gap between the me and her right now, that it wouldn't even become a battle.
And possibly, sister also understood that.
She was certainly a lunatic, but at the same time, she was smart.
She wouldn't do it, the act of plunging her neck into a battle while having a 0% chance of winning.
While vexingly biting her lips, sister averted her eyes from me.
... .... .... ... cut cut cut cut.
Without even responding to her, I tried to spread my wings just like I have always done.
But then I remembered that I have just lost my wings.
For me who has lost my angel attribute, I wouldn't be able to take out my wings.
The feeling of losing Misha, made me a little bit sad.
But right now was not the time to drowned in my emotions, and thus I straighten myself.
... ... ... cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut
Though there's more than one way to fly, but I wanted to try the thing that just cross my head.
Magic circle came from below my feet, I twist the space in front of my eyes.
After several seconds passed, I succeed in opening a hole that's just enough for me to pass through it.
Connect. That thing that both Stella and Marrieta used, a magic that's capable of creating a way from one space to another.
If I used this, I will be able to immediately arrived at Stella's location.
.... .... ... cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut!
As I was about to put my feet into the hole that's created by connect.
For a while, I glanced at sister who was standing there.
She, didn't even try to look at me anymore.
In her hands was the thing that I probably dropped when I fainted, the [ mirror of exposure ] .
Without even saying anything.
I disappeared into the gap between the space.
... ... The faint crying voice that I heard from behind, I'm sure it was something that I had just misheard,
My thought, stop.
Avert your eyes, don't think about anything.
Why, why, why, why, why, why, don't think about it ! !
dammit, why I can't stop thinking about it, please stop, stop it, I beg you, please stop!!
Aah, it won't stop, why, how, why, why!!
why, why.
Even though, you are supposed to be death.
Why, you, the hero.
Why, why did it become like this.
I don't know anymore.
I don't know, what should I do.
Me, what I suppose to do?
Please, please tell me.
Mayu ----
Crank crank crank ... ... ...
Sounds of metal scrapping each other, resounded along with the sound of footsteps.
A high-pitched sound, that cool the atmosphere around.
While her back hunched a bit, Merlan slowly, walked.
[ ... ... ... ... ]
She got out from the mansion, passing through the gates.
Her eyes were blank, no one knew what she was thinking about.
Her usual firm but strong-willed gaze, now were only a shadow of the past.
Her hair which was tied to the back with the ribbon was undone, from afar she looked like a different person.
Drag along chains, she walked through the dark city street.
The moonlight shone upon her, despite it being a crescent moon.
The faint light that cannot be compared to the light of a full moon, made her appearance looked like a ghost.
Without saying anything, just the sound of the chains and her footsteps reverberated.
Crank crank crank crank ... ... ...
Thus, she stopped her footsteps.
That place, was the plaza that was right in the middle of the town.
Perhaps something happened, but things were broken in many places.
Merlan moved her head as if looking around the town plaza, kluk, then she tilted her head.
[ ... ... ... ... ]
She walked towards the place, where her sight locked onto.
It was the corpse of a human. Its neck was sliced really deep and was now drenched in a pool of blood.
Rare black hair, with that uncommon black cloth.
Merlan thought for a moment.
After several seconds passed, she realized that it was Kokonoe Shinya .
Even if she really didn't like that person, Kokonoe was by name still her friend.
But now he laid down, in completely different shape.
For a normal human who have sense of humanity, they will surely feel pain over this scene which none can get used to no matter how much death they had seen.
But, Merlan didn't even grimace a bit.
[ ... ... ... ... ]
Like a person who mistook a rock on the side of the road with something else, she quickly shifted her sight.
It seems, that her objective was already gone from this place.
As she sighed a little, she moved her body.
[ As expected, you came]
With an unconcerned tone.
Since when, so Merlan thought for a bit.
Just a little moment ago, there's no one there.
[ ... ... It seems, you're good at hiding, eh. ]
Merlan's tone was nothing different from her usual tone.
That's why, she gave off something that can't be undone anymore.
[ Half of my lifetime were met with disaster after all. It's necessary you know. ]
[ Zat so? Well, not like I care. ]
To that person who just arrived .... Ursula, Merlan who talked with her didn't give any uncomfortable feelings.
She talked like she always do, she behaved like always, her expression was also no different from usual.
Except for, the numerous chains that're come out directly from her hand and legs.
[ Hey, that person? You know about it right, tell me. ]
[ I won't tell you. After all, the current you, must never enter his sight. ]
The chains that Takahina bound her with, are called [ parasitism chain ],
it will assimilate with the one it's cling to and give power to its user.
But as the compensation, the nature of the person will become grotesque.
Clank, Merlan raised both of her arms which were bound by the chains and smiled.
[ Hmm? I don't really despise him about this body you know. I just, want to meet him, I really want to. ]
[ It's not like that, well, I wonder if you could understand if I put it like this? ]
To add the thing, Takahina didn't know about these chains.
It's just something that restricted the movement of the opponent.
Because of the incomplete profess, that's the only information that Takahina knew.
Ursula, she knew about that fact.
Also, more, other than that.
[ ... ... ... You're, evil. To say it simply, you're just a nuisance. ]
[ You really said it straight to my face, eh. Rather, didn't your atmosphere changed? ]
[ My eyes had been opened, just take it like that. Anyways, I will remove that for you. ]
The ring which become the medium for purification magic shone, Ursula stretched out her hands.
Merlan make crackling laugh, resounded along with the chains clacking.
[ Stop it. This body, is so hungry, I can't stand it. Though you look bad, I will eat you till no bones left. ]
[ What can you do with that hand, that isn’t even able to hold your bow anymore? ]
Merlan's chains, were something that have magical power flowing in it, an antimatter.
Thus, it was something that Ursula can purified with her magic.
It's alright, I can win, Ursula convicted.
Clink, clank, facing Merlan with her chains clanking into each other, Ursula muttered under her breath.
[ ... I know, I know about it. All about that person, the end that wait that person. ]
The mirror that tells the truth, told her about it.
The end of Himuro Takahina, the person in question didn't even know about it.
[ I, already decided it. To that person which didn't have any more place to go, to that person which didn't have any other fate other than disappearing from this world]
[ --- Before he break, I will kill him. ]
Holding determination that smeared with love in her heart.
Ursula Pendragon, facing off Merlan Mashule who had already become a monster.
We've lost too many.
In the accident, we've lost too many lives.
Including Elbart, 13 big and small cities and villages were destroyed.
Then, the amount of the lives that was lost didn’t even ranges within the hundreds or even thousands.
With only the amount of know death, over several hundreds of thousands live were lost.
This incident ... was later called as [ Paired devils disaster ] and was recorded down as history, it was the worst incident out of the only three that were ever carved into history.
The second demon lord [ Vampire Lord ] and the fifth demon lord [Lilith Queen]
Those two monsters which are treated on the same level disaster as typhoon and rain of thunder, were existence than normal human usually cannot oppose.
However, due to the achievement of the hero who summoned by Mashanoizas, the two were defeated.
The hero who was able to achieve the title of [ Demon lord killer] whom no one could achieved for more than a thousand years, Mayu Himuro.
Later, she was also able to achieve another great deed of killing the third demon lord, [ Kaizer Beast] and the fourth demon lord [ Despair Evil ].
The paired devils disaster was over. However, it doesn't end the tragedy.
Why is that so? Because the perpetrator of the disaster.
The reason why Vermouth Erzalord got mad and the one who you could say lured Marieta Nightgale out of the perpetual night's area, the existence in the middle of the whirlpool.
The man whom with just his looks, charmed the two demon lords, has still not met his end and still exist out there.
Mayu Himuro should properly finish off Vermoth Erzalord.
After all, without Vermouth Erzalord's last magical power, he would have stayed as a corpse which he should have been.
He, Himuro Takahina, was an evil being.
He stole the hearts of the demon lords, as a result, many people lost their lives.
His existence, has already robbed countless lives.
That's right, Himuro Takahina, without a doubt was an evil being.
The 3 great country, that existed within the Baveron continent.
Mashanoizas, Shardia, Botlheinzel.
Other than those countries, there also existed 4 city-state that were within this continent.
Himuro Takahina's existence itself, was evil.
He changed the queen which was called as a saint into a tyranny, framing the well know knight leader as a devilish homicide.
Three among the four of the city-state, were completely destroyed without trace.
Looking at the result, he created an incident that made the incident that Vermouth Erzalord has done look pale in comparison.
The time he bared his fangs at the world.
Was a year after the [paired devils disaster] settled.
-----
FIN
TL : thanks for reading this far, there's still 1 extra chapter,
the story about the destroyed country
and epilogue (sadly I can't fully recover the epilogue uwu')
well, anyway it was fun ride , cya , have a fun day ~
The perpetual night forest where the golden moon continuously shone over it, [ golden night woodland]
Deep inside the forest that was also called the forest of no return.
An old castle, where the vampire Princess lived alone.
[ Hina ~ ]
Inside the dark corridor inside the castle, was a girl walking briskly.
Every time her long, platinum blonde hair rubbed off each other, *shash* *shash* sound could be heard.
[ Hina ~ ? ]
She opened the door near her and peeked inside.
After confirming that there's no one inside the room, she closed the door and once again walked down the corridor.
In the end, after she continued doing that 10 more times, she stopped and tilted her head.
[ Hi ~ na ~? ]
While looking at her surroundings, she called out the name with a slightly loud voice.
She unconsciously hugged the big book, that she carried with both of her hands.
[ ... ... Muuh ~]
Finally, the end of her eyebrows which are usually slightly dropped, dropped even more, on her expressionless doll like face, a slight discontent could be seen.
She's displeased ... But, due to her cute gesture that's unbecoming of her appearance of woman in twenties, all it does was made her looking like she's pouting.
In reality, rather than anger, she's just simply sulking.
He, whom usually stayed in the library wasn't there. Even though, she moved around like this, she still couldn’t find his figure.
... Even though, she had already chosen the book for him to read it to her for the day.
While she thought about it, she peevishly mutter "Sheesh".
At that moment.
[ Eh? what happened, nee-san. Why are you here?]
[ ! ]
A voice came from behind.
Vermouth whom just a moment ago pouted, changed her expression into smile, thus she turned around.
The one who was standing over there, a silver haired man wearing a red crimson butler suit.
Himuro Takahina.
The only resident of this castle other than Vermouth herself, he was her beloved one.
Holding a tray with teacups placed on top of it, he gave a puzzled look at vermouth who was walking around the corridor.
[ Since it's about the time for nee-san to wake up, I went to prepare tea ... ... Did something happened? ]
[ Nah, it’s nothing. It's just that you're not there, so I went and search for you. ]
They just passed by each other at the right timing.
Also, she completely forgot about the fact that lately, Takahina always prepared tea for her.
Vermouth showing off an ambiguous smile to dodge Takahina's question, she then pushed his back and urged him.
[ Quickly, I want you to read this book for me. ] - vermouth -
[ --- --- Then, the king, giving an order to subjugate the dragon. ]
Inside her private room, she laid down.
Using his lap as a lap-pillow, she asked him to read the book for her with his clear voice.
For vermouth, this was her moment of supreme bliss.
This moment, when the kind him pampering her with all of his might, she really loved it.
[ Hina. My hair, pat it. ]
[ An easy task. ]
The feel of his fingers slipping into her hair, more times better than some unskillful combing.
She lazed around and groaned from her throat, as she stuck around to Takahina.
He slightly made a biter smile ... ... thinking that it's good for Vermouth to be in a good mood and so he let her do as she liked.
Slowly.
It's the moment where they felt that the time seemed like it slowed down around them.
However, just like the phrase that's been told in all ages and country.
Boooooooooooooooooooooooom ! ! ! ! ! !
Good times don't last forever.
[ Hmm? Aah, it's already the time, eh? ]
[ ... ... ]
Takahina raised his head hearing the sudden explosion.
Vermouth who just comfortably lazed around, clearly showing displeasure on her face.
[ Well then, nee-san. It seems that the usual is coming, shall we go and see it? ]
[ Bothersome. ]
Showing that she's sulking, vermouth threw her face to the side.
But, if she didn't go, the castle will become a mess.
Even while she's thinking about it, a similar explosion from before happened three more times.
[ ... ... Fuuh ~]
Takahina shook his head looking at Vermouth who's throwing a tantrum just like a little child.
He stretched out his hand towards her.
[ Let's go, Vermouth. ]
[ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kh!!!! ]
Was she's surprised because her name was suddenly called, or perhaps she’s just embarrassed?
She opened her eyes wide, she looked at Takahina with a red beet face.
Giving an impression that he's done it for her, Takahina giggled, then he beckoned Vermouth.
Somehow feeling like she's defeated, showing him her weak side, vermouth averted her eyes from Takahina.
And then, she grasped his hand tightly.
[ Let's have a match, vampire! Today I will not lose you, you know that! ]
The one who invaded the castle from the big hole that was made in the wall just like usual, a girl who carried two big bows in different size.
She was a great adventure who was called the [ Bow Princess ] in public, it was Merlan Mashule.
[ ... ... ... ]
vermouth hated that girl.
There're three reasons for it. It was because she kept destroying the walls every time she invades the castle just like this.
She always come during a good time, which is every time she wanted to flirt with Takahina.
And then, more than that.
[ Welcome, Merlan. How about a cup of tea?]
[ Takahina! Just you wait, today for sure I will save you from the grasp of this evil vampire’s hands! ]
She really didn't like it how Takahina was taking quite a liking to that woman.
And so.
[ Eat this! The attack that I came up with after good sleep for three days straight, the anti-vampire att- - - ]
[ Too long. ]
[ Unyaaaa ! ?]
Merlan received a poke with vampire great magical power at her forehead, and thus she's blown out from the hole in the castle.
[ Kuh, don’t get carried away in this transient victory this tiiiimmeee ----- ]
Since you could hear her excuses while she's blown away, she shouldn't be dead.
[ Now Hina. After we fix the wall, let's continue the story ]
[ Ah, yes. ]
Since this was an usual occurrence, Takahina didn't really mind it.
The two of them, started to repair the wall looking like they're already accustomed to it.
---- That's one of the possibility that could happen in one of the scenario.
Vermouth-Erzalord knowing about the suffering that Takahina held in his heart.
And then, she who accepted it and got accepted by Takahina from the bottom of his heart, such a future.
If, the gear of fate deviated for just a little bit.
Surely it will would have become the reality, but that was one of the possibilities.
Where Himuro Takahina and Vermouth Erzalord lived happily.
Such future, might exist.
