Chapter 348 Intermission Vier ~~ The Beginning of Redemption ~~ (1/2)

In front of a heavily breathing girl dressed in light armor…… lies a single person.

[……I…… did it……?]

She says as if she still doesn’t feel victorious or for some other reason. Even though the girl…… Hikari had defeated the nemesis that she had been seeking, she still doesn’t look cheerful at all.

[We’ve done it, Hikari! We’ve finally done it.]

[……It doesn’t look like she’d stand again. It’s your…… no, our win.]

[I don’t care about all that, but I have important things to do at the treasury, so can I go there?]

[Laguna, Fors…… Hapti, could all of you please restrain yourselves?]

After hearing the words of her friends who she had overcome countless hardships and difficulties together to reach this point, Hikari finally relaxed her shoulders.

However, the expression on her face remains unchanged.

[We still have to deal with the remnants but…… this should do for now……]

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[……Laguna.]

[What is it? Hikari? You don’t look so happy.]

[……Was the Demon Lord…… really evil?]

[……What?]

The words that came out of her mouth were asked by the girl called the Hero who had fought her way up to this point…… It was a question after defeating her last enemy, the Demon Lord.

Hikari turned to Laguna, who was looking at her with a puzzled look on her face, and as if she still hasn’t organized her thoughts, she unconfidently spoke.

[……Everyone saw it, right? The cities and villages before we got here…… There certainly were some cruel killings and looting in some parts of the country. However……]

[……The majority of the assaulted places…… although couldn’t be described as tranquil, but they weren’t oppressing Humans.]

It was unknown whether she was reminded by Hikari’s words or not, but looking as if deep in thought, the Elven magician…… Fors muttered.

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[Yes. There’s also the prisoners we found in the castle…… They were properly being treated as a prisoner of war.]

[……Mnhh, indeed, I could certainly understand that she wasn’t a monster without reasoning…… She also fought fair and square earlier…… But you see……]

[……It’s not just that. That Demon Lord’s eyes…… They weren’t the eyes of someone fighting for their own desires…… She had such strong determination, as if she was wielding her sword for someone else’s sake…… That’s why I’m feeling bothered.]

Hearing Hikari’s words, her friends also had complicated expressions on their faces.

They could certainly understand what Hikari was trying to say, and it made sense when they heard it. However, even if that’s so, it was difficult for them to say what to do about it.

[……………….]

[ [ [ ! ? ] ] ]

Immediately afterwards, “the three of their group, excluding the missing Hapti” turned towards the fallen Demon Lord.

Before they knew it, they felt the presence of an overpowering being……

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[……Vier, why…… are you doing this……]

[……Ku…… romu…… -sama.]

The girl who suddenly appeared held up the fallen Demon Lord in her arms and as tears shed from her eyes, she called her name.

The Demon Lord seemed to still be faintly conscious. When the girl called out to her, she slightly opened her eyes and with a hoarse voice, she spoke.

[……if Vier dies…… what do you think would happen…… I don’t want that to happen…… It makes me feel sad.]

[……A- Aahhh…… Kuromu-sama…… I- I……]

[I’m sorry…… If only I had properly talked to you…… and because I had not, Vier had……]

[T- That’s not it…… This happened because of me…… It is I…… A- Ahhhh…… Kuromu-sama, please don’t cry…… It is…… my fault……]

As Vier talks to Kuromueina with tears in her eyes, the moment they see her…… No, the moment when Kuromueina appeared, Hikari and the others were unable to take a single step or even blink.

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[……What…… is that…… that “monster”…….]

As if she was squeezing out those words, Laguna’s voice trembled as she whispered. Hikari and Fors also felt the same way.

They had defeated the Demon Lord……The Demon Lord also held the power to deserve that name, and they had barely won a hard-fought with such a being.

However, as if to treat their efforts as a mere joke, the power they felt from the girl who appeared in front of them just now……. feels so overwhelming that the Demon Lord looks like a baby in front of her.

Her appearance naturally made Hikari and the others feel despair. Before such a being, they wouldn’t have any chance of winning…… Their instincts kept screaming such a thing to them.

However, Kuromueina didn’t look at Hikari and the others and only exchanged a few words with Vier…… and after Vier lost consciousness, she closed her heart-broken eyes.

Immediately after that, the ceiling of the castle disappeared as if it had never existed in the first place, and the face of a really huge dragon appeared.

Not only that, but a woman whose body seems to be one with a tree, a girl floating in faint light, a giant beast clad in flames and a being in a robe whose face can’t be seen…… Six overwhelmingly powerful beings appeared.