Chapter 885: Portcullis Giant Soldier ③ (2/2)

[Me?]

[Unnn, of course, I heard about you from Kuromu-sama and my other family members…… but more than that, I wanted to thank you for everything.]

[……Thank me?]

As I tilted my head at her incomprehensible words, Funf-san stood up from her seat and bowed deeply to me.

[……Thank you for saving Vee.]

[Errr……]

[Ahh, I meant Vier. Vee and I were both taken in by Kuromu-sama around the same time, and we've grown up together like sisters. However, I couldn't save Vee…… But thanks to Kaito, Vee was able to look forward to the future and I really can't thank you enough.]

It seems that I wasn't wrong when I felt that the atmosphere around her was similar to that of Dr. Vier earlier. Expressing her deep gratitude, Funf-san looked really happy that Dr. Vier was able to face forward.

[I was……]

[Yes, stop!]

[Eh?]

[No matter what the trigger was, the fact that Vee was saved by you and that I am grateful to you is an unshakeable fact. That's why, I just want you to push aside the modesty and just obediently accept my gratitude.]

[……………………….]

[Once again, thank you very much.]

[……Yes. You're welcome.]

Somehow, I felt that this exchange was very important to Funf-san. Thus, without saying anything else, just as Funf-san said, I obediently accepted her gratitude.

After a few moments of listening to my words, Funf-san raised her head. The smile on her face was very radiant, and I could sense that she had reached some kind of closure.

<Afterword>

~ ~ Extra : The difference with the Light Novel ~ ~

【Light Novel Funf】

In Volume 6, she met Kaito for the first time, and she and Vier are as close as real sisters. She felt uncomfortable with Vier's condition at that time, but in the end, she couldn't answer Vier correctly as she was having second thoughts.

When Vier invaded the Human Realm as the Demon Lord a thousand years ago, she tried to protect Vier even by turning her blade against Ein, but Ein defeated her and was unable to help Vier.

She is determined to protect Vier this time (Volume 6), and enters the Demon Lord Arc on Vier's side.

T/N: A scene from the Light Novel.

『——-This isn’t a power to protect my family. Even if I cast aside everything, even if I sacrifice everything, this is a power to protect Vee alone! Activate——- 《Pluto’s Hands》!』 (T/N: Yes, ”Pluto”. It was written in Engrish. My head hurts thinking about what the other Kings' names would have been if Underworld King is actually Pluto.)

【Web Novel Funf】

Her relationship with Vier is the same as in the Light Novel, but in this version, she was out for a long time on another errand when Vier began to think about her actions  as a Demon Lord, and was unaware of Vier's abnormality. She learned of Vier's invasion of the Human Realm much later than in the Light Novel, so she didn't come into conflict with Ein.

She regrets not being able to notice Vier's suffering , but she doesn't seem as sad as she did in the Light Novel. Thus, she only waits for Vier's return as the gatekeeper, believing that she will come back one day.

As the matter of Vier has already been resolved here, the lump in her heart has already been removed and she was calmer than in the Light novel, deeply grateful to Kaito.

【Clear difference】

In the Light Novel, before Vier invaded the Human Realm, she asked Funf ”Will Funf be on my side even if the whole world is against me?”, and the fact that she couldn't immediately answer her led to a strong regret in the Light Novel's Funf.

In the Web Novel though, Funf wasn't there for Vier to ask, so she didn't have to answer that question.