Volume 8 Chapter 5 Part2 (2/2)
He started thinking Ha with Enlike Do you intend for hiht?
Let Enlike give up Release hiht, and let him be at ease
Haladdened by it
However, Ruruta could only feel sorrow seeing him
He wanted everyone to give up, yet Enlike was the only one to not do so
He h
They probably fought for several tens of h the sky, he was knocked down by a gravel bullet Since he possessed a super-regenerative ability it wasn’t a round it affected him somewhat
Enlike stood up Hamyuts stood on top of one of the spires
She opened her ain
“Chacoly read Ruruta’s heart She intended on controlling him at first, but that was a failure He possessed resistance to any ic
But when her heart became connected to Ruruta’s, she knew - he was trapped in a deep despair
She also knew that he collected the Books of happy people in order to escape that despair
And Chacoly fell in love with Ruruta”
What Enlike wanted to know came after that What did Ruruta despair of?
He tried to attack her further At that ti Enlike also unconsciously let his hand rest
“Say, Enlike-kun Listening so far, do you still not get it? The reason for you definitely being unable to fulfill Chacoly’s should be clear”
“…”
Enlike had nothing to reply
“You’ve been listening since the start right? Chacoly fell in love with Ruruta Making her love co Ruruta become happy is the Violet Wish”
“…I see”
“In the first place can’t you understand it even without knowing about Chacoly? Defeating Ruruta with power is definitely i to do
Stop collecting happy Books Change Ruruta’s heart Is there anything else?”
“…”
“Do you still not get it? Try thinking about yourself
You were once eaten by Zatoh and tried suicide The one to change that was Noloty
Nohat did she do to you?”
Noloty told hi with hied Enlike’s heart
“It’s the sa one needs to do to smash despair
There’s only one And it isn’t simple
You must simply sympathize Without any self-interest, without any falsehood, sympathize with him from the bottom of your heart
The thing needed to fulfill the Violet Wish is love for Ruruta”
Enlike couldn’t move anymore It was painfully obvious He didn’t notice that
“You haven’t thought of it, huh You had nothing in your head but how to defeat Ruruta
So it’s impossible You had to notice that by yourself It can’t have been taught to you by me If you act on self-interest, you can’t sympathize with Ruruta from the bottom of your heart”
“…”
Hisand such a difficult thing
“Yeah, it’s impossible Ruruta is the demon lord who rules this world
No one could truly sympathize and love him In fact, no person had ever tried to do so except Chacoly”
Ha up at her, stunned
“Bla you would be terrible No one could have done it So don’t let it bother you”
“…What does Ruruta despair of?”
“You’re still persisting? What’ll you do with the answer?”
“I don’t know”
“Oh well If you want to ask ht”
The battle restarted
Enlike wasn’t thinking of anything He was overwhelmed to the extent he couldn’t think The reality that the world was about to be destroyed; the fact that he wasn’t able to stop it; the fact that this long battle was nothing but futile effort
He already didn’t think of either saving the world nor stopping Ruruta He thought of nothing but listening to her story until the last
Ruruta stopped his feet and looked overhead He hadn’t laid a hand in the battle above ground However, he couldn’t let it continue for poor Enlike’s sake
I shall stop theer of his right hand
Enlike was heading toward his opponent Maybe telling him any further about Chacoly was useless But because I said I will tell him I have to do it
Hamyuts kicked at the roof and jumped to the next roof over
“Then, let me tell you
This is about a certain Book that Ruruta Coozancoona had eaten”
At that moment, her words were cut off She suddenly looked down Soe at the center part of Bantorra Library It happened just above the Sealed Labyrinth
Ruruta Coozancoona raised his index finger overhead
Oddly he was at the exact center of the Sealed Labyrinth
It didn’t cause any sound It was an extrey This attack rushed through the ground to the sky in an instant
Should it be called a needle? It was far too long for that, but its form was that of a needle
It was about as thick as a person’s thigh As for its length, it ca the ceiling of the level that was above ground and further reaching the sky It was probably higher than any building above ground This was the first time Enlike had witnessed Ruruta’s poith his own eyes He wasn’t even able to follo that needle burst through the ground
“…Hamyuts”
Enlike muttered
Hamyuts was located midway on the needle It penetrated her from the back to the very center of her chest
Blood started spilling from her The blood trickled from her throat out of herout blood she didn’t move an inch
No matter how much one waited, she didn’t stir
“Hamyu…”
He couldn’t voice the rest Enlike’s knees sank to the ground His last hope, the inforone
The needle stuck out froer and looked up
“Haave up and your wish should also be fulfilled”
When Ruruta gazed at it, the ceiling of the Labyrinth cru ht flew in and at the same time Ruruta’s body rose to the air
Ruruta flew, his arhtly spread and his face turned toward the sky He was as light as a s airound, went over the Library and passed next to Hamyuts
Ruruta appeared under the sun for the first time in 2000 years
“How nostalgic this warht is”
The ascending Ruruta stopped He landed with the toes of his bare feet atop the very tip of the long needle His clothes and hair fluttered
“Everything is nostalgic Even when I’ countless Books”
His body was very young and sh 15 years of life
His bared upper body was thin, tender and captivating He had tattoos rese from the backs of both hands, up to the shoulders and then down to his chest
His only garments were a cloth wrapped around his lower body Even that creased skirt looked like a robe tied to his waist
Everyone who’d ever seen hi, affectionate, and yet alsoin this world; he wore a bizarre expression that looked as if it was created by a ination to the very limits
“I thought I had grown tired of seeing this world, but seeing it again, it is beautiful”
Ruruta’s hair hovered above with the wind He brushed up the hair stuck to his shoulder
His hair was transparent This signified his possession of a Magic Right since birth And, as Enlike knew, it signified he possessed that ability
Ruruta Coozancoona His ability was that of Book Eating
He kept Eating for 2000 years
He kept living for 2000 years with the Book of soe his form to a tree
The Book of someone who could protect himself with the erasure of cause and effect
The Book of soe needle
The Book of so The Book of someone with supernatural senses The Book with the ability of restraining The Book that allowed him to control threads
And, the Book able to destroy the world, the power of controlling the Beasts of the Final Chapter
Ruruta ate varied and unbelievable amounts of Books
He probably possessed no less than fifty Books of warrior that were around Hamyuts’s level And even warriors beyond her couldn’t be counted on his fingers
Ruruta was able to thoroughly use their abilities When the user of sa ability - Zatoh - had eaten not even a thousandth of that amount, he reached his limits and went crazy
Ruruta kept gathering Books for 2000 years He stored the Books of the strong and of the happy in his I them his own
“…Ah”
Enlike could not ht until the end, his heart said However, the difference in their abilities overturned that command
Ruruta overlooked the area for a long tih for him to be able to see his expression Even if he could see it he probably wouldn’t understand it
Was he looking for so reluctance?
Suddenly, his vision focused on one point Enlike also saw that
Fifteen whales were flying through the skies They were faster than airplanes It was the whale user Bonbo He finally came
Bonbo stood on top of the last whale in line When he saw Bantorra Library he lowered his altitude and raised his speed further His target was visible
Along with the whales’ charge Enlike ain
The largest lightning strike Enlike was able to produce and the top-speed charge of all whales
Ruruta’s handsa cotton thread extended Fro was produced
The line of light sliced up the fifteen whales Along with their screa
The black fog absorbed the lightning and returned it to Enlike as is His body was burnt and he collapsed
Confir that this was the last act of opposition from humans, Ruruta made a lonely smile
“Ruruta…”
Enlike said as if straining his lungs It was a small voice, doubtful if he himself could hear it
“What do you wish for…”
Ruruta looked down at Enlike on the ground
“What do you need? You were able to gain all of happiness and consume it, so what else could you want…
You have everything, so what could you despair from…”
Ruruta answered
“From the fact that what I desire is nowhere in this world The fact that the world exists I despair that you exist and that I exist”
At last he heard his words Enlike’s eyes closed
This was his last act He finally gave up on all people living
The time was 12:29 The sun rose all the way up to the zenith
No one had noticed
While pierced by the needle, Ha
No one paid any attention to it
In this world, she was the only one to fulfill her objective Ever since Ruruta started hisRuruta - was defeated, and she alone was the victor
A single droplet of blood dripped from Hamyuts’s body