158 158 "Memory of Ferid ②" (2/2)

And with his creation skill, Felid finally settled his long battle with Bahamut.

The sword in his hand plunged through the hitherto untrapped body of Bahamut and tore its heart out from underneath it.

Bahamut collapses with a roar that shakes the heavens.

But strangely enough, there was no sense of accomplishment or elation at having defeated the demon.

Rather, there was only an indescribable sense of emptiness, desperation, and loneliness as he defeated it.

That's as it should be. For FERRID, Bahamut was not an enemy to be hated.

This demon had ”fought and fought to evolve me.

That's what I felt from the very first moment we fought.

This monster never killed me, but took the battle every day to bring out its full potential.

It was as if that was this monster's role. As if it had been waiting for this moment.

But when he learned of the demon's true identity, he realized his own sinfulness.

When Bahamut's fallen form shines through, it is Mime, the man who raised him, guided him, and continued to love him.

A woman scorned as a witch by the people of the village.

In a way, she was right.

She was an SS-ranked demon, and her true identity was a being on a par with the demon king.

Ferid asked Mime, who had fallen covered in blood, ”Why? And asked.

Why did it pick me up and raise me? Why did it lead me here. Why did it keep fighting?

Mime answered these questions with one word.

Because you were needed for the world to evolve.

Mime told. The things of this world. The brave system and the great brave. With the evolution of people along with it, this world itself will evolve.

And that you, an SS-ranked demon, is there to facilitate that evolution.

You picked up FERRID because you felt he had the qualities.

Therefore, I showed him the path of heroism for the evolution of this world.

His sacrifice was not in vain.

Ferid gained the creation skill and became a great hero.

What could have been a better outcome?

But as she was wrapped in the arms of Felid, Mime whispered her last words, not as an SS-rank, but as a woman who had spent time with him.

...... But if I could, I would have liked to spend a little more time with you ......

It should not be in the SS ranks that should contribute to the world. Strong feelings for the individual.

But at the last moment, Bahamut muttered his life as Mime and ended his life.

Thus, Ferid defeated the SS-rank demon, gained the creation skill, and became a great hero.

But the real misfortune that came to him. It was only after this that the real emptiness occurred--.