Chapter 071 (2/2)

Is it really impossible……is what he asked himself.

This case with Borkio’s group was a chance to tie peace between Mazoku and mankind, but most likely, the deep gap between mankind and Mazoku couldn’t be filled so easily.

「……First, let’s wait-and-see. There was a time in the past where Metalio brought about blacksmithing to the Dark Continent……If we consider that favor, then.」

「It was also the Metalio that lent a hand in destroying Gramfia thoughー.」

「……Well, yeah.」

Rokuna lightly shrugged her shoulders, and made a small laugh.

「Well, Ver-cchi, it’s not like I don’t understand your thoughts. If they’re killed then that will be the end of it, but if they’re allowed to live, then I think that a way to use them will come into view. That is why it is correct to let them live.」

「……Yeah.」

Rokuna shrugged again at Vermudol’s response, but she then immediately narrowed her eyes.

「But, I wonder. Honestly, no matter how we deal with them, a scene where I can have a peace of mind won’t come up.」

Rokuna muttered that with a quiet voice so that only Vermudol could hear it.

「There is something strange. I have an uncomfortable feeling coming from somewhere. Hey, Ver-cchi. It’s strange, isn’t it. Why did the Alva appear? Why did the Metalio reach this place? There’s a limit even for coincidences. Don’t you think so?」

「……What is it that you want to say.」

「Ver-cchi, even you understand, don’t you? It was why you had no choice but to prepare a guy like Sancreed.」

Hearing those words, Vermudol answered with silence.

Sancreed.

He was the Western General who governed over military affairs of the Zadark Kingdom, and a genuine Hero.

An existence that they could not be without that Vermudol had created.

That was for the sake of opposition.

「The Hero will appear in the world without fail. Thinking about it like that, I can understand everything.」

Rokuna hit her fist on Vermudol’s chest.

「Most likely, the world will become even more chaotic from now on. It’ll become a sloppy mess, and the Hero will appear. In order for anything and everything to end with a happily ever after, the Hero will come.」

Rokuna grabbed Vermudol’s chest, pulled him towards herself, and looked into his eyes.

「I won’t let you say that you haven’t noticed. No, rather, you’ve already noticed, haven’t you? Ver-cchi, that’s why you created me.」

Rokuna’s gaze wouldn’t allow Vermudol to turn his face away.

However, Vermudol also had no intention of averting his gaze.

「Ver-cchi, my Demon King-sama. Just what is it that you want me to do? Just what is it that you want?」

Vermudol expressed a thin smile, and whispered to Rokuna that which he had not divulged to neither Ichika nor Nino.

「I want a way. A way to meet with the one that is watching us and laughing in a pitch dark room.」

In a place that was not here.

In a place that was not now.

In a place that was nowhere.

Someone, was laughing as if they had gone mad.