Epilogue
“What the heck was that… monster?”
In a noble estate far from the Capel Duchy, the one called a hero, Alfio, sighed as he took a sip of ale.
When the incident happened, Alfio and his companions were also put to sleep in a different guest house, just like the others who were being hosted.
The reason Alfio’s group got lucky was that there were few users of holy magic capable of dispelling the poison. At that time, Vio used holy magic on Anticova, the elf recovery mage for Alfio’s group, to wake up Barnabas and the mercenaries to aid Eurushia.
However, Anticova used the holy magic only on her own comrades, waking up the two noble ladies who were kept separately, and then left without waking anyone else.
Alfio’s group also had their reasons. They wanted to conserve their magical power to rescue the princess, and Anticova’s magic was severely depleted from repeatedly using it to make them mobile.
But when they reached the princess, what they saw was a terrifying golden monster.
How were they supposed to fight a monster that could destroy a castle and blow away a mountain? The few of them couldn’t even dare to engage it, and not just Alfio, but Anticova and the warrior Cheria also paled at the sight.
Furthermore, Alfio’s group was shocked to see the figure of a demon there.
Cordle was a person introduced to Alfio through Calisto. Calisto had said they were comrades working towards the same goal, and had even introduced Madam Isabella.
But now, neither Calisto nor Madam Isabella could be seen. Could they have been caught up in it and perished? If so, Alfio’s group would be the ones most deeply involved with that demon.
Demons are the enemies of the human race. Even harboring one is a crime in this Holy Kingdom. And if Cordle truly was a demon, they could be suspected of bringing him in.
So, Alfio’s group fled.
Alfio persuaded his companions that it was not the monster they were afraid of, but that they would be falsely implicated, and they escaped from the scene.
But even on the way, it was not easy. They couldn’t use a conspicuous carriage, and couldn’t even stop by a large town. The women, who had initially been obedient, gradually began to complain, and Alfio reluctantly had to stop by a large town.
“Why are we the ones facing this…?”
They had simply followed the archbishop’s invitation, but in the end, they were suspected of bringing a demon into the Holy Kingdom. If they weren’t careful, they could have been wanted as the murderers of the archbishop and Madam Isabella, and they were relieved that the wanted posters hadn’t reached this town yet.
“I believe that girl is involved with the demons.”
“Ataline…”
Ataline, whose radiance had increased from the recent bath, approached Alfio’s table.
When they first met, she still had a childish air, but now at nearly 14 years old, she had grown even more beautiful, and in her post-bath state, her alluring charm beyond her years made Alfio involuntarily swallow.
Looking closely, he could see the figure of Aureline hiding behind her sister, but she was more slender and age-appropriate, so she didn’t catch Alfio’s eye.
“Sister, that girl is also our sister after all…”
“Aureline! Don’t call her our sister!”
Ataline seemed to still dislike her half-sister. At that point, Anticova and Cheria also returned from their baths, and with everyone seated at the table, Anticova, after hearing Ataline’s story, nodded deeply.
“Indeed, that princess doesn’t seem to have the rumored prowess. To be called a saint over me, I wonder what she’s up to behind the scenes.”
“Exactly, Lady Anko.”
Cheria, watching with a resigned expression as the agreeing Ataline and Anticova held hands, turned to Alfio to change the subject.
“So, Al… What are we going to do from now on?”
For now, there seems to have been an incident in the Koltz territory, but it hasn’t escalated into a major commotion.
Probably to hush up that matter, rumors have been circulating about the [Hero], [Holy Warrior], and [Saintess] being officially recognized by the nation, and the Koltz territory incident has been overshadowed.
Thanks to that, Alfio’s group hasn’t been wanted either. But then, their fleeing, knowing the circumstances, could be seen as having something to hide.
“…Let’s get out of this country.”
Alfio was already planning to leave this country.
He had gotten a bit carried away being called a “hero” after resolving a demon-related incident in the Sigress Kingdom, but seeing that golden monster and those fighting it, he had lost his appetite for battle.
To be honest, he didn’t want to do anything dangerous anymore. He just wanted to have some decent adventures, fight some decent enemies, earn some decent rewards, and live being called a hero by the ignorant common folk.
It’s not that I want to run the family farm back home anymore, but for now I’m planning to leave the Holy Kingdom and return to my hometown, the Sigres Kingdom. But…
“That’s right, Al! Let me tell you that you are the true hero!”
“…Huh?”
Suddenly Anticova stood up and said that, causing Alfio to accidentally drop the sausage he had stabbed with a fork. Hearing that, Ataline turned to Alfio with a surprised look.
“I see! Then let’s expose the plot of the demon tribe and gather evidence that the girl is involved with them, and reveal the conspiracy!”
“You’re right, sister! Al-sama, I had no idea you had such deep thoughts…”
The noble sisters looked excited as they said that, and with a wry smile, Cheria firmly nodded to them.
“Then, let’s go! To the northern demon territory.”
Even if they had the option to run from that place, they still believed in Alfio.
Perhaps they didn’t want to believe that the man they had chosen was an impostor.
“…Okay.”
Faced with the expectations and unspoken pressure of the women, Alfio could only nod vaguely, losing his escape route.
Ataline turned her face southward, the opposite of their destination, silently cursing her younger sister for involving the young man in this battle.
(I will absolutely expose your true identity!)
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Late at night, after the celebratory commotion in the royal capital where I was officially recognized as the Holy Maiden and the Hero and Holy Knights were also certified, had finally started to settle…
In the dark of my room in the royal capital, lit only by moonlight, I smiled softly at the object in my hand.
A small fragment of rubble… But it was stained with the black miasma that had scattered from the “Ebony Lightning.”
No one was here except for those attendants.
I won’t let anyone else interfere.
I poured my magic into the fragment of rubble and gently closed my eyes.
And then…
[…I’ve finally found you…]
A familiar voice echoed from the depths.
Opening my eyes again, I found myself in a bleak world of endless, ravaged land and an all-consuming pitch-black sky. This is… “your” world.
“It’s been a while… Have you been well?”
The demon beast of the Demon Realm… the “Dark Beast”…
It’s been ten years… No, time doesn’t matter in the Demon Realm.
We had spent an eternity together in the Demon Realm. And then those attendants joined us, but the two of us had been together the longest.
Ten years is just a moment… But it seems that wasn’t a short time for “him”.
[…Why are you in a “human” form? You, the “Golden Beast”]
Gazing at my form, “he” unleashed a threatening aura.
“Stop calling me by my race. I am ‘Eurushia’.”
Amidst the whirlwind of “his” oppressive aura in this mental world, I smiled, my golden hair swaying as if caressed by a gentle breeze, and a sense of surprise emanated from “him”.
[What…? That a demon like you would be given a “name” by humans…]
Demons cannot name other demons.
If spiritual life forms name each other, they end up eroding each other’s existence.
And if a physical being tries to name a demon, the stronger the demon, the greater the toll it takes on the namer’s soul.
To endure it requires immense magic and willpower, so demons are usually named when they are still weak, and in my case, I had lost most of my power at the time, so my parents were able to do it without issue.
I stepped forward, and “he” slowly walked out.
As I reached out, “he” gently sank his fangs into my shoulder.
“As always, you like biting me…”
[Hmph]
Just as before, “he” responded with a disgruntled tone.
It hurt a little, but not as much as I expected. Feeling a faint intoxicating sweetness in this nostalgic and gentle nibble, I closed my eyes as “his” rough tongue licked my neck.
“Hey, don’t get carried away.”
[…… Hmm]
Oh, …… I really miss those days.
We used to do this all the time back then.
[Why ……]
“…… Hmm? “
[Why did you leave me?]
A faint murmur, “his” presence growing stronger.
“Because I wanted to see it.”
The dream world… the “world of light” I had longed for.
I won’t lie to “him”. “He” won’t lie to me either.
But the force with which “he” bit my shoulder was slowly increasing.
[Is that why you’re in a “human” form?]
“Yes, that’s right. It was a coincidence… but I’ve come to love it.”
The body of the “me” who died before being reborn.
“Why did you come here?”
I know the answer, but I ask anyway.
I want to hear it in “his” “words”.
[I felt your “magic”…]
As “his” power gradually grew stronger, his fangs sank deeper into my skin.
“…Is that all?”
That’s not the kind of words I want to hear.
[I’m taking you back to the demon realm. Even if it means destroying that human body.]
His fangs sink into me, as if trying to break me.
I gently smile and lightly touch his cheek with my fingertips.
“–Let the golden light shine–“
The unleashed golden light blows the “him” away.
[“Grroooo…! Impossible, a demon using holy light!?”]
Narrowing his eyes dazzlingly, “him” unleashes his serious killing intent and pressure.
If I were my former self, I probably would have been hurt by “his” pressure. But now, with “him” and the current “me”, it’s not that scary.
[“You… are you defying me?”]
Hearing “him” let out an angry growl, I give a small sigh.
“You… ‘No’, you see.”
If that’s all you can say, I won’t let you destroy me.
I could have gone back to the demon world anytime I wanted to, if that’s what you really wanted. But I cannot indulge your selfish whims.
Ah… but my own wish is just a “selfish whim” as well.
To kill each other with our “selfish whims”… how demonic of us.
[“I’ll kill you…!”]
“Is that so… but–“
I draw out magic power from the private sub-space created by those children.
Golden bat-like wings spread from my back, my eyes whites being overtaken by black and the rest turning a bloodred crimson, as my inherent magical power rages as a storm across the desolate world.
“Can you do it in that state?”
Probably the demons summoned me using my magic power? But they couldn’t have summoned a high-ranking demon like “him”.
Likely, even with the magic circle’s power, it consumed a considerable amount of magic to bring me to this world. It’s depleted enough that it can’t immediately break the binding of the summoning magic circle.
And you, in that state, think you can defeat me, who has obtained the power of the “demon beast” and “demon god”, and the “name” and “medium”?
[You ……]
Our magical powers and pressures clash, the golden storm and ebony lightning raging, cracking and shattering “his” mental world.
“And even if you destroy “me” in the “dream”, you can’t take me, you know?”
This is just a mental world we’ve connected our spirits in. As spiritual life-forms, we can touch and bite each other, but destroying each others here is meaningless.
[…………]
“him” that had been glaring at me for a moment jumps back, putting distance between us.
[…Come, Eurushia. Until you come, I will destroy this world……]
“…Alright.”
his presence disappears, and I gently open my eyes, back in my own room.
What a selfish beast…
I sense “his” presence to the north, beyond those distant mountains, under the dark clouds…
Whichever way, I’ll be heading there.
“him” said it will destroy the world I longed for until I come.
But, that’s not allowed.
This world is mine alone, so I won’t even give it to you.
So I’ll go meet you.
I’ll grant your wish.
But if you won’t grant my “wish”…
“–I’ll devour you completely, and love you within me–“
[The Devil Princess] Part One: A Laid-back Demon’s Tale
Volume 3 – Bride of the Beast — END
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