After sealing that bastard, I gave up my identity.

I threw away my name and everything else and set out on my last wandering journey.

Along the way, he continued to hunt demons that incite human malice while preparing in various places.

I don't hold any grudges against the devil.

But their way of life is nothing but poison to those who live in this world.

 

Corrupt people in order to gain fear and provoke wars.

For the sake of the future, for the people of the world that I will be testing for, I have done my last job.

 

"Huh......"

 

In a deep forest where the rain is pouring down.

I sat down in the shade of a large tree to take shelter from the rain and looked up at the cloudy sky.

 

"Six?"

 

Staring at the six spheres of light floating in the air from my deep cloak, I look back on my journey so far.

The devil has exterminated it as soon as he finds it.

But not all.

Only a limited number of individuals are kept in a sealed state without crushing them.

 

"Do you want to test me like that dragon?"

 

I've had enough of the ordeal.

The rest is ...... for the future It's just that the people of that era face the difficulties.

I knew that it would be too difficult to leave the devil like this. Evil dragons, sex demon kings, and demons would be impossible to deal with if you think about them normally.

———, but on the other hand, I don't care about the future.

I think it's okay to perish.

 

「…… It's a big face."

 

He peers into a puddle of water on the ground and whispers self-deprecatingly at his face as he moves there.

My face on the surface of the water didn't belong to a living person.

He has sunken cheeks, long hair, a beard, and pitch-black eyes that seem to have dropped into the darkness.

It's like going back to when you were alive and dead before you were summoned to this world.

 

"The original, the world...... How?"

 

Original...... A life that was supposed to die in another world that is now far away.

I thought I was going to die when I was pierced by the spears of so many warriors that I couldn't even count.

He lost his wife and daughter to illness.

Lost miserably in battle,

The lord to whom he swore allegiance was also killed,

In the end, I was about to scatter my own life, but this is the world where I survived in a miserable way.

 

Even in such a world, there was constant conflict.

People compete for land and food to eat.

The world was supposed to have changed, but nothing had changed, and I laughed at myself as a joke that was not funny.

However, in such a world, I met a young child with the ears and tail of a beast.

A daughter who should have died of illness,HinagiDaisyI named the infant "Kannagi".

 

「…… I'm sorry."

 

Words of apology that dripped unconsciously.

To be honest, I hadn't been able to face Nagi.

When I look at her, I am reminded of the corpses of my daughter and my wife, which I buried with my own hands in the soil.

But I guess he was still saving me.

 

「……」

 

But with just a little bit of luck, the world was too cruel.

A person's petty kindness is trampled on by even more malice.

No matter how many people I save, it's just a little bitDistortionStrainWords of gratitude and good intentions are repainted.

Like that kid who was laughing at Samaria.

That's why I'm ———、

 

「…… What the hell am I doing......?"

 

I muttered something like that now.

I despaired of the people of today and bet on the future.

I got my hands dirty for that.

He betrayed Nagi, who trusted him.

I know I can't stop anymore.

I stand up, forcibly holding back my creaking and screaming heart.

 

「…… Let's end it."

 

There is the last demon in the land where we are about to go.

Get rid of him, and the existence of the devil will disappear from this world.

 

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"Oh, there you are, a monster."

 

There were certainly signs of them in the target village, and the villagers were frightened by the presence of the devil.

What was different was that the villagers were frightened, but did not seem to be visibly harmed.

It's a little unusual for a demon who can manipulate human minds.

 

「YuOzoIt's good. It doesn't look like a person. It's a monster, and it has horns on its wings."

「…… Where's that?"

"It's a hut on the outskirts of the village, you're a slayer, aren't you?"

 

Nodding to the man with a rough tone.

It's not that rare to find a slayer who kills monsters.

It's a great place to be for a temporary first time.

 

"If you're going to get rid of it, please do it quickly, okay? It's a nuisance to be in that house."

 

There was an unusual disgust in the man's voice as he said this.

 

"Did anyone live in the house before?"

"What do you want to hear?"

"I'm curious, I don't really mean it."

 

The man with a troubled tongue lashing looks in the direction where the hut would be.

 

"There was a woman who lived there, the daughter of some nobleman. It seems that I was misunderstood for something. Apparently she used to be a different girl, but since she came to that hut, she's been a jerk, and it's been creepy, to be honest."

"Is there a relationship between the woman and the monster?"

「…… I don't know. She's dead."

 

I don't want to talk about it.

And I guess how the woman who would have come to this village was treated by the villagers.

I don't know much about the nobility, and I don't want to know about them willingly, but I'm strangely curious.

 

"Going back to the topic, did the monster do anything to this village?"

"You must have done it," he said, "stealing the food. I don't have food to sell to a monster like that."

「…… Sell? Did he come to your store to buy it normally? As a guest?"

"Huh?"

 

The man chokes up at my question.

In line with this, the gaze of the surroundings becomes sharper.

Sensing the hostility towards me as an outsider and the warning that "don't go any further", I quietly withdraw.

 

"I'm sorry I asked you strangely...... I'll go to the hut when the sun goes down."

"I asked for it...... But when you're dead, ......."

"Oh, it has nothing to do with you."

 

——— not so unusual.

If you're traveling, you'll find plenty of villages that don't welcome outsiders.

Rather, it is better to accept it unconditionally and suspect some kind of trap.

 

「…… In that sense, Ringle was a good place."

 

It was the first and last time I received unbridled hospitality.

It's laughable now that he was wary of when the thugs would come and left the country and was slapped on the shoulder.

 

"The world is still ...... rough."

 

As soon as you defeat the Demon King, the world ...... It doesn't restore people's desolate hearts.

I should have known that, but the fact that I knew it left a stagnation in my heart.

After leaving the village and getting ready, we headed to the hut.

 

"Over there."

 

The sun goes down and darkness engulfs the surroundings.

I went out of the village and found a hut a short distance away, and approached the hut while drawing out my iron sword.

 

「…… Don't be there."

 

There is a devil in this hut.

Sensing this with his presence, he pushes the door open while illuminating the darkness with magic.

A beautiful room.

In a place with minimal furniture and dishes, I hear a small breath.

The light shines on the person who hears the voice that seems to suppress fear.

Who was there———、

 

「…… Huh?"

 

GazeLower・・・——— and then there were the eyes.

A small shadow trembling in a corner of the room.

 

"Oh,."

 

Was it the sound of me dropping the sword from my hand, or the sound of a crack in my broken heart?

Horns grew on the wings of a manSoitsu・・・Looking into his eyes stained with fear, I cursed my own bad luck for the first time.

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"Who am I?"