Archangel Del could not understand.
“why?”
Destruction only ruins the world.
The demons destroyed many things that the elyos had preciously created.
God said that if something is created in the world, something must also be destroyed, but Del could not agree with that statement.
Creation was good, destruction was evil.
In Dell’s eyes, it was. But God took the side of evil.
Del always stared at the origin of the world.
The power to manage the world, represented by the sand in the hourglass, was increasingly being shifted towards the demons.
Dell couldn’t understand why evil was managing the world better than good.
Elyos can change the world for the better, so why can demons manage the world better?
And doubt soon turned into certainty.
“If the world is left in the wrong hands, it would be better for it to disappear.”
It seems that God was clever.
As if God knew Del’s beliefs in advance, he prevented the Elyos and Demons from directly destroying the world.
However, Del also rose to the position of archangel and learned a lot about the world.
He raised his sword of brilliance and struck the hourglass. The voice of God soon became unheard from its shattered source.
Del, who saw the sand that gave the demons strength disappear without a trace, immediately turned into a human.
It took a lot of life force for the Elyos and Demons to descend directly into the human world.
As influence grew, lives were lost more quickly.
But Del wasn’t afraid at all.
‘It’s the wrong world anyway.’
Rather than managing the world by prolonging life in a wrong world, it was better to close the world by sacrificing one’s life.
So Del used up his remaining vitality.
First, I killed a man who was supposed to be my skin.
“In a world that will disappear anyway, think of falling asleep first.”
He whispered that to the corpse, and from that day on, Del received a new name: Duke Bruedel.
It was easy once I got that name.
Humans were easily deluded, easily despaired, and easily broken.
Del, who had seen countless such ephemeral beings, knew how to deal with them.
Even though he knew that his life force was almost completely consumed, Del had a great influence on each and every human, causing the seeds to destroy the world to grow.
All interventions were done so secretly and discreetly that they appeared to be nothing more than small instigations.
It would have been difficult for the world to realize that Dell’s actions were dangerous before the preparations were completed.
And indeed, Dell’s plan seemed to be working.
Luckily, the well-planned omens of destruction fell like dominoes all at once, and the demons who belatedly appeared to try to prevent the destruction of the world were branded as devils bringing about the destruction of the world and had to fend off attacks from humans.
“Look at this, God. Am I right?”
Del smiled happily as he watched the fight between humans and demons.
Shin, who had lost connection with the world due to the destruction of the source, was unable to stop Del.
I shouldn’t have been able to do it.
So Dell couldn’t understand.
“why?”
The source of the world, which I thought was completely destroyed, moved.
Although it was weak compared to its original power and could not prevent the destruction of the world, it began to turn back time with its weak power.
“no.”
Del cried.
“no!”
The world was going right.
Del’s life’s goal was to destroy this world.
“why!”
But God betrayed him again this time.
What are you going to do to turn back that short period of time?
Dell didn’t know.
But obviously something will be very different from now. Because God always interfered with Del’s will like that.
“No. I can’t go back like this.”
Del, who was looking at the tangled timeline, squeezed out the last of his vitality and moved.
Even if time is turned back, God’s will remains.
If so, by God’s will and using the remaining life force in his body, Del will also be able to turn back time, leaving behind something.
And soon, Del was able to find his last piece.
“Give me back time… I’ll do anything…!”
A woman with no eyes, no mouth, no limbs, no sound, was mourning death.
Del knew that face.
It was the warrior Lariette Sebes who cut down the rebels who were the precious pieces of Del’s destruction.
“…He was a strong human being to have as an enemy.”
He was not even aware of his existence before the fuse of destruction was pulled, but he was the person who offended Del the most after the fuse of destruction was pulled.
“Please…bring back time!”
Del, who had been quietly listening to the miserable cries, quickly approached her.
“Hello, Lariette Sebes. I am Del, Archangel.”
The hero who lost his eyesight simply relied on his hearing to raise his head.
Looking at the two closed eyes, Del felt the swirling time approaching.
“If you could go back in time, would you do anything?”
Fortunately for Dell, unfortunately for Lariat.
“Anything.”
Before time turned back the two, Lariette responded.
This was Dell’s final piece of destruction.
The empire suddenly entered the crisis of war.
The northern leader, Duke Brudel, disappeared, and overnight, a large army of Elyos raided the western border.
It didn’t take long for the story to reach us that at the forefront of the Elyos army was Lariette Sebes, a strong swordsman with flowing dark blonde hair.
“…Still, there is something to think positively about. Lord Hamel has received news right away from the Western Guard, so we can take action.”
Klaus said that heavily after reading the letter from Hamel and Rinoa.
“……Yes. I’m glad.”
“Elena.”
“I was stupid.”
I am… … .
For the first time since coming to this world, I was consumed by despair.
“Should I make a wish now? I should have practiced how to make a wish a long time ago. Actually, I thought I didn’t have to make a wish. I guess I didn’t know it would turn out like this.”
“Elena.”
“Wouldn’t it be nice if I had some cooler abilities? Or, I should have learned magic from Your Majesty. If I had cast a location tracking spell on Lariette, I would have been able to find it right away. Instead of using useless evasion techniques.”
“Calm down, Elena.”
Klaus held my arms tightly while I was talking like a crazy person.
Then my body started shaking.
I felt like I was about to burst into tears.
My eyes, the tip of my nose, and my throat, all of which were holding back tears, were hot.
It was my first defeat after coming to this world.
No, it was my first defeat in real life.
If what happened during that time was reading an interesting novel, what happened to Lariat was my reality.
Even though this world was my world and this family was my family, I could not protect my younger brother.
My lips were trembling.
“I was stupid. I should have known this would happen when the angel said he helped Lariette.”
“You know. That’s why you warned me.”
“I should have known this would happen. Instead of having an empty delusion when I first became possessed, I should have used what I saw and learned from the novel to save Lariette.”
“Even if I knew, it wouldn’t have changed anything.”
“You could have tied him up or locked him up.”
“Elena.”
Klaus’ hand touched my eye.
My fingers wiped away the tears that were falling.
Only then did I realize that I was crying.
“Calm down and listen. There are very few people in the empire who can defeat Lariat Sebes. Even if those powerful people had imprisoned Lariat, Lariat Sebes would have been able to escape if she wanted to. In the process, We must have suffered great harm to each other.”
While the friendly voice continued, a firm hand touched my cheek and the corner of my eye.
I bit my lip, letting the warmth touch my cheek.
“I’m glad we left it alone. Lariette Sebes wasn’t hurt.”
“…you will get hurt in the future.”
“As long as it doesn’t hurt you.”
“Your Majesty is saying something that I did not have a solution to.”
I looked up the corner of my mouth helplessly.
But soon the corners of his mouth dropped for a moment.
“I’m an idiot. I’ve been thinking too optimistically without any plan.”
“Elena.”
“I did it because it wasn’t my job. Because it wasn’t my job, I was able to be positive. In fact, it was an issue that people in this world were facing, but I was the only one who didn’t know about it.”
So it was positive.
It was hopeful.
I believed without any basis that everything would go well.
why?
Because novels always have happy endings.
Even though I knew that my life didn’t always have a happy ending, I thought I could easily become happy because this world had nothing to do with me.
But now what if this is my world?
Perhaps, in the end, this too, like my previous life, will end in a meaningless and fleeting ending.
“Elena.”
Klaus called me affectionately.
“I got hope from your courageous positivity.”
“…….”
“I looked at the world realistically and thought the world could not be saved. You were the opposite. There was no solution, but I thought the world could be saved. Who is in charge of the results?”
“Your Highness was right.”
“No. I haven’t reached a conclusion yet, but the world has changed more than I thought, right?”
“…….”
“Both the realistic and the hopeful are necessary. Just as you said, God needed both creation and destruction.”
Klaus gently cupped my cheek with both hands.
A warm hand hid the tear-soaked spot. His lips moved slowly.
“You seem to be looking at it realistically this time, so I’ll give you a positive answer.”
“……how.”
A hoarse voice flowed ungainly from the end of my lips.
Instead of smiling like usual, Klaus answered slowly in a serious voice.
“We can save Lariette Sebes.”
It was a slow, but confident statement.
“And we will end this war.”
