Chapter 439
Currently, only four of the second-year Templers know that Reinhardt is the Demon Lord.
Bertus, Charlotte, Ellen, and Harriet.
A strict mutiny order was issued, and since it is not good for many people to know, everyone only knows that the atmosphere is a bit strange. The story hadn’t spread yet.
However, everyone was wondering that Reinhardt hadn’t been seen since a few days ago.
When asked where Reinhardt had gone, both Ellen and Harriet remained ignorant.
these few days
Ellen did not attend any classes.
I just shut myself in the royal class dormitory and did nothing.
Right now, Ellen was sitting blankly in the corner of the gymnasium, her back leaning back.
Became a Sword Master.
It was like a miracle, the appearance of the youngest Sword Master in history.
The name of Ellen Artorius will go down in history.
“… … .”
But what does that mean?
Ellen sat blankly in the far corner of the gymnasium, with her head buried between her knees.
What you get is strong.
and the truth.
The only thing lost was Reinhardt.
But Ellen felt like she had lost everything.
When I heard Charlotte talk about finding traces of the demon lord, I didn’t expect to be able to really find the demon lord.
I felt like trying to catch a straw.
However, in two days, he was able to reach the demon king’s identity.
The truth she wanted to know became the worst truth and came before Ellen’s eyes.
What was the time we spent together until now? From the beginning to now, what did the time spent with Reinhardt mean?
What on earth did Reinhardt think of himself?
My brother killed the demon king.
There was no way he would have liked himself as the younger brother.
After getting closer, Ellen confessed to Reinhardt that she was Lagan Artorius’ sister.
What was Reinhardt thinking at that time?
Considering the reaction at that time, which didn’t seem too surprised, maybe Reinhardt knew everything.
Thinking about it, Ellen couldn’t figure out the answer.
Since Ellen played a decisive role in tracking down the demon lord, if she wanted to see Reinhardt, she would be able to see it.
However, when he faced Reinhardt, who was confirmed to be the Demon King, he seemed unable to say anything.
Reinhardt’s engagement to Charlotte was probably not a choice or anything, but to seize control of the empire.
The reason why he created the magic research department through Harriet was to make items to strengthen his army.
Then I
what was i
What did Reinhardt want from himself?
If the purpose was to give people such a sense of betrayal and despair, Reinhardt succeeded.
The person I love was actually the son of the demon king who killed my brother.
The demon king’s son approached him even though he knew that.
Was that the revenge Reinhardt was thinking of?
I thought you liked me
You’ll like me, I thought.
In fact, did I hate him more than anyone else?
I hated her more than anyone else, because I was the younger sister of the person who killed my father, so I wanted to torment her terribly.
For the sense of betrayal, deprivation, and despair you will feel someday.
Did they spend more time together than anyone else, misleading themselves?
How much do you have to hate to be able to do that?
He didn’t think that Reinhardt would hate him at all, and he didn’t feel that way at all.
The Demon King died and Dark Land perished.
There is no reason for a demon king who has lost everything, a demon king whose world has been destroyed, to like himself as well as the empire and mankind.
Reinhardt must have never liked him from the beginning.
I think so.
I think so… … .
“… … .”
It seems like a lie.
The countless moments and times that Reinhardt liked me and that he wouldn’t have done if he didn’t like me remain as evidence.
I think Reinhardt liked me.
As much as he liked Reinhardt, or more than that.
It seems that Reinhardt also liked him.
That expression, the words we’ve shared so far, and the memories we’ve spent together couldn’t have been lies. There’s no way I can fake those thoughts and words.
I think so.
Reality was full of reasons to hate Reinhardt rather than reasons to like him.
“Black… … . ugh… … .”
With her face buried between her knees, Ellen whimpers.
Reinhardt will hate humanity.
Reinhardt will hate the Empire.
And, the hero who struck the decisive blow in the collapse of the Dark Land.
You will hate Lagann Artorius.
Therefore, he, his blood relative, will hate and hate him in the same way.
All the moments I’ve had so far, even now, that seemed too real to be doubted, would therefore be lies.
Reinhardt hates me.
Then why didn’t he kill himself?
There must have been plenty of moments when he could have killed himself for becoming too strong.
There must have been many ways to deal with it without using your own hands.
Why did you keep me alive until now?
Why have you been watching me all this time?
Is it because he wanted to plunge into despair more than kill?
Because death is so easy and convenient.
Was it to make you feel betrayed by the person you love the most, who lost everything without dying?
no.
Ellen taught Reinhardt the sword seriously for a very long time.
Reinhardt tried hard on his own, but Ellen’s help helped him to reach the level he is now.
Ellen taught the sword directly to the demon lord.
been used so far.
I didn’t even know he was my enemy and taught me diligently.
Shouldn’t it have been you who taught the sword?
I do not know.
Ellen could not know Reinhardt’s heart or the devil’s thoughts.
“… … .”
But Ellen cries.
Because I caught the devil’s tail.
Just like my brother caught the demon king.
He himself captured the Demon King.
They will become famous as brave siblings, but they will leave their names in history because of that.
everything is over
so that.
There was nothing Ellen could do but cry.
-uuuuu
Ellen raised her head at the sudden sound.
I didn’t even call it with my heart, but something floated in the air in front of Ellen.
“ramen… … crack?”
The floating sword in front of my eyes was the summoned Moon Sword.
Lament was summoned, but Lament did not look the same as usual.
As if the moon had been cut off, the blade of Rament, the new sword with a terrifying anticipation, was different from usual.
Rament’s sword was stained with darkness.
No, it wasn’t dark.
Ellen could see the twinkling lights shining in the dark blade of Lament.
It’s not dark.
As if a piece of the night sky had been cut off, Lament’s blade was projecting the night sky.
Night, or part of the void in space.
Something like that was being projected onto Lament’s sword body.
“what… … ji?”
Ellen blankly held onto the rament floating in the air.
Flickering starlight, the universe, and fragments of the galaxy were clearly projected in that black blade.
Lament’s condition is tears.
Soon, sadness.
Rament responded to Ellen’s sadness.
The holy relic of Mensis, the moon god, the true power of Rament.
A fragment of the night in the form of a sword.
Ellen was staring blankly at Rament, the void sword.
* * *
Ellen and Charlotte were in great shock and couldn’t get out. Both of them didn’t show their faces in the temple class, and even covering up their wounds was too much for them to do, so they didn’t even bother.
Bertus was trying to deal with this situation in his own way with minimal damage, collecting the remaining discord or clues to ruin, and somehow coping with this situation.
The demon king told him to kill himself.
However, it is unknown what the death of the demon king will bring, and Akasha’s whereabouts have not been properly confirmed.
That’s why Bertus was passing the time as if his blood was drying up in a state where he couldn’t use his hands or not.
The actions that Reinhardt has done so far are reinterpreted under the premise that Reinhardt is the Demon King.
Getting closer to Ellen and Charlotte is for revenge.
He sharpened his swordsmanship using Ellen.
He tried to use Charlotte to devour the empire.
The development of power cartridges and moonshine was to strengthen one’s own army.
If so, last.
“The study of dimensional magic… … . What was it… … .”
Bertus said so calmly with Harriet sitting in front of him.
Harriet had the same hopeless expression.
Bertus was spending time on the upper floors of the building where Reinhardt was being held.
It was a dangerous place, but it was as important as a dangerous place, so Bertus could not leave it.
So, Bertus stayed here, receiving reports on the progress of the situation, calling people and receiving information he needed to know.
Reinhardt is in the basement of this building.
In the office on the upper level, Harriet and Bertus were sitting across from each other.
It was clear that there was some misunderstanding, but it was clear that Reinhardt was the Demon Lord. Its appearance was merely transformed by some kind of magic.
Not only Reinhardt’s own confession, but also the eyes and facial expressions of the lycanthrope captured together, and the way he screamed whenever violence was inflicted on Reinhardt, were already enough evidence to the point of overflowing.
Reinhardt is the Demon King.
Harriet could no longer deny that.
If that’s the case, what did he mean when he said he was trying to protect everyone?
Was it just a lie to confuse you until the very end?
Harriet, in a state of unsure, gave various answers to the questions Bertus had asked so far.
It was Harriot who spoke about the power cartridge and the moonshine.
Bertus asked about the achievements of the Magic Research Department, and he said it with the thought that he couldn’t lie anymore.
Considering that many of the things Reinhardt has done were part of the reconstruction of the Dark Lands and his revenge on mankind, quite a few stories have found evidence.
But dimensional magic research.
The dimensional magic research that Reinhardt was strangely obsessed with was unknown as to what the intention was.
“At first, you said you were wondering if there was a different world, so you suggested it?”
“… … huh.”
this world.
It was so out of the blue.
However, Harriet was intrigued and started researching this and that, and eventually was able to access the Imperial Magic Ministry’s research archives.
As a result, I started researching warp gates rather than dimensional gates leading to other worlds.
“What were you trying to do by finding another world?”
It was an overly unexpected wish that went beyond being inconsistent for a demon king to do.
Although it was dismissed as nonsense, Reinhardt had told Bertus about the gate crisis.
A gate avalanche opens and most of humanity dies.
I was trying to stop it.
Of course, Bertus didn’t believe that.
In order to prevent the Gate incident, he traveled to another world.
If that statement is false, what did you really want?
Is it really true that I lost my memory and didn’t know about Akasha?
And Dwyn as the magician of Cantus Magna whom Harriet met at the Imperial Magic Research Department.
Although his current whereabouts were unknown, it was now certain that he was a person related to Akasha.
“Anyway, this also seems like a story that ends with that Akasha… … .”
Lotwin said Akasha was something that could become a god.
Reinhardt said it was a tool of creation.
If you can create the world with the tools of creation, if you can create the world with your own mind, then it makes sense to become a god.
The previous demon king Valie created a world through Akasha and tried to migrate the demons there.
But Reinhardt had Akasha, but he didn’t know about it until now.
It was a situation where it was impossible to know where the truth was and where the lie was.
However, the demon king ordered Akasha to kill himself before it could be used for destruction.
If he was going to give up his life so easily, what on earth had he accumulated so far?
“I am… … . I want to believe in Reinhardt… … .”
With her lips twisted, Harriet spoke in a desperate voice.
Harriet covered her face with both hands and sobbed, even though she knew she shouldn’t have said such a thing here.
I want to believe in Reinhart.
Bertus understood Harriet’s feelings.
If so, how good would it be? How nice it would be if Reinhardt was actually just a nice guy.
But that is impossible.
“Saint-Ouan.”
“Uh, uh… … .”
“I’m sorry to say this, but would you like to listen?”
“huh… … . What do you mean?”
“I am your father… … . I killed the Archduke of Saint-Ouan and destroyed the entire Duchy of Saint-Ouan. They killed and massacred the people living there, and even captured and sold them as slaves.”
“… … huh?”
Harriet was taken aback by the sudden rant.
Bertus tapped the table with a firm expression.
“And, here is the button.”
“If you press this button, you can return to me what happened to you.”
“The empire will be destroyed, everyone in the imperial family will die, and everything in the empire will disappear.”
“Are you sure you won’t press that button?”
At that, Harriet bit her lip.
Reinhardt is the Demon King, and mankind has taken everything from the Demon King.
Let alone hatred, if there is a mechanism to realize that hatred through destruction, there is no reason why it should not be activated.
It is impossible for a demon king to love mankind.
It is not logical for the demon king to want peace.
Reinhardt is the Demon King.
That’s why I can’t help but hate humanity.
So it is impossible to trust Reinhardt.
As Bertus said, Harriot thinks it is his case.
My father and my entire family were murdered, and everyone in the duchy died horribly, and the country itself was pulled out.
The country’s last royal family.
What would Harriet de Saintoine do in such a situation?
You will go mad with vengeance.
It is clear that he will do terrible things to pay back somehow.
Even in my case, I can tell you’ll act that way just by thinking about it.
The demon king suffered such a thing from mankind. It is natural for such a demon king to hate mankind.
So, wanting to believe in Reinhardt was just a foolish wish that didn’t fit the situation.
In front of Bertus, who had a hard expression on her face, Harriet couldn’t say that she wanted to trust Reinhardt.
but.
Even so.
‘It hurts.’
at that time.
‘No matter what happens… … . Just remember one thing… … .’
I heard it in my dim consciousness.
Reinhardt’s words.
Harriet still said that.
I wanted to believe.
‘I wanted to save everyone… … .’
Reinhardt’s words seemed to foretell a sad fate.
The earnestness and sorrow that was in those words.
Harriet wanted to believe.
