Episode 377
“Sister… Well, that’s impossible…”
Little Lulu, who was shaking wildly after hearing little Ruby’s words, soon shook her head.
“No one can go back in time… not even my dad can do that…”
“It’s okay. There is a way. Just trust me.”
“……”
Ruby grabs her and speaks with a stern expression.
“…You don’t need to run away.”
“huh?”
“Uh, you’re better than me. If I’m excluded, she’ll become a demon lord…? But why…”
“Ha, that’s no problem.”
Lulu, who was looking at Ruby, who was in the midst of her training as the next Demon Lord, asked that question, and Ruby answered with a smile.
“Actually, I don’t want to become a demon lord either.”
“…..what?”
“Even if I became a demon lord tomorrow, I would suffer from my parents’ influence for hundreds of years. So, let’s go a thousand years in the future, hide that I am a demon, and live happily. Huh?”
“But… what if my parents are still there then?”
When Lulu asks while sweating, Ruby answers while stroking her hair.
“It’s okay. There’s been a lot of fuss about being a hero lately, right? The hero will defeat your parents.”
“…Hmph.”
“So don’t worry too much…? She’ll do something about it, okay?”
Ruby, who said that and helped Lulu up, patted the crying Lulu and walked down the hallway holding her hand.
‘…I have to protect Lulu at all costs.’
In truth, Ruby didn’t have much of a choice.
From the moment she was born until now, she has been trained to become the next Demon King who will rule over humans for her entire life.
Lulu suffered from the sole purpose of life instilled in her through such brainwashing education and abuse, but in fact, Ruby was adapting to some extent.
This was because she was also a pure-blooded demon and had the blood of the demon king flowing through her.
But apart from that, she didn’t really want to become a demon lord.
She just wanted to protect her precious younger sister, Lulu, and run away from her demon parents who were abusing her and Lulu.
Even in the human world, a hero who would soon invade the Demon King’s Castle had appeared.
In such a situation, the option of escaping to the future and living in a peaceful world was truly attractive to Ruby.
“This is sealing magic… this is hibernation magic… life-sustaining magic and aging-stopping magic… no, sealing magic stops the body in the first place, so I guess it doesn’t matter…?”
Because of that, after one day when Lulu was abused right before her death, Ruby began to focus on sealing magic.
This was because he had decided to remain sealed with his younger brother until the era of peace came.
– Kugugoong…! Kugugugugung…!!!
“Demon King!! Where are you!!!”
However, that day came before I could master the sealing magic.
“Uh, sister…! What should I do?”
“……”
The hero arrived at the Demon King’s Castle several times earlier than expected.
In Ruby’s opinion, that power was very powerful, and even her parents, who were demon kings, seemed to have little chance of defeating it.
“…Lulu, let’s go.”
“huh?”
“Let’s leave, to the future.”
If he remained as is, it was obvious that Lulu and himself would also be killed in the name of eliminating Huhwan.
Even if they escape, there will be no place for them to set foot in a world where humans have won.
“W-this place…”
“This is the place my sister looked for. I’ve used various protection spells, so it’s probably safe, right?”
With that in mind, Ruby managed to escape from the Demon King’s Castle with Lulu and settled down in a small, secluded cave on the southern continent.
“Then, see you in a thousand years? Lulu?”
“Yes… sister…”
Although I had not yet fully learned the sealing magic, I had no choice.
If the sealing was delayed even a little, it was clear that the chase team would detect them and come after them.
– I’m going to go to the middle of the day…!
Therefore, Ruby took the risk and sealed Lulu and herself in the cave.
“W-the signal ends here…!”
“Damn… am I in trouble again?”
Ruby, who had been watching the chase team follow their traces in vain, quietly closed her eyes, thinking that fortunately the seal had been successful.
‘If it stays like this… there will be no problem.’
The seal created by Ruby, who had talent as a demon lord, successfully repelled intruders, and her last thoughts before falling asleep seemed to continue.
“I never thought there would be such treasures hidden…”
“How did you find a place like this?”
‘……..?’
A long time later, one day when the seal was about to be completely released, people wearing black robes invaded the cave and Ruby regained consciousness.
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“Aaaahhh!!!”
“It’s a shame, I can’t even approach it, let alone touch the seal itself. It must have been quite a powerful being.”
“Still, I’m glad I was able to use magic to remove the demon energy. I could even use it as a battery.”
Lulu and Ruby’s hell began that day due to an unknown group that invaded.
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“This means that the Justinian family will be resurrected.”
“Marquis Hailin will become more prosperous. It’s all thanks to you.”
“Haha, not much to say.”
“Still, you have to be careful. This is the Starlight Duchy. Moreover, there are recent rumors that the duchy is moving its residence to this area…”
Lulu and Ruby became a huge fuel tank due to the nobles and their gang who introduced each other as ‘Count Justinian’ and ‘Marquis of Hyrin’.
“Kyaaaaaaa…..”
“Anyway, it’s noisy.”
“That’s right.”
Ruby, who was relatively strong, was able to easily resist, but Lulu was the problem.
“Shall we use a soundproofing spell?”
“That would be great.”
‘Stop… stop…’
People who realized that removing Ruby’s power was ineffective, focused on extracting Lulu’s magical energy, and this continued until she completely lost her power as a demon.
‘I’d rather take my power away…!!!’
Ruby, who had awakened consciousness inside the seal and was watching the scene, screamed several times, shedding bloody tears, but her voice never reached her.
“Aaaah!!!”
“What is this…!”
“Ugh!?”
That is, until Lulu, who had been evaluated as having no useful value and had even the last remaining demon energy drawn out, went on a rampage to the point where even the seal was shattered.
“Live, human life…!”
“Kuhuhuh!!”
The inside of the cave was devastated, and all the survivors fled.
And no one ever returned to the cave again.
“Where… am I? Me, I’m Lulu. And… uh…”
‘No… Lulu!!’
And it was the same for Lulu.
After finishing her terrifying rampage, Lulu left the cave and disappeared, losing her memory and strength.
“…Ugh! Why, why is there a stone here?”
Her father had completely lost his ability to resist the ‘brand of misfortune’ that he had put on himself in order to gain his power as a demon.
‘…………’
At first, there was a faint hope that she would regain her memories and return to the cave, but from that day on, Lulu never returned.
‘…It’s cursed.’
From that day on, Ruby couldn’t sense Lulu’s energy anywhere in the world, and from that day on, she changed her mind.
‘Humans are cursed and hateful.’
The ‘demon king’ qualities hidden deep inside her were awakened using that incident as an opportunity.
Of course, that didn’t mean she completely became a demon lord, but the fact that there was a change in her thoughts from not having any intention of becoming a demon lord was important in itself.
‘I hate humans…’
Monsters that giggled as they extracted the magical energy of themselves and their younger brother for a long time, and didn’t even blink at their younger brother’s cries.
The hatred that grew upon seeing such monsters, combined with her qualities as an awakened demon lord, gradually ensnared her.
‘Then… all you have to do is kill them…’
Just like that, it seemed like a new demon king was born for the first time in a thousand years.
“Hehe, you can’t find it here, right?”
“……?”
If it weren’t for a trivial encounter that I don’t know if was coincidental or inevitable.
.
“….Ugh?”
One day, while playing tag in the forest around the mansion, a cute little silver-haired boy accidentally ended up in a cave in the forest.
“W-what is this…?”
Since the seal was about to be released and the barrier had already been dismantled by a group of nobles, the boy looked curious and began to approach Ruby, who was floating in the air.
“…It’s pretty.”
The first words the boy uttered with a blank expression upon seeing Ruby floating in the air were expressions appropriate for a child of that age.
– Go away.
“Ugh…!”
But Ruby at that time was in no condition to accept such words.
Because of her newly awakened demon lord qualities and the despair of losing her younger brother, she hated humans to the point where she would tear them to death right away if she had the strength.
“Well… there… it looks difficult….”
However, despite Ruby’s cruel voice, Frey hesitated and asked that question.
As he said, Ruby was on the verge of starving to death.
The sealing magic became weak towards the end because it was not learned perfectly.
And the nobles who took advantage of that gap and took away her power.
Due to such variables, she regained consciousness before the seal was broken, but was so thin that she could have starved to death at any moment.
“Ho, maybe… I need help…”
– Never mind, just go away.
But Ruby just said that with a lot of anger.
I had no intention of accepting help from a hateful person.
Of course, he wanted to become a demon king and take revenge on humans, but it was obvious that the boy in front of him would play with him anyway.
For Ruby, who had only learned about humans from her parents and had literally experienced the ugliness of humans, it was a barren and obvious thing.
“Hehehe…”
“joy.”
That’s why she looked like she knew it would happen until the boy ran out of the cave with a frightened expression on his face.
‘Are you planning on bringing someone over? Then they’ll use me as a test subject again.’
“Fray! Where did you go!?”
“Mom…”
‘Just give it a try. At that time, I will release all the power I have accumulated and self-destruct.’
If the people the boy brought with him try to use him as a test subject, he will commit suicide.
Ruby quietly closed her eyes, thinking that if she wasn’t brought back, she would just die like this.
But after that, no crowds of people were detected nearby until dark night came.
‘…Is this the end?’
Ruby smiled cynically at that fact, but at the same time, she closed her eyes, feeling a little afraid of the fact that she was about to die.
‘Really… like this…’
Even though she was awakening as a demon lord, she was still a young girl.
‘………….’
There was no way I could remain calm in a situation where death was imminent.
– Grumble…
Just as Ruby closed her eyes, picturing in her mind her younger brother who used to smile and play with her when she was young, a single tear was about to flow from her eyes.
“Hey, over there.”
“…..!?”
The voice I heard in the morning began to echo through the cave again.
“…Si, would you like to eat?”
A boy stood in front of him, wearing a robe and holding a basket full of food.
Judging from his behavior, it seemed like he had sneaked out of the mansion under the cover of night.
– I would have told you to f*ck off.
“Oh, I feel like I’m going to die if I don’t eat…”
The boy, although still very frightened by Ruby’s voice full of life, began to move forward step by step, his legs shaking.
“Ugh, ugh!”
– Well…
Then, he shoved food into Ruby’s mouth, which was floating limply in the air.
‘This…’
The first food he shoved in was whole wheat bread, one of Ruby’s least favorite foods in the world.
“Well, how does it taste…?”
‘…………’
Ruby, who was frowning as she put the food in her mouth, heard those words and responded with a slightly dumbfounded expression.
– I can’t chew, so how can I taste it?
“…ah.”
The young boy began to look dumbfounded for a moment after hearing those words. It looked quite cute even to Ruby.
“Now, just a moment.”
– What are you doing now…
“Mumbling…..”
– You…?
Meanwhile, the boy, who was deep in thought, suddenly pulled the whole wheat bread out of Ruby’s mouth, closed his eyes, and started munching.
– Uhm…!?
“What if I do this…? Is it delicious…?”
After kindly chewing the food and putting it into her mouth, Frey asked a question filled with pure anticipation.
-What is your name?
“F-frey.”
– Yes, Frey. When the seal is released, I will kill you first.
“Huh, huh…!”
That’s how their relationship began.
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“Oh, oh, I made an egg sandwich today…”
“Oh, potato soup today… sorry, mom. Vegetable soup is good for your health.”
“Today… I prepared rye bread. I-I don’t like this.”
From that day on, Frey continued to visit the cave every single day.
“Today’s salmon sandwich, Ruby. Huh? You don’t like salmon?”
“Today is tomato stew. My butler made it…”
Frey, who at first brought hard food without notice, soon realized Ruby’s situation and began feeding her soft or liquid food.
“Hey, look… is that… a person…?”
“I-Is that so? I have to go in… don’t I?”
“You, you guys! Go away!!”
“Oh, master? I’m sorry…!”
That wasn’t all.
He protected Ruby from the recently increased number of passengers, and at one point he worked all day long to create a secret passageway between this place and the secret hideout.
“Ruby…! There’s dust on my head again…!”
“Just wait. I’ll wash you, Ruby.”
“I don’t like it? No! If my mom doesn’t wash, I’m considered a bad child.”
Moreover, as the day came when the seal was lifted and access became possible, he managed her with a bright expression.
– Go away, human.
-It’s no use being nice to me. When the seal is released, I will kill you first.
– If you want to die cruelly, touch my body.
At first, Ruby was very annoyed and disliked Frey like that.
After all, he was also human, so it was clear that he had an ulterior motive behind being so nice to him. That’s why she didn’t even ask Frey the reason for his unreasonable service.
There is no human being without ulterior motives. I’m sure he, like the nobles, realizes his usefulness and is trying to impress him.
‘Do you think I didn’t realize your intentions?’
Therefore, Ruby decided to use him, who was probably the child of a high-ranking person.
Pretending to go along with his tricks, they infiltrate the empire and increase their power and influence.
After that, I will destroy everything and take revenge on humans.
‘Once the seal is released, I will use you.’
He must have made that promise with a venomous look in his eyes.
“………….”
One day, Frey suddenly stopped coming to the cave.
‘Well, I knew that would happen. That’s how humans do it.’
Ruby waited for Frey to come to her in a daze for two days, and eventually felt a deep sense of betrayal and muttered this to herself.
– Growling…
However, as her always full stomach began to shake and dust began to settle on her head, her eyes gradually began to waver.
‘I wonder if something happened…’
Ruby unconsciously thought that way in that situation, and then started shaking her head vigorously.
‘What are you thinking? There’s no reason to worry about that guy…’
– Uddangtang…!
‘…..?’
But at that moment, the sound of something being thrown down is heard from the front of the cave.
– Well, the master has been kidnapped…! Find it…!
– Damn, where and what is the escort driver…!
– Okay, I need to tell the head of the family quickly…
As Ruby listened to the abnormal phenomenon, people’s frightened voices were heard from all directions.
“B-Sister Venere…? Why are you doing this all of a sudden…?”
“haha….”
And Frey began to appear in the distance, and the girl was breathing heavily.
“Your family… exterminated our Hailin family, which had done nothing wrong.”
“Uh, huh?”
“I lost everything. Right here and now… I’m just seeking revenge.”
“Uuuh…”
When the girl called Vener said that and pointed a knife at his neck, Frey started crying in fear.
“W-I don’t know what you’re talking about… but I did it wrong, sister…”
“Wait a minute, I feel like I’m popular.”
Venere, who was still pointing his sword at him, looked in Ruby’s direction and his eyes turned cold.
“Come to think of it, you used to come here often.”
“Oh, it’s not like that… I’m sorry!”
“Who is there? Tell me the truth and I will spare your life.”
Then, young Vener began interrogating Frey, strangling his neck with his hands.
“…….Uh, none.”
“ha?”
“Hey, hey, there’s no one here… Sis…”
Frey, who was struggling as he looked at her with fear in his eyes, said this while tears were streaming from his eyes.
“Then… things will become easier.”
After hearing those words, Venere’s expression became cold and he began to raise his sword.
“Uh, did our family do something wrong…?”
Frey, who was trembling at the sight of her, began to cry and speak to Venere, who was holding both of her wrists.
“Okay, so…”
“Well, then… can you please finish it with me?”
“…what?”
After hearing those words, Venere frowned and asked again.
“Please just kill me and be done with it…..”
“…………”
“Don’t touch my younger brother… my mom… my dad… because I’ll die… ugh…”
Frey spoke to her like that and closed his eyes tightly, even though he was very frightened and trembling.
– Parr…
Seeing him like that, the hand holding Vener’s sword began to tremble.
‘…….what?’
Meanwhile, Ruby had been blankly watching the scene while using invisibility magic.
‘Is that a human?’
Feeling like all her common sense was being shattered, her eyes were fixed on Venere’s trembling hand.
– It’s crunchy…!
“Kuheuuk?”
A moment later, Vener fell to the floor of the cave with his eyes wide open thanks to a spark that suddenly pierced his chest.
‘…This is not helping humans.’
“…………?”
‘It’s just an interesting family name…’
With that in mind, Ruby quietly began to create an alter ego that would step out of the seal.
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“what is this.”
And, in the fourth ordeal, Frey observed in real time all the situations and inner thoughts that had occurred up to that point.
“I don’t remember anything like this…”
With a pale face, he looked alternately at young Venere, Ruby, and himself and was muttering.
“…….This is real?”
– Parr…
“really….?”
His eyes were slowly becoming colored with fear.
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