Chapter 654
It was actually a very shocking and complicated moment.
However, Adriana’s hair turned white the moment she saw Reinhardt, apart from all other worries and circumstances.
All other thoughts flew away.
So, I had no choice but to run away and hug Reinhardt.
I heard that it would be safe somewhere, and I know that it appeared in the ecliptic.
I knew it was safe.
However, the moment they met face to face, the feeling of relief that Adriana couldn’t control forced her to put everything else aside and hug her.
and.
The mind that has become a blank page is gradually filled with thoughts.
I hugged her too tightly.
And Reinhardt hugged Adriana as well.
I’m glad I’m glad
“… … .”
“… … .”
Gradually, it becomes awkward.
As if they were siblings who were separated from each other because of the war, the hug that was so intense made it rather awkward.
we… … .
Were you going to do this… … ?
I can’t help but want to
It was nice to see you, so I hugged you, but I hesitated because I didn’t know the timing to fall, and in the end, Adriana first carefully released her arm.
“ah… … . that… … .”
“yes… … . what.”
Faces flushed from each other, they blurted out subtly while staying away from each other.
Adriana said that she herself was dumbfounded by this situation, but she laughed involuntarily.
For some reason, I couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion from deep inside my heart.
Although he was a junior who was unlucky and said a lot of annoying things.
As expected, this was the expression Adriana saw most often.
When I couldn’t even run properly, when I didn’t know how to fight.
That was the expression he always made at that time.
“It’s the same, junior.”
At those words, Reinhardt gritted his teeth.
As if trying to forcefully suppress the rising emotions.
He knew that he was the Demon King, but in Adriana’s eyes, Reinhardt was still a clumsy, unassuming junior who was full of confidence without knowing how to do anything.
on that subject.
Later, he even risked his life to save Adriana. It was only later that I found out that it was Reinhardt.
More later than that, he became the protagonist of terrifying things.
Even now, she is synonymous with terrifying things, and seeing that she was summoned through the Templar Commander, it is clear that something unknown to Adriana is going on.
I still don’t know what happened or how it happened.
But Adriana has no choice but to know.
Junior.
in just one word.
What did you feel about that one word?
Watching her reddened eyes, forcibly suppressing something that was about to burst out at any moment.
not the devil
That Reinhardt of the Temple was the real person in front of him, and that he was what he wanted.
I have no choice but to know that.
If it wasn’t that, wouldn’t it be possible for just that one word to look like that, nostalgic look?
At first, Adriana, who was so surprised and so happy that she threw herself into Reinhardt’s arms.
This time, I carefully hugged my junior’s head.
“Junior, it was difficult.”
“… … .”
The second hug contained a different emotion than the first.
It’s not joy, it’s worry and comfort.
More than Adriana thinks, Adriana is a special existence to the Demon King.
There were things to hide, but there was no such thing as hidden power.
Those days when I was really weak and didn’t know how to do anything, but only had a dirty temper.
Adriana before Ellen Artorius in the world.
He saw the demon king’s weakness and was the first to lead him.
He was a person who, without hesitation, held hands and led a person who had a bad temper and had a bad first impression and could not be viewed favorably.
That’s why Adriana has no choice but to be a special person to the demon king, even more than Adriana thought.
To the Demon King, Adriana is the only person.
“yes.”
The Demon King speaks while being held in Adriana’s arms.
Adriana, the only one in the world.
“It was hard.”
He was a person who could show his weak side.
In response to that honest answer, Adriana held back tears and, in fact, was stronger than anyone but weaker than anyone else.
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That’s why I hugged the junior who had no choice but to be broken and hurt more and more tightly.
* * *
It wasn’t a tearful reunion, but it was a tearful reunion.
Reinhardt and Adriana were sitting side by side in the grass in the moonlight.
The awkwardness of the both of them was somewhat relieved now, but Reinhardt hesitated.
“Um… … . how to say On the contrary, I have so much to say that I can’t say anything.”
“Actually, me too.”
Adriana had exactly the same thoughts as Reinhardt, so she didn’t know where to start.
Just as the Demon King has experienced many things, Adriana has also experienced many things.
Among them, it’s just sad that there isn’t a story that I can laugh at.
“In the end, I think there are so many things I don’t know. I didn’t even want to know.”
That the commander of the Knights Templar became a person who moved under the command of the Demon King.
There are only so many things you can imagine. Adriana couldn’t help but know what the sudden disappearance of Ileion Bolton meant.
“Then Lord Bolton… … .”
“I am alive.”
“Oh, I see… … . thank god.”
Adriana let out a sigh of relief.
Just as Adriana doesn’t know Rowen, I don’t know Ileion Bolton either.
Still, it was fortunate that someone was alive and not dead, Adriana couldn’t help but think that.
Seeing Adriana let out a sigh of relief, Reinhardt smiled bitterly.
“All five popes are dead.”
“… … uh?”
“I didn’t kill you, but I told you to.”
“Yes… … Goa… … .”
Adriana lowered her head with a complicated expression.
The death of popes is a very big event. If such a thing was known to the outside world, Adriana could not have known about it.
The replacement of the commander of the Knights Templar still causes confusion, but what is the reason that the deaths of the Popes are not known?
Of course, the high-ranking members of the church are all puppets following Reinhardt’s orders, and their control is so great that even the deaths of the Popes can be covered up.
I thought he was going through a lot of things, but in the end, Reinhardt was even deciding on someone’s death.
Adriana knows that all of this was a tragedy that neither of them wanted. However, at the end of those unwanted things, it would be unavoidable to end up deciding to save or kill someone.
That’s why Adriana couldn’t help but be sad.
To Adriana, who is fortunate that Ileion Bolton is alive, I also kill someone.
It’s probably telling you not to have illusions.
Adriana didn’t ask why.
It would be painful to say it and to hear it.
And naturally, there is a person who cannot but come to mind now that they have come face to face like this.
Irene’s wild dog.
who was so called.
We hadn’t met for a long time.
However, after being entangled in the Temple Knights and the Main Church, and being held hostage, he was rescued.
Adriana, who had no place to go, was entrusted to the Rotary club by Reinhardt.
And Adriana had no choice but to become very close with Loyard.
However, the royal was actually a lycanthrope.
The lycanthrope at the time he told Adriana to run away.
In the end, I couldn’t help but think of Loyard, who died while saving Reinhardt, and the people of the Rotary club.
all dead
Loyard thought he was keeping a secret, but most of the club members already knew that Loyar was a lycanthrope. Of course, the club members must have known that Reinhardt was not an ordinary person.
If any of them had made fun of their mouths, neither Loyard nor Reinhardt would have been safe.
Even that they were keeping a secret, neither Reinhardt nor Loyard knew at all until they all died.
Loyard’s name too.
Even people from Rotary clubs.
Neither Adriana nor Reinhardt mentioned each other.
However, the long silence alone makes it impossible for the two to know what the other is thinking.
Neither of them bothered to take it out and share sad stories.
Now is the time to think about later.
“Can everything be all right?”
It won’t.
Adriana had no choice but to know that there would be something else after the Gate crisis was over.
Demon King and Empire.
Something in between is already happening.
“As always, it won’t be.”
Reinhardt did not speak of a positive outlook.
“Still, I will try to do as much as I can.”
“… … okay.”
Adriana sees Reinhardt.
The junior, who was far worse than himself in everything, was now in an unfathomable strength and a position he could not fathom.
“Junior, have I become stronger than before?”
At Adriana’s boastful words, Reinhardt laughed.
“I guess so.”
“You use a hammer instead of a sword now?”
In order to kill the monsters, they took up a huge hammer rather than a sword.
A large hammer that even an ordinary person cannot lift properly.
With it, instead of slashing down countless monsters, it destroyed them.
At those words, Reinhardt nodded.
“i know.”
“… … huh? How do you know?”
“I was watching… … .”
Contemplating whether or not to say something, Reinhardt let out a deep sigh as if he had finally given up.
“cat. Do you remember?”
“… … cat?”
Adriana tilted her head at the sudden story.
Speaking of cats out of the blue in this place.
Also only one
Sensing something, Adriana widened her eyes.
“Oh, no way.”
“That was me.”
“… … .”
At that shocking story, Adriana had no choice but to open her mouth in a daze.
A black kitten suddenly appeared.
If it seems to disappear, it reappears, and if it seems to stay for a while, it disappears again.
Then, the black cat that Ellen took to the temple in the end.
“Honestly like a dog… … . It’s not like a dog, but what. Yes, I admit it. It’s like a pervert. I know. I know… … .”
“no wonder.”
Reinhardt, who was trying to make an excuse, was interrupted by Adriana.
Reinhardt looked at Adriana quietly.
Even though it was a pretty bizarre story, Adriana is smiling.
Laughing, he pinched Reinhardt’s cheek.
“For some reason, only me and Ellen really liked that cat.”
Strangely enough, the kitten followed Ellen and Adriana just as well.
He sits on Adriana’s lap and eats beef jerky, and Ellen doesn’t resist when she’s taken to her room.
Apparently it was.
If it was Reinhardt, it would make sense for the cat to behave like that.
That fact says a lot.
The cat’s behavior shows that Reinhardt has not changed from before.
He still liked and cared about Ellen, so he came to see her like that.
and.
Not only in front of Ellen, but also in front of Adriana, not to mention being docile, sticking together and not falling apart.
“Junior, Ellen is also Ellen… … . Did you really want to see me too?”
“… … .”
At Adriana’s teasing words, Reinhardt. No, the demon king, who is a high place that is difficult to look at now, blushes.
It’s as if he doesn’t know what to do because he’s embarrassed that he’s been exposed.
After all, even now, isn’t the reason why I called Adriana like this because I wanted to talk with Adriana?
“It’s really cute.”
“Uh, what can I say… … .”
Seeing her junior blushing, as if she couldn’t stand it, Adriana giggled for the first time in a while.
Then I laughed and surprised myself.
I can’t even remember how long it’s been since I’ve laughed like this.
The moment I suddenly thought that there was a day when I was able to laugh like this, I had no choice but to calm down again.
“So, is there any particular reason?”
“Why?”
“Yes, if there is something to be said, I think I should come out soon. It doesn’t look like anything.”
We hugged so hard that it was a little embarrassing, we agonized over the words we couldn’t bear to say, and we talked a little bit.
So if he had something to say, he should come out soon, but Reinhardt didn’t say anything about the matter.
“If you ask me, the reason was that there was no reason.”
“hmm?”
Reinhardt looks at Adriana.
“Since the Gates incident, everything I do has been for a reason.”
“… … .”
“So, it wasn’t something I did because I wanted to.”
because you need something
to be strong
to form an alliance.
Because I need information.
Because someone wants some power.
to prevent any catastrophe.
To prevent someone’s death.
Or, to kill someone.
It was all for a reason.
Rather than a reason, to be more precise, it was a necessity.
What to do as a demon king.
It was time to move towards a certain goal that must be achieved in order to achieve the desired goal.
Even things related to Ellen were necessary after all, because you can only predict what will happen after seeing the hero’s situation.
but.
There was no need to meet Adriana.
“Before everything is over, just. what you want to do. There is no particular need and no reason, but at least one thing I do because I just want to do it… … . I wanted to.”
“… … .”
Adriana smiled faintly at those words.
I just want to see you after a long time.
Wanting to do that at least once, the Demon King visited Adriana.
“Is that why you were coming to see me?”
“… … Weird?”
“It’s strange, thank you.”
Adriana suddenly stretched out her hand towards the sky.
“Still, it’s a bit miserable to hear that I’m not worth using.”
“… … That’s not it.”
“Why, that’s right. You know I’m just saying nice things about meeting me is a waste of time on your part, because I don’t have much influence, and whether I’m on your side or not doesn’t mean much. I’m weaker than my juniors now. Do you think I’m stupid?”
“… … .”
In the end, Adriana is a person who has little to do with the trend.
They are much stronger than ordinary people, but infinitely weaker than those who decide the big story in the end.
No power, no power.
That’s why the demon king didn’t have to take the time to find Adriana.
Others who need to be watched are meaningful in themselves, but Adriana is not.
Adriana is a person who does not need to be taken advantage of.
“Still, thank you for packing it well, junior. That I came because I wanted to come for personal reasons. Happy.”
“… … .”
In the end, it’s the same thing, but it’s different depending on how you look at it.
You could even call it a waste of time.
However, you can also say that you put aside the big things and came to find someone you really want to see.
Adriana couldn’t help but be glad that she was the only person she found for personal reasons.
Reinhardt looks at Adriana quietly.
“Actually, I was scared.”
“… … You said you were scared? what?”
Just like Adriana saw Reinhardt and thought it wouldn’t be much different from before.
The Demon King also has no choice but to think of Adriana’s attitude and treat him like he used to.
“I was afraid that my senior would change.”
“… … ah.”
“You have changed. everyone.”
That’s why I haven’t been able to face Adriana until now, because my attitude and gaze may have changed from before.
Because some people have changed drastically. It’s rather strange that it doesn’t change.
Because only you are the one who reminisces and remembers the past, and Adriana, who faces you again, can curse the demon king who made the world this way.
The Demon King says he was afraid of it.
Not death or anything else.
He says that he was afraid that Adriana would look at him and curse words with a distorted face.
“It was just that I was afraid.”
“… … .”
“I was afraid of just that… … .”
Adriana lowered her head and shed tears as if feeling sorry for her.
The devil doesn’t cry
He just said that he was afraid of fear, with a firm expression on his face.
As if I’m trying to throw away all the weak things today.
I speak of fears that I have not told anyone.
“Because there was no business.”
“huh.”
“By the way, come. I got it when I saw my seniors in person.”
“The dragon… … ?”
Reinhardt looked at Adriana, saying that it was his business to come because he had no business.
“Senior, get out of here.”
“… … huh?”
“Stop fighting.”
Adriana’s eyes widened at the unexpected story.
“Go back to the ecliptic, or follow me. other things i will do Others will do it.”
Now, there is only one fight left in the Gate Crisis.
So, when the demon king faced Adriana, he came up with an order not to have a final fight.
“Brother.”
Adriana’s expression hardened.
“Are you telling me to be cowardly?”
“yes.”
It’s not cowardly, or it’s not roundabout for some other reason.
After the final fight, you may survive, but you may die.
Cowardly run away and live.
The Demon King has no intention of using Adriana, but he says that because he wants her to survive.
“Junior, the power I have can be weak. Weaker than juniors, infinitely weaker than other strong people. There is no such thing as a big meaning.”
“… … .”
“Still, my desire to do something is not small.”
A desire to save someone.
A desire to help in any way.
The size of the power is not proportional to the size of the heart.
At Adriana’s words, the demon king bites his lip.
Everyone has their own resolution.
It is arrogance to try to break it because of one’s own greed.
Adriana said she wanted to fight, but was it dangerous and forced to pull her out of the battlefield?
“Still, I can do more than one person’s share.”
“… … .”
Reinhardt could no longer force Adriana.
It was already selfish enough to say that I wanted that person to fall out because I was afraid of someone’s death.
I don’t want him to leave, but I can’t force him to leave.
But as if something was unbearable.
As for the expression that forced her to do so, Adriana was able to read it enough.
“I promise.”
“… … what?”
“Promise me you will survive.”
In front of a junior who said that with a sad expression.
“Then who am I?”
Adriana smiled and echoed back what the nerdy junior used to say sometimes.
