The Adventure Story of the Devil, the Maid, and the Hero

"Please."

The black-haired woman stared at a few people, no—to be precise, she only stared at Shirpasha, and said in a flat tone.

There was neither sadness nor joy in the dark purple eyes, and he looked like a dying person who was waiting for the opponent to make a move, had already known his own end, and gave up resistance.

"Could it be, do you... want to die?"

Shirpasha, who was being watched by her, frowned and looked at her with gloomy eyes.

"……Maybe?"

Her tone of voice was very strange, it was clearly a declarative sentence, but it seemed to reveal a vague uncertainty.

"In that case, there's no need to be limited to being killed by others, right?"

Just when the rest of the people were a little out of touch with the direction of the topic, Shirpasha asked further in a soft voice.

"Because a suicide cannot go to heaven...?"

The other party looked at her and said softly.

"Are you a believer?"

Shirpasha was surprised.

"Heh," the black-haired woman laughed slightly, looking up at the sky, "I don't believe in God, nor do I believe in gods. If I were to say that the only person I've ever admired in my life is—that lord gone."

She completely ignored the wound she had stabbed before, clenched her fists tightly, closed her eyes, her purple lips parted slightly, and silent syllables came out of her mouth.Although it was a slight trembling that was hard to distinguish, Giulia seemed to understand it——it was a name.

"Shirpasha."

That is the name of the Demon Lord.

Obviously it should be inaudible, but the silent words of the person in front of her resounded clearly in her heart as if overlapping with a voice in her mind.

Then she belatedly remembered what the demon with black hair and purple pupils had said earlier.

——Below...it's just a mere pursuit of immortality.

In this case, why didn't she deny it when Shirpasha asked like that?

"Are you... really pursuing eternal life?"

Giulia looked at her suddenly, and there was a little imperceptible tremor in her questioning voice.

"I am indeed the one who seeks eternal life," the other party turned his calm purple eyes, and then added lightly, "... Once."

Shirpasha heard the subtle abnormality in Giulia's tone, and cast a somewhat puzzled look at her.

Giulia had no time to respond at this time, but stared closely at the black-haired and purple-eyed demon.

"The previous demon king, she..."

Before she could finish speaking, the other party understood her meaning and quickly replied:

"Leave me alone and accept the crusade alone."

drop?So--

"You and her..."

"I am the entourage of Lord Demon King."

The follower who was left behind... huh?That being the case——

"you……"

"I don't hate her."

Including Shirpasha, the rest silently watched them asking and answering smoothly.

"Okay, can we do it?"

Taking advantage of Giulia's not thinking of the next question yet, Mozu spoke first.When she said this, she was looking at Giulia, but the other party knew that she was speaking to Shirpasha.

Shirpasha looked at her with a dignified expression, as if she had noticed something faintly, and asked as if she wanted to confirm:

"why?"

"Because this is my destiny."

The Mozu laughed as if mocking something, while she said this, she closed her eyes and added something silently in her heart.

—and also yours.

Shirpasha took a step forward and stood opposite her.Night's pupils and dark purple pupils looked at each other, and after a while the former solemnly declared:

"I'm not going to kill you at all."

The other party just looked at her with a blank face and said nothing, and stood still for a while. After confirming that what he said was true, he slowly raised a hand, and then a gleam of light flashed, and the dark purple magic flame possessed her. on it.

Shirpasha reflexively clenched the staff with one hand, and raised the other hand in front of her body, and the dark light flickered.

Then almost in an instant, the brilliance of the star point rapidly expanded and leaped out, and when it approached the demon clan, it completely enveloped it.

In the last moments before she was enveloped by the dark light, Shirpasha caught sight of those dark purple eyes of emotion that were unguardedly exposed.

That is, very different from the calm and calm time - a rich purple full of indescribable sadness and persistence.

Then the whole cluster of brilliance vibrated violently, and the dark red pattern on the neck of the black-haired and purple-eyed demon gradually degenerated into black, and then his whole body was aging rapidly.

"You will be killed by the demon king who is the source of evil when the light disappears in a twilight with dazzling sunlight."

At the last moment of her consciousness, she recalled the original prophecy in her mind.

——Ahhh, this way...it's okay...but, why...in the end...you want to cry like this.

After the dark light dissipated, she had quietly lost her breath, turning into a few sporadic lights and disappearing.

"..."

It was the first time for most of the people to witness the death process of a life capable of communicating at such a close distance—even if the other party was a demon, the process was not bloody—and they didn't know how to react for a while.

"...Huh?" Shirpasha looked at her palm in shock, "Why..."

Giulia and April both noticed Shirpasha's gesture just now. She seemed to want to use a small defensive magic.

"That, Xi...Tifa."

Giulia looked at her and wanted to try to say something, but she didn't know how to speak, and finally there was nothing to say.

"It's the first time for you to do this kind of thing, right? It's okay, right?"

April was relatively calmer. She took a deep breath and said this, her words contained concerns and worries.

"No, I just feel a little unfulfilled."

Shirpasha twitched the corners of her mouth and said lightly.

Iluna put the unused arrows back into the quiver, stretched herself, and asked:

"So, that means we can go back now?"

Giulia showed a look of approval, and Fuono blinked and said:

"Hey, wait, that is to say, that demon is dead?"

"Wait a minute," April said, and then turned her head to look at Ollie, who was once again forgotten by everyone, "Before that, would Miss Ollie mind going to the residence of the demons with us—of course I will guarantee you safety."

"Ah, of course I don't mind." The short-haired girl nodded nervously.

So the group of people looked at the darkening sky, took a brief rest, and then set off to the direction where the demons came.

No one noticed that the hand of Lord Demon King, who looked normal, was slightly trembling.

The afterglow of the setting sun disappeared into the sky, and night had already fallen.

Separated from the group of people under the shade of a bush, a pair of eyes quietly watched the receding figures of several people until they disappeared at the end of sight.

"It's really strange." The girl in a gray robe tilted her head, a pair of dark gray pupils that lacked waves had some doubts, "Whether it's a human being or a demon king, why do you always go after what you can't get?" something."

The wide robe almost completely covered her appearance, and the silver-white hair on the forehead was so bright that it seemed to be able to emit light.The whole person gives people an extremely innocent feeling like a character who came out of a fairy tale.

It's not Iluna's kind of childish and unworldly innocence, but like a white paper that has not been painted with much ink—the kind of innocence that is difficult to form naturally.

After thinking for a while, she still didn't seem to come to a conclusion, and muttered to herself in some puzzlement:

"Obviously until the end, things that cannot be realized will always be impossible to achieve."

There was no other sound except the wind, but she looked up at the treetop very naturally, "Are you right, Senior Jin Liu?"

"Let's avoid that kind of simple address. My name is Elena now." The vampire flapped his wings and jumped down, without much emotion on his face, "Also, I'm no longer a senior."

"Then, as the former coordinator, Senior Elena," the silver-haired girl didn't seem to notice her last sentence, "you——told her the location in advance?"

"Anyway, I'm a traitor," Elena raised the corners of her lips nonchalantly, "Also, does it make any difference if you tell me or not?"

"Although the general direction has not changed, my workload has increased." The silver-haired girl said with some dissatisfaction, and then looked at the vampire in confusion, "But seniors actually know that there is no difference, so why do you want to do such a thing?" Woolen cloth?"

"Eliminate the interference of unexpected factors - this is your job, isn't it, Bai Ye." The vampire imitated the person in front of him and ignored the other's last sentence, and raised his eyebrows jokingly.

"Are you still insisting on such meaningless things, senior." Bai Ye stared at her intently.

"Ah, if I don't go back, my child will be worried again." The vampire waved his hand self-consciously, turned around and patted his wings, and flew into the sky without looking back, "Then goodbye."

"The established destiny cannot be changed. The moment they agree to the contract, they should understand their own destiny. That is the price they should pay in exchange." Even if he could no longer see the other party, Bai Ye continued on. Discourse, "Obviously understand that what is waiting will only be the established ending, but I have made such a choice, but I am trying to find hope that does not exist. This kind of behavior is completely meaningless."

The author has something to say:

Well, Timon is finally the author who posted the bento, although it was a bit casual.

Then, the behind-the-scenes group ★, which seems to have no active roles, made its official debut for the first time.

Uwah, I can't do it, I'm going to sleep, meow.

I changed the title because I found that the chapters were not easy to break. By the way, I forgot to say before——Actually, the title "Pursuit of Eternal Life" is in the past tense meow☆ミ

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