I really only stop

I can't respond to your feelings, I'm the coward who can't face up to everything, even willing to die just for her - don't you understand all this! ?

That being the case, why would you—

"——Because this is what you said to me, people should live freely and die freely. So, even if I know that I can't get an answer, I still want to express my heart to you."

The ice breaks, and spring blossoms.

Everyone knows that the patriarch of the Batley family is a once-in-a-thousand-year iceberg beauty, but it is hard for them to imagine that when she smiles from the heart, the posture she shows is so beautiful.

The flower that wanted to bloom bloomed as she wished, and after she had prepared a bit, she also wanted to speak out what she had hidden for a long time:

"I like--"

The soft tone came to an abrupt end as if it had been cut off, and for a moment, there was only an unbearable silence in the room.

Chapter -44 The Escape of 3/50

"... Wei?"

Tentatively calling out the woman's name, when Oedipus looked into the pair of incomparably blank eyes in front of him again, he already understood everything.

Amnesia, a fate that no Batley can escape, happened to the woman in front of her at the perfect moment.

In fact, similar symptoms have appeared for a long time. Recently, she has become forgetful and confused.And she herself seemed to have noticed this, and after calmly reporting to Oedipus, she prepared a small notebook like any Batley and began to write a daily diary.

Wei hid it really well, and every time she talked about the 'living tomb', she was as calm as if it had nothing to do with her.If I hadn't heard me say that I was going to 'die', maybe I would never have known the fear in her heart.

Oedipus was silent.

This is Wei's first amnesia attack. According to the law of the Batley family, the amnesia is gradual. The scope of the first amnesia should not be too wide, and the memory of the last two or three days will be lost at most.Just by looking at the notes she left, Wei will understand what happened.

As for me……

"I, what's wrong with me?"

The originally slack eyes gradually regained their spirits, and when she found herself pressing down on Oedipus, a trace of panic flashed subconsciously on Valeria's pretty face:

"Oedipus, how could I suppress you?"

"...It's okay, I just fell down."

Showing a very natural smile, Oedipus pointed to the bottle on the table:

"By the way, the perfect plague has been successfully created, thank you."

"Already succeeded?! Ah, it seems that I..."

Instantly realizing what had happened to her, Valeri's eyes dimmed for a moment, but soon, she focused on Oedipus.

Seeing the latter waving to her with ease, Miss Patriarch was obviously relieved:

"...Great, you're still alive (whispers)."

"what?"

"No, nothing!"

The usually cold tone rose uncontrollably at this moment, and after a light cough, Valier glanced at Oedipus pretending not to care:

"Now that the plague is over, what are you going to do next?"

"Next, I..."

Taking a deep breath, Oedipus closed his eyes in relief:

"...I will hand it over to someone who has the ability to infiltrate the holy land of elves, and then I will find a small remote village and settle down without anyone knowing about it."

"Small village? It's not like you."

Raising her eyebrows in surprise, Miss Patriarch tilted her head:

"I thought you would have more dangerous actions, like a moth to a flame."

...How much do you really know about me, Wei.

His heart became heavier, but the smile on the corner of Oedipus's mouth became brighter and brighter:

"How could it be? It was so hard to save a life from a fatal experiment. I have done enough. If you don't hurry up and enjoy life, I'm sorry for the pain I have been crying for more than ten months~"

"That's good."

Finally heaving a sigh of relief, Valere's voice also became lighter following Oedipus' relaxed narration:

"What else can I do for you? To be idle is to be idle. It's better to celebrate someone's future country life."

"..."

All that was said about my future, but nothing about your own future or your fears.And on a deeper level——

... Wei, you are the one who can really lie.

"—The celebration is skipped, I have to deliver the plague bottle to that person as soon as possible."

Shaking his head as easily as possible, Oedipus smiled:

"I may not come back after this. If you want to live in a small human village, the less connection you have with the Demon King Army, the better."

He won't come back?

The moment she heard the news, the woman's fingers hanging by her side curled up subconsciously.She wanted to say something, but when she remembered the illness she had just had, she tried her best to hold back her words.

It was enough to know that he would grow old in peace in a small village.

I won't say anything that bothers him anymore, just say goodbye so easily.

Reaching out to fill the plague bottle with magic power, the iceberg beauty showed a small, reassuring smile for the first time:

"Then say goodbye and wish you happiness every day in the future, Oedipus."

"...well, thank you... goodbye... Wei."

After saying goodbye, he rushed out of the tent as if fleeing.

Don't even dare to look back.

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"Gudong."

Swallowing the spicy liquid in his mouth fiercely, Oedipus' face turned red, and his eyebrows twitched violently.

Because of an alcoholic father in childhood, Oedipus has never touched alcohol.However, after escaping from the base camp of the Demon King's army and out of that person's sight, he subconsciously found a tavern and forcefully poured alcohol down his throat.

One bottle, two bottles... more bottles.

Feeling that the world in front of him gradually became shaken and blurred, Oedipus, who had always behaved elegantly, spat on the ground fiercely, and the fingers holding the wine bottle were faintly white due to too much force.

What 'alcohol can make people forget the pain' is a lie.

I originally wanted to use its power to escape from this sad reality, but the more I drank, the more bloody and bright the reality in front of me made me speechless in pain.

With drunken eyes, Oedipus saw two figures.

One of them is petite and cute, always carrying a warm and confident aura like the sun.

And the other one was tall and delicate, although there was not much expression on his face, but the eyes that looked at him clearly contained endless tenderness.

Sikali... Vi...

Holding his head in pain, Oedipus bit his sleeve desperately, however, the world in front of him still trembled and became more blurred.

Scenes from the past appeared in front of his eyes, shaking his brain to swell.

When she said goodbye, she smiled and wished me happiness, but her eyes were clearly dark and sad that she had never seen before.

Before she left, she bravely expressed her heart to me, but I couldn't even respond.

I clearly want them to be happy, why do I always end up with lies?

Deceiving her with an ambiguous situation deliberately made her misunderstand and leave, taking advantage of her amnesia to ignore the confession and make a false declaration of hermitage.

They all treated me with the greatest kindness, but until the end, all I could give them was one lie after another.

Damn, I'm hopeless, I want to vomit when I see that face in the mirror.

That fellow Heleyer was right, I was cowardly, cowardly, and unable to show my true self because it was too disgusting.

Cowards, puppets, egoists, scum... the accumulation of all these disgusting things is the existence called Oedipus.

I can't give her a safe home, and I can't accompany her until the end.

All I can do, all I can do for them is...

With great anger and dissatisfaction with himself, under the influence of alcohol, Oedipus fell into a deep sleep.

In the dream, he saw nothing.

Like any other time before, he was alone again, with the bottomless darkness in front of his eyes.

Chapter -45 The Return of 3/50

Holy See, Sanctuary.

The war between humans and demons has come to an end. In order to prepare for the final decisive battle, everyone is in a hurry.They never imagined that a cadre of the Demon King's Army would come here again with a deadly plague in his arms.

Unlike other demonic holders, Oedipus, who possesses the body of the magic sign, can naturally perfectly hide his demonic nature.The hood that hides the ears is put on the head, even the Pope can't see anything in front of him.

Walking slowly against the flow of people like this, Oedipus once again came to the big square where the statue of the saint stood.

The closed city underground, the strange balance between joy and suffering, and the first saint who endured thousands of years of pain just to protect the last spark...

At the end of the last conversation, she sent me out of Themis with her own hands.I don't know what she's doing now, but I'm sure she didn't choose to end her life.

Unlike me, that first saint is a true saint and brave man.Even though my existence has told her that 'the addition operation has failed', she will definitely not give up.

...and now, she may be my only ally.

Lowering his hat again, Oedipus, who already knew the entrance of the secret passage, did not approach the statue like last time, but directly launched a short-distance teleportation in the corner.

——Afterwards, he once again stood in front of the holy light teleportation array that had been tampered with by [Magic Imprint Joy].

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With the previous experience, Oedipus, who stepped into the teleportation array, had already activated [Pure Demonic Joy] before he even had time to see his surroundings clearly.

Due to the excellent compatibility between [Between Joy] and the magic nature of joy, as long as you cover yourself with joy, the center in charge of this Themis will not find you.

then……

Glancing at the empty stone towers around him, Oedipus took out his personal terminal that had been hidden for a long time, and tapped its chip surface lightly:

"Miss Wafer, what is the current status of this experimental tower?"

[Detecting... No response. 】

Miss Wafer tried to connect to the wifi of the experimental tower, but got only silence:

[It has been confirmed that the function of the experimental tower has stopped. For your psychological and physical safety, please evacuate the experimental tower as soon as possible and contact professional management personnel for maintenance. 】

OK, so I can rest assured.

After being silent for a while, Oedipus stretched out his hands, [Pure Demonic Nature Joy] was activated instantly, and the next moment, three weights appeared in his hands out of thin air.

One is pure white, engraved with angel wings and the word "desire", and the other two are as black as cast iron, engraved with the word "suffering" and "fire".

I was able to successfully find the first-generation saint purely because of the convenience of the stealth of the mark of joy and the convenience of the seal of search. Others may not be able to do this.

So, I leave these three weights.Alludes to the truth of Themis and the way to that saint's place.

If the next person who comes here can escape the pursuit of Themis Center and solve the puzzle to find the saint, then he is the candidate for the last step of my plan.

...Specifically, let's wait until we meet the saint.

Throwing the three pleasure creations aside, Oedipus walked out of the stone tower without hesitation.

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The same route as the previous one, because of the cover of the mark of joy, Oedipus did not see the center of Themis this time.

Between joy, between suffering... Finally, there is the wooden door that was hidden.

Pushing open the wooden door without hesitation, Oedipus walked silently, and finally stopped in front of the suffering saint.

"...You are here again."