## Chapter 1452 – Demon God Kim Kat

Tears stream down.

Yes. This is my fault. A very big one at that. So, I approached the sobbing Elise.

“Elise.”

I embraced Elise.

“Hngh, hngh…!”

Elise also shed tears.

I could fully receive Elise’s emotions from what just happened. I had hidden an important fact from Elise. And without Elise knowing, Hilde had become my woman.

Hiding the truth, deceiving her.

She must have felt extremely wronged and jealous. Betrayal, too. I can now understand Elise. Elise was grieving because of that.

All of this is my fault.

How can I call myself a Demon God if I make my own woman sad? I’m pathetic today. I will become an even more powerful Demon God so that this never happens again.

“Why…! Why did you hide all the facts from me! Was it because you didn’t trust me! Your Divine Friend!” Elise shouted again, still in my arms.

“Isn’t that right!”

She said, filled with resentment, asking why I didn’t trust her. If I had told her, she would have understood because it was my word.

Elise said that to me, implying that.

“…That’s right.”

I admitted it.

“Ah, ah…!”

Elise’s voice sounded shocked.
Hearing that, I continued.

“Elise, I was afraid. I was afraid that you would be angry with me and think I had fallen. So, I hid those facts from you.”

That was the reason for hiding the truth.

Of course, I thought Elise would see me as a traitor and beat me up. I didn’t want that to happen, so I hid the truth about Hilde. But… Elise had no intention of doing that. Even if she was angry at first, she would have understood everything if I had told her properly.

That’s what your Divine Friend was thinking.

I was just being pathetic all by myself.

“Between the times I couldn’t meet with you, Elise… I met Hilde again, and since then, Hilde has been atoning and apologizing. And she has been working for this world. That’s why I could forgive Hilde. Because I saw and felt that 모습 with my own eyes.”
“Then…!”
“But that doesn’t mean she directly apologized to you, Elise. You didn’t know that fact, Elise. So, to you, a cleric who mercilessly slaughters demons… I couldn’t tell you that fact.”
“…”
“I was afraid you would be disappointed in me. So, I hid it.”

Back then, I was.

A self-proclaimed Demon God.
Not a real Demon God.

A weak coward.
Yes.

A weak coward.

No.

Until just now, that’s what I could say. How can I be a Demon God if I don’t trust my Divine Friend and hide the truth?

“Disappointed, you said.”
“Yes.”
“Did you really think… that I would ignore the words of a Saint who was trying to convey the truth?”

A cold voice.

“Yes. I thought you wouldn’t accept my words and wouldn’t forgive me.”
“So, in the end, you’re saying you didn’t trust me! Your Divine Friend!”

Elise, who had been speaking in a suddenly lowered tone, once again burst out with resentment.

“Then what about now! According to the Saint’s thoughts, I am now…!”

She’s getting angry.

“I knew Elise would be angry like this. It’s only natural. I hid the truth from Elise… and accepted an old enemy. It’s natural for Elise to be angry.”
“Knowing all that…!”

ㅡShivering.

Elise’s body trembles.

“If you knew all that, why did you reveal that fact now! Isn’t it because you reluctantly revealed it after I found out! Doesn’t the Saint know that this situation is immoral!”

Elise scolded me even more, sobbing. That emotion. It’s clearly conveyed. This is betrayal. A clear one at that.

“That’s.”
“Answer me!!!”
“That’s because.”

ㅡSqueeze.

I hugged Elise a little tighter.

“I wanted to have you, Elise.”

I said honestly.

“Y-yes…?!”

Of course, even before making Elise mine, I knew all about the catastrophe that would occur if Hilde and Elise confronted each other. Knowing that, I took Elise. Because.

I wanted to have her.

“The reason I hid the truth was because I didn’t want to be hated by Elise, my Divine Friend. And the reason I hid about Hilde until now was for the same reason.”
“Th, th… U, um, so…”
“I didn’t want to disappoint you, and I didn’t want to be hated. And I wanted to have you. So, I hid all the facts. To get you, Elise, in my hands.”
“…”

Elise froze for a moment. There was no rough breathing, no voice of resentment. Just like time had stopped, Elise, who was in my arms, was still.

“I acted cowardly.”

This is definitely cowardly.

If I had revealed these facts when Elise confessed her feelings to me, Elise would have been even more disappointed in me given the atmosphere. Then I wouldn’t have been able to make Elise mine.

So, I acted cowardly. I thought that once she became my woman, I could resolve the issue with Hilde.

“But. Even if there are times when I act cowardly, I wanted to make you, Elise, mine. If you, Elise, hadn’t become mine… I probably would have kept hiding it. Because I thought I wouldn’t be forgiven.”
“…”

I confessed honestly, and Elise, who was in my arms, listened to my words until the end without any particular movement.

Did this work out well?

“…Then.”

Soon, Elise said in a hesitant voice.

“The reason you’re telling me this now is…”
“Because I thought I could be understood by Elise, who has become my woman.”
“…”

I check Elise’s body temperature. If Elise’s body had become cold, it would mean anger. But right now. Elise’s body temperature was gradually rising.

“…”

Silence descends.

But soon a voice flows out.

“Th, that means… Th, the Saint didn’t tell me about this because… there was a reason that he didn’t trust me… but there was also a reason that he didn’t want to be hated…”

As if organizing her thoughts, Elise began to retrace.

“Decisively, in order to make me… the Saint’s wife… D, deliberately hid it… Does that mean that…?”
“Yes. I’m sorry.”
“…”

Silence again.

“Then the reason you revealed the truth now is because you thought that I, who have become your wife, would eventually accept it?”
“I thought that a Divine Wife, who has a deeper relationship than a Divine Friend, would do so.”
“…”

Silence again.

“…”

Is she organizing her thoughts?

“…Let go of me.”
“Okay.”

At the voice that soon came out, I let go of Elise. Elise, who was two steps away from me, was slightly bowing her head, and she was hesitating while putting her hand on the back of her neck.

“…”

Looking at her, Elise’s face was completely red. She was biting her lips and didn’t know what to do… This is! Elise has understood my true feelings! This wasn’t so much anger as it was a somewhat relieved attitude!

“Hoo, hoo…”

Elise takes a deep breath.

“I understand.”
“Elise.”
“This matter is definitely the Saint’s fault… Ah. Before that.”

Elise turned her gaze.

“Get up. Succu… No. Hildegard.”

At those words, Hilde, who was still bowing, stood up with a whoosh.

ㅡWhoosh.

“Y, yes!”

She’s very disciplined.

Elise walked in front of Hilde, looked at Hilde’s face, and said.

“I don’t think at all that you, who the Saint has acknowledged, are still evil.”

That tone and attitude were not as murderous as before. A softened face. Not a face looking at an impure being.

“No. I already knew. If Hildegard-nim… was evil. She wouldn’t have won the Saint’s heart. Isn’t that right?”
“That is…”
“I will also apologize for what happened just now.”

ㅡSwish.

Elise slightly lowered her head.

“Ah, no! Elise-nim! There’s no need to apologize! It’s not Elise-nim’s fault!”
“No. Hildegard-nim, who the Saint has acknowledged, is definitely a good and righteous being. The achievements you have built up so far are also clearly brilliant. But I… put the anger that surged up in an instant first, and deliberately turned a blind eye to that fact, and criticized Hildegard-nim. This is clearly my fault.”

In an infinitely serious attitude, Elise apologized to Hilde.

“Ah, no! That can’t be said to be a fault!”

Then, Hilde was even more flustered and didn’t know what to do. Hilde made a fuss and defended Elise, saying that it was absolutely not something to be apologized for.

“That’s Elise-nim’s natural anger, that is! It’s natural to be angry at someone who did wrong! The fault lies with me for not apologizing sooner! There’s nothing that’s not my fault! So please raise your head, Elise-nim!”
“I feel the same way. This is not something Elise should apologize for. I’m really sorry.”

I went next to Hilde, who didn’t know what to do, and said to Elise.

“What should I do…! I will apologize again! I’m sorry! Elise-nim!”

ㅡProstrate!

In the end, Hilde prostrated again.

“Get up. Hildegard-nim.”
“N, no! How can I receive an apology from someone I apologized to…! I’m really sorry!”
“No. Get up. Or are you not going to listen to me?”
“N-no! That’s not it!”

ㅡSpring up!

Hilde sprang up from her seat again.

“Listen carefully. There was a very unpleasant incident between Hildegard-nim and me, but I have decided now. Since each of us has done something wrong to each other, let’s forget about it starting today.”

Elise. While holding Hilde’s hand, she said in a benevolent tone.

“I hope we can get along well in the future. Hildegard-nim. Won’t you do that?”

To that generous and magnanimous proposal of reconciliation.

“Hngh, kuehk…! Huk, hngeuhk…!”

ㅡSob sob.

Hilde sobbed and lowered her head.

“Don’t cry. Hildegard-nim… may have been an impure being in the past, but now. You are the Saint’s proud wife and a hero who saved the world.”

Elise hugged Hilde and patted her back, telling her not to cry.

“Huk, hngeuhk…! Th, thank you… Elise-nim…! Thank you for forgiving me…!”

I could only look at the two of them as if I were possessed by something. This was… such a sacred and heartwarming sight. It was also beautiful.

What a magnanimous mindset.

“…Elise Daehyeop.” (大俠 – a term for a chivalrous hero)

Emotion wells up from the depths of my heart.

I tried to deceive this Elise.
That fact was very embarrassing.

“Saint, please come here too.”
“Kuehk…!”

Elise hugged me too.