Chapter 396 – The Trial by Fire and the Challengers of Fate

Chapter 396: The Trial by Fire and the Challenger of Destiny

After arguing for a while, I finally calmed down.
Rumika and I looked at each other gasping, while Angmar was drying his face with a slightly tired expression.

“Ha, the descendants have a knack for sucking energy.
Are you already tired?
Anyway, what is surprising about this friend of Kamyu is that he made a choice that was not in the options.
Actually, that’s the most important thing…
I will only show it to Kamyu-kun later.”

“Why?!
Ancestor, can you show me now?
I have a lot to talk about with that husband.”

“Please save me, my ancestor…
What do you think I did wrong?
I’ll prepare a big table for you, please…”

“I don’t need a sacrifice table!
I’m not going to Middle-earth!
Descendants, eat delicious food, say good things, and say hello to each other!”

Damn!

As Angmar claps, the scenery changes dramatically.

Thump, thump.

Squirm, squirm!

Cool sound of waves.
The cry of a pterosaur in the clear sea.
A beach where the sunset sky of the Devil World spreads beautifully.
We were no longer sitting in caves in the volcanic region, but in bungalows on the cool sands of the sea.

“Hmmmm!
Let’s change the atmosphere a bit and start the trial by fire soon!”

“Chit.”

Rumika glared at me coldly, then she held my arm tightly.
I’m so glad
The demon world, and even the black sun, came and almost died.
No, since you are already in the black sun, are you still in your place even if you die?
Anyway.

“This test of fire will be conducted through questions and answers.
Why don’t we take a walk on the beach with each other and talk?
Demon King Lady, since you seem to be real now, why don’t we talk together?”

“Yes. I’ll be back brother.”

Rumika untied her arms and stood up.

“Wait.
Would it be okay if we walked together a little further?
As long as you can’t hear the conversation.”

“”Hmm?””

The two of them are puzzled by my query.

“I didn’t want to leave her pregnant wife away for too long in a foreign country.
I will walk behind you.”

“Oops… ♡”

Oh yea.
Wife’s love love score Get!
The beginning of reconciliation!

“Kuhm! What do you do
Instead, for the sake of fairness, you have to follow behind twenty paces.
And I’ll put up a soundproof curtain.
It’s for the sake of equality.
I will ask other questions, but if you come here, your cheating skills will be excellent.”

“All right.”

It is also possible to infer the approximate form of the conversation from the questions the previous person received.
And that helps a lot.
Even if you know the test method, you can prepare yourself psychologically.
It’s actually helpful, so I’m following along.

In fact, the biggest reason… I’m really anxious.
In fact, I tried to use magic secretly, but magic cannot be activated in the black sun.
This is the minimum magic nullification area.
Or a higher dimensional barrier.
If it’s not phantom magic, if it’s a dimensional barrier that makes all of Angmar’s thoughts come true (assuming that’s really possible), then Rumika should never be left alone.
Of course, I can’t go alone.
The secret to my survival is never to be vigilant.
And to always make allies and keep them by their side.
These two.

“Umm, it’s a husband’s wish to have his wife by his side.”

“My brother is so sweet… Hehe♡”

Rumika hugged my arm tightly and rubbed her face like a cat marking its territory.

Side.

A kiss on the forehead.
A kiss on both eyes resembling a cat.
An oath and password between the two of us to protect.

“Hee hee~
Hmm… ? Huh…”

While doing that, I give a signal to the palm of my hand.
The signal is ‘alert’.

Nod

Since they were both a teacher and a lover, pretending to be like this is just pretending.

“Then let’s go.
You follow me from behind
Oh well, you both had better not give any hand signals or glances.
If you do nonsense, neither of you will be able to go out forever.”

The way he said he was very confident in the execution.
It scares me to see the scenery change all at once with the clap of my hands.

“Yes.”

Jerk, jerk.

Shoot it…

Angmar and Rumica walk side by side on the sandy beach where you can hear the sound of the cool waves.
Rumika in school uniform walks slowly.
Angmar walks leisurely with his hands behind his back.
Two demons are talking inside a soundproof curtain that looks like a large soap bubble.

Jerk, jerk.

The sound of my lonely footsteps.

Hmm… Lumica’s Apple Hip, really kills it.
A class that has won 20 consecutive victories in the Demon Beauty Contest.
A narrow ribcage and a thin waist, befitting the king of Slander, revealed above the school uniform.
And the conflicting easy delivery silence followed.
To think that body is in a school uniform is fresh and lively, which makes it even more appetizing.

After about 6 months, my child will come out there, right?
Because demons have a shorter gestation period than humans.
How does it feel to have a family that carries on my blood? ?
I’m looking forward to it.

Stop.

“…”

“… ?”

“…”

“… !”

Rumika is surprised by something while answering questions.
Angmar speaks calmly.
Embarrassed Rumika.
However, Rumika quickly clenched her fists and made a promise.
And Angmar looked back with an expressionless expression.
Rumika, who is passionate about it.
Rumika trembles with her hands on her stomach.

“Huh?”

Rumika points a finger at me.
Angmar turned around and looked sideways at me from not showing me the shape of his mouth to check lip reading.
… You are meticulous.
I tried to cheat by reading the shape of the lips.
By the way, it looks like my story came out of the topic, so you’re very curious?

Jerk, jerk.

Let me get closer

Chuck.

“!”

Angmar held out his palm and winked at me.
They stopped, and I walked more, so I stopped when the gap narrowed.

“…”

“!!”

“—.”

“…”

Hey, is it frustrating?
Curious.
What are you talking about.

Rumika jiggled her hips with difficulty and the hand signals sent behind her were three short words.

‘Past. Resolve. Reason.’

Based on that, I briefly looked back on my past and career.

***

After a while, Rumika returned.

“This is the first time two people have undergone the Fire Trial at the same time.
Again, I warn you, no exchange of information is allowed.
Kamyu, you, follow me right away.”

Actually, I already got the hint.

Jerk, jerk.

“Brother, cheer up… !”

“Then.”

Side.

“… It’s masculine, so do it in moderation.”

“Whoops, I’m sorry~”

She has a charming tone, but Rumika squeezes my hand tightly and lets it go.
I smiled silently and clenched my fists.

Jerk, jerk.

A bubble-like sound barrier surrounds me, Angmar said.

“Which comes first among honor, status, life, trust, and love?”

“It is love.”

The first question is objective.

“Magic originally belonged to the demons.
Fire magic is the source of demons.
Each demon has an inner fire.
What will most easily put out that inner fire?”

From the second, it is an abbreviated subjective type.

“I am indifferent.
Either for yourself or for others.”

“Why?
There must be a lot of emotions that work in the opposite direction.”

“Indifference is a form of refusal to interact.
Hatred, contempt, enmity, anger…
They all interact.
It’s the opposite, so it’s a problem.
But indifference doesn’t create interaction.
Includes ignorance of the object, or assessment that the object is worthless.
Then there is no hesitation in erasing the object.
Those who are indifferent to themselves and others can erase the target at any time.
Even if it is you.”

“What about frustration?
It’s an emotion that only affects you negatively.”

“Frustration is what makes a man.
If you overcome it, it will cause a bigger fire.”

“Then what fuels the fire inside you the most?”

“It is love.
So the answer to the first question is love.
No matter what direction it is, what color love it is.”

Humanity, brotherly love, companionship, familial love, heterosexual love, etc.
However, Angmar narrowed the scope.

“It’s like a playboy.
But isn’t that like a maiden hunter?”

Laugh at his jokes
Up until this point, I had cheated and thought about it in advance, so I answered well.

Fuck!

When he snaps his fingers, the soap bubbles he just saw come to mind.

“Since the demon king lady doesn’t listen anymore, can I mention it in earnest?”

Gulp.

I glanced back and saw Rumika, who was following me 20 paces behind me and waving her hand happily.
My love.
My wife.

“This is one of the scenarios the system discarded.
It is also called ‘Piece of Destiny’.
When you see it, the feeling will be quite new.”

“!”

How can I forget
It was a scene I imagined every time I closed my eyes for a while.

[We just… You can’t leave alone with no one… ?]

Number of animals.
The first night we arrived at Light Blinger Garrison.
After she met and broke up with Angela, she spied on Bill and Jessie’s sex and passionately made love.

[To a place where no one knows us… We can’t just disappear together… ?]

I didn’t say anything
It was.
Originally it was.
But.
Here.

[… Okay.]

[Is it so…
That’s right too. It can not be helped… Uh? Yes? I beg your pardon?]

[Okay.
Let’s leave together.]

[Ah? To? Uh?]

Wow!
Woo-wook… !

[Ka, ka, ka, Kamu-sama?!]

[With you… If you promise to be with me forever
I’m leaving
Parents, siblings, comrades, fellow countrymen… Their enemies. Plural.
That’s not all.
Recapture. Honor. Lottery ticket. Status…
I’ll throw away all of that and leave.]

[Car, car, Kamu-nim… ?
Are you serious?]

[Did you speak lightly?]

[Oh no!!
It can’t be!
But like this… Hehe, I really never thought that you would agree like this… !]

[… Let’s go.
I heard that somewhere in the eastern highlands, in a very deep highland, there is a place where demons and human hybrids live together.
Let’s go there.
A place where the wounded and oppressed live.
If it’s two of you, we can go and live together.]

[Camyu-sama… !]

[It’s embarrassing to go ahead, but hehe!
I want to raise my child not to be discriminated against.
One of my classmates is Ran, and he suffered quite a lot from prejudice.]

[It’s Camuni~!]

Wow!

The scene where Marie hugged me like that.

Fuck!

The scene in the soap bubble paused there.

“Isn’t that interesting?”

“Okay.
Well, it’s all in the past.”

“What do you think the outcome of this would be?
Ah, of course, the most probable future.”

“Hmm… Well.
A daughter who looks like Marie and a son who looks like that, living happily as a family of six?”

“Four children?
This friend, you haven’t done parenting yet.
They say being ignorant is brave…
Oh, isn’t that the problem?
Take a look at my mind
The answer is this.”

Fuck!

The scene spread out in soap bubbles.

Roaring!

Burning huts and villages.
In it, sword facing… Alberic and me.

[You dare!]

Marianne collapses in a burning cabin.

Haha! A saintess who ran away with the demons!
Lowly, lowly!
If I can’t have it, I’ll destroy it!]

“!”

What?!
Did Alberic get so obsessed with Marie?
Can’t you imagine?
Weren’t you two very close?
Didn’t Alberic just flirt unilaterally?

“I will give you a hint here.
A scenario in which the purple-haired wife and the two of them lived happily ever after.
Do you remember?”

“How can you eat it?
Can’t you see the swollen fingernail marks on the back of your hand?”

Rumika This guy has good power!

“The result is this.
The most probable future.”

The scene inside the soap bubble changes.
Nene and I, who lived happily ever after eating steamed snow crab.
The ending…

[Cool, yes… I’m sorry I couldn’t keep my promise…
I, more, ha, decided to live longer…]

[Do not say!
Bleeding too much!
I’ll do anything to stop the bleeding… !]

[Yes, yes, I really want you…]

… Dump.

[No, don’t go, don’t go!
Aaaaah!!!]

“…”

“I laughed and passed it on earlier, but wouldn’t it be better to watch the scenario until the end?”

“My taste… ?
You speak too lightly, my ancestor.”

Angmar even looked pleasant.
I was angry because I thought I was being ridiculed.
Then Angmar burst out laughing and then straightened up.

“You still don’t know?
Descendants
This great ancestor will give you more hints.
Two of them too.
Wipe your ears and listen carefully.”

Gulp.

He said, extending his fingers one by one.

“First, no matter what choice you made, you were destined to die.
Mainly to Alberic.
How do you know?
Isn’t the destiny that has shown you all the same?
I’ve seen other things since you guys just came.
What do you think it would have been like?
Of all the pieces of fate I’ve seen, there’s no scenario where you’re still alive!
Let alone come all the way here!”

What… ?

“Second, Alberic’s real heroine was originally that big-breasted saint.
Marianne… Did you say
As you might have guessed, Alberic’s first heroine was Catherine.
As for the second Grace, well, there was a high frequency of choosing it at the turning point of the scenario.
Bellondel too… I went in occasionally.
Originally, it was common to approach the big-breasted saintess within a short period of time after the assassination operation.
A knight of the moon or a princess of a star is an inferior good or substitute for a saint of the sun.
Because in the scenario, Alberic was set up to be estranged from his wife.”

Setting… ?
You said that was already a scenario?
Why is Catherine a stone woman?
A dispute between the two?

“That’s why the fateful ending where you ran away with the saintess earlier is about that.
By the way, aren’t you curious?
The saintess doesn’t have much friendship with the dragon, right?
But why is she chasing her?
Because you love me?
No.
Heroine is not the problem.
Because Alberic nailed his first trait as ‘genius’.
Whether or not you love a heroine doesn’t have a big impact on your fighting ability.”

“Then… ?”

“You still don’t know?
An oracle received by the saintess.”

“!”

[Help the player save the world.]

“No way… ?”

“So it is.
In the scenario, the role of the saintess is to save the mind and body of the player who is in frustration and despair.
But, what kind of demon tribe ran around with the saintess?
What is it other than chasing to the ends of the world?”

“Wait!
But Alberic hadn’t realized the role of the saintess until now!
I couldn’t love or sympathize with Marie!
But why… !”

“Why do you think the hero has lost contact with the saintess?
Who do you think it was cut off for?
Who do you think made the saintess end up with the wrong person?”

“Yes?”

I’m too dumb for asking this.

“I said earlier.
What surprises you is that you made a choice that wasn’t in the options.
In fact, that is the most important thing.”

Angmar smiled meaningfully.
Unluckily, saying this is fun, so he looks like he’s going to die.
Like the image of a storyteller mocking the audience.

He spread his third finger.

“Are you telling me the answer at all?
You poor offspring.
Listen carefully.
Third, the biggest variable.
A choice that was not in the scenario.
The source of how you, a mere NPC, took over the position of a player.
At the beginning, you chose to be a ‘hypnotist’ who has the ability to hack systems…
It’s okay with just that.
It’s enough to fix a ‘bug’ like that.
The most important turning point is this.”

Fuck!

He snaps his fingers
Inside the soap bubbles.
Heartbreaking scenes…
Pass by

[Master, here… We are connected, there is…]

[Rebekah, do you like me?]

[No, I love you…
What I like, I love it! See, I love you!!!]

A rather embarrassing scene.
But the scene I miss most of all.

“The beginning must have been sympathy.
The fact that you paid attention to the pity of the hypnotized person and took it lightly.
That little snowball…”

A scene is skipped.

[I’m rather grateful. The owner
At first, he meant to completely destroy you…
Do you know what he did when I prayed to this person with tears?
Rather, he comforted me because I worried about you so much that I would break it.
To you too… I decided to be ahead of the plan.
I am a nun of the sun god, and you are a saint…
He killed his own family, as you say, he is of a different race…
Me, who begs for the salvation of that heterogeneous friend, whom no one will criticize even though I killed miserably.
He didn’t criticize, he just worried…]

She who defended me in front of her Marie, next to me while I was asleep.
She likes me like an idiot.

“Roll and roll, I never thought it would grow like a snowball like that…
Were your words correct?
There is no action more interactive than love.
Unrequited love is unfortunate because it doesn’t change the other person.
Love is great because, more than anything else, it causes change.
The more you sincerely care for each other and give and receive love, the greater the interaction.
Love is an infinite chain reaction and cycle amplification.
What if that’s a bug?
What if bugs even hack the system?
The fact that this is the start of an unfixable bug, even the system administrators noticed too late.”

[Main… Innim, cool, cool!]

[Rebekah!
Do not say!
Bleeding profusely!]

[Lord, Master… I really love…]

[Yes, I love you too!
So don’t die!]

[Lol… Cool, master…
You know what… ?
Say you love me… Cool! You did it first…]

In my eyes, the tears won’t stop…
Looking at me like that, Angmar smiled.

“And we didn’t know how to really love each other.
I mean, there’s no such device.
I never thought I would even make it this big!
You are a very consistent person.
The only thing that matters is ‘love’?
Even if you can’t see it, you can’t sell it anywhere…
You’re an absurd romantic.
Okay.
That recklessness created options that didn’t exist anywhere in the scenario or the causal calculation.”

“She…”

“The orange-haired, freckled nun.
Affection distorted by hypnosis and emotional manipulation.
It should have just ended with that.
Nevertheless, the broken girl’s steady love and will.
It was just a small fire…
You accepted it and started to change.
The inner fire that burned like that…”

[Please leave.]

[… Yes?]

“It grew bigger and burned mountains, plains, and the law of cause and effect.”

[My friend was hit by your technique and died of excessive blood loss.
It’s rude for you to say that in front of the dead.
Please leave.]

The Cathedral Terror Incident, which was carried out through the conspiracy of Carlz and Phillip, and which Bellondel participated in.
At the funeral of Rebekah and the victims that resulted.

[You are… Do you only think of the accolades and fame you will receive?!
Is that why you came in alone and ran amok!]

A fight between a hero and a saint.

[Rebekah… He died because of me…
… So, Marie.
It’s not your fault.
It’s my fault.
Don’t beat yourself up.
Don’t dwell on that bastard’s words.]

And my comfort and sincerity.

“And the fire was said to have moved to a cold heart.”

[… Camus-nim always talks like that.]

The saintess’s heart finally began to open.

A girl’s sincere love.
Sad death.
The saintess and the demon who accept all of that and let go.

[… Why did you come in
I can do it myself.]

[It’s my friend’s grave.]

Pak, Pak!

Tuk-tuk.

…

[[Goodbye, Rebekah.]]

A sympathy that permeates quietly. Kinship.
The rapport that started that way.
This is the story of a man and a woman who should never meet.

“Now how can I hold on to this hot flame that burns like a sun-fire?
Who dares to catch it?”

Haha…”

Rebekah.
Until the end you really…
You gave me such a big gift…

A wounded girl with strong love.
As expected, he hugged me, who had been hurt and had thorns.
Small, small fire.
Precious fire.

And I looked back at myself… Has changed
I threw away the trashy me and tried to mature.

On that day, the saintess took over and loved her.
Breaking up
Love again

The original hero, the saint who comforted the player.
The noblest and noblest woman prepared for salvation.

I.
I am so lacking

Put it next to you now
Face to face
Are in love with each other

Chuck.

Angmar’s finger pointed at me.
It feels like my heart is being pierced by that finger.

“A girl who made a choice out of the scenario.
You, who overcame the worst odds and made it happen.
And the women who embraced and raised you.”

Rebekah created a destiny that did not exist.
I accepted that choice and changed.
The wives and lovers who support me with love by my side.

“Trial by fire, last question.
Proud of you, my descendants.
With the love and will of those who loved you in your arms.
Are you ready to overcome your destiny?”

Now, a newly created, even fateful, thorny road.
I have to get through

No, we do
Okay.
I can’t go alone
I can’t win alone

It’s ‘we’, so we go.
‘We’ win.

You can go!
Can win!

So, I promise to you deeply in my heart.
I cried out with all my heart.
At first, he was a hacker, but now he is a challenger recognized by the system.

“Yes!”