Demon King Daimaou: Volume 8 by Shoutarou Mizuki

Author:Shoutarou Mizuki [Mizuki, Shoutarou]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Light Novel
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2018-11-09T00:00:00+00:00

Lily grimaced, as if she was upset. “You idiot. You still don’t get it.”

“You’re right! I don’t! What am I supposed to get?”

“You don’t understand why I’m using you. I could’ve just escaped with the rest of the priests, but instead I decided to move in with you.”

“And that’s what started this whole mess!”

“Listen to me! You know I wouldn’t do something like that just because I liked you.”

“...Then is it because I can fight?” Hiroshi said, a little calmer. There was still anger in his eyes, but he was willing to listen to Lily.

“That’s part of it. But I gave you all those orders because I wanted you to understand that you’re a hero,” Lily said, crossing her arms like a teacher. Then she sighed and looked Hiroshi straight in the eye.

“Understand... that I’m a hero?”

“We don’t know why, but you got your suit back. We need to assume there’s some reason for this. And the general population has seen your suit, too. Remember how people’s memories of the last Demon King war have been altered? They all think that you were the one who defeated it. They trust you. They think you’re a hero who appears out of nowhere to defeat the Demon King. And when they see you fight, they’ll remember that.”

“I’m... a hero?” Hiroshi said to himself softly. He’d never really thought about it before. All the priests had been very eager to help him, but he’d never thought about why.

“That’s right. And we need you to be a real hero. Mentally, you’re not there yet at all,” Lily said as she tossed the last of her papers about the gods into the frying pan to burn it. Now all the evidence was gone.

“Tell me... how can I be a real hero?” Hiroshi said.

CLANG. Lily whacked him with the frying pan she’d just used to burn her papers. “Idiot. You need to figure that out for yourself. Don’t try to get me to do it. Now come on, let’s go.”

Hiroshi thought for a moment before he spoke. There was a serious look on his face. “If... If I do become a real hero, I’ll have to fight again, won’t I?”

Lily could tell from his expression what he was thinking. She said, “Yeah. If the Demon King is a threat to those you love, you’ll have to fight him. I believe that in the end, it’s the right thing for you to do.”

“So I’ll have to go through that... again?” Hiroshi whispered.

“If you just don’t want to suffer, it means you’re still a kid. Fighting to protect something means suffering to do it. Now let’s get out of here. You’ve got a lot of work to do.”

“This was a coat made for survival in harsh environments. We only ever made one, and it sold a long time ago,” the man with the curly hair said.

“Who bought it?” Akuto asked, but the curly-haired man just crossed his arms in thought.

They were in the back of the shop, in an employee break room.

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