“Hero.”
“Hm? Rogue. What’s up?”
“I think I want to leave the party…”
“You don’t like being the Rogue…?”
“It’s not that.”
“Hm, why are you saying that with a heavy heart? We’re comrades! Please don’t say such things…”
“…It was a joke.”
“Hehe, really? You startled me!”
Alright.
Another failure today.
Now, I was used to it, looking at myself and the hero like that, laughing as usual.
“Hehe, the Hero and the Rogue get along well…”
“Hehe, yeah!”
“It’s not so bad…”
If there was a difference, it was that we gained one more comrade.
Wearing the mask of a plague doctor, the doctor’s face couldn’t be seen, but from her voice alone, you could tell she was smiling.
“Still, Hero, if you hesitate like that and cut off the Rogue’s words, wouldn’t it make things difficult for the Rogue?”
“Yeah…?”
“Hero, you cherish the Rogue a lot, and the Rogue cherishes you a lot too, but… the form of that love can vary from person to person. It’s hard for me to say since I just joined this party, but… it seems like the Rogue might feel burdened.”
The doctor, adjusting her mask with gloved hands, turned to us and spoke.
“Is that so, Rogue?”
“Ah, yeah. That’s right.”
Oh.
Finally, a comrade who can express a normal opinion!
I’m so moved that tears are welling up in my eyes.
“Does the Rogue feel burdened…?”
“No, um, just a bit…?”
“…What does the doctor know! You don’t even know what the Rogue likes!”
Are we suddenly turning against the Doctor?
Is this right, Hero?
“Of course, I don’t know much about the Hero or the Rogue, but sometimes, because we’ve known each other for so long, we can’t see the person standing right in front of us properly. From what I see, it seems like the Hero might be like that right now…”
“Ugh… the doctor is such a fool!”
Alright.
The Hero suddenly shouted and ran off somewhere.
What could possibly be the problem…?
From inside the doctor’s mask, words of concern for the Hero flowed out.
“I feel a little sorry. Is the Hero okay…?”
“You didn’t do anything wrong, so there’s no need to feel sorry. But yeah, Elf?”
“Hm? Right. The Hero has a bit of an emotional side.”
“Well, she’ll probably forget about it soon and come back.”
And so, a day passed.
The Hero didn’t return.
“Rogue, it seems like there might be a problem.”
“Huh?”
“The Hero has run away.”
“…Huh?”
The more I thought about it, the more bewildering the situation became.
The Hero, who would find me in no time if I fled, had run away herself!
Is everything in the world going right?
Did the sun rise from the west today?
“So, this is the letter left by the Hero?”
<Don’t look for me!>
“That means she wants us to find her.”
“This means she wants us to find her.”
Both the Elf and the Saint spoke up simultaneously.
I nodded in agreement.
“Ugh, isn’t it a bit troublesome? If we leave her alone for a day, won’t she come back on her own?”
“…Wouldn’t it turn into a mess?”
“What?”
“The world.”
“That would indeed be a big problem….”
The Elf exaggerated a bit, but the fact that it couldn’t be denied was a bit scary.
Releasing the Hero, who even the Emperor was tired of, into the world was harmful to world peace in many ways.
“…So, should we go find her after all?”
And thus began our journey to find our Hero.
“I’m sorry. Because of me…”
“No, it’s not your fault, Doctor. The Hero is just… unique.”
“You look very tired. Are you okay…?”
“Honestly, I feel more burdened than when we stormed the Demon King’s castle…”
So we ended up storming the Demon King’s castle.
“The Hero came this way…?”
“Yes. The inner part is beyond even the sight of the Goddess, so we can’t pinpoint the exact location.”
“Is location tracking possible?”
“Huh?”
As the Wizard cast a spell, a translucent holographic compass-like structure appeared in the air.
The compass spun around in the air and then shattered.
The Wizard looked crestfallen.
“Heh, well…”
“Can the Wizard use black magic…?”
“Heh, the Wizard can use black magic…”
Both the Elf and the Saint opened their mouths at the same time.
I also agreed with their opinion, nodding my head.
“Um, should we set it on fire?”
“Heh.”
The Wizard aimed her staff at the Demon King’s castle.
The ambient mana gathered at the tip of the Wizard’s staff, forming a giant furnace-like structure.
But the magic didn’t end with the completion of the furnace.
Soon, the black mana around the Demon King’s castle poured into the furnace, causing the flames of the furnace to burn even more intensely.
Black and indigo flames mixed and surged towards the sky, devouring each other.
The Wizard drew in the black mana used by the demons, thanks to the materialized heart of the Demon King.
As it devoured mana, the fiery furnace emitted even more heat to melt the Demon King’s castle.
The furnace gradually grew larger and larger until it became even larger than the demon castle.
The melted outer walls of the demon castle glowed yellow and bubbled.
It was indeed the most brilliant flame created by the greatest genius in history…
“It looks fine…”
“Heh…”
The demon castle itself was also an eternal structure built in the mythical age.
The Wizard became sulky again.
“Is the hero inside okay…?”
“She is fine. The Hero is sturdy. Even if she is hit directly from outside the demon castle, she will be a little injured but still fine, right?”
“…Indeed, the Hero is amazing. That’s why we were able to defeat the demon king…”
It’s not just because we are warriors, but because they’re exceptional individuals.
The plague doctor seemed a bit worried because she didn’t know how strong the Hero was.
“Well, it looks like we’ll just have to be careful when we go in.”
“Rogue. Is it okay without the Hero? There are probably many traps inside.”
“Don’t worry. I’m also a first-class Rogue. It’s been a while since I stretched my hands.”
It’s time for the “Rogue” now.
“…Rogue? I thought Rogues were cool…”
Ultimately, there was no need to dismantle the traps.
When the plague doctor unlocked the talisman, all the traps broke on their own.
It was chaos.
Anything that could break did, furniture that could topple over did, chandeliers suddenly fell, and dilapidated walls collapsed.
Thanks to this, traps with complex structures were much easier to neutralize.
Being a Rogue… It’s really something, isn’t it?
“…Doctor…”
“Yes…?”
“Don’t try to comfort me because you think I’m okay… Please don’t try to comfort me…”
“Okay…”
There was an awkward silence between us for a while.
The silence was broken when we reached the entrance to the demon king’s room.
“I didn’t expect to come here twice…”
“This is my third time.”
“Elf, you’ve defeated the demon king twice.”
“Twice…?”
Is this the first time the doctor has heard of it?
“Oh, right. She is the ‘Elf who defeated the demon king with the Hero’ from the old stories.”
“It was quite childish back then. I was young too.”
“Wait, how old is the Elf…?”
“…About twenty in human years.”
“That’s not true…”
Elves…
“The exact age calculated by the first twelve elders based on the ages of mountains.”
“That’s a mythological figure…”
“Rogue, keep quiet and feel the atmosphere.”
“Yes, Doctor.”
“Hey, Elf, who taught you that?”
For a while, we exchanged jokes and lightened the mood before entering the demon king’s room.
Inside, Hero was leaning against the demon king’s throne, sleeping.
“Why is she sleeping over there…?”
“She has become the demon king, it seems classical.”
“According to your standards, Elf, what era is considered ‘classical’?”
“…If you bring up age one more time, I won’t stay quiet.”
“Sorry.”
“Accepted the apology.”
“Hehe, you two seem to get along well.”
According to the doctor’s standards, what exactly constitutes a bad relationship?
Enemies of parents?
Hero and demon king?
First, we need to wake up the Hero.
I shook the Hero sleeping on the throne.
“Wake up.”
“Ugh… Rogue…?”
“Oh, I’ve come to take you.”
“Huh? Oh…!”
The startled Hero shattered the armrest of the throne with her strength.
Fortunately, it wasn’t my own arm.
Thanks to my super regeneration ability, it would heal, but pain is just pain.
“I told you not to look for me! Honestly.”
“Rogue…!”
“Yes?”
But this isn’t the reaction I expected.
I thought she would be happy or grateful that I found her, but she looks surprised, as if she’s caught doing something.
Could she have truly fallen and tried to become the demon king?
In that case, I should immediately betray humanity and join forces with the Hero…
“I’m sorry, Rogue!”
“Huh?”
“I… wanted to apologize to the Rogue…”
“Huh…?”
I had thought that if she became a demon king, I would take responsibility and try to stop the Hero until the end, but fortunately, it didn’t seem to be the case.
“I didn’t know the Rogue felt pressured because of me…”
“Uh…”
“So, as a gesture of apology, I wanted to prepare a gift…”
“A gift?”
“Yes!”
The Hero got off the throne and stood in front of the demon king’s crown.
The long hexagonal black crown looked very elegant and impressive, like something a vampire would sleep in from a Gothic movie.
And, the Hero began to tap the pedestal where the demon king’s crown was fixed with her holy sword.
“Remember when the Rogue and the Wizard said they wanted this last time?”
“This?”
“Yes!”
“Is… Is she really talking about the demon king’s crown?”
“Yes!”
It seems the Hero heard the joke I made to the Wizard.
But where would there be a human coming to collect the demon king’s crown…?
“I wanted to surprise you with a gift, Rogue, but you came first. Hehe.”
“Uh, yeah.”
But isn’t this an indestructible object?
It’s something that’s been passed down for thousands of years since the mythical age.
It should be much stronger than the outer wall of the demon castle.
Why is the pedestal gradually breaking apart?
“But, Hero?”
“Yes?”
“…Fight on. Thank you.”
“Hehe.”
Honestly, I kind of want it.
“But it seems impossible to break! This is too strong…”
“Indeed, even if the Hero hits it with all her might.”
Although the part the Hero struck with the holy sword broke into pieces and shards fell, it seemed like no matter how much she struck, it would take several months to completely remove the crown from the pedestal.
Before that, wouldn’t the holy sword break first?
It seemed like the edge of the holy sword was already worn out.
“I guess we’ll have to give up on the crown.”
“Oh…”
At that moment.
When the Plague Doctor put her hand on the crown, there was a cracking sound, and the pedestal, cantered around the part the Hero had broken, began to shatter into pieces.
“I… I’m sorry, no, I’m sorry… I just wanted to touch it because it was fascinating…”
“…Well done, Doctor.”
Although the pedestal where the crown was fixed was broken, the most important part, the demon king’s crown, was intact.
“Rogue! What about me?”
“Hero, you did well.”
The Hero party acquired the demon king’s crown finally!
TL Note: he going to speed up time to so he can farm the Demon King breuhhhhh~
“Hero.”
“Hm? Rogue. What’s up?”
“I think I want to leave the party…”
“You don’t like being the Rogue…?”
“It’s not that.”
“Hm, why are you saying that with a heavy heart? We’re comrades! Please don’t say such things…”
“…It was a joke.”
“Hehe, really? You startled me!”
Alright.
Another failure today.
Now, I was used to it, looking at myself and the hero like that, laughing as usual.
“Hehe, the Hero and the Rogue get along well…”
“Hehe, yeah!”
“It’s not so bad…”
If there was a difference, it was that we gained one more comrade.
Wearing the mask of a plague doctor, the doctor’s face couldn’t be seen, but from her voice alone, you could tell she was smiling.
“Still, Hero, if you hesitate like that and cut off the Rogue’s words, wouldn’t it make things difficult for the Rogue?”
“Yeah…?”
“Hero, you cherish the Rogue a lot, and the Rogue cherishes you a lot too, but… the form of that love can vary from person to person. It’s hard for me to say since I just joined this party, but… it seems like the Rogue might feel burdened.”
The doctor, adjusting her mask with gloved hands, turned to us and spoke.
“Is that so, Rogue?”
“Ah, yeah. That’s right.”
Oh.
Finally, a comrade who can express a normal opinion!
I’m so moved that tears are welling up in my eyes.
“Does the Rogue feel burdened…?”
“No, um, just a bit…?”
“…What does the doctor know! You don’t even know what the Rogue likes!”
Are we suddenly turning against the Doctor?
Is this right, Hero?
“Of course, I don’t know much about the Hero or the Rogue, but sometimes, because we’ve known each other for so long, we can’t see the person standing right in front of us properly. From what I see, it seems like the Hero might be like that right now…”
“Ugh… the doctor is such a fool!”
Alright.
The Hero suddenly shouted and ran off somewhere.
What could possibly be the problem…?
From inside the doctor’s mask, words of concern for the Hero flowed out.
“I feel a little sorry. Is the Hero okay…?”
“You didn’t do anything wrong, so there’s no need to feel sorry. But yeah, Elf?”
“Hm? Right. The Hero has a bit of an emotional side.”
“Well, she’ll probably forget about it soon and come back.”
And so, a day passed.
The Hero didn’t return.
“Rogue, it seems like there might be a problem.”
“Huh?”
“The Hero has run away.”
“…Huh?”
The more I thought about it, the more bewildering the situation became.
The Hero, who would find me in no time if I fled, had run away herself!
Is everything in the world going right?
Did the sun rise from the west today?
“So, this is the letter left by the Hero?”
<Don’t look for me!>
“That means she wants us to find her.”
“This means she wants us to find her.”
Both the Elf and the Saint spoke up simultaneously.
I nodded in agreement.
“Ugh, isn’t it a bit troublesome? If we leave her alone for a day, won’t she come back on her own?”
“…Wouldn’t it turn into a mess?”
“What?”
“The world.”
“That would indeed be a big problem….”
The Elf exaggerated a bit, but the fact that it couldn’t be denied was a bit scary.
Releasing the Hero, who even the Emperor was tired of, into the world was harmful to world peace in many ways.
“…So, should we go find her after all?”
And thus began our journey to find our Hero.
“I’m sorry. Because of me…”
“No, it’s not your fault, Doctor. The Hero is just… unique.”
“You look very tired. Are you okay…?”
“Honestly, I feel more burdened than when we stormed the Demon King’s castle…”
So we ended up storming the Demon King’s castle.
“The Hero came this way…?”
“Yes. The inner part is beyond even the sight of the Goddess, so we can’t pinpoint the exact location.”
“Is location tracking possible?”
“Huh?”
As the Wizard cast a spell, a translucent holographic compass-like structure appeared in the air.
The compass spun around in the air and then shattered.
The Wizard looked crestfallen.
“Heh, well…”
“Can the Wizard use black magic…?”
“Heh, the Wizard can use black magic…”
Both the Elf and the Saint opened their mouths at the same time.
I also agreed with their opinion, nodding my head.
“Um, should we set it on fire?”
“Heh.”
The Wizard aimed her staff at the Demon King’s castle.
The ambient mana gathered at the tip of the Wizard’s staff, forming a giant furnace-like structure.
But the magic didn’t end with the completion of the furnace.
Soon, the black mana around the Demon King’s castle poured into the furnace, causing the flames of the furnace to burn even more intensely.
Black and indigo flames mixed and surged towards the sky, devouring each other.
The Wizard drew in the black mana used by the demons, thanks to the materialized heart of the Demon King.
As it devoured mana, the fiery furnace emitted even more heat to melt the Demon King’s castle.
The furnace gradually grew larger and larger until it became even larger than the demon castle.
The melted outer walls of the demon castle glowed yellow and bubbled.
It was indeed the most brilliant flame created by the greatest genius in history…
“It looks fine…”
“Heh…”
The demon castle itself was also an eternal structure built in the mythical age.
The Wizard became sulky again.
“Is the hero inside okay…?”
“She is fine. The Hero is sturdy. Even if she is hit directly from outside the demon castle, she will be a little injured but still fine, right?”
“…Indeed, the Hero is amazing. That’s why we were able to defeat the demon king…”
It’s not just because we are warriors, but because they’re exceptional individuals.
The plague doctor seemed a bit worried because she didn’t know how strong the Hero was.
“Well, it looks like we’ll just have to be careful when we go in.”
“Rogue. Is it okay without the Hero? There are probably many traps inside.”
“Don’t worry. I’m also a first-class Rogue. It’s been a while since I stretched my hands.”
It’s time for the “Rogue” now.
“…Rogue? I thought Rogues were cool…”
Ultimately, there was no need to dismantle the traps.
When the plague doctor unlocked the talisman, all the traps broke on their own.
It was chaos.
Anything that could break did, furniture that could topple over did, chandeliers suddenly fell, and dilapidated walls collapsed.
Thanks to this, traps with complex structures were much easier to neutralize.
Being a Rogue… It’s really something, isn’t it?
“…Doctor…”
“Yes…?”
“Don’t try to comfort me because you think I’m okay… Please don’t try to comfort me…”
“Okay…”
There was an awkward silence between us for a while.
The silence was broken when we reached the entrance to the demon king’s room.
“I didn’t expect to come here twice…”
“This is my third time.”
“Elf, you’ve defeated the demon king twice.”
“Twice…?”
Is this the first time the doctor has heard of it?
“Oh, right. She is the ‘Elf who defeated the demon king with the Hero’ from the old stories.”
“It was quite childish back then. I was young too.”
“Wait, how old is the Elf…?”
“…About twenty in human years.”
“That’s not true…”
Elves…
“The exact age calculated by the first twelve elders based on the ages of mountains.”
“That’s a mythological figure…”
“Rogue, keep quiet and feel the atmosphere.”
“Yes, Doctor.”
“Hey, Elf, who taught you that?”
For a while, we exchanged jokes and lightened the mood before entering the demon king’s room.
Inside, Hero was leaning against the demon king’s throne, sleeping.
“Why is she sleeping over there…?”
“She has become the demon king, it seems classical.”
“According to your standards, Elf, what era is considered ‘classical’?”
“…If you bring up age one more time, I won’t stay quiet.”
“Sorry.”
“Accepted the apology.”
“Hehe, you two seem to get along well.”
According to the doctor’s standards, what exactly constitutes a bad relationship?
Enemies of parents?
Hero and demon king?
First, we need to wake up the Hero.
I shook the Hero sleeping on the throne.
“Wake up.”
“Ugh… Rogue…?”
“Oh, I’ve come to take you.”
“Huh? Oh…!”
The startled Hero shattered the armrest of the throne with her strength.
Fortunately, it wasn’t my own arm.
Thanks to my super regeneration ability, it would heal, but pain is just pain.
“I told you not to look for me! Honestly.”
“Rogue…!”
“Yes?”
But this isn’t the reaction I expected.
I thought she would be happy or grateful that I found her, but she looks surprised, as if she’s caught doing something.
Could she have truly fallen and tried to become the demon king?
In that case, I should immediately betray humanity and join forces with the Hero…
“I’m sorry, Rogue!”
“Huh?”
“I… wanted to apologize to the Rogue…”
“Huh…?”
I had thought that if she became a demon king, I would take responsibility and try to stop the Hero until the end, but fortunately, it didn’t seem to be the case.
“I didn’t know the Rogue felt pressured because of me…”
“Uh…”
“So, as a gesture of apology, I wanted to prepare a gift…”
“A gift?”
“Yes!”
The Hero got off the throne and stood in front of the demon king’s crown.
The long hexagonal black crown looked very elegant and impressive, like something a vampire would sleep in from a Gothic movie.
And, the Hero began to tap the pedestal where the demon king’s crown was fixed with her holy sword.
“Remember when the Rogue and the Wizard said they wanted this last time?”
“This?”
“Yes!”
“Is… Is she really talking about the demon king’s crown?”
“Yes!”
It seems the Hero heard the joke I made to the Wizard.
But where would there be a human coming to collect the demon king’s crown…?
“I wanted to surprise you with a gift, Rogue, but you came first. Hehe.”
“Uh, yeah.”
But isn’t this an indestructible object?
It’s something that’s been passed down for thousands of years since the mythical age.
It should be much stronger than the outer wall of the demon castle.
Why is the pedestal gradually breaking apart?
“But, Hero?”
“Yes?”
“…Fight on. Thank you.”
“Hehe.”
Honestly, I kind of want it.
“But it seems impossible to break! This is too strong…”
“Indeed, even if the Hero hits it with all her might.”
Although the part the Hero struck with the holy sword broke into pieces and shards fell, it seemed like no matter how much she struck, it would take several months to completely remove the crown from the pedestal.
Before that, wouldn’t the holy sword break first?
It seemed like the edge of the holy sword was already worn out.
“I guess we’ll have to give up on the crown.”
“Oh…”
At that moment.
When the Plague Doctor put her hand on the crown, there was a cracking sound, and the pedestal, cantered around the part the Hero had broken, began to shatter into pieces.
“I… I’m sorry, no, I’m sorry… I just wanted to touch it because it was fascinating…”
“…Well done, Doctor.”
Although the pedestal where the crown was fixed was broken, the most important part, the demon king’s crown, was intact.
“Rogue! What about me?”
“Hero, you did well.”
The Hero party acquired the demon king’s crown finally!
TL Note: he going to speed up time to so he can farm the Demon King breuhhhhh~
