I Can’t Run Away From the Girl Who Saved Me

192 – The Demon King (5)

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My statement that I wanted to approach the Demon King was, in a way, an absurd statement.

Sylvia had also firmly told me to stay behind her, and Pia actually gave me a look of displeasure at my words, so I could clearly see that my opinion was not welcome.

However, Pia did not argue with me or try to convince me.

He just messed up his hair with a disgruntled look on his face and made a loud noise.

“Ahhh, I don’t know, if something happens to Ash, Sylvia will try to kill me, so please stop her.”

Pia said, her fox ears perking up aggressively on top of her head.

I chuckled at Pia’s absurd reaction.

Although he spoke so confidently, his whole body was frozen with fear. Thanks to Pia’s light-hearted joke, he felt like he was able to shake off some of the tension.

“I’m not joking.”

Pia, who had figured out my thoughts as usual, opened her eyes and glared at me.

I said this while looking at Sylvia, who was cutting down the Demon King even at this moment.

“What would Sylvia do to you in the first place? You’re a spirit.”

Pia pointed her finger at Sylvia and shouted.

“No, you say that after seeing that? Even though you’re neutralizing the Demon King’s evasion with such an absurd and ignorant method?”

“…”

Certainly, the sight of Sylvia attacking the Demon King as Pia had said was an unrealistic sight.

Sylvia’s sword is a special order that is several times heavier than a normal sword.

I had heard of it once before, and managed to lift it somehow, but just by extending the sword forward, my arm started shaking and I dropped it.

It was an object that I couldn’t swing satisfactorily even if I held it with both hands.

Not only does he swing that heavy lump of iron so lightly, he also instantly changes its trajectory to an angle greater than a right angle, without the sword’s swing speed slowing down at all.

It was a scene that I honestly couldn’t believe even though I was seeing it with my own eyes.

Pia said, sticking out her tongue.

“What is that, I don’t know, it’s scary. I think that woman would figure out a way to harm even a spirit.”

“Hey… you couldn’t possibly do that.”

“…”

“…I don’t think so.”

I avoided Pia’s gaze, which was staring at me intently, and lifted one foot at a time to loosen up my body, tapping the front of my shoes on the floor.

I also prepared myself to move my shoulders and arms slowly and satisfactorily as much as possible.

Every time the toes of my shoes touched the floor, a tingling pain spread through my entire foot, up my ankle, and down to my knee.

My shoulders and waist, which were shaking, seemed to be screaming.

My whole body is covered in wounds.

I clearly felt that my physical strength had already reached its limit a long time ago.

It’s not that strange.

After marching all day without even getting a proper rest, I had to endure Sister Maria’s magic, and then I had to see my sister become a puppet of the demon tribe, kill Balder with my own hands, and lose Sister Alice.

I am already physically and mentally exhausted.

Perhaps, the despair that had been eating away at me until just now was also due to my judgment being ruined by fatigue.

“Phew…”

My body feels heavy.

The weight of the armor pressing down on my shoulders is burdensome.

The salty, musty smell of Balder’s blood that clung to his armor was irritating.

The overworked soles and ankles were constantly emitting nervous pain.

Meanwhile, both eyes are soaked with fatigue and pain, and every time you blink, they grab your eyelids as if telling you to close them and not let go.

“You need to come to your senses.”

I bit my lip as hard as I could tore it apart.

The canine teeth dug into the plump lower lip with a loud noise.

A sharp pain overtook the sleepiness, and the pungent taste of blood covered the disgusting smell.

The pain in the soles of my feet also seemed to subside for a brief moment.

“Ugh,”

“That’s an ignorant way.”

“I guess I’ve become a bit tougher after living with Sylvia.”

“Even though we look alike, why…”

“They say couples start to resemble each other.”

“Ugh”

Pia shook her head with a tired expression.

I quietly stroked Pia’s head.

“Why is it like this?”

“thank you.”

“what.”

“Thank you for accepting my stubbornness.”

Pia is my guardian spirit

It is said that she existed in this world as a spirit from the moment I was born into this world.

Maybe when I die, Pia will die too.

I opened my mouth slowly.

“Pia. I’m not doing this to die…”

“Okay, don’t try to persuade me. There’s no need to.”

“…”

“Ash, all you have to do is ask me. Whatever it is, I will make it happen for you.”

Pia follows my reckless plan without question.

Just because I want to.

My parents, my sisters Laila, Sylvia and Alice.

Images of people who loved me and devoted themselves to me flashed through my mind.

But of all of them, the one who has been the most devoted to me is definitely Pia.

She has been protecting me since before I knew it.

Pia has always been by my side and will always be by my side.

“…”

I felt like a large piece of ice that had been sitting on my mind was slowly breaking and melting.

The great sadness I felt when I lost all my family, even my older sister Alice.

I felt as if the loneliness of not having anyone in this world who knew my childhood, my true self, or my past was slowly fading away.

I was silent for a moment.

Blood seeping from my lips slowly collects in my mouth.

I swallowed my saliva along with the lump of blood and spoke softly.

“Let’s do it. Pia.”

“huh.”

Pia reached out her hand to me.

I held her hand tightly.

At the same time, I felt like my body was being sucked into her.

It was a familiar feeling.

This is definitely… the feeling I got when Pia took me to our old house.

Yes, this method would definitely be a safe approach.

He said that he couldn’t fire repeatedly because there were many restrictions, but if he succeeded in launching a surprise attack just once, there would be no problem.

I noticed Pia’s intention and immediately took out Sister Alice’s heart from the pocket on my waist.

“…Ugh!”

Almost at the same time that I held the heart in my hand, I reached behind the Demon King.

Sylvia, who had been stepping back after slashing the Demon King once more, screamed in surprise.

“Ash! What are you doing…”

Sylvia was coming towards me without even finishing her sentence.

But I didn’t have time to answer.

The thick magic seemed to burst my lungs.

I clenched my lips, which were dripping with blood, and swung my heart with all my might toward the Demon King’s body.

“Please get through!”

That was when.

The Demon King’s body, which had been completely motionless until now except for dodging Sylvia’s attacks, flinched greatly.

“…!”

The pale face of the Demon King, shaped like a long cone extending straight ahead, slowly rotated.

No, since you can see it in the brief moment when he swings his arm, the Demon King’s head must be turning quickly.

But for some reason, to my eyes, that action seemed very slow.

“…”

Why?

Why,

Suddenly, the scenery of the goldfields comes to mind?

Why am I suddenly remembering the vegetable soup my father made for me when I was little?

The yard where I used to play with my brother Eric, the yarn that my sister Maria taught me,

Sister Alice, who was startled when she saw the lizard and screamed, then sat down and cried.

Little Laila, who had no one to read her storybooks to, could not read and would open the books on her own and recite the stories she made up.

Why did it suddenly come to mind now, at this moment?

“… he”

The wet eyes of the Demon King, peeking out from the end of his long, pale snout, appear to be smiling slightly.

At that moment, I realized.

Oh, this.

It’s a revolving lantern.

“Huh!”

At that thought, I instinctively turned my body and rolled to the side.

At the same time, I felt something large and hot pass by my head.

“Tumble!”

I recited the spell while lying on the floor.

Just then, my body was forced by magic to roll one more revolution.

At the same time, a loud explosion was heard from where I had been lying a moment ago.

I couldn’t tell what was happening, but I instinctively felt some kind of danger and was trying to avoid it by throwing my body.

Even though I couldn’t see or feel it, my body chose to avoid it first.

Perhaps it was thanks to Sylvia’s training that I was able to avoid countless flying whirlwinds.

“Ash, stretch out your hand!”

“huh!”

As I reached out towards where I could hear Pia’s voice, Pia grabbed my hand.

Once again, my body felt like it was being sucked into Pia’s hand.

“Ugh!”

When I came to, I found myself collapsed in the corner of the room.

It seemed like Pia had moved me to a place as far away from the Demon King as possible.

Pia was breathing heavily, as if she had overdone something.

I slowly lifted Alice’s heart in my hand to check if it was okay.

“Thank goodness he’s okay, now… ah,”

As I slowly followed the Demon King’s location to grasp the situation, I felt my breath stop for a moment.

The Demon King’s Head,

The eyes at the end of that pointed face were looking straight at me.

Sylvia shouted as she ran towards the Demon King.

“Ash, run away!”

But the Demon King slowly raised one arm without paying attention to Sylvia.

Her thin, almost disgusting arms, and the spider-like fingers at the end of her arms were clearly pointed at me.

He, that monster.

It started to move.

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