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

193 – Sylvia’s Happy World (1)

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Our lives are constantly divided into ranks by comparing ourselves to others based on status, wealth, or power, but humans were never born to be forced to do so.

It was one of the sayings often recited by the priests of the Goddess Church.

The reason their words preaching the nobility of life and love spread more widely among the common people than the nobles is probably because they comforted the stuffy and difficult lives of the common people.

Although the majority of the population was deeply religious, the kingdom had not specifically declared theism as the state religion, and there were quite a few nobles who were dissatisfied with such a pro-commoner cult.

However, it was not easy for such nobles to coldly refuse the donation demands of the goddess cult that they so disliked.

This was because the being that stood in stark opposition to the goddess’s religion was not a noble, but a demon king.

The Demon King was the enemy of humanity, but the Goddess Church was the true enemy and opponent of the Demon Race and the Demon King.

Since divine power is a fire that cannot be put out by the demons and a poison that cannot be detoxified, whenever a warrior appears in the history of mankind to kill the demon king, the saint of the Goddess Church has always been there with him.

Therefore, it goes without saying how big of a deal it was that the Catholic Church failed to produce a saint.

“…”

And now, I was feeling the weight of that incident head-on.

As the creepy gaze of the Demon King and his hideous fingers turned towards me, I could feel the fire inside my body quickly fading away.

Divine power.

The divine power that Sister Alice left me was quickly fading away.

I knew I had to avoid it.

My reason and instincts were shouting in unison that I had to throw myself right now and get away from where those eyes and hands were pointing.

But I couldn’t move.

A hideous monster that seems to have been born solely to force, as if it were a direct refutation of the doctrine of the goddess that humans are not born to be forced.

The monster’s gesture forced me to stay still.

“Do not be afraid.”

A strange voice rang in my head, a mixture of a deep, deep voice deeper than the deepest ocean trench in the world and the cry of the highest-flying bird in the world.

The loud voice opened its mouth slowly, in time with the trembling of the Demon King’s fingers.

“Poor creature, you suffered, trapped in a free body and a bound fate.”

Only that voice was heard clearly.

Even the scream-like sound Sylvia let out sounded muffled, as if it was coming from underwater.

Her figure swinging her sword was barely caught in the peripheral vision.

We can’t even see Pia looking flustered.

Now, the figure of the Demon King reaching out his hand towards me is also disappearing.

“Wait for me there, and I will bless you.”

“…”

luck?

“O you who have suffered, you have longed for…”

The voice paused for a moment, then suddenly spat out the rest of the words with a loud flash.

“Death.”

At the same time, a dazzling flash of light rushed toward me, emitting heat like lava.

I frowned at the excruciating pain of the air in my lungs burning away in an instant, but for some reason my feet did not move.

Oh, I’m dying.

Now I can finally rest…

“I knew it, you son of a b*tch.”

At that moment,

There was a gritty, cracking sound, as if something was being torn apart, along with the swearing.

The dazzling light that had filled my vision disappeared in an instant, and the world was plunged into deep darkness once again.

“Cock!”

I fell backwards and groaned in pain.

My whole body felt like it was being burned, and my vision was dizzy with flashes of light appearing on top of my already dark vision.

“Ash!”

Pia ran towards me as I fell.

I spoke to Pia, holding back a groan from my teeth.

“What the… What just happened…”

“I don’t know, Ash, you were just standing there ignoring what I said earlier, you were just standing there and getting hit by the Demon King’s fire!”

“… fire?”

“I tried to move Ash, but it didn’t work… It was like Ash didn’t want my help…”

“That… what the heck,”

“I thought Ash… was going to die… I, I…”

Pia sobbed and couldn’t continue speaking.

Judging from the sound of her breathing heavily, it seemed like she was holding back tears.

I wanted to pat Pia, but I had to figure out the situation first.

I was just quietly accepting the Demon King’s attacks?

So, was that voice just now the Demon King’s voice?

My head is in disarray.

I still rubbed my painful left eye and barely managed to open the other eye.

I saw Pia sobbing next to me and the figure of the Demon King in the distance.

The Demon King was twisting his body as if in pain.

His pale waist was twisted and turned as if he were a giant screw.

And next to the Demon King stood a little boy casting a spell.

“That kid…”

“Tch,”

The boy clicked his tongue and continued speaking.

“Anyway, this is why I can’t trust or entrust anything to humans.”

He was a demon boy who had been collecting the corpses of his own people just a moment ago.

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The boy scrunched up his face and sneered, probably judging that I still didn’t understand the situation.

“Well, there’s no way that two warriors could defeat a demon lord that couldn’t be defeated even if they attacked in a group.”

“That was just…”

“It’s illusion magic. It’s the magic that this son of a b*tch likes to use.”

As he spoke, the boy slowly rotated his outstretched hand toward the Demon King.

It was a movement like grabbing a doorknob and turning it.

A soft purple glow was spreading out from the boy’s palm, and the same light was flowing out from the Demon King’s twisted body.

It seemed like the boy was attacking the Demon King with the Demon’s magic.

But the boy’s arms were shaking violently, as if he was exhausted.

He said, holding his wrist, which was shaking too much for him to control, with his other hand.

“Well, the fact that this guy uses something as shallow as illusion magic is proof that he hasn’t fully recovered yet.”

“… What the hell are you…”

“Well, I like that kind of stuff. Hey.”

The boy spoke to me in an impudent manner.

“Don’t just sit there dumbly. Go over there and wake that woman up.”

“… what?”

The boy barely managed to nod with a labored gesture, pointing somewhere.

When I turned my head to where the boy’s chin was pointing, I saw Sylvia standing there blankly, just like I had just before.

“…Sylvia too, in a hallucination?”

“Yeah, I woke you up first because I was afraid you’d get hurt if you got too close. If you’ve come to your senses, go and wake me up quickly.”

“Yeah, yeah. Got it.”

“I’m really tired right now. Hurry up. Quickly!”

I nodded and touched the floor.

“Eww,”

As soon as I raised my body, a harsh scream escaped my mouth.

This was because the slightly melted and bent armor was sharply stabbing the cooked skin.

The skin on her slightly raised arm was blistered from the hot heat.

It would have been a fatal wound if it had become infected, but I had been fooled by the illusion and had no right to complain.

“Damn, my body… is so heavy.”

“Ash, are you okay?”

“Pia, help me.”

“Then of course, what should I do?”

I slowly raised my arm, revealing the leather thong between my armpits.

It was a string that connected the front and back of the armor.

Pia looked at him with worried eyes for a moment, then nodded as if she understood, and cut the leather strap with a sharp, precisely aimed blast.

I quickly threw away the piece of iron that was digging into my chest, and at the same time, Pia poured an icy cold air on my body to cool down the burning sensation.

I bit my lip and slowly moved my feet.

“Sylvia!”

Sylvia didn’t answer.

I could understand because I had experienced it myself just a little while ago.

To me too, her voice sounded like a dull noise.

Besides, weren’t you completely absorbed in the sight before your eyes and the mysterious voice ringing in your head?

It was clear that Sylvia was also caught up in some kind of mind-boggling sight right now.

“Let’s go, Pia.”

Although my body was full of fatigue and injuries, I felt much lighter after taking off my armor.

As long as I could endure the pain, there would be no problem.

I gritted my teeth and ran towards Sylvia.

“Sylvia, come to your senses…”

In that moment, a short beam of light passed before my eyes.

Almost simultaneously, a sharp wind also blew along the same path.

“…Sylvia?”

Whoosh,

The creepy sound of the wind cutting through the air was belatedly caught in my ears.

A cold sweat ran down my entire body.

I could immediately tell what this strange phenomenon I was feeling was.

But at the same time, I desperately hoped I was wrong.

I wondered if I had ever prayed so earnestly.

“Pia…”

“Ash.”

“No?”

“We’re screwed.”

Pia’s face turned pale.

There is no mirror, but I am sure my face is the same.

This makes it clear.

That light and wind and sound just now was Sylvia’s tragedy.

“…”

“Poem, Sylvia, it’s me.”

I slowly walked towards Sylvia with both hands raised.

However, as the distance between us got closer, Sylvia’s arm holding the sword also began to rise upward at an angle.

“It’s me, Ash.”

“…Ash?”

“Yeah, Ash, it’s Sylvia. Look closely.”

“Ash… I will protect you…”

Sylvia raised her sword with blank eyes.

“… shit!”

I quickly recited the order.

A huge wall of mud burst through the marble floor, but at the same time it split horizontally and slid down the sides.

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