Epilogue (Volume 2)

Epilogue (Volume 2)

In this chapter, new allies and enemies make their appearance!

Who will be on Razel's side or against him?

The adventurers' guild in the capital was very noisy as usual. The only difference was that this time they were annoyed.

Out of jealousy.

They heard that a monster of colossal size almost attacked the capital, but was stopped by several brave nobles who sacrificed their lives to stop him.

Among them were two young men who gave him the coup de grace.

Sitting in a chair a man ate breakfast.

The guild also served breakfast, this was not uncommon.

"Dad, have today's paper."

His daughter who was also an adventurer like him, brought him the paper.

After taking it, he thanked her, his mouth was full and food debris dripped down to the girl's covered cleavage.

As she wiped off the leftover food she sat down.

Her father was flipping through the pages of the paper looking for something interesting until....

"Buhh!"

He spat his coffee to the side.

There was no one around, so it was no problem.

"That's what you get for not chewing properly and just swallowing it."

"No! Look!"

The man showed her a certain news item. It was the article of unnecessary things for nobles, the front page, moreover.

His finger pointed to the whole headline.

"Let's see..."

"Today a celebration will be held for our beloved dukes... the daughter of the newly restored Rosenberg Household, will be betrothed to the future duke..."

"I remember hearing about that, but so what? That has nothing to do with low-ranking nobles like us."

"No! Look here!"

His finger pointed to a small part of the advertisement, it looked like they did it on purpose.

"That girl's fianc, I know him! He's the guy I sometimes went on missions with after the spider!"

"Oh, that's nice. So?"

"So? You say!"

He would get up from his seat to approach his daughter.

She recoiled as she didn't want him to approach her.

"That boy is the one who, along with the newly renamed third prince, defeated that legged calamity!"

His daughter still didn't really care about that.

"Next time I see him, I'll ask him for all the details!"

At the same time, but in another place in the empire.

A man was drinking tea of the highest quality in a tea house in his huge garden.

"D- Do you wish for more tea father?"

"Thank you."

He was with his daughter, who was pouring him tea while shivering.

The man was reading the newspaper without interest until a news item caught his attention.

"...?"

"Is something wrong?" Asked his daughter interested in the expression her father made.

"Not really, it's just that I'm amazed. Apparently, His Highness Regulux was removed as the third prince in the line of succession and replaced by the fourth prince."

"...Father, which faction did you belong to?"

"That of Crown Prince Sirius. But that's not the weirdest thing."

"Isn't it?"

"Yes. It says here that the house of Duke Rosenberg had been in trouble for large sums of money. But, a young man who was one of the saviors of the capital a few days ago, is to be rewarded by being betrothed today to the duke's daughter."

"This is undoubtedly very important news. It is possible, that a new beginning for a ducal house has arrived."

It is a beautiful Saturday morning.

"Get this over there!"

Or so it was supposed to be.

"The red flowers go on the bride's side and the white flowers go on the groom's side! They did things backwards and now they have to be switched back!"

"Does anyone know where the sandwiches are that the cooks were supposed to deliver an hour ago?"

"Some guests are already arriving, shall we let them in or ask them to wait at the reception until the meantime?"

That's right, today is monumentally crazy.

The reason. I'm getting engaged.

I was reclining on a couch in a private room in a Western-style church.

After the emperor's declaration of my engagement to Eli. The officials and servants went crazy.

The first problem arose when it was the place to choose.

The prime minister was sent by the emperor to check that they spared no expense and that everything is perfect.

I had the slight chance to talk to him as I was ordered to stay at the palace.

He ordered the place to be the largest cathedral in the capital. In this place weddings were held only for important people.

The temple obviously refused. But knowing that it was ordered by the emperor, they reluctantly agreed.

The second problem was the guest list.

Rosenberg Household had no relatives or friends. My family has no other relatives or anyone who would be interested in coming.

Speaking of my family. I went to see them with Cid to tell them the news.

My mother and little sister were happy. Not for me, but for Eli.

They heard what she went through and then how her house ended up.

They said it was similar to a TV drama.

Instead, my father just said. It was your decision, so don't regret it.

I don't know whether to take it as a kind of saying "well done" or something?

The thing is, they look cheerful more for her than for me. They even said that, being a future duke, they would have nothing to do with Rosenberg Household.

We would only be related because we were family, but nothing more.

The final problem is what happens today.

The arrangements for the ceremony are wrong.

Some things are broken, the flower arrangements have not arrived or are the wrong ones, the banquet food is not yet ready.

Feel sorry for the officials and servants who must work hard for me despite not being acquaintances or allies.

"There is indeed a great commotion outside. There are still a few hours to go, but they have almost nothing ready."

The one who made that honest comment was Cid.

We were both dressed smartly.

Except he wore a black suit and I was wearing a white one with a white rose near my heart.

Unlike me, Cid looks great. It's because he's a handsome guy, an extra target of the game.

Unlike me, he's not ugly.

I may be ugly, but I will compromise with a beauty.

I'm a winner.

A scared winner.

He seemed to be relaxed, but he was actually trembling with fear.

Compromise. The word I never thought would happen in my old life or my new life.

It said things like commit, but it was just talk.

I never imagined something like that would happen!

That they would say to you. "Hey, you're getting engaged today, right? You must be happy, right?" And I would answer them. "Sure, nothing would make me happier than what will happen today."

(Bullshit!)

(I would say that just so they wouldn't think badly of me!)

(I don't want to commit!)

(I'm still a fucking teenager!)

I want to form a harem just because I can and I want to. But something like having responsibilities would be too chaotic for a guy like me!

I don't want to engage, have a girlfriend sure, but no engagement! Help me!

"By the way Razel."

Cid was calling me while having my terrifying monologues about commitment.

"Yes?"

"It's not a big deal. I was just remembering what we saw that day and I appreciated being funny about your situation."

"That day?"

"You know. When we went to the duchess house after seeing your parents."

"Oh, that day. How could I not forget...?"

That day was the craziest day of the whole week.

The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

After leaving my family with the invitation to my engagement, I headed to the old Rosenberg mansion.

Since they regained their land and prestige again, the duchess and her daughter were happy.

My things were there, so I had to collect them as I was still sleeping in the palace.

I told the chief butler not to let me know that I had arrived.

The reason I said was that I did not want to see the bride-to-be before the promised day.

It was a lie. I did not want to be thanked as it would make me blush and feel very embarrassed.

This cruel murderer of malefactors is also human.

Cid and I walked stealthily until we reached the exit.

We had to pass through the large room before that leads to the only front door.

At that I found something strange.

Lily was talking to the duchess and Eli.

I told Cid that I wanted to hear their conversation.

"This...what did you wish to call me Duchess?"

Eli's mother was staring at her. Her daughter was also with a very steady gaze.

According to them, they were supposed to have become friends after Xerxes attack.

At the same time, they both found out that one was my girlfriend, and the other was my future wife.

I never planned for the latter to actually come true.

"Lily-san, I heard from my daughter everything that happened that day. Especially about how you were Razel-kun's secret girlfriend."

Apparently I'm the topic of conversation.

"Yeah..."

Lily looked a little scared.

"I see, you know he's going to be the future head of this house now don't you?"

"Yes."

"You know that he will also be my daughter's husband when they finish the academy right?"

"...Yes."

Lily ducked her head at the Duchess intense words.

She didn't know what to do.

The duchess didn't blink.

Her mouth twitched...

"For that reason you..."

But she stopped for some reason.

She clutched her dress as if she were a child asking permission to go to the bathroom.

Her head was bent down.

As I lifted her up, I noticed something even stranger.

"You..."

Her eyes were teary.

"Would you like to join this family!"

"I... huh?" Lily expressed a face of not understanding what was going on.

"... Huh?" Me and Cid equally made the same face.

The duchess was crying like a little girl.

"... Despite not belonging to our family, nor being the daughter of a vassal nor much less a noble. You have done so much for my daughter... I... I really don't know how to thank you."

Her tears slipping down her cheeks, her daughter began to cry as well.

"In my whole life so far, only you and Razel have been the only good things in it. My mother gets in there too, but she's in another position."

Duchess reached over to take Lily's hands.

"This family was in ruins until Razel-kun saved us. My daughter had no one to depend on but him and Prince Cidfert. But you came along too, thanks to you, she never spent alone. And even during that incident, you came back to help her."

"You're wrong."

Lily began to make a sad face as she looked at the two of them.

"I... I never tried to run away, I was just afraid! I was afraid that something would happen to Eli-chan, but I didn't know how to react! We were nothing yet, so I didn't know how to take it! As an order or a favor, but seeing her being attacked, I couldn't take it anymore and decided to act only when she was in danger. I'm a bad person for delaying."

(Ehhhh! Are you so pure to call yourself a bad person for such an abnormal act as not running away?)

"It's okay. The important thing is that you were the hand my daughter needed."

The duchess took both of the tearful Lily's hands.

"That's why, Lily-san. I would like to ask you to be an official member of this family."

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

This never happened in the game. Not even being declared a saint, let alone getting engaged to the gallants.

"It will be hard I won't lie. Being a commoner, and not a distant relative nor daughter of a knightly house. Your adoption into a duke's family will be a very troublesome thing to fill. But, if you want. I would go through all those peripteries to can call you daughter."

"...Do you wish to be part of our family?"

Once again, Lily was shedding a flood of tears.

"I... something like this... it's not fair."

Hiccups came from deep inside her.

"I always wanted to have a real family. But for you to propose to me like this, and more so when Eli-chan will be the future husband of the man I love."

"You shouldn't worry about that either."

"Oh no?" Me and Lily said, only mine was under our breath.

"Of course. Being a member of this family, we'll be able to officially name me as a concubine. After all, Rosenberg Household no longer has any relatives. We need a lot of babies so that our blood doesn't disappear. Nothing would make me happier than to see my daughters and grandchildren in the garden playing and reading books."

Ehhhhhhhhhhh! Have you even visualized the future?

"I'll tell you one more time. Lily-san, no. Lily-chan. do you want to be my daughter and an official member of Rosenberg Household?"

With a smile on her face, Lily replied.

"Of course ma'am- it would be my pleasure to be your daughter, mother."

"My little girl!

The duchess hugged Lily in a very loving and tender way.

But her huge breasts buried her whole head. It's a bit of an enviable situation.

Once those meat bags left her, she and Eli looked at each other.

They got close to the point where their noses were touching.

With her hands behind her back they walked a few steps.

Lily closed the door as Eli said to me.

"I know it's just our first night as a couple. But, I wanted it to be special."

Lily walked over to Eli.

"We wanted to wait until after the wedding to have that 'special night', but..."

She was holding her hand as their faces were red and their eyes were very moist.

"We realized that thinking about you. We were getting really weird."

They were getting closer.

"My heart is beating so fast. I want to be one with you." Lily said as she climbed onto the bed and crawled like a cat.

"Me too. I love you, I don't want to wait until two years from now to satiate this desire. Besides, I don't want another woman to take away your first time."

Eli was getting closer too. Her braless breasts hung like udders because of how big they were.

Hey, what are you talking about? Let me tell you, another woman already did.

"For~that~"

"Let's have a lot of fun the three of us together before we enter class. what do you say? Dar~ling~"

The girls were pressing their big breasts against my face in a very playful way.

If someone had the chance to have the protagonist and villainess as girlfriends. would I let them go?

In my case... with a demon I wouldn't!

I decided to leave for another the fate of the world while my mind and body enjoyed two beautiful flowers for me.

Now, which of my girlfriends should I start with?

It was late afternoon in a room lit only by sunlight.

An almost damaged cooler was the only thing cooling that place.

Two men were sitting conversing in armchairs facing each other.

The one in front poured himself a glass of cheap whiskey in a scratched glass cup.

"Would you like some?"

"No thanks, I don't drink yet."

"Hahaha, how conservative you are."

"No, I just respect the age requirement for drinking strong drinks."

The boy who turned him down had blue hair with a bit of brown in it, his eyes were hazel green.

He looked like a delinquent from his face, but he was a quiet boy.

He was Serge Seburg, one of the extra capture targets.

"So. What would you like to know today?"

A man in a wrinkled white shirt asked his guest in a normal manner.

His hair was pale gray and his eyes dark red, he had a small scar near his chin.

"Same as last time. I want to join."

Serge was aware of this man as he and his father were acquaintances.

Once he overheard them talking about something important.

"The answer is again no."

"But!"

"You are still a child. You know nothing of the world."

The man, whose name was Linus, drank from his glass calmly.

Serge's expression was one of discomfort.

"I am aware of what I am saying. I just... wish to do justice for my little sister, but not only for her, also for the others who have suffered for the empire."

This conversation was a critical piece during the event of the commoner's rebellion or the story of Serge's revolution depending on his route.

Both connected to the same.

Only Serge appeared in one, but not the other.

This man was a key player in that event.

For years now, there have been people showing discontent with the current situation in the empire.

The nobles had gone too far.

That was what they thought.

Linus watched Serge, finishing his drink, he set it down on the table before speaking.

"You should know my situation, right?"

"Yes. But, still-"

"You don't know anything."

"Once upon a time, there was an idiot who was the newly appointed head of an important house that was a supporter of the imperial family."

"Arcs Household was known to all as one of the few families that can rival that of a duke without having that much power."

"One day. That idiot man was present at a crime. The ministers and officials didn't do anything. A nobleman was committing various crimes and they ignored him. Then, that man committed the stupidest act of all."

Serge swallowed saliva.

"He decided to tell the emperor. The emperor looked at him with a face that implied he didn't care. The ministers heard about it. They decided to ruin that house for meddling."

"They gambled until they broke that man's daughters and wives. His heir they ran over and then threw his corpse into a river. The former head of the house they broke in half after torturing him. Finally, declare that man guilty of treason and he had to flee to this hole that is hell on earth itself."

His thumb pointed to a back window.

"The lawless city. A place where scum gather and can corrupt human life in broad daylight."

Because of the sunlight, a large object made a shadow burying through the window.

It was a tower.

A huge, long tower that seemed to reach all the way to the sky.

The tower was totally black, but it had windows.

Serge watched that as he listened to Linus story.

"Once you enter this place, there is no turning back. It's the only place in the whole world where they wouldn't look for a fugitive."

He poured himself some whiskey again.

"That's why, kid, whatever you think you hear or know. It's false, no one can go against the royal palace. Forget about your revenge, just live your life, your little sister would have wanted that for you."

"..."

Serge looked at the table, a plate of snacks was there.

An image of a little girl playing was going through his head.

One day, that little girl was with him.

They were poor but happy.

He had to let go of her hand because he had to help a friend get his cat down from a tree.

Serge was the best at climbing trees, he told her not to go far away.

It took only a few seconds.

As he climbed down, his eyes rolled all over the place looking for his sister.

It was almost dark, he had been desperately looking for her for hours.

"Cleo! Where are you?"

Serge called out to her, but she didn't answer.

As he walked, some people in suits and dogs were crossing near him.

He stepped aside. They were nobles, he didn't want to get involved with them, but he didn't know what they were doing here.

Before he left, he noticed that one of the dogs had a piece of cloth in its mouth.

He continued searching, until he found a crowd.

As he approached to see if it was his little sister crying.

"Are you there Cleo?"

Serge was horrified to find a scene from a bloody horror movie.

"Apparently some nobles have done it again."

"But, with such a little girl."

"They're barbarians, we can only pray it to not happens to us."

The crowd left.

Serge stood there. He fell to his knees and they touched a puddle that reflected the light of a red moon.

He touched a piece of flesh that was once a human face and began to cry.

Serge came to his senses after remembering his reason for accepting his father's request to move in with him.

He wanted revenge on those who did this to his sister, but he wanted something like this to never happen again.

He stood up.

"If you're not going to tell me anything, I'm leaving."

Before he left, Linus called out to him.

"I heard some very interesting things have been happening at the academy, is that true?"

"It's always boring."

With a big thump as he closed, Linus continued to sip his drink.

"The darkness of the imperial palace is so big it can swallow you up. One day, the darkness will be erased, but much blood will be shed for that."

The shadow of the great tower continued to grow as the sun descended.

Arriving in the capital, Serge entered a bar.

It was a very elegant one, complete with piano.

"Why are you a bartender, Gunter?"

"Hehehe, it's my part-time job. You know, not all of us have a father who pays our expenses."

"..."

Serge didn't answer, he was irritated.

"Sorry, you looked like you needed a few laughs."

Gunter, poured a non-alcoholic, but strong tasting drink to Serge.

He looked at the liquid poured into the small glass.

"I guess as long as I don't prove to be a reliable adult, I'll still be seen as a child."

He drank some of his life.

"It's delicious. Thank you, the specialty of the place is strong drinks, but there are people who can't tolerate it much so we prepare drinks like that too."

"I see. Give me another one."

"It was free, this one I'll charge you now."

"Sounds good to me."

Serge smiled at his friend who was trying to cheer him up.

Gunter wasn't a major character in the game, he didn't even come out.

But he was certainly a key player for the future of the rebellion and revolution arc that was planned for the future.

"By the way, the academy notified that-"

The bell that was placed on the front door rang.

A tall, nearly six-foot-tall man entered.

"Welcome."

"Smells good."

The man approached the bar.

"Say that again. What did the academy say after that? It feels weird to have so much time on my hands."

"Let me take care of the customer."

"Smells good. A very perfect smell."

"What would you like to order?"

Serge sipped from his drink while Gunter waited on the customer.

"Time to eat."

It all happened in a split second.

Serge, felt he saw something.

As he checked to see what it was his eye saw.

He was stunned speechless.

There was nothing out of the ordinary, but without a doubt, it was something unimaginable what his eyes saw.

The tall man wearing a large beige leather coat, gray hair combed back and eyes as red as fire. He was inserting his right arm into Gunter's stomach.

"Gun..."

As he withdrew his arm, a large red stain covered his coat and leather.

"ter."

Removing it completely, a large amount of red liquid poured out of Gunter's stomach as he collapsed to the ground.

"Thank you for the food."

The man raised his arm and brought it down at great speed, thus wiping the red stains in their entirety.

"I'm not full yet."

Serge watched his friend, the one who would one day be the one to bring the news of the rebellion to take place, the one who would provide information to the allies, and above all, the one who would give his life to protect him.

At this moment, that event was crushed.

"... Gunter."

Serge didn't know how to react, the man playing the piano didn't realize it until when he watched the man in the coat leave.

A loud scream rang out.

Once outside, the man heard a loud shout.

He walked through the crowd in a normal manner.

As if he hadn't murdered someone recently.

His conscience was clear, that was because he was an animal and not a man.

His smile of victory was a sign of how very happy he was.

"Today I have more than 19 prey. Yesterday it was 39. I'm going very slow and it's almost the end of the day, gijiji."

A woman checking her shopping sheet said something revealing.

"Excuse me sir, are you a cosplayer? Your costume is very good."

The monster posing as a man, had small eyebrows, looked grumpy from his expression.

He simply walked on ignoring the woman.

"It's a good costume. I mean, just look at those horns, they look real."

Two bow-shaped horns were reflected on his head.

The color was black with red tips.

That woman, neither Serge nor anyone else around. She knows who is walking the streets as if she is no one important.

He' s not only a character in the game, but his role is not exactly one that someone would like to meet.

"I want to get to a large number like yesterday."

It's because this individual was, none other than one of the four demon kings.

Desmond, the strongest and most dangerous creature on the face of the earth.

The only one who could defeat the main demon king and be the one Lily and the white knight were fighting against to save the world.

"My mouth is watering to taste more snacks."

Saliva dripped from his mouth in search of his next victim.

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Reincarnated in an otome game as the ugly character in the background volume 2 end.

Arc: The Battle to save the villainess from her end.