CH 74

Chapter 74 : Loneliness

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“Onii-san, I have something to discuss with you. Please give me Mao-kun.”

What the hell is this guy talking about?

My mind turned blank, Velke also looked stupefied as well.

After a short pause, Velke suddenly drew his sword out.

((Wait, Velke!! Put down your sword!!))

((Let me kill him! I’ll kill him!! Even if I have to die trying!!))

I could clearly see how Velke was trembling in anger.

“I will never give Mao to you!!”

No! Wait, Velke! You sound like a father whose daughter is about to get married.

“No, please listen to me first, onii-san. From my viewpoint, it seems Mao-kun is not attending any school. Despite being like this, I’m still a Hero. I can contact the highest organization in this country and have them enroll Mao-kun in the best school in the country.”

“School…”

Which reminds me, a boy of my age is supposed to be in school…

“Then why do I have to give Mao to you?”

“Mao-kun is a very intelligent boy. It’d be a shame to kill his talent like this. As the Hero, I could utilize everything I have to make Mao-kun happy.”

At first glance, his words were reasonable enough but…

Let’s see what he’s thinking about….

( Well Killatur, this is your moment of truth!! You need to convince him so you’ll be able to get your heart throbbing,exciting and especially lust-filled newlywed life with Mao-tan!! Haahhh…. Haahhh… After that… After that I can make Mao-tan wear short pants… Then I can lick his exposed leg… Those smooth, unblemished skin… Hahh…. I can.. Smell him.. Lick him… As much as I like!! Hahh… Hahh… I have to convince him right here right now!!!)

I knew it.

Velke would go mad if he knew about the Hero’s internal desires.

“I’m properly educating Mao. There’s no need for him to go with you.”

“But you’ll be able to get a better education in the royal capital. There’s no other place that can provide better education than the capital. We’d be able to fully develop Mao-kun’s talent this way.”

“Are you implying that I’m destroying Mao’s talent?! You!!”

“No!! What I’m saying is, you’ll be able to give the possibility of a better future for Mao-kun!”

“You….!!”

“From what I can see, you’re still young. I know it must’ve been difficult when Mao-kun’s parents entrusted him to you. I’m just thinking I’d be able to lift that burden for you!”

“Mao is my everything! I never thought raising him was hard!! Not even for a second!!”

“Me too! For me, Mao-kun is the most precious boy to me!!”

These two… They’re totally leaving me out of the loop, huh…

When adults argue like this, there is no good thing that could come out of it.

The Hero showed no sign of giving up but neither did Velke…..

“You’ve only met Mao a few times! What do you know about him?!”

“Mao-kun is my everything. I’ve only met him for several times but I believe in the quality of all those meetings. Destiny doesn’t care about quantity. What matters is how deep your feelings are. Meeting Mao-kun is such a blessing, I’ve always thanked God for granting me that opportunity!”

Hero… Is that what you really think of me….?

I knew about your perverted desires when I first met you but I never really understood the reason why…

“Hey… Both of you…”

“Huh?”

Both Velke and Hero turned their heads at me in unison, they seemed to almost forgot I was here all along.

“I… I don’t really understand complicated stuff like that but… I know you guys are thinking of me…”

Especially you, Hero. I know about your perverted thoughts very, very well.

“Killa onii-chan, thank you for thinking of me but… I’m happy with Velke onii-chan so… I can’t go with Killa onii-chan.”

“Mao-kun….”

(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!! HOW FRUSTRATINGGGG!! It feels like I’m being hit hard by the blizzard!! To think Mao-tan would reject me!! My honeymoon with Mao-tan!! My lovely dovey newlywed life!! AAAAAHHHHH!! Ah… Right… I can just… Kidnap him… Right? I just need to grab his hand and… No. No, no, no. I can’t have Mao-tan hate me. But.. Maybe if I can kill this Velke bastard without Mao-tan noticing… Ah. No, no, no. I can’t bear to see Mao-tan’s crying face. Ahhh… I want to take him away….)

The Hero’s internal monologue is far from ‘heroic’…..

“Hey, Velke onii-chan… I’m going to take Killa onii-chan out of this forest, okay?”

“Mao….”

“Let’s go, Killa onii-chan.”

“Mao-kun…”

Grabbing Hero’s hand, I lead this pervert out of this forest.

“Hey, onii-chan. Why are you being so nice to me?”

“Why you ask… That’s because you’re so adorable.”

(You’re so adorable! So cute! You smell so good! Your very existence is a miracle itself! I want to lick you all over! From the tip of your toes to the root of your hair! You’re so very, very precious to me! I want to collect your sweats, your tears, every lovely things that comes out of you and-)

Ah.. I get it. You’re a pervert. I get it so please stop thinking about it….

“And… Because you’re looking at me as ‘Killa’ instead of ‘Hero’.”

“Huh?”

“It’s nothing.”

The Hero flashed a smile at me.

( You’re the first person that sees me as ‘Killa’, not as ‘Hero’. In front of you, I can just be ‘Killa’. Just by staying by your side…. I’ve never been happier.)

I could feel the Hero’s honest feeling transmitted to me.

Could it be.. This Hero.. He didn’t want people to see him as a ‘Hero’?

I was taken aback.

What the hell….

I thought Killatur was your generic ‘Hero’.

Just like me, I was ‘Maou’, a demon king but on the other hand I was also ‘Mao’, who hated violence. I’d avoid any confrontation as much as possible.

Could it be Killatur too, he was a ‘Hero’ but he was also ‘Killa’?

Maybe I’ve gravely misunderstood him.

Maybe I hadn’t seen the actual ‘Killa’ at all.

Killa who was a Hero, and the Killa who was not a Hero.

Perhaps between that, there could be the key to bridge the difference between human and demon.

The parallel lines that separated human and demon…

Maybe we could finally destroy it and coexist together…

“Hey, onii-chan.”

“Yes?’

“What do you think of.. Human?”

“That’s a hard question… That’s right. Humans are… They are an existence that could challenge themselves for the sake of other people.”

(And at the same time, they can be equally selfish and arrogant.)

“What do you think of.. Demon then?”

“An existence that I have to defeat. Demons are dangerous after all.”

(I don’t think demons are capable of having a higher level of intelligence. They’re just a pest that I, as a Hero, have to exterminate.)

Maybe that was my key.

Killa was a Hero but the Hero wasn’t entirely Killa.

The Hero had to exterminate the demonkind but maybe Killa didn’t share the same sentiment.

I had no choice but to trust my gut on that possibility.

Maybe I could finally see Killa as a human, not as a ‘Hero’.

“Onii-chan…”

“What is it?”

“Tell me more about you.”

“Eh? I’m.. I’m a Hero…”

“No, I know you’re a Hero but there’s more of you than just a ‘Hero’, right?”

“Huh…?”

“That’s why, tell me more about you.”

I didn’t know anything about the Hero- no. I mean, I didn’t know anything about Killa.

“I want to know everything about Killatur onii-chan.”

A single drop of tears dripping on the Hero’s cheeks.

“Onii-chan? What’s wrong?”

“N-No. It’s nothing. I’m fine.”

Stopping on his track, Killa dropped on his knees and hugged me tight.

(This is the first time someone ever asked me that. The first time I ever received that question… For someone to ask about ‘Killa’, not the ‘Hero’….)

“You know, Mao-kun… I really like you.”

(Ah… Dear God, thank you very much. Thank you for meeting me with Mao-tan. Thank you for giving Mao-tan to someone like me. Someone who’s being crushed by his own loneliness…

Thank you for looking at the real me, Mao-tan.)

Killa hugged me so tightly it hurt me a little but I now I understood.

Killa was feeling lonely.

(Hahhh…. Hahhh… Mao-tan.. Mao-tan… Mao-tan… Mao-tan… I knew it, I should’ve kidnapped you… Then I can make a mess out of you… I can wreck your plump ass… And when you cry, when you sweat… I will lick everything clean… I will kiss you all over with my excalibur… So your body will remember the shape of me… Hahhh… Then.. Then we’ll be together foreverrrrrrrr!! Hahhh…. Hahhhhhh….)

Hah…

If only he wasn’t like this……

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T/N: I’d really appreciate it if someone would write a review for Devil’s Origin in NU. Right now there’s 29 reviews and the odd number really makes me… (눈‸눈)