The Devil Who Grants Wishes - Chapter 217



217 – (Edited) Afterwards (2)

“Faust, is it something you should think about for that long?”

Sorry, Gaia. I’d like to listen as much as possible, but that’s a bit too much.

Irene’s age is approximately 4,000 years old. By Earth standards, it’s like someone who was alive in ancient Egypt is still alive today. It’s not older than the pyramids… Is it?

…Looking at it like this, what on earth is Egypt?

Anyway, that’s why it’s a bit difficult.

‘Umm…’

I think about the meetings I have had with Irene so far.

Certainly, Irene does behave in a way that is not appropriate for her age. If you have lived for such a long time, your emotions will be completely worn out and you will not feel any special inspiration from your surroundings, but you have emotions of your own and you can see that he tries to look young by wearing the latest fashion clothes.

The same goes for personality. She feels like a stuffed 20-year-old woman.

But no matter how much she says that, the psychological pressure on her is so strong because the number 4,000 keeps flashing in her head.

‘Of course I feel sorry for Irene for living on her own for so long… But she doesn’t know that Irene feels like that for me. She may not want to do it in the first place, but she can’t argue like this about a relationship.

“… Well, if Irene wants it, she is.”

“Thank you for your kindness.”

However, even though Gaia, to whom she owes a lot, wants this, she cannot openly chew it out. When she answered that she would just see Irene’s doctor first, Gaia, who had been showing her nervous expression, finally smiled broadly.

…No, my conscience is pricking me a bit.

This is just a rejection with nice wrapping paper.

Of course, it is absolutely necessary because such an important matter cannot be decided arbitrarily without asking one’s own will, but Irene’s will must be completely different from Gaia’s, who is trying to connect Irene with me.

If Irene had such feelings, I would have noticed her a long time ago.

Ugh… Her head hurts. Since all the urgent work is done except for the system, let’s take a look around a bit.

…………

“Huh, huh … Uh … Ueeng …”

…What on earth is this?

Even though all the divine powers were destroyed, the demons still existed, and the Demon World, the home of the demons, was also functioning well. By absorbing the negative emotions that fall from the underworld.

The heavenly world, which depended on the god of light, has now completely disappeared, but the demonic world seems to have ceased to exist because it depended on the god of magic.

Anyway, I guess all the urgent matters are over. I used the horn that Belial gave me to go to the demon world and take a look… What is this?

“Calm down, aren’t other demons watching?”

“Look, if you look at it… What’s wrong with it… Hmm… I’m not a demon anymore anyway…”

Belial, who always tried to maintain his proud and arrogant attitude as much as possible, found me and came into my arms, crying.

Of course, I cried at the training ground in the past, but at that time, there was a clear reason why I was treated unfairly by the kids. But there is no reason for that now, right?

Why did he suddenly become like this… Oh, is it because of his status?

‘I think it’s because of my status.’

I am not saying that this happened because of the feeling of loss of status.

As we saw earlier in Gaia, and as we have seen so far, when divine power dwells in someone, it changes that person’s personality. The god of light is arrogant and harsh for the sake of the greater good, the god of life is nihilistic in the way that it doesn’t matter as long as he lives, etc.

The spirit of the devil also seems to be like that. The personality of Belial that I have seen so far has been influenced by the demonic power, and it seems that his original personality is to cry a lot like this.

The tears he showed in the sparring hall were not something he suddenly showed out of nowhere, but were Belial’s true colors shown when he was hit so hard that his life was in danger.

aaak~

“Don’t cry.”

“Ugh, ugh…”

First of all, it seems like the most urgent task is to make Belial stop crying.

After covering Belial’s mouth with my hand, I brought it close to his face and spoke to him, and Belial, who had been crying a while ago, stopped crying as if he had never done that before.

“Are you okay now?”

“Yes, yes…”

…Are you happy?

What is it? Is something strange?

Belial laughed, obviously only a little. Since he was crying just a few seconds ago, even the slightest change in facial expression can be noticed in an instant.

Hmm… Well, I guess it’ll be okay since I’ve stopped crying.

“Why were you crying? Did you feel deprived because you lost your status?”

“Ugh… It’s not like that…”

After hearing my question, Belial carefully touches the corner of his quivering mouth and speaks.

The touch of each finger is so meticulous that it feels strange.

“It’s just… I’m hated by Lucia…”

“Are you talking about what happened at the sparring hall?”

“Yes… Lucia will be my child, and there is nothing worse than being treated with such disgust by one’s child…”

You are saying such amazing things in such an absurd way.

It is not simply at the level of prophecy. She is saying it as if it is an unchanging, immutable truth that her children will be her children, that is, that she will marry me.

It is so obvious that it is not necessary to emphasize it, as if all apples fall to the ground.

“…For now, you don’t have to worry about that. The kids at the time wanted to fight with me, but they were just angry that you suddenly appeared.”

“So… Are you going…?”

“Rather, what you need to be more careful about, Belial, is what I said earlier. Lucia will become your child, and she will be even more angry at those words.”

“Yes?”

“Lucia is married to me.”

Strictly speaking, it is not a marriage but a common-law marriage.

When Belial heard what I said, his expression changed into something indescribable. They tilt their heads, squint their eyes, and twitch their ears and eyebrows. Although these words are a bit odd in this situation, they look quite cute.

…Yes, it may be absurd. Is there any crazy person in the world who marries his daughter?

“Well… That’s how it happened.”

“It’s amazing!! Being both a child and a concubine!! This is a different feeling of immorality.”

“…Huh?”

But something is strange. After a while, instead of being surprised, Belial instead opens her eyes wide and opens her mouth, admiring what I have done.

It’s as if he admires someone who calmly does things he couldn’t even imagine.

Belial is not just saying this out of respect for me, he is really impressed.

Are you so amazed by this extreme level of immorality? It’s not some kind of devil… Ah, it’s a devil.

“I can’t just sit still like this. I guess I’ll have to go up now.”

“Going up?”

“I don’t have to take care of the demon world anymore. I’m not a demon, right? I guess we can just let the demons live as they please.”

Belial is certainly right.

Since we remember that Belial was a demon god, the demons still obey Belial’s words, but strictly speaking, there is no reason for the demons to obey Belial, who has now become nothing.

Of course, demons respect the words of the strong, even on the outside, and since Belial is the strongest in the demon world, it is possible if Belial uses his strength to control it.

However, since there is no position as a demon god or person in charge of the demon world, it is quite difficult to simply suppress it with force. Because he lost his divine status, his power weakened.

Anyway, there is nothing for Belial to gain now, so there is no reason to take care of the demon world. I don’t have the ability to do that.

“Demons who live as they please can really do whatever they want.”

“Well… Demons who get out of control will go to the ground to get the emotions they want, but that’s natural because they are demons. The devil acts to get bad emotions, and the prey tries to resist them. “It’s no different from the natural law of foxes hunting and rabbits running away, and eagles hunting and foxes running together. If you’re worried about that, why don’t you have Faust control them?”

“…No, it would be difficult for me too.”

It is difficult for me to control all the demons. It’s impossible to stay stuck in the demon world all day, and isn’t your strength half that strong?

Of course, there is no devil that I can’t overcome, even if it’s just my half, but winning and controlling are two different things. Like Aigoceros, it is not possible to bind all the demons of the demon world into a master-servant contract because, in theory, demons can be created infinitely if they have bad feelings.

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“Then the story is over. Even if I stop managing the demon world, I still have to finish it, so please go up first and wait.”

Belial said that he no longer needs to manage the demon world, but it seems that he was too upset to just leave without doing anything. He is trying to take steps to ensure that the negative feelings falling from the underworld can circulate without him.

He said things like, ‘Belial is free!’ So I thought he would just shake his hands off and leave, but he still tries to finish his job as well as possible, right?

I’m still like this as a demon, but I wonder what it was like when I was originally human…

“Then I’ll go up first.”

“Okay, see you in the underworld.”

Since we met Gaia and Belial… Shall we also meet Elias and Irene?

I have to talk to Irene when I get home, so I definitely won’t be spinning around like this.

I’m just enjoying the free time I have in a long time. Well, of course.