Volume 5 Chapter 49 Realization of Dreams
I, Act Age, stopped Amou, the mastermind behind the plot to destroy the world.
After finishing the duel on the moon, we descended to the surface.
There, we joined up with Great Hero Lawrence and his companions, who had succeeded in the Demon King Extermination.
We were headed for the Guild, [Gem of Heavenly Gift].
"Hey, HORSE. How much LONGER until we get THERE?"
The carriage rumbled along the town road.
Demon Dragon Vivre sat on the driver's seat.
She was in human form, holding the reins.
"Just a little FURTHER. How many TIMES have I heard that QUESTION? And I'm not a HORSE."
"Shut it, you WEAK dragon. Can't even FLY because you used too much POWER."
"Even if I could FLY, I couldn't carry this many PEOPLE!"
In the carriage, there was me, and the maid, Frederica.
Plus, Lawrence's party and the Eastern Hero Party.
It was quite the crowd, I'll admit.
"I'm SORRY, Mr. ACT. I've used up all my MAGIC... I can't use the group TELEPORTATION magic..."
Eli, Lawrence's magician, looked apologetic.
If we could have used group teleportation, we'd be at the Guild by now.
"Don't WORRY about it. You did your JOB properly. Unlike that USELESS horse there."
"USELESS horse!? What's THAT? Are you talking about ME!?"
"Of course, HORSE. You're our mode of TRANSPORT. So what are you WHINING about?"
"Ugh... because... going back and forth to SPACE tired me OUT..."
Everyone was battered and bruised.
We decided to spend the night in the town.
We were in the territory of the demons... a place once called the Demon World.
Thanks to Lawrence and the others, the Demon World was being reclaimed from the demons, along with the land where humans lived.
That's why there was a town where we could rest.
Even in the Demon World.
I was going to let them rest there.
I was the only one who was supposed to go back first.
...But, everyone came with me.
"They should have just RESTED."
"Hmph! That's why I'm RELAXING like this!"
Beside me, Lawrence──missing a hand and a leg──grinned at me.
...Honestly, getting injured like that.
This'll take ages to get him back to work.
Seriously.
Even after he leaves, he causes me trouble.
"You can still go BACK to town. Don't DELAY your return to SOCIETY."
"No WAY! I'm done with SOCIETY!"
"Don't be RIDICULOUS. You still have WORK to do."
"Hmm? WORK?"
I smirked.
"Why do you THINK I raised you? It's all for ME."
"..."
"That's RIGHT, you're my PROPAGANDA. Everyone will THINK you defeated the DEMON KING thanks to the GEM OF HEAVENLY GIFT... What are you LAUGHING at?"
Ulgar, one of my Party Members, shrugged.
"Yeah, YEAH, here it COMES."
"It feels like EVERYDAY life is BACK, doesn't it?"
Everyone was laughing.
It felt like they were making fun of me, but... whatever.
"MASTER, look."
Frederica, the maid, said with a smile as she looked out the window.
I stood up and looked outside.
"GUILDMASTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
...There they were, my Guild members, waiting outside the town.
Even the people from the town were there, waving with smiles.
"Who TOLD them?"
"It was ME."
"...You, you DAMN dog."
With a Communication Magic Item, they could definitely spread the news of the Demon King Extermination from afar.
"Why did you TELL them?"
"Because it's MASTER'S triumphant RETURN."
"I don't GET it."
Frederica hugged me and kissed me.
...That was a surprise.
Well, I saw it coming.
"You didn't AVOID it, did YOU?"
"...Hmph."
"Are you EMBARRASSED?"
"Shut UP, you DAMN dog."
She smiled and hugged me again.
Well... I don't exactly dislike her.
"Have we come a little CLOSER to your IDEAL world, MASTER?"
My ideal.
A world without the weak.
A world where no one is unjustly cast out, where no one is deemed unnecessary.
Maybe it's impossible to build a world like that.
But...
We defeated the Demon King, and the world found peace.
If they knew it was the exiled, the discarded, who brought him down...
The world, the people... maybe they could be a little kinder to the weak.
"Yeah. I SUPPOSE... we're CLOSER."
"! THEN...!"
I made a promise to that mutt.
If we got closer to the dream, I'd make it real.
"Let's get MARRIED."
"......"
Frederica was crying... and she threw herself into my arms.
And then, we kissed again.
As our companions, the people we swore to protect, watched on...
Having finished everything, and with the dream within reach...
I was finally joined with the woman I loved.
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