Chapter 36: Quiet story Alice, the Demon King, and Takumi
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The five years I lived with her were truly a strange and unforgettable time.
She was about two years old, and although she shouldn't have been able to see me, she spoke to me as if she could really see me.
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
I don't remember the words, and I don't know what he was saying, but I thought he was saying hello to me.
'Hello.'
When the demon tribe's words were directed at her, she laughed at Yo, even though she shouldn't have been able to hear them.
That smile reminded me of the time I was with Nuruhachi, and my emotions wavered a bit.
''What's your name?''
She did not respond to the question.
She tilted her head to the side and said, "Don't you think it's strange to ask a child who can't speak the language what his or her name is?
I'm not sure if it's strange to ask a child who can't even speak the language what his or her name is.
For a moment, I thought about naming it, but I quickly decided against it.
A person's name should be given by a person.
Looking back, I feel that at this time, she had already decided on someone to name her.
She didn't have a name until five years later, when she was named Alice.
From then on, she lived in this great labyrinth (labyrinth) with me.
By the end of a year, she was able to speak simple words. However, it was not a human language, but a language that only the demon race could understand.
Why had she come here?
Was it of her own volition, or had she been abandoned by someone else?
I didn't know that, but there was one thing I knew.
That was that she was not going to leave this place of her own volition.
I don't know if it was an instinct or a thought.
But she seemed to know that she couldn't live in a man's world.
She was an alien being that seemed to be out of the world.
How could something like Yu and her be born?
She stopped thinking about it immediately, because she didn't know if she could think about it.
And then Yu only asked her one question.
''Are you going to stay here forever?''
"Irregularly.
She said this in her faltering demon language.
Another year passed, and it was the second year after her arrival.
She was killing demons in the Demon King's Great Labyrinth (Labyrinth) when something strange happened to her.
A runaway of power.
She was in such a state that her power, which was growing too strong, could not be contained in her body.
The walls of the dungeon crumbled with a simple touch, and the floor shattered with a simple walk.
''Quiet.''
Thinking it's useless, he restrains her with chains.
In an instant, the chains that were torn off in an instant are scattered on the floor in pieces.
''Vuuuut.''
If we don't stop her from howling like a beast, this dungeon will be destroyed.
'...... It can't be helped,'
She opened the room that hadn't been opened since she arrived.
In the center of the room surrounded by blue flowers, my body was sleeping.
It was really the first time in two thousand years that I was going to enter the body.
It's not a good idea.
The outburst of power had stopped.
She was staring at the main body of Yu, or more accurately, at the flowers that were blooming around him.
'It's a flower. I don't know what kind.''
"Yeah.
Yes, the flowers.
She looked at the flowers every day from that day forward.
But she didn't get too close.
I've been watching the flowers from a distance so that I don't hurt them.
Watching her gaze at the flowers, two conflicting emotions were born in me.
The feeling that I have to get her out of this dungeon and the feeling that I want to live with her forever.
Maybe it was the same feeling I had for Nuruhachi.
She is an alien being similar to herself, and she has become very important to me.
From that day on, I tried to make her learn to control her powers.
There was no way he could teach her something she couldn't do on her own.
Foolishly, another three years had passed when she realized that.
She had become so strong that Yu could no longer measure her power.
As usual, the dungeon was in danger of collapsing many times, but somehow it became a little calmer when I showed it a flower, and it didn't break down.
''Someone's coming!''
It takes me a moment to assess the intruder from a distance I can't yet detect.
"It doesn't matter who's coming. No one can open that door.
You can't open it, you know.
When I heard that voice, despite my mental (astral) body, something hot came from deep within my chest.
It's the voice of Nuruhachi.
And I feel an enormous amount of power from in front of the door.
A power that rivals that of Yu, the Demon King.
Did Nuruhachi get the powerful power to open this door?
But it was no longer meaningful.
The owner of this doorway is no longer me.
''You can't open it with the magic you've built up to the limit? Don't tell me he's still growing stronger?
No. My power hasn't changed since I became a mental body.
This door can no longer be opened by anyone but her. There is nothing in the world that surpasses that immense power.
After the last loud bang, Nuruhachi gave up on opening the door.
Like a balloon squeezing, Nuruhachi felt his strength slipping away.
This is good, he thought.
The increase in Nuruhachi's power is only temporary.
We can still live in the world of people.
We still have no choice but to live here alone.
There was a silence as if time stood still.
The silence is broken by an out-of-place, carefree voice.
You can't blame them if they don't open. Let's go home and have dinner.
He must be leaning against the door.
I felt the presence of a man through the door.
I didn't feel the slightest bit of power.
He seemed to have less power than any human being I have ever seen.
Why did Nuruhachi bring such a man with him?
That was when I thought.
The door opened easily.
It was as if the door opened automatically as she walked through, and the man who had been putting his weight on it rolled into the room.
'Takumi!'
Nuruhachi shouts the man's name outside the door.
Nuruhachi and three more people, a man and a woman, are lined up on the other side of the door.
The man Nuruhachi brought with her sits down and faces her, crumbling in front of her.
She is not tall enough to look down at the man.
Even up close, she didn't feel any strength in the man.
Why was he able to open the door?
I touch the door and analyze it.
[Error. Force measurement is disabled. Deactivation.
Fool. I'm just measuring her strength and she's tumbling through a door.
What has the Nuruhachi brought with them?
"What's this? Are you sure you want to break it?
She says that in the demonic language.
To those around her, it would seem like a beast howling.
'No, wait a minute, this guy is ......'
That was before she tried to stop him.
The man reaches for her head.
'Bah, you idiot! Stop!
Reflexively, she thought she would brush her hand away and attack.
It was easy to imagine what would happen if he ate her attack, which he couldn't take it easy.
There wouldn't even be a shred of flesh left.
''Hmph.''
But it didn't happen.
The man's hand touches her head.
At the same time, her fist was released and hit the man's shoulder with a shameful sound with a flattened fist.
She was frozen in a daze as the man stroked her head, perhaps because it was the first time he had touched her.
'Good, good, are you okay? Why are you here alone in this place?
The man looks into her face.
'You don't speak the language, what's your name? Isn't there any?
She doesn't understand human language, and she tilts her head back.
What the hell, what the hell is that man?
When I looked at Nuruhachi, she had the same astonished look on her face as I did.
It was not to the man, but to her.
I understand in an instant.
Nuruhachi brought that man for me.
Nuruhachi brought the man to save me from loneliness.
However, it is given to her who has the same or even more power than me.
That would have been too unexpected for Nuruhachi.
''For now, let's give it a name. Yes, you are .......
Nuruhachi tries to enter the room to stop him.
'Don't stop,'
But Yu spoke directly to Nuruhachi's head.
''Here, this is good.''
Nuruhachi looked like he was about to cry and stayed where he was.
'Alice, how about the name Alice?'
She smiled at the man who said that happily.
It was probably the first time in her life.
'Alice,'
It was the first human word she had ever uttered.
It was her name.
Alice, the one who was given what I wanted all along.
Nuruhachi, the man who brought Takumi to rescue me from my loneliness.
And I am left alone here.
No, that's what Yo wanted for Alice.
For the first time in a long time, I look at the flower alone.
I regret a little bit that I should have asked Nuruhachi about the meaning of this flower at the end.
And ten years later.
Ignoring a door that never opens, that woman came here.
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The five years I lived with her were truly a strange and unforgettable time.
She was about two years old, and although she shouldn't have been able to see me, she spoke to me as if she could really see me.
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
I don't remember the words, and I don't know what he was saying, but I thought he was saying hello to me.
'Hello.'
When the demon tribe's words were directed at her, she laughed at Yo, even though she shouldn't have been able to hear them.
That smile reminded me of the time I was with Nuruhachi, and my emotions wavered a bit.
''What's your name?''
She did not respond to the question.
She tilted her head to the side and said, "Don't you think it's strange to ask a child who can't speak the language what his or her name is?
I'm not sure if it's strange to ask a child who can't even speak the language what his or her name is.
For a moment, I thought about naming it, but I quickly decided against it.
A person's name should be given by a person.
Looking back, I feel that at this time, she had already decided on someone to name her.
She didn't have a name until five years later, when she was named Alice.
From then on, she lived in this great labyrinth (labyrinth) with me.
By the end of a year, she was able to speak simple words. However, it was not a human language, but a language that only the demon race could understand.
Why had she come here?
Was it of her own volition, or had she been abandoned by someone else?
I didn't know that, but there was one thing I knew.
That was that she was not going to leave this place of her own volition.
I don't know if it was an instinct or a thought.
But she seemed to know that she couldn't live in a man's world.
She was an alien being that seemed to be out of the world.
How could something like Yu and her be born?
She stopped thinking about it immediately, because she didn't know if she could think about it.
And then Yu only asked her one question.
''Are you going to stay here forever?''
"Irregularly.
She said this in her faltering demon language.
Another year passed, and it was the second year after her arrival.
She was killing demons in the Demon King's Great Labyrinth (Labyrinth) when something strange happened to her.
A runaway of power.
She was in such a state that her power, which was growing too strong, could not be contained in her body.
The walls of the dungeon crumbled with a simple touch, and the floor shattered with a simple walk.
''Quiet.''
Thinking it's useless, he restrains her with chains.
In an instant, the chains that were torn off in an instant are scattered on the floor in pieces.
''Vuuuut.''
If we don't stop her from howling like a beast, this dungeon will be destroyed.
'...... It can't be helped,'
She opened the room that hadn't been opened since she arrived.
In the center of the room surrounded by blue flowers, my body was sleeping.
It was really the first time in two thousand years that I was going to enter the body.
It's not a good idea.
The outburst of power had stopped.
She was staring at the main body of Yu, or more accurately, at the flowers that were blooming around him.
'It's a flower. I don't know what kind.''
"Yeah.
Yes, the flowers.
She looked at the flowers every day from that day forward.
But she didn't get too close.
I've been watching the flowers from a distance so that I don't hurt them.
Watching her gaze at the flowers, two conflicting emotions were born in me.
The feeling that I have to get her out of this dungeon and the feeling that I want to live with her forever.
Maybe it was the same feeling I had for Nuruhachi.
She is an alien being similar to herself, and she has become very important to me.
From that day on, I tried to make her learn to control her powers.
There was no way he could teach her something she couldn't do on her own.
Foolishly, another three years had passed when she realized that.
She had become so strong that Yu could no longer measure her power.
As usual, the dungeon was in danger of collapsing many times, but somehow it became a little calmer when I showed it a flower, and it didn't break down.
''Someone's coming!''
It takes me a moment to assess the intruder from a distance I can't yet detect.
"It doesn't matter who's coming. No one can open that door.
You can't open it, you know.
When I heard that voice, despite my mental (astral) body, something hot came from deep within my chest.
It's the voice of Nuruhachi.
And I feel an enormous amount of power from in front of the door.
A power that rivals that of Yu, the Demon King.
Did Nuruhachi get the powerful power to open this door?
But it was no longer meaningful.
The owner of this doorway is no longer me.
''You can't open it with the magic you've built up to the limit? Don't tell me he's still growing stronger?
No. My power hasn't changed since I became a mental body.
This door can no longer be opened by anyone but her. There is nothing in the world that surpasses that immense power.
After the last loud bang, Nuruhachi gave up on opening the door.
Like a balloon squeezing, Nuruhachi felt his strength slipping away.
This is good, he thought.
The increase in Nuruhachi's power is only temporary.
We can still live in the world of people.
We still have no choice but to live here alone.
There was a silence as if time stood still.
The silence is broken by an out-of-place, carefree voice.
You can't blame them if they don't open. Let's go home and have dinner.
He must be leaning against the door.
I felt the presence of a man through the door.
I didn't feel the slightest bit of power.
He seemed to have less power than any human being I have ever seen.
Why did Nuruhachi bring such a man with him?
That was when I thought.
The door opened easily.
It was as if the door opened automatically as she walked through, and the man who had been putting his weight on it rolled into the room.
'Takumi!'
Nuruhachi shouts the man's name outside the door.
Nuruhachi and three more people, a man and a woman, are lined up on the other side of the door.
The man Nuruhachi brought with her sits down and faces her, crumbling in front of her.
She is not tall enough to look down at the man.
Even up close, she didn't feel any strength in the man.
Why was he able to open the door?
I touch the door and analyze it.
[Error. Force measurement is disabled. Deactivation.
Fool. I'm just measuring her strength and she's tumbling through a door.
What has the Nuruhachi brought with them?
"What's this? Are you sure you want to break it?
She says that in the demonic language.
To those around her, it would seem like a beast howling.
'No, wait a minute, this guy is ......'
That was before she tried to stop him.
The man reaches for her head.
'Bah, you idiot! Stop!
Reflexively, she thought she would brush her hand away and attack.
It was easy to imagine what would happen if he ate her attack, which he couldn't take it easy.
There wouldn't even be a shred of flesh left.
''Hmph.''
But it didn't happen.
The man's hand touches her head.
At the same time, her fist was released and hit the man's shoulder with a shameful sound with a flattened fist.
She was frozen in a daze as the man stroked her head, perhaps because it was the first time he had touched her.
'Good, good, are you okay? Why are you here alone in this place?
The man looks into her face.
'You don't speak the language, what's your name? Isn't there any?
She doesn't understand human language, and she tilts her head back.
What the hell, what the hell is that man?
When I looked at Nuruhachi, she had the same astonished look on her face as I did.
It was not to the man, but to her.
I understand in an instant.
Nuruhachi brought that man for me.
Nuruhachi brought the man to save me from loneliness.
However, it is given to her who has the same or even more power than me.
That would have been too unexpected for Nuruhachi.
''For now, let's give it a name. Yes, you are .......
Nuruhachi tries to enter the room to stop him.
'Don't stop,'
But Yu spoke directly to Nuruhachi's head.
''Here, this is good.''
Nuruhachi looked like he was about to cry and stayed where he was.
'Alice, how about the name Alice?'
She smiled at the man who said that happily.
It was probably the first time in her life.
'Alice,'
It was the first human word she had ever uttered.
It was her name.
Alice, the one who was given what I wanted all along.
Nuruhachi, the man who brought Takumi to rescue me from my loneliness.
And I am left alone here.
No, that's what Yo wanted for Alice.
For the first time in a long time, I look at the flower alone.
I regret a little bit that I should have asked Nuruhachi about the meaning of this flower at the end.
And ten years later.
Ignoring a door that never opens, that woman came here.
The five years I lived with her were truly a strange and unforgettable time.She was about two years old, and although she shouldn't have been able to see me, she spoke to me as if she could really see me.Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.I don't remember the words, and I don't know what he was saying, but I thought he was saying hello to me.'Hello.'When the demon tribe's words were directed at her, she laughed at Yo, even though she shouldn't have been able to hear them.That smile reminded me of the time I was with Nuruhachi, and my emotions wavered a bit.''What's your name?''She did not respond to the question.She tilted her head to the side and said, "Don't you think it's strange to ask a child who can't speak the language what his or her name is?I'm not sure if it's strange to ask a child who can't even speak the language what his or her name is.For a moment, I thought about naming it, but I quickly decided against it.A person's name should be given by a person.Looking back, I feel that at this time, she had already decided on someone to name her.She didn't have a name until five years later, when she was named Alice.From then on, she lived in this great labyrinth labyrinth with me.By the end of a year, she was able to speak simple words. However, it was not a human language, but a language that only the demon race could understand.Why had she come here?Was it of her own volition, or had she been abandoned by someone else?I didn't know that, but there was one thing I knew.That was that she was not going to leave this place of her own volition.I don't know if it was an instinct or a thought.But she seemed to know that she couldn't live in a man's world.She was an alien being that seemed to be out of the world.How could something like Yu and her be born?She stopped thinking about it immediately, because she didn't know if she could think about it.And then Yu only asked her one question.''Are you going to stay here forever?''"Irregularly.She said this in her faltering demon language.Another year passed, and it was the second year after her arrival.She was killing demons in the Demon King's Great Labyrinth Labyrinth when something strange happened to her.A runaway of power.She was in such a state that her power, which was growing too strong, could not be contained in her body.The walls of the dungeon crumbled with a simple touch, and the floor shattered with a simple walk.''Quiet.''Thinking it's useless, he restrains her with chains.In an instant, the chains that were torn off in an instant are scattered on the floor in pieces.''Vuuuut.''If we don't stop her from howling like a beast, this dungeon will be destroyed.'...... It can't be helped,'She opened the room that hadn't been opened since she arrived.In the center of the room surrounded by blue flowers, my body was sleeping.It was really the first time in two thousand years that I was going to enter the body.It's not a good idea.The outburst of power had stopped.She was staring at the main body of Yu, or more accurately, at the flowers that were blooming around him.'It's a flower. I don't know what kind.''"Yeah.Yes, the flowers.She looked at the flowers every day from that day forward.But she didn't get too close.I've been watching the flowers from a distance so that I don't hurt them.Watching her gaze at the flowers, two conflicting emotions were born in me.The feeling that I have to get her out of this dungeon and the feeling that I want to live with her forever.Maybe it was the same feeling I had for Nuruhachi.She is an alien being similar to herself, and she has become very important to me.From that day on, I tried to make her learn to control her powers.There was no way he could teach her something she couldn't do on her own.Foolishly, another three years had passed when she realized that.She had become so strong that Yu could no longer measure her power.As usual, the dungeon was in danger of collapsing many times, but somehow it became a little calmer when I showed it a flower, and it didn't break down.''Someone's coming!''It takes me a moment to assess the intruder from a distance I can't yet detect."It doesn't matter who's coming. No one can open that door.You can't open it, you know.When I heard that voice, despite my mental astral body, something hot came from deep within my chest.It's the voice of Nuruhachi.And I feel an enormous amount of power from in front of the door.A power that rivals that of Yu, the Demon King.Did Nuruhachi get the powerful power to open this door?But it was no longer meaningful.The owner of this doorway is no longer me.''You can't open it with the magic you've built up to the limit? Don't tell me he's still growing stronger?No. My power hasn't changed since I became a mental body.This door can no longer be opened by anyone but her. There is nothing in the world that surpasses that immense power.After the last loud bang, Nuruhachi gave up on opening the door.Like a balloon squeezing, Nuruhachi felt his strength slipping away.This is good, he thought.The increase in Nuruhachi's power is only temporary.We can still live in the world of people.We still have no choice but to live here alone.There was a silence as if time stood still.The silence is broken by an out-of-place, carefree voice.You can't blame them if they don't open. Let's go home and have dinner.He must be leaning against the door.I felt the presence of a man through the door.I didn't feel the slightest bit of power.He seemed to have less power than any human being I have ever seen.Why did Nuruhachi bring such a man with him?That was when I thought.The door opened easily.It was as if the door opened automatically as she walked through, and the man who had been putting his weight on it rolled into the room.'Takumi!'Nuruhachi shouts the man's name outside the door.Nuruhachi and three more people, a man and a woman, are lined up on the other side of the door.The man Nuruhachi brought with her sits down and faces her, crumbling in front of her.She is not tall enough to look down at the man.Even up close, she didn't feel any strength in the man.Why was he able to open the door?I touch the door and analyze it.Error. Force measurement is disabled. Deactivation.Fool. I'm just measuring her strength and she's tumbling through a door.What has the Nuruhachi brought with them?"What's this? Are you sure you want to break it?She says that in the demonic language.To those around her, it would seem like a beast howling.'No, wait a minute, this guy is ......'That was before she tried to stop him.The man reaches for her head.'Bah, you idiot! Stop!Reflexively, she thought she would brush her hand away and attack.It was easy to imagine what would happen if he ate her attack, which he couldn't take it easy.There wouldn't even be a shred of flesh left.''Hmph.''But it didn't happen.The man's hand touches her head.At the same time, her fist was released and hit the man's shoulder with a shameful sound with a flattened fist.She was frozen in a daze as the man stroked her head, perhaps because it was the first time he had touched her.'Good, good, are you okay? Why are you here alone in this place?The man looks into her face.'You don't speak the language, what's your name? Isn't there any?She doesn't understand human language, and she tilts her head back.What the hell, what the hell is that man?When I looked at Nuruhachi, she had the same astonished look on her face as I did.It was not to the man, but to her.I understand in an instant.Nuruhachi brought that man for me.Nuruhachi brought the man to save me from loneliness.However, it is given to her who has the same or even more power than me.That would have been too unexpected for Nuruhachi.''For now, let's give it a name. Yes, you are .......Nuruhachi tries to enter the room to stop him.'Don't stop,'But Yu spoke directly to Nuruhachi's head.''Here, this is good.''Nuruhachi looked like he was about to cry and stayed where he was.'Alice, how about the name Alice?'She smiled at the man who said that happily.It was probably the first time in her life.'Alice,'It was the first human word she had ever uttered.It was her name.Alice, the one who was given what I wanted all along.Nuruhachi, the man who brought Takumi to rescue me from my loneliness.And I am left alone here.No, that's what Yo wanted for Alice.For the first time in a long time, I look at the flower alone.I regret a little bit that I should have asked Nuruhachi about the meaning of this flower at the end.And ten years later.Ignoring a door that never opens, that woman came here.
