Chapter 207 : Ulfa.
Chapter 207 : Ulfa.
'Is that the only way in the end...'
Yastan Ulfa.
The opinion to kill him, the leader of the demons and the Demon King, was gathered.
'Yastan would also agree with that opinion, but...'
Although Lucas's head was also shouting 'kill him quickly', in fact... he was reluctant.
The one who had begged for forgiveness until the last moment of being driven out to the demon world.
That was why he was pitiful.
And as much time had passed, his hatred towards him had also been diluted and had faded.
"Let's talk about this again after Aellas and I have conducted our research first."
"..."
At Lucas's words, everyone made the same expression.
'They must be disappointed.'
Lucas also knew. What their expressions meant.
"Hasel. Let's talk separately."
"Yes."
Lucas got up from his seat first, leaving them behind.
***
Lucas, who was sitting alone with Hasel, spoke first.
"Are you disappointed?"
"...A little."
"Right. I know. Because I'm also disappointed in myself."
Hasel was also a leader who had lost many of his kinsmen, and a father who had lost his son.
So it was only natural that he was not pleased with not killing him right away.
"Then why don't you execute Yastan right away?"
Hasel's voice was a little agitated.
"He was pitiful."
"...Then aren't our kinsmen, who have lost their souls and have no chance of reincarnation, pitiful?"
"When I think of them, it feels like my heart is being torn apart."
"But why... why don't you kill Yastan right away? With just Yastan, all the demons can live. Don't you know that that alone is a great favor that our kinsmen are showing!!!"
In the end, Hasel shouted loudly and shot up from his seat.
"..."
Since he knew that his words were right, Lucas also did not waver and just sat silently, listening quietly.
"...But, but why, why are you just leaving him be?"
"I never said I would just leave him be, Hasel. When the gate opens and they have a way to leave... we'll have to kill him. As you said, with just Yastan's life, all the demons can live, can't they? And it was also decided that way in the meeting."
"Please just know that we are all holding back the urge to go and annihilate them all right away."
Hasel turned his back and disappeared.
"Hah..."
A sigh escaped him.
He was as frustrated as everyone else who thought Lucas was frustrating.
'Why on earth am I like this?'
How long had he lived as a human to have changed like this?
"I'm tired of it."
He was tired of this life of repeated agony and anguish.
"I should have just lived as a dragon one more time."
***
Unlike the harsh outside, this place was so quiet and peaceful.
As if nothing had happened.
Pamela's eyes, as she walked on the white sandy beach where the waves were breaking, were dazed, as if she had lost something.
When Lucas had brought up her sister Pola's name, Pamela had torn the scroll she had been holding tightly in her hand and had run away.
It was the scroll to Divanos that Liwol had once given her.
At the same time, Pamela had lost the new name given to her. Because her mind was filled with only her sister, Pola.
"Pola..."
She had run away to save her. She had hidden in an old hut that she didn't even know when it had been abandoned, and had survived by digging up and eating unknown roots.
She had endured every day with the sole intention of finding her again when the situation calmed down.
In the meantime, she had met Liwol and had fallen in love, and she had devoted herself to the Demon King.
Forgetting why she had run away, leaving her sister behind.
"You crazy bitch."
Pamela cursed at herself.
"You crazy bitch. I'm a crazy bitch."
She had acted as a saintess, crazy about a man, and had played with human lives as if they were flies.
The new ashen skin she had been given felt like her own, and the demons with the same skin felt like her own race.
The new name the Demon King had given her felt like her original name, and the name Pamela felt like an illusion shimmering in a distant memory.
'Melanie. Melanie Ulfa. It's not even funny.'
Pamela smirked, looking at the ashen skin shining under the sunlight.
'As if this is my skin...'
It was funny. How familiar it felt, as if it were her own skin, after only a short time.
Her feet were warm on the sand that had been heated by the sun.
'Should I live on?'
Her appearance, including her skin, had already changed so much.
And Liwol had not come to find her even when the dragons had attacked.
At that, all her feelings for him disappeared as if they had melted away. Without even leaving a trace.
'How foolish.'
She had believed all the sweet nothings he had whispered.
That he would be different, that he would not lie to her.
But what was the result?
He was not a human, but a demon, and he had left a woman he loved in the demon world.
The mouth that had whispered love to her was all a lie, and in his heart, there was another woman, not her.
'He said he would give me a pardon if I succeeded in seducing you.'
The Demon King had told her everything. Who he was. What kind of heart he had approached her with.
'The Demon King is better.'
Although she didn't know what he had been like at first, in the end, he had truly been for her.
She could tell just by looking at the bracelet on her wrist. The Demon King had given her a bracelet that contained a part of his power.
He had told her to break the jewel embedded in the bracelet if anything dangerous happened. That way, he would be able to come to her.
"Let's stop."
She said it out loud to solidify the thought that had come to her mind several times.
"Let's stop now, Pamela."
She had lost everything. Her sister, the man she loved, and her own appearance.
"Now... stop..."
Pamela, who had smiled sadly, stepped towards the sea.
The water, which deepened with each step, soon came up to her neck.
Pamela, who had been about to take a deep breath and hold it without realizing it, smirked and let out all her last breath, and then took her last step.
'It's okay. It'll be over soon.'
Just as the water was about to come up to her eyes, the ground she had been stepping on sank and disappeared.
'Soon... it'll be over soon...'
She tried not to float up from the water, holding her body tight.
The salty seawater rushed into her nose and mouth, and it was so bitter and painful. Although the water that had filled her lungs was causing her great pain, she held it in.
'I hope this... is my last punishment...'
She lost consciousness, praying earnestly that this would be the last punishment for her, who had abandoned everything.
***
'Is this... the celestial world?'
As she struggled to lift her eyelids, a pure white light rushed in, and her eyes were dazzled.
"Oh, oh? You're awake! You're awake!"
But when she opened her eyes, what she saw was not an angel or a god, but people with short limbs.
"Keuk! I thought you were dead."
"No, but how did a demon get here?"
"How did she get here! A friend who went for a walk found her!"
Her ears, which had been deaf, rang with their loud voices.
"...Where, am, I."
Her throat was hoarse, and her voice did not come out well. When she finally managed to make a sound, it was a hoarse sound.
"Oh, what did she say?"
"Did you hear?"
"No."
"Miss. What did you say?"
As a dwarf brought his ear close, his bushy beard tickled Pamela's nose.
"Where, am, I..."
She managed to make a sound again.
"What did she say?"
"She's asking where she is."
"Where is she! It's a village in the sea!"
"Khahaha! You friend! How can you say it like that?"
"No, then what should I say? It's a village in the sea, isn't it?"
"Well, that's also true. It is a village in the sea."
"That's right."
At that, a man who seemed to be the leader stepped forward and waved his short arm.
"Tsk! What do you mean it's right? Miss. This is where the Sirens live!"
"Oh! Chieftain!"
As expected, he seemed to be the leader, and the others praised him, calling him chieftain.
"Ahem! Right. Miss, are you feeling a little better? No, the sea of Divanos is a scary place! Even if the front is calm, if you go further, it's very deep!"
"Right. Didn't you see those buoys? The kids who live in Divanos must have put up a line of buoys!"
It was chaotic.
She felt like she wanted to faint again, as the people, who seemed to be about six or seven, were waving their short limbs and shouting at the top of their lungs.
'I'm alive again.'
She thought it was a tough and tenacious life. She had resolved to stop living like this.
That she would stop now that she had lost everything.
But what on earth was God doing, to have saved her wicked life again like this.
'Is there still something I have to do?'
She had taken the lives of numerous people, and had also taken the lives of other races.
"Miss. You have to drink a lot of water. Huh? That seawater is so salty."
"That's right. Ah, but miss, you don't have any alcohol, do you?"
"Or do you have any rice or wheat?"
"Hey! You idiots! Do you think this miss went swimming with rice and wheat?!"
Pamela closed her eyes again. She couldn't stand their words.
'Is it a dream?'
She thought that this might be something people see before they die.
"Oh? Miss. I told you you have to drink water."
"Right. Even if you're going to sleep, drink some water and then sleep."
"..."
In the end, as Pamela tried to get up, a dwarf quickly came and supported her back.
"T-thank, you..."
"Right, right. A very polite demon. No, but something must have happened up there."
"Right. That's right. Miss, did you hear anything?"
"As you can see, we're trapped here."
Although their complexions were too good for them to be trapped, Pamela first shook her head.
'Let's not pretend to know.'
Her intuition, which had been living on the edge, said.
That she should not pretend to know anything here.
"Right. It's possible."
"But miss. How old are you?"
"What's your name? Who knows? Since demons sometimes come here, your family might be among them. Or a demon you know."
"Right. Do demons often come here?"
"But they haven't been coming lately. Why not?"
"I know, right? The alcohol they brought was quite good."
"That's right."
The chatter was endless.
"I, don't, know..."
As Pamela slowly shook her head and answered, a dwarf's eyes widened and he asked back.
"You don't know? What don't you know?"
"Don't you remember?"
"My goodness. Is it amnesia or something?"
"Right. They say that kind of illness happens when you receive a big shock."
"My goodness..."
Although she hadn't said anything, the dwarves' expressions had already changed to pity, as if public opinion had already flowed in that direction.
"Miss. But don't worry. There may not be much meat here, but there are a lot of fish."
"That's right. There may not be any grain, but there's a lot of seaweed."
"If you cook with that, some pretty decent dishes are born, so don't worry too much."
The dwarves joined forces to reassure Pamela.
"T-thank, you..."
Since it had come to this, Pamela also did not correct their thoughts.
'It would be better to just watch the situation.'
Pamela's pupils, as she received the water and took a sip, rolled.
'Since it has come to this...'
Since Pamela also knew that the demons and the Sirens were connected, she judged that there might be something she could do here.
'It might be God's will.'
[End of Chapter]
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