Reborn Demon Girl Will Not Meet the Uncle Hero

Chapter 188 The Return of the Promise

What kind of person is Adriana?
She always considered herself very calm, and she always believed that she was the one who could remain calm no matter what situation she encountered.

When I first joined the hero's party, things were actually quite chaotic.

For example, back then, A. Godora was always hot-blooded and rushed too far ahead, causing him to become separated from the team. Although Adeline was considered an unprecedented genius among alchemists at the time, she was still young and would always panic and scream with her head in her hands when faced with unexpected situations.

Saintess Shady is a despicable woman with an excessive amount of sympathy. The team suffered a lot because of her sympathy. As for Yin Nefeld? She is a reclusive woman, reclusive and extreme, who always manages to suddenly explode at the most unexpected times.

At that time, Adriana always thought—what would happen to this team without her! She would definitely make a mess of everything.

Rather than calling her the team's mage, it's more accurate to say she's the one who's always cleaning up after everyone else.

For example, casting a defensive spell on A. Godora who rushed too far ahead; building an earthen wall to calm the fearful Adeline; arguing with the overly compassionate Shady to make her put away her excessive kindness; and constantly monitoring Innefeld's movements to prevent her from suddenly starting to curse inexplicably.

She didn't think she was better than others; she just felt that she happened to be good at these things. As a qualified noblewoman, as someone who aimed to restore her family and constantly pursued noble and magical training, she was good at reading people and paying attention to small details.

The other members of the team were far too careless.

Their squad continued advancing in this manner until they reached the Demon King.

Divine magic was cast upon A. Godora to ensure he would not be corrupted by the curse or infected by the poison. The power of magic acted on both the hero and the demon king simultaneously, restricting the demon king's movements. The power of wind and lightning was added to Godora's sword, and alchemical tools would occasionally launch sneak attacks that landed on the demon king, continuously imbuing him with the curse.

It was precisely because of the team's unity that Doro was able to defeat the Demon King.

That's a wrong idea.

At that time, everyone probably vaguely sensed something.

However, no one is willing to admit it, and they even deny the possibility from the bottom of their hearts.

That is, those curses, magic, and alchemical tools seem to work on the Demon King—because the Demon King is waiting.

At that time, the Demon King named Mordor was waiting! He himself sensed that A Godora was moving towards his domain, so he pretended to be restrained, and he pretended to be defeated by the team's united attack, because he was giving A Godora a chance and giving A Godora his trust!

These forces were what convinced A. Godora that he had so many supporters, and that was the reason this man had persevered to this day—the Demon King had steadfastly supported A. Godora's will, and finally waited for this man to complete his leap and reach a realm where he could face the Demon King head-on.

By this point, all power has become ineffective.

The ice prison that initially restricted the Demon King's activities became even more fragile than cotton candy after the Demon King and A. Godora revealed their true power. In fact, under the Demon King's eyes that pierced through illusions and distances, it didn't even have the meaning of obscuring vision—everything seemed to have become nothingness.

Any form of attack, any form of power, seemed so weak when the final battle arrived. It's laughable—the whole world seemed like it had turned into paper. The slightest touch would shatter it. Only the Demon King's fist and the Hero's sword were the real deal.

The girls watching from the VIP seats back then probably already understood... that A. Godora was no longer the A. Godora they knew. Or rather, they never truly understood this person at all.

That realm is not the realm of "human beings".

From that moment on, Adriana no longer knew the meaning of her life. She clearly realized that even if the Demon King was really dead, there would still be a Demon King left in this world.

Call him Demon King, call him King of Men, call him whatever you like.

Essentially the same, an eternal being that overlooks the world and constantly distorts it—perhaps the Demon King is better in comparison?
Such a thought popped into Adriana's mind, because she noticed that the Demon King was actually quite stable.

As the ruled, they find the world and their fate unacceptable. But if we look at it from another perspective... the Demon King, who has ruled the world for such a long time, in the tens of thousands of years, has not even caused any significant damage to this world.

They clearly witnessed the battle between the hero and the demon king, how fragile the world was before them. For beings like them, doing anything to the world would be far too easy. Rather than letting a young man like A. Godora ascend the throne, it would be better to let the demon king, who had lived for countless years, remain in his position.

After all, even if the Demon King once destroyed the world, it was still something he did—the stability of the elderly is higher than that of the young.

These thoughts were meaningless. Adriana had been confused for a long time; the plan to kill Doro was tantamount to suicide, and she knew this better than anyone. But she still did it. She had to live up to her honor as a noblewoman. For someone like her who had accomplished nothing, her memories of her time in the squad were what kept her alive, and in those memories, the identity of "noblewoman" was the most important thing to her.

She considers this the key factor that distinguishes her from the other members and makes her an indispensable part of the group.

She has used all her strength to plan, even borrowing the Demon King's horn.

But that's how it turned out. Then they saw the Wise King's plan to create an A Godora from their memories, but it turned out that it wasn't the real A Godora.

She drank heavily everywhere.

Actually, she wasn't really drowning her sorrows in alcohol. She was simply experiencing something new. If someone were to investigate carefully, they would find that the places Adriana was currently drinking in were all places Doro had been to before. Doro had gotten drunk in these places, and she wanted to experience the same feeling.

She knew that she could never truly feel the same way as Doro.

But what could she do?

Did Doro not kill him? Did Doro harbor some kind of expectation towards him?
As for Doro, what exactly is she...?

As for himself, what exactly is Doro...?

Memories of the past flowed past her eyes like water, and Adriana stood up unsteadily.

Magic surged within her.

……

Yin Nefert and Adriana arrived in front of Doro almost at the same time.

“This is truly remarkable—Shatty and Adeline arrived together, and you two arrived together too… Are you afraid to come to see me alone?” Doro’s face held a frivolous smile. “Lord Reggus, weren’t we discussing the incorporation of minority races? You should go and take care of that.”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Reggus then immediately withdrew.

Doro then looked at the two men again: "What brings you here?"

Adriana's gaze fell on Yin Nefeld, indicating that she would let the cursed mage speak first.

Yin Nefert had no interest in what Adriana had to say; she was only concerned with her own affairs: "I went to see the Demon King, and her condition was that the source of the curse could be modified, so that curse masters would no longer be curse masters, but could become an honorable profession that could stand in the sunlight. If I were to pledge allegiance to you, what conditions would you offer?"

"...Modifying the source of the curse...That's quite an exaggerated proposal, befitting Moh's character. Sometimes I'm even terrified by the Demon King's wisdom and knowledge. Back in her mansion, she even taught me how to use alchemy, divine magic, and how to snatch people from the goddess's hands through the clash of various forces. I can't offer that kind of condition. The condition I can offer is the same as it was back then, Nefert."

“But those were conditions you should have fulfilled back then,” Yin Nefeld said so tactlessly.

But Doro wasn't angry about it: "Yes, according to you, it was indeed a condition that should have been agreed to back then, the condition I gave you curse masters when I made you submit to me—but you didn't trust me."

“At that time, what we did didn’t really hurt you. You still had the power to move things forward, but you didn’t.”

“I’ve been betrayed, yet I’m obligated to fulfill a contract with the betrayer? Do I look like a fool?” Doro said slowly. “I probably do seem like a fool to you. I’ve always thought keeping promises is very important… But, Nefertari, do you know what? The first person to praise this quality of mine wasn’t you, it was Moher.”

Doro seemed to be recalling something: "When I first met Mohe, she comforted me, took me home when I was drunk, took good care of me, and even cooked me a Demon King's meal... So much so that the favors she did for me afterward were countless... I asked her why she was so good to me, and she told me that as long as I showed her kindness, I would definitely get something in return, and that investing in me would definitely be worthwhile. That touched me deeply."

Yin Nefert's expression remained unchanged, her gaze fixed firmly on Doro: "But the fact is, you chose to become the Human King, standing on the opposite side of the Demon King, and you did not give her the so-called reward. You did not fulfill the Demon King's recognition of you, you proved that you cannot keep your promise, you cannot repay the kindness of others."

(End of this chapter)