Reborn Demon Girl Will Not Meet the Uncle Hero

Chapter 195 Changed Relationship

The crown of the One King, the King of All Races... There is probably only one person in the world who can make something like this.

If someone else were to make this crown, its symbolic meaning might outweigh its practical significance. For example, they could obtain items from the kings of various races, such as scales, feathers, or hair, or they could gather and fuse together totems from various races into one.

But Moher was different.

If she wants to forge something that symbolizes the "sole king," then she must make sure that this thing has a corresponding "symbol," something that has the power to control the power of all the major races.

This thing is probably not very useful to her and Doro.

However... as an authoritative figure...

"Yes, that should be the case."

Moh approved the wise king's proposal, and then said to her, "Go and collect the blood of all the races. I will use all my skills and wisdom to create a supreme crown. This matter must be announced to the world."

……

"The Supreme Crown? The One and Only King?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is a message from the Demon King. I heard that the Demon King has returned to Buto City to use the power of the volcano and the World Tree there to forge such a crown. The crown will have the power to rule over all races."

A smile appeared on Doro's face: "Very good, very good. King of all races, the only king, not just the human king, nor just the demon king, but the one who truly rules this world. The demon king ruled this world in the past, but she should not have done this. She liked a variety of races—and now she has done this for me. It is truly an honor. Let the races that belong to us cooperate. This crown will surely belong to me."

"Your will be obeyed."

……

“The One and Only Crown! He shouldn’t have agreed to this!” Xia Di exclaimed upon hearing the news. “If Moh doesn’t intend to fight him fair and square, but instead uses the lives of many races in the world to force him to commit suicide, that would be a terrible thing. He would be handing over his weakness to Moh!”

"What's the point of saying such things? Can you stop him or Moh? Do you think he'll listen to you like he used to?"

Alchemical "elements" swirled around Adeline. These elemental points of light constantly danced within her body, transforming, recombining, and filtering: "If you're truly worried about this happening, then hurry up and succeed, and stop the Demon King. I still think your decision to leave the Church was a mistake. When you were in the Church, facing this situation, at least you could have had the Goddess descend to stop it, instead of being powerless like this now—if Moh intends to use this to threaten Doro, do you think this thing can threaten you?"

Xia Di was speechless for a moment.

"If you want to do something, you have to make a decision in a short period of time. If you continue to wait and just offer so-called advice, then it's already happened, and it's meaningless to talk about right or wrong anymore."

Adeline's face remained unmoved: "You've always been like this, Shady. You're always waiting. Back in the Hero's Squad, you waited for his confession, but you didn't. After you betrayed him, you waited for his 'wake-up call,' for his 'forgiveness,' but you still didn't get it. Now, you expect someone to go to his side and tell him it's not okay just by saying no? Are you kidding me?"

Adeline's words were sharper than Charlotte had imagined: "I heard the most ridiculous thing is that when he came to challenge you, you told him you planned to marry the Wise King. So, if he's still that drunkard and does nothing, will you still marry the Wise King?"

"My engagement to the Wise King wasn't based on my personal feelings, but rather on the greater good of the White Church and the Central Empire of Humanity. It was necessary, wasn't it?"

"Oh, so you think this is the right thing to do? Do you know what I'm thinking right now?"

"what?"

"How could I have believed your nonsense before, thinking that your ideas, your actions, and your methods were all correct, all for the sake of bringing happiness to more people, and using this as a goal to move forward? I find it laughable when I think about it now, Xia Di."

Adeline's smile was quite bitter. She called it laughable, but in reality, she was laughing at herself: "You always find some grand excuses for yourself. Seeing him and the Demon King in that state, you said you were afraid he would become the Demon King, you said there couldn't be another Demon King in the world, and then you conspired with Adriana, who was thinking who knows what, to commit such a betrayal. You said it was for the greater good of humanity and the White Church that you had to get engaged to the Wise King, you said it was for the greater good of humanity that you massacred the Lizardman Kingdom—now I have to ask, why is humanity the greater good? Why is the White Church the greater good?" Before Xia Di could speak, she continued, "I knew exactly what you were going to say. Because you and I are human, humanity is our priority. Because the Church of White is an organization born from the revelation of the great goddess, devoutly serving her, the Church of White is the priority. Right? But ultimately, isn't this just a case of 'your position determines your perspective,' where you sit determines what era you're considering? How do you call yourself great? How do you think you're so high and mighty, so right? It's one thing to deceive your followers, but if you believe it yourself, how can you be sure you're not acting hypocritically?"

Xia Di never imagined that the girl she remembered as still very young would say such things to her. At this moment, she finally realized that the Adeline in front of her was no longer the girl who followed behind them.

Unlike herself—she challenged the church, Doro, and the demon king with her own will, ultimately being turned to stone.

She is the president of the Alchemist's Guild, and she has long possessed an independent will, as well as courage and wisdom.

"I asked Doro about human alchemy, and he told me that if human alchemy could really reach the level of the Demon King Moh, then the Demon King would definitely be full of expectations and might even offer help. Because sitting in that position is so lonely, and it is such a long wait for something that can make his eyes light up to appear, whether it is a person or something else."

Adeline's eyes lowered: "So, Shady, tell me, what are you waiting for? What path do you want to explore? Even if you succeed on your path, what do you want to do with that power? The reason we're here is because Doro is looking forward to our results. He expects us to challenge him once again—pleasing him is the meaning of our existence now."

As she said this, Adeline felt a sharp pain in her heart, but she still said, "It's all different now, Shady. Our relationship, what we mean to each other, our value... for Doro, it's all different now!"

Many things are different now...

Xia Di should know about this, she should have a clear understanding of it, but perhaps... perhaps she still hasn't really seen it that way, hasn't really considered it.

……

Rastina is currently in a relatively high position of power, and sometimes she feels quite uneasy about it.

Simply put, since she doesn't represent the Demon King or the Human King, but rather acts as an intermediary—whenever the Demon King's forces or the Human King's forces need to inform each other, they will go through Rastina.

This was a considerable amount of power, and merchants from all over the world began to flock to it... With almost nothing Rosetina had to do, a force called "Middlemen" quietly rose to prominence, leaving Rosetina bewildered by this sudden arrival of power.

However, she knew very well that this power was not her own, but rather power that was dependent on the Demon King and the Human King. It was because she, Rastina, had accidentally and by chance become a member of the Moh Mansion, and happened to have no deep connection with Moh or Doro, that she was able to make this choice.

She is not the true holder of power.

Therefore, the arrival of such power made him especially cautious. He knew very well what a heavy task the intermediary between the Demon King's forces and the Human King's forces was shouldering, and how fascinating the benefits brought by this power were... But a moment of carelessness could destroy everything.

If she becomes careless, or loses her sense of self because she is relaying messages, and starts to think she has some weight, she will be destroyed in an instant. As for the Demon King and the Human King, they don't actually need her power.

They might have even forgotten about the existence of this person named Rastina. Rastina was certain that those two people probably only had eyes for each other right now.

Everyone else is just scenery. If anyone disturbs the two people's time together, or disrupts their "struggle"... although Rastina personally thinks "flirting" would be a more appropriate description.

In short, if something goes wrong because of someone in the "middleman" faction, then even if all the middlemen are killed, she thinks neither the Demon King nor the Human King will spare a second glance.

Her understanding of people was still limited, but she had some sense of these things.

Therefore, Rastina has been exceptionally strict lately.

She didn't want any unexpected situations to occur.

(End of this chapter)