The Fake Saintess and the Elf Warrior

"...Just because of that?"

"Because Xiao Ai... is the person I cherish most!"

Finally, under the Demon King's interrogation, Malyajie confronted her feelings completely.

Instead of evading or avoiding the issue, give a more confident and direct answer than the previous "reasoning."

"Because I... deeply love Ai... deeply love Meiela!!!"

Follow your true thoughts and speak freely about your true wishes.

Nothing could make you feel more confident or more comfortable.

With the strongest strength she had ever possessed, she gripped the iron rod, now only a third of its original length. She still faced the Demon King head-on.

"I absolutely will not allow anyone... to take away the one I love! She is mine... I will never give Xiao Ai to anyone! I came here this time... to win back the one I deeply love!"

What enabled her to stand up again was her answer.

Love.

"...You? A human girl?...Mayira may be a rebellious girl, but she's still my daughter, a princess of a nation. Do you think you're worthy of her?"

"...Then I will dedicate my entire life to becoming a woman worthy of Xiao Ai."

The Demon King fell completely silent at this answer. What kind of expression lay beneath his helmet?

Perhaps only the Demon King himself knows the answer...

"Click"

However, at this moment

"boom!"

Seemingly due to the impact of the attack he had just delivered, the floor of the room cracked.

This prison was originally built on a cliff, not to mention that this is the deepest part of the prison.

With a deafening roar, the ground beneath Mayra completely crumbled, and her body, along with chunks of flesh and rubble, plummeted into the bottomless abyss...

"Little...Little Ai!!!"

Only then did Maiya suddenly drop the iron rod she had been clutching, and with a speed far beyond what her physical condition could have imagined, she lunged towards where Mayera had collapsed. At the last moment, she managed to grab Mayera with her left hand.

"Gurgle... Ugh..."

However, Mayera was naked, with nothing to hold onto. Maya could only grasp her hands. And because of the mucus on her flesh, Mayera's arms were slippery and difficult to hold.

Even more dangerously, a worrisome "crack" sound came from the part of the body beneath Ma Yajie that hadn't yet collapsed. It seemed only a matter of time before that part collapsed as well.

"Little Ai... I'm here... I won't let you... fall..."

Mayajie braced herself against the ground with her right arm, trying to pull Meiila up. However, her body had reached its limit. Even in her healthy state, she didn't have the strength to lift a person, let alone now that she was barely breathing.

"...It doesn't matter if I let go, Meera is immortal."

Even if Mayera falls, she won't die. What Maya is doing now is completely futile. To the Demon King, what Maya has said and done is enough. She was simply reminding Maya not to waste her time.

But

"It has nothing to do with that!"

Mayera possesses immortality; even if she's shattered to pieces, she can regenerate... Actually, Maya already knew this. It was Tatia and Pais who inadvertently revealed it to Maya during a casual conversation.

"But even if Xiao Ai is immortal... I don't want to watch her suffer, watch her get hurt... and I certainly can't just watch her leave me again!"

If you love someone, you won't want that person to suffer any harm.

This has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not one is immortal.

"Xiao Ai... don't worry, I won't... I won't abandon you..."

Mayajie bit her lip, desperately trying to pull back her fading consciousness. She wanted to unleash a power that didn't exist before, a power that would pull Maya up.

However, that is ultimately a power that does not exist.

"Gurgle..."

No matter how hard he tried, the hand holding Mayra's arm grew weaker and weaker, and Mayra's body began to slide down again, little by little.

"Tick-tock"

A crystal-clear liquid landed on Mayella's face.

Those were Malya Jie's tears.

"Look, it seems I am ultimately... not fortunate enough to walk this path with you... Xiao Ai..."

She cried. She cried because she could never be with Mayera. She cried because her happiness was about to slip away.

Some things, no matter how hard you try, no matter how desperately you fight, are simply impossible to achieve... Only in the final moments of her life did Ma Yajie accept this cruel reality.

"But... I won't let you get hurt, I won't let you suffer, Xiao Ai... Hmph!!!"

Like Mayera before her, she burned her own life, using her entire being to do this final thing for her lover.

Mayajie whirled around, throwing herself off the cliff. She completely abandoned her footing, sacrificing her chance to save Maya in the end.

Mayera's body was successfully pulled up, but in contrast, Mayajie's body was completely exposed in mid-air. Below her was an abyss that, if she had fallen, would not have been able to be pieced together to form a human figure.

But Malya did not regret it.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Ai, I couldn't say goodbye in person. But at least you must live on... As long as you're alive, you have a chance to encounter new happiness..."

In the final moments of her life, Ma'er Yajie smiled happily and closed her eyes. May her beloved be happy.

"...I hope you can find someone more reliable and capable than this foolish little girl, someone who can take all my regrets away from you. Little Ai...Farewell..."

Tears traced an arc in the air as Ma Yajie's body plummeted off the cliff...

........

.....

That's enough.

"Snap"

As she fell, Ma Yajie's arm was eventually caught by another person's hand.

Not only Marjane, but also Meera. That person grabbed both of their arms at the same time, and they floated in mid-air as if flying.

Malya had lost consciousness. But she still pulled Malya's body into her arms and whispered in Malya's ear...

"That's enough, Malyajie... I, the Demon King: Nama Karenla, have lost to you."

The invincible demon king's declaration of defeat echoed in the sky above the cliff, where no one else could hear it.

".........it hurts!"

What woke Ma Yajie again was the sharp pain in her right hand.

"Huh?...Me? I wasn't just now...."

When she opened her eyes, Malya was stunned. In her memory, she had just willingly fallen off the cliff to save Mayera. She should have been smashed to pieces by now.

But now, not only am I feeling pain, I'm also sitting perfectly fine in the middle of the room. It's as if nothing that just happened has occurred.

but...

"pain!"

The excruciating pain in her right hand told her that what had just happened wasn't a dream, but a real event. She raised her right arm and discovered that the severed artery seemed to have been reconnected, most of the severed flesh had grown back, and her entire arm was tightly and neatly wrapped in bandages.

"Where's...Where's Xiao Ai!?...Xiao Ai!!!!!"

If she hadn't fallen, wouldn't it have been Mayera who had fallen? Terrified that this would happen, Malya quickly looked around. Soon, she saw Mayera, who hadn't fallen either, lying peacefully beside her, covered with a blanket, still unconscious. She hurried over and felt Mayera's left ventricle; as it throbbed, Malya finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Very good...."

Anxin's tears flowed again. Although she didn't know why, she and Mayera had both survived.

There couldn't be a better ending...

"Hey, isn't it a bit inappropriate to touch someone else's daughter's breasts right after she woke up, Xiaoya?"

"Huh?"

Just as she breathed a sigh of relief, a voice with the same tone as Mayera's, but with a completely different intonation, suddenly came through.

Ma Yajie only knows one person with that kind of voice.

"Tap, tap"... From the shadows of the room, a petite figure slowly emerged.

"You're just as good as your dad at being a pervert, girl."

The person approached Ma Yajie in a teasing tone.

Of course, Ma Yajie recognized her.

"Oh... Miss Angel!!??"

The girl who appeared in the room was Naka, the first girl to save Mayajie, who opened the way for Mayajie to the outside world for the first time, and who gave her her first care and kindness, so she arbitrarily called her "angel".

Looking at Naka, and then at her own arm that had been treated, Malyajie immediately excitedly took Naka's hand.

"It was the angel who saved my daughter and Xiao Ai! Once again...once again I owe you a favor! You really are...you really are my savior angel!"

"Okay, okay..."

Naka accepted the title with a mixture of helplessness and relief, and pushed Mayajie away slightly.

At the same time, suddenly remembering something, Ma Yajie nervously looked around.

"Miss Angel! We can't be careless! Xiao Ai's mother... the Demon King, she was just here!"

"The Demon King?"

Naka simply scoffed at this.

"The Demon King never existed in the first place, Malyage."

"Huh?"

"No, or rather..."

From the very beginning, Malyajie ruled out the truth, because she trusted Naka from the bottom of her heart.

Otherwise, with just a little speculation, the most reasonable solution can be easily deduced from the current situation....

"...Or perhaps you could say the Demon King is still standing before you right now..."

"Wh...what...?"

"...Do you understand what I mean, my lovely and innocent young lady?"

The girl, who was called an angel, revealed a devilish smile.

Operation Mayella (Happiness)

"Although you always call me angel or something, I did help you when we first met..."

In the sun-drenched little room, a girl in a light, pretty dress grinned at the innocent young lady.

"But the person you know has always been just a big demon king who infiltrated the human world for his own purposes and only helped you a few times on a whim... The angel you thought came to save you never existed at all, Xiaoya."

Tell her the cruel and sad truth.

...

In fact, with just a little thought, this conclusion can be easily reached.

Naka and Mayera are identical in appearance and voice. The only differences are their aura and tone of voice. Even Mayajie mistook Mayera for Naka when they first met.

Furthermore, just as the demon king had vanished, this girl, who should have been recuperating in her house in the distant capital, suddenly appeared.

She was injured and did not choose to come. But now, she has brazenly appeared in the room that Taqia had painstakingly created, a room that Malya had reached after expending a great deal of energy.

What all this means is quite easy to deduce if one hadn't trusted the girl from the beginning.

Because the other party couldn't stand such blind trust, to the point that they didn't take such a big doubt to heart, the Demon King had no choice but to tell Malya Jie the truth himself.

After all, even if he didn't say it, Maya would tell her when she woke up.

Even if no one believed Mayra's words, if he continued to stand openly in front of the two of them... no, in front of everyone, Mayra would still not believe him and would still harbor strong hostility towards him. She would still live in fear and anger...

The Demon King no longer desires that. Now, all she wants is for the people she cares about to live a happy and fulfilling life.