CH 94

Chapter 94 : Maou vs Hero

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“Stop… The negative chain…?”

“Yes, you and me.”

{{Maou, that’s a dangerous idea! …God wouldn’t want that. God want the life scale between demons and humans to remain unstable….}}

Flustered, System rang their warning in a hurry.

I know. A  never-ending cycle of hatred. This cruel way can just go eat shit.

“Killatur, you of all people know that even if you were to slice my head off.. I… Maou… Another new Maou will be reborn. And even if I’m lucky enough to be able to kill you, another Hero will be reborn as well.”

“A chain of… Hatred…”

“Yes. I… I don’t want to get swept up by that chain. I don’t want my beloved child to suffer and be trapped in eternal hatred…. I… I don’t want that…”

“But… Maou… Mao-kun.. You said it yourself. There are demons who hate me. There are demons who bear grudge against me for killing their family. You said you can’t erase that hatred… It’s too late… A lot of hatred has been born. The chain is already…”

“Yes. That’s right. I’m not going to tell them to forget their hatred.”

I wonder how much better it’d be if we could just make them forget their hatred? But… A wound that was forcibly removed would leave distorted remains forever.That was why…

“We can’t make the hatred disappear but over a long period of time, that hatred can slowly dissipate…”

“Over a long… Period of time…?”

“Listen, Killatur. I’m not talking about a year or two here.”

This negative chain had continued on for far too long. We needed an equally long period of time to come to term with it.

“It may take many, many generations or maybe a thousand or even two thousand years but… Overtime, we can finally create an era where humans and demons can coexist.”

Beyond our parallel lines, no matter how long it took, if there was a point where the parallel lines intersected… I’d plant the necessary seed for that. If I could successfully plant the seed then no matter how long it took, I’d be able to leave a path for us to coexist.

“A thousand or… Two thousand…”

“Yes. This is our beginning. Even though it might take a long period of time, we will aim for the day when two parallel lines intersect. I don’t know how long it will take. Maybe in the next generation of humans and demons or maybe the generation after… Slowly, through conversations and understanding… We will unravel the hatred little by little. Well… I guess the first thing we need to do is to have some distance between two sides so they won’t be able to continue killing each other off. We start with a non-aggression pact. After that we can slowly start coming together as a whole.”

It was clear to see Killa was confused when I mentioned how long it would take for us to achieve our goal.

“Did you forget? Killatur, I’m Maou. Not to mention I’m a young Maou who was born less than a year ago. I have plenty of time. As a demon with remarkable longevity, my time is eternal. I can stay behind and watch over the world.”

“Eternal… Oh… Oooh… I see…”

“As the representative of the demons, I’d like to propose a non-intervention pact with humans. It might be difficult to implement it right away but I’d like for Killa to make the move on the human side.”

“Non-intervention with demons… Right now, after I had defeated the previous Maou, a lot of people are thinking that the number of demons are dwindling. It wouldn’t be hard to make the humans believe the demon race has perished… But…”

“But…?”

“I just can’t… Understand it. Of course, just as you’ve said it before. The demons that I detested… No. I mean the demons who I had thought of as absolute evil because of the chain of hatred, I understand that they are actually the same as humans. They can have compassion for their children and can also wish for a world without conflict. I’m also feeling the same way… I wish I won’t have to fight… I wish I won’t have to kill… If that kind of future is possible, I want to put my wish on it but… Is… That kind of future really possible? I…”

“You’re right. A human can live for at most about 80 years. From your perspective as a human, it might be difficult to imagine what would happen further than that.”

Hey, System.

{{Maou? What is it?}}

I can give birth to all kinds of demons in egg form, right?

{{That’s right.}}

Whether a humanoid demon, plant demon, bug demon or something without a form like spirit demon.

{{That’s right.}}

Now hear me out. What about ‘human’? Can I possibly give birth to humans?

{{……………. Out of all Maou, you’re the first one to ever ask me that kind of question.}}

System seemed hesitant but then, the System gave a small sigh of acceptance to me.

{{It is possible, Maou. I’m sure the current you can mate with all kind of living being and give birth to an egg after.}}

“Killatur. I understand your doubt. Even if you’re the strongest Hero, you’re still a human. In another 60 years, you might already be dead. You might be thinking the vow we’re making right now will be impossible to uphold after that.”

“Actually my doubt hasn’t… Even reached… That far yet… But… You’re right… There’s no way of knowing what will happen after I’m gone…”

“In that case… After you’re gone… Let the one who will carry your will… To continue the vow between Maou and Hero.”

“The one who will carry my will…?”

“Yeah. I will give birth to your child, Killa.”

“!!?”

Killatur froze in shock at my words. The surrounding demons also had their breaths taken away. I gently rubbed my still flat stomach, dreaming about the distant future.

“We need someone to protect the vow between demons and humans and someone to control the human from the human’s side… But… If it’s my child, I can make sure the demons won’t mess with them. Although I don’t know if our dream will come true within my child’s generation or maybe my grandchild’s generation or maybe further generations to come…”

Even though the intersection was still in the distant future, our child would inherit our wish.

“A world where demonkind can live happily without Maou’s power… A world where a Hero’s power is not needed…”

A world beyond the parallel lines, beyond hatred, where different species joined their hands together.

“Wouldn’t you like to see a world where demons and humans can laugh happily together?”

A single drop of tears fell from Killa’s eyes.

“Haha… What a frightening Maou you are…”

Killatur was smiling while crying, he had a hopeless expression on his face.

“You… You just erased the value of the「future Hero」without laying a finger on me. If you erased our reason to fight… Just who… Who could win against a Maou like you?”

Killa, who was smiling while crying hopelessly, fell on his knees. His tears were trickling down the floor. One after another, drops of tears overflowed from his eyes. 

“This is my utter defeat. I… I will help you create a future where humans and demons don’t have to kill each other. Let me dream together with you, for a world that doesn’t need either Maou or Hero.”

“Yeah, Killatur. I promise you as Maou. No matter how long it takes…”

A world where no one has to go through such painful sorrows.