The Heavenly Demon Can’t Live A Normal Life [EN]: Chapter 466

A man rushed down the hallway, moving very fast. He looked very messy. His hair was tangled, and his clothes were dirty. This looked strange in such a fancy place. The hallway was very grand, with tall marble walls and gold decorations. But none of the guards stopped him.

These guards had hard faces, but when they saw the man, they quickly moved aside and showed him respect. He soon reached a huge door. He stopped in front of it and glared at the guard there.

“Open it,” he ordered.

“Understood,” the guard replied.

*Creak!* The door opened with a loud sound. This was planned in advance. Normally, you needed the owner’s permission to even get close to this place. As the huge door swung open, people who were already inside came into view.

“Lord Kevin is entering,” someone announced.

Kevin looked around the room. His eyes stopped on a woman. He looked very angry at her, showing his teeth.

“Lady Isabel,” Kevin said, “this meeting must be about our lord.”

A month before this moment, the Dimitri Empire was in trouble. Roman Dimitri was gone. He had vanished. At first, people thought he just took a break from work. But as days became weeks, they got more worried. Hans, his closest helper, made everyone even more worried with his serious words. He stood up, his face pale, and spoke in a low voice.

“…It is clear that something bad has happened. Just before he disappeared, the Emperor acted differently than normal. He thanked me like he was saying goodbye forever, but I didn’t understand it then. I must tell you all, we cannot ignore this. If the Emperor knew he was going to leave, there must have been a strong reason.”

Hans looked very worried. He didn’t want to believe Roman Dimitri was gone, but he knew ignoring it wouldn’t help. So, he spoke up. He usually stayed quiet and just did his job, but he was willing to speak out because Roman Dimitri might be in danger. Others also spoke up. They had similar stories to Hans. It became clearer that something was wrong.

But then Kevin spoke, with a different idea.

“I cannot believe something bad has happened to our lord,” Kevin said firmly. “Who is the Emperor? He destroyed Chronos and Valhalla, the two strongest groups on the continent. He defeated the demons from the Demon World, scary creatures that no one else dared to fight. Who could make him leave if he didn’t want to?”

“Yes,” someone agreed. “I think so too. Like Kevin said, we shouldn’t just think he disappeared. Maybe he just went out somewhere. The Emperor has always surprised us before.”

They didn’t want to see the truth. To them, Roman Dimitri was like a god. They couldn’t believe that someone who beat even the Demon King from the terrible Demon World could have a problem he couldn’t solve. They had similar worries, but different ideas. The meeting ended without a decision. They were still worried, but they held onto the idea, like Kevin said, that Roman Dimitri was too strong to be beaten by any problem. It had to be true. Because if Roman Dimitri couldn’t solve a problem, they knew normal people like them had no chance. They were refusing to believe reality. They hid their feelings. They tried to push away their worries. Because it was Roman Dimitri, they believed he would always solve everything and come back.

Days passed slowly. As time went on, their belief started to weaken. They waited for news of Roman Dimitri every day, but every day was the same and quiet, like he never even existed. Their worry grew bigger and bigger. This was not right. It felt very wrong.

And now, in the present. Isabel looked calmly at everyone looking at her. Kevin and the others were all important people. Romero Dimitri, Chris, Valentino, Fabius, Felix, Edwin Hector, and more – they were leaders of the continent. They all came quickly when they heard Isabel had news about Roman Dimitri. Roman Dimitri was so important to all of them. Isabel knew this, but she hadn’t told anyone the truth while the continent was in chaos.

*’I promised him,’* she thought. *’I promised I wouldn’t tell the world the truth I know. I promised I would never tell people why the person who united the continent and brought peace to the Demon World had to disappear, or the reason for it.’* The past month had been very hard for her. At first, she thought keeping the secret would be easy. But even in her quiet place, she heard stories about people searching for Roman Dimitri. Rumors about his disappearance. People trying so hard to find him. Once she started listening, she couldn’t ignore what was really happening.

*’Romero Dimitri,’* she thought, looking at him. Romero Dimitri, who people used to call “the giant of Dimitri,” was looking at her. Half of his face was scarred and rough, a dark line cutting across his cheek. Since Roman Dimitri disappeared, Romero Dimitri had used everything he had. He sent people everywhere to look for Roman Dimitri, and when they found nothing, he started searching himself. He didn’t care that he looked thin and tired. His usually happy face was now sad. Romero Dimitri was suffering because his son was gone. She remembered their last meeting. He should have told Roman Dimitri how he really felt as a father, but he just let his son go, thinking they would have more time later. Now, that moment was a regret that hurt him deeply. If he had known it was their last time together, he would have done things differently.

She looked at a handsome blond man.

*’Chris,’* she thought. Chris, the future leader of Dimitri. He had stopped working recently to lead the search for Roman Dimitri. His once bright blond hair was now dull and lifeless, and dark circles were under his eyes, showing how hard the search had been for him. She looked at others in turn. They were all the same. Everyone had joined in the search. Marquis Valentino offered his collection of treasures to anyone who could give important information about Roman Dimitri. Marquis Fabius, who usually spent his time enjoying his life with many people around him, also joined the search. He even blushed and said that the Emperor’s safety was more important than beautiful women.

It wasn’t just in Dimitri. King Edwin Hector made the whole country search for Roman Dimitri. At a recent meeting of leaders from different countries, he said Roman Dimitri’s disappearance was a terrible disaster. Wise people who talked about the future of the continent agreed. They said the world was united because of Roman Dimitri. If he was gone, the world would become chaotic again. Cairo was also in chaos. The people of Cairo thought of Roman Dimitri as a hero. Even King Daniel Cairo himself was leading the search very eagerly. So, the meeting of world leaders announced that every country would help in the search. The world was in chaos. Everywhere people went, they talked about Roman Dimitri. No matter what country they were from, everyone hoped Roman Dimitri would come back safely. He had united the continent, but he ruled the world fairly and wisely. Roman Dimitri was needed by everyone. People who knew him and people who didn’t all agreed that the future looked bad without Roman Dimitri.

Lastly, Kevin. She knew he was frantically searching for any clue. When Isabel heard that Kevin was going around asking people about Roman Dimitri and looked very messy, she felt very sorry for him. One day, Kevin had come to see her. She had shaken her head and said she didn’t know the truth, but she couldn’t forget his old, worn-out shoes for days. She felt overwhelmed. Was it right to keep her promise to Roman Dimitri? Was it right to tell people the truth? She thought about it every night. Her strong resolve weakened a little more each time she heard news about people like Kevin. Finally, she made a decision. To tell the truth. She called everyone together. Looking at their eyes, which were desperate for the truth, Isabel finally told the truth that had been hard for her to say.

“I will now tell you the truth.”

It was a difficult thing to explain. To talk about why Roman Dimitri disappeared, she had to talk about things people wouldn’t understand easily. Isabel took a deep breath. She looked at them, her voice serious. “In the world you know, there are rules about different worlds, or ‘dimensions.’ Think of them like different rooms in a house. There’s our world, the Demon World, and many others. A rule from God keeps these worlds separate, so we are safe from dangers we don’t know about.” She paused, letting her words sink in.

“But you must be wondering. If these worlds are supposed to be separate, why have demons from the Demon World been attacking our world?” She looked at them, waiting for a response. “To understand that,” Isabel continued, “you need to know about Alexander.”

Alexander. Just the name felt heavy in the room. He was the start of all their problems.

“Emperor Alexander was someone who broke the rules,” Isabel explained. “Because of him, holes appeared between the worlds. That’s how demons from the Demon World could attack our world. That was the beginning of all the trouble. Because Alexander lived for so long, the boundaries between worlds got weaker and weaker. When we finally learned about the Demon World, it was already a problem we couldn’t fix easily. So, Emperor Roman Dimitri made a decision. If the Demon World was always going to attack us, Roman Dimitri decided to attack them first to stop the danger.”

The war with the Demon World. That was the real reason behind it. People were just scared of the Demon World. They didn’t know about the complicated problems Alexander caused.

“Even when I beat the Demon King,” Isabel said, “I didn’t fully understand what it meant to go to the Demon World. Alexander broke the rules because he was someone who came from another world. Just him being in our world was a problem. And… this same problem was true for Emperor Roman Dimitri. I don’t know why he became like Alexander, but God said that when Emperor Roman Dimitri went to the Demon World, he chose this path for himself.”

Isabel knew more than she was saying. Besides what God said, Isabel felt there was more to the story about how Roman Dimitri knew Alexander. But she couldn’t tell them that. She called this meeting because she really wanted to help Roman Dimitri, but she wasn’t going to tell them everything from the start. She would tell them shocking things, but only as much as they could handle. Isabel continued, “We can’t just say Emperor Roman Dimitri disappeared. What happened is something he accepted when he went to the Demon World…”

“Wait!” Suddenly, someone interrupted her. It was Kevin. His face turned red with anger. At first, he was quiet, not really understanding. But when she said Roman Dimitri ‘chose it himself,’ Kevin lost control of his feelings. This truth was even worse than the past weeks of worry, when he still had some hope. If Isabel was right, then they would understand where Roman Dimitri was. Kevin clenched his fists, trying to stay calm, but his voice was shaking. His eyes were red and angry as he looked at Isabel.

“…Are you saying…” he asked, his voice trembling, “…are you saying Emperor Roman Dimitri gave up his life for us?”

Sacrifice. That was the truth. A truth they couldn’t accept.