Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 306

But.

‘This is……?’

Something was off.

A massive surge of energy rushed back at me through the sword I had plunged into Clatie.

“Ugh!”

The impact felt like my insides were twisting.

Even though the sword was imbued with the power of the Breaking Evil, the evil energy suppressed and overwhelmed it, blazing fiercely.

‘This power is……’

A power as mighty and sublime as a deity.

A power that no human—no, no other being could possibly contain.

I realized it instinctively.

This isn’t Liliel.

“Kias… Edel?”

“Hehe, Hahahahaha! Ahahahahahaha!”

A grotesque laughter echoed like thunder.

A voice that sounded like two people speaking at once.

“You’ve finally realized it!”

Clatie and Liliel—no, KiasEdel—smiled at me.

“How is it? My final preparation.”

“Haa……”

Despite clenching my lips to hold it back, blood seeped out with the surge of nausea.

“Hehehe! It’s a lovely sight! I’ve been aiming for this, pretending to be someone else, just a monster inheriting my power.”

To think Liliel was KiasEdel.

‘From the beginning—’

“My power was weak back then. That damned Aphtaness kept my body dormant for too long. I barely managed to move and tried to build up my strength, but you stole all the influence that should have come to me.”

“……”

“If you, with your sharp mind, had known my true identity back then, you would have killed me by any means necessary, wouldn’t you?”

Indeed.

Had I known, I would have ended Liliel’s life with my own hands.

‘If I had, this wouldn’t have happened……’

Too many people died.

“That’s a very good look. I wanted to see you regretting it like that.”

With a rustle, crimson evil energy writhed like a snake, brushing against my cheek.

“I never imagined you’d pull off such a cute trick with Aphtaness’s relic. I thought I could take care of you without coming this far, but I was completely caught off guard, you know?”

“……”

“But it seems I’ve caught you off guard this time. And.”

Crack—.

“This will be the end. You’ve lost to me. Just like Aphtaness.”

The sword wouldn’t budge.

From the pierced abdomen, grotesque sinews bulged out, gripping the sword.

The surging evil energy instantly sharpened into a solid blade, rushing toward me.

“……!”

A firm embrace gently enveloped me.

“Sid!”

Sid pulled me tightly into his arms, leaping backward.

Kwaaaang!

The evil energy pierced through the ice wall, pierced through, and pierced through again.

‘To think it’s this powerful with a single strike……!’

Sid’s ice wall isn’t just ice. It’s made of ability, sturdier than an aura barrier.

The evil energy stopped only after the ice wall, formed like a crystal cluster, blocked all directions.

“Hmph, putting up a useless resistance. Well, it’s more fun to corner a rat like you.”

KiasEdel smiled leisurely.

“Which one should I choose?”

I exchanged glances with Sid, my lips sealed. Very slowly, ice flowers began to bloom on the blood-stained floor.

Faint and delicate ice flowers, barely visible unless you looked closely.

“Will you just die now? No. That’s too easy. It would be better to watch this world be dyed with despair and be saved by me until the end, wouldn’t it?”

“……”

“Or do you want to live? If you entertain me, I might spare only you. It would be fun to watch you crawl in a pit, forever frustrated until the end of your life.”

KiasEdel grinned grotesquely, as if pleased.

“Yes, good. Let’s do that.”

As soon as those words were spoken, an ominous energy surged from KiasEdel.

Sid hugged me even tighter.

An immense pressure.

I was suffocating, and my knees were about to buckle.

Is this how someone feels when facing a massive tsunami?

A sense of helpless despair, feeling infinitely small.

However, unlike a tsunami before it hits, this ferocious energy clearly inflicted damage just by being present.

If this power were to escape as it is—.

‘I have to stop it.’

I must seal KiasEdel.

‘No, I have to kill it for sure.’

Is it possible?

Judging from how KiasEdel’s evil energy surpassed my power of the Breaking Evil earlier, the result is obvious.

“And to wield the power of the Breaking Evil at A-grade. You’ve reached the limit that a human can reach. Many said it was impossible for a human to wield this much power of the Breaking Evil, but you did it.”

Unlike me, who has reached the limit a human can reach, KiasEdel possesses a power that transcends humans, almost like a deity.

“……”

I erased the question ‘Is it possible?’

In a situation where I have to do it, doubt only weakens the mind.

‘I’m the only one who can try.’

Because I am the only one who possesses the power of the Breaking Evil and represents Aphtaness.

No one else will even be able to try.

‘It’s not like there’s no chance of success at all.’

However, even if I succeed—.

‘I’ll die.’

“……”

I clenched my fist tightly at the feeling of a cold blade against my neck.

I had to be prepared.

“Master.”

Sid grabbed my shoulder firmly.

The look on his face as he looked at me was strange.

As if he knew what I was thinking.

Or—.

‘It’s strange.’

It’s already been more than 10 years.

Unlike when he was young, Sid’s jawline is sharp as if it had been honed, and his eyes are deeper.

Tall height, firm shoulders and broad chest, tightly cinched waist.

His frame and appearance are clearly different from when he was young.

‘It’s the same as Sid’s face I saw when I was young.’

Sid’s face now is the same as the face he had when I gave him the key to his restraints and gave him freedom.

It was just a moment, and the expression changed as soon as I blinked, as if I had seen it wrong.

‘He glared at me as if he had never made such an expression.’

I smiled at the affectionate memory.

“You know. I’m very selfish.”

I gently held Sid’s hand that was holding my shoulder.

As if it were a lie that he had been holding on so tightly, Sid’s hand came off very easily and settled in my hand.

“I’m a saintess, but I can’t die to save the world.”

Sid opened his mouth to say something, but I was faster.

“But.”

Sid’s face began to distort.

“For my dad, for my brothers, for my grandfather, and—.”

I cupped Sid’s cheek.

“Sid, I can die to save you.”

“Don’t……”

A low voice trembling as if whispering.

Sid looked at me like a lost child.

I kissed his lips.

I smiled as I watched Sid’s eyes waver.

I can’t delay any longer.

I took a step back as it was.

“Ruatisha!”

Sid desperately reached out to me, but,

Whoosh!

The black aura that rose violently blocked his way.

I stepped on the True Awakening towards KiasEdel as it was.

‘I’ll probably be very sad.’

He will be heartbroken to the point that it cannot be expressed in words.

But it’s better than dying together.

I hope you live.

Even if you are sad, even if you are heartbroken, even if you are grieving, I hope you live.

‘Haha.’

An inappropriate laugh came out. Although it was a dry, parched laugh.

‘I never thought I would die for someone else like this.’

But this is not a sacrifice.

It’s just doing what I can to save the person I love, for the ending I want.

That’s how precious it is to me, that’s how much I love you, I jumped into the storm of violently rising evil energy.

* * *

[Warning!]

[Warning!]

[Warning!]

[The evil energy is too high!]

[The defense system has been damaged!]

[Evil energy has invaded the Trait Holder’s ether!]

[Warning!]

[The power of the Breaking Evil is activated beyond its limit!]

[We recommend that you stop the activation immediately!]

[Warning!]

[Please stop using the power of the Breaking Evil any further!]

[If you use the power of the Breaking Evil any further, the user’s cells will be destroyed!]

Looking at the warning windows that kept popping up in front of me, I pulled up the power of the Breaking Evil even more.

My vision was already hazy.

‘It hurts.’

It felt like my body was burning from the inside out, as if my breath was boiling.

[Warning!]

[To protect the Trait Holder, the use of the power of the Breaking Evil will be forcibly stopped.]

‘No…….’

But I could feel the power of the Breaking Evil that I had managed to pull up scattering.

I glared with my flickering eyes.

I can’t give up here.

‘Absolutely not!’

Whoosh!

The power of the Breaking Evil that had subsided began to wriggle again according to my will.

“Ugh!”

Blackened blood poured out.

I could see the tips of my fingers scattering.

‘A little more.’

It’s still weak.

With this level, I can’t cut off the breath of KiasEdel, who once killed a god.

‘Stronger—!’

[The operation of the protection system is completely suspended by the Trait Holder’s order.]

[Defense against the Trait Holder’s life #*$^&%!]

[External intervention occurred!]

I saw the flickering letters in my blurry vision.

[Code SD-0001]

[Stop @*$%&.]

[Force the user’s soul #]*(#A& @/)$+.]

Before I could properly recognize its meaning, I lost consciousness.

* * *

Swaying.

‘I feel good.’

The blowing wind tickled my forehead pleasantly.

I enjoyed the sensation and slowly opened my eyes.

The blue sky, so clear that it made my heart feel open, was welcoming me.

‘Where is this…….’

I got up and looked around.

I could see the appearance of a temple so beautiful that it was admirable.

In the fountain, the water jets receiving sunlight sparkled like jewels.

I immediately realized where this was.

It was the place where I met the demon in my dream.

When I first saw it, it was really a crumbling ruin, but now it was elegant and dignified without any flaws to the point that a reverent heart arose naturally.

Suddenly, I felt that the appearance of the temple that had changed like this was somehow familiar.

Knowledge Report—The scenery that was reflected in my eyes when I looked out the window inside Aphtaness’s Legacy.

I thought it was a scenery I had seen somewhere back then…….

‘It was here.’

I looked at my face reflected in the fountain and turned my head.

There was a very high altar.

Someone was standing in front of the altar.

The back view, which had become bigger than when I saw it before, was unfamiliar yet familiar.

I slowly climbed the stairs and approached the demon.

Come to think of it, the demon never revealed his name to me even once.

The reason is—.

“Aphtaness.”

He turned to me and smiled.

“You are finally calling me properly.”

The demon—no, Aphtaness—greeted me with a welcoming face as usual.

“Reader.”

It was a little different from the appearance I saw in Aphtaness’s Legacy. It felt a little younger.

I guess the appearance in the Legacy was before it was torn apart by KiasEdel.

“What happened?”

“Someone forcibly moved your soul to protect you.”

I stared at him intently.

“……Sid did?”

He looked at me with slightly surprised eyes.

“You knew.”

It’s not that I knew.

I just felt it instinctively.

‘Then, was Sid involved in all the external interventions that had happened so far?’

If I think about it, it was strange.

It was as if I had been hacked and there were errors, but the results were all helpful to me.

But.

“How on earth……?”

“It is originally impossible for a human to interfere with the connection between the proxy and me.”

“…….”

“But he can.”

“Sid can?”

Why?

“Because he is the first human I created.”

Aphtaness gazed at me with a quietly sunken gaze.

“Along with the Reader.”

“……!”

What did you say……?

A faint smile appeared on Aphtaness’s face.

“Have you forgotten?”

“Didn’t you give him permission yourself?”