
"I didn't expect Shinobu Koneko would do it. What a wonderful successor girl, she would probably be the real threat."
Zangetsu who had been paying attention to their fight began to feel a little relieved because Demetrio had finally defeated Shinobu until he did not need to take care of a God like himself.
"There are so many sides that try to target us, but some of them kill each other in order to step on the top peak."
"Anastasia, I was expecting something big from you when I saw all the chaos and the fight..."
"...i will happily wait for him, so many races from all kinds of universes that will surely panic so that it will hold a mass war like a fight for survival."
Zangetsu looked at Shinobu who went to visit every magic region only to destroy it without any remnant, seeing that all the elemental Gods had already died without leaving anything behind so as to give Zenzaku the Holy Corpse another piece.
"Time is still running. Keep going until I enjoy the beautiful battle, soon..." Zangetsu crossed his arms while patting his biceps with his finger.
***
Demetrio opened his eyes, he put on a look that looked shocked to the point that he was still alive but could not move his body at all.
The view he saw right now was bright enough that he turned his head down and saw a land so golden including the ocean, "What...? Why am I seeing all this?"
"No way, I've never seen a hell like this... That little girl, she must have done something to me..." Demetrio put on a sad look because he had resigned.
All the resistance and plans he had put in failed to give himself an official defeat so he would rather attack than fight again and again, perhaps this place was arguably the sealing of Shinobu.
"Is my destiny the same as that of my good friend Shinji--" Demetrio widened his eyes as Shinobu appeared right before him.
"Shinobu's... Koneko...?" Demetrio put on a surprised look when he saw Shinobu appear with a different appearance because he could realize the burn on his cheek had disappeared.
"Mm, it's me, Shinobu Koneko."
Shinobu smiled then she dropped Demetrio towards the mainland until her body could not move at all because Shinobu gave one a chance to live using the Golden Sunshine.
"You are aware of my lost burn yes..anu."
"All the scars I received just disappeared, too bad I couldn't bring back the evidence of my own struggle." Shinobu lowered both her ears.
Seeing Shinobu acting ordinary and gentle to Demetrio made him feel guilty at once that he was soft and shining like the sun.
"Shinobu Koneko.. Why don't you kill me?"
"I did kill you, only I used the Golden Astral to talk to you about something so important."
"The Astral Soldier I have can bring to life the person I have temporarily killed with my own control." Shinobu started to sit in front of Demetrio who looked puzzled.
"You're still keeping the seven Grimoire elements that I need to learn." Shinobu moved both of her fingers until seven magic books came out from inside her body and floated towards her.
All of the magic books instantly piled up behind Shinobu until Demetrio somehow felt even more guilty and realized that what he had been doing all along was indeed wrong.
Not requiring a lecture from Shinobu was enough that what he did to keep the peace was wrong because it had to force so many people to enter into trust.
"With this all my business is done..." Shinobu pointed at Demetrio but he immediately opened his mouth to try to say something.
"I've been fucked up. Everything I've done has been linked to a lot of wrongdoing because it forced a lot of innocent people into a belief..."
"...when my goal is to become a God only to protect all the inhabitants of Touriverse but I am affected by my own power to the point of having to kill many innocent Mortal."
Shinobu smiled when she heard Demetrio start admitting his own mistake, "Are you conscious now...? So many innocent people have been killed because of you."
"But there's also someone useless dead in your own hands, that's the most important thing..." Shinobu saw Demetrio bow his head.
"Maybe all this was because of the last dream my own son wanted, it's a pity that I wasn't so strong as to withstand the power I received from the power of that element."
Demetrio could move his body now, Shinobu saw Demetrio start to extend his finger until he drew three people from the golden sand.
Shinobu could see the picture clearly, both parents along with one child who looked so simple that he looked at Demetrio who started to nod.
"I have a wife and children.We are all arguably born from the lineage itself, I am a God who has been raised directly because it was born from two of my parents who are Gods of life."
"The shortcomings that the gods have are arguably thirst and self-esteem that is so thick every time they receive great power that lifts itself to a higher peak..."
"...i did create all sorts of planets until I was elevated to the god of the land because I often built and created things using my earth magic."
"At that point, I didn't realize I was getting married until I had a little daughter." Demetrio's two eyes started to glaze over until it made Shinobu startled.
"The most powerful are Zangetsu and Zenzaku.I remember having no other choice when I received an order from him."
Both of his eyes immediately shed tears that made Shinobu feel guilty, "He asked myself to kill my own wife and daughter..."
"...Zangetsu has always received many dreams filled with his own fears, he may see my wife and my son as threats that frighten him."
"I couldn't resist at all.I originally wanted to sacrifice myself but my son told me to stay alive and look after Touriverse..."
"...securing all that peace until I can receive so much trust from the residents who live in it in order to receive the power that is able to stop Zangetsu."
"I had no other choice.I did it for my own daughter until my wife agreed, they both died at my hands..."
"...i can't do anything because a land god like me is not so great in terms of power but his creation until the whole mortal considers me an ordinary mortal."
"I've lived a long life until I accepted an era that I accidentally created because of my disgust and hatred..."
"...the more time goes by the stress I feel keeps asking myself to choose shortcuts that can speed up the situation, but what I know is..."
"...i'm fucked up, I can't keep what my daughter wants: eternal peace, I do it all forcibly by being affected by thirst and ego itself."
"Perhaps if she could see Korrina Comi and Kou Comi who were able to keep the peace long enough then she was happy..."
"...Since then I wanted to talk to them but didn't have time, I only had time to talk to Kou who helped me give a lot."
"Everything goes by so quickly when you're happy.I'm wrong, my current actions are arguably bad for my own child's view."
Demetrio had been crying from the beginning, his tears kept flowing out but he could still speak calmly to Shinobu who was putting on a shocked look.
"It used to feel lonely once.happiness that was taken away because of Zangetsu." Demetrio looked up at the sky that he had not done anything useful in his entire life.
"If I meet my son or wife in the life of death then I dare not face them with a pitiful face like this. I'd rather just isolate myself."
"That's not true...! The world is so complex about everything but what you've done you've done everything you can!" Shinobu started talking.
"I'm sure your daughter will be happy to see you who have worked so hard from hundreds of years ago to this point have been close to accumulating a lot of trust to be able to maintain peace..."
"...since the beginning, what he wanted was your safety, right?!" When Shinobu spoke like that, Demetrio could only smile until his tears kept coming out.
"You're a freak, Shinobu Koneko, but you're showing similarities to my daughter."
"I'm sorry.it seems like a lot of mysteries are kept by various kinds of people, your death was caused by--"
"No. precisely what you do makes me aware of the thirst and ego that affect me. Death is one of the drugs that can cure me." Answer Demetrio.
"I felt grateful that it was all over. There was no more feeling of stress that I felt but something that was a relief..."
"...you do look a lot like my daughter, especially your previous loud voice that told me I wasn't right." Demetrio smiled with gratitude.
"Shinobu Koneko.. Can you grant my last wish?"
"I can help you..."
"I do not intend to be revived for all the sins I have committed.Let me re-hone all those sins by accepting death."
"But..."
"That's the request I want. Let me feel the meaning of death and the awareness of all the sins I've made."
"I'll help you someday if I need you or you need me."
"No need... Shinobu, before you kill me, will you hug me?" Demetrio asked who started to stretch out his arms so that he could feel the warm embrace of a girl similar to his daughter.
Shinobu has no other choice, she starts to approach Demetrio then uses The Mind which affects her brain up to her own view so she sees Shinobu as her daughter now.
Shinobu could only embrace Demetrio, listening to all his words and cries that he was sorry for the sins and failures that he had experienced for his entire life.
"Not all evil Gods..." Inner Shinobu.
"... Behind all that there is someone who has power and controls them like a puppet..."
"...i won't forgive them."