I’m a Hero, but I Gave Up Saving the World

77 – The true darkness of this world, the only thing more disgusting than the devil is always a human—

“what… ji… ? This… ?”

I wasn’t going to be surprised if anything popped out.

Whether it’s the Four Heavenly Kings, the Elf Queen, or the Warlock… Or even if all of them were attacked at once, he was determined to face it without panic.

No matter how much experience you have accumulated, your opponent is the Demon Lord.

Because it’s a demon that no one has ever seen before.

Because nothing is known about what kind of magic they use or how strong they are.

The demon lord must be more dangerous than anyone I’ve ever dealt with.

It would be a harsh fight that made me think that death would be better, but I opened the door, determined to endure it and overcome it for the sake of a happy future with Yohan.

By the way… Despite all her determination, as soon as she opened the door, Irene was so surprised that she was frozen in the scenery.

I couldn’t believe it.

“Hey, older sister, welcome. I really hope you will come all the way here. Ha ha ha~ It’s been a while since the family got together, so it’s good, right?”

“Welcome, sister. I was waiting for you.”

Far from waiting for a harsh fight, Irene was greeted with a friendly welcome along with celebratory fireworks.

“What, what… here is… ?”

The panoramic view in front of me created a strange sense of intimacy.

The interior looks like it was taken out of Aurelia Palace.

The design of the wallpaper and the arrangement of the furniture were familiar, and the taste of the ornaments was familiar enough to miss.

If there is only one thing different… It was just that this place was more splendid than the royal palace.

Why do I feel the scent of my hometown in a place I thought was the devil’s room?

“What are you doing, sister? sit down Let’s have a meal together as a family in a while”

Besides… What else could Carlos be saying, smiling benignly as if he had waited at the dinner table.

What is Carlos doing, who should be in the royal palace, deep in the Demon Continent?

Isn’t this even the castle of the demon king?

“Yes, sister. Do what your brother says.”

It was also strange that Bonita was here.

I was told to go back to Aurelia first… .

Does Bonita know something?

“Yes, sister. Do what your brother says.”

「? Why are you repeating what you said? Bonita?”

“Yes, sister. Do what your brother says.”

「??」

Bonita’s condition did not seem serious.

It was like repeating the same words like a broken radio, but her eyes were shaking anxiously and she didn’t even think about wiping the drool dripping from her mouth.

“ha ha ha. Don’t mind Bonita, sister. i kinda… You manipulated it.”

Carlos casually raised a knife and cut off the turkey’s leg, inviting his sister to sit down again.

Irene nervously pulled out the chair and fired at her younger brother as soon as he sat down.

“Operation? What do you mean by manipulation? What did you do to Bonita?”

“Exactly, that’s what Obama did.”

“Abama? What is Obama?”

“… After all, it’s because of you, right? We had no choice but to ask Bonita to eavesdrop on our secret conversation.”

Carlos stuffed the juicy turkey leg into his mouth and chewed on it.

The tender meat went right down his throat, and the king poured red wine into his wine glass with a satisfied expression.

“Tell me Carlos! What did you do to Bonita and what is this space again! How did you get into the Demon King’s Castle?! Could it be that you are connected to the demon lord from behind?!”

“Whoops… So many questions, sister. Alright, I’ll answer each one. Because I can’t hide it anymore anyway. First of all, Bonita… Because he found out the secret of the royal family, Obama manipulated his memory.”

“Remember… Operation… That kind Obama?”

“No matter how you remember Obama, it’s your sister’s mind, but anyway, Bonita is under a spell so that she can neither remember nor speak out the fact that is unfavorable to the king.”

“sister. Do what your brother says.”

Bonita interrupted with a line that was suddenly out of context.

Certainly, it wasn’t normal.

“Whoops. Occasionally it malfunctions, but thanks to Obama’s intervention, Bonita is finally fulfilling her duties as a member of the royal family. It’s different from your sister.」

“Do not be ridiculous… that’s brainwashing Mind-altering magic is the most despicable and despicable trick! Surely, Obama must have banned the research and use of mind manipulation magic?!”

“It was for the royal family to monopolize. Obama was a master of memory erasing magic. I also learned that magic from Obama.”

“So all you do is play with your little sister? What is the secret of the royal family? If I find out, will you erase my memories too?!”

“Even though I want to, I can’t, so it’s a problem, sister… 」

Carlos said in an arrogant tone, waving his wine glass round and round.

“Memories manipulation magic doesn’t work on my sister, who possesses an unnecessarily vast amount of mana, so I’m talking to her one by one, isn’t it?”

“Then, while we’re talking, tell me everything you’re hiding from me!”

“Yeah, I think so. Because I thought that one day this day would come… Previously”

Carlos held out the wine glass in his hand to his sister with a strangely kind smile.

As if toasting.

“Since the family has been together for the first time in a while, sister asked us to have a meal together. If I eat alone, I’ll be lonely.”

“huh!”

With a calm face, Irene picked up the wine glass that had already been prepared for her seat.

Carlos watched with terrifying concentration without blinking an eye while the saintess drank wine.

Only the moment when Irene’s share of wine glasses were exposed, only I could notice that Carlos had a relieved expression and twitched his lips secretly.

The saintess seemed too excited to notice her little brother’s subtle reaction.

“Explain everything! Everything you’re hiding from me! Isn’t this the Demon King’s castle?!”

“No way! This is the demon lord’s castle known to the world. Here, we plan to attack the human world and order the demons to invade.”

“Then why are you here? What is all this sumptuous dinner? Where is the demon king?!」

「There is no demon king, sister」

Irene was stunned at Carlos’ remarks that lightly twisted the foundations of this world.

there is no demon king What do you mean?

“… what? What did you just say Carlos?”

“I’ll tell you again, sister. There is no such thing as a demon king. It’s an illusion.」

“… ? uh, what do you mean? In fact, demons have invaded human territory many times… 」

“That’s a self-made show staged by the kings of Aurelia for generations.”

「?! Sigh… ? No Carlos What the hell are you talking about. really you… are you crazy? There is no demon king… Being a demon king has plagued mankind for thousands of years… No, not thousands of years ago, but even longer than that… Sigh… what did you learn in school What the hell, I have to tell a story that makes sense. If there is no demon king, why are we afraid of the demon king? Or rather, if that’s really true, why didn’t you tell anyone the truth?”

“That’s because it’s against us for the truth to be known.”

King Carlos stopped eating and got up with the sound of a chair being pulled.

He stroked the shoulder of Bonita, who was being manipulated, and stood in front of a window overlooking the wide demon continent.

In Irene’s eyes, her little brother looked like a terrible monster.

“What do you mean disadvantaged, Carlos?”

“If you want to make politics easier, you need an external enemy, sister.”

“Are you trying to say that you invented the Demon Lord out of necessity?!”

“Oh, that’s right, sister. The Demon King is mankind’s greatest invention. Just think! The Demon King is aiming for mankind, but where is the human who wants to fight the king?! I’m busy fighting the demon king! The person who first came up with the idea of the demon king was the first king.”

Carlos began to tell the real history he had learned from his father.

“When the people’s demand for a republic became too strong, the demon king came up with it as a last resort. “The Demon King has appeared!” “The demon king army is coming”! In this one word, politics has become too easy. The rebel forces naturally subsided, and the people just hoped that they would not be killed by the demon lord’s army, but they didn’t make complicated demands.”

“Collecting taxes has become easier. “We have to raise taxes” “Why?” “I need money to fight the demon king army!” how is it? Isn’t it very easy? Why is it easy for stupid people to understand? Right now, Aurelia pays 90% of her income in taxes. If there is no demon lord, if there is no justification to fight the demon lord, who will accept this?」

“As for the military system, yes. In the old days, every noble had a private soldier. Right now, the royal army led by the king is everything. It’s the result of an ancestor’s insistence that we need to unify our forces to fight the demon king’s army. Thanks to that, the royal authority has been greatly strengthened.”

“The stability of maintaining the government, securing high tax revenue, and monopolizing military power… It was all possible because of the demon lord.”

「Of course, there were people who doubted the existence of the demon king. For those guys, it was necessary to induce the invasion of the demons periodically and actually cause human casualties so that the voices of doubt could be silenced. Too many people who pay taxes shouldn’t die, but if too few die, everyone will relax and think the demon king is no big deal… Paying attention to that delicate balance is not an easy task. Coordinating such behind-the-scenes work is one of the king’s most important duties. While my sister was playing love games with Yohan, I learned hard how to rule the world from Momma.”

Every single word was a dangerous statement that would not be strange even if a revolution broke out right now if it became known to the public.

Irene held back the desire to kill her brother right away and trembled, trying to dig up even one more piece of information.

“Why are you telling me that… ? You’re not trying to talk me into joining that ugly scam, are you?”

“I don’t want to tell my sister either, but my sister and John have to be very strong. They kill all the demons, but it’s obvious that they will arrive at this castle someday, right? I was worried about my sister who would become a lost child in an empty castle.”

“An empty castle?! Isn’t this castle the most luxurious and extravagant villa in the world?! It’s a hero’s donation, so you used the money you extorted from the people?!」

“ah… did you get caught? There are too many eyes in Aurelia, so I enjoy myself on the Demon Continent without caring about others. Also, if you want to give orders to the demons, you have to pay the labor cost. No matter how much money you have, it’s not enough.”

「Ah really?! Did you say anything?! I really can’t listen to any more! Carlos! You are the worst scum in human history! Now I’m debating whether to kill you right here or drag you to Aurelia!”

“You can’t kill me, sister. we are family… 」

Carlos raised an eyebrow slyly.

It was a terrible smile that gave goosebumps even to me as a bystander.

No, it was more like an awkward twitching of the facial muscles than a smile.

“No matter how much you are my little brother, I will never forgive you! I will kill you even if it means severing the bond between brother and sister!”

“Even if it means breaking the bond between siblings… la. I knew full well that I could kill my younger brother, Irene.”

“uh?!”

Irene, who was burning with the will to kill, froze on the spot in a cold sweat.

The saintess couldn’t help but doubt her eyes.

Because Carlos’s face lost its shape and became distorted like clay, but soon turned into a familiar person he knew.

“Then can you kill your father too?”

“Ah, Momma… ?!”

The man whose face and voice had already turned into his father, not Carlos, spoke confidently, giving the saintess extreme fear.

“You can’t kill me, Irene. The King of Aurelia will rule this world forever.”

The secret of the royal family, which is inherited only by the king, will be revealed in earnest from now on.

The anger, betrayal, hatred and vengeance felt by Irene were slowly moving to my heart as well.