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TL Note: Good news Editor-San. It looks like Nephira was a Heroine after all.
ED Note: Probably the main one too.
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"S-Sorry. I've done all I can, but… it seems this is as far as I'll go…"
Nephira felt that she wanted to rip her skin off at the thought of her stupidity.
(From the moment I met him, he had been deceiving me! That time, too! Even up to this moment!)
Recalling the time when she had tried to make Suzuki fall in love with her, Nephira's anger reached a boiling point.
(I-I-I'll kill you!! I'll kill you for sure!! I will break every bone in your body, and I will kill you with every ounce of pain I can inflict!)
Seeing the blood vessels protruding from Nephira's arms, Suzuki pleaded with her.
"I beg you! Just myself is fine! But please don't kill Excella and Aina!"
(Once again, this guy is saying such naive things!)
"Nephira, please don't kill humans" ———
(This guy said that to me one time too! That's right! This guy is always like that!)
Suddenly, Nephira felt doubt. With this invincible skill, which defied magical power and physical attack power, he would have been able to assassinate even Serphiano, the head strategist.
(And yet… why?)
The days spent with Suzuki came back to her like a revolving lantern. Shopping with Suzuki. Eating meals with Suzuki. Even sleeping next to Suzuki. (This guy always had my neck on his hands. He could have killed me. And yet, this guy did not do it. Why———)
"We can coexist!"
She recalled Suzuki's words at the Demon Lord's Army campaign meeting.
(Coexistence ——— that's right. That guy always wished for coexistence with us. He did not seek to annihilate demonkind... but to live together with mankind. That's why he did not join the human side when the Salvation Crusaders attacked. Without even considering Marguerite, another human just the same as him, but instead Suzuki had said.)
"I will save this world!"
Likewise, he maintained his conviction against Zhaviest, who attempted to destroy demonkind using human life force.
(In a world where his fellow brethren were killed like trash by us demons, even so, that guy still…)
A slight hesitation arose in Nephira's mind. However, from the demons surrounding her the shouting chanting of "Kill him! Kill him!" arose. Serphiano on the giant crystal urged Nephira on.
"Hurry! Kill him fast! That human... is our greatest threat! We have to kill him quickly while Suzuki's abilities are still go———ne!"
(Naturally! I can't allow him to regain his ability for any conceivable reason!)
Nephira approached Suzuki and put her arms around his torso.
”Squeeze him!”
"GO! Just like that! Crush him!"
"Hyahaha! Let his entrails be blown out!"
The demons yelled and laughed. In Nephira's arms, Suzuki was trembling. He has already resigned himself to death. Nephira whispered a question into Suzuki's ear.
"Do you have any last words for me?"
"Nephira. I'm sorry, for deceiving you…"
Suzuki smiled with tears in his eyes. Now that he had lost his charm skills, it was the smile of a pathetic, foolish human on the verge of dying.
"…I see."
Nephira murmured, putting strength into both her arms as she embraced Suzuki.
The demons were eagerly awaiting the spectacle of Suzuki being horribly crushed by Nephira, vomiting blood and flailing around.
However… ten seconds… twenty seconds… No matter how much time passed, that moment never came.
The demons began to stir. Suzuki also looked up from Nephira's large chest in wonder.
"Nephira…? H-How come?"
Nephira was embracing Suzuki tenderly as if she were holding her own child. Nephira's finger touched Suzuki's shivering cheek.
"Suzuki. You are cute."
Serphiano's astonished voice echoed from the giant crystal.
"W-Why!? The spell should be broken, and yet!?"
(It seemed that even the brilliant Serphiano could not read what was inside my own heart ———) Nephira chuckled at the thought.
(Well, that's just natural, right? Since I don't even understand it myself.)
At Nephira's bosom, Suzuki was sobbing.
"Thank you… Nephira… Thank you…!"
Nephira became a little embarrassed and ruffled Suzuki's hair with her hand, then pushed him back lightly.
"Squeeze him!! I don't care who you are!! We need to kill Suzu—ki!!"
"Move! I'll kill him for you!"
A demon said. Nephira kicked away the demon that was coming toward Suzuki. Then, displaying all the dignity of a commander, she shouted loudly to her men in the Thunder-Lance Charge.
"What are you doing!!? Protect Suzuki!!"
Both Kiru and the Thunder-Lance Charge fiends looked at each other with stiff faces for a moment as if they were at a loss for what to do. Nephira glared at her subordinates with a glare not so different from a thunder god's.
"Don't make me repeat myself, Thunder-Lance Charge soldiers! Protect your commander's adjutant!"
"Ah… hu-right–!"
Kiru nodded broadly as if she had just realized what was happening. She then rushed to Suzuki's spot with her scythe. Seeing this, the other demons began to gather around Suzuki, mumbling to each other.
"Ye—ah. Is this gonna be ok!? This?"
"Well, it's an order from Lady Nephira."
Kiru snorted through her nose near Suzuki.
"We've known each other for a long time after all. I forgive you for deceiving me!"
"Kiru… Thank you…"
Suzuki rubbed his red eyes while saying this. A humanoid figure approached Suzuki with an unsteadily waddling pace.
"Gigege. Su-Suzuki is, my p-precious doll after all…"
Duma, the commander of the Immortal Fleet, also stepped forward to protect Suzuki. Furthermore, a lion beastman tackled the fiend that was aiming to charge toward Suzuki from the right side, knocking the fiend away.
"Don't forget! He is also my student!"
When Suzuki saw Duma and Leos emerge, he began to shed tears again, which had subsided.
"Duma…! Instructor Leos…!"
Gradually, the undead of the Immortal Fleet and the beastmen of the Beast King's Oni Squad began to gather around Suzuki. Serphiano's reflection in the giant crystal twitched her cheeks at such a sight.
"Y-Y'all siding with trash and scum, moreover, it's the same human who has been DECEIVING us? And yet, not only the Thunder-Lance Charge but also the Immortal Fleet and the Beast King's Oni Squad? Fufufufu… What is this? This theatrical farce is…! I've never been so angry in all my years of existence since my birth in the demon world…!"
Serphiano exclaimed with greater boiling rage and devilish-demonic expression than she had shown when she faced Zhaviest.
"Y'all are fools that dare to defy the will of Lord Demon Lord!! Suzuki, together with all his companions, I'll mince you all to smithereens!!"