When I woke up, there was an old hagâŠno, Tralzardâs face was right in front of me.
We were so close that we could kiss.
My reflexes kicked in, and I punched her in the face.
Had that been my scream, or Tralzardâs?
In fact, where were we? Tralzard had crashed into a corner of the room.
âWhat happened?â
The door burst open, and in came a group of people who looked very strong.
Thatâs when I realized that something was different.
âHuh? I can see the mana?â
Up until now, it had always been hazy. I could never tell how much mana a person had.
And then more recently, I had been inside of a Personification vessel, which meant I couldnât read someoneâs mana level at all. So this was strange⊠Huh? Speaking of vesselsâŠ
âWhere am I?â
I asked. The strong intruders looked at me with their mouths open.
âGolan. YouâŠyou came back to life!!â
âAhâŠâ
Tralzard shouted. And then it all came back to me.
My last memory was of fighting Yamato and losing.
That was a Lesser High King for you. He had some nasty techniques.
I had not expected him to be able to cut my soul out of the vesselâŠ
Our souls were inside of the Orb of Control.
And Yamato had a technique that allowed him to sever that connection.
He said that it didnât work on anyone equal or stronger than him. But that meant it was effective on practically everyone. He was a Lesser High King, after all.
You died in one hit. What a diabolical technique.
After thinking all of this, I noticed something else.
âIâŠdied, didnât I?â
Yamato killed me. And in the first place, we werenât even in the Demon World.
âMmmm⊠You did die⊠We all thought so.â
Tralzard got back up and walked towards me.
What was this? After seeing the old hag so closely twice in a rowâŠI was still not used to it.
Regardless, Tralzard did confirm that I had âdiedâ in the Demon World.
I had fought against Nehyor and died⊠Died and gone to the Shadow World. And then I was reborn in the Human World.
So this body⊠Wait, what did Tralzard just say?
âYou came back to life.
Thatâs what she had said.
If I came back, then this body should beâŠ
âThis isnât a Personification? Itâs my original body?â
âI donât know what you are talking about. You are Golan. But this is very surprising. Well, you were always one to talk a lot of nonsense.â
Apparently, it really was my original body.
But didnât I die in the Demon World? Why?
âDid you use some kind of resurrection art?â
âHuh? I donât understand what you mean. There is no such art.â
âI see. So thatâs not it. âŠThen let me ask you this again. Why am I alive?â
âDonât ask me that. I do not know. HoweverâŠyour name did not disappear from the Tablet of Control.â
âHuh? The Tablet of Control?â
What was this about?
And so Tralzard explained.
It was a very shocking story.
The Tablets of Control were scattered throughout the Demon World.
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There were somewhere between twenty and thirty. But no one knew for sure.
Residents of the Demon World were careless when it came to such things, and none had investigated it.
And so if someone gave me a vague estimate, I just had to accept it.
As for these Tablets of Control, they could not be moved or destroyed.
And the names that were carved on them were rewritten automatically.
Lesser Demon King, Demon King, Great Demon King, Lesser High King, High King. From the bottom to the top, the names were written.
Of course, there was a Tablet of Control in Tralzardâs lands.
She had men stick around, and record the names that had appeared and disappeared.
And so she had it investigated in order to confirm that Nehyor, the leader of the Wild Hunt, had really died. And thatâs when they saw that my name was there.
It had likely been added after my evolution, and my mana had started to stablize.
That was fine.
Lesser Demon King Golan⊠While I wish that someone had told me about this, it wasnât as if it really changed anything.
Iâll say it again. That was fine.
The probably was that my name was on the Tablet of Control at all.
They had been checking to see that Nehyorâs name was actually gone. And so it would be strange for my name to be there.
After killing Nehyor, I had died from wounds and poison that was inflicted during the battle.
So my name shouldnât have been on there.
Tralzard had thought the same thing, and had them check again. But there was no mistake.
âSo, I hadnât died after all?
Thatâs what Tralzard had thought.
While she wasnât sure, since my name was there, she decided to treat me as if I was still alive.
This was when Tralzard was heading out to fight a decisive battle against Demon King Legard.
So she left me to her subordinates, and fought a great battle near the border.
And after she returned, she saw that the wounds on my neck had healed.
She started to think that I really was alive. And so I was brought back to the town where she lived.
ââŠSo, are we in the castle now?â
âYes. I decided to treat you as if you were just sleeping. And you were brought here. But you didnât look like you were sleeping. You looked dead. And so there was still some doubt as we watched over you.â
And then I woke up. It was pretty bad timing.
I didnât like waking up to that face. However, as I had assumed that I was dead, I was grateful that they had saved my body like this.
It was impressive that they had been able to do it.
âThere is a lot that we have to talk about concerning what happened while you were asleep. However, you have also been saying some strange things. I didnât understand, but I remember now. Personifications are those soulless dolls that residents of the Celestial World make in order to disguise themselves as humans.â
Tralzardâs eyes sharpened.
In spite of her age, she had sharp hearing. The pointless thought entered my mind.