CH 78

Chapter 78

Former Hero's Revenge 2

Translated by AmaLynne

AN: Thank you for your patience…the time.

「Yo, yo, you, you…that, person…!?」

「You finally remembered…From the looks of it, you’ve forgotten my name.」

Well, neither have I.

I don’t even want to remember my former name, so it’s a good thing I don’t remember my name.

「W-Why……why are you, a human, killing humans and helping demons!?」

「…Your tone shows your true colors.」

「Ah……!」

「Wow~ …I knew you were making up that『desuwa』tone. Did you try to make it so they wouldn’t know you were from the countryside? That’s very tearful.」

TN

「Yo, yo, you…! Why are you still alive in the first place? I heard you were dead!」

Dead…Oh, I guess.

Well, maybe she’s not mistaken.

「Yes, I am…Abandoned by my family and the people in my village, sold for money. I was treated badly and my heart was broken…Then, I was saved by Lean and the Demon Lord. At that time, I died『as a Herp』. And I was born anew like this. As a swordsman in the Demon Army.」

「Wha…! You’re a human, and you’re helping Demon Army!? Such thing…such thing, how could Misery-sama permit such a thing?」

「I don’t know about that. I don’t care about the goddess Misery, in fact, I hate her. I can’t imagine such a goddess who didn’t help me from the moment I became a Hero until the moment my heart was broken. Isuzu-sama, who advised the Demon Lord to save me, is hundreds of times better.」

「You, you…this treacherous punisher…! Oh, so that’s what happened. Because you fell to the Devil and abandoned your mission as a Hero, other humans awakened to the power of a hero…No one would think of a human surrendering herself to the Demon Army, so the higher-ups thought you were dead!」

Hahaha, it seems she doesn’t even want to hide her true self anymore.

Well, that’s okay. It was weird to hear her use that tone of voice, and this is still better.

「Yes, you’re right. So, sister, I have to change the subject now. Now I am a warrior in the Demon Army and you are the Twelve Holy Apostles. No matter how hard we try, we’re incompatible. But you can’t beat me. Even though I have lost my Hero power, you still can’t kill me with your power.」

「Don’t play with me! You think you can kill me? You couldn’t even defy me once!《Mental Break》!」

…I think it’s magic that disintegrates the subject’s brain and turns them into a shell with only a life of its own, right?

There was talk of using this magic to break mind, but in the end, it was abandoned because there would be no way to control me after the brain was disintegrated…I remember because I heard a story about this.

「……So? Are you done with that?」

「――!? Why…?」

「You simply can’t penetrate my magic with your own magical power. I think it’s time for you to realize that you are vastly inferior to me when it comes to status. Oh, and if there’s any other magic you want to try, that’s fine too. It won’t work anyway.」

「You little brat…! Fine, go to hell for those words, and for regretting disobeying your sister!」

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「Haaaa……! Haaaa……! Haaaa……!」

「Yeah, that won’t work either…what’s wrong, sis? Try some more. Maybe next time it will work?」

Ten minutes later.

Mia was so exhausted that it was hard to tell which one of us was under the mental spell at the moment.

I guess she’s close to the end of her magic and her leg is bleeding. The amount of blood loss is small because I cut her cleanly, but I think she has pretty severe anemia.

The rest, I guess, is mental. I think it’s quite heartbreaking that no matter how many spells she uses, I seem to be fine.

「Why, why, why…why doesn’t it work? …Even though it is strengthened by the power of the Twelve Holy Apostles…even though it is strengthened by the power of Misery-sama…」

「My magic defense is even higher than that enhanced power. I mean, you’ve been killing me for a while now…You’ve been using mind-destroying magic. I’m glad to hear that you don’t have any feelings for your sister. Good, because if you had felt guilty about it, it would have been hard for me to cut you.」

Of course, there are reasons why I let Mia have her way so far.

The first is to make sure that she has no feelings for me, as I just said.

The other reason is that this is also my revenge.

Me and Lean are the same… We both have the same goal of eradicating the human species. But the way we take revenge against those who have personal grudges against us is a little different.

Lean is a cruel and ruthless physical type who wants to kill the other person with overwhelming force and in the most pain and despair imaginable.

In contrast, me, my opponent is serious…I want to challenge them with my true, earnest, 120& effort…It is the mental type that easily tortures it from the front, gradually, little by little, and wants to drive it to despair and then kills it all at once.

Now this woman realizes that everything she has is not going to work at all on me.

…Yeah, that’s it. I’ve always wanted to see that face.

How long I’ve waited to see that face twisted in despair, arrogant, greedy as if she thinks she owns everything in the world.

…But it’s not enough. So let’s make them despair even more.

Looking at Mia, who’s lost a leg, and see,

「Yes, yes, sis. Oh, by the way, I never told you my name.」

「……ha?」

「I forgot my old name, so Lean gave me a new one. It’s called Yomi. Isn’t that a nice name?」

「Yo, mi…?」

I told her, as if to remind her.

Mia froze on the spot for a few seconds…Then her pale face turned even worse and she looked completely frightened.

「Tha, that…that, name……!」

「Ah, I knew you heard it from the people you charmed. The memories sealed by Isuzu-sama are only information about my race and origins, so I thought my name had been leaked.」

「First of the Four Demon Generals of the Demon Army… In other words, the first of the Four Demon Generals. Yomi, the『War God General』. The strongest in the Demon Army, the Demon Lord sword, that’s me now. Now, I think even my sister who lacks brains could understand the overwhelming difference in power…what do you think?」

「Hi, hii, HIIIIIII…!?」

Hahahaha, you can’t get away from me by backing up.

Ah, it’s great. I’d like to see you in your most miserable state, clinging to it as you continue to cast your mental spells on me.

「Now that I’ve had my fill, I’m going to kill you, sister. Now that you’ve tried to kill me so hard, you can’t complain if I kill you, can you?」

「Hii, aaaaaaaaaa! H-Help! …Hey, stop! Stop it! We’re sisters!? You’re gonna kill your sister!? I won’t tell anyone about you! I’m quitting the Twelve Holy Apostles and going back to the country! So please spare my life!」

…My, sis.

This is the first time in my life that I have ever thanked you.

I never thought…I never thought you would let me get the revenge I wanted.

「…Okay, sis, let’s make a deal.」

「Deal?」

「That’s right…Tell me where my parents are now, where everyone is. You do that, and I’ll give you…okay?」

「Yes, yes! They are still in that village! Thanks to the money from the sale of you and my selection as one of the Twelve Holy Apostles, they are living a comfortable and wealthy life, but they have not left that village! They said they would rather live there than be exposed to the hustle and bustle of the city…」

「Hee~, I see…By the way, I don’t know the exact location of that village.」

「It should be about 30 kilometers west-northwest of the capital of the Holy Land of Mercurius!」

Yes, now I have the information to get another revenge.

Hahaha, sister, you don’t even realize it. This is an act of betrayal against your own parents, do you?

「Thank you, sis. Well, I guess it’s time to say goodbye.」

I pulled out the magic sword Diaz, which I had once tucked away, and held it close to my sister’s neck.

「…eh? W-Why!? You said earlier that you would spare me!!」

「I didn’t say that. I just said I’d make a deal with you. If you were reluctant to give me information, I was going to cut off my sister’s fingers, and then I was going to shave off a little bit of her skin after that. But since you were honest enough to tell me, I’m going to kill you with a single blow.」

「Hiii…no, no, NO!」

One of the useful ways, Lean told me, to get as much information as you can without lying, and then kill them in desperation at the end.

That’s great, Lean. How does she come up with such wonderful and vicious things?

「No, no, no! Why do I have to go through all this!? I’m a success! I had beautiful looks, a beautiful body, talent, everything was perfect! I killed demons, I built up my virtue, and I never forgot to thank the Misery-sama, but this is too much! I can’t be killed by my incompetent sister who should have died long ago! Help me! Somebody help me! Oh, Misery-sama!」

「…………Is that your last will and testament? Goodbye, sister.」

「No, no, no, no, no, no! Stop! Please, please! No, please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please don’t! Please stop! Stop…!」

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While cleaning the blood-stained Diaz, I activated my telepathic magic item.

『Oh, Lean? I just finished. I’ll be home soon.』

『Yomi! Thank goodness. Are you hurt?』

『I don’t have a scratch on me. I’m more hungry than that. Do you have anything for me when I get back?』

『Uhh…I don’t have any cooking skills…I’ll buy you a drink, let’s go out for something to eat.』

『Oh, you’re buying? Yes! Let’s go get a steak. Steak! Expensive steak!』

『…Well, okay. Yomi’s revenge has just ended, so let’s celebrate.』

『Really! Lean, I love you!』

『Kuhaa!?』

『Uhh, Lean?』

『……………n-no……………n-nothing……Hurry up and come home……』

『Uh-huh!』

I disconnected the call, gathered up all the demons who had broken the charm, and finally asked Sakura-kun to perform a Large-scale Teleportation Spell, and that was the end of my work.

I was about to leave the chapel to join the others outside. I saw Mia dead at the far end of the chapel with her head cut off.

That’s awesome. I really don’t feel anything, even though I killed my own blood sister.

If I had to say, I feel a sense of accomplishment for having done my job, and a slight sense of emptiness for not being able to see that despairing face anymore.

「I guess I won’t have to worry about killing my parents or the people in my village.」

Phew~, that’s good, that’s good.

I’m really grateful to Mia for letting me do this experiment.

As a thank you…I should kill my parents and all the people in my village and reunite them in hell♪

「Looking forward to it, let’s work hard! …But first, steak steak steak! So much fun!」

AN: Ahhh…I don’t know if I wrote this myself, but I like how Yomi’s a bit broken up about it…

I mean, after slaughtering thousands of human flesh, who would crave a steak?

Also, I love the way the author calls itself a great title and makes her opponents despair just because of that.