I loaded the dream game

"...If it were possible, of course there would be many people who don't want to die." Kirisu Madoka hesitated for a moment and decided to tell the girl the reality: "But, that kind of thing is impossible. People will always die. This is an ending that no one can escape."

"and……"

"And?" Eluke tilted his head.

"...No, nothing." After hesitating for a moment, Kirisu Madoka still didn't say the rest of the words.

She thought it was a little too early for a young girl to think about such things.

"Yeah."

Eluko turned around and watched the bodies being buried one after another. He recalled what Kirisu Madoka had just said, "People will always die," and suddenly thought of something.

Xia Zhi seems to be a human being. One day, he will die and be buried in the earth like this.

Thinking of this scene, the girl suddenly felt an inexplicable pain in her chest, as if being pressed down by a heavy object, making her feel very uncomfortable, an indescribable feeling of depression and discomfort.

Ailu didn't know what this feeling was, she only knew that she didn't want this to happen.

Absolutely not! .

Chapter 50: Does Anyone Want to Be the Demon King?

After the funeral, Xia Zhi and his companions left the village.

After all, there were no tasks to be completed and he was no longer welcome by the residents, so there was no point in staying there any longer.

After dark, the group found a lake and temporarily camped beside it.

I caught a few fish in the lake and a rabbit in the woods, and that was how I got through dinner.

As the night deepened, I began to feel sleepy.

The flames in the campfire leaped and swayed restlessly, and the firelight illuminated two sleeping figures lying beside them.

Looking at Kirisu Madoka who was already fast asleep and Eluko who was held in her arms like a pillow, Xia Zhi was a little hesitant, not knowing whether he should sleep tonight.

He shook his head, put the question aside for the moment, and looked up at the figure sitting by the lake not far away.

Under the moonlight, the shimmering lake reflects the shadows of the moon and the starry sky. A small stone is thrown into the lake, and ripples spread out, gently stirring the sky full of stars and moons.

Lilia sat by the lake, staring blankly at the spreading ripples, wondering what she was thinking.

"Are you still thinking about what happened in the morning?" Xia Zhi came and sat down beside her. He followed her example and found a few small stones, throwing them into the lake one by one, watching with interest as the originally calm water surface was broken.

Lilia shook her head and was silent for a moment before asking, "Master, what will happen to those villagers... in the future?"

"They should move away from that village and find a new hidden place to live." Xia Zhi replied.

Even without his reminder, the fallen ghosts in that village must have understood what the arrival of the Zanguang Church meant. Their whereabouts had been completely exposed to the sight of humans, and if they didn't want to see the same thing happen again, they could only abandon their original residence and find a safe place to hide.

"Is this all right?" Lilia asked.

"How is that possible?" Xia Zhi shook his head and said, "It's not a small village with dozens of people. The movement and traces of thousands of people migrating cannot be concealed. Unless they are willing to break up and stop sticking together for warmth, one day their new place of residence will be discovered."

Moreover, the Zanguan Church lost three quasi-heroes this time. How could they let this matter go so easily?

Xia Zhi thought.

"...Is there no way to save them?" Lilia asked unwillingly.

"Unless you can overthrow the entire empire, or stay and protect them for the rest of your life." Xia Zhi said as he threw another stone into the lake.

"But you definitely can't do the former. As for the latter...regardless of whether you are willing to do it or not, even if you are really willing to do it, you can only protect them for a lifetime at most. After you die, they will still face the same problems as now."

"...Is there no possibility of reconciliation?" Lilia asked.

"No." Xia Zhi replied.

Fundamentally speaking, this is a "mistake" left behind by the star gods.

They had long anticipated that the human population might exceed the curse limit in the future after excessive growth, so they created many non-human races that were stronger than humans in every aspect, hoping to reduce and limit the human population in this way.

But what they didn't expect was that in the long process of survival and fighting, humans gradually figured out the technology of "being the weak but being able to fight against the strong", and honed it to the extreme, gaining the ability to fight against those powerful non-human races.

After the emergence of the "Holy Sword" and the creation and development of the "Brave Man" salvation system, humans completely stood at the top of the world, and no race could threaten their survival anymore.

As a result, humans began to expand, eventually leading to the current situation.

"Really... is there no other way?" Lilia couldn't help but ask again.

"...Actually, there is." Xia Zhi replied after thinking about it.

"Eh?" The girl, who had originally given up hope, was stunned after hearing this.

"As long as you become the source of all problems and sins," Xia Zhi continued.

"...What kind of solution is this?" Lilia didn't know how to complain.

"Look, isn't there a setting like this in many stage plays? Something called the Demon King."

Xia Zhi threw the stone in his hand aside, brushed the dust off his hands, turned around and looked at the girl and said.

"Demon King?" Lilia tilted her head: "Something like a tyrant, or an evil king?"

"Just being evil is far from enough. You have to be extremely, extremely, extremely evil." Xia Zhi emphasized, "You have to be evil to the point where everyone thinks 'this guy's death is a blessing for the whole world.'"

"Because he is so evil, people naturally think that all the misfortunes in the world are caused by him. Even if they know that he has nothing to do with the matter, it doesn't matter if they want to shirk responsibility or find excuses, and no one will defend him."

"From then on, everything had an excuse. This year's harvest was bad, all because of the devil burning the fields and harassing the city all day long. The rise in prices was all because of the devil attacking the caravans, causing a shortage of supplies. The fiscal deficit can be blamed on the devil. The defeat in battle can also be blamed on the devil."

"Conflicts between nations will decrease, and conflicts between races will ease, because everyone agrees that the Demon King is the root of all evil. If we want everyone to be happy, we must first unite and destroy him."

"And the worst of the worst, the devil who must die, will eventually leave the story bearing all the sins and filth, becoming the ultimate sacrifice for a better world."

Xia Zhi clapped his hands and said, "Look, in this way, the world will be beautiful again, right?"

"..." Lilia was speechless.

Although it sounded reasonable, she instinctively felt that it was wrong.

and……

"Evil people like this only exist in fantasy and fairy tales." She complained, "How could such a person exist in reality?"

"Who can say for sure about such things?" Xia Zhi smiled without comment.

"Besides..." He stood up, threw the last stone in his hand into the lake, and said:

"Aren't humans today trying to create such a demon king?"

There is an existence that humans cannot do without death, and here is one of them.

Xia Zhi turned around and looked at the girl curled up beside the fire not far away, sleeping in the arms of Kirisu Mafuyu, and thought to himself.

Chapter 51 If there is no one around, I'll do it myself

After the conversation that night, Xia Zhi taught the fourth sword of the six swords, Love, to the girl as agreed before, and also taught her the sword meaning of the fifth sword, Falling Leaves, as a gift.

Originally, he thought that if the girl got stuck in understanding the meaning of the fourth sword, she could temporarily put this sword aside and turn to learn the fifth sword first. After all, the order of the six sword moves was only divided according to difficulty and power, but there was no requirement that later learners must learn in order.

However, what Xia Zhi did not expect was that Lilia learned the fourth sword very quickly as usual, and the whole process was even easier and smoother than when she learned the third sword.

"He was able to accomplish things so easily that others couldn't. Is this what genius is?" Xia Zhi muttered in a low voice.

Lilia turned her face away with a slight blush on her cheeks, and secretly stuck out her tongue.

"When you learn the fifth sword, you will be almost ready to become a master." After sighing, Xia Zhi raised his head and said to the girl.

"...Eh?" The sudden words caught Lilia off guard. Her heart tightened for no reason, and she subconsciously asked, "But, isn't there a sixth sword?"

Xia Zhi shook his head: "There is no sword manual for the Sixth Sword, nor any sword moves that can be explained. Even I cannot teach you this sword with words."

"But don't worry. Once you have learned all five of the previous swords, you will naturally know what the sixth sword means."

After he finished speaking, he stood up, gently pressed the witch hat on the girl's head with his hand and said, "Okay, let's stop here today, and you should rest early too."

"……wrong."

This is not what I care about...

Feeling the familiar touch through the hat, the girl opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something.

But in the end, she closed her mouth and was unable to say the rest.

Looking at Xia Zhi's back as he waved goodbye, she suddenly had a feeling that the boy seemed to have decided to do something, and she couldn't do anything to stop him.

……

"Have you said your goodbyes yet?"

Back at the campfire in front of the cave, Kirisu Madoka gently stroked Eluk's soft crimson hair in her arms, raised her head and asked the boy who had returned.

"...Did you find out, Mr. Mafuyu?"

Xia Zhi did not answer, but just sat by the campfire, looking at Ai Lu Ke who was sleeping in her arms, and a little doubt arose in her heart:

Has this girl become a little sleepy recently?

"I've seen this expression on your face countless times in the past... It's like you've made up your mind about what to do." Kirisu Madoka lowered her voice slightly, as if she didn't want to wake up the sleeping girl.

"So that's how it is. Is this the experience of adults?" Xia Zhi nodded with a look of realization.

Kirisu Madoka glanced at him. She always felt that this man was not sighing, but hinting at her age.

After spending a long time with Xia Zhi, she became much more familiar with the boy's personality than before, so she knew that her guess was probably correct.

"I also heard your conversation that night." Kirisu Madoka didn't dwell on this matter, but changed the subject.

"That night?" Xia Zhi was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted: "So you were listening next to me at that time, Mr. Zhendong. I thought you were asleep."

"I was just woken up by your conversation!" Kirisu Madoka turned her eyes away and defended herself.

She was embarrassed to say that she actually wanted to go to the bathroom at that time and accidentally overheard their conversation when she passed by.

"I see..." Xia Zhi nodded and said, "I thought you got up to go to the bathroom at night and heard our conversation."

Kirisu Mafuyu: “…”

She began to doubt whether the boy had already discovered her.

"Then what? Teacher Madoka, what do you think?" Xia Zhi asked with interest.

"I don't agree with this view." Kirisu Madoka shook her head and said, "There are many other ways to make the world a better place. The method you mentioned, Xiazhi, seems too extreme to me."

"Indeed..." Xia Zhi nodded and agreed: "As long as there is enough time, there are indeed many better and more perfect ways to solve the problem. I don't deny this."

But, for the humans in this world, it's too late, he thought to himself.

"But Xiazhi, you're not going to give up, are you?" Kirisu Madoka stared into his eyes and said, "I noticed from the very beginning that, unlike me who was lost and couldn't find my goal after arriving in a strange world, you seemed to have a definite goal in mind from the beginning."

"Although you don't seem to be doing anything special, I can feel that the goal in your heart has not disappeared. On the contrary, you have been working hard to achieve this goal."

She paused, pursed her lips and continued to ask: "Xia Zhi, what do you know and what do you want to do?"

"Me?" Xia Zhi raised his head, looked at the starry night sky above his head, and said softly: "I just want to correct the mistakes made by the gods of this world."

He lowered his head and extended an invitation to Kirisu Mafuyu: "How about joining me, Mafuyu-sensei?"

"Come together and change the world."

Chapter 52: Is there something wrong?

Just like Kirisu Madoka said before, she would never agree with Xia Zhi's point of view, so logically, she should have refused out loud.

However, the reality is that she finally agreed.

Because no matter what, she couldn't just leave a young man like this alone.

"I thought you would choose to abandon me too." Sitting in the speeding carriage, Kirisu Madoka said to the young man sitting outside the carriage.

"How is that possible?" Xia Zhi retorted without even turning his head: "With my respect and love for Mr. Zhendong, there is no way I would do such a thing, right?"

"What about Lilia?" Kirisu Madoka continued, "Your relationship with her is no worse than mine, right?"