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

79 – Carlos you’re behind

“Ah, that’s right. I will roughly adapt the story of the hero John and the saint Irene and spread it to the world. “The hero and the saint died fighting bravely.” “So, let’s form a new warrior party and solve the grudge between Yohan and Irene!” If you write a narrative like this, it will be like that, right?”

There is such a type.

He’s usually stupid, but his head spins only when he’s cheating…

It seemed that Carlos was just that type of person.

“No, because the people love the beautiful and noble saint Irene the most. “Irene died saving the world” would be better. My sister always wanted to save the world, so I will make her dream come true. Are you happy? Ah, this is a really good idea.”

It was at this time that Carlos created a bad habit called a warrior party that would last for over a thousand years.

“People will weep over the saintess’ self-sacrifice. The hatred for the demon king who killed the saint will deepen, and he will spare no support for the new hero. No one would complain even if a new tax was introduced under the name of donations for warriors. Warrior, you can pick anyone. After all, killing the Demon King is not the goal. On the contrary, if a very competent guy like John becomes a hero, it could lead to a difficult situation like now, so it’s pathetic and weak… I must choose someone who will never reach the truth of the Demon King.”

This is the part that reminds me of Kwak Dong-soo.

Carlos did not choose Kwak Dong-soo because he had no eyes for people.

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Rather, with a sharp eye, he accurately read Dong-soo Kwak’s personality and decided that he was the person he wanted, so he entrusted the sword to him.

Was my tragedy already planned at this time?

“The Demon King and the Hero. These two business items will bring me eternal power and wealth. ha ha ha!!! No one would know that King Carlos-sama is controlling the collaboration between the non-existent demon king and the human trash hero from behind!”

Carlos was envisioning his own kingdom that would last forever, trembling at the flawless and perfect plan.

Certainly, no one would have dreamed that such a conspiracy could be hidden behind the world.

I couldn’t even imagine that the history I knew was all lies until I saw it myself.

Unfortunately, at this point, no one seems to be able to stop Carlos.

In the future, the world will be deceived by Carlos for a very long time and will drift.

However, Irene did not have a look of despair.

She had been looking at me for a long time, me who couldn’t be seen by her eyes, with clear eyes.

Or maybe she was just looking in my direction, but at least I felt I was making eye contact with her.

Irene looked at my face slowly, then hardened her expression like a pilgrim prepared for hardship as if she understood everything and knelt down in front of her brother.

“Carlos… I’m not so stupid that everyone in the world will cover up your lesser lies and believe them.”

“what? Is this still under-educated? Are you dissatisfied with my decision?”

“I mean, you need to level up the reality a bit. Proof that I’m dead. Wouldn’t people more believe in the history you made up if there was proof that you died fighting for humanity?”

“… what?”

Carlos raised one eyebrow in doubt.

“Besides, the fact that the next hero is deliberately chosen as an incompetent guy. Who will select the next hero?”

“what? of course i You call that a question?”

“That is also a problem. What will people think if we pick up a warrior who is clearly not qualified? Your authority will be undermined, and you will face criticism as to what criteria you used to select the hero.”

“… so? What are you going to do?」

Feeling that Irene’s logic was persuasive, Carlos decided to listen to what he had to say.

But at that moment, the face of the saintess changed so terrifyingly that even Carlos was frightened and backtracked.

“How about something like this, Carlos?”

The saintess brought John’s sword.

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Running errands is, of course, Bonita’s job.

Although she felt sorry for her younger sister who was being manipulated, Irene cursed in her heart the reality that she could not do anything for her, and at least affectionately stroked Bonita’s cheek and handed her a knife.

And after a moment of heavy silence, Irene took out a stake from her bosom with a fearful expression and drove it into her heart.

「Ugh!!!」

The saintess’ magic power was rapidly weakening.

As if the power is being absorbed somewhere.

“This… On John’s sword… 」

The saintess, who suddenly had dark circles under her eyes, drove a stake into John’s sword this time.

“Oh oh… !!”

The sword was so good that Carlos, who was watching, unknowingly let out exclamations.

From the beginning, it was a famous sword that Yohan used to defeat numerous demons, but Irene transferred her magical power to it, and it was reborn as a true holy sword full of divine power.

“This… It’s called the Holy Sword… The one with the holy sword… It’s a warrior… If you set the rules… No one will throw up… I… I dedicate everything to this holy sword… dead… that… tell me… 」

Irene passed the holy sword to Carlos with cold eyes in a cold sweat.

“Well, it’s not that difficult. Why are you doing this all of a sudden? I wonder why you were willing to cooperate with my plan.”

“Unlike the body, the soul is not constrained by time and space… 」

「? What are you talking about all of a sudden?」

Normally, he would have forced a sincere answer even with the power of his imprint, but Carlos felt better after receiving the holy sword, and since Irene looked so bad, he thought she was simply crazy and talking nonsense.

“The soul… You can go to another dimension… A thousand years of time… beyond… Also meet… not possible… 」

「Yes, yes. Let’s say that, sister. Anyway, sister, don’t ever come back to Aurelia and live here for the rest of your life~”

Carlos took the holy sword and turned his back without regret.

I neglected my older sister, who was bleeding without being able to breathe properly, as if it were natural.

「Puhahahaha!! Kill John, give true education to the unlucky older sister, and now it’s my era hahahahaha!! Ha ha ha ha ha!!!! I’m worried because life is so easy! Ha ha ha ha ha!!!”

“… John is still… stay by my side… thousand years… Even after… For sure… 」

Irene slumped to the floor after leaving her last words as if she had left a will.

After Carlos and Bonita disappeared, the saintess was left alone in the wild.

It felt so pitiful to leave her like this.

Even though he knew that it would be impossible to contact people from this world, he stupidly reached out to the saintess.

Surprisingly, however, he was able to touch her skin and lifted Irene into the princess’ arms.

“It must have hurt a lot. It must have been painful… That pain will last for another thousand years. It can’t be helped. It’s already been decided in the past… ”

I embraced her and entered the demon king’s castle.

Irene had a bedroom that suited her better than a barren field.

“But only this I can promise.”

I laid the saintess in a coffin decorated with beautiful chrysanthemum flowers and swore in front of her.

“Someday, after a very long time has passed, I will destroy this world full of contradiction and deceit.”

If I wasn’t mistaken, Irene seemed to be smiling softly.

—After all, this is the truth of this world.

Not surprising. Because I thought it was a garbage world anyway.

A thousand years have passed since then, and Carlos enjoys eternal life, enjoying power as he pleases.

Wielding absolute power, migrating into the body of a child before growing old, and manipulating the memories of people around him to get rid of a sense of incongruity.

While Irene was sleeping alone in the castle of the devil alone for a thousand years, Carlos was racing to the extreme of pleasure.

Of course, not everything went his way.

It was not the direction Carlos wanted that the hero’s power became too strong as time passed, but even the king could not control everything.

It was for this reason that I was beaten so badly by the hero later that I was kicked out of the stable.

However, he never dreamed that a future that would make him think he was happy back then would be waiting for him.

—Returning from the fantasy of the past, I came face-to-face with the real Carlos of the living.

“Fah, Faust! big! Oh, long time no see. All, nice to see you again. After all, we’ve known each other for quite some time. Haven’t all the hateful and good feelings been built up?”

Carlos spoke to me with a face that looked terrifyingly like it did a thousand years ago.

To me, the fact that he had scorned Irene and deceived the world felt as vivid as if it had just happened.

“Oh no, this person. Why is your face so grim? Look… Are you still mad at me? Although I did a little wrong with you… As you know, we all know that it was because of that disgusting Kwak Dong-soo.”

That smirk that creates a forced friendly atmosphere.

I feel nauseous.

“I’m saying this now, but in fact, from the beginning, I wanted someone as competent as you to become a hero. How heartbreaking it was to see you suffer… big. But do you know who is really sick?”

“… who?”

“It is the people suffering from the demon king’s threat!!”

Carlos showed off his thousand-year-old acting skills and shone his vague yet solemn eyes.

“Even at this moment, the evil demon king is aiming for this world. Faust… Guain thinks that you are the true warrior who will kill the Demon King. You can do it. From now on, change your mind and be on the side of mankind once again.”

“… What is this?”

Something completely unknown appeared before my eyes.

It’s certain that it’s a human hand, but I don’t know why it exists here or what its intention is.

“Take my hand, Faust. Let’s save this world suffering from the devil together. Let’s think of everything that has happened so far as growing pains for the birth of a true warrior party. I’m sure the Goddess Irene wants that too… I believe so.”

“Let’s hold hands, me and you, is this?”

“Will you?”

A disgustingly friendly smile spreads across the King’s face.

I admired the smile that was created for a while, then slowly raised my arm.

Anticipation, nervousness, anxiety, hope—

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Just as a top-notch chef’s cuisine brings out many flavors at the same time, complex emotions flashed across Carlos’ face.

And the moment my hand touched his own, Carlos’s expression instantly unified into [relief].

“Oh oh… Also! You are smart!”

I took Carlos’s outstretched hand.

“I thought you would agree, Faust. We will be good partners in the future—”

And, just like that, I broke my wrist.

“—to be… what? Par, Faust?”

180 degrees, 270 degrees. 360 degrees.

“Uh uh uh… ! Faust, Faust! stop… stop… !!”

After completing one full turn, turn in the opposite direction.

“aaa!!!!! What are you doing, Faust! aaa!!”

Carlos’s wrist bones, bent evenly back and forth, crumbled like crumbs and could no longer support his hands.

The king’s hand spread like an invertebrate.

“Faust!!!! Don’t ask what this is—”

Next, I hit him in the face with the regime.

Two of his front teeth were broken and protruding, and a large amount of blood dripped from Carlos’ mouth like meat gravy, probably from accidentally biting his tongue.

The fake laugh made by him is nowhere to be found.

Faces pale with embarrassment and fear.

That is the real face of Carlos that I wanted to see.

“What are you doing? You still don’t know that, you asshole… ”

“Ugh… ! Fa, Faust… !!”

I clenched my fists while clenching my knuckles.

“You’re behind me now, you bastard. The time has come to pay the penalty.”

“Ugh… !!!”

Carlos closed his bleeding mouth and sweated profusely.