Chapter 455

The next person I visited was Airi. "In Bali..." Airi was sitting by the window in the guest room, looking outside like everyone else. As if they couldn't bear to see the impact of the disaster that had happened today on the city without looking outside in their own way. When I arrived, Airi was staring blankly at a lizard monster running towards her while holding a young child. If Harry had been even a little late, Airi could have died. I don't know why Airi, who hated humans, did such a thing in the end, but perhaps Airi realized that there was something worth protecting regardless of race. I explained to Airi what I was trying to do and what I would do in the future, just as I did to others. "You were trying to stop this..." "I failed, but oh well." "It's funny. It's surprising that you weren't actually interested in rebuilding the demon world, but in the end, the situation became such that you had to rebuild it." Airi looked quietly outside. "If Dark Land starts again here, the Dark Land that will be rebuilt from now on will refer to a world that includes humans, right?" "Probably." Demons can rule according to my abilities, but they cannot rule humans with their abilities. They can suppress a city and rule a village, but if it is a country where all the land beyond my horizon is my country, and humans who I cannot see are under my rule, and they refuse me, what should a king do? How should humans be ruled in what way and with what logic? I don't know. "Something... romantic." Airi seemed to be imagining a Dark Land that included humans, looking out the window, and then looked at me. "You know, Bali." "What?" "Romantic is a word that is attached because it is not easy." "...." All demons, including humans. It would be romantic, but it would be an impossible task. Therefore, the term romantic is a word that is attached because it is difficult to achieve as beautiful as it is. "But I'm a succubus." Airi smiled at me. "Bali, if that's your dream." "...." "I can't give you the power to give you that dream anymore. I'll try to make that dream come true in reality." That statement had a deep resonance. Airi looked out the window. The sight of soldiers carrying torches and moving could be seen from far below the cliff. "Still... I wish I had that power today." "....Really?" The power to dream. Why is it regrettable in the current situation? "Many children must have lost their parents and siblings. They won't be able to sleep properly, and even if they do, they won't be able to escape from that nightmare..." "Ah." "I may not be able to save someone's reality, but I can give them a peaceful dream when they sleep. Even if nightmares come back when they wake up, at least they can have a moment of happiness... It seemed like she wanted to use her power not for someone's vitality, but for the sake of suffering souls. The succubus's power to give dreams may be a demonic power, but it will be so sweet that it is unbearable. However, even if she wanted to use it to save someone, it was a power that could not save anyone. The succubus who gives dreams to humans and the succubus who receives them. It becomes a truly sad power when the succubus does not want vitality and wants someone's happiness. Both demons and humans cannot truly save each other. However, Airi longed for her power because she thought that those who experienced the hellish world might need a momentary anesthesia, even if it was in a dream. Maybe. Can it be done? A function that has never been used before. Use 'Add Setting.' The succubus's horns grow back. 'This function cannot be used.' It seems like it's impossible. 'To add this setting, a 'common sense change' must occur.' 'Such a level of setting addition cannot be performed.' I knew what it meant. It is common sense that a demon's severed horn does not grow back. However, if the setting is added that the severed horn grows back, all the succubi and Airi's common sense change that the horn does not grow back must occur. That is not just adding a setting, it is rewriting the world. So it cannot be done. But the important thing is that it was not just impossible, but it was explained in detail. Can it be done if I try? Then can it be done in a direction that does not cause a common sense change? This bastard always makes it impossible to use the system function that I can use in critical moments. Like I couldn't reverse the situation with proofreading. Still, in this situation, it seems like it would work if I use it with this feeling. It should be applied quite restrictively, not too broadly. The more detailed and limited it is, the greater the possibility of adding it. And it should be accompanied by a reasonable reason why common sense change does not occur. Something that can make the horn grow even though it should not. A plausible reason, not necessarily rational. Anyway, a reason to make it happen. Ah. I knew what to do. Use the 'Add Setting' function. 'I' can 'make the succubus race's horns grow back' 'with the power of the spirit.' A very limited and specific setting addition. A power that can make anything possible, but even I don't know where it starts and ends. The spirit can be the basis for that reason. "To add this setting, 10,000 achievement points are required. It's not a small cost, but I have over 100,000 achievement points, so there's no reason not to use them. [Using 10,000 achievement points.] [The setting has been added.] After a long time, I use the function again and look at Airi quietly. 'You have horns.' 'Ah... horns?' 'They will grow back.' '...?' Airi tilts her head as if asking what I mean. She won't know what happened to her. 'Just trust me.' 'Okay.' I don't need to explain in detail because she won't understand until her horns grow back. I should tell other succubi the same thing. The power to make someone dream may be helpful in the future. Reyna, the former queen of succubi and Airi's mother, used the power of nightmares to terrify and kill humans, but Airi uses it to help those who suffer. 'Thank you for at least saying that, Bali.' Airi laughs brightly even though my words could sound like a malicious joke. 'Because you said so. It feels like it will really happen... It's a strange feeling.' I wonder what expression Airi will have when her horns grow back. I'm a bit curious. * * * Hae-ri said there must be something we can do. Olivia said we don't have to do anything. Airi seemed to have changed her thoughts about humans a lot. I don't know about her thoughts on humans, but she seemed to pour affection on children. Lurien and Galarsch were not in the palace, and the last person left was Ellerys. 'Ah... Your Majesty.' Not Your Highness, but Your Majesty. Did she organize her titles because she became a queen? Ellerys, who was in the guest room, said that while looking at me. Could someone become a king in just one day? I became a king not to rebuild the demon world, but to deal with the gate incident that happened. In the end, I cannot avoid the burden of being the cause of the gate incident. How could the gate incident happen in any way? If I hadn't done anything, would the gate incident have happened in some way? I don't know. However, Ellerys is the mastermind behind the gate incident, and I am trying to do something about it. Ellerys was sitting alone at the table, writing a lot on paper. 'What were you doing?' 'Ah... I was thinking about a new magic... Since there will be many people who have lost their homes... and they will need temporary shelters... I was thinking of creating a magic that can create temporary shelters for them...' 'Ah.' I couldn't help but feel sorry for Ellerys' sad expression. She may be doing a very strange thing, trying to make up for the disaster she caused. She would rather wish for death." Translation:

Summary of previous part of chapter only for context: In this chapter, the protagonist spends 10,000 achievement points to add a new setting that allows him to make someone dream. He uses this power on Airi, a succubus who he has been helping, and tells her that she will grow horns again. Although confused, Airi trusts him. The protagonist reflects on how Reyna, Airi's mother, used the power of nightmares to harm humans, while Airi uses it to help them.

Later, the protagonist meets with Hae-ri, Olivia, and Ellerys to discuss the aftermath of the gate incident. Ellerys, who caused the incident, is now addressing the issue by creating a new magic that can create temporary shelters for those who lost their homes. The protagonist feels sorry for Ellerys and wonders if he could have prevented the incident if he had not interfered. Despite his doubts, he is determined to deal with the situation and help those affected.

Translation:

The incident ended up like this, and Ellerys used her own will to activate the Akasha, even under pressure, to save me. I heard that the Akasha disappeared after being used. Since the Akasha itself was already like another world, strictly speaking, it did not disappear, but became the gate incident itself. The gate incident is not something that can be erased. Therefore, Ellerys' sense of guilt was difficult for her to bear. It might have been a better choice to let Ellerys die. It is difficult to imagine the miserable feelings and guilt that Ellerys must be feeling while carrying such an unbearable sense of guilt. Ellerys and I are sinners. Ellen seemed to blame herself for everything that happened, but I don't think so. Even in this situation, I am grateful to the three who trusted and followed me. But I don't resent Ellen and Charlotte for not trusting me. I think they had enough reasons not to believe me. Hatred and resentment cannot solve anything. In reality, the enemies I have to face are not Ellen or Charlotte, but the monsters of the gate. Therefore, the responsibility for all of this lies with Ellerys and me. Ellerys seemed to be devising that kind of magic to create temporary homes for those who lost their homes. It may be a small magic, but it is an absolute necessity in the current situation. It won't end there. If I hadn't met Ellerys, if I hadn't met the demon spies, the gate incident would not have happened. Nevertheless, I told Ellerys that I would not regret all of this on the way to the Akasha. Even if our meeting will be remembered as regrettable, I decided not to regret it. Even though everything got tangled up and we ended up here, I decided not to regret it. "I don't regret it." "... " So when Ellerys saw me saying those words again, she lowered her head with a dismal expression. "There's still something we can do. I don't think the price we have to pay will only bring bad things..." I put my hand on Ellerys' shoulder, who was bowing her head. I cannot relieve Ellerys' sense of guilt. No matter how much pressure was put on her, Ellerys made her own choice. The world and me. At the crossroads of one of the two, Ellerys was a person who should have chosen the world. She was definitely such a being. She regretted countless killings and wanted to repay even a little bit of her sins, so Ellerys should not have activated the Akasha, even if she had to abandon me. However, Ellerys chose me over the world. Everyone else will blame Ellerys as a heinous criminal, and the whole world will not be able to forgive Ellerys as the culprit of the gate incident. But I can't do that. No matter how much sense of responsibility she felt, no matter how much pressure she felt from those around her, Ellerys made her own choice with her own hands. There is no need to listen to the reasons. "If it's because she loved me enough to exchange the whole world for me, to cherish me, then it's true that she destroyed the world. But for someone who loved me that much, she had no choice but to do so. I can't ask her why she did it, or why she didn't just let me die. Even if the whole world, even my own people, may come to hate Ellerys, who is the root of all the disasters they will face in the future, I cannot. I have to love Ellerys. I have to be on Ellerys' side. 'I'm so... so sorry. I ruined everything... I ruined the wishes of my lord...' 'No, it's okay.' It's not okay, but I have to say it's okay. For Ellerys' heart, for this love. I am grateful. 'Losing you... no, losing you is too scary... it's too sad that everything has to end like this... I'm so sorry... I'm so sad... you...' Ellerys hugged me as she cried. 'No matter what happens... I didn't want to lose you...' Ellerys cried for a long time while hugging me. I hugged Ellerys back, as if I would never let go again."