Volume 2. Chapter 17 Amazement

Lina's two daughters pleaded with Vail to revoke the sentence. They did not want their mother to be used as a sacrifice during the war.

“Sorry…” Vail couldn't withdraw his sentence.

Rere and Nem begged Vail, Rii, Cini...no one helped.

“Vail, Mother wants you to withdraw the punishment. I don't want you —"

“Mother, our hearts are broken when we find out that our summoner as well as the woman we saved from illegal trafficking are dead…both of them.” Vail let out his pent-up feelings.

“They are both women who taught us about this world, people who taught us how to read in this world. A woman who means a lot to us.”

“From the start, we only agreed to protect the two of them. Not a care in the world, even though the hero was disappointed in us at that time.” Cini tells the real truth.

“Then…then why did you let me live? You helped me and gave me the meaning of what life is. What it is to be a woman…Vail.”

Runia covered her mouth with both hands and was saddened to hear her son's wife's confession.

"That's because I want to look cool in front of Nia...the woman I love," Vail told Lina.

"Don't quarrel...Focus on the matter, and believe in hope."

They are shocked by the appearance of a mysterious masked man.

"Master…"

"Zein, do you know him?" Cini was surprised to see his little brother shocked by the masked man.

"Master, thank you for your help at that time." Tiara bowed to thank him.

"Who are you!" Rii felt great power from that person.

“I am no longer your enemy, there is no need to be wary,” That person told.

"What is your relationship with our family?" Vail wants to know.

"l just protect them, from the people who are still hunting you," That person told him.

“Mr Vail. What did you mean by what you said earlier? Does that have anything to do with now…” Queen Amira wanted to know.

"Hope can strengthen the spirit of courage in a person, as well as trust and desire. It can help you get through difficult things." He told Amira what the meant.

“Quen, you and Rema can stay alive for ten years with eight. Because of the hope and building a desire with Rema, that is proof.”

"Lina having a family and being given two daughters is a form of bonding and mutual trust with humans, namely..." That person pointed at Leon very politely and formally.

"That also applies to you, Miss Amira."

Amira immediately glanced at her husband, Ligt.

“If you join forces…and believe in hope, and try. I'm sure you guys can win against Synovian.”

They were surprised by two things, the full moon goddess and the guardian. And the mysterious person who disappeared even though their eyes were focused on that person.

“I see, I see.” Lina just realized something.

“It seems like you were just thinking what I was thinking too, Lina.” Neii was also thinking the same thing.

“What are you two thinking?” King Ligt was so curious.

“We wondered where the ancestors got such a large number of troops. To be honest, the devil race only numbered eleven million five hundred souls."

"While the ancestor had a demon army of sixty million.” Lina informed.

"Could it be that you mean..." Etina was starting to understand it.

“Just like what you all think. Where did the ancestors get the rest? After the mysterious person told us that the ancestor was a full moon goddess and guardian, we all knew.”

Neii's words refer to one thing, namely summoning. Neii believes that Synovian summoned demons from other worlds who were at war and brought them to the world right where they were.

Neii also informed that troops and their numbers could increase or decrease without them realizing it.

"I congratulate you."

The sound of clapping was heard, a black circle appeared and from it came out the ancestor, namely the goddess Synovian.

“Even though I changed you into a demon king, your thoughts never changed. Hero Nejin, hero Helina.” Synovian stopped the clapping.

"Hero? Myself, and also Neii?” Lina was so surprised.

“That's right, not only you...Dorf is also the same hero and the three of you were summoned here at the same time. By the empire to fight the vampire ancestor, who is my husband.” Synovian tells.

"The reason you don't have memories is because that vampire man ate your memories. You two, are husband and wife from another world, while Dorf is your friend. That's what I know about you guys in the past.”

“And I was the one who turned you guys into demons, and gave you false memories as a demon king.”

"How dare you!" Neii was furious after hearing that.

Synovian laughed happily seeing him pawn annoyed and angry.

"Be angry like you're protecting your wife..." Synovian pointed at Lina.

"So that I can get back the pawn that is you." Synovian laughed so happily.

The black circle appeared again behind Synovian, and Synovian stepped back into the circle and then disappeared.

“Lina!?” Runia saw her daughter-in-law fall.

The two children were shocked to see their mother fall to the ground in such shock.

“Clara?” Erick saw his wife surprised.

“Amira?” King Ligt also saw his wife in surprise.

"Master Vail told me not to be fooled..." Queen Amira informed.

“The person impersonating Vail and Miss Etina is that ancestor, he told me,” Clara said.

Amira and Clara were notified again. And they both told the other.

“Synovian is the full moon goddess and guardian…”

"She will do everything, can to make all her revenge plans run smoothly."

"Revenge?" Etina was so curious.

"He didn't tell me any more," Clara said.

“Mr Vail also said nothing about revenge in question.” Queen Amira informed.

"Thank you...thank you." Lina cried and was very grateful and happy.

"What's wrong?" Leon was surprised and curious why his wife said that.

“He told me the truth,” Lina tried to get up and tell.

"Truth?" Glen wants to know what truth was told to his son-in-law.

“Dorf, Neii, and I are indeed heroes. But we didn't appear at the same time, Neii is a hero who was summoned after the hero who turned into a dragon,"

“Then thirty decades Dorf with the real name Senon was called, twenty decades Neii with the real name Nejin was called. The last one was me, six hundred years after Neii.”

Vail, Rii, and Cini were surprised that Lina's statement included Ryzen.

“That rotten goddess is playing with us.” Neii was so annoyed.

“Bond, Hope, and Light. That's what he said…” Lina informed.

“Then everyone, let's unite. To defeat the ancestors, to make this world reach out to one another.” Etina stretched out her hand.

“….” Cini was the first to reach out after Etina.

One by one they reached out their hands towards Etina's hand.

An hour later, Lina and her family were returning to their residence. Vail, Rii, and Cini apologize.

"Clara has told us...you will help us return home." Vail bowed intending to apologize.

“Vail, you are the person I like. Your kindness gives me a better life, not only myself. Neii also seems to be even better than before.” Lina informed.

“So Vail…I'm sorry, for failing to protect those two.”

After apologizing, Lina returned to her residence with her family.

The next day, the union again held a meeting for several kings in the empire. And brought their crown prince at the request of the king of Aries.

"You don't usually ask for things like this, King Aries." King Nollant was so curious.

“Can you explain to us?” The Cluster King was so curious.

"I want our successor to know the plans for the future." King Aries informed.

“Soon we will abdicate according to imperial regulations and will be replaced by all of you. But before that time comes, I would like to ask all of you…”

“Reclaim the land controlled by the ancestor's loyal subordinates, namely the Gerna kingdom.”

Hearing the explanation from King Aries, all the kings were happy and agreed.

“That made the union seen as cowardly by everyone…moreover, residents and adventurers in various kingdoms were killed by the demon prince and his demon friends.” King Aries told them again. King Aries wanted to instill a sense of hatred towards the demon race.

"After the war against our ancestors who intended to abdicate, you are the successors of hope for our people." King Aries informed.

On the way home, each king formed a secret alliance with other kings, especially kings Mitlant and Cortase, who wanted to overthrow the kingdom of Karta, namely King Aries.

Seventh day before the war begins. Nhiel received a letter from Queen Amira, asking the village people to flee to the Gerna kingdom.

Two days before the war started, the Gerna kingdom was visited by many people from villages who had no protection for their territory.

“That woman…” Vail saw the woman who had previously joined the S-class adventurers to capture him, with the group led by Lucot.

The woman walked covering her face with a veil, she lined up to enter the Gerna kingdom to get a place to live at Nhiel's suggestion.

"...." The woman entered, she wanted to immediately take a horse-drawn carriage to the area that had been prepared. But stopped walking because a man called him that person was Vail.

“What are you doing here, Princess Lumina?” Vail approached the woman.

“How do you know?” Lumina was so surprised.

“Three days ago, the residents of the village where Mr. Nhiel was located arrived here. And Mr. Nhiel told us about you, and your problems." Vail told what he knew from Mr. Nhiel.

“Moreover, how did you survive from the forest of death?” Vail was so amazed.

"I'll will tell you, but not here." Lumina asked to change location.

Vail invites Lumina to Gerna's castle grounds and to get comfortable in the discussion.

"So, can you tell?"

“Just after you guys left and disappeared, I witnessed those adventurers being eaten alive like humans eating fish that were still breathing,” Lumina tells of her terrible experience.

“….” Vail focused himself to hear Lumina's explanation.

"I ran as hard as I could to survive, but I became disoriented because I could still hear screams from everywhere."

“In short, when I was scratched on the back and my left leg was eaten without breaking off, I was in despair.”

“My mind was fixed on the belief that I would die just like them, but a voice appeared in my mind.”

"Voice?" Vail was so confused and amazed, he guessed that the voice might be the person who always helped.