Chapter Twenty-Three: Those Memories, Those Dialogues

Everfree Forest, Demon King Castle.

15987,15988,15989......

The morning sun was warm but not dazzling, and Edward looked at himself in the mirror silently.

Because he lost his memory, he could only fall into reincarnation here. It starts in the summer and ends in the night, all the way to the end of the Third World, where she is rescued by Shera, and finally, everything is reset to zero.

16111,16112,16113......

Sword of Calamity - Anyone who wields this sword will be cursed with the most vicious and painful of all. The curse will stay with Edward for the rest of his life and will never be removed until he dies.

16346,16347,16348......

Meaningless numbers beat in vain, but the voice buried deep in Edward's heart never dissipated.

[Protect her, this time]

Yes, he was mistaken, very wrong. The moment he left the first world, Amilia's fate had already been changed. Even if he didn't do anything, that idiot brave man wouldn't die.

With naïve hope, he thought he had completed his mission, but at the last moment, he was ruthlessly crushed by reality.

The "she" who needs to be protected is not Emilia, but, Night.

As fate would have it, every time Edward recognized his true calling, he had already fallen into irretrievable failure, so he had to jump into the cycle again and start the new year again.

Summer, autumn, winter snow, spring nights. Cycle.

In this way, the cold number has increased by one more.

16555,16556,16557......

He's a demon king, and he doesn't have a name. In the first world, Night always called him "Lord of the Devil", but in the second world, his wife, Amilia, gave him a special name - Edward.

Before giving birth to Shela, Emilia had a dog named Deward. The dog is very cute, but unfortunately he didn't have much fun with Emilia and left.

In honor of it. Emilia often referred to the pervert as "Edward".

A dog? Edward, quite a cute name.

16985,16986,16987......

The second world is an imperfect world.

Although he has lived an ordinary life, although he has married and had children, but. In the end, they still couldn't make it all the way.

When Emilia decides to leave. Sheila is still an ignorant child. In her little brain. I only remember Edward's general appearance - short silver-white fluffy hair, disgusting dark circles, and a cynical smile.

She does not understand Edward's character. She didn't know what kind of person her father was, and she didn't know who the woman called Night was.

Night?strange name.

When she was a child, Sheila heard from her mother that Night was a woman who was so beautiful that any man would be fascinated by her, and that if she could be priced, a city might not be able to match her beauty.

Sheila thought that Dad was probably fascinated by the woman, and that's why he abandoned himself and Mom.

Sure enough, that guy is a pervert!

17566,17567,17568......

It's still jumping several times, once a year.

Flando's betrayal, the content of the prophecy, the conspiracy of the Gate of Original Sin, George's identity, Emilia's story, Emisa's story, the real murderer of Vivette, the truth about the night of the Red Rose......

If he could, Edward could even be called an omniscient god. Because, everything that happens in the third world has already been engraved by him in the deepest part of his soul.

After all, he has been through so many times, he doesn't know if it's difficult.

18777,18778,18779......

Emilia was lucky. She meets Edward, a pervert, a pervert who is willing to take care of her, cherish her, and protect her.

The night is also lucky. She met Edward, a reliable master who could make her give everything she had without reservation.

Sheila was equally lucky. Although she had to pay the price for her willfulness - to bear the curse of the Sword of Calamity, she put all the blame on her greedy father to let him fall into reincarnation and suffer for herself, while she only had to wait for the end of the world and quietly watch that guy fall into reincarnation.

They were all lucky, except for Edward.

19997,19998,19999......

For the twenty-thousandth time, without even thinking, the familiar dialogue blurted out.

"Are you—are you my maid?"

"Lord Demon King, your brain can't be broken, right? Of course the night is your maid. ”

"Ahh......h Of course I do. But, as a maid, how can you say that my brain is broken, I am your master, master!"

"Demon King, is there any problem?"

"A maid should be a presence that serves her master!"

"That's right, the Night Club will serve you for the rest of your life. ”

"But what is your cold tone? ”

"Oh, yes? gentle...... Demon King, what is that?"

"Don't play dumb with me! You really don't know what gentleness is?"

"Lord Demon, I don't know what you mean. In the past, you often said that you liked the sound of the night very much, and hoped that the night would continue like this and not change. ”

"Did I say that?"

"Yes. ”

"Okay......"

If there was any difference in this dialogue, this time, Edward curled the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled quietly.

A miracle has finally happened.

"Lord Demon King, the strength of the brave is too strong, they can't help much, they can only die in vain, so you ordered to evacuate. ”

"Oh. ”

"After making the last breakfast for you, it's time to evacuate the night. ”

"Well, thank you. ”

"Goodbye, Lord Demon. ”

"Goodbye. ”

Sent off the night, alone in the Demon King's Castle, Edward whispered to himself.

"This time, is it the 20,000th time?"

The forest is still the forest, the fortress is still the fortress, and not even a single word of the dialogue has changed. However, after 20,000 reincarnations, he finally miraculously won the favor of the God of Light, if the God of Light really existed......

This time, he didn't lose his memory.

Actually, this is not a miracle at all. Tens of thousands of times falling into the space-time rift, his body, and his brain, have long been adapted to the strangulation of the space-time turbulence. Just as the palm of the sword that has been holding the sword for many years will inevitably grow calluses, his nerves have been polished to be tenacious and can calmly face any pain.

Now he can break this endless cycle with 20,000 times of grief.

"Night, I promise you that I will never leave you, so you can never leave me, understand?

"Oh, really?"

Night, every season I spent with you made me linger, even if I repeated it 20,000 times, I still cherish it so much, so, this time I won't leave you behind, absolutely not.

Please believe me, even if I can't tell you my heart at this moment, but the tacit understanding between us will definitely tell you everything I want to say.

"Amilia, when it's all over, we're going to start a mercenary group of our own. The name of the mercenary group is called, the Demon King Mercenary Group, I will be the leader, and you will be the deputy leader, how about it?"

"Oh, oh......"

Amilia, although our acquaintance was a misunderstanding, although in the first world I watched you die and was indifferent, in the second world I left you because of another woman......

Although it may be a bit selfish to say this, I will never forget all the memories you have given me, those touches, and those gentleness.

"Hmph, useless Demon King. ”

"Hey, I hear you, you idiot brave!"

"You pervert, I'm not an idiot!"

"I'm not a pervert either!"

"You!"

"You!"

Amilia, you know what, you're really a big idiot. But...... The 20,000 autumns I spent with you were always my happiest time.

In the playground of Hoag House, you and I were lazily leaning against a tree, staring at the students running around the playground. When we are tired and tired, we will go home together, go back to our room, take a warm bath comfortably, lie on the bed, and face each other with our buttocks like children quarrelling, without saying a word, and finally fall into a deep sleep.

You know what? My favorite thing is probably your big, ruby eyes. Arrogant, indifferent, dismissive...... I often think that if anyone can make you laugh out loud and squint your eyes, then he must be the happiest person in the world.

I hope I'm that person.

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Spring, summer, autumn and winter, year after year. After 20,000 reincarnations, Edward got a miracle, a miracle that could change his fate.

Leave the third world, jump out of the cycle of reincarnation, and find a new world.

Thus, the Concerto of the Four Seasons was played again. (To be continued......)