Lord Demon is behind you

"Letter...? What letter?"

"It's a letter from that man," Lana gestured. "It's a man wrapped in black and also looks black."

"Wait..." The brave man found himself completely unable to understand what she said, "Who is this person?"

After blurting out the question, he realized that it was impossible to get an answer to this question, so he changed his words: "How do you know him, and what does 'Xin' do?"

"We met before the attack on the Demon King's City. When the two of us were out in the city, he took the initiative to talk to me. Although I could tell at a glance that he was not a good person, Shaka said that I could trust him for the time being... Shaka Ga has always been very smart, so it shouldn’t be a problem to listen to her, so I didn’t care about it anymore. I don’t know what the letter is for, it seems that the man gave it to her alone. Anyway..."

Lana puffed up her cheeks, as if frustrated that Shaka was keeping something from her.

"Anyway, by the time I realized it, the letter had already arrived in our hands, and it disappeared inexplicably within a few days. I didn't know until she told me just now, did it turn out to be for the princess?"

"This..." The brave felt his forehead throbbing.

"Brave," the Demon King whispered in his ear, "I probably won't be able to ask any more questions. She doesn't seem to know anything."

Indeed, apart from "a certain man privately asked Shaka to forward a letter to Her Royal Highness", there is no information at all.

At first glance, it sounds like some male Stoka is engaged in malicious stalking.

Although I also know that it will not be so simple, otherwise Shaka would not want to tell the brave man anyway before disappearing——Having said that, it is really hard to feel nervous when facing Lana's ignorant face .

"That..." the brave man thought hard, "Why did Miss Shaka ask you to tell me this matter? Is this matter very important...?"

"I don't know, what Shaka does is always troublesome, and I have no interest in it," Lana shook her head repeatedly, "But she thinks it's very important... She keeps saying that she feels sorry for you, but she didn't expect it to happen at first. There are such serious consequences, or something."

"Serious Consequences" - Could it be...

Is the so-called "letter" related to this incident——is it related to the "Ten Witches"?

"This is really... not a coincidence."

After all, there is insufficient information, and the brave can only think of this for the time being.

"Since the words have been brought up, what I should talk about afterwards is my own business," the dancer tilted her head, biting her fingertips lightly, "Well, anyway, for me, those things are just incidental. I came to see Mr. Brave just to see you. I will come to you just because I like you."

"Feel sorry."

The brave man can only answer like this, "But I don't have..."

"Don't say such things now." She squinted and smiled. "Even if the brave man suddenly likes me now, it's too late. I don't have a few minutes left."

"……Feel sorry."

"When I first saw you," she said suddenly, "you probably don't remember what happened at that time?"

"...?"

In the brave man's memory, the first time he met her should be when Xuelu led her and Shaka back to the dormitory.But from what she said, it doesn't seem to be the case.

"It's on the commercial street of that city. Before we officially joined the team, didn't there be a celebration there? Shaka couldn't move easily, so I ran to play alone. I didn't expect to run into that kind of thing..."

"--what."

When she said that, not only the hero, but even the Demon King remembered it.

"It refers to the stampede... Maybe."

At that time, the medium-sized city happened to be holding a celebration event every ten years, so it was extremely crowded and lively.

On the day of the event, several billboards installed on a certain set fell down due to the wind.

The noise caused panic among the crowd, resulting in the crowding and shoving of a large number of people, which almost led to a vicious incident.

At that time, the brave team happened to be resting in the city, and most of the companions also participated in this event.It was by relying on their strength that a tragedy could be stopped——

"But I don't seem to be doing anything special."

This is not modesty.Brave is a pure physics department, and its role in such a large-scale event is inherently limited.

"The evacuation of the crowd was organized by Her Royal Highness, the rescue of the wounded depends on Miss Xuelu, and the avoidance of disasters is done by Miss Stella..."

Well, Stella's methods are brutal.At that time, she directly used large-scale wind magic to lift a large number of people into the air.Although this avoids the worst case of someone being killed, it also causes most people to be more or less slightly injured, and property losses are countless.

"You really forgot," Lana sighed. "Didn't those falling billboards almost hit people in the first place? Didn't you stand up and push them away from the heads of passers-by?"

—That's right.The brave man happened to be near the scene of the incident at the time, and when he saw the billboard falling, he instinctively smashed the two pieces closest to the crowd, which somewhat avoided the consequences of being directly injured by passers-by.But more than that he was beyond reach, and in the end it was a dangerous commotion caused by the loud crash of the fall.

"However, just this action saved the lives of at least ten people. Human beings were hit by such a heavy wooden plank on top of their heads, and they would probably die on the spot." The devil interjected, "Because of this, the brave also got Thank you from the citizens, I remember sending you a pennant of bravery."

"...No, please don't mention it."

The brave man felt ashamed.

"Well, at that time, the girl you rescued under the sign...was me."

Lana smiled nostalgically.

"Yes, is it..."

The brave man doesn't remember saving any girl at all.At that time, he was completely focused on the falling danger in front of him and the catastrophic incident that erupted afterwards, and he had no time to pay attention to whether it was a man, a woman, or a young man who was saved.

"Yes! Even if you don't remember it at all, it was the most important moment in my life. It was the first time... no, it was the only time I was saved by a man without any selfish desires."

"There are always a lot of men who are willing to help us. Many of them will come up to us as soon as they see us, ask questions with great enthusiasm, and offer help seemingly selflessly—however, those are the only thoughts in their hearts. I think we are good-looking and weak, and I want to take advantage of it, or I just want to lie to me.

"Sanctified on the surface, full of filth in private, just staring at the girl's body - men are such disgusting and dirty creatures, I have always thought so. But..."

She first puffed up her cheeks and then smiled gratifiedly.

"Master Brave—you are not that kind of person. When you faced me, you didn't have any dirty thoughts in your heart. You didn't pay attention to my appearance or body. You only wanted to save me."

"Ah... no, I just..."

——I didn't even notice that the figure under the billboard was a beautiful girl.

There is a subtle sense of guilt in the brave man's heart, feeling that he has been mistrusted.

"From that moment on, I knew." Fortunately, she didn't care about the brave man's reaction, and just recounted her feelings nostalgicly, "If I want to marry someone, I must marry you. There is no second man in this world." It deserves my liking."

It's... really heavy.

The brave man wanted to say something, but Lana stopped him with a wave of his hand.

"That night, I had a dream." She sped up her speech, "I dreamed that Shaka and I came to your side and wanted to help you wholeheartedly, but when we finally expressed our love to you, we were rejected. And when we were sad, you disappeared—I told Shaka about the dream after I woke up, but she seemed to have misunderstood."

This dream is probably the story the two of them told at the door.

"That is to say, it wasn't something that happened in the previous life, was it just a dream?" the Demon King asked in time.

Unexpectedly, Lana shook her head.

"...Not exactly that. Lana never had ordinary dreams? But, I really don't have the ability to go back to my past life. So I thought about it and thought that..."

The girl cupped her cheek with one hand.

"Maybe it's something that will happen in the future."

"future--"

The Demon King gasped, and leaned back into the arms of the brave man.

"No, no way! Could it be that in the future I—"

"Well, I was able to see the future. After that, I started to be afraid. I was afraid that the end would really turn out like this. I thought, Mr. Brave is so simple, he must have been deceived by some bad guys somewhere. , will definitely encounter very bad things——" she said while staring at the devil pointingly, "I want to protect my beloved, so I must change this 'future'."

"But, I don't know what to do. Maybe I'm still too stupid. I'm just acting on my intuition. I can't do anything but dance, and I can't even speak normally... All along, it's Sarah Ka is thinking about everything for me, but this time probably won't work. Don't look at her like that, Shaka is a very realistic person. If she knew in advance that the future confession would fail, she probably wouldn't try at all."

"so……"

Lana closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"I lied to my best friend. I lied to her that it happened before and I hope it doesn't happen again this time..."

"...That's what happened." The demon king sighed softly, "I feel a little bit sympathetic to that crazy woman. Fortunately, I have no friends."

The brave man didn't know what happened just now, so he could only be silent for a while.

"...So, the current ending...not getting the love of the brave man, being defeated by an annoying rival in love, and having to disappear...this is probably a punishment."

Lana had a complex look of bitterness and relief on her face.

"In order to realize my wish, I deceived my friends and hurt the person I like. This must be my punishment from the gods."

"Now, Mr. Brave...do you hate me? After hearing these things."

She stretched her arms to the sides, making a gesture of welcoming the judgment.

Until this time, her posture is still very graceful, and her every move is like a dance.

——It’s really a difficult question to answer.

"Probably," the brave man thought for a moment, "... there is indeed a little bit. Ms. Lana, the consequences now may not be what you want, and I can't completely blame you, but I can't understand the matter of betraying a friend. "

The girl's eyes drooped and she bit her lip.

"Y-that's right... I guessed it would happen tomorrow, but when it comes to the end, I still..."

"--but."

After this brief rest, the brave man recovered a little bit of strength.He supported the ground with one hand and supported the Demon King with the other, and it took him a while to stand up.

He stood across from Lana, looking her in the eye.

"But that's not something I can judge. Only in this matter, if Miss Shaka, the victim, forgives you, others have no right to blame you—so, I still won't change my opinion."

"I have an obligation to defeat you, so I will try my best to do so. This has nothing to do with your behavior or my personal likes and dislikes."

Lana's eyes widened.

"I... I don't understand. I don't understand but..."

"That day...just like now." She mused to herself absent-mindedly, "There is no shadow of anyone, no shadow of anything in your heart. Ahh...how can you be so pure?"

"Me? I'm not very pure."

The brave man didn't quite understand what she meant, he just talked about the facts.

"I'm not the kind of person Miss Lana imagined. I also have... have, um, very personal desires."

He gave a little support to the demon king, who was hanging on him, trying to climb to the shoulder position.

"It's just that before satisfying the desire, the necessary goal must be achieved first."

--what……

As if seeing some strange scene, Lana covered her mouth and exclaimed again, then lowered her eyelashes in relief.

"Desire... ah. So that's—"

She shook her head with a wry smile, "As a result, in the end, we still haven't been able to change anything. But... maybe this isn't a bad thing."

Not knowing what she was thinking, she narrowed her eyes and smiled again.Laughing and laughing, suddenly clusters of tears rolled down the cheeks.

"I'm, what a loser..."

"Then finally,...only this time, I want to do something that will make you happy."

Her figure gradually faded.

"Miss Lana?"

The sunlight penetrated her body and fell on the scattered ground.

Her back suddenly reflected colorful brilliance.The almost faded shadow elongated and deformed, finally forming the shape of a door.

The door automatically opened a crack.Inside is an upward spiral staircase.

"At least, at this last moment, I want to send you a little blessing."

Lana's voice drifted into the air a little bit.

"Then... farewell, my love."

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In fact, they didn't elope in the previous life, but they planned to elope in this life