Volume 1 Chapter 40 Gathering with the Villainous Guildmaster and Those Who Have Been Played I [Irankus VI]
While Act was enjoying his vacation, on the other side...
The former Guildmaster, Irankus, who had chased him away, was—
"IT'S OVER... EVERYTHING, ALL OF IT..."
Aimlessly, he wandered the town streets.
"I'VE LOST EVERYTHING... ALL OF IT... ALL..."
As a Guildmaster, he had held prestige, honor, and a castle.
What remained after losing it all was an overwhelming sense of regret.
"Oh... WHAT HAVE I DONE... If only I hadn't EXILED Act, it wouldn't have come to this..."
A grown man, tears streaming down his face, staggered through the town.
He finally reached his own house.
"...I'M BACK."
Irankus was a married man with a wife and children.
However, even though he had returned, his wife didn't come out to welcome him.
"...? HEY, I'M HOME! WHERE ARE YOU! HEY!"
But even after searching the entire house, there was no sign of his wife.
"WHERE DID THAT SLOWPOKE GO... WHAT?"
That's when Irankus noticed.
There was a note left on the table.
THUMP, his heart raced.
"N-NO WAY... THERE'S NO WAY SHE WOULD BETRAY ME..."
Trembling, he picked up the letter that lay on the table.
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<blockquote><p class="uppercase bold">I'M GOING BACK TO MY PARENTS' HOME.<br> BECAUSE THINGS AREN'T GOING WELL AT WORK, YOU COME HOME DRUNK AND TAKE OUT YOUR FRUSTRATIONS ON ME AND THE CHILD... I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.<br> I'M TAKING THE CHILD AND GOING HOME. GOODBYE.</p></blockquote>
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THUD...
Irankus collapsed on the spot.
"HAHAHA... HAHAHAHA!"
Irankus could only laugh at this point.
"IT'S OVER, IT'S ALL OVER! EVERYTHING, ALL OF IT, IS FINISHED...!"
Whatever he had cherished seemed to slip through his fingers like sand.
He no longer had the strength to reclaim anything.
"UGH... SNIFF... WAAAHHHH!"
A deep sorrow engulfed him.
What had all his hard work built up to until now?
Act Age.
Just exiling him had brought Irankus down to this level.
Everything was his own fault.
I never acknowledged his actions; I was the one who was wrong.
"I'M DONE... WITH EVERYTHING..."
That's when it happened.
'NOT YET. ISN'T IT TOO EARLY TO GIVE UP?'
"WH-WHO'S THERE!?"
Swoosh...
In the supposedly empty room, a man appeared, draped in a black coat.
Wearing a clown-like mask over the upper half of his face.
He raised the corners of his mouth in a smirk and bowed respectfully.
'GOOD EVENING. I'M DOSTOEVSKY. A REGRETTABLE DEMON GOD AT YOUR SERVICE.'
"THE DEMON GOD... DOSTOEVSKY...?"
Demon god.
In mythology, they are the collective term for the malevolent deities that once existed in this world.
"D-DON'T BE RIDICULOUS. DEMON GODS ARE JUST FAIRY TALES, RIGHT?"
'INDEED, THEY ARE. SO, YOU MIGHT AS WELL THINK OF ME AS A JESTER WHO TRICKS DEMON GODS.'
Chuckle, chuckle, Dostoevsky laughed.
...That voice. Somehow, Irankus felt he had heard it before.
"YOU... HAVEN'T WE MET SOMEWHERE BEFORE?"
'OH, ARE YOU TRYING TO WOO ME? UNFORTUNATELY, I'M A MAN, SO I DON'T SWING THAT WAY.'
Desperately trying to remember.
But he couldn't quite place this person claiming to be a demon god.
"Y-YOU... WHY DID YOU BARGE INTO MY HOUSE UNINVITED? THIS IS TRESPASSING! I'LL HAVE THE KNIGHTS ARREST YOU!"
'THAT WOULD BE PREMATURE. I'VE COME TO PROPOSE A SPLENDID PLAN TO YOU.'
"A SPLENDID... PLAN? WHAT IS IT?"
Dostoevsky tilted his head and spoke.
'ACT AGE. I AM HERE TO PROPOSE A REVENGE PLAN AGAINST THE ONE WHO PUSHED YOU TO THE BRINK, IF I MAY BE SO BOLD.'
The demon god snapped his fingers.
And lo, several humans appeared behind him.
"KILL..."
"ACT... KILL..."
"ACT AGEEEE!"
"W-WHO ARE THESE GUYS...?"
'THEY ALL HOLD A GRUDGE AGAINST ACT.'
SSS... Dostoevsky gestured toward the lineup and spoke.
> 'HE IS THE PARTY LEADER WHO EXILED A BOY NAMED ELI.
> HE IS THE NOBLE WHO EXILED ZALTCHIM, HIS FIANCÉE.
> HE IS THE HERO WHO EXILED VULCAN, THE HEALER.
> AND HE IS DRANIX, THE ELF CROWN PRINCE WHO EXILED THE HALF-ELVES.'
Their ages and species were all over the place.
But there was one thing they all had in common.
And that was the fact that everyone had exiled someone.
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