Abandoned Retired Warrior Decides to Return to Farming

After defeating Lucia, they reached the front of the room where Aerith was.

Standing there, somehow I remembered the first conversations I had with her.

-ha. I’m next door, so I’ll take care of St.

-Uh…

On the first day Aerith came to town, obviously we didn’t welcome each other’s meeting.

Aerith, the heroine and saint in the original story.

That’s how she appeared in front of me, who wanted to spend the rest of her life quietly in the village.

And she, too, blatantly rejected my words.

“At the time, I thought I just hated a guy like me because he was my neighbor.”

Now that I think about it, maybe she didn’t want to be involved with anyone.

A saint who has been betrayed by someone she trusted and has closed her heart.

At the time, she would have been disappointed and hated by everything.

I was driven to the point where I had to take revenge by breaking the demon king’s seal.

I’m sure he’s still hoping that I don’t come to him.

right here. Beyond this visit.

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kuung-

But I ignored the wind and pushed the door without hesitation.

And she looked down at me through the gap in the open door as if tired.

“ha. Really, tired man.”

And he greeted me with a dry, sighing voice.

I didn’t expect to receive this kind of treatment as soon as I walked in.

Did you think that I wouldn’t come? Or was it that you didn’t want to come?

Ha, either way, I guess I was being looked down on quite a bit.

“Yeah, did you finally come? Kael.”

“Come, come.”

She tilted her head as if it was unexpected at my blunt answer.

“Umm, half-talk?”

“Not good.”

“Is it possible? Whoops. Rather, it is a little exciting to be fresh.”

Then he chuckled as if it was interesting.

Still beautiful, but mechanical, with that eerie smile.

“Because I’m not even a saint anymore. I like it.”

“Then that’s it.”

I glanced at the hatchet she was holding with an appropriate reply.

The anticipation that the blood of the hero Lowe has dried without being wiped off.

I thought it was too late, but fortunately, I don’t think anyone else’s blood has been found yet.

In fact, I saw Aurelia hiding behind the throne.

“Is that still okay?”

When I asked, pointing to Aurelia, Aerith nodded obediently.

Then he said it was sad.

“yes. Not yet. I was going to cut off my tongue, but someone interrupted me.”

“Kuk. I’ve been strangely fond of timing one thing from a long time ago.”

“Ahaha. You didn’t mean the worst, didn’t you?”

Me and she gave each other a fake smile.

By the way, I felt it sometimes when I was in town, but he has a really bad personality too. You’re sarcastic at the end of every word.

Where did the heroine, warm and supreme like the sun, go?

“I wish you had come a little later. Mr. Kael. Then I would have been able to see the babbling princess.”

“okay? I’m curious about that. But it’s pretty late. Aerith, aren’t you slow?”

From waking up the drooling Serin. From Gerald to a bunch of warriors.

I was expecting it to have already flown away after all sorts of backstabbing.

“No matter how you look at it, it’s you. Like Cinderella who threw away her shoes, she wanted me to come.”

“Oh, so Kael is going to be a prince? You have a lot of self-love.”

“Ha. It’s past 12 o’clock, and I’m still more of a princess than a fluttering princess.”

Aerith wiggled her eyebrows and looked at me.

It seems that he can’t accept that he calls himself a princess more than anything else.

A sigh escaped from between her lips, which had been tightly closed as if in protest.

“·········Whew. I can understand a little bit of Serin and Lucia’s feelings.”

And then he smiled like mad.

“Mr. Cael, who speaks. I’m a little unlucky.”

“don’t worry. I see that everyone has adapted somehow. You can do it too.”

In particular, Serine’s adaptation was amazing.

There are people who are like that, but wouldn’t it be called Aerith?

The time we spent together in the future was full and overflowing.

“So, let’s stop now and go back.”

I reached out to her like that.

There is no reason for Aerith to suffer and sin any more than this.

Because she’s already been hurt too much.

I didn’t mean to let that squeaky smile look like it was going to ruin any moment.

“Come down, Aerith.”

“I’m sorry to Mr. Kael, but I don’t like it.”

“Or should I go up?”

“Then I will slap that princess on the neck before Kael comes up.”

“okay? But I would be faster.”

“What? It would be.”

If he put his mind to it right now, it wouldn’t be an issue to subdue Aerith before he could even move.

But it just doesn’t.

Of course, she, too, must have known it from the beginning.

“So, what are you going to do now?”

Even so, that means there is still work to be done.

Hearing my words, Aerith let out a fishy laugh.

“I do not know. Even Lucia couldn’t handle it, but what can I do with Kael like that? I wouldn’t be a threat at all. Isn’t it?”

A nuance as if surrendering.

Nevertheless, with a relaxed appearance, he tapped the railing with an axe.

“It’s simple, Kael.”

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knock-

An unpleasant sound echoed through the banquet hall.

“You can kill me right here.”

And Aerith’s dull voice echoed through them.

It was the same situation as when I was at the inn.

It was like when Aerith intentionally approached me, who was bleeding and suspicious.

Just like then, she still wants to die at my hands.

“Then Kael will become the hero who uncovered the princess’s sins and punished the evil woman who unlocked the demon king’s seal. That is the position that Kael should have enjoyed from the beginning.”

“Then next.”

“What about the next one? Ahaha, well… wouldn’t Kael know that better? What is certain is that Mr. Kael will be admired and respected by many people. Ah, but I want to ask you to make sure that the princess is disposed of.”

At those words, Aurelia, who was hiding behind the throne, flinched.

Aerith continued speaking as if it were a pity.

“Of course I wanted to do it myself. It’s because he messed up Mr. Kael’s revenge and raised his business like this. Of course, what I’m conceding is…”

“Whoa. don’t be like that Aerith, what are you going to do?”

“······yes?”

She looked at me puzzledly, but then opened her mouth again.

“What are you talking about? I just told you. This is a happy ending. Mr. Kael. Revealing the sins of Aurelia and Lowe and dying. That is the happiness of this world-”

“Yumma. What are you listening to from me?”

But I still didn’t understand what I was saying, and this time, there was no answer I was wondering about.

Still, I thought you were smarter than Lucia and Serin, but you weren’t. Or maybe my ears are blocked.

Respect of people and Kyungani, happy ending of the world. That’s not what I needed to know now.

“What I am asking is you, not the world. What do you want to do? Aerith.”

“yes? Is it me…?”

“Do you really want to die? Or you think you should die.”

“That’s it…”

Aerith did not answer easily.

He licked his mouth and then closed it, and his eyes were wide open as if surprised by his own appearance.

“You are going to destroy mankind in the first place, so leave here immediately. Yes, you. How much have you been underestimating me?”

A joke must be realistic to some extent to be funny.

The wormwood saint and the mother-in-law demon king unite to destroy mankind.

Even the little kids in the village would snort in disbelief.

“Of course… I expected Mr. Kael to never leave… but still, Mr. Kael. Can’t you just pretend you didn’t win and leave?”

“Hey, of course not. Then, did you think that you would leave saying, ‘Yes, I understand’ after hearing only such things?”

“yes. Well, is that usually the case? Isn’t it natural to want to save even your own life? And that is why I am here.”

Just then, Aerith’s empty sleeves fluttered.

Yes, it started from there.

In order for Lowe to spare his own life. And because Aurelia has exposed her filthy desires.

Now she stands above me with a vengeance.

And he is telling him to kill himself, who is possessed by a desire for revenge.

But in my eyes, the final boss had already been defeated for a long time.

The demon king subdued him with the holy sword,

The princess who betrayed me didn’t have any more cards.

Still, someone is blocking the way.

It was not a demon king who led the demons, nor a princess who ruled the empire.

Little girl, a dear friend who is only fifteen has been driven all the way here.

What I’m going to say was already decided before I came here.

“I’m sorry, Aerith. i won’t kill you And, of course, I have no intention of letting you die.”

“Ah… haha. what. it? What are we going to do now?”

Her voice began to tremble.

Yeah, since you’ve done something like this, you probably didn’t even have in mind your choice of living from the beginning.

The fact that he was going to die in the first place was immediately evident from the appearance he had seen in the previous inn.

When the revenge was over, he would have thought of taking his own life. So the inn must have provoked me as a part of it.

Let me hit her on the neck with this holy sword. Even if it wasn’t for that, after everything was over, I’d have to ask Lucia or kill myself.

It seems that she thinks it suits the end of the villain she spoke of.

But I do remember.

The day she spent in the village.

Playing tag with children, helping the elderly, and spending time with us.

“Mr Kael. You broke the demon king’s seal? But you’re still going to reach out to the devil who killed Lou and even killed the princess after betraying Mr. Kael? ahaha. What’s wrong with your hair?”

“·················ogue.”

“Are you sure you have affection for me? But what? I have no feelings for you, of course, Kael-”

“Oh, so all the time I spent in the village was fake? Then I played with the village children. Was that also acting?”

She flinched at my words.

That pretentious smile shook for the first time since coming here.

“Are you going to say that everything about comforting Serin who cried every day and playing with Lucia was all lies?”

“Yeah, that’s right—”

“If it were all about acting, it would have been a lot of trouble to pack a lunch for this uncle every time. If it were me, no matter how much I acted, I wouldn’t have been able to do that.”

“Ahhh!”

If he simply wanted to get revenge on the world, what would he have done?

I could have just ignored it and pretended to be someone else. At the very least, I wouldn’t know if it was me and I used Serine. It’s not that either.

That would have been more comfortable and a better way to get revenge.

Even so, the reason why I stayed so close with the hero, Serin, and the Demon King, Lucia, without any merit—

“no!!”

Aerith shouted in pain and shook her head.

Then he stepped back from the railing and screamed in confusion.

“It must be acting. It must have been acting…!?”

Now that pretentious mask was no longer visible.

I slowly walked towards her.

“Oh, don’t come.”

She was embarrassed to see me like that, but she didn’t stop.

To help a girl who has been betrayed and abandoned by the world.

On the day we first met, to keep the promise I made with her to help.

“Anyway, it’s child-friendly.”

I took Aerith’s trembling hand.

*

The saint thought she had lost everything until she came to the village.

The arms that were collected when praying, and the identity of a saint.

Honor, relationship, and dignity. And even the emotions that remained.

It felt like everything was drowning in a muddy swamp and sinking miserably.

deep. Infinitely deeper so that not even a trace is left there.

I thought that I would be buried like that without ever being able to get out of it.

I certainly thought so-

A person named Kael, who was called a hero, did not allow it.

“Don’t be so desperate and follow me.”

The first impression is a mess and the first meeting is the worst.

His appearance was frivolous in itself.

He pulled all his arms around the village and even walked around the village with him on his back.

Originally, I was planning to come to the village and act in moderation.

pretend to be sad pretend to be in pain. I was trying to distance myself like a traumatized person.

When he woke up, he had her curled up around his shoulders.

“Oh, uh, uh, huh?”

So she forgot what she was doing and burst out screaming.

He lived at a distance from men because he lived in a church and dedicated his body to the goddess.

It was a body that had never allowed anyone to skin in the first place.

She was hanging from the shoulder like a sack to the man she had seen for the first time today.

“Come on, wait-”

I couldn’t understand.

Second of all hanging on, no, to be honest, thinking about this now makes me angry.

Normally, when you see a traumatized person, isn’t it right to leave them here?

Why don’t you let it go?

‘Why are you even taking me here?’

Why, why are you trying to touch yourself, who has already been broken?

Hero Lowe, they neglected to let themselves get ruined.

‘Why are you here now…’

Thinking that far, I felt a bit of a cry and slapped him on the back and struggled to get off.

But nevertheless, he did not let go of that hand.

“I will help you.”

“······lie. Saying that and throwing it away.”

“I will not.”

I was so shocked that I couldn’t even laugh.

‘Ahaha… Does this person know who I am and say things like that?’

He tried to take revenge by destroying mankind, and he was the one who unlocked the sealed demon king.

But would you like to help

If I ever find out the truth anyway, this person will abandon me as if they did.

Hey, now there’s no reason for me to be loved.

Until then, she had thought so.

Surely it would have been

After cutting off Law’s arms, he met him at the inn and held out his hand again.

“Let me help you. Aerith.”

And he said he would still help.

Seeing this bloodstained hatchet. Even though it was revealed that he was the one who unlocked the Demon King’s seal.

Even while confirming what kind of woman the person in front of her is and is a villain.

His answer was the same.

“Ahaha.”

Hearing those words, the sound of laughter that was twisted because it was painful was leaking out without me knowing.

I’d rather be cast out as a traitor.

If you cut off your head with the holy sword that was attached to your waist on the spot, it would all end here.

The hero punished the evil woman who broke the demon king’s seal and freed the false accusation and lived happily ever after. With this story, everyone can be happy.

Then his honor will come back, and everyone will be able to reach a happy ending.

Maybe that’s enough to talk about.

But he went beyond her expectations.

Protected, understood, accepted.

And every time it happened, I couldn’t stand the pain as if my heart was twisted.

‘why why why?’

Why don’t you give up?

why. Come on now. It makes me want to hold that hand.

If you take a step away from the mirror, you can see your ugly self.

It wasn’t just the lack of one arm.

A demon covered in a saint’s shell.

Just making eye contact was disgusting and disgusting.

Not as pure as the Demon Lord Lucia,

He was hiding an uglier inside than Serin who betrayed the hero.

‘Still, can I live like this?’

Is it okay to do things like this and finish it?

Saint Aerith is an evil woman who tried to break the demon king’s seal and destroy mankind-

“Aerith.”

When I woke up, he was calling.

I’ve come all the way here from the bottom.

And he was still reaching out to himself.

“Uh-huh, kidding.”

Even when I see this wretched figure of throwing everything away with a hatchet,

Without hesitation, he wrapped his hand around her.

“Look, isn’t it too warm to touch a dying man’s hand?”

“ah······.”

After hearing that, Aerith had no choice but to admit it.

Hey, it’s because he’s gotten better now that he’s holding his hand.

The spirit of revenge, the princess, and even this unsolved anger and resentment.

And even though I knew it was okay, I even thought that I wanted to live with him.

“······yes that’s right. I’m sorry, but I have to admit it.”

Now, Mr. Kael looks like-

“Really, you are truly a hero in a fairy tale.”

The hand that was holding the hatchet slowly released its strength.

tickle-

And finally, when the ax fell down there, the smell of blood no longer wafted from Aerith’s body.

*

Aerith put the ax down and grabbed my hand.

“Wow, that’s really cowardly. How do you shake people’s hearts in this way?”

“Remember what?”

It wasn’t like he was with me for a day or two. You’ll have to get used to it slowly.

Even though she laughed at my words, she immediately put on an anxious expression.

“I . . . can I really live? The reason I broke Lucia’s seal, you know, even Kael.”

“Well, yes.”

Breaking the Demon King’s seal was as good as declaring that he would destroy mankind.

It’s a shame that Lucia is such a guy, but if it were the Demon King everyone imagined, the damage would have been unimaginable by now.

“But in the end, no one died. Wouldn’t it be okay?”

“But I-”

“At first, I forgave who sealed it, but who will say anything? Would you like to see me if there is? If it weren’t for me, they’re all the ones I’ve been looking for.”

“···········It’s something I feel every time, but it’s really reckless.”

“Thanks to that, I am still alive.”

“Yes, and now you came all the way for me.”

She closed her eyes as soon as she saw the ax that had fallen on the first floor.

And then smiled faintly.

“I will quit. revenge. I was about to die.”

And looked at me again.

There was no more hesitation in those eyes.

“Because I don’t want to see the people I love, especially Kael, cry because of me.”

“okay. Because I’m old, I’m also very sensitive. Could you please stop making this man cry?”

“Fufu.”

She covered her mouth and smiled happily.

Now that I smile like that, I feel a little more relieved.

He smiled for a while and then put on a sad expression.

“Low… you already know, but I didn’t kill him… No, I guess it’s more accurate to say that he didn’t kill him.”

“I heard that only two arms were cut off. Well done.”

When she told Shizu what she had heard, Aerith nodded in recognition.

“But originally, I was going to slash my neck at the end… but that must have been because I was weak in the end.”

“If killing people has to be described as strong, I think that weakness is the true strength.”

“Fufu. You’re talking really squeamish without any fuss.”

“It’s because I’m old enough to be sensitive.”

“Yes, you will.”

Still, it’s a beautiful word to hear. After adding that, Aerith continued to speak bitterly.

“It would have been better if the hero I met at that time was Kael, not Lowe.”

“Well, if it were me, a guy like Kusha wouldn’t be my opponent.”

“Ahaha, I didn’t mean it that way.”

“yes? then.”

“Umm, that’s… it just meant that I loved Kael.”

“? Is that so?”

I’m impressed. I think I know what it feels like to be a father who is loved by his daughter.

Serin and Lucia, too, do all these wonderful things after getting hit one by one?

As I stroked Aerith’s head in wonder, she glared at me dissatisfied for some reason.

“Whoa. I really understand Serin and Lucia’s feelings.”

“yes? what.”

“Fufu, I won’t tell you now. As Kael said, we have a lot of time.”

Saying that, he smiled more mischievously than ever.

what? I feel bad for nothing.

However, even if I asked again, I gave up now because only meaningful laughter shed, telling me to guess it again.

Yes, there is plenty of time.

And soon the dawn light began to seep through the window,

It was then that I realized that quite a bit of time had passed.

“Hey, I’m really tired anyway. What do you do when you get older?”

“Ahaha. I’m really sorry for the inconvenience. Still… wasn’t it kind of thrilling?”

“Will you stop harassing me? And you don’t laugh like that. It’s bad for your heart.”

“…ahaha.”

“Because you don’t!”

Cook Cook. Aerith giggled and laughed.

He really has a bad personality.

It wasn’t like this in the original. Maybe it didn’t happen because you went with me?

“Huhu.”

ha, what happened

I could tell that that smile was real without even looking at it.

From now on, I will never see that broken smile again.

Thinking like that, it felt like it was ending all over again.

······okay. Now there’s only one left.

I saw a woman hiding behind the throne.

There, Aurelia was watching and slowly crawling out.