“It’s been a long time, Deophrastus. That being said, I didn’t have much contact with you back then, as you were still a rookie.”
“G-great sage, Aristotereus!? Are you kidding me!? You should have died back then! How could you come back from that?! N-No, that baby body is clearly different from back then! Are you saying that you were successful in reincarnation?!”
Whoa, he got it quickly.
“Yes, you’re right. The taboo items are things I had sealed because of their danger. It is outrageous to take it out without permission and use it. I’ll get it back right now.”
(And of course, my treasured collection at the time!)
『Master, I don’t think he has that. 』
(Ah? You’re kidding, right!?)
“T-then, where the hell did my treasured collection go!?”
“……G-Great Sage, I have disposed of it then.”
“That’s impossible! I hid it so that no one would find it!?”
“It’s under the bed, right? Anyone would be able to find it easily.”
『Master, why put it in such an obvious place.….?』
(I-, I want to be able to watch it whenever you want!)
“I discovered it shortly after the Great Sage passed away. Since it’s not needed anymore, I burned it completely until it turned to ashes.”
“No way……”
I hang my head in despair.
“Kuku…… kuhahaha!”
On the other hand, perhaps because he had recovered from his agitation, or perhaps because he was too upset, Deophrastus suddenly burst into laughter.
“I never thought that after so many hundreds of years, I would be reunited with you all in this way! But it seems that the timing is a bit bad! I never thought that you would appear before me with the fragile body of a baby!”
An enormous amount of magical power swells from Deophrastus.
“In fact, I’m glad you guys took the trouble to come here! Let me finish you off here!”
“Hmm, it’s true that this baby’s body is quite fragile, but—”
“—it’s enough to beat you, you know?”
“Huh!?”
I kicked the ground and leapt at Deophrastus at breakneck speed. I slashed Lindwurm, who is in sword mode, at him. Deophrastus was sent flying, and the chair he was sitting on exploded into pieces.
“……I see. He’s certainly faster now than when he was an old man near death.”
Deophrastus lands on the ground as if nothing had happened.
The clothes in the area where I had slashed were scorched, and the flesh behind it was torn, revealing his bones.
“How can he act so calm with that injury?”
『Master, the aura from his body is clearly not that of a normal human being. 』
(What do you mean?)
The next moment, Deophrastus ripped off his clothes.
—I was speechless seeing his exposed upper body.
“……The organ in his chest….…”
The center of Deophrastus’ chest is embedded with an eerie, throbbing, purple-blue heart.
Of course, it is not a human heart.
The magical power emanating from it clearly belongs to a Demon.
“……The heart of a demon. You fused it to your body……?”
“Kukuku, that’s right. This is the heart of a demon. The infinite magical power pouring out of it has given me an invincible body and eternal life!”
As I watched, the wound I inflicted a while ago is now healing rapidly.
“It’s true that some high-ranking demons live forever. But to continue beating even when all that’s left is a heart….. Let alone one that continues to give magical power to others, that is clearly..…”
“Of course, this is not just any demon’s heart. It’s the heart of the strongest demon! Aristotereus, you can tell, don’t you? What kind of demon does this heart belong to! Kuhahaha!”
Deophrastus spoke triumphantly.
Of course I know.
After all, that heart is the most dangerous of all the taboo items.
“The strongest and most terrible demon that I risked my life to defeat in my previous life…… It’s the heart of Alzazeil.”
“Alzazeil……!?”
Meltera gasps.
Alzazeil was so powerful that he reigned supreme among the many demons, and he was called,
―Demon King Alzazeil.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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