Do Heroes Need Welfare Too? - Chapter 193

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Part 2, Chapter 60

“Urgh….”

Iberis tried to push him away, but it was no use.

Rather, Kyrillos’s pure grip strength was much stronger.

Iberis, who could wield powerful flames with the power received from the Demon King, seemed to have neglected physical training.

However, Kyrillos had diligently trained in swordsmanship with Adam for three years.

He had grumbled that the training seemed more like time for Adam to beat him up as stress relief rather than actual practice, but that time was never wasted.

It was the reward for training not just in magic but also physically.

Iberis’s resistance completely stopped and his arms fell limp.

Only then did Kyrillos get up from his position.

Though he had avoided Iberis’s attacks with magic, his cheek bore burn marks and ash.

Iberis rushed over to him.

“Lord Kyrillos!”

“Oh, hello Miss Maid! Not doing well but hello anyway! You’re wearing something strange.”

Kyrillos laughed heartily as he gave his belated greeting.

“Thank you, truly….”

As he thanked him, Iberis looked down at the broken box at his feet.

A sigh escaped him naturally.

In the end, he had gained nothing.

Unless the Demon King’s core was destroyed, no matter how many times the Demon King was killed, it would be useless.

He would just revive again as if nothing had happened and go around massacring people.

Iberis gritted his teeth.

“No, I’ve had my life saved by Miss Maid more than once or twice, so what’s this? That thing and I have what you might call a past life connection. Anyway, we had bad blood.”

Kyrillos, who had been looking at the dead Iberis as if recalling the past, changed his expression again and smiled brightly.

“Anyway, you’re going to Adam, right?”

Iberis nodded.

“But can I ask you one more thing?”

Kyrillos, who had left the underground first and extended his hand to Iberis, said.

Iberis, who took his hand while climbing the last step, looked up.

“What is it?”

When Iberis answered, Kyrillos put a little more strength into the hand holding her.

Then he pulled her up in one go, getting her out of the underground.

“What are you helping Adam for, Miss Maid?”

His words were serious without his usual playfulness.

“Um, Miss Maid might think this is strange to hear, but actually I’ve come to remember everything. But I’m even more confused now.”

Iberis drew in a small breath.

Her eyes trembled at Kyrillos’s words whose intentions she couldn’t understand.

Iberis let out a small gasp of “Could it be.”

‘Could it be that Kyrillos also….’

Does he remember the past cycles?

“What exactly are you, Miss Maid? No matter how much I search my memories, I have no recollection of you. Of course, seeing your actions, it seems like you were very close to Adam, and you know what he needs to do, and seeing how you came all the way here, you know well about the Demon King too… you know….”

Kyrillos, who had been speaking like flowing water, gradually closed his mouth as if he had realized something himself.

Iberis smiled awkwardly and avoided his gaze.

“….”

That action drove the final nail into his suspicion.

“…God?”

With an expression of disbelief, Kyrillos hastily covered his mouth as if he couldn’t believe what he had just said.

But when no response came from Iberis, he widened his eyes and shouted.

“You’re really a god?!”

“Be quiet! Anyway, that’s not what’s important. We need to hurry and help Adam. If we can’t find the core, it’ll be difficult for Adam to handle the Demon King alone!”

“Ah, I understand. Let’s hurry and go.”

Kyrillos nodded obediently.

Right now, saving the foolish Hero who had walked into danger alone was more important than satisfying his curiosity.

It was fortunate that their thoughts aligned.

However, Iberis couldn’t go with him.

Kyrillos, who had skillfully mounted another horse that was behind them, rode alongside her.

Kyrillos, who already knew the contents from receiving a message from Judith, asked her.

“Aren’t you going to the Imperial Palace, Miss Maid?”

“No, I have something to find.”

Iberis spoke of what she had learned through her dream.

The reason the Saint had specifically led her into the dream to tell her was because the Demon King had to be killed for certain.

Whether his belly was cut open or a sword was thrust into him, he could survive as long as his core remained intact.

“Ah, so that’s why you stopped by the Demon King’s Castle? I was wondering why you went down to that strange underground.”

“Yes. We need to find the Demon King’s core to be able to kill the Demon King!”

“The core?”

“More precisely, the Demon King’s heart…. Anyway, we need to find the box containing the core.”

“Hah…. It’s not like he’s some rabbit with its liver removed, what a hassle.”

Kyrillos sighed.

Now they had to part ways here to go to the Imperial Palace.

Kyrillos slowly rode his horse and then stopped.

He intended to say a brief farewell.

Iberis, as if remembering something, took out a piece of paper from inside his robe and unfolded it.

Iberis remembered the process of the Demon King separating his core in the dream.

And if he hadn’t moved it arbitrarily, the core would be stored in the same box.

Just before leaving the mansion, Iberis had drawn the shape of the box so he wouldn’t forget.

“Have you ever seen a similar box like this?”

Kyrillos seriously examined the drawing that he probably wouldn’t have recognized as a box if she hadn’t said so.

Then he lifted his body slightly and looked at the drawing.

When he squinted and examined her drawing, it seemed vaguely familiar.

“Um…. Could this be the box that Adam has?”

Kyrillos, who had been carefully examining the drawing, widened his eyes and said.

“What?”

Both Iberis and Kyrillos looked at each other in surprise.

“Am I wrong? Um, I think he brought it when we left the Demon King’s Castle three years ago. Back then both Adam and I were out of our minds.”

Kyrillos briefly recalled that time.

After Miss Maid died, he had intended to bring Adam out of the Demon King’s Castle where he had been like a cripple. But he heard small voices from inside the castle, so he went in.

And that was when a demon had given Adam a box, practically shoving it at him.

But thinking about it that way made it even stranger.

‘But if he had no intention of killing his master the Demon King, there’s no way a demon would do that.’

However, if he was a demon who remained in the Demon King’s Castle to protect the castle’s core, it was possible he knew the location of the box.

But demons couldn’t be trusted….

Kyrillos fell into serious contemplation with a “Hmm.”

Then Iberis grabbed his wrist.

“Adam had it?”

“Of course, Adam said he didn’t know what was inside either. It wouldn’t open back then either.”

No matter how capable Adam was, he wouldn’t have been able to know the location of the box.

Then someone must have helped him.

‘The Saint?’

No, that’s not right.

The Saint also never managed to figure out where the Demon King’s core was located.

However, whoever moved the core that should have been in the underground of the Demon King’s Castle must be someone who has an intimate relationship with the Demon King.

‘…Abracxas?’

Why would he, a demon?

“Anyway! That’s not what’s important. If what I remember is correct, we need to go find the core that should be at Adam’s mansion. I’ll come with you too.”

“Ah, yes!”

Thanks to Kyrillos’s voice, Iberis snapped out of his thoughts and firmly gripped the horse’s reins.

They had found the Demon King’s core.

That meant they had practically grasped a clue to killing the Demon King.

A faint hope seemed to be visible.

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However, the words coming from Judith’s mouth when they met at the Imperial Palace were not hopeful at all.

“Adam has disappeared.”

He rubbed his face several times with his hands as if in dismay.

“What do you mean by that?”

Adam couldn’t be left alone, and Judith, being just an ordinary person, couldn’t help him.

Leaving behind the tightly closed ballroom door, Judith immediately requested help from the Temple and House of Evant.

And when he returned, strangely, the surroundings were quiet.

“How could such a thing happen…”

I hurriedly passed by Judith and went inside.

However, just as Judith said, the Imperial Palace was completely empty.

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