“What?” Shien looked at Airi, surprised.
Under his gaze, the complex emotions in Airi’s eyes gradually surfaced on her face. However, she still pressed on with her question.
“You’re a human from another world, a world we can’t reach, right?” Airi looked at Shien, “I heard that all Heroes summoned to this world died in their original world, and their past memories are mostly erased, correct?”
This wasn’t a secret. After tens of thousands of years of fighting against Heroes, the Demon Race had long since learned the secrets of the Hero summoning.
Therefore, Airi knew that besides the necessary parts that formed their personality and common sense, Heroes basically lost all memories related to their past lives.
Including Shien.
That being said…
“Why are you suddenly concerned about this?” Shien asked, puzzled.
“Is it strange?” The complex emotions on Airi’s face faded, replaced by a calm demeanor. “I’m just wondering if you, having lost those memories, truly understand what kind of person you are.”
Shien frowned, then replied frankly, “I don’t quite understand what you mean. Is there something wrong with me?”
“Is there nothing wrong?” Airi countered, “Aren’t you curious about what kind of life you lived in your original world, whether you were happy, or if there was anyone you cared about?”
Hearing this, Shien fell silent, his confusion growing. He felt Airi had a hidden meaning, as if she knew something or wanted to ask something, but knew she couldn’t, yet she still asked. His intuition told him that Airi’s current attitude was strange. No, it should be said that the topic she brought up seemed very important to him. This was just a gut feeling, but Shien’s intuition was no longer something he could ignore. Not to mention that [Outer Awareness of Heaven’s Decree] enhanced his sixth sense, and the [Supreme God’s Blessing] contained the blessing of the Goddess of Fate, which granted premonitions. He couldn’t ignore his instincts and intuition.
This made him want to ask Airi if something had happened.
But Airi simply stared at him, making him unable to voice his questions.
So, Shien thought for a moment and decided to answer her question seriously.
“I’ve thought about what you said,” he said, meeting Airi’s gaze and pondering, “But regardless, I already died in my original world, and my memories are gone. Now that I have a second life, shouldn’t I live it to the fullest?”
Shien’s answer wasn’t just to appease Airi, but his genuine thoughts. It wasn’t that he didn’t care about his past life at all, but he didn’t dwell on it either.
“Without memories, I don’t have any real feelings about my past life. Since I’m already dead and have come to this world, what’s the point of thinking about things that are no longer relevant to me?”
This was Shien’s true thought, and how he lived his life.
“…You’re quite open-minded,” Airi said after a long silence, then sighed, “I’ve met many Heroes, but this is the first time I’ve seen one so decisive and detached.”
“Is that a compliment?” Shien asked helplessly, “I feel like you’re calling me cold and heartless.”
From Shien’s description, while he could be called decisive and detached, he could also be seen as completely unconcerned about his past life, discarding those people, events, and things he had forgotten, even though they hadn’t forgotten him. Comparing him to past Heroes was practically telling him directly that those Heroes cared about these things, while he was heartless.
Of course, Airi wasn’t criticizing him. She believed his adaptability was a good thing. As a Demon Lord who had lived for tens of thousands of years, she had seen many Heroes become depressed and even die because of their obsession with their forgotten past lives. Such Heroes were merely puppets controlled by their past, unable to integrate into this world, pursuing the past instead of the present or the future. Such Heroes were easily broken on the battlefield, dying tragically at the hands of the Demon King or even Demon Lords.
Why was Mitra considered the strongest Hero in history? Besides his exceptional potential and his powerful Holy Sword, it was mainly because of his strong will, allowing him to let go of his past and live in the present. Although, in his later years, even Mitra couldn’t escape this fate, his body weakened by the Demon King’s final attack, and his heart broken by the Elven Queen’s rejection, eventually marrying a maid and living a peaceful yet melancholic life, at least, he had his moments of glory.
Airi, belonging to this world and having special feelings for Shien, naturally hoped he wouldn’t become like that, both for his sake and for her own. If he could let go of his past, she would fully support him.
The problem was…
“What if your past life isn’t irrelevant to your current one?” Airi couldn’t help but ask.
“Huh?” Shien was stunned.
“Shien, actually, you are…”
Unable to control her emotions, Airi almost blurted out something she shouldn’t have.
But just as she was about to speak, something unexpected happened.
“Weng!”
Shien’s body was suddenly enveloped by an invisible force.
“This is…!?” Airi’s expression changed drastically, and she reached out towards Shien.
But she grasped nothing.
“Swoosh!” Shien vanished, leaving behind the sleeping Lilith.
“Boom!” Lilith instantly woke up, as if sensing something, a violent, chaotic evil aura erupting from her.
“Boom!” Airi was also shocked, looking at the vanished Shien, her magic power surging uncontrollably.
Two Transcendent Level powers soared into the sky, shaking the heavens and the earth, the very air trembling, and Central City shook violently, the ground cracking.
Countless demons panicked, some releasing their magic power and rushing into the sky, others collapsing in terror, creating chaos.
If this continued, Central City might be destroyed by these two terrifying forces.
At this critical moment, several powers comparable to Airi and Lilith erupted.
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!” Five world-destroying magic powers emerged from the Supreme Castle.
In the next second, figures appeared as if teleporting.
It was the Demon Lords.
“What’s wrong, Airi?” Lid, having transformed into a giant beast several meters tall, landed heavily on the ground, roaring.
“Lilith!” Millu, seeing the panicked Lilith, teleported to her side.
“What happened?” Kamina also asked, her aura powerful.
As for Sara and Shafney, they immediately noticed the problem.
“Where’s Shien?” Shafney’s beautiful face changed slightly.