At this moment, Airi finally understood.
She understood the emotions surging within her heart.
During this time, Airi had naturally noticed that she cared more and more about Shien.
At first, it was probably that embarrassing dream, right?
After that, Shien’s place in her heart seemed to become more and more important.
If it weren’t for that, she wouldn’t have been so angry when he was bullied.
If it weren’t for that, she wouldn’t have been so unhappy when he got engaged to the Kingdom’s Treasure.
Airi had always thought that it was because she favored this special Hero, considering him as her person, that she felt these emotions.
Until this moment, Airi realized that the reason for her emotions wasn’t just that.
She had unknowingly come to regard this person as her everything.
Could this be…
“Love… ?”
In a daze, a memory surfaced in Airi’s mind.
It was something that happened a long, long time ago.
At that time, she had just been born into this world.
It was also at that time that humans began to multiply on the earth, entering the vision of Airi, who wasn’t very big back then.
Airi had heard that they were lifeforms created by the God Race, imitating Heroes, for the purpose of helping the God Race fight against the Demon Race.
Perhaps out of caution and worry, Airi observed that race.
At that time, she witnessed various kinds of relationships between humans.
Some were unbearable to witness, some were very realistic, some were very hypocritical, and some were very infuriating, but some also made Airi very confused.
For example, there were powerful men who would willingly go to war and die for a woman much weaker than themselves.
For example, there were weak women who would give everything they had for a man who wouldn’t even look at them.
There were men who would step forward and risk their lives to save a woman in danger.
There were women who would step forward when a man was in danger, using their bodies to shield him from a spear piercing his heart.
This made Airi very surprised and puzzled.
So, Airi had this conversation with the being who was like a mother to her:
“Why would that man, so powerful, care about such a weak woman?”
“I don’t know.”
“Why would that woman, so weak, be willing to give so much for a man who wouldn’t even look at her?”
“I don’t know.”
“Why did he save her?”
“I don’t know.”
“Why did she die for him?”
“I really don’t know.”
Clearly, her mother didn’t understand the human race either.
It should be said that she didn’t understand any life in this world.
Even though she was the origin of the Demon Race, the Mother of Demons, unlike the Supreme God who used supreme power to create all things, her mother wouldn’t create life or races, only destroy everything. ŗÂƝo𐌱Еs̩
The reason the Demon Race was born was simply because her unparalleled magic power spread to the outside world, giving rise to life.
Just like some monsters were born from magic power sources and the magic power flowing through the earth, her magic power, far exceeding the scale of the world, gave birth to the existence known as the Demon Race.
Therefore, although she was the Mother of Demons, it wasn’t out of her own will that she wanted to create life. Instead, she passively became the origin of the Demon Race, followed by the demons who worshipped her.
So, she couldn’t understand life, let alone the relationships between lives.
It was perfectly normal for her to keep saying “I don’t know.”
However, at that time, she said something that left a deep impression on Airi.
“Perhaps, this is what they call love?”
These words, whether spoken to herself or to the young Airi, Airi couldn’t recall.
Airi only remembered that she hadn’t understood the meaning at that time.
“Love?”
This unfamiliar word, under Airi’s confusion, was etched into the depths of her heart, buried along with that memory.
Until today, this long-forgotten past event was unearthed.
Making Airi understand that the emotion flowing through her heart at this moment was what they called – “love.”