9-39. Don’t Speak, Don’t Tell.
Blood drips from Houen’s pierced armor.
The spear, shaped like a bee’s stinger, is pulled out and digs even deeper into Houen’s wound.
“Ghaah…”
Though he won’t die, pain is not something one can get used to.
But more than that…
“B- bha…… shtard! … Gahaa!”
“…..”
The devil stares at him with sharp eyes.
He couldn’t avoid it in time, and since Alena had just released her skill, she couldn’t stop it either.
In the first place, she didn’t think there would be any need to release it.
Breaking such a misconception is what makes an enemy an enemy.
Finally back to her senses, Alena adds more weight to the devil with a gesture.
It is stronger than before and the devil can’t move a finger this time.
“Guh!?”
“Wh-!! What are you doing!?”
“It’s…necessary…!”
Houen’s body turns to ashes.
After a while, Houen, who has turned into a child, shows his face from the ashes.
“Bhg- cough cough! You devil! How could you do this!”
He quickly changes into a child’s clothes and equipment.
He creates a spear of flames and tries to aim it at the devil, but it disappears again.
But this time, it wasn’t gone just by chance.
Houen extinguished it with his own will.
“……?”
“Houen! Are you okay!?”
“…”
“…Houen?”
He touched his face with a pat-pat.
There was his own face there.
She lightly tapped his head.
And there, the lost memories returned.
How could he forget until now?
If he had been given such a skill, it was understandable that he had forgotten.
But he didn’t know how he could remember now.
So Houen looked at the devil.
“…Devil… Did you know about my immortal nature? “
“And your memories were blocked… It was there… Thanks to that, Houen. Your body and experience have a back up a day before your death and reborn! If your body goes back to the past, the memories will come back!”
“I see! So that’s it! Alena, please release him now.”
“Are you sure?”
“It’s okay… Thanks to him, I was able to remember.”
Erasing or blocked memories.
Houen was subjected to it one day after his death.
When he was a little older.
He didn’t know exactly how it worked, but apparently, by returning to the body before the memories were erased, the memories would be restored.
He had seen many skills and knew some of them were able to erase one’s memory.
And he knew how to undo it.
But only those with a special body close to immortality could restore their memories.
Like the devil.
But this may be temporary.
After one day, he would grow up and return to the same state as when he lost his memory.
He had to tell everyone about this now while he still had the chance.
Houen spread his wings of flame and took off before Alena released the heavy weight.
The devil’s eyes widened as he saw it.
“Ghh… wait…!!”
The small voice calling out in distress didn’t reach the soaring Houen.
That’s when his skill was released.
Houen flapped his wings to fly back to his comrades.
Standing up and stepping forward, a loud shout was heard.
“Houen!!!!”
A thin red line appeared on the devil’s neck.
Alena, who was nearby, saw it with her own eyes.
The devil put its hand on the line. It was a warning.
But if he didn’t speak up now, there might not be a chance to stop the situation from escalating any further.
He recited the names of his other companions in his head and made up his mind.
If she could stop them now, even her own death would be a small sacrifice!
“Their name!!!!”
The wound on the neck grew deeper, and blood sprayed out.
He could still say it.
So He yelled to make sure Alena could hear him clearly.
“Don’t speak their name—-!!”
Before he could finish his sentence, the devil, Kuthi, had its head blown off.
The head rolled and stopped at Alena’s feet.
Alena, who couldn’t understand what had just happened, froze when she saw the decapitated head.
Houen was no longer in sight.
Only Alena was left to witness it all.
“Alena-chan…you need to…tell them–“
The head was crushed, and its contents scattered around Alena, staining her clothes.
She saw the brutal killing and collapsed onto the ground.
She took a few steps back, trying to catch her breath.
“I have to go…I have to go…!!”
She just wanted to get away from this place.
But the devil’s words lingered in her mind.
She had to tell Houen the purpose of their mission, no matter what.
Seeing a decapitated head and its contents scattering in front of her was a traumatic experience.
She felt nauseous but used her skills to jump up and wipe off any blood or stuff on her clothes.
Feeling lonely and anxious being alone, she hurried to catch up with Houen.
