I Made a Game Featuring Constellations - Chapter 23



The Chain of Hatred

The demon god wandered the continent beside the girl.

“Demon god! The water here is really clean!”

“Yes. It will be safe here.”

‘Camping alone with my master. It reminds me of the old days.’

She thought it would be dangerous because she was mentally unstable after losing her mother, but as expected, her master who would become the demon king.

With the given mission, the girl regained her energy.

“This isn’t working well…”

“You can do it.”

‘This method of magic manipulation was taught to me by my master.’

The girl, who had been directly taught by the demon god, grew rapidly.

When the supreme talent inherent in that small body met the best teacher, the speed of her growth was astonishing even to the demon god.

“Demon god! Isn’t she so cute?”

“It’s a survival strategy. To evoke sympathy from other creatures and survive.”

“Can’t we take her with us?”

“Think carefully. How would she cope with the sudden change in environment if she were suddenly kidnapped? And how much would her family struggle to find their suddenly missing member?”

“…We can’t take her, then.”

Of course, she still retained the purity of a young girl.

“……”

“Don’t worry too much. They are evil beings who enjoy slaughter. Monsters with no chance of rehabilitation.”

“But…!”

Despite having gone through many hardships, she was still a young girl.

Her innate kind nature made things difficult for her.

“You are the one who will change this world.”

Whenever that happened, the demon god would embrace her by her side.

“Demon god, if I become the demon king… can I change this cruel world?”

“It is possible… if it’s you.”

The demon god answered with a complicated feeling.

After the death of her master, the Demon King, the demons were able to achieve harmony with other races for their role in stopping the slaughterer.

The fact that the slaughterer himself was the Demon King, who was of demon origin, could have increased the anger towards the demons, but thanks to the other demons joining forces with the continentals to stop the Demon King, the relationship of hatred completely disappeared as a result of that united front.

‘…Could it be that the master intended this?’

A thought crossed her mind.

‘No. That can’t be.’

If that had been the plan from the beginning, there would be no reason for the master not to tell her.

It must be a coincidence.

The wall of [Pride] that had been covering the Demon God’s eyes was breaking down.

Time passed quickly.

Thanks to the addition of a fast skip function to prevent players from feeling bored, they could automatically skip unimportant parts if they wanted to.

However, the Demon God did not skip.

He stayed by the girl’s side, watching her grow through every process.

At the beginning of the story, he had thought of quickly ending this foolish play and reviving the real master, but for some reason, he couldn’t skip it.

Even though he knew the girl in front of him was a fake.

The girl and the Demon God arrived at yet another new village.

“Kill the demons!”

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“Drive out the cursed ones!”

“Waahhh!”

As they approached the entrance of the village, they heard the sounds of humans and demons fighting inside.

“Demon God.”

“Go and sweep them away.”

As the demon god granted permission, the girl’s body was engulfed in pitch-black demonic energy and melted away.

Swoosh!

A pillar of demonic energy rose between the human and demon factions.

The girl who emerged from the pillar stood in the midst of the battlefield.

[Stop]

Buzz!

The power in her voice consumed the surrounding space.

As the demonic words echoed, the humans who had been charging towards the demons with fierce momentum all froze in place.

[Kneel]

Thud!

All the humans present immediately fell to their knees.

The mercenaries, seasoned by countless battles, were subdued in an instant without a single act of resistance.

A small figure in a robe suddenly appeared and, with just two words, brought all the humans to their knees.

The demons could only gape in astonishment at this sight that defied common sense.

“Your skills are very stable.”

The demon god Huffnise crossed his arms and smiled with satisfaction.

“Who… are you?”

The village chief, who seemed to be the leader of the demons, stepped forward and cautiously asked the girl with a fearful face.

“My name is Rina.”

When the girl took off her hood and revealed her youthful face, the demons were once again astonished.

Soon after, they confirmed that she was indeed a demon and cheered.

“Thank you for saving us!”

“We thought we were going to die for sure.”

“We thought the Demon King had descended!”

The girl sighed in relief as she looked at the demons expressing their gratitude.

Phew. This time, I wasn’t too late.

There were many times when I saved people, but there were also many times when I was too late.

Fortunately, it seems I arrived just in time this time.

“How did you do it?”

“You’re so cool, sis!”

It was when Lina was conversing with the villagers.

“Wait, wait! Let’s talk this out! aaah!”

The sound of a human scream echoed.

The startled girl turned towards the direction of the scream.

“You wicked humans! Die!”

As she turned around, she saw demons holding farming tools, stabbing and killing the humans who were too petrified to resist.

From sturdy young men to children, everyone was holding a weapon and venting their pent-up anger by slaughtering the humans.

“Wait, wait…”

The flustered girl urgently reached out her hand.

But the girl couldn’t find her voice.

…Stop them?

Why?

Because they’re already powerless humans who can’t resist?

But from the demons’ perspective, isn’t it natural since those humans tried to kill them?

But… even so, isn’t it unnecessary to kill humans who can’t resist anymore?

The girl was confused.

Madness born of hatred was spreading among the demons.

Seeing the girl’s distress, the village chief approached her.

“It’s a tragic situation.”

“…Chief.”

The chief’s eyes looked sorrowful.

“That Kelbek over there lost his beloved to the humans. She was four months pregnant. And Disao over there lost his only daughter to the humans. His precious daughter, born in his old age.”

“……”

“We all lost our loved ones to the humans. It’s already beyond repair.”

“But…!”

The girl clenched her fists tightly.

Then she slowly released the tension in her hands.

She had no right to stop their revenge.

If the mercenaries who killed her mother were tied up in front of her, she would act the same way.

Perhaps, she might become even more cruel than them.

“Master.”

“Why do you ask?”

“If you were the Master, would you leave them alone?”

“Are you referring to them?”

The Master recalled a memory from her childhood.

A childhood filled with rage towards humans, attacking them on sight for killing her family.

Each time, her mentor would stop her.

Perhaps the mentor saw a reflection of her younger self in the child.

‘The mentor might have said something like this back then.’

“I have no right to stop them.”

“In that case…”

“But as history has shown, revenge only begets more revenge.”

“Please, spare me! I have a family! aaargh!”

Another middle-aged man was killed, blood splattering everywhere.

His severed head rolled on the ground, and the pendant around his neck rolled to a stop at the girl’s feet.

“……”

The girl picked up the pendant.

When she opened it, there was a picture of the man who had just been killed, holding a five-year-old girl and smiling brightly.

It must be his daughter.

If this child learns that the man was killed by the demons, wouldn’t this child also seek revenge against them?

The child of the demon that this child killed would also seek revenge against this child.

It is an endless cycle.

‘I think I understand a little why my master told me that back then.’

“The one who was killed as an object of revenge was also precious to someone. Then, the new revenge of that person would also not be justified to stop.”

“……”

“Endless revenge and the new revenge derived from it. An eternal vicious cycle.”

When I first entered the game, this world was nothing but a false and fake world to the demon.

I never once considered the lives of the created NPCs.

When I first taught the girl, I prioritized guiding her so that she wouldn’t have trauma from killing.

But before I knew it, this world was no longer just a false dream to her.

“It’s a chain of hatred.”

“That’s right.”

“……I will break it.”

This eternally repeating cycle of evil.

The girl clenched her small fist with firm determination.

“I will become the Demon King and break this cycle.”

The girl looked back at the demon.

“Will you help me?”

The girl reached out to him with desperate eyes.

“I will always be with you. Only you have that right.”

The demon god reached out and took the girl’s hand.

Though still in the form of a spirit and unable to touch her hand, he felt a faint warmth from it.