There is absolutely nothing wrong with my magic cards!

Durkan could see her face, but not her eyes.

"It was after that that we parted ways. It has been more than 20 years."

Finally, Durkan stopped speaking as if he had finished talking about the past, and stared at Talomatti.

"24."

Talomarty said in a soft voice, but he couldn't tell whether it was more hatred or more emotion.

It just seems to want to tell the other party that I have been brooding over these years and have never forgotten.

"Yes."

Durkan's heart was already turned upside down, but he still pretended to be calm, as calm as ever.

really.

Delois separated from Talomarty in the corresponding timeline after the end of the third Shadow World [Secrets of Sacred Ritual Withering].

Everything is sorted out.

The beginning of the story.

It was a pair of twin demon brothers and sisters who stirred up the situation in the Demon Academy.

Later, when they graduated from the Devil Academy, they chose a practical project that required sneaking into the northern part of the Holy Kingdom, the content was "investigating information about the lost blood race", so they disguised themselves as humans, left the demon world, came to the Holy Kingdom, and found A barren mountain with blizzards.

After hunting down the fascination of the blood clan in the ancient house on the barren mountain, they found more clues about the blood clan. They have always been fearless. Go, find the city-state where the blood race has changed, and the small town where the dangerous blood race is sealed.

After Delois and Talos Marty defeated the Blood Race Marquis Roderick and Countess Lislina who could have been defeated, the twin demons who would return to the Demon Realm to become the strongest Demon Race seem to have met the heavens. Just kidding, they encountered a little accident on the way back, so they started to split up and return to the Demon Realm.

However, on the way back to the devil world alone, a bigger accident happened to Delois.

At the beginning, he might just be interested in it, and he saved a lord who was plotted against and was about to die. He wanted to study this down-and-out middle-aged man with desperate and stubborn eyes.

Unexpectedly, this lord with unique insight saw through his disguised demon body.

When Delois was about to kill the lord, the lord actually proposed a contract to him. The lord promised to teach Delois more about human beings and teach him how to disguise more perfectly. Lend him his strength, and at the end of the contract, the lord is also willing to give his life to Delois.

Perhaps because he felt that the lord had some interesting emotions and characteristics, such as the lord thought that some humans were more evil than demons, Delois readily accepted the contract.

It was nothing more than spending a little more time, and it did not affect his return to the Demon Realm.

Unexpectedly, this seemingly simple contract.

But locked Delois forever.

Because Delois met the red-haired girl who completely changed the trajectory of his life in the lord's territory.

Even Delois didn't realize that, day by day, he had been deeply attracted by this young girl.

The more I don't understand her, the more I want to understand her.

Delois, who originally planned to stay in the territory for only a few days, turned into a few months, and then a year, and when he clearly realized the time, he had unknowingly spent three years as a human being. of a stable life.

That is, from that time on, Delois changed completely.

Before the girl died, he promised her an incredible promise - to be a good person until he understood the "people's heart" he had been looking for for a long time.

And the other side.

Talomarti, who returned to the Demon Realm alone, never saw Delois again.

Even if she wants to find Delois, the vast holy country, she has no way to detect the traces of Delois who is good at disguising.

And later... when Talomarty heard from Delois again.

It was Delois who sneaked into the devil's prison and rescued the dark saint in order to help the human side.

Since then, Delois of Calamity, the Great Rebel of the Devil World, was born.

This is the story of Delois and Talomarty.

And the reason why Talomarti really hated Delois is also very simple.

She is just a younger sister abandoned by her trusted brother.

"sorry,"

Durkan opened his lips lightly, and finally said this sentence as if he had found the answer.

"Talomati, I left you behind."

This is an apology DeLois owes Talomarty for 24 years.

Finally, after hearing the answer, Talomarti let go of the pages in his hand.

"Delois, you and I are both demons, do demons really feel guilty?"

Talomarti questioned, looking directly into Durkan's eyes.

For the devil, a sincere apology is just a technique used to deceive humans.

Because demons don't really feel guilt or guilt.

Or it was a lie that DeLois had played on her.

Either that or Delois has become abnormal.

Talomarty had long been unable to tell the truth about Delois from the fake.

But for some reason, the moment Delois spoke just now, she felt that Delois was no longer Delois, but had become a real human being.

"..."

Looking directly at Talomarty's gloomy eyes, Durkan couldn't answer.

Indeed, this apology is reasonable for humans, but it is against common sense for demons.

Even though it was sincere, it sounded more false than a lie.

But he didn't want to lie to Talomarty.

Because this is what he expressed for Delois, the most real thought at this moment.

It was as if a few seconds passed after confirming Durkan's reaction.

"Sure enough, you have become less like a demon."

Talomarty said quietly.

She seemed to have expected it.

Delois has certainly changed.

This is also the reason why after 24 years, I thought I still knew the devil of Delois best, but I couldn't even recognize him face to face.

"Why?"

Talomarti asked again.

This time Durkan was silent.

He didn't know if Talomarty would believe it if he told it, and if he could accept the answer.

Besides, he didn't want to mention it.

Until just now, Durkan was unwilling to continue to think about Cornelia's past life—Colodia.

In the five shadow worlds so far, I have played Delois.

In the first three movie worlds, Cornelia's identity was Talo Marty.

Shadow World will assign the most suitable identity to the challenger.

For example, in Devil Academy, Durkan was directly assigned to Delois, because Delois was his previous life.

And Cornelia, as Durkan's accompanying partner, filled the vacancy of Talomaty.

Of course, this is limited to the first three Shadow Worlds.

In the timelines corresponding to [Devil's Academy Strange Story], [Blizzard Blizzard on the Barren Mountain], and [Secrets of the Withering of the Holy Ritual], Delois and Talomarti acted together.

The dream of the Holy Kingdom between Delois and Kolodia was between the third shadow world and the fourth shadow world.

Later, Delois no longer had Talomarty as his partner.

In the fourth Shadow World, Lodia was also gone by Delois's side.

In the movie world later on.

There are no Holy Nation characters for Cornelia anymore.

As for the character played by Cornelia in [Endless Purgatory]...

Maybe it's just what one Delois misses.

The phantom that accompanied him.

And this time in the shadow world, the "four epic heroes" mentioned in the background of the story have already corresponded to the characteristics of the shadow world of Durkan, Morion, Clay, and Croix. up.

It's just that Durkan doesn't want to think so.

Out of a strong selfishness, he wants to see Cornelia.

After coming to this world of shadows, he seemed to be able to feel the loneliness of Delois all the time. The more he fell into the experience of Delois, the more he feared every minute and every second that Cornelia was not around. .

It seems that all of this is his experience, in order for him to actually experience the long journey of Delois.

Durkan closed his eyes and covered his forehead tiredly.

Half a year.

He never thought that a movie world would be so long.

He just wanted to end it quickly and return to Cornelia in this world as soon as possible.

Durkan felt that there was already a backlog in his heart, and he wanted to tell Cornelia countless things.

And for some reason, he really wanted to make a magic card.

It seems that I can pour my soul into it, and the cards made for no reason are just an impulse in my heart.He even had a strong feeling that it might be his best work to date.

"I want to understand people's hearts."

Durkan lowered his head, tired but said this sentence for Delois with certainty.

Talomarti looked at Durcan, and this was the first time she had observed him seriously in a month.