What is all this? I am back to the moment when I first became king, Alma was 3 years old, and the war had already ended, I was still mad, and I didn’t know what I was angry at. I still had a lingering hatred for monsters, I didn’t know why but this sentiment grew. Even when looking back at my memories I don’t know what influenced my hatred of them. I am still loyal to my goddess but I wonder if that was due to her. The Great Sage may have told me the truth, but why am I thinking this? And why now? I already decred war on monsters in the real world, I only have to give them the order and my army will march upon the Nation of Monsters and attack it. But now I doubt that I will have the strength to do it. On one hand, I need to remain loyal to my goddess and her word but on the other hand, I don’t want to hurt anyone more than I need to.

  My first meeting with Hikaru and Hana was filled with rage, bad words were said between the 2 of us. The mistake fell on me and my men for provoking them back then.

  I don’t know what to do now. I am stuck, I am stuck in this loop of memories that won’t allow me to escape. Maybe this is what the Great Sage was warning me about.

  I returned to look to the memory.

  Almost there, she was walking toward me. I tried to talk to her and teach her the human nguage, even at 3 years old she could learn many things, she was 10 times stronger than a 3-year-old human due to her being a demon, despite that fact I still loved Alma as my child, I didn’t know what made me keep her in the first pce. But I am her father.

  Durgesh was there as well, he looked at me, I know his face had a bit of contempt but he seemed to have accepted this.

  “Hey, after you finish there, you need to come with me, we have an important meeting. It’s best to keep Alma out of sight of the foreign diplomats.”- Yes, the duties of a king. I almost forgot about them.

  “Ok, I will be there in a short time”- The young me in the memory looked down at Alma, and she smiled at me. That smile was so precious to me. I don’t understand how things turned out the way they had, it’s like someone else was controlling my mind. Could it be that my goddess was doing this? It seems impossible, she loves humans, and she won’t do anything to harm us

  !Yes, she only loves humans!- The Great Sage’s voice echoed in my mind again.

  She is right, she doesn’t see Alma as a human being, at least that is how I see it. Now I am asking myself if I can see Alma as a human being why can’t I see the rest of the monsters the way I see her?

  The space I am in suddenly switches, it took me a long time to realize, I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t notice this.

  The memory this time is of the first time I met Hikaru and Hana, there was no sound but it was focused on the 2 of them and what they were feeling.

  Looking at Hana I feel she felt when I first attacked them. But when turning toward Hikaru, he didn’t feel fear, more like acceptance and seeking of death, the only emotion I could feel from him was a want to die so severe that I wanted to die on the spot.

  They were scared children when I kicked them out of the castle, now, they are almost full-fledged Demon Lords. I probably instilled in them a deep hatred of humanity that they will never forget.

  “Huh?”- The memory shifts again. A memory of Fumiko, Hikaru, Hana and Alma. Wait, so the 2 guards Fumiko had with her were Hikaru and Hana using a skill to disguise themselves. Hikaru and Hana left the room.

  “Miss Fumiko. Why bring me here? I think you already know about me, right?”- Alma buried her face in her hands.

  “I know. That’s why I brought you here. You will be safer here than you are at the castle. Hikaru and Hana are here already. For now, you will only assist me with some work that I have.

  The scene keeps fast-forwarding before my eyes. I see all of the moments Hikaru, Hana, Fumiko, and another girl, that the Bnadit Ayame that made the Nation of Monsters. She was there too. Why didn’t I notice her earlier? No matter, it was for the best for me not to notice this. My daughter is still alive, that’s all that matters, it doesn’t matter what happens from now, if she is safe, that’s all that matters to me.

  !That’s what I wanted you to see without Goddess’s Ifrit interference. My power is slowly wearing down, I need 500 more years to complete a full incarnation. Camon Wieka, do you best. You now see the truth. I will give you some information in case the worst happens. That goddess won’t be able to know that you know this. It’s protected by me, even after I dissipate she won’t be able to read your mind!

  “Thank you”

  The whole scene in front of me shatters like a crash and in front of me, goddess Ifrit is in all of her glory.

  “I should have known that pesky fox would be trying to interfere. Don’t worry Camon, I know you would resist everything she would have told you, right?”- She got close and pced her right hand on my left shoulder.

  “Yes, your holiness. This whole affair made me tired. If I as your humble servant humbly request to rest. I will follow your every command”

  Ifrit's smile grew, she pced her hand on my head and nodded in agreement with me.

  “I will allow it. You know what you have to do. Tomorrow you will march with your army.”

  Tomorrow? Well, I got to be quick. I need to minimize damage. The thing that Great Sage told me to do, I must do it, it will be the best for everyone.