According to him, it was out of a clear ambition that Mr. Estelica became a brave man.

　Becoming a brave man, setting up enough achievements, garnering praise and respect, and ultimately leaving a name in history.
　That's what every brave person dreams of, and in that respect, Estherica was a very standard brave person.

　Speaking of achievements that a brave person can make, the ultimate one is the overthrow of the Demon King.

　Naturally, during her lifetime, young Estelica-san marched towards the Demon King and fought fiercely against the Demon King's army that prevented her from doing so.
　That point hasn't changed in the present or the past.

　However, Estelica was stuck in the middle of her attack.
　The four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King's Army defending the Rasperda Fortress were so stubborn.

　The Four Heavenly Kings of that time must have been a completely different group, but they were sure of their abilities.
　He raised the aspiration to defeat the Demon King and was defeated by the Demon tribe, the front runner in the process.
　That was the most mediocre ending for a brave man, and it was very difficult for the aspiring Estelica-san to accept.

　She had to break through the Four Heavenly Kings at all costs.
　With that belief, Estelica-san needed more power, trained herself and walked in search of stronger companions.

　She not only wanted to strengthen herself, but also her friends who were fighting alongside her.

　Along the way, she met a strange man.

　He was young, no older than Estelica, and probably no older than her.
　He lived deep in the mountains, where no one could get close to him, and his behavior, his mannerisms, his mannerisms, made him seem like a true beast.

　But the man was also a beast of strength, and none of the choicest and strongest members she had with her at the time were a match for him.
　He could only be kicked to the curb in a matter of seconds.

　It was the same for Estelica herself, and she was convinced of this as she was stretched so cotenously that there was no excuse.

''With this man's power, I can defeat the demon king,'' she said.

　The man, she said, had never known his parents.
　Ever since he could remember, he had lived in the mountains and fields, facing the fierce beast and demons he encountered with only his own arm strength.

　That may have fostered his strength, but apparently that's not all.
　It was also clear that he was blessed with a natural talent.

　He was able to control all of the four aura characteristics to the fullest extent, and yet he was able to demonstrate his aura abilities without being registered with the guild.
　Everything was substandard.

　By welcoming him as a companion, Estelica-san's party would be confirmed to have a significant increase in strength, but at the same time, she was also worried.
　She also unconsciously noticed it.

　The man's brilliance was far beyond even herself, and if he appeared on the surface, the magnitude and brilliance of his existence would drown out herself and others in an instant.
　There was that much light in the man.

　In the end, Estelica didn't add the man to the party.

　He was the one who was going to be the hero of the legend, and an actor more suited to the lead role was in the way.

　But inexplicably, the man has been following her around ever since.
　He appears everywhere she goes and solves all sorts of local problems before Ms. Estelica does.

　He was a man of proven strength to begin with.
　It would be much quicker and easier to leave things to a man than to do something about it yourself.

　But that was a very venerable problem because Estelica-san was a brave man.
　In time, all the world would notice. That he was more deserving of the lead role than she was.

　She was in a hurry to get to the merit.
　That was a bad idea.

　She had successfully distracted the man's attention, and the battle for Lasperda Fortress was fought without him.

　She attacked boldly and somehow defeated the enemy's elder statesman, Melothea, the then Four Heavenly Kings "Heavy Fire".
　However, that was ultimately the last battle result in Estelica's life.

　She had made the mistake of being defeated by a young assistant who had joined the battle shortly after her, who was not even the Four Heavenly Kings.
　That young Four Heavenly King's assistant would later become the most senior hero of all time as the Granbaza of the 'Karma Fire', but it was none of Estelica's business.

　Due to the unwritten rules of the Center Guild, any brave person who was defeated by the Demon King's army even once would be stripped of their qualifications.
　How much of a sense of frustration did Estelica-san feel?

　Her path was abruptly and cruelly cut off while she was full of energy in search of a glorious crown.

　During her tenure, she ended up as a hero who had defeated one of the Four Heavenly Kings without any further achievement.
　No matter how young she was and how well trained she was, she would never get another chance.

　The man who came to visit her was the one who came to see her.

　The man was concerned for Estelica's body, regretting that he hadn't been there for the battle, and boldly stated that if he had been there, he would have led her to victory.

　There was no mistaking that declaration.

　However, that victory was not a victory for Estelica-san, but only for the man.

　She had no choice but to accept it for good.
　She had no doubt that the star of this era would be this man, and that man who would defeat her and become the new Four Heavenly King.

　Estelica's premonition hit the mark shortly afterwards.

　Because almost a year or so later, the era of the two great heads of state, the great brave Arantzill and the strongest of the four heavenly kings, Granbaza, would begin.

　Yes, the man's name was Arantzill.

　A man who had a mysterious birth that separated him from other people, a man who grew up without being seen by others while possessing an extraordinary talent that one would not expect from a human being.

　It was Mr. Estelica who first discovered this.

　She was devastated by the sense of frustration she felt at the time, she thought.
　She was no longer able to make new achievements, but if this man leaped to the front of the pack and accomplished something unprecedented, she would be the one to reap the rewards of his leadership, she thought.

The achievement of being the "leader of the best and bravest" would be yours.

　She was full of ambition and wanted to be a part of the achievement in any way possible.
　Following her desire, Estelica asked Arantzill to become a hero.

　Ms. Arantzill was perplexed.

　He couldn't stand in front of her. It was Estelica's seat and she would only be supporting him behind the scenes.

　Arantzill, who is not well versed in the world of central politics, had a hard time accepting the fact that she would never have a chance to stand up for herself.

　In the end, Mr. Arantzill broke down.

　He made a condition in exchange for taking the brave selection test at the Center Guild.

''I want you to marry me when you become a hero.

　It was only then that Estelica-san realized that. He followed her around relentlessly because he had feelings for her as the opposite s*x, she said.

　In her quest for glory as a fighter, Estelica-san had completely forgotten who she was as a woman, and although she was confused, she soon realized the new possibilities.

　If she married Arantzill-san here, if he later became the Great Brave of the Ancient and Modern Warriors as she expected, her title would be 'The Great Brave's Wife'.

　I thought it was clearer and more glittering than "The One Who Guides the Brave".

　As you can see, a large part of her acceptance of Mr. Arantzill's proposal to marry her was due to calculation.

　From then on, everything proceeded as planned, and Arantzill-san became the first person in history to become a hero from outside the Adventurer's Guild registration.

　As promised, Estelica-san became his, and in the blink of an eye, she gave birth to a child.

　And Estelica-san had a new ambition as well.

　Mr. Alanziel, the most gifted man ever. Her successor resides in her own belly.
　She herself has even pushed past a number of adventurers to become a hero. I thought I was blessed with a lot of talent.

　How outstanding is the child born with the talents of such a man and woman together.

Not only would she be 'the wife of a great brave man' but even the title of 'the mother of a great brave man' would be hers.
　The excitement was even more intense than when she was a brave person herself.

　The spirit of prosperity is stimulated.
　Although she couldn't become a brave person to leave her name in history, she led a brave person to leave her name in history, and not only that, she would create a brave person to leave her name in history.

　I wondered if there were any other such feats.

　At that time, Estelica was more aware of her own womanhood than at any other time in her life, and she says that she felt intoxicated by the fact that she was a woman.

　She wondered if there was an easier way to make history without having to sweat and scrape and devote herself to it.

　That was the time when she was at the peak of her life....

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　Hearing Estelica-san's remarks, I had no choice but to shut down.
　She was stubbornly trying to keep her fate with me a secret because she was desperate not to let this thought out.

'You know what I mean.　I am not the kind of mother my children can be proud of. I'm a humble woman who worked by design and greed to the very end...!

　A woman who had more ambition than most people, but had to hide behind many different geniuses.
　The genius of Mr. Alanziel. Lady Granberza's spiritedness.
　She was overwhelmed by them and felt powerless to leave her name in history only by being a woman.

''How shallow and wretched...!　I can't let you see your mother like this. You've done a great job of bonding with your father. All you need is that person's presence. I'm a hindrance to you...!
'And yet, you still protected me, Anata.

　I'd just been born.
　My mother had risked her life to protect her son from the demon tribe that wanted to kill Mr. Alanziel when they tried to kill him in his absence.
　She had died for it.

'You sacrificed yourself to protect me, didn't you!　That's what a mother looks like!　What more motherly act could there be than that!
Maybe even that........was just a calculation to protect her achievements. To protect the achievement of 'giving birth to a hero'...

　Did she protect me because she wanted to be a brave mother?
　She didn't follow the instinct of a mother to protect her child.

　Perhaps she doesn't know what is true for herself either.
　That's why she suffers even after she dies like this.

'That's not true,'

　Then a voice overruled everything, heroically.

'You love Dariel with all your heart. I know it.