And...
　I died.

　And from what I've analyzed, it would seem so.

　Dariel was 78 years old.

　He died right after witnessing the founding of the Kingdom of Lux, the vision for which I had devoted my life.
　I've caused my sons unnecessary trouble.

　The day after the auspicious day of the founding of the country, a funeral for my father?
　I'm sorry to have caused you such a disappointment.

　So..., what is it?
　Granziel is going to posthumously name me a king?

　My father, Dariel, was appointed the first king of the LUX Kingdom, and he would govern himself as the second king.
　By doing so, he'll inherit all of my accomplishments and use them to lead the nation.

　Gran has become a lot more thoughtful.
　In the past, he was just a child who acted on instinct....

　...seventy-eight years old, huh?
　Well, you've lived a long time.

　It was a fruitful life with many things.
　Will I be able to meet Granbaza-sama, Alanziel-san and your father-in-law, who passed away before him, here?

　Bezzeria and Lizet have passed away rather early as well.

　I wish Maleeka would have stayed on a little longer...
　Well, it's turned out the way I've been expecting it to for a while now.
　As for my wife and I, we thought that I would die before she did.

　Perhaps the happiest thing in my life was that she took care of me and died.

　I was thinking that I could go on without any regrets, so all that was left was to annihilate myself in peace.......

''Yo.''
"Whoa!

　I met some old faces.
　I would have been happy to see Granbaza-sama and Aranziel-san who had departed before me.

　The reunion after they died was not such a happy one.

''Demon King-sama!
Nonnon-non-none, I discarded that role as soon as I left the earth. I'm not going to be the only one. I'm just a guardian of this world.

　Really.........?
　Wow, how many decades has it been?　Has it been since this person himself left the earth?
　I thought we'd never see each other again alive........no, it's not a problem.

　I'm already dead!
　If we're reunited after I'm dead, then I'm out of the scope of my life!

　........or rather, the fact that I met the Demon Lord again after I died means that this is the afterlife, right?
　It's just as useless as it was before you were born, isn't it, after death?

"There's even a weird one living there...
"What's the weird thing?　Watching over people from a place they can't reach alive is a very God-like behavior, isn't it?　Isn't this what you want me to do for you?

　Yes, sir.
　You are absolutely right.

　Thank you so much, God, for stepping back and laying out your own territory for the sake of the humans.

''Demon king.......or is this how God always greets dead humans?
'You don't think that thousands of people die out every day?　Even a natural death is quite something. They can't handle it.'
''Is that how it is...?

　Still, if it's an omniscient and omnipotent god, I feel like he'd be able to break through the time limit and do something about it.

　But the reason why he came all the way to meet my soul in such a situation is because he wanted to confirm his vow before his death.

''........God, did you see the light?''
Oh, well.
"Have we created a world of our own that we can carve out for ourselves?

　This One left the earth because we decided to go on by our own power.
　God left the earth because man decided that the world didn't need God's intervention.

　Then the world we built after that must fit God's glasses.

'Well, that's fine, isn't it?　We're a society of people governing people.'
So...?
Well done, Dariel. You've surpassed this god in ways he never would have imagined. In ways he never imagined. You've ushered in a new phase of this world.

　I'm honestly glad to hear that.

　I've dedicated my life to the founding of the Lax Kingdom, and I believed that it would lead to the happiness of the people of the entire world.
　I was recognized by the Divine One and felt rewarded again.

'Thank you. Now I too can head down to my predecessors without a care in the world.''

　Neither Lady Granberza nor Mr. Aranziel would stay in a place like this, if they had to.

　Valhalla, or hell, for that matter.
　Such a soul's provisional first.

　In order to get to the true destination of my soul, I would have completely disappeared without leaving anything behind in this world.

　I also annihilated to get there....

'That's about it, though.'
"Yes?

　Consciousness that was on the verge of extinction is pulled back by the gods.

The truth is, there's something I want to propose to you before you die out completely. That's why I came all the way down here to see you.
"What do you propose to me?
"The thing is, Dariel...

　God smiled the same mischievous smile as before....

''Would you like to play God too?