Your time with us has been pretty exciting, Demon King.

　I'm not going to be able to get my hands on it," Linden whispered to me so that only I could hear him.
　From the transference magic invoked in space, you will be connected to the Demon King's Labyrinth.

The actuality of this is that it's a very good thing. Thank you for everything.

　A body of remainder appears in the center of the stage, encased in ice.

　Linden Lindberg.
　From the beginning, I knew that he was using me.
　Nevertheless, the days spent with her are invaluable to me.

"The pleasure's mine. Thank you. Goodbye Linden.

　The words could not be conveyed.
　Before that, the spirit (astral) body of the remainder is spat out of Linden's body.
　It is a very good idea to have a good idea of what you are looking for.

　The remainder and the main body mix with each other as if they were being pulled, no, as if they were being pulled.
　For the first time in thousands of years, it becomes what it should be.
　In order to obtain no more power, a strange amount of power overflows from the body that has been sealed off.
　The rush of power continues unabated, as if a dam that had been holding it back has collapsed.

　I'm going to be the first to react to that power, of course, Alice.

'I give in.'

　Alice seemed somewhat happy when she said that.
　While living together, he had never fought Alice with all his might.
　Before sealing the main body again, if only for a little while, we could fight ......


'You're willing to fight a little bit,'

　Suddenly the memories come back.
　Was it the effect of returning to the body?
　This was a memory that should have been completely erased.

　The Alice in front of me had changed into a small boy.
　Short red hair and chestnut eyes. The boy who had just changed his voice was still called the brave one.

''Demon kings and brave men shall fight, shall they not?''

　The boy, who calls himself a hero, has challenged me to battle many times.
　Eventually, he would fight with the brave family for generations, but this boy was a little different.

''Hey, what's the name of the Demon King?''
What do you mean? That's his name.

　The first brave man.
　This boy, later called the brave man in the beginning, did not leave after the battle was over, but always stayed around for a long talk.

'That's not true. The Demon King is a title and not a name. Has anyone ever called you by your name?
There is no such thing as a Demon King. I have only been called the Demon King since I was born.

　Don't remind me. Don't remind me.
　I erased this memory from ......

'Then I'll give you a name. Your name is .......

　I knew that if I lived with those memories on my back, I would be destroyed.

''All ejection spatial magic, Hundred Demons Night.''

　Linden summons a swarm of demons, and the Great War Society is engulfed in chaos.
　The Four Heavenly Kings (I'm not sure if I should remove them from the Four Heavenly Kings (I'm not sure if I should remove them from the list), the Immortal King Dogma, mingles with them and cringes.

''Linden, you are ......

　My mind goes blank at the sound of a small voice in it.
　The multiple layers of seals are destroyed to pieces.
　The memories sunk deep in the recesses of my mind, deep in the recesses of my heart, expand as if to break through my body and explode all at once.

'Your name is ...... from today.

　It all comes back to me.

　A knight in tattered armor is praying in front of the body of the remainder of the body, surrounded by blue roses and encased in ice.
　The image flows like a fast forward, and the knight remains motionless, eventually collapsing like sand.

　So, even though your body was destroyed, you were still fighting. ......

"Rick!

　For the first time in thousands of years, the name he shouted didn't reach him.

''Extreme Combination Magic, Giga Chimera.

　Linden synthesizes more than a hundred demons and creates a giant chimera.
　My cries are drowned out by the roar of the gigachimera.

''...... Chimera, duh!''

　Rick's voice hasn't changed since then.
　I can see now why I was drawn to Takumi.
　The resemblance is striking.
　Was Yo lumping Rick, the sealed memory, with Takumi, the one who had named Alice, the one who had given Alice her name?

'Oh, wow!'

　Alice screams at the appearance of Giggly Mela, half-crazed.
　Taking advantage of the trauma, Linden is probably planning to defeat Alice.
　To free Takumi from all ties.

　But that plan is ruined.
　Before he knew it, Takumi was standing in front of Gigakumera.
　He was looking up at the Gigachimera with his arms outstretched as if to protect Alice.

　Ah, I knew they were similar.

　Before Linden could move in a hurry, the Giga Chimera attacked Takumi with a roar.
　With a crunching sound of flesh being crushed, his eyes turned bright red in front of him.

　For the first time in a long time, indeed a long time, I used my original power.
　I thought I had been pretty tame, but the Giga Chimera was compressed until it was thin and flimsy, staining the stage with blood.
　I thought I manipulated gravity and held it down lightly, but I lost my momentum and turned it into ground meat.

'...... demon king!'

　With his plans ruined, Linden looks at Yu and calls out his name.

'No, no. 'Linden,'

　Yu slowly shook his head.

'I had a name. A name that you used to call me a long time ago.

　As a boy, Rick chuckled at me.

'Your name is Maria, starting today.

　The name they called me that day was never going to be called again forever.

...... Maria.

　An unseen Rick mutters.
　The nostalgic sound brings back all the emotions that were frozen in place.

'I'm Maria. I'm Maria, the Demon King.'


　After the battle between the brave man and the demon king was over, they walked side by side through the meadow.
　We casually called each other's names as we talked about dreams that would never come true.

　It was a sweet and momentary happiness, just for a moment.