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A Demon Lord’s Tale: Dungeons, Monster Girls, and Heartwarming Bliss (Light Novel) - Chapter 479: Ruins of The End
Chapter 479: Ruins of The End
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For the time being, there seemed to be no danger, so we explored the area.However, there did not seem to be anything special about this place.
My dungeon had completely turned into our House with a living room, kitchen, washroom, toilet and bath, but this room had no adjoining rooms, just a large throne room.
There was no passageway leading to anywhere else.
Perhaps more practical rooms were situated in the front ruins-like area.
There were some shelves that could have been used as storage space for things, but I wondered if it was all simply consumed by the long passage of time.
There was nothing but dust and crumbled debris, and not even a single book survived.
The most noticeable thing was the throne, which was still firmly in place.
Somehow, the sight of this throne made me sad.
Dungeon even had sleeping troops in it, the remnants of a vision of power.
From the looks of that Asura Golem army, this dungeon would have been quite a force to be reckoned with.
So much so that they could survive even if they were based in the West area of this Demon Forest.
And yet… Here it stood, now destroyed, with only its ruins remaining.
Nothing lasts forever, and everything changes.
Though my life may be very long…someday my dungeon may also perish in this way.
I patted the railing of the throne, feeling a little sentimental, when Rir called out to me.
“Kuu….!”
“What’s wrong… that…”
What Rir was looking at was a stone monument.
It was set up in a way that it was integrated with the wall, and it was too dim to clearly see.
If Rir didn’t notice it, I would have missed it.
There seemed to be some words carved on it… but again, I couldn’t see much because of the darkness and the dust.
And this stone monument.
I had seen it before…
It was a similar stone monument to the one in the dwarven village and the dragon’s record in the dragon’s village.
Perhaps it was made of the same material as those.
“So, this place… was something that existed during the age of the gods?”
[…It’s similar to something we’ve seen before…]
Enne, who was looking at the stone monument, thought so as well.
Of course, there was the possibility that they were only made of the same material…
I rubbed the surface with my hand to wipe off the dust.
This stone might be quite special, because unlike the surrounding ones, it had not decayed at all… and the carvings on it were still readable.
What was written on it… a last will and testament?
“I decay. Life is long, but for those who live, it is inevitable. But my monsters will soon become the sky, the earth, and the forest, and nurture new life. Therefore, my life will not be forgotten. It is a pleasant moment…”
There was just that written on it.
> My monsters will soon become the sky, the earth, and the forest, and grow a new life.
In other words… This Demon Forest was formed after the death of the master of this dungeon, who possessed immense magical power?
Suddenly, I remembered Lefi’s previous remark: “The Demon Forest is the place where a god has died.”
Lefi had spoken of the theory that it was a demon that lived long enough to be called a God… but judging by the size of this throne, I think she may have been wrong.
“…No, wait. The connection with the Dragon Tribe…”
If I remember correctly, there was some connection between this forest and the Dragon Race. This could be proven by the fact that there were still dragons who had been living in this forest until this day, adding to the information that Lefi mentioned before.
And – the God inside the Divine Spear, Ruin.
That time he showed me a lot of Gods.
There seemed to be several Gods, and among them, included a Dragon.
Then, this place might be… the place of their ancestors, and the first Dragon.
I had no proof, so it was just my theory… but this might really be the case.
That would also explain the mysterious connection between the forest and the dragons.
If such a dragon, the most powerful one in the world, and even the progenitor of the dragons, had died, it would not be surprising that such dense magic would spread to the point that a forest like this could be formed.
However, the throne here was human-sized. Since my wife Lefi and the ancient dragon Cicerius, that I met on the way to the dwarven village, were able to use the humanization technique, it was highly likely that the ancestral dragon could also use humanization skills.
The other Gods were all human-sized, so they probably adjusted their bodies to that size.
The ceiling of this room was the size that fit a dragon, though.
As for the Asura Golems here, I had no idea… but the origin dragon may have been a robot enthusiast.
It was a very stupid assumption, but yeah, I had a feeling that we could have been friends.
–All of this was just my imagination.
There was no basis for it, and it was also a fact that this happened in a time so far in the past that even the long-lived species could not track it.
As a person living in the future, all I could do was to speculate on assumptions.
And yet…
When I was looking at the uninhabited throne, I thought to myself, “…The owner of this place must have died with satisfaction.”
The Lord of this place must have completed his long, very long life… happily.
That made me happy, somehow.
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“I’m home.”
“…I’m home.”
When me and Enne, who had already been personified, said so, a voice came back to greet us right away.
“Welcome back! You don’t seem to be injured today!”
“Welcome back! Did you find anything?”
“Oh, yes, absolutely!”
“…we saw the insides of the ruins. It was interesting.”
Layla was the first to respond to Enne’s words.
“Really? I see. What in the world is in–“
“Wait, Layla, I know your curiosity is piqued, but Husband just got back. They probably want to take a bath, so we’ll talk later. The mystery won’t run away from you.”
“! Certainly, yes! Excuse me, would you like to take a bath, then?”
I smiled a little at their exchange, which seemed to have reversed their positions from the usual and then responded, “I will. Where is Lefi?”
“Lefi went to the grassland area at the behest of Illuna-chan and the others. I think she’ll be back soon, though, since dinner is almost ready.”
Recently, the adults had stopped referring to the young girls with “-chan” but would still refer to them with it when they were not around.
They didn’t seem to be bothered by it before, but a while ago there was a meeting of the wives, where the subject came up, and since then Lyuu, Layla, and Nell had been making careful arrangements to do so.
–Then Enne and I prepared our change of clothes, and left the living room.
Enne, who was walking next to me, looked up at me with a curious look on her face.
“? What’s wrong?”
“…Hmmm. I was wondering why the Master seems so happy.”
“Oh, ah. Well, because good things happened today.”
Today was…good, a lot of nice things happened.
It was such a good day.
And I would have to work hard to make tomorrow a good day, as well.
As I was thinking about what to do, I patted Enne’s head.
