Demon Lord's Reincarnation

Nero who was using his spiritual energy to watch what was going on in the clan had a smile on his face. The things inside the Loder Clan were quite interesting indeed, but he was a little irritated that Cry kept on talking in his mind explaining in detail about the things his descendants were doing.

'Still, you truly are a weird one, unlike the other reincarnations, you did not fully devote yourself to battle but instead studied everything that could be studied.' Ren spoke to Cry using their shared telepathy.

'Heh, it's not like I did not love battle as much as you guys, it's just that I was told that if I reached the truth I would see something wonderful.'

'What do you mean something incredible?'

'Well, I guess I can share with you that memory of mine.' After saying that Cry injected an old memory of his into Ren.

...

Cry Loder was quite famous after defeating a famous warrior in battle when he was nine years old. It was during this time that he had received many people coming to challenge him in battle.

Cry was walking home after defeating another opponent when he saw kids his age gathering in one place. Curious Cry went to look at what was happening. He saw an old man telling the kids a story about wizards. Cry became even more curious since the world he was in supposedly had no magic, it was nothing more than a children's fantasy.

In the story, the old man said there was once a mighty wizard who could split the seas and control the weather. That mighty wizard once faced a dragon and after battling for days the mighty wizard had won but died a few days after the battle due to his injuries.

It was said that the wizard had left a book that contained all of his knowledge, when the story ended Cry was about to leave when the old man said something surprising.

"I have been traveling the world to find that book."

"Huh? Old man, do you think that fairy tale is real? You do know that there's no such thing as magic."

"What's this? Aren't you the famous Cry Loder who fought against that famous warrior or whatnot? It seems that the young genius of the Loder Clan has already become such a cynic. Then I'll show you something wonderful."

The old man raised his hand and the most incredible memory in Cry's mind appeared before his very eyes. A sparkle filled with an unknown energy came out of the hand of the old man and it exploded like flashing stars above their head.

"Hey young lad, isn't this a wonderful sight?" Cry unconsciously nodded his head as he looked at the old man in wonder. Seeing Cry's reaction the old man smiled.

"Do you want to see something even more wonderful?"

"Yeah, can you show me?"

"If you want to see something even more wonderful than what I have shown you then you should look for it yourself."

"Look for it myself?"

"Yes, the reason I have been traveling looking for that book in that story I told you is because I too wish to see more wonderful things. I want to see the most wonderful sight of all when my eyes gaze upon the truth."

"The truth, what truth are you talking about?"

"Well, that's something you have to find out yourself as well young lad. I'm sure you who is hailed as the genius of the Loder Clan would have a better chance of seeing more wonderous sights than me. Maybe you could reach the truth."

The memory ended there.

...

'So did you see that wonderful sight you kept on searching for?'

'Yeah, I have seen many wonderous things in my quest to find out the so-called truth. I did as much as I could and sought the truth that the old man spoke of.'

'Does that mean you have seen the truth the old man spoke of?'

'In a way I guess I did see it.'

Cry's lips curled upward as the memories of his adventures came to mind. He had been to a lot of places, had created many things, had read a ton of books, had met numerous people, and had experienced many things. Even though he had seen even more after he died, nothing could beat the first time he saw the old man's magic.

Cry could now easily replicate that spell, not only that he had improved upon it, but no matter what the sight he saw that day, the feelings he had at that time could never be replicated.

'I wonder if your descendants understand the truth you were seeking...' Ren closed his eyes and through his spiritual energy could not only see what everyone was doing but he could even sense their emotions.

'I see they understood it without you saying anything. The truth that exists and does not exist, they too are seeking it out. That wonderful sight you saw on that day they have all seenit in some way or another.'

...

While Ren was talking to Cry in his mind somebody appeared behind him. Ren had already known the other party was arriving so he did not even bother to look at the new arrival as he spoke.

"You found me, so what do you want?"

"You truly are the same as that guy. I came here to have a drink with you. I even brought out my best wine."

'It's actually the wine I set aside to drink when I finally won against Cry or something equally important, but I don't need to tell him that.'

"I guess I can spare some time to drink your wine."

"Heh, is that so."

Mythious sat beside Ren and handed him a cup filled with the best wine he had. The two of them clinked their cups together and drank the wine.

Mythious who was looking at the clan on top of the tallest building while drinking with Ren, made him remember the past when he and Cry did the same thing. Mythious chuckled at the thought and felt like time had turned back to when he was young challenging the Cry to a battle.