The Hero Party Couldn’t Kill Me

Epilogue

A few months later.

I settled down near the lake in Speth.

The house I live in now is the house I commissioned Raphaella and Lumie Magic Tower. It was to mount a teleportation function on its own, like the hideout that I had come in handy.

Of course, it wasn’t free. It was because I received all the corpses of the sea dragons I caught in exchange for handing them over to her and her Lumie Magic Tower.

“You don’t have to thank me. It is the house I will live in someday.”

And it wasn’t a house just for me.

Anyway, the house was completed just in time for the day my term of office ended, and thanks to that, as soon as I stepped down from the presidency, I was able to live anywhere in the empire as I wanted.

I met precious people again while wandering around the empire for several months.

I met St. Joan when I visited the new temple that was now completed, and I also met Clovis, who went to Roswell and gave up her lordship and returned to work.

Then I finally arrived in Speth today.

“It’s been a while.”

“Edmund, long time no see. You finally came to Speth as promised.”

Since I came to Speth, I went to see Swann after a long time.

Although ten years had passed and her hair had turned gray and her face wrinkled, she was her swan, but her unique mysterious aura remained.

“Is your role over now?”

“… It’s not completely over. I am still the owner of the holy sword.”

I said with a wry smile.

It’s been 10 years since the peace agreement was signed with the demons, but the relationship between humans and demons is coldly cold. Therefore, whenever the conflict with the demons intensified, I had to mediate.

I also had to accompany the meeting place with the demon king. Because demons still tend to talk only to me, the owner of the holy sword. Over time, my dependence may disappear, but at least there are still many situations I have to go through.

There are many things that still require me in the Republic. It wasn’t long before the Republic system was still maintained, so the confusion was still there, and whenever that happened, they asked me for help.

The new president, John Smith, also came to me often for advice.

“There are still many things you need to do in this world.”

“What can I do? I already have way too many. I have no choice but to take responsibility.”

Nevertheless, I had a happy smile.

It certainly wasn’t the 100% carefree life I wanted. Still, I was personally satisfied.

Actually, I realized that I was already addicted to chaotic daily life, so I couldn’t give you complete peace. So it’s better for me to have an occasional incident like this.

Assuming, of course, that it’s something I can handle.

“Still, it’s nice to see you looking happy.”

Swan also smiled at me like that.

“How long are you going to stay in Speth?”

“Well? I want to stay for at least a few months, but won’t something happen in the Republic before then?”

“I see. It would be nice to have a good rest here. Speth always welcomes you, so you can come back anytime.”

“Thank you.”

“Oh, and….”

Swan hesitates for a while. I immediately knew what she was about to say and pulled out several bottles of wine from her subspace.

Swan immediately turned bright.

“I brought you the wine you wanted before. It is a wine grown in the finest vineyards of Roswell.”

The facts I learned after starting exchanges with the Republic.

Swan liked wine more than he could have imagined. When he tasted wine for the first time, he still remembers admiring it, saying it was the drink of God.

However, the conditions were not right in Speth, so wine could not be produced, and wine could only be purchased by interacting with the Republic.

So it’s funny, but one of the reasons she broke the seclusion policy was because of wine.

Like a lie? Even now, Swann was uncharacteristically unable to manage her expression at all.

“Thank you always. You know that Speth always welcomes you, right? You can come back anytime.”

“Thank you.”

I smiled. After saying goodbye to Swann, I headed back to the lakeside where my house was.

A small house with an impressive white roof.

There was someone waiting for me ahead of me.

A woman with hair as pink as cherry blossoms.

She is still always cute.

“Are you here?”

Rafaela smiled and took me into my arms.

***

‘It’s beautiful.’

I thought as I watched the sunset over the lake.

A leisurely life living while gazing at such natural scenery. How long have you been waiting for

And now, next to me was Rafaela, with me and her arms crossed.

“… It’s the peace I’ve been enjoying for the first time in a long time.”

She was smiling as she leaned her face on my shoulder. I glanced at her slightly.

Her face was tired.

The past 10 years have been very busy and difficult for her as well.

The Blanc Magic Tower, which was the center of controversy, had to be transformed into the Lumie Magic Tower, and after dissolving the barriers that were still hanging over the magic tower, the magic book left by Leviathan had to be deciphered with fellow wizards.

I still haven’t deciphered all of Leviathan’s magic. I’ve only managed to understand half of it.

However, just with the magic that was known and applied, Lumie’s Magic Tower succeeded in becoming the best magic tower in the Solus Republic.

Rafaela also naturally became the most outstanding mage in the Solus Republic.

“… I thought by now she would be living happily with Edmund-sama, but it’s a pity.”

Rafaela grumbled lightly.

She thinks that Lumie’s magic tower should not stop at simply discovering Leviathan’s magic. Based on that, he had to go further and create his own magic in Lumie’s Magic Tower.

In order to achieve that goal, I have studied diligently in the Mage Tower for the past 10 years, but I have not yet calmly escaped from Leviathan’s shadow.

Unlike me, who carried out the presidency with only responsibility, she still had passion as a wizard. I had ambition.

That’s why she was still immersed in her research at the Magic Tower.

“You are now the greatest wizard in the Solus Republic, right? I can’t help it. I always support you.”

Of course I want to spend a lot of time with her, but I respect her choice nonetheless.

“… It’s strange.”

Rafaela blushed as if she was embarrassed. She reached out and ran her hand through my hair, which was once again full.

I wonder if it was because he was relieved of a lot of stress after stepping down from the presidency. Or was it because Raphaella’s hair restoration magic was stronger than before?

The hair loss that seemed to haunt me until her death was now cured.

“… What I always love know?”

“Suddenly? Originally, you weren’t like this. It’s too cheesy.”

Rafaela shuddered at her confession of love, but couldn’t hide her smile.

Then suddenly our eyes met and we lightly overlapped each other’s lips.

“I have to go now. I have an experiment I want to finish today.”

After a while. When their lips fell again. Rafaela tried to go back.

“Wait a minute, I still have something to say.”

I stopped her like that. Because I still haven’t properly told her her reason for calling her here today.

“What do you mean?”

“Do you know what day it is today?”

“Is it an anniversary? It’s not the day we first became lovers, and it’s not even our birthdays.”

Raphaella tilted her head. I gave her her answer.

“Today is exactly the 10th anniversary. We met again in Speth.”

“… Do you even remember the date? Oh, so please bring me here today…….”

Rafaela was speechless as if he was startled. Only then did she realize my intentions and she was shocked.

“Yes, 10 years ago now. I was betrayed by the warrior party.”

For a while, the evil scenes of the past passed through my mind like a kaleidoscope. The shock of being betrayed and the anger I felt towards them came back to me.

They feared my power and tried to kill me.

But not even Calia Barus,

Iris Rosiedo,

Saint Lucio,

Pesima. No, not even Leviathan.

In the end, he couldn’t kill me.

But it wasn’t entirely my credit that I survived.

“If you hadn’t saved me then, I would have died long ago. You wouldn’t be having this conversation here right now.”

Looking at her trembling eyes, I continued talking.

“That’s not all. If you hadn’t helped me after that, I wouldn’t have been able to complete my revenge. I might have died again.”

Even after surviving. The warrior party tried to kill me until the end.

But in the end, they failed to kill me to the end.

And this, too, was a significant share of Rafaela.

“So, thank you. Thank you for saving me time and time again. You are by my side until the end.”

But I haven’t been able to properly thank her.

So I’m finally able to properly say thanks that I should have said a long time ago.

Raphaella looked at me for a moment with a puzzled expression. Then she smiled and said,

“Thank you too. Thank you for surviving Thank you for being with me now. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

This time I hugged her first. She, too, gave me a tight hug with all her might.

Feeling her warm body temperature, I thought.

The result of surviving to the end.

I finally found the life I was looking for here.