Continuing to walk, nothing really special happened.
Meeting a few lost adventurers, soldiers and even beggers didn't change much of our walk.
Although, I did talk to them as we passed by them.
My brother however... he just told me to hurry up.
"When is the next town!"
I am about to go insane. We have seen nothing but trees.
"I don't know."
"Couldn't we have asked for directions or a map before leaving!"
"We could but that would take too long."
While walking, we see a trail of people as we pass a cliff.
"What is going on there?"
"Hm... refugees."
"How can you tell?"
"I can hear it."
"What?"
What is that moron saying?
"How?"
"All i know is that I am a higher level than you."
"Fine then."
I was tired of asking him questions he won't even answer properly.
He began walking away.
"Shouldn't we be asking them where we are?"
"That's a good idea. Stay here."
With that, he jumped down and began to talk.
...
Im alone now...
I began to hear footsteps from behind. I turned around to face the sounds.
A person? He had horns on and red hair.
"Ah, hello."
He seemed weirdly kind... too kind.
"Who are you?"
"Me?"
He bowed his head.
"I am the 5th general."
"General?"
He tilts his head in confusion as he hears my answer.
"Why aren't you scared?"
What does being a general have to do with anything? He looked like a demon too.
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"Can you explain?"
He chuckles as he hears me question.
"It would be my pleasure. I am a general, on of the seven generals in the demon lords army. I am Lucy, the General of Pride."
Demon lords army? Isn't that what we needed to go to?
"Wait a minute. My brother is coming back."
I quickly glance at my brother returning from down below.
"Sis, they said we are near- who are you?"
Seeing my brother notice him, he turns more colder than normal.
"Please calm down, I come in peace!"
The man let out a small chuckle as he bowed.
"Who are you."
The mans grin slowly faded as my brother repeated his question.
"Tough crowd. Well fine, I am Lucy. The General Pride."
My brother slowly calmed down as he heard the introduction.
"Why are you here then."
"Simple. The cryptic bastard told me that you two would help us, the demon army."
Shrugging as he becomes cheery again.
"Who is this 'Cryptic Bastard' that told you about us."
He became cold again... is he a metronome?
"The General Sloth."
"Sloth? Isn't that a sin of laziness?"
Hearing my own question, he slightly chuckled as he turned to face me.
"Well, half correct! They can see fragments of the future! Well, 'Futures' so to speak."
I tilted my head in confusion. This made no sense.
"How though?"
"That isn't the main goal here, Em. They need our help."
"So to speak."
He added on while chuckling.
"Lead the way then."
With that, Lucy began to walk away, leading us somewhere as i followed him and my brother.
♤♡◇♧
The Ruler was now watching the view as he waits for someone to enter his office.
"This rotting corpse remains disgusting."
As he insulted the world, the door opens to see The Candidate of Diamonds.
"Kruno!"
The Ruler lets out a groan of anoyance as he hears the mans entrance.
"Do not call me by my name."
"I don't care about your name problem or whatever! Check this out!"
Ignoring The Rulers groaned reply, the Candidate of the Diamonds took out a piece of paper.
"I found a piece of the True Name!"
Hearing the news, The Ruler turned around and jolted straight towards him. He went so fast that it looked like teleportation.
"What Letter."
"Woah! Calm down! Its just -N-"
"Just N?"
"Yeah!"
Time still didn't care as he held his hand out.
"Give it to me."
"What? No! Give me something of value then!"
Sighing. The Ruler removed his blindfold and gave it to him. His eyes were clocks, each tick of the clocks were resounding.
"What? This doesn't even have the same val-..."
He stopped speaking as he saw a message appear.
『The Blinded Lover.』
『Value - Higher!』
"Well then... here you go."
Handing the letter of the True Name. He left not a moment later.
"One step closer. This corpse won't be a corpse anymore soon enough."
He puts the letter in a chest with four other letters '□□is□□nce□'
Just five left as closes the chest.
"Someday... the end will come."
Stepping away from the chest, he begins to walk back to his desk and sits down.
He looks at a small frame on the desk... five people are together and smiling joyfully... he cant help but slightly frown.
"This hell will end..."
Facing the picture frame downwards, he looks into a small mirror inside of his desk.
Putting his hand on his eyes, he cant help but frown.
"..."
He cant help but feel a slight pain, he ignores a letter with a single symbol on his desk.
Exhaling a tired breath, he stands and begins to head out of his office.
Leaving his office, he enters his throne room again.
Sitting down... he waits.
The letters symbol? '♣︎'
□□◇♧
The Meeting of the Candidates...
The Candidate of Diamonds entered the roon while wearing the blindfold as a bandana.
"◆, you finally arrived."
A man sitting at a round table calls out towards the Candidate of the Diamonds.
"Whats up! Like what you see?"
Flaunting his new equipment, he sits down... two chairs temain empty with two symbols on each chair.
The ◆ and ♣︎ symboled chairs are taken but the other two... remain empty.
"Yo ♣︎... are you sure she has what it takes to become a Candidate?"
"She is the closest."
The man that looked like Marcen slowly shifted and changed infront of the Candidate of Diamonds... turning back into her original form. A tall lady with black hair as dark as the night, she has eye bags under her dead eyes, her clothes put on crookedly.
"I don't think this is the best way to have the ♥︎ seat taken..."
"Trust me ◆."
Her voice almost cold but most definitely calculative.
"She is almost there."
Tapping on the roundtable, it glew a bright blue before having an image of a person walking behind to other people.
"She is so close... her distrust will grow until one day she will betray her own blood, losing everyone. She... will become the Candidate of Hearts."