The Bride Of The Sacred Forest God
Chapters 115. Death of the Devil and Bringing You Home
“I'll make you pay for everything you've done, Nue. The girl was hurt, crying and scared.I hope you feel the same way. I won't give you an easy death.”
“You will end up together the night and will never see the sunrise again tomorrow.”
Aragaki did not spend time listening to Nue's words. He instantly attacked her quickly, even before Nue finished breathing.
- Baaaaang!!
A successful attack hits Nue and though his massive body is trying to resist Aragaki's attack, the, Nue was thrown quite far from where he had stood before and destroyed several large trees there until he finally stopped crashing into a large tree there.
“Aragaki...-sama..
“This is for the wound you gave the girl's body.”
Aragaki instantly gave his best ‘hiasan’ in the form of a long sword incision that finally cut one of Nue's ears.
“Gaaaaaakh!!”
Nue's shout sounded so loud that Nagi and the two tengu who were left far behind could do nothing.
“Aragaki-sama is already angry.” Hakuren started to keep his weapons back
Nagi also did the same while walking closer to the two tengu in front of her, “But she did not finish him off right away. Looks like Aragaki-sama wants to torture her first.”
Kuroto stared intently at the direction the voice was coming from.
“Padahan will be faster if it makes it disappear from the face of this earth as he once did to the damned man of that village.”
“No. That's still not enough, Kuroto.”
“Again?” Hakuren looked at Nagi's face full of anger. Nagi's emotions were clearly visible from her eyes and cold speech was full of emotions.
“Nue must not die quietly. Since he made Reda-sama look like a meaningless trash, he should feel more pain than this.”
Hakuren sensed that Kuroto also had the same feelings as Nagi and of course Hakuren did not mind that either.
“Whatever it is, Nue will not be separated from Aragaki-sama.”
- Baaaaang!!
A great wind again came along with a huge sound like something had just been hit by a crushing blow.
Of course it was Nue.
“Kaaakh!”
Nue lay helplessly receiving Aragaki's attack which still did not want to finish him off.
“Tell me, ever since I let you stay here, I never remember making promises to you to always give the village girl from that cursed place to be food.”
“I did just that when they tried to run away or hurt my beloved fox. But, I always felt that there was a strange feeling that made me do it.”
“The disgust and demeanor of those who could think of poisoning me in the past..is that all you did too, Nue?”
There is no room for debate on this.
Aragaki felt so annoyed and angry that her murderous expression and aura were not suppressed at all, but it continues to come out until it makes a big wind come and shake all the trees until there are some who fall due to not being strong to hold it.
“I want to hear everything from your mouth before you die. Answer me now.”
Nue did not respond and kept trying to stand up with his pain, until Aragaki got upset and kicked him then shouted, “I said answer me now!!”
Aragaki kicks Nue so he can't fight back. He bounced back over the rocks. The ruler would not let go of him.
“I will not compromise with you. You who gave the poison to them, ordered them to torment my poor little fox and made them dare to do harm in order for me to throw them as your food, right?”
“He...ahahahahaha! What's the point of knowing all that now, Aragaki-sama? In the end, they must die. No one can live and dirty Higashi no Mori, that's what you told me!”
“But now, it is precisely you, the great and the ruler here who are beginning to fall in love with that filthy girl!!”
“You give it comfort and protection so that it will break the food chain bond that should never come off!”
“I won't get a human to eat back and all that will be gone! It's all over because of that girl!”
“I'll never let that happen! The village must indeed continue to give their tumblings to Higashi no Mori! They should do it for you, for me too!”
Aragaki understands now. All Nue wanted was one.
“You only want to eat humans. And use the hatred and the promise of that damned village on me to get a human. All this time, that's what you did.”
“I will do anything to get a human and eat it.”
Aragaki immediately showed another form.
He was with a large tail and silver wolf ears like a moon and white hair that was so shining. The golden eyes and red marks on his forehead made him look more domineering in terms of strength.
With the sword pointed at the demon, Aragaki began to say his words in a calm tone.
“It turns out you are a demon. I didn't know that accepting you as part of Higashi no Mori would make me regret it.”
Aragaki wasn't waiting to listen to Nue.
When Nue managed to get up and open his mouth, he tried to attack him even though his mouth was injured.
From his mouth, came out a light that looked like a burst of fire. However, it was a lightning bolt that was ready to hit the ruler.
“I thank Aragaki-sama for giving me all those girls. And because of that, I will not let you stop everything that has happened all this time! That girl should still be my food like everyone else!”
Aragaki calmly raised his sword up and said, “No. He won't end like the others.”
“She..will be my wife. She will be the wife of the ruler Higashi no Mori.”
- Slaaash
A light and thin incision is visible. But apparently, it's not what it looks like.
Along with the disappearance of the lightning that was about to strike Aragaki, Nue's gaze suddenly tilted like something was not right.
“This..impossible.” Nue split into two. Not only Nue, but almost all the land in his majors also split.
A strong wind came out and started to make all the remains of the fallen trees disappear, moving away so that the area looked clean.
Only Nue's corpse was split in two with blood soaking into the place.
“I've had enough with all this.” Aragaki slowly returned to her original form. He put his sword back in and walked towards the corpse.
“It's enough with all the bad things you caused, Nue. Thank you for being a part of this place.”
“Higashi no Mori and I. have found another sign of love to treat my past. And I decided to accept the girl.”
The three servants of the ruler came in a hurry.
“Aragaki-sama!”
They saw the smiling figure of the ruler.
“Aragaki...-sama?”
“I want to meet the girl now.”
Nue's body was left to rot on its own. From within his body, came out a kegare smoke that was immediately after it was purified by Aragaki. Nue's body disappeared, nothing left.
Aragaki runs to the nemophila flower garden with her three servants. When they got there, they saw a very unusual sight.
Thousands of sakura petals surround the place where Reda fell asleep. Reda sleeps on the lap of Ryoko's figure who is still stroking her head gently.
“Ryoko...-san?” Nagi almost cried seeing that figure
“Again?”
“...!!” Nagi surprised. A familiar soft voice in his ears. That's Ryoko's voice.
“Hakuren and Kuroto are also there.”
“Ryoko-san...Ryoko-san!!” Kuroto yells out calling Ryoko's name
Ryoko's figure smiled and looked at her master.
“Nushi-sama..”.
“Thank you for taking care of me, Ryoko.”
“Nushi-sama has already made this girl sad. Ryoko saw everything. Little Ryuunosuke is crying because of you. You irresponsible master!”
“That's why no woman wants to marry you even when Ryoko is alive first.”
“...” Aragaki did not reply to him
Aragaki's servants fell silent to hear it. Inwardly, they were eager to laugh, but not brave.
“Ryoko-san scolds Aragaki-sama.”
“Ryoko-san did it.”
“When it was alive, it was only Ryoko-san who could scold Aragaki-sama. It's been a long time since I've seen it.”
Ryoko smiled and looked at Reda's face that looked so deep.
“Nushi-sama..keep this girl well.”
“...!!!” the three Aragaki servants were shocked to hear that
“She is the right girl for you. Everyone thinks so too. Therefore they all came to this place out of concern for him.”
“This girl will fill all the emptiness in your heart, melt the ice of your heart, make your day colorful and will give you the most beautiful smile on your face.”
“He loves Nushi-sama.” very much
“And Ryoko hopes Nushi-sama will..love her too.”.
Aragaki walked over to Ryoko. He looked at Reda who already looked better and moved her into her arms.
The ruler stroked Reda's beautiful hair and smiled.
“I love her and will learn to love her.”
The three servants were like they were dreaming. The words are so easy without burden.
Aragaki looked at Ryoko figure and said, “I will give all my love for her, return all her tears and will continue to be by her side.”
“Please..keep looking at this miserable master of yours. Your master will try to make the girl he loves smile. I promise.”
Ryoko smiled before finally disappearing into thousands of cherry blossom petals again.
All who were there were witnesses of Aragaki's sentence. The ruler saw the girl's face back and said, “We go home, Reda. We're back home.”
Unwittingly by the village girl, the first time the ruler, Aragaki called out her name.
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