I, Rick, the strongest human

"Did not live up to the family's expectations."

"As you can imagine, I have power beyond yours."

"As you said, I, the strong, killed you, the weak."

"——This is also a matter of course."

"After all, I wait for the Nilvalen family, but we hold grudges very much."

...This is the past that the girl named Makoto once had.

The strong dominate the weak.

The strong have it all.

If it is someone stronger than yourself, then go to become stronger, go beyond, and then kill the other person.

This is a concept that young girls firmly believe in.

...But what happened after that caused the girl's concept to suffer an unprecedented impact.

The only close friend I played with since I was a child, Nina who is a five-folder, married a male elf who is a double-folder.

When she questioned her best friend, she got an unexpected reply.

"Eh? What does this have to do with magic? Peter likes me, and I like Peter, so is there anything wrong with being together?"

No, it is not right for the weak to be with the strong.

The reason why the weak will be with the strong is only because the other party is the strong.

But this kind of words made Nina feel strange, and at the same time gradually alienated her.

...Alienated by the only true friend, seeing each other intimately sticking together with that man named Peter every day, often showing that happy expression that he never showed when he was with her.

...why is this happening.

Obviously, he is his only true friend.

Obviously, you are the only friend left.

Why...why did you betray me...

With a man like that, with a weakling like that...

... Then, Zhenhong "woke up".

Nina, she did not betray herself.

She was bewitched by that weak man.

Bewitched by that weak, hypocritical appearance.

All of this is because of that man named Peter, the weakling of the double-player!

Just kill him and everything will be over.

Nina will also return to her side——

That's what Zhenhong thought and did.

After killing the man named Peter, Zhenhong waited expectantly for Nina to fall into her arms again.

Chapter 32 The Buried Nina's Name

...In the end, she was blocked by the "friends" who led her.

When did Nina have friends other than herself?

An extremely uncomfortable mood appeared in the girl's heart.

When Nina asked her if she killed Peter, the girl readily admitted.

Then, it was attacked by more than ten elves.

——Those teams composed of quadruple and quintuple performers launched an attack on Zhenhong who was alone.

...But, it didn't work.

The weak, even if they are in a group, are still weak.

A strong man, even alone, is a strong man.

Beat those guys without any suspense.

Zhenhong began to think.

In this way, Nina can change her mind, right?

Let her understand that only power is the most important thing, and only power is the foundation of feelings.

However, Nina, who was knocked down to the ground, continued to cast her magic as if she hadn't given up.

...Then, show off your strength again.

Really red thought.

It is necessary for Nina to understand how important power is.

Launching the protective magic, Zhenhong began to wait for Nina's attack——

The surrounding elves were gathered and compressed, one level...two levels...three levels...four levels...five levels...multiple magics were activated continuously, just as Zhenhong was confidently meeting Nina's attack.

But he saw his friend, the chest that had been blasted through.

……what happens?

Then the girl realized.

The target of those spells was not her, but Nina herself.

"why……?!"

Zhenhong was crying and questioning the other party.

"Hey... really red..."

The chest was blasted through, and even the healing magic couldn't work, so Nina, who was still alive, made a sound in her direction.

"We, we...are friends..."

The girl nodded desperately, and the tears in the corners of her eyes slid down to the ground uncontrollably.

"We...are, best friends..."

But Nina continued talking as if she didn't see it.

"Nina understands Zhenhong better than anyone else, and Zhenhong understands Nina better than anyone else..."

"Nina once thought so~"

The girl who was held in Zhenhong's arms smiled and said while feeling the other's tears falling on her face.

"But...Nina, I was wrong..."

"Nina didn't realize...the hatred that Zhenhong carried didn't fade with the death of that man, nor did it weaken with the passage of time."

"Once upon a time, we agreed—"

"Magic is a prop, and magic is something that improves people's lives."

"Absolutely...ahem...definitely not something used to kill, to start a war—"

"The weak cling to the strong for protection, and the strong grow stronger because the weak cling to them."

"The relationship between the two parties is not a relationship between superiors and subordinates, but a relationship of equality and mutual dependence."

"This sentence was told by Zhenhong to Nina."

The girl named Nina put her hand on her really red face and stroked it gently.

"But... since when... ahem... when... did it start..."

"Zhenhong has become more and more disgusted with the weak, less and less willing to help the weak, and less and less willing to contact the weak."

"For Zhenhong, Nina is also weak~"

"No, no...Nina no..."

Zhenhong hugged each other tightly, talking in panic.

"Cough, cough cough...don't talk about it, Nina understands."

The girl's vision became more and more blurred, but she still stretched out her hand and gently wiped away the tears shed by her only true friend.

"Nina... Nina is dying... Zhenhong, can you promise Nina one thing? As... as the only friend, the last request..."

Zhenhong nodded her head desperately, tears streaming out of her eyes uncontrollably.

"No matter what it is... I promise Nina!"

"Well, this way...this is good..."

The girl smiled gratifiedly, and then said her last request.

"Zhenhong, you must not, don't become...someone like that man..."

"The weak cling to the strong for protection, and the strong grow stronger because the weak cling to them."

"Zhenhong told Nina this sentence, and now, Nina wants to tell Zhenhong."

"The strong dominate the weak. Nina doesn't want Zhenhong to bear this distorted view any longer."

"Everyone has a meaning of existence, and everyone's life cannot be taken away casually."

Saying that, the girl suddenly laughed.

"Hey, if Lord God heard such words, he would definitely be angry."

The gods fighting for the star cup cannot believe it anyway, and it is impossible to allow such a view to spread among the elves.

Both Nina and Zhenhong knew this, so Zhenhong chose to remain silent.

"True red~ Promise to Nina~"

"The strong and the weak are definitely not a relationship of dominance. If one day you are really popular and you meet someone you like, and that person also likes you—"

"It doesn't matter whether he is stronger or weaker than Zhenhong, whether he is our elf or another race."

"Don't worry about anything, like is like, love is love, there is no extra reason, no matter what it is for, abandon your own emotions, in that case, wouldn't even the meaning of existence be lost?"

The girl's voice gradually lowered, and Zhenhong seemed to realize something, and hugged her body tightly.

"No...don't...Nina...don't leave me..."

"Ah...Nina, I can't hold on any longer..."

"True red... Nina has one more thing to ask you..."

"Forget about Nina...forget about...the name..."

The girl murmured softly, then she tilted her head and completely lost consciousness.

"Peter... Nina, Nina is here to accompany you..."

PS: In the original work, Nina is the pseudonym of Zhenhong. Here I insert a memory of Zhenhong. The reason why Zhenhong uses Nina as the pseudonym is because of the shadow in childhood and the nostalgia for the best friend. Let yourself forget about Nina.

PS2: Of course, this plot doesn't exist in the original work, so don't worry about the setting of the original work.

Chapter 33 A Disease Named Love

"The reptiles over there~~~ What are you doing?"

Jibril, who was not worried about being lost because of the positioning magic used on Rick, did not use [Sky Shift], but flew towards Rick's direction very leisurely.

However, on the way, she suddenly found a... vampire that was sucking blood?

"Oh? A blood-sucking species? It's really rare——"

While talking briskly, Jibril landed on the ground.

The vampire who heard her voice turned around quickly. It was a little loli with blond hair and small breasts who was about twelve or thirteen years old.

When she saw the wings behind the opponent, the blond loli's eyes shrank suddenly.