The Author's POV

My eyes were glued to Edward's body, which was lying on the ground. In my ears, the noise from the crowd was drowned out.

During that moment, I had all my attention focused on Edward.

It wasn't until I saw his chest move that I finally relaxed.

He was still alive.

As he lay on the ground with his eyes wide open, staring at the red sky of the arena, his body was anything but fine.

Taking a deep breath and inwardly praying, I put the device back in my dimensional space and closed my eyes.

'I hope Amanda does not find out about this…'

If she found out I beat up her father...

Shivers ran down my spine.

'...Yeah, let's hope that does not happen.'

What Demon King?

She would probably finish me before that happened.

Well, I didn't think she would go that far, but I still didn't care to find out what would happen.

Keeping this secret under the grave was a sacred duty.

"Haa..."

I exhaled, and slowly opened my eyes.

As I opened my eyes again, I felt everyone's gaze pause on me. A pin-drop silence filled the arena grounds as none of the spectators spoke.

I then glanced toward the right. Nevertheless, I was surprised to find that the demoness had not appeared yet.

She was usually punctual.

'Where is she?'

I wondered to myself as I glanced around the place. It didn't take long for her to appear, as her figure appeared next to me shortly thereafter.

'Ah, there she is.'

Her eyes alternated between Edward and me as she hung open-mouthed. Eventually, she began to announce the match's result. The look on her face never changed as she spoke.

It was still filled with shock.

[…and the winner of the match is White Reaper, officially dethroning the Blood Prince from his Overlord position, and thereby becoming the new Overlord!]

It wasn't long before her words deeply echoed throughout the whole arena.

During a brief pause, the crowd and spectators digested the information before erupting into cheers.

The stadium started shaking as the cheers grew louder.

It was that loud.

My attention briefly focused on Edward's direction before I turned around and moved toward the metallic gates in the distance.

'My job is done, I should get prepared for the big event that is coming soon...'

It was about time I returned home.

***

"Not bad…"

Duke Azenoch's face was tinged with a faint curl as he watched White Reaper's figure slowly exit the arena.

The more he looked at him, the more pleased he became as he mumbled softly.

"He did not make the same mistake as the other one."

Recalling what had happened with SilverStar, the Duke shook his head with evident disappointment.

He was a good seedling. An obedient one.

that he had failed

he hadn't been that

this one isn't

Duke Azonech's lips opened enough to

glance, he looks pretty

course, that was merely

Duke Azonech had already come to the conclusion that he wasn't

wanted to challenge

smile on his face deepened as he

"...A pity."

muttered under

willingly choose to kill

really believe that he could escape after seeing what

a few more years, he became greedy and decided to challenge him

a terrible mistake on

pity that I have to

he

for him to reap his

***

time don't

back to my room, the first thing that greeted me

place, I didn't answer. It wasn't that I

one of my movements was being closely monitored, and given that I couldn't speak to him inside of my mind,

my

other matches that you've experienced. You should be

line of sight, I subtly nodded

'I know.'

Of course, I knew.

opponent was just as skilled as Edward, he was actually coming at me with the intent of killing me, unlike Edward who came

fully aware of the fact that he wasn't going to be honest with his rank as he would only pretend

most likely planned on killing me during the fight. As if the Duke would ever let

the biggest humiliation in his

than enough to fight against the Duke had he been suppressed. With everything that I've taught you over the past four months, this should be natural.

paused mid-sentence, and silence enveloped the

sentence to understand what he

was then that he

if that's the case, you stand no chance at beating him. Your

his direction, I

my thoughts were

don't

that despite helping me over the course of four months, he had done

it for the sake of doing

understood this point as I took

He also knew this.

there was only a

was still unclear about his real

king and get rid of his curse? But what exactly was this

that time would repeatedly loop for him, or was it

I wasn't sure.

asking him, he would always

His silence seemed forced.

as though someone or something

chains? This

aside, I still didn't feel comfortable with the

when you

he said those words, I cocked my head forward and

know you were the one

to understand my thoughts,

we were in that dungeon. What difference does it make now?... Are you really that confident in defeating

my eyes, he paused

something. Regardless of how many times you want to die, or how many times you die, you will never die.

to me, his ice-cold eyes

not interested in taking your body. But, it is within my best interest

his hand, he pointed

is within your best interest if

***

Clank. Clank. Clank.

small cell, creating a

"Ukhh.."

Blinking a couple of times to get