Shadow Monarch: Heroines Could Hear My Thoughts?!

Chapter 213- Don't Speak

"I did that?" Rin asked with confusion. Not only does he not remember anything from after his fall but he can't even recall waking up from his comatose state at all until this point.

"Yes... You saved Lala. Thank you so much." The little girl nodded before bowing her head respectfully at Rin.

"No, no! You don't need to thank me. You already saved my life and that's more than enough."

"No, grandpa said to thank our benefactors properly." She replied with a serious tone.

"I see..."

Rin's eyes then shifted to the man Godfrey who was sitting there silently.

"Lala, could you please bring the food?" He asked.

"Yes!"

After that, the girl ran away to the kitchen happily, leaving the two men alone.

"She's a kind girl. You raised her well." Rin praised honestly with a smile.

"I wasn't the one who taught her to be kind. She got that trait from her mother."

"Uh, now that I think about it. Are you two the only people that live here?"

Godfrey nodded his head as he tapped on the table rhythmically. "After her parents died, I took Lala to live far away from people so that she can recover."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."

"Don't worry about it. She's a strong girl, I'm sure she will be fine."

"... Can I ask how they died if you don't mind?"

Since Lala shared the same tragic past as Rin, he really wanted to know what she went through. In a sense, it was to see how people react to losing their beloved families and to also reaffirm his emotions about it.

"Poisoning. They both were bitten by a wild snake and we couldn't find the cure for it." Godfrey explained.

"I see..."

"Now, I want to ask you a question myself, kid. Why did you fall into this place?" He asked.

Looking down, Rin pondered his response for a moment before he looked up and said.

"For one reason or another, I was deemed as a demon and an enemy of humans and so I had to jump into this hole." He explained vaguely while retaining the truth of the matter.

"You? A demon?"

"Yes."

"How could that be?"

'I can't tell him about my powers since it would only carry trouble along with it.' Rin thought to himself.

As he was about to speak, Lala came back with a tray filled with food and put it down on the table before giving each one a plate.

"Dig in, kid." Godfrey said, completely ignoring their previous topic.

Rin knew that he deliberately moved on as he noticed how hesitant Rin was in answering.

The three then ate the food in silence. Rin felt slightly awkward but he knew that trying to forcefully create a topic could only backlash. Well, a topic that wasn't important that is.

"Uh, can I know perhaps where we are now? I'm not familiar with the place."

"This is the eastern region of the Demon World near the borderless forest."

"Borderless forest? Why is it called like that?"

"This forest is quite special. You see, the only way to enter or exit this forest is through a precise path. If someone tries to exit through any other path, they will end up never leaving. That's why it's called the borderless forest."

"I see... By the way, who is the ruler of the demon world?"

The moment Rin asked that question, Godfrey and Lala's expressions changed completely. They glared at Rin as if he said something bad.

"Please, don't talk about that topic in front of anyone," Godfrey said with a grave tone.

"Huh? Why?"

"It's because..." Thinking about it for a second, Godfrey looked at Lala who seemingly understood what he meant and quickly stood up then ran to another room.

'What is going on?' Rin thought confusedly. 'Is talking about the queen a taboo of some sort?'

After a few seconds, Lala came back with a piece of paper and a pen and handed them to Godfrey who quickly scribbled down something and then handed the paper to Rin to read it.

The piece of paper read: Don't mention the name of the queen because one of her abilities allows her to hear anyone who talks about her and even pinpoint their location. If you don't want to get killed, that is.'

'What?!' Rin's eyes widened as he felt his heart stop for a second. He read the paper again and again, trying to comprehend whether it was a sick joke or something along those lines.

But, when he looked up, he only saw a deadly serious expression on Godfrey's face.

"Don't say anything." Godfrey whispered to him.

'She can hear everyone that talks about her no matter where they are? And even see where they are? Isn't that too absurd? Is she a god of some kind?' Rin felt his head swirl with thoughts.

In a sense, that power explains how Somi and her group were easily found by the queen. But, the pure terror of such an ability is unfathomable. How can humans fight against such a monster? How can this monster even be beaten?'

Rin couldn't see any possible way of doing that except if they had a person with equal power to face her.

'But, if she targets Elise and the others, how can I even stop her? Can I even grow stronger fast enough to face her head-on?'

"Give me the piece of paper," Godfrey said, waking him up from his trance.

Then, the man wrote something else on the piece of paper and handed it back to Rin.

'You are a human. The queen doesn't particularly like your race but she doesn't seem to show clear hatred either. The reason for that is a speech that she made a while ago to every single demon. In that speech, she talked about a certain topic... About someone she was expecting to appear soon that will lead the demons to their victory against humans.' He said.

'Someone? Who?' Rin asked himself. But, then his mind clicked in a moment of enlightenment.

'Don't tell me...'

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