“I…might be the most evil God of all.” (Shiva)
Toreido Shiva said.
“From the four Base Elements…no, from the six Gods of Creation.” (Shiva)
He was speaking as his other soul that resides in himself, the Wind God Quasar.
This God that rules over wind had trained in order to climb up to being the top of all Gods.
For the sake of that, he got involved with humans and learned from them.
He wondered if by having a God take in the potential of humans, that God would be able to become the top of the Gods —the way to get closer to the Dark God.
To achieve that, he incarnated as a human, moreover, he repeated that several times as he experienced life.
As a result, the Wind God incarnation, Toreido Shiva now exists.
“But as I repeated that, I ended up being charmed by the humans.” (Shiva)
Shiva speaks with a grave expression.
“That brave standing of the humans. Living their lives modestly. The simple smiles that come out from them at incidental things. The many small happenings that one would think are pointless, I began thinking that maybe that’s where the greatness of the humans lies in.” (Shiva)
Even when he is a God, he aimed to surpass Gods, and in a sense, Quasar was the more serious one out of them all.
“How ironic. Even though I got closer to humans seeking for strength, the humans taught me that the pointless is the strongest. And so, even as of today, I am residing in the body of a human, and enjoying the life of a human.” (Shiva)
Being born, growing, falling in love, have children, and raise them.
Shiva had a wedding the other day, and has reached the very definition of the pinnacle in human life.
“But…was that truly the correct thing to do?” (Shiva)
Shiva says while looking down at the helmet he was holding.
The beaten up and hollow helmet.
There’s obviously no signs of life in it.
“The Wind Demon Lord Raphael is the compilation of the wind element monsters that I as a God had created. Just like the other Base Element Gods, even if they were created at first as tools for the Gods, they should have been able to find their own reason to live.” (Shiva)
But he couldn’t.
Raphael is already completely gone. Only the helmet remained as if leaving a corpse.
“I enjoyed my life as a human so much, got so absorbed in my own enjoyment, that I might have neglected my duty as a God. Maybe I should have accepted the existence of the Demon Lords just like Nova, Coacervate, and Mantle did.” (Shiva)
But the Wind God had the duty of protecting his brethren from the Demon Lords as the human Shiva. And he even went so far as to destroy his own body to achieve this when he fought stubbornly against the Demon Lord.
Before he himself could be threatened by them, he threatened the Demon Lords.
“That’s why I might be the weakest within the six Gods of Creation. I got so absorbed in my own enjoyment that I forgot my side as a God…” (Shiva)
“You said ‘duty of a God’ before. But that duty is…” (Haine)
I -Kuromiya Haine- spoke.
I was the only one allowed to visit this sickroom, as a brethren of his, the Dark God.
“To create worlds. Create a world, create life, and that’s where the job of the Gods is over.” (Haine)
That’s why, at the moment when the world creation is over, the Gods are no longer needed.
“From there on, it is a matter of each Gods’ pride. How will you maintain your stance as a God? In what way will you act towards the living beings that you have created? All of those would just be the self-satisfaction of us Gods.” (Haine)
“But…!” (Shiva)
“There’s no duty for us Gods to love the lives that we created ourselves. And within that, you -Wind God- loved the humans more than anyone else. That’s why I respect you from the bottom of my heart.” (Haine)
And this love of his is reaching out to monsters as well.
“I think that loving more than two at the same time is incredibly difficult, you know. Especially when you are not only a God right now but a human as well.” (Haine)
Toreido Shiva has a family, a wife, and comrades that he loves deeply.
Because of that, he couldn’t avoid a battle with the Demon Lords as his human self.
“The decision you took at that time was correct. If you continue worrying like that, it would mean that you are also complaining about this girl’s fight, you know?” (Haine)
Both Shiva and I look down at the bed in front of us.
Sickroom.
The one currently residing in this sickroom is Toreido Hyue.
She was lying in the bed to rest her exhausted body and treat the wounds after a hard fight. She is currently in a deep sleep as if to heal her wounds as fast as possible.
“To think she would fight without telling me.” (Shiva)
Founder and hero, and also brother and sister.
In order to settle matters with the Wind Demon Lord, she didn’t attend the wedding of Shiva that happened right around the same time.
“That was her resolve. Hyue and Raphael fought by themselves so that the hatred that comes out from the battle won’t leak out.” (Haine)
Shiva learned of this after everything planned in the wedding was over already.
Shiva, surprised by the fight that occurred against the Demon Lord and his death -which Shiva himself was unaware of- made him run to the place in question while still in his groom outfit.
“Even though I was prepared to make her a God Hero anytime…she even refused that.” (Shiva)
“That’s what resolve is about. The resolve from Hyue…and also from Raphael.” (Haine)
That’s right, resolve.
The only way to cut off the cycle of hatred that stretches infinitely. The need to cut the emotions that rose up without limit.
That’s what it means to put an end to things.
Hyue thought of her own way to put an end to it, and acted on it.
“This is something that only she could do, because…” (Haine)
The Hyue lying here is…
“She is the wind hero after all.” (Haine)
“Right. Hyue is a true wind hero.” (Shiva)
Shiva’s words felt as if he were also telling himself that.
“I thought she would stay as my cute little sister forever, but she has become quite the reliable one without my knowing. There’s already no need for Juo or I huh…” (Shiva)
“Not only Hyue. That’s how it is for all humans.” (Haine)
Humans are strong.