"Stop!"
Seeing the Demon King turn towards the heroic girl, Shane finally couldn't sit idly by and took a step forward.
Shane had done the same thing in a dream before.
But that time, Shane acted on a vague idea, knowing things would get terrible, and unconsciously wanted to prevent the Demon Lord Girl's action.
Yet this time was different.
This time, Shane was very aware of who that heroic girl, now being watched by the Demon King, truly was.
She was not just the first-generation Hero, not just a friend cherished by the Goddess and Demon King, but also an existence crucially important to him.
The girl's youthful face and appearance overlapped with the mature woman Shane imagined in his mind, compelling him to take that step and shout those words.
Sadly...
"This is a reenactment of the past, a critical history related to the Demon King that we can't alter. We are mere observers of this era, mere passersby here, unable to change this past."
