I Played the Role of a Hated Hero, but for Some Reason, I’m Loved by the Last Boss and Living With Her! - Chapter 55

“What do you think?! Isn’t it amazing?!”

In a corner of the square that opened up in the forest, new space had been created where a tree had been cut open, and a wooden building had appeared there.

It was a two-story building with a slate roof. The appearance was exactly that of an inn in the town of Cid.

Moreover, behind the inn were the figures of Phoenix and Titan, who had returned to their demonic state.

Phoenix, covered in divine golden feathers and flapping her wings, and Titans, whose gender has changed from his human form and is now full of muscles.

I hadn’t seen the two of them in their true forms in weeks, but my gaze was more drawn to the artifacts that had suddenly appeared in the forest.

“Demiurge, this is…”

“Well, what the heck. I was taken in by Yggdrasil’s wooing. I created it.”

“What?”

Demiurge created it?

It’s true that in her prime, she would have been able to build a structure like this without difficulty, but she lost her power in the battle with me, and until I woke her up, she would have been living naked, unable to make clothes.

It was only about a month ago that she said she was finally able to create some clothes.

How is it that she suddenly became able to create a structure of this scale?

Or rather, why did she suddenly build such a thing in such a place?

“I understand that there are many things you want to get into. I’ll explain it to you from the beginning.”

And with a somewhat dumbfounded chuckle, Demiurge told us about the events that had happened while we were out hunting.

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It was a little while after Ares and the others left the forest, back in time.

“So, what are you going to do by keeping us here, Yggdrasil?”

What is this spirit of the world tree up to, leaving even Phoenix and Titan, who usually go out to hunt demons, in the forest?

Demiurge stared at Yggdrasil with half-lidded eyes and asked her with dissatisfaction in her voice.

“Fufu, actually. We’re going to build our house in this forest… right near where the world tree is!”

However, she did not care about Demiurge’s grumpiness and said such a thing.

“I don’t want it. It’s impossible.”

However, Demiurge immediately said no to her old friend.

“Eehh~! Don’t be so quick to say no~!”

“What is impossible is impossible.”

“No, you can’t! You created a magnificent temple in Sephiroth before! Just like that, *poof*! Let’s build a house for us to live in~!”

This girl…

Demiurge held her aching head and shook her head.

Phoenix behind had a puzzled look on her face, and the Titan seemed uninterested in the first place.

“Don’t be absurd. You’ve seen it all, and you know it. I am no longer as powerful as I once was. No, even if I could, I would not waste my mana on such a thing. Most of my mana is consumed in cultivating the World Tree. I can’t afford to spend it on anything else.”

The cultivation of the World Tree is an urgent matter.

If things continue as they are, the world will begin to collapse in less than a thousand years. We need to bring the sapling to the state of a giant tree as soon as possible.

If the mana from the tree is stable and circulates throughout the world, destruction can be avoided.

To do this, we must continue to provide the world tree with mana daily and have it grow as quickly as possible.

That’s why Demiurge has been giving the World Tree everything but the mana it needs for life.

What’s more, the current Demiurge doesn’t have the power to create even a small hut.

The creation of mana by converting it into other materials consumes a lot of mana from the body.

The current Demiurge can only create a set of clothes at best.

“I, as well as husband and the Four Demons, are working hard so that you can grow into a great tree as quickly as possible. But you are wasting your precious mana by saying such a thing…”

“It’s not a waste! It’s necessary!”

“We don’t need a home. We can avoid the wind and rain with our current sleeping quarters, and if we are cold, we can warm ourselves with human skin. Storms and heavy snowfalls are as easy to endure as using magic. First of all, I can’t build a house now. You must give up gracefully.”

“It’ll be fine! Now that I’ve regained consciousness, I can absorb mana from the air, so Dee-chan’s burden should be greatly reduced! The amount of mana produced is also much higher than when I was a seed!”

“Mu, you may have increased your mana efficiency, but you’ll need to take in more mana to speed up your growth.”

“Geez! I want to build a house and live in it with Dee-chan and A-kun!”

“That’s a human thing to do. How can you, who is equal to a god and the keystone of the world, be interested in something as trivial as this?”

“If you say so, then even Dee-chan’s romantic feelings are not unique to humans!”

“Th-That’s…”

Demiurge averted her gaze, looking unhappy at the fact that her words had completely boomeranged back at her.

However, the answer to what would happen if she showed such an appearance to this World Tree is more obvious than the fire.

“Isn’t it strange that God has fallen in love with a human boy? Who was it that was calling for the extinction of humanity not long ago? I wonder who was the one who was so excited? And yet, that person is losing its strength, and now I love, love, love~… How can that be?”

“S-Shut up! It can’t be helped! I can’t help what I’ve fallen in love with! I never thought that I would develop such feelings for him!”

Perhaps because she was aware that she was making an excuse, Demiurge was unable to make eye contact with Yggdrasil.

“If that’s the case, why don’t you come along with me when I play games~? I’ve always been alone too okay~? I’ve been sitting in a tree silently watching the world go by, and Dee-chan, who I’ve been talking to, has been all about humans for thousands of years and hasn’t given me any attention… I’ve been so lonely~.”

“Ugh…”

Demiurge was also a little sorry about that.

However, the Demiurge of that time was almost emotionally dead.

She was mentally exhausted from dealing with humans for so long to save the world. And just like Yggdrasil, she had been struggling to protect the World Tree and the world all by herself.

She couldn’t be sane with her rich emotions.

She had also told Yggdrasil not to enter this world to preserve as much of her power as possible. This made it even more difficult for them to be close to each other, yet still, be alone.

“I want to have fun with everyone, too… And besides, it may be fine for Dee-chan, but I don’t think it’s right to force the originally human A-kun to live the way he is now forever~.”

“Th-That’s… of course, I feel bad for husband, but wasting mana on..”

Yggdrasil said a few words, and Demiurge finally became too weak to argue.

Yggdrasil smiled wickedly at the sight of her.

Of course, she’s covering her mouth with her hand.

……This girl is too cute.

Yggdrasil is strangely tickled by the sight of Demiurge, whose tone weakens when Ares is cited.

The other day, she left Titans upside down for the night. Despite her young appearance, Yggdrasil seems to have a very strong sense of humor.

“Be-si-des… I think a separate space like this is necessary for two people who love each other, don’t you think~? You know, it’s called a love nest~… Two people alone in a closed room… At night, the two of you can fill the limited space with sweet air and be united… right? Don’t you ever want to make love with A-kun like that~?”

“W-With husband.”

Good, good. Heart is starting to waver! If so, Yggdrasil tries to use Demiurge’s feelings for Ares as much as possible to agitate her to get her point across, such as by giving her one more shot…

Demiurge, too, now, instead of thinking about the world, all she could think about was Ares.

Love is blind, as the saying goes. The god of creation, who has lived for so many years, is like a naive girl who is preoccupied with one man rather than her mission.

“Right right~… Besides~ If he finds out that Dee-chan built the house, she’ll be more sensitive to A-kun, and your nightly activities might become more intense.”

“I-Intense than before?! I-Is that so… husband, will praise me…”

“Of course! I can assure you of that! That’s why we’re going to build a house for us!”

“B-But… even if I have enough mana, if I have to reconstruct mana from scratch to build a building, I will only be able to build a small hut. If there are materials that can be used from the beginning, it is possible to build a building by simply changing the shape of the building with mana…”

“You think I haven’t thought of that? That’s sweet, Dee-chan! This is why you need the two people behind you… Fu-chan and Ta-chan!”

Then Yggdrasin points to the back of Demiergos and says.

Phoenix reacted with surprise at the sudden mention of their name.

“U-Us?”

“Hah? What, we’re supposed to help build this house?”

“That’s right! I need you to get wood and stone for the house! We also need to prepare the ground for building the house. If you’re in your demon form, you can cut down the trees in this forest and search for rocky areas to bring the stone materials here, right?”

“Ee, ehhh… well, that’s about right…”

“That’s a pain in the ass… Why would I do that?”

“Aha♪ If you help me, I’ll do something nice for you that you like very much, I’ll give you a round, okay~?”

“Leave it to me. I’ll bring you trees, I’ll bring you rocks.”

“Thanks a lot~.”

“Titan… you’ve really changed… but it’s complicated because I feel like Yggdrasil’s gotten the better of me…”

“Don’t mind, don’t mind. Then, let’s get to work~!!”

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“―――So, I had Phoenix and Titan secure the materials and prepare the land, and finally, I shaped the foundation with the stone I had, and created the building of the human world that I remembered on top of it. That’s how it is.”

“I see.”

Completely manipulated by Yggdrasil…

I gave a small chuckle to my wife and looked up at the building in front of me again.

From what I’ve heard, the only building the Demiurge knew about the exterior and interior structure was the inn we used, so they settled on the current form.

Also, it seems that they used up all the extra mana when they built the building, so they didn’t prepare any furniture for the inside.

“If I could, I would have prepared something like that… but I’ve reached my limit. It looks like I won’t be able to create anything for a while… In the end, I ended up with a very subtle result, like I only made the box and not the contents…”

“No, it’s not. I’ll get you some furniture. I’m planning to go back to the city of Cid soon, so I can buy a complete set of furniture for all of us there.”

“No, if you give me enough time, I can make it from scratch again. I don’t mean to take advantage of Yggdrasil’s words, but I have some flexible mana now. I may use it.”

“No, it’s enough that you set up the house, now it’s my turn to work hard to set up a new living environment. My wife has done so much for me. How can I not do something for her? Well, thank you for that, Demiurge. I have to admit, I was hoping to get a decent place to live at some point, so thank you.”

“U-Umu, yes, I see… Then, I’ll take husband favors when it comes to furniture and the like… wife… fufu… wife, huh… sounds good…”

“Ah, Dee-chan, you look very loose~.”

“Fufu, say what you will. Your sarcasm is nothing to me now.”

“Uwaa~ what’s this? That smug face is really annoying~♪.”

Yggdrasil smiles, but has a blue streak on her forehead.

Really, there is no such thing as restraint between these two. The distance between them is so close.

Well, that’s beside the point.

“Yggdrasil, for whatever reason, thank you for giving us the opportunity to build our home. I’ll repay you in due time.”

“My~ you’re so sweet and honest. You’re just the kind of boy that this sister likes~.”

“Y-You can’t!? I won’t let you have him, no matter what!”

“Hey, Dee-chan, you’re being too desperate. If you react like that, I’m going to want it no matter wha~t.”

“You’ll never do it!”

“Ah, ahaha…”

Yggdrasil is teasing me, and Demiurge is hugging my arm and won’t let go.

Before I knew it, Phoenix and Titan were also in human form.

While the four demons looked at us in disgust, we were somehow soothed by the easy atmosphere of our relatives.

This is probably because we have a place where we can call our own, our family home.