"So realizing he cannot protect Chastiefol made him remember?"
Hundreds of meters above the village, Kaito watched the current scene and could not help but murmur with interest.
It seemed that the current situation worked as shock therapy for King.
King's trauma is easy to understand, he and his friend trusted humans, humans betrayed them, kidnapping and selling a group of fairies, they fought against them and in the end his friend died, while King, perhaps due to his injuries or perhaps due to the trauma, ended up losing his memory.
Since in the original story he recovered his memories once his friend appeared again, Kaito was not surprised that this helped him awaken.
"Although it was not really his friend, but someone being controlled by a Holy Knight, although in reality the Holy Knight was also being controlled by a demon. And demons do not act for no reason, but follow the orders of the Demon King." Thinking about King's story, Kaito could not help but sigh.
'Poor King, he basically encountered the final enemy of the series from the very beginning, of course he had no way of winning... or something like that, I do not remember every detail' King's friend returned too many times to remember the plot of each one.
"Diane has no way of winning now, it is best if I go down."
On the ground, Diane watched King's sudden transformation with surprise, it was not a transformation in the literal sense, but Diane could feel that King was much stronger than before.
"True Spirit Spear Chastiefol - first form: Chastiefol."
King, now with all his memories, regained the calm and confidence that came with his true identity as the Fairy King of this generation.
He raised his hand to the sky while summoning the true form of the sacred spear Chastiefol.
It, previously a spear no more than two meters long, almost entirely gray with golden touches, now had an exquisite completely golden form with elegant designs, with a shape and edge so fine that it almost entered the second dimension and a size that made it seem like a weapon meant for the giant clan.
With the same slight flick of his wrist he had used so many times before, the true first form of Chastiefol shot toward Diane at high speed.
Sensing the danger, she quickly grabbed her hammer and, using the enhancement it provided, used Rising Meteor to build a massive wall of earth in front of her several dozen meters wide.
CRASHHH!
However, the spear pierced the wall as if it were paper, scattering its pieces everywhere and instantly destroying several nearby houses due to the force of the impact.
"Damn it!" Diane simply complained, prepared for death from the moment the battle began.
But while Diane accepted her death and King smiled with confidence, the spear suddenly turned around and moved several times faster toward King, as if someone had spun it at incredible speed and thrown it back even harder.
"What?!" King reacted in shock for a second, but it was only that, a second. The next instant, a mocking smile appeared on his face as he raised his hand, stopping the spear between his index and middle fingers.
"Did you really think my spear would hurt me?"
"No."
King quickly turned upon hearing the voice beside him, but even he did not react fast enough to avoid the blow to his back, sending him dozens of meters forward, making him crash into the ground and bounce several times like a stone thrown across the ocean.
Now on the ground and with his spear far away, King saw Kaito slowly approaching him, as if he did not even consider him a threat.
"You recovered your memories, you are welcome" Kaito smiled as if it were all thanks to him. "As payment, I will take your spear, just as I said before."
"You think that..."
Crashhh!
Before he could finish speaking, Kaito grabbed him by the neck and threw him in the opposite direction, then appeared right in front of where he landed several hundred meters away.
At the place where they had been a second ago, the golden spear struck with force, creating a crater dozens of meters wide.
"Listen, I have several ways to stop your spear, but this is the most fun one. Believe me, if I do not want it to, your spear will never touch me, I can kill you thousands of times before you even move your hand" Kaito said, crouching in front of him. "But I am not going to do that, do you know why?"
King, still on the ground, spat a mouthful of blood and mocked him. "Ha, you want me to believe you are not my enemy? The one who wants to steal the Fairy King's treasure?"
"It is for a greater good" Kaito shrugged.
"Sure it is" King replied, not believing him or not really caring.
"Anyway, I am leaving." Kaito ignored his words and walked toward the golden spear.
Seeing this, King forced himself up and shouted.
"Wait! Who are you?! Why do you want my spear? I... I can help you! No one controls Chastiefol better than the Fairy King!"
At his last words, Kaito stopped, not having really thought about it before.
'System, can I...?'
[As long as positive feelings reach 60 it can be summoned, they do not have to be romantic.]
"How willing are you?"
"I..." King hesitated for a second, he had only said that due to adrenaline and had not thought it through. However, facing an unstoppable force, King could not fight, besides... "You said before that it is for a greater good. What does that mean? If it really is, I can help you, but if it is just for selfish reasons, then I will fight to the death to prevent you from taking Chastiefol."
Before Kaito could speak, the ground shook and a giant girl landed beside him, having reached the place by jumping from the distance since they had moved far from the village.
"I will explain" she said excitedly.
After that, Diane spent half an hour explaining Kaito's origin while King simply nodded in surprise, having no idea whether to believe it or not, while Kaito watched the situation with some doubts.
"Is... is that true?" King asked, looking at Kaito. "It is not that I do not believe you, but... another world, the destruction of all universes, Lords, it sounds unreal."
"You do not need to believe" Kaito replied. "After all, once I summon you there, you will know if it is true."
"...Right" King nodded. "Then that is it, you will just summon me there once you leave?"
"No. I need you to have faith in me. I cannot summon just anyone, you need to be my subordinate" Kaito lied, as it seemed like the easiest non romantic way to increase his impression of him.
King looked at him for a long time without speaking, hesitating. For a moment he thought everything was false, but quickly dismissed the idea.
Not only because someone who could kill him with a single move like Kaito had no reason to lie, but also because if it were a lie then he basically had nothing to lose.
According to what he had been told, to summon him he only needed to believe in him, nothing more, and Kaito could only summon him once he left. In other words, from his perspective, Kaito was letting him go with the spear he had fought so much for without asking him to do anything.
Not only did it not seem like a lie, but even if it was, he would still come out ahead.
After a while of silence where none of the three spoke, King made his decision, his gaze became more resolute and he knelt on one knee.
"I do not know if what you are saying is true, but I know that if it is, then I cannot stand by and do nothing.
If such a threat exists, I, Harlequin, King of the Fairies, swear my loyalty to Kaito, the Demon King, Lucifer."
'Does that work?' Kaito asked the system.
[Confirmed. Affection: 75% - Loyalty/Necessity.]
With the system's confirmation, Kaito smiled in satisfaction and ordered King to stand.
"Good, get up, I accept your oath. The moment I return to my world, I will summon you."
'More or less. Not exactly' he added in his mind, thinking about how he did not have enough summoning cards.
"Thank you very much" King nodded immediately. "In that case, I will go to the Fairy Forest, I abandoned the forest for many centuries due to my memory loss. I have many things to do."
At King's mention, Kaito remembered something.
"Speaking of that, are there more artifacts like Chastiefol?"
"That is impossible, Chastiefol is made from parts of the Sacred Tree, the origin of the fairies and all the magic of this world, there is no other like it" King replied.
But Kaito simply shook his head.
"I do not mean that, just the pillow form, is there another like that?"
"You... want a pillow?" King asked, confused.
"Yes. Let us just say I know someone very lazy who would love it" Kaito shrugged with a smile.
At that, King's eyes lit up with excitement as if he had found a kindred spirit.
"I understand. Flying is not as comfortable as it seems, right? Always having to control magic while also controlling direction, force and everything else. In moments like that you just want to lie on something soft while making the effort, right?"
"She has a boyfriend, and it is me." Kaito said possessively, looking at King with killing intent far worse than when he was fighting him.
"A... ahaha, I did not have those intentions, do not worry. But yes, creating something like Chastiefol's pillow form is not difficult and there are more in the Fairy Forest. Why do you not come with me?" King immediately stepped back, remembering the beating earlier and knowing that if he said anything more something much worse would probably await him.
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