The Heroines Can Read My Secret Diary

[I see. So when Megumi stabbed me back then, Satan got my blood? Satan wants to use my blood to open the Gates of Hell. Or, to be precise, to break the seal. Quite an interesting setting. By the way, Satan also said I'm the reincarnation of Emperor Shengzong? That point, well, it doesn't really matter. Whether it's Emperor Shengzong or something else, what difference does it make?]

[I am just me. It doesn't matter. Besides, I was already somewhat suspicious myself. After all, the attitudes of Natsuki and Yae Miko toward me were quite worth suspecting.]

[I'm a little annoyed. What they care about is Emperor Shengzong, not me. That really annoys me.]

[But should I stop it now? Eh, I can't stop it anyway. So I'll just watch. Let's see what happens when Satan opens the Gates of Hell.]

Hakuto put his hands in his pockets, led Laeticia to the side, and said to Satan, "You go ahead. I'll watch you open the Gates of Hell. I'm quite curious about the Gates of Hell. So open it up and let me see."

Satan: ???

Looking at Hakuto, Satan said he couldn't understand. He was stunned for a full minute before cautiously asking Hakuto, "Don't you have any intention of stopping me?"

"Why would I stop you?"

Satan subconsciously answered: "If I open the Gates of Hell, the demons and angels inside will come out. Then this world will fall under our rule. Then humans will only be our two-legged sheep, our livestock. Don't you want to stop that?"

"Oh, so that's what you're going to do. But what does that have to do with me? You enslave humans, rule over humans, treat humans like livestock, like two-legged sheep. But the problem is, what does that have to do with me? It's not like you can enslave me, right? Let's say I don't stop you. Will you come after me?"

Satan shook his head. "No. If you don't stop me, then there's no conflict between us. Naturally, I won't go looking for trouble with you."

"So, you see, I don't stop you, you don't come after me. Why would I have to deal with you?"

A look of stunned disbelief appeared on Satan's face. He clearly hadn't expected this situation. Then he subconsciously said, "It seems like that means we really don't have any conflict."

But soon, Satan looked at Hakuto suspiciously. "Would you really do that? That's not like you."

"I am me. He is him. In short, he and I are two different people. Understand?"

Satan looked at Hakuto, then said, "Alright. Since we're not enemies, we don't need to conflict."

No matter what he thought, Satan decided to release his kin first.

[Tsk, this Satan guy is really funny. You want to enslave humans, rule over humans, treat humans like livestock and two-legged sheep? Why the hell should I care? Besides, Satan's strength is there, but it's not that strong. If he were really strong, he wouldn't have been sealed. So I'll just watch the show.]

Laeticia looked at Hakuto, her eyes filled with disbelief. "Why won't you stop this demon?"

"Stop him? Hmm, Miss Laeticia, do you know what it would take to stop this demon? Could you bear to kill your father? To stop this demon, we would have to kill your father. I'm asking you, could you bear to kill your father?"

Hearing Hakuto's words, Laeticia fell silent. Looking at her father, who had turned into a demon, pain filled Laeticia's eyes. She couldn't understand. Why had her father, with his steadfast faith, turned into a demon? Why...

"Father, why did you turn into a demon? You had steadfast faith. But why did you turn into a demon?"

The demon, who had completely transformed into a goat beastman and was wearing the vestments of a Cardinal, said to Laeticia, "Laeticia, the Lord we believe in is himself a demon. So, what wrong did we do by turning into demons? Laeticia, come to Father. Let me beg the Lord to turn you into a demon like me."

Looking at Laeticia, the demon invited her. Hakuto just watched from the side. This was their family matter. Why would Hakuto interfere?

Hakuto, however, said to Satan, "You say Emperor Shengzong drove you all here. Was Emperor Shengzong that strong?"

"It's not a matter of strength. Emperor Shengzong was... indescribable."

"What do you mean, indescribable? Explain in detail."

"It's indescribable. I don't know how to say it. In short, as long as he was around, no other being in this world dared to show their face."

A flash of displeasure passed through Hakuto's eyes, but he continued asking, "Then why didn't you threaten Emperor Shengzong by capturing the people around him? No matter how powerful he was, you could capture the people around him. Then, at worst, you could all go down together. Since it was a dead end anyway, go down together."

Satan looked at Hakuto, his gaze gradually turning strange, but he continued explaining: "Even you can think of that, so you think we demons couldn't? But you don't know, Emperor Shengzong usually killed the hostage first. Then he would make the person who took the hostage live. But that kind of living was more painful than death."

Hearing this, Hakuto fell silent.

Laeticia, on the other hand, suddenly said to Hakuto, "You said before that you would kill Satan. So, even if it means killing my father along with him, I don't care. Please kill Satan."

Satan and Hakuto: ???

Hakuto looked at Satan and subconsciously asked, "Did our conversation just now affect her?"

Satan answered uncertainly: "Probably."

The two fell silent. Hakuto looked at Laeticia, then took out an M-shaped hair ornament and handed it to her. "If you want to save him, do it yourself. But let me warn you: when you put on this hair ornament, you will no longer be human."

She reached out and took the M-shaped hair ornament from Hakuto's hand. "If this can save the world, then let all the suffering be borne by me."