After Harriet left, Vertus sat in his office, deep in thought. 0

The Demon King seemed to prefer death. He worried that if things continued as they were, a bigger problem might arise. 0

Why? Wouldn’t it be better to use Akasha and survive? Why was the Demon King pretending to care for humanity?0

Humans had destroyed his world and killed his father. If the previous Demon King had truly died with such intentions, then his son and successor should have harbored hatred for humanity. 0

The Demon King had no reason to care for the safety of humanity. Such forgiveness and reconciliation could not exist. Therefore, Baalier’s declarations about wanting peace were inevitably lies. In fact, all his tales about Akasha could be lies and bluffs. 0

Should the Demon King be killed or not? For the moment, Akasha was in the hands of the Demon King’s subordinates, and if they tried to use Akasha to free the Demon King, an unpredictable disaster would occur. 0

The Demon King’s minions would use Akasha to retrieve him. So, if the Demon King were killed, wouldn’t his minions, having lost hope, refrain from using Akasha? That didn’t seem right either.0

If that route were taken, Akasha would be used to take revenge for the dead Demon King. In either case, Akasha would be used. The only way Akasha wouldn’t be used was to release the Demon King. 0

But what if the Demon King, when freed, used Akasha to destroy the world? That would be the worst of outcomes for humanity. 0

If his story about Akasha was true, if it were true that he lost his memory and knew nothing about it until recently, and if it were true that he knew the future,...0