Do Your Own Revolution

Chapter 201

< Final Chapter-015. >

“So, it has come to this.”

When I opened my eyes, the situation before me was clear.

Me, having regained my senses, holding a gun.

And before its barrel, Irene with a bitter smile.

The final moment where everything would end with just a pull of the trigger.

“You should have killed me while I was lost in the illusion. Then you, not I, would have been the victor.”

“Eugene couldn’t shoot me earlier either. We’re the same in that regard.”

Saying that, Irene maintained her smile as she spoke.

“This was all I could do.”

“……”

“A way to make Eugene happy without suppressing my queenly instincts. After five years of endless contemplation, the fake world I just showed you was the answer I came up with.”

Hearing those words, I looked at Irene’s tentacles connected to my body.

Following the monster’s voice to summon an army of destruction to devastate the surface, and merging with me who came to capture her, trapping me in an imaginary world.

And living there together for eternity.

That was Irene’s ultimate plan.

“But I failed.”

“……”

“I couldn’t overcome Eugene’s will, the imaginary world I worked so hard to create was easily shattered, and I even lost control of the body.”

Irene was right.

My body, having completely regained control.

And this strange sensation I felt simultaneously.

I knew instinctively.

That now I could control the monsters, open and close the rifts, and separate this body connected to Irene.

The imaginary world.

The moment I escaped from there, I had taken control of all these monsters.

Boom—!

Meanwhile, the ground beneath our feet shook violently.

The epicenter was underground in the city center.

An explosion spell had gone off where the giant flower stood.

“If Eugene had said he would stay there… if he had said he was happy… There wouldn’t have been any problems.”

Saying that, Irene slowly reached out toward me.

“A stranger who came from an unfamiliar place. Even if we are just characters from a made-up story to you.”

Having said that, Irene slowly lowered her hand that had touched my face.

“You chose to love those people.”

You don’t want to let go of the bonds you’ve made here.

Saying that, Irene grabbed the gun barrel pointed at her face and moved it to the center of her chest.

“This is where the Monster Queen’s Factor is located.”

At the end of the barrel was Irene’s body.

No monster-like carapace.

No protective barrier made of magical power.

Just the fragile body of a young girl.

“If you destroy this, the rifts will close, and the monsters who lost their queen will turn into wild beasts and self-destruct.”

There was no need to imbue it with magical power.

One shot from a self-defense pistol.

With just that, I could eliminate the monster army that would cover the entire continent.

I could end the long-running battle with the monsters.

However.

“……”

I turned my gaze to look at Irene’s brightly smiling face.

‘Shoot Irene with my own hands.’

Fundamentally different from humans.

Yet I had carelessly left Irene alone as she continued to suppress herself.

I had optimistically focused only on what was right in front of me, and that ultimately drove her to the extreme.

In other words, this chaos was no different than something I had brought upon myself.

“Don’t hesitate. Eugene.”

Perhaps she noticed my thoughts.

Looking at the gun barrel against her chest, Irene spoke.

“The evil dragon who took away the princess must die by the prince’s hand.”

“……”

“And then the prince returns with the princess, and they live happily ever after.”

Irene’s hand grasped my hand holding the gun.

“Protect the people you love, and live together with them.”

“……”

“Become a hero, Eugene.”

Strength entered my hand holding the gun.

Hero.

The moment I heard those words, it felt like something clouding my mind cleared away.

To everyone who told me to become a hero who saved the world, I had always replied without exception:

“No.”

Irene tried to become completely one with me.

Whether that was born from possessiveness or not doesn’t matter.

What matters is what I can do now.

And since falling into this world, there has been an absolute proposition in my heart.

I will not become a slave.

I will not become a tool.

“I will not become a hero.”

And this is my choice to end all of this.

“?!”

Grabbing Irene’s surprised shoulders, I pressed my lips against hers.

Contact made by my own will.

Beyond Irene’s bewildered psyche, I focused my consciousness on the monster factor residing in her core.

Countless memories.

Pain experienced in old times.

Obsession.

After continuing to dig through her mind past all of that…

………

I reached an alien existence deeply seated in Irene’s mind.

A massive will.

A vast being formed from thousands, tens of thousands, millions of consciousnesses.

The monsters’ collective consciousness dwelling in her factor.

– Guide us.

– To that place.

– To the Promised Land.

When the alien presence appeared, the monsters’ will directed at Irene flowed into me.

A will so strong that just briefly facing it felt like my consciousness would fly away.

‘No wonder the kid nearly went crazy, enduring something like this for over 5 years.’

While thinking that, I gradually endured it and spoke to the massive monster will.

“Hey, monsters.”

Hearing that voice, as if recognizing my existence, the flood of information pouring into my mind temporarily stopped.

The emotions I felt were shyness, alienation, wariness, and fear.

A perfect state for negotiation.

“Now that I’m completely merged with Irene, I can connect my consciousness to your factor and communicate like this.”

Whether to kill or spare your queen.

I’m now in a position to choose.

“Therefore, I’ll give you all a choice.”

As I mentioned the word choice, I could feel the massive consciousness turning its attention to my words.

“Either get annihilated as an entire species here by my hand.”

Emotions of fear and hostility.

“Or accept the deal I’m proposing.”

And following that, a will full of pure curiosity.

After what felt like a long time…

– What do you desire?

Finally, the monsters’ collective consciousness responded to my words.

If we’ve come this far, we’re halfway there.

I answered immediately.

“100 years of suspended activity.”

– You want us to wait? For what?

“Until I finish everything I need to do in this world.”

– And after that?

“In place of Irene, I’ll help you find your ‘Promised Land.'”

After a brief exchange, the voice paused once again.

– You would take on the role of queen?

“It doesn’t seem impossible.”

Through awakening and accepting the primal imprint, my body had become inhuman.

An alien existence mostly composed of magical power.

I had become closer to a monster than a human.

Additionally, now that I’m merged with Irene, I essentially have the Queen’s Factor as well.

This very conversation was proof enough of that.

– You’re saying we should accept you as king and

I’m feeling that painfully already.

With a bitter smile, the current Supreme Commander who said that parted his tightly closed lips and spoke to me.

“But we will live on regardless.”

Saying that, he looked at me while maintaining his characteristically clear gaze.

“Just as you did long ago.”

“…You have a way with words.”

The Supreme Commander and the two people beside him slowly bowing their heads as they watched my back.

This was enough.

If the sparks of the next generation saw me off, no better ceremony was needed.

“Do well.”

With those final words, I turned around and walked outside.

The world that the Emperor designed and I created.

Filling that world with goodwill and passion would be something they would have to do themselves.

***

Step- Step-

After the brief retirement ceremony, I walked for a while.

I did have a car I bought long ago, but somehow didn’t feel like riding it.

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The city’s noises were chaotically intermingled.

Billboards, neon signs.

The massive news screen embedded in the center of the Kalhyram government building.

Roads being paved, subways being opened, planes flying through the sky.

“When radio first came out, people said it would change the world completely, and now we’ve come this far.”

It took a long time for the world to become like this.

My friends and I who saved the continent became figures in history books and biographies, and the Special Magical Power Unit barracks bustling with people became the Continental Unification War Memorial.

The time until one generation passed and the next began to fade.

If there’s one thing I learned while living through all that long time.

It’s that time can solve more problems than I thought.

[…completed. With this, the continental general election held 2 days ago has successfully concluded. This holds even more significance as it is the first national general election held 70 years after continental unification and Westraine’s annexation.]

[That’s right. Though the eastern and western continents continued to conflict without integration even after unification, this was made possible thanks to newly inaugurated Supreme Commander Riley’s decision. Additionally…]

Letting the flowing news pass by, I continued walking.

Past the city bustling with people.

Onto a quiet country road in the suburbs.

And after walking for quite a while longer, a well-maintained columbarium came into view.

[Marlene Buckenheim]

[The light that illuminated my life.]

“This will be the last time, Mari.”

After sitting down in front of Mari’s grave, I replaced the old flowers with new ones.

They say all that remains after time passes are photos.

True to those words, various photos were arranged before Mari’s grave that greeted me.

“You said it on your final journey. That you were happy because of me. So don’t be sad.”

Reaching out, I examined the photos one by one.

Mari smiling brightly in her wedding dress.

Friends met at the Special Magical Power Unit Veterans Association.

The scene when we adopted our daughter Meryl.

The lake park we all went to as a family to celebrate Meryl’s academy enrollment.

And the scene of that preciously raised daughter graduating university and having her wedding.

When we saw our first grandchild.

And that grandson growing up tall, grinning while wearing my old military cap…

“Then I’m glad.”

As if reflecting on my past life, I spent a long time stroking the old photos.

Those who were with me.

And those I loved.

After watching all their endings, I had arrived here.

“Eugene.”

At the voice from behind me, I slowly turned my head.

Irene.

Looking exactly the same as 100 years ago, she was looking at me with a smile.

“You came early.”

“Yes. Because I wanted to see you quickly.”

Hearing that, I took out an old pistol from inside my coat.

Heresy.

The weapon I obtained after killing my master in the original story.

A weapon that had cut through countless battlefields and spat out innumerable bullets.

Click.

After placing it down in front of Mari’s grave, I slowly got up.

My hands that had been full of wrinkles had become perfectly clean long ago, and my elderly body bearing all traces of time had returned to its appearance from 100 years ago long since.

Now that I had finished everything I needed to do.

There was no need to keep up appearances.

“Was it fun?”

“……”

Taking a step forward, I took Irene’s outstretched hand.

The question Irene posed to me.

Hearing it, I spoke with a smiling face:

“More or less.”

“What, how bland.”

With that brief exchange, I walked forward holding Irene’s hand.

Into the shadows where nothing could be seen.

A world full of uncertainty.

Nothing was determined, but that didn’t matter.

Just as I had prevented the destined destruction and created a new world.

I could forge the end of my journey myself.

Do Your Own Revolution- The End

< Afterword. >

Yes. This is the author.

A novel I was going to scrap after about 12 chapters ended up coming this far.

It feels like just yesterday I was surprised when it made Today’s Best, and now I’m writing the final chapter, it really gives me new feelings.

It must be thanks to the readers who showed interest in my inadequate writing and watched until the end.

Looking back, every chapter I published was filled with regrets.

What if I had done this differently in the previous chapter, what if I had done that differently. When I thought about it, there was no end.

But at the same time, I learned so much while serializing.

What I’m good at, what I’m not good at.

What stories readers want, what developments they like.

Though I grandly said “afterword,” I actually don’t have much to say.

I just thought expressing gratitude this way would be better than briefly adding to the author’s note.

To the readers who read [Do Your Own Revolution].

To the readers who left comments and gave advice.

And to the readers who followed until the end.

Because of all of you, I could become an author and come this far.

I’ll learn more and grow more to return with my next work without delay.

Thank you.

< Afterword. > End

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