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After going to see Tirith, Rigel returned to the island of Yurazania and told everyone that Walther and the residents of the Ainsworth residence were fine. Merial heaved a sigh of relief after knowing her father was fine.
"How are things here...??"
The new Cold was seen stepping forward in front of Rigel and explaining the situation.
"Everything is fine, the monster cleanup has been completed and now everyone can go outside safely. Then, for the construction of the destroyed building has almost been completed, even the Palace has been quickly restored. All that's left is probably the coronation of the King."
"Oh, good job..."
Rigel lazily patted Cold on the shoulder and walked away from everyone. His eyes were no longer radiating light, as if there was no desire to see tomorrow.
"Rigel, is something terja—"
Cold is stopped by Ray who pats his shoulder and signals to leave Rigel alone at this time.
"The one Mr. Rigel needs right now is the time to calm his mind..."
Cold was unable to help, he could only stare at Rigel's increasingly distant back sadly. Only Merial and Ray know what happened to Rigel.
"If only I could do something..." Ray muttered sadly.
"Yes, even from my eyes, Mr. Rigel sacrificed too much and struggled..." Sheri agrees with Ray.
Not only them, The people who were here stared at Rigel who was walking towards into the forest unhappily. Even without needing to know what was happening, they could sense that something was wrong with Rigel. Amidst the crowd of people, a little girl head out from there and look at Rigel.
"Emm..?? Isn't that Rigel's sister...?? why does she look sad...??" Riri muttered in confusion.
Because Riri was still so small and innocent, she was unable to read the mood around her. Riri was sneaking around following Rigel who went into the forest in the middle of the night like this.
After some time down the forest and climbing far enough up the mountain, Rigel arrived at a cliff with a beautiful view of the ocean and sky. Rigel sat on the rock that was on the edge of the cliff and stared at the beautiful vast sky. The moon looks bigger than here and its rays bounce off the ocean making it an awe-inspiring sight to miss.
Rigel just silently stared at the beautiful scenery that was in front of him. He was trying to tidy up his chaotic mind and unsettled heart. Rigel took the pink stone fragments from his infertory and held them in his right hand.
"I dumped you for him and now he dumped me... Hahahaha, this is ironic, isn't it, Priscilla..."
Priscilla's soul stone flickered a few times as if she was calling for her complaints about why Rigel did not choose her. For example, if Rigel did not love Tirith at the time, he would probably prefer to stay in the Hell's Labyrinth with Priscilla and the others. Rice had already become porridge, Rigel could not change anything even though he regretted it now.
Rigel could only smile as he watched Priscilla's soul core continuously blink whether it was mocking or was comforting Rigel.
"Huh, Huh, Huh... Finally met you too, brother Rigel..."
Not far behind Rigel, a little girl gasping for breath came out from within the forest. That girl is Riri, looks like she followed Rigel all the way here. What a tough little girl, she was not even afraid of monster attacks.
"What are you doing here, Riri??"
Rigel looked at Riri who was walking towards him very tiredly and sat down beside Rigel.
"I— I—"
"Take your breath first and speak."
Rigel smiled at the extremely exhausted Riri. Rigel creates a glass and fills it with water for Riri to drink. Naturally he was exhausted because this place was quite far from where the others were. Riri drank the water Rigel gave her quickly and started talking.
"Huh~, Thank you for the water brother Rigel."
"So, what made you follow me all the way here...??"
"Ah right too... I followed you to thank you... I never get time to thank you because you always seem busy..."
Rigel raised his eyebrows in surprise. Riri followed him to this extent just to say Thank you. He should be able to wait for tomorrow. After reaching 7r her limit, Riri stood up and bowed respectfully to Rigel.
"Thank you for defeating the evil monsters so that I and the other children can see the outside world, Rigel..."
Riri puffed her chest proudly and it comforted Rigel a little.
"You're Riri's smart kid..."
Rigel stroked the head and ears of Riri's animal and that seemed to make Riri happy. Riri stared at Rigel's face, realizing that his face was not the same as usual.
"Sister Rigel, why do you look sad...??"
Although still unable to read the atmosphere, but Riri could at least still read the facial expressions. Rigel can't lie to a kid like Riri.
"Knowledge yes..."
Rigel only said that and had no intention of telling Riri what made him sad. Riri just kept quiet and sat quietly beside Rigel.
"My mother said it was not good to interfere in other people's affairs, but she also said that I should not let someone who is sad alone and that I should comfort him..."
"Even by just saying that, you've comforted me a little, Riri..."
Rigel smiled at Riri and looked back at the beautiful scenery in front of him. Then, Riri slowly got up from her seat and stood right in front of Rigel.
"Yep, Yosh... Everything's gonna be okay..."
"What are you doing, Riri...??" Rigel asked confusedly.
"My mom and dad always rubbed my head like this when I was feeling sad and it made me not feel sad anymore."
The thing Riri did to Rigel was rub Rigel's head like a child. If others look, maybe Riri will look like a disrespectful girl, but to Rigel, this is a form of caring from a little girl to him.
"I don't know and don't want to know what makes Rigel sad, but Rigel's brother is a powerful hero like in fairy tales...!! so brother Rigel will definitely not give up on anything...!! brother Rigel could even defeat that huge monster that even Uncle Fang could not defeat... Then, then..."
Riri continues to tell her whole story of her admiration for what Rigel has done since coming here. Rigel stays silent and listens to Riri's story while smiling happily until Riri finally gets exhausted and falls asleep on a boulder nearby.
Rigel covered Riri's body with a blanket to warm him up. Rigel held his face with his right hand and...
"Hahahaha, I didn't think that I would be entertained by a little girl like her... This is so embarrassing, isn't it Priscilla...??"
Priscilla's soul core flickered as if agreeing with the thing Rigel had just said.
"Ahhh~ this might be the second time I get back up... First the weak Rigel, then the naive and stupid Rigel, then now what will Rigel be...?? Hahahaha, just thinking about it makes me flutter."
All the weight that was on Rigel's shoulders had disappeared. Forget about the thing that had passed, right now, he had the responsibility of resurrecting the Yurazania state. Looking at Riri who was sound asleep, Rigel had made up his mind that he would build a comfortable and safe place to live.
"Fuck that girl, Ragnarok or whatever it is. I'll just build a beautiful place to live with my friends..."
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"Th-mr hero, sorry if our son troubles you, we promise to properly educate him...!!!"
Rigel had returned to where everyone was with Riri slumbering on Rigel's shoulders. Upon arrival, Rigel is greeted by Riri's parents who seem to be very afraid if their son makes a mistake to a hero. Rigel kindly handed Riri over to his father to take him to his house.
"Calm down, Riri is a good boy who always obeys the words of his father and mother. So please don't be too hard on him..."Said Rigel, smiling at Riri's parents.
Looking at Rigel who was not feeling upset or anything, Riri's parents were stunned and saluted while smiling kindly and went to their house. As Cold said, the destroyed building was almost restored, even if it was only in one city. Rigel asked them to fix the capital area and the interior of the palace only, for other places were still quite severe. It would take at least a few months for the entire Yurazania region to fully recover, but it depended on how many people would help.
Rigel goes to where Cold and the others are after he hands Riri over to his parents. There, it seemed that everyone was gathering, including Fang and some representatives from the remnants of the Yurazania kingdom.
"Rigel... are you okay...??"Cold asked, worriedly.
"Yes, no problem. I'm fine..." Rigel replied, smiling kindly to everyone there was.
Ray, Merial, Cold, Misa and Nisa heaved a sigh of relief and returned Rigel's smile.
"Let's talk about the coronation of the King... Cold, since I asked you to participate in the selection of the heavenly emperor, then you will be the King of this country... Lead them well."
Looking at Rigel who looked resolutely compared normally, not just Cold. But everyone who was in the place felt tense with the charisma that Rigel did not normally have. Cold straightened his body and said firmly...
"Yes!!"
Rigel nodded and quickly gave instructions to the others.
"Merial, Ray, I want you to spread the word that soon Yurazania will rise again to be a kingdom. With the Ainsworth family's trade connections this is definitely not a difficult thing. Then, I want Cold's coronation shown all over the country."
"Well, your wish is my command." 2x. Meerial and Ray at the same time.
"Then for Misa, Nisa and Fang along with the other representatives, I want you to catch everyone acting suspiciously in secret..."
"Well...!!"
"Sorry to interrupt, Mr. hero... Can I say something??" Ask Fang.
"Please..."Answer Rigel.
"I think it would be better if we changed the name of this kingdom and made it a new kingdom. The Yurazania era is long over and a new era will begin under the rule of young lord Asoka who is assisted by master Hero Creator. I'm sure young master Asoka also thinks the same as me...'Fang said, looking back down and smiling at Cold and Rigel gently.
Cold smiled at Fang and agreed with his idea.
"As Fang's commander said, the kingdom of Yurazania has ended under my father's rule and I want to build a new kingdom so that I can boast of myself in heaven..."
"Well, then okay... Then, what kind of name are you going to give...??" Ask Rigel.
Cold looked at Rigel and smiled and said :
"I'd like it if you gave the name to this kingdom."
"Ehh...?? are you sure...??"
Cold nodded without any objections, not just Cold. But everyone who existed also agreed that Rigel was the one who should give a new name to this kingdom. Rigel smiled and felt a bit of nostalgia in it.
"Then I have a name that might be pretty good..."
A place where everyone can laugh and embrace each other regardless of race, gender or lack of respect, a place where everyone who comes together is family.
"How about... ****Region****..."