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Beelzebub seemed to be opening more to us, but we had to really confront him together to even get anything from him. He seemed very closed. Are all people that had strived from their path this way? People that always hold so many traumas deep down that they slowly broke them and made them… into what they became at the end. Beelzebub was by no means a good person; he was probably very bad from what my parents told me. He even said he had not only killed humans but also demons to get where he got in the Demon King's Army. He probably committed many terrible things to climb the ranks and gain power.
He even named his family, his tribe, and his mother… Has the sweets really awaken some sort of memory he had saved of her? But it seems that such a memory only hurt him, because as he continued opening up more and telling me why he felt the way he did, his big body… mysterious shrank. It was as if his soul shaped to how he felt with himself, from feeling big and powerful to small and insignificant. Beelzebub has many mood swings; it probably means that he's very mentally unstable. I want to… bring some stability to him. I believe that we can do something to help him out.
I am not a righteous person myself… maybe. I just don't like to believe that those that commit bad things are just going to burn in hell, especially Beelzebub, who seems so hurt deep down. Have all the bad things he done justify for me to treat him badly? I am… I have not been hurt directly by the things he did, so I probably cannot relate with those that would despise him, but that's also… a good thing. I want to use my unique perspective of demons and form a good relationship with them instead of hating them because of grudges I cannot forgive.
I am sure that humans had also done terrible things to demons too, perhaps many families of demons died because of my parents, perhaps how many demons are orphans now because of them? I… I don't like to overthink it but it always seem quite clear that my parents, as heroes that fought in a big war against demons, probably have kill counts in the thousands. But its not as if they don't feel bad over it. However, seeing how they reacted with Furoh back then, they probably got a big bias against demons in general as well, so its kind of hard to figure out what to do.
They seem to be regretting it, but their bias is still there. When they see a demon that "might" do something bad, they immediately think that they should end them… Which is not the right thing to do all the time! Even less if those demons had done nothing wrong to them. Well, Ignatius and Beelzebub was justified, they were attempting to kill them and me… and also the Blue Demon at the Amazon Jungles, as he was trying to kill us. But not everybody, right? Not my Furoh!
And… thankfully, they had kind of learned a bit more. I will slowly try to bring Furoh out more, and make them get used to him, so they can slowly open their minds a bit more. But well, for now, I have to help Beelzebub a bit.
"I am not delusional, Beelzebub!" I said. "I am just trying to help you… I just want you to be my companion."
"So childish…" He sighed. "Do you think that becoming my friend is going to change anything? The world will continue moving forward without you, the wars will continue without end. As long as mankind and demonkind exist we'll continue slaughtering one another. The only way to end everything would be… by ending everything. The Demon King will continue being born, a child will be given the title and forced to fight against your heroes, and both will slaughter one another in a carnage. The demon king will eventually fall, the heroes will die one by one… that's how it is. That's how it has been for thousands of years."
"…I don't care."
"What?"
"I don't give a damn!"
"You're such a childish and stubborn little girl! …Well, I guess it's fine because you're really just like… what? 7 years of age? How could I even befriend such a little girl in my life? I am a big and scary monster! Realize it! Fear me!" He cried.
"I won't! And I… I want to change the future, even if a little bit. I want this endless cycle to stop once and for all… I got the power; I got the potential. And… I will show to you that with the power I have, I will change things." I said. "I won't use it to torture demons, I won't… harm innocents, never! I want… I just want a safe place… to live with those I love…"
"…" Beelzebub's eyes widened at my words, it seemed as if he was reminiscing something within his mind.
"Sylphy you don't have to go so far for him…" Sighed Alice. "He's just someone that… has gone too far to think he can crawl back."
"No… I want to see him crawl back. I'll even extend a hand so he can crawl quicker." I said. "I don't care what he did before… I know he can do it, and I know he can help me out as well, even as a tiny soul."
"Why are you going to such extents for me?" Asked Beelzebub.
"Again with that question?" I sighed. "Because I want to! I want to befriend the demons, and know them better… I want to see their perspective too. You were just criticizing me for having only one perspective… So I want to know more about yours!"
"You're… your mentality is not really that of a child…" He said, realizing something. "You… who are you, really?"
"I am… just a half-elf that wants to live peacefully and make a stupid and grumpy fly my friend, what's so wrong about it?" I asked while furrowing my eyebrows.
"…Sigh, you're hopeless."
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