Tatakao. Kitto Saigo Wa Ore Ga Katsu. Raw — Yuusha Ni Minna Netoraretakedo Akiramezu Ni

“I’m not fighting for you anymore,” I said. “I’m fighting because in the end, I will be the one standing over the Demon Lord’s corpse. And you will all watch.”

I looked down at them. Fina reached a trembling hand toward me. Mia whispered, “Riol… please…”

Finally, even Mia, the childhood friend who swore she’d always be my home. She didn’t say a word. She just walked past me into Leon’s tent, her hand in his. “I’m not fighting for you anymore,” I said

Then I stepped forward.

Three days later, in the final throne room, the Demon Lord shattered Leon’s holy sword. He pinned Leon down with a clawed foot. Fina was bleeding. Lilith had no mana left. Mia was crying. Fina reached a trembling hand toward me

The girls avoided my eyes.

The Demon Lord laughed. “Is this the best your world has? A broken hero and his weeping harem?” She just walked past me into Leon’s tent, her hand in his

I was never the Chosen One. I was the shadow that followed the light—Riol, the healer, the support mage, the friend who held the hero’s bag. The world called him Leon, the Brave. And Leon took everything.