Ascension of the Monster Queen

Chapter 25: Time left

Ifrit sighed as he noticed Nessa was becoming serious, knowing she was not to be trifled with; despite concealing most of her aura, he still ssed her power and had no inttion of turning Nessa into an emy.

"So, what do you want with me?" Nessa inquired.

"I will get there in a minute, you're going to be quite the monster, the boy's death is inevitable," He replied, her eyes narrowing.

"Are you having fun with this? I know I am not, I may still be learning about this world, but one thing is certain, those with higher authority td to be selfish not all but most and so far I don't like what I am seeing, but don't worry, you will die as well," She replied and Ifrit chuckled.

"Are you blaming me for what's going on with him? Well, I suppose that's to be expected, but over the years, I regained my form, and I hav't drawn any amount of ergy from him; if he's dying, it's because his body can no longer keep up the struggle; are you going to judge me as well?" Ifrit inquired, and Nessa sighed.

"I have no right to judge anyone unless I know the whole story," She replied, and Ifrit stared at her.

"Are you serious? I am a great demon," He said.

"So? That still doesn't give me the right to pass judgmt on you; what do you plan on doing now?" She asked and he sighed.

"I can't save his life if that's what you mean, you talk to him now, I just wanted you to know that I have nothing to do with what's happing to him now, but his death will be painful if my powers keep growing and I am within him, " He replied, and the darkness vanished, and everything returned to normal as Irza smiled.

"Did you talk to him?" He inquired.

"I did, so what are you going to do now?" She inquired.

"I just need a simple favor from you," He replied.

"What exactly is it?" She asked.

"I know we just met, and this may seem rude, but I have no other choice, take him out of me, what you want to do with him after that is up to you, I just want a peaceful death now," He responded, and she lowered her head.

"It's fine, I can do it for you; I have the ability to do it; I only agree to do it because I understand your situation," She said and he smiled.

"That's very gerous, I know it's not his fault I am dying, I feel him, he is not evil, I believe if he is giv a second chance at life, to do the right thing with guidance, he will be fine, I want him to joy life too, ev though I hate this world but I made a few great frids along the way," Irza said with a bright smile on his face and Nessa smiled.

"You want him to have another chance?" He nodded wh she asked.

"I can take care of that for you, it's getting late, the day flew by without me noticing, come back, you'll have dinner with us," Nessa said as she stood up and he looked at her.

"What's the matter? Don't you want to join us?" He got up after she asked.

"Don't you hate this world?" He asked.

"I can't say I do; it's fascinating; I hav't gone through what you have, but ev if I hav't, I understand how you feel; I don't despise the world; I want to build what they call a dreamland here, and I will," She responded and he smiled.

"Let's go, I will tell you about my life and I would like to know more about where you came from too," He said as he walked away, and they both returned to the village.

After returning to the village, Nessa spt her time learning about Irza's life and everything he had se, causing Nessa to be more fascinated with the world, though the hardest part was yet to come for Irza, he was running out of time and had to say goodbye to his frids, though he didn't want to, he didn't have much of a choice and accepted death.

Later that night, after everyone had finished eating with the goblins and others, they sat in the cter of the village, looking up at the stars and talking about their advtures, wh Irza coughed up blood and the others looked at him.

"Are you all right?" Lisa inquired, and he smiled.

"I told you guys that my time would come soon, it is time, I can't go on any longer, I simply don't have the strgth within me any longer," He responded, and Lisa's eyes welled up with tears as she rose up.

"How much longer do you have?" Nessa lowered her head wh the girl asked.

"In less than a day, I was able to time my death due to the state of my body," He replied, and Nessa gnashed her teeth.

'I hav't known them for long, but this is wrong, I don't like it, but I can't do anything about it, they are kind, that's why I will fulfill his last wish,' Nessa thought as the night sky turned gre, forming a wave, and everyone, including Irza, looked up at it smiling.

"Enjoy how much time you have left, Irza, I take it you planned to die in a fight, it's best to rest easy, spd your last day here, it's calming here, isn't it?" Nessa inquired.

"Yeah, I'm glad I took the job to come here, this is probably the one place in the world I don't hate, I'd like to talk to you guys about something too, come, excuse us Nessa," Irza said as he stood up, and she smiled as they walked up to the hill where he was earlier and talked to his frids with his eyes narrowing while looking at the village which was expanding and Lisa smiled at him after hearing with he had to say to them.