The Villainous Son Loves His Mother - Chapter 44

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Demon King Beelzebub glared at the radiance of Magic Power drifting within the sea of clouds.
The immense Magic Power emanating from Hein illuminated the surroundings like the dawn, its light piercing the Demon King’s Magic Power Body like needles, devouring it relentlessly.

(T-this Magic Power… Regardless of my current state, it’s far too immense…!)

Demon King Beelzebub trembled visibly.
For him, the absolute authority in Magic, it was utterly unacceptable that anyone could surpass him in this domain.
The Demon King reigned supreme in Magic, while the Hero held absolute dominion over the Celestial Arts. This fundamental law had remained unchanged since the distant age of the gods.
Beelzebub knew that the conflict between the Hero and the Demon King was akin to a proxy war between the gods, a cosmic struggle to maintain the balance between light and darkness.

(But what about this boy’s magical power?)

It was clear that he surpassed even Demon King Beelzebub.

(He’s not the Hero… That’s certain. Because the Hero uses Celestial Arts—that’s how it’s decided—by the gods.)

It was believed that only the Hero could defeat the Demon King.
Mere strength alone was insufficient.
This was because negative emotions alone could never truly vanquish the Demon King.
The Hero undoubtedly harbored negative feelings toward the Demon King, but more importantly, the Hero himself functioned as a specialized “mechanism” against the Demon King.
Yet…

(Th-then… what is he…?)

Belzel already knew the answer.
If the Hero ruled the heavens, then the Demon King ruled the demons.
Therefore, if there existed someone who possessed a demonic power far greater than his own…
Yes, the answer was clear.
But he refused to accept it.
He desperately didn’t want to acknowledge it.
Because it concerned his very identity.
But—

“The spell has been completed. You can’t run away now, you insect.”

Hearing Hein’s condescending words, Belzer—

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『Gods! So you intend to replace the Demon King along with the Hero? But you won’t have your way with me so easily. Neither I nor the Hero are your pawns!』

Infuriated, he concentrates the clones into his core.
This meant he had abandoned the ritual to use Emperor Valfried as a vessel and now considered Hein his sworn enemy.
Anger and hatred shook Belzer’s entire being.

『God’s lackey! New Demon King! I will personally bury you here!』

With that, he began chanting the spell “Primordial Flame.”
This was the most advanced, destructive, and merciless great magic in Belzer’s arsenal.
This terrifying magic summoned the “Hot Water” flowing deep within the earth, transforming it into a colossal spear that crashed down upon his opponent.
Meanwhile, Hein was also weaving his own magic.
The sheer magnitude of his Magic Power, enough to instill fear even in Belzer, pulsed with a life of its own.

『Even if, by some miracle, this boy’s magic surpasses mine, he cannot destroy me. Anger and hatred alone cannot extinguish me.』

Such were Belzer’s thoughts, and then—
Both magics reached completion simultaneously, but—
In the next instant, Belzer found himself in a world of pure white.
He could see nothing, hear nothing, and felt no connection to the countless entities that should have existed here.

『Where am I? What has happened to me? Wait… I was just facing that boy…』

The moment Belzer realized he was being consumed by Hein’s magic—

『What…? A woman?』

With that final thought, Belzer lost consciousness… forever.
What Belzer saw was a human woman.
He couldn’t recognize her; he had no way of knowing it was Helga, Hein’s mother.
“Starfire”—the immense thermal energy born from the collision and fusion of atomic nuclei under tremendous pressure and temperature—completely incinerated Belzer’s magic, Belzer himself, and everything else.
But that wasn’t all.
Belzer could never be resurrected.
This was because the magic contained no hatred or anger toward him.
Only a mother’s love remained.
A childish desire to be praised by Helga—to be praised for properly “cleaning” their future home.