"Son"
Nien.
Hero Nien.
This was a name known only to the very few beings standing at the pinnacle of the world: the First Generation Hero.
Goddess Nien bore exactly the same name, but even her name had been given because of this First Generation Hero.
When she had been summoned into this world, even Goddess of Fate Lidas had not yet been born.
From his dreams and various clues, it seemed that this First Generation Hero had inexplicably deep connections with both the Demon King and the Supreme God.
Not only did the Supreme God regard her as a special existence—even the Demon King did as well.
Shien had long understood that the young female Hero he had seen in his dreams was the First Generation Hero—Nien.
The "she" repeatedly mentioned on the Stone Tablets recorded by the Demon King was likely Hero Nien as well, the Hero girl from Another World who had shared a deep bond with her.
In other words, the First Generation Hero whom the Supreme God had regarded as her trump card against the Demon King and painstakingly intended to nurture not only had a close relationship with the Supreme God, but had even developed a special relationship with the Demon King.
Yet for some reason, according to what Nadula had once mentioned, this Hero girl, who had been deeply connected to both the Demon King and the Supreme God, had apparently died in the end. She had even been killed by the Demon King, dying a terribly miserable death.
Because of her, the Supreme God had been heartbroken and wept at the center of the world, causing rain to fall across the entire world and ultimately leading to the birth of Goddess Nien.
Because of her, the Demon King's life seemed to have