Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Vampire Princess / Chapter Eighty: Going to Meet the White Night King and Lady Ritsuka

Hearing Othinus's gentle words, Roy shook his head with a smile. "...It isn't that easy. This is no longer something that can be achieved just by waiting."

"...Changing the flow of time isn't difficult for me, or even for you."

"It's only because the Demon Gods knew that doing so would be suicide that they didn't."

"...But that kind of reincarnation and passing of time doesn't place any pressure on my mind. I did the same thing in this Garden of Eden."

"During the several hundred years you spent outside Hako Niwa, I had already experienced 3.7 billion reincarnations here in the Garden of Eden—a total of 17.6 billion years."

Roy stated an incredibly terrifying figure in an utterly calm tone.

That was almost as long as the time since the birth of a universe.

No wonder even Nyarlathotep, an Old One, faced the danger of mental collapse here.

No wonder Algeur had nearly gone mad and wanted to leave the Garden of Eden after seemingly spending only a short while beside Roy.

"So there's no need to dwell on those matters. Azathoth and Yog-Sothoth have experienced even longer spans of time, yet they still couldn't advance any further."

"...That God of Folly has fallen into eternal madness and may never awaken again. I have even less reason to care about these things."

"When I saw Shakyamuni's relics, when I saw the existence known as the Enlightened One, I had already guessed some things. They defeated madness, broke through lies, and sought the truth."

"...But that truth may not be what I want. My truth is right here!"

Roy spoke of what he had comprehended over all these years.

He walked to Othinus's side, took the warm hand of the One-Eyed Demon God, and winked at her. "...To me, you