End of the Dreary World

 is an event in SINoALICE.

Parrah:

...

Noya:

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Parrah:

Farewell!

Noya:

The story this time is about a story that was thrown away.

Parrah:

It's about the existence of many

Noya:

stories which never enjoyed the limelight.

Parrah:

What's different about this story and stories which becomes famous?

Noya:

What is it that differentiates them?

Parrah:

That's something you should be able to figure out easily.

Noya:

Well then, ascertain it with your own eyes, to your hearts content.

Parrah:

Off you go.

Verse 1
I noticed a faint rotten odor

amidst the fresh scents from the forest.

...With no trace of the lost article in sight,

I found myself at my wit's end.

In my wanderings, I learned this from a wise sage:

"Deep within this sea of trees

gathers anything lost in this world."

I came to a wide expanse where the trees

abruptly ended.

There, where a huge crater bore into the

earth,

 junk  lay piled high.

And on top...

At the peak of that mountain of junk,

there was a nightmare.

It gazed down at me.

"Who dares disturb my sanctuary?"

Verse 2
"I am called the King of Dust."

I explained the situation to the

nightmare,

who had called itself that by name.

I told him that I was a knight,

sent by my lord to find a necklace.

I explained that I had no clues as to its

location,

and had come this far

with nothing more than hope.

The "King of Dust" searched his mountain

of junk,

and presented his findings to me.

I cried out in amazement and took it

gratefully.

It was the necklace with the royal

couple's names carved into it,

the very article I had been searching for.

"This shall be our parting gift. Take it

back with you."

Verse 3
I returned home in high spirits and

handed the necklace to the king.

"This is undoubtedly the real thing,"

the appraiser said.

Yet, the king did not show the faintest

sign of a smile.

He looked as if he had swallowed a bug.

The king summoned me again in a few

days' time.

"I seem to have lost the royal sword

on one of my voyages. Find it.

And don't return until you do!"

Letting out a sigh, I left the castle.

Then, just the same as before, after

aimlessly wandering around...

I had arrived again at the King of Dust.

Verse 4
After stating my business,

the King of Dust spoke thus.

"Why doth your liege send you on one

fool's errands

after the next?"

I closed my eyes for a moment and told

him the story.

The queen and I had been lovers long

ago.

By chance,

the king found out

and began tormenting me.

The King of Dust searched through the

trash,

and procured a letter.

My fingers filled with strength as I read

the parchment,

causing the letter to crinkle.

It was a love letter addressed to me from

the queen,

written on the eve of her wedding.

I realized that she had wanted to run away with me.

"He's been a hindrance to your love

for far longer than you can imagine."

Verse 5
Spite-filled blood

churned through my veins.

I could not believe that a man who would

destroy

the bond between her and I by such

cowardly means

could be my lord...!

The edges of the King of Dust's mouth

curled into a smile.

"It seems you have come to a decision."

I turned on my heel and left the sea of

trees,

returning to my lord's lands.

I gathered troops, spread a manifesto

throughout the kingdom,

and fomented a rebellion.

"We cannot rely on such a weak,

incompetent ruler!

Fellow patriots, the time has come!

We must build our ideal kingdom

atop the corpse of that foolish ruler!"

Verse 6
The  abandoned  child...

I, who had regarded myself as such,

cleared a path for myself

without relying on social status or

lineage.

Father was the patriarch of a noble house

tied to the royal family

and took a wife with ties to them as well.

They always treated me coldly since I was

a bastard.

I went to the room where my father slept,

put a pillow over his face, and suffocated

him to death.

Having obtained a legitimate claim to the

throne through illegitimate means,

I needed a cause

and fomented a revolutionary army.

Verse 7
After several raids on the royal army by

the rebel troops,

the king panicked in a manner far from

valor,

closed the castle gates and prepared for a

siege.

I formed a brigade of combat engineers, dug a tunnel, and infiltrated the castle.

After creating a disturbance with an

explosion,

I ordered all the troops to attack.

"S-Spare me! I don't want to die!"

As the king cowered before me,

I plunged my blade into him.

With a splash of blood,

I forever severed the King's head from his

torso.

I then took the queen in my arms

and declared that I would make her my wife.

Verse 8
With the support of the feudal lords, I

was named the new king.

I was joined with the woman I loved

and experienced joy beyond measure.

--But one day...

My wife confided in me.

"I think... I'm pregnant.

I fear it is the child of my late husband."

I felt a twisting sensation

in my stomach.

" Get rid of it  or leave my side

forever."

With tears in her eyes, my wife agreed.

But, because of that, her body was left

damaged

and she died as a result...

Verse 9
After the funeral held for my wife, I tore

out my hair in despair

and screamed at the heavens.

"Why, God, do you make me endure

so much?!"

I ordered my vassals to open the late

king's tomb,

then I pulled out his corpse and flogged

him repeatedly.

Having faced so much misfortune,

I deserved to be soothed

with all the pleasures the world has to

offer.

I established a harem and surrounded

myself with the most beautiful women.

I opened the castle and held banquets

every night.

Before long, the minister of finance came

to me

and reported that my spending

would lead to economic collapse.

Verse 10
I called forth all the knights in the

kingdom and said:

"There is a nightmare who gathers what

others have forsaken and amassed a

fortune."

"Defeat him and return with his treasure.

The one who does so will be handsomely

rewarded."

And thus a unit was formed

to retrieve the head of the King of Dust

who lived in the sea of trees.

Three days later,

only one came back, half-alive.

The other knights had all been

eliminated.

It seemed as though the King of Dust

wanted to see me personally.

As soon as he uttered those words,

the knight passed away.

I got on a horse and made my way into the forest.

The King of Dust received me with a cold

smile.

"You've become so hateful since we last

saw each other."

I quietly reached for the sword at my

waist.

"I've got something  for you ."

A foul-smelling corpse crawled out from

the pile of rubbish.

It was my wife, turned into a zombie...

Her baby turned into a monster...

The late king, holding his head under his

arm...

"Aaaaaaaargh!"

I cut at them, tore them into a million

pieces...

The face of my wife, missing her left eye,

gave one last glance at this world.