Reborn as an Extra

Chapter 451: Alverto: Origins. Part-5.

While Rio was busy contemplating various things in his mind, Alverto walked out of the house and looked at Aurora, who was humming a sweet melody while cooking with a gentle smile.

Over the past few months, not only did he recover and become stronger, but his relationship with Aurora also became much closer.

Now the two of them can even understand each other by just looking at their expressions.

Aurora was a true gentle soul.

Her kindness was boundless; she had no evil intentions for helping him; she was doing it all just because she felt like it; she had no ulterior motive.

She seemed more like a ’saint’ than a demon.

Even someone like Alverto, who has royal demon blood and has massive miasmic corruption side effects, couldn’t deny that his personality has been affected by her.

Now he can understand things that he couldn’t before.

It’s as if staying near her has cleared the side effects of miasmic corruption on his mind, making him extremely clear-headed.

His violent tendencies have been suppressed heavily, and his bloodlust has calmed down tremendously; he feels like he has never been this calm and peaceful in his entire life.

He walked over to Aurora’s side and sat down quietly, listening to her sweet voice.

Aurora smiled at him and continued humming with her usual happy look.

"How is it that you stay so happy all the time... how are you able to smile all the time... you are really such a weird demon... Are you even a demon at all?"

Hearing Alverto’s questions, Aurora wasn’t angry at all; she smiled slightly and spoke with her usual gentle tone.

"Hehe, perhaps this is what makes me unique, or perhaps it’s because I enjoy life to the fullest?"

Aurora glanced at the cloudy dark sky, and a look of curiosity and excitement appeared on her face.

"When I was a low-rank demon, I could only stay with my tribe for food and protection, but now I don’t have to follow them everywhere..."

"I don’t have to worry about food, as I can easily hunt with magic and fill my stomach with properly cooked meat..."

"I am free to wander around, I am free to stay wherever I want to, I am free to do whatever I want to do..."

Aurora looked into Alverto’s eyes and spoke gently.

"Life is all about living the way you want to; it’s about enjoying every moment of it so that you don’t regret anything later..."

"I can always smile because I have no worries and nothing that might put a burden on my soul..."

As Aurora said, she was happy and carefree; she could create a new house anywhere with magic, and she could wander to any place and live a carefree life with her powers.

She’s a high-rank demon, and her bloodline has evolved to be equal to that of a royal demon; she has a long lifespan and has all the powers that she could ever hope for.

Achieving this much has already fulfilled most of her goals in life, in fact.

Alverto was mesmerized by Aurora; it was as if he had heard some great enlightening words from a saint, and each and every word shook his soul to the core.

Seeing him in such a state, Aurora smiled and put out the fire before standing up.

"Let’s take a walk... today it didn’t snow much and it’s a good day to relax a bit..."

"I can feel that you have something that’s putting a heavy burden on you... you have been holed up in the same place for too long..."

"Let’s change the scenery a bit so that you can put your worries aside..."

After saying that, Aurora walked away. Seeing her like that, Alverto had no choice but to follow behind her.

The two of them walked at a leisurely pace; the cold breeze brushed past them, and the falling snow made the environment extremely calm and peaceful.

It snows all year long on the demon continent; most of the continent is covered in thick layers of snow, and even snowstorms happen often.

It’s near impossible for most species to survive on this continent, but for demons, this much temperature is nothing.

Demons have powerful vitality and have extremely high physical resistance; compared to the continuous corruption of miasma, surviving in low temperature is just child’s play for them.

Due to this, most demons nowadays don’t invade other continents for the sake of a better living environment; they just invade for the sake of violence and bloodshed.

They are content living in this harsh environment, as the cold doesn’t really bother them that much.

*Piuuuu**piuuuu*

Just when Alverto and Aurora were taking a leisurely walk, a small rabbit-like creature jumped out from a burrow located under a dried tree.

It looked similar to rabbits that were found in the human empire; the only difference was that it had a horn on its head and miasma flowed in its body.

"A blue horned rabbit, it’s so cute..."

Aurora’s eyes shone looking at that cute furball, and she immediately grabbed it with swift movements.

Blue horn rabbits are demonic beasts of the lowest rank; they are weak and are mostly considered prey for various types of demons on the demon continent.

The only reason they haven’t gone extinct yet is because they have a very powerful reproduction ability and they multiply fast.

As the blue horn rabbit is a weak, low-level creature, it was immediately intimidated by Aurora’s presence.

Even though she didn’t consciously use her presence to pressure the small creature, just because of the unconsciously leaking aura, the little guy was frightened out of its wits.

It couldn’t even resist and stood still for Aurora to easily take hold of it.

She smiled happily as she hugged it lightly and patted its soft back with a gentle smile on her beautiful face.

Alverto couldn’t take his eyes off her; it was as if his eyes refused to look away. He was attracted to that carefree lifestyle of hers.

"You are really something else... I kind of envy you..."

He shook his head and sighed in defeat.

Aurora didn’t say anything but kept walking beside him while continuing to pet the small furball.

Alverto sighed again, and after a long time of hesitation, he finally spoke in a very tentative tone.

"As you know, I am a demon prince; royal demon blood flows in my body..."

"My father, who’s the current Demon King, has the ability to sense the state of all of his children..."

"He likely knows that I am still alive and am living somewhere in the demon continent..."

"I don’t think he can pinpoint my location but he can likely sense the general direction of where I am staying... and as a peak SS ranker, he can easily use his sense to find me easily..."

Alverto stared at the dark and cloudy sky as he walked slowly; a look of helplessness appeared on his face.

"Among my siblings I was the weakest one; I couldn’t awaken my talent until recently and was very timid and spineless..."

"I had no ambition or a goal to achieve; you can say that I was ’Pathless’... my siblings used to laugh at me and mock me for my coward nature..."

"I ran away from a duel where they would have completely killed me and devoured my body to improve their own strength..."

"I ran away like a coward..."

Alverto’s shoulders dropped as if he was carrying a heavy burden on them while talking about all of this.

"Even though I have become stronger now... I feel hesitant to go back; I can already guess that they will mock me and try to attack me the moment I go back..."

"But I can’t stay here either; my father won’t let me stay alive if I run away... it’s either I kill all of my siblings and ascend to the throne or die trying..."

"If I abandon this and try to escape, my father will surely come looking for me and that will bring harm to even you if I stayed with you..."

As Alverto poured his heart out, the two of them reached a hilltop while walking.

"I am extremely conflicted in my mind... I want to go back and show them that I am not just a coward, but I don’t want to leave you behind either..."

"In these few months you have done a lot for me... It seems strange coming from a demon, but I hesitant to leave your side..."

Seeing him like that, Aurora smiled gently and spoke in a calm tone.

"Then let’s go there... together!"

She raised her hand towards Alverto as if she was offering her support, as if she wanted him to hold that hand and accept her kindness.

"You will not be able to achieve peace and freedom if you don’t achieve inner peace; for your inner self and for your freedom, you must achieve what you truly wish for..."

"You must walk your ’Path’ till the end or it will all crumble to dust and only regret will be left behind..."

"I myself have become a royal demon now and you do know that we both share a bigger responsibility that was given to us in return for the power we have received..."

For the first time in several months, Aurora mentioned that ’Being’ and spoke with a determined tone.

"We both know that we have been granted a great favour and must accomplish whatever mission that’s been given to us to maintain this favour..."

"I will always be there for you as you will be for me; let’s go together and conquer the past that’s disturbing your peace..."

"Conquering the obstacles and overcoming difficulties without running away from them..."

"That is the ’Path of Ascension’!"