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Perhaps it was dizzy, Erinis came out with unfocused eyes and looked at the warrior party members in turns.

“Is that really what you want?”

“Return? Not killing them right away? Or, defying your expectations?”

It wasn’t comfortable. However, I couldn’t give up everything I was doing right now.

“People change. This may be your last chance. If you are betrayed again…”

“I’ll take care of my business.”

Feeling determined, Erinis took a step back.

“A narrow place… would be stuffy.”

With one word she said, the bloody orb surrounding us disappeared. The red light she was emitting gradually faded.

Perhaps because of the demonic disappearance, most of the skin-piercing energy emitted from the cave was gone. The Goddess of Vengeance, who swallowed it alone, collapsed without doing anything.

“I thought it was for you.”

“thank you.”

Even so, I couldn’t be angry with her.

He did a lot for me when he was Ceres. This accident is all for me after all. It’s just that I couldn’t accept it.

“Farse.”

The eyes of the goddess of vengeance were fixed on the magician at some point. The little wizard, whose arm had been cut off, nodded as if he knew what she was going to say.

“The dragon’s heart, be sure to hand it over to Enerel.”

Of course, it was an essential ingredient for my return. But I couldn’t figure out why he insisted on talking only in Farsi.

“I will. I don’t care if I promise you with my soul.”

“A disgusting soul like you, I don’t want to give it to you.”

Erinis bit her lip tightly.

“…go.”

I couldn’t bear to answer right away, and looked at her trembling as if she would cry at any moment.

“sorry.”

“No. You’re right. If you don’t consider this revenge… I can’t do anything more.”

“Ceres…”

“I enjoyed the day I was called by that name. If I had known this would happen, I would have talked more and comforted you even a little more…”

her body faded

“what…”

“I’m not dying, so don’t make a fuss about it. In the first place, I’m a god? It’s just that I don’t have to stay. They say they don’t like people who can help them with revenge, but there’s no reason for the goddess of revenge to remain…”

There was regret in every word he said. My heart ached.

“The reason why I manifested here from the beginning was because I forcibly created a body in response to your anger and revenge, so now that I’m no longer needed…”

“It wasn’t necessary. What you did… helped a lot. If I could help you in any way…”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Well, I’ve got a lot of sacred power thrown away here, so there’s nothing to regret… nothing to regret…”

She looked at me with a voice dripping with regret.

“That cleric bitch has undone the poison. The poison of hope… But, as long as you believe in it, I can’t help you. Oh, I’ve never felt so resentful of being a goddess of vengeance.”

Erinis’ body, from her fingertips, turned red and disappeared.

“Still, if you ever need revenge, call me. Whatever you think is revenge, I’ll always be there to help.”

After saying that, she disappeared like the wind. My heart ached.

Was I that close to Ceres? Come to think of it, I was always grateful, but I didn’t pay any attention.

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Just like a passer-by, I just watched to see how long that could be.

However, I felt uncomfortable knowing that I would never see her again. It was the feeling of losing someone who had always been there, and who had been taken for granted at some point.

Not dying. She is a god and will outlive me.

However, she will never come down again. When I die, I will never see her, nor should I.

“…let’s go back.”

The cave, where the polluted divine power had escaped, was now just a space with nothing.

I moved my steps in the direction where the wind was faintly leaking. had to go

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“Looks like you made a lot of sacrifices. Because of my desire… Oh, I made you do something I’m sorry for.”

The unicorn waiting at the entrance sent a sad look at Farseer and Celia.

“It didn’t have to be this thorough.”

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Just like she said, the empty cave was clean without any irritating energy.

“It happened.”

Although it was a dangerous situation, the price we had to pay was high anyway.

Farseer lost an arm, and Celia lost her divine power.

“I’m sorry to say this, but was it really worth it?”

“You don’t seem to know about unicorns yet.”

She showed off her long white horns.

“For us, innocence is not a realm that can be compromised. Returning the hometown to its original state is a meaningful thing in itself.”

“Others will come.”

You can’t hide forever. When word comes that the vast climate change here is waning, adventurers will start visiting.

“That… the rest of my people will take care of it. I’m too old. If I sacrifice my blood for your wishes, I’ll do my part.”

“…All right.”

“The contract has been fulfilled. I promise to give my life for your cause.”

As I hesitated, she rocked her horn to comfort me.

“Are you afraid of killing? You don’t have to worry too much. I won’t have to die right away, and if I don’t make a decision at the critical moment, I’ll kill myself.”

“How much life do you have left?”

“I don’t know. No one knows. No unicorn lives to die of old age. I don’t stand a chance and I’m still alive… but I feel it nonetheless.”

“what…”

“Aging. The scars and ugly changes that time and memories have left me. I want to leave behind a new innocence before it gets even uglier. Returning you to where you belong is worth giving my life.”

I couldn’t agree with her values. As long as I’m alive, I thought I’d be able to change my mind by seeing new things.

But I didn’t have the confidence to convince her, and I wasn’t confident enough in my thoughts. I nodded.

“All right.”

Eleanor fixed the wagon. Ceres lost a large amount of luggage, but there were still enough supplies left in the wagon.

“But… where are you going to get the dragon’s heart now?”

I turned my eyes and saw Farseer. Trying to avert her eyes from her severed arm.

“I think I’ve said this once before… but there’s no alternative, right?”

The blood of a unicorn and the heart of a dragon. In a different sense, it was something that I couldn’t even dare to officially obtain.

That’s what I said, but I didn’t want to kill that kind unicorn for my greed.

The dragon’s heart was an item that could not be found. I didn’t know where to start, and I didn’t know if all my efforts to find it now would be in vain.

“No. Because they are essential ingredients for the dimension shifting spell. The remains of the phoenix that will instill the vitality of resurrection into those who move, and the phoenix’s blood that will maintain the permanence and pure form of the resurrected being. Either one can be replaced. nothing.”

“Pure form?”

“Most of the dimensions shift are theoretical predictions, but it is a journey from universe to universe, world to world. the monster will fall

It is the remains of the phoenix that forcibly resurrects and regenerates the body that is being destroyed, and the blood of the unicorn that enables the regenerated being to become me.

None of them were unimportant.

“Then, what about the dragon’s heart?”

“Because I have to create the power to break through the dimension with that terrible fraud and desire. It can’t be helped.”

“It’s not easy.”

Farseer took my hand with his remaining right hand.

“There’s nothing to think too soon. If you can sacrifice something else, you can save it. We’ll have to reorganize first. Celia needs to be sent to a safe place.”

“…”

I was averting my eyes for a while. Celia lost everything.

“That’s an illusion. Are you okay now?”

Celia, who had been blank for a while, looked at me and smiled unnaturally.

“It’s tolerable. It’s still buzzing in my head… but, well, it doesn’t matter anymore, does it?”

“yes?”

“It’s a dangerous illusion because you’re confused about whether Enerel is real or not, but if you stay away from it, you don’t have to worry. It’s all fake.”

“that…”

“I’m sorry. I couldn’t help you until the end. But, I don’t have divine power anymore… I just…”

Her silver hair and saint’s attire did not change. It was the same.

“I’m no longer a useless person… I can’t even help Enerel anymore. I guess we’ll have to part ways in the next town.”

“…”

“Until now, thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking me with you, whom I hated so much. From now on, I will atone for my sins in any way. I will help Enerel. “

Celia forced her muscles to move, giving off an obvious fake smile. His hands were shaking, and his pupils were shaking.

“I will definitely be praying for your return.”