The talk ended.
As if telling us there was nothing to say anymore, the consciousness world disappeared, and I -Kourin Karen- as well as Mirack-chan, Celestis-chan, Sasae-chan, and Hyue-chan had returned to our original world.
To the fallen Underworld Country; at the throne room that serves as the center of it.
“Oh, we are back!” (Mirack)
“We have a body!” (Celestis)
Everyone still couldn’t escape from the agitation of what happened.
“Weren’t we…told something incredible just now-de gozaru mai ka?!” (Hyue)
Yeah, the truth that we were told of. The secret of the Gods, the secret of the world.
The scale is way too big to entrust to us humans.
“In the end, the turmoil happening in this world was brought by the blind love of the Light Goddess-sama huh.” (Celestis)
“You…choose your words a bit more!” (Mirack)
But there was conflict in the heart of the Light Goddess.
Love and hatred to the point of separating herself in two.
This event raised the world in a crooked way.
“But the plan of the evil Light Goddess is closing to its completion.” (Celestis)
Celestis-chan said with a stern face.
“She turned her back on this world that had things she didn’t want and is trying to create a new world. The personification of those feelings is Lucifer itself.” (Celestis)
“Meaning that that giant snake will become a world in itself? I think I have heard a story about the world being inside a giant coiled snake.” (Mirack)
“In order to create a world, there’s the need to gather all six elements. It has already assimilated the Demon Lords and obtained four elements. If we think about the light elements that was already present, then there’s only one left…!” (Karen)
“The dark element-dasu!!” (Sasae)
If it can assimilate that one, Lucifer will be completed as a new world.
“Was there worth in us coming here?” (Celestis)
“By coming here, we were able to see the memories of the Light Goddess and we were able to learn about the enemy’s objective and identity. Well, it wasn’t pointless.” (Mirack)
“But that be all it was-dasu?” (Sasae)
It couldn’t be helped that we would question it.
“The enemy is massive-de gozaru. A weakness to defeat the opponent, a useful new power; wasn’t there something else-de gozaru ka?” (Hyue)
“Right. Let’s explore the Underworld Country a bit more and search for something that can serve as a hint—” (Celestis)
“There’s no need for that.” (Karen)
I said.
The gazes of the four gather on me.
“There’s nothing else we can gain here. This is plenty enough. Let’s go back.” (Karen)
“But…” (Celestis)
“We learned about the meaning behind this battle. What we have to win with this battle. What else would be needed aside from that?” (Karen)
A reason we must not lose.
As long as we know that, we definitely won’t lose!
“…True.” (Mirack)
“…If we take too much time, Haine-chi won’t last after all.” (Celestis)
“We be returning with a sharpened knife-dasu! Our batteries be charged to the max-dasu!” (Sasae)
“We will fulfill our duties as heroes now!!” (Hyue)
The reason why the Goddess showed us her memories here was because she entrusted us with the battle.
Because she believed that we would be able to protect this world ourselves.
We will answer that trust and fight to protect this world.
That is our duty as the ones living in this world!
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“Those girls are coming back…”
With resolve in hand, I -Yorishiro, the Light Goddess- could be said to be the very culprit behind this time’s calamity.
Being divided in two because of a variety of conflicts, I became the good Inflation.
And the evil Inflation incarnated as Sunnysol Ates.
And now, Ates herself is the worst calamity attacking this world.
Since the genesis of the world, I have been protecting the humans in place of the Dark God, and watched over the progress of the humans. That’s what I intended.
But even I might have been a harmful existence for the humans.
“You are pretty discouraged there, Yorishiro-sama.”
In the Light Founder’s room where I should be the only one in, a new stream-like voice reverberated.
After that, mist gathered, and a fishman dressed like a pierrot appeared.
“Coacervate. Even when distilled, you still have the hobby of trespassing?” (Yorishiro)
In the past, this Water God that couldn’t be described as anything but trash, had completely sanctified after his battle with the humans.
Right now, he is using the water demon—no, the water saint Mephistopheles to move around in the surface world.
He is apparently moving around here and there doing good deeds.
“You have done quite the big move there. Showing the humans a memory of the genesis era.” (Coacervate)
“It is something necessary for those girls.” (Yorishiro)
