Is it wrong to try to meet someone in a dungeon?

The pale blue ornament fell from her hand.

The ornament fell to the ground with a thud and rolled to my feet, which I picked up.

A long silence.

After we faced off in the middle of the ruins for a while, "she" slowly opened her lips.

"To have realized from the very beginning that I wasn't the real person... that's utterly stupid."

Although the other person had Miss Seele's voice, they spoke in an extremely cold tone, which made me feel a chill.

The face that had been lowered lifted up.

The pale gray eyes that were gazing at me held a faint, eerie light.

It was a murky look in Miss Seele's eyes that she had never shown me before.

"If you remain completely unaware, you could lose your life in my gentle embrace..."

These words were cold and lifeless, filled only with clear hostility and murderous intent.

Compared to the murderous aura I felt when facing the Freya Familia, this was nothing.

It even gives one the illusion that their internal organs are being gripped by icy hands. I quietly ask:

"Who are you...? Why do you look exactly like Miss Seele?"

"You don't need to know this. Anyway, I lost the 'bet' with the goddess."

After speaking, she told the truth as if she had given up resisting.

"Lady Seele is waiting for you in a place of memories I cannot even enter... in that place where only you share these memories. Go quickly."

That place where only Miss Seele and I share memories...?

The moment I heard those words, I reflexively recalled a scene.

I recall the memories that only Miss Seele and I shared.

But I remained standing there, looking at the woman in front of me who was not Miss Seele.

"...Aren't you coming with me? If this continues, the Freya Familia will...!"

"...Even knowing I'm an imposter, you're still worried about my safety? You're such a hypocrite, do you have to emphasize how miserable I am before you're satisfied?"

"Well……"

"As long as you're not here, I won't be killed. Even if I betray the goddess, as long as I let you go, I'll be punished, but not executed."

"……Really?"

"Well, everything I've done has been for nothing—so you should leave now."

No will could be sensed from her anymore; all murderous intent or hostility seemed to have vanished.

I had no choice but to believe what she said.

I bit my lower lip, looked at that distraught face, and then turned and left the ruins.

The boy has left the ruins.

His presence gradually faded into the distance.

A girl with the appearance of a girl—the next moment, she was struck in the temple by the butt of a gun.

The girl was knocked away.

It crashed into the pillar with the force of a burst dam, then slammed into the wall with tremendous force.

Amidst the billowing dust and deafening noise, Allen, wielding his silver spear, spat.

"You actually staged this whole farce without my permission... and even abandoned your guard duties, what are you trying to do, you woman?"

He threw out those words in frustration.

Slowly sliding down the wall, the girl collapsed to the ground, barely alive, her whole body convulsing.

However, despite taking such an attack that would have broken the neck or even shattered the skull of an ordinary person, the girl's body remained intact.

The girl's face was covered in blood, and her body was covered in wounds. Despite her serious injuries, she was still alive.

"Give me the answer before you die, Heron."

It seems that this name was the catalyst.

The girl was first enveloped in a burst of light, which then shattered into countless points of light like a broken mirror and dissipated.

Damage exceeding the maximum tolerance limit causes the "magic" to be dispelled.

After all the light spots disappeared—lying on the ground was a beautiful girl with long, gray hair that looked as if all the pigment had been lost, a pitch-black left eye that resembled a layer of darkness.

"You are not worthy of the title of head maid."

"How can someone who defies God's will be called a 'goddess's follower'?"

Like Allen, the four Jariba brothers and Hegney also jumped down through the hole in the roof.

Faced with the scorn of the dwarfs Du Hualin and Geer, Herren opened his trembling lips.

"I...have no way to defend myself...because I have indeed committed an act of rebellion against God...an unforgivable sin..."

She confessed frankly, panting, her long hair covering the right half of her face swaying with her breath.

Hegny narrowed his eyes, revealing his disgust.

"How could a mere little girl's conspiracy be executed so smoothly... Was she secretly colluding with my nemesis Hedin and Otto?"

This guess is completely correct.

To be precise, it was a girl named Helen who also deceived the staff officer and the commander, intending to take the opportunity to kill the boy.

The first day was a real girl.

The girl on the second day was an imposter.

That's why Allen and the others were so angry.

The boy was destined to belong to the goddess, but Herren took it upon herself to try and harm him.

If Heron were to seek help from this group, they would undoubtedly destroy the plan immediately. Allen and his ilk, belonging to the so-called "radicals," would eliminate anything that contradicts the will of the supreme god.

Everything they did was for the goddess.

"You bitch, you wanted to die at our hands from the very beginning, didn't you?"

Allen, enraged, revealed the truth.

The girl's plan was based on sacrificing her own life from the very beginning.

"...He devoted himself to the goddess, swore allegiance to her, and ultimately betrayed her. Since that's the case, regardless of whether my 'wish' comes true, this life, which the goddess saved, should rightfully be returned to her..."

With trembling hands supporting his upper body, Herren gave a barely audible reply.

The girl, made up of blood, showed no pain or fear on her face and looked like a martyr.

"You scum, stop projecting your filthy self-satisfaction onto goddesses."

Allen offered a rebuttal without hesitation.

Herren first lowered his head, then raised it again and shouted:

"Indeed, I hate the boy who stole the goddess's heart, and I'm extremely jealous of him...! But that's not all! I'm worried that the goddess will change! If this continues, the unique queen will be defiled and fall!"

"..."

"You wouldn't understand! Only I see this! So...so...so!! I have no choice but to do it!! Even if the goddess doesn't want me to do it, or hates me forever! For that person, I must commit this heinous crime! The goddess must live on in the world as a goddess should!"

Under the watchful eyes of Allen and the others, the girl revealed a chilling smile.

"That's right—a goddess can't be reduced to an ordinary 'little girl'!!"

Haha ...

The girl began to laugh like a broken music box, her laughter echoing from the ruined roof to the sky.

From that laughter, one could tell that she had unwavering faith in her own loyalty.

Those eyes, emitting a ghostly light, dreamed of seeing the eternal glory of the supreme god.

She dedicated everything she had to the goddess she revered.

"You're not a goddess's follower."

Finally, Allen uttered his words with disgust.

"He's just a 'Berserker'."

In response to this accusation.

The girl neither admitted nor denied it.

She squinted, letting a drop of blood slide down her cheek, and just kept smiling.

On the day the snowflakes fell.

On the night that beautiful yet cruel white fragments fell from the sky.

I discovered that my goddess said this.

"I'm going to save you now... What do you want?"

I gave the answer.

I don't want to be myself anymore; I want to be beautiful and warm like you.

"You want to be a god? What an insatiable child! I've never seen anyone make such a request before!"

The goddess laughed after hearing my arrogant "desire".

Then she said this:

"Well, I'll give you my name, but the price is that you have to give me your own name, okay?"

So we exchanged our "fate"—we exchanged our "true names".

After this sacred ceremony and the signing of the contract, this body and soul were no longer a lonely, dirty little girl.

I offered my name "Seele" and received the goddess's name "Herren".

The moment I became a favored one of the goddess—

I was overjoyed when my desires were fulfilled through "God's grace".

【The Unique Secret Technique】—its effect is "divine transformation magic".

It is a secret technique that allows one to transform into a specific goddess.

During the casting of the spell, I can share my five senses with the goddess and receive her thoughts unilaterally.

I can understand everything in the world related to her through her perception!

Aside from being unable to wield "divine power"—my body and soul can become goddesses!

This is the highest honor, the ultimate glory. A mere girl from the lowest rungs of society has now received the blessing of Heaven.

Ah! !

I am the daughter of a goddess!

I am no longer an ordinary girl, but have become the "daughter of the gods"!

From this day forward, I will become the goddess's limbs, her sense of smell, hearing, and sight, and share her destiny as a part of her, forever!

But! But! But!

But then that boy appeared!

That man has appeared!!

The most sublime goddess in the world, the most beautiful goddess in the world, was actually bewitched by a mere mortal!

During the time I used my "secret technique" to become a goddess, only I, who could share thoughts with the goddess, understood this! Only I in this world know this!

The goddess is gradually no longer a goddess!

As a transcendent, noble, and inaccessible ruler of the heavens, he gradually degenerated into an insignificant stain in the mortal world!

How could I stand by and watch a goddess be reduced to a mediocre "little girl"?