chapter 224
224 – The End of the Story (Complete)
“It is over now.”
Looking at the place where the goddess of amusement had disappeared after becoming light, Rachel smiled softly and said so.
It’s over.
“… … Is it really over now?”
I couldn’t believe it.
I did suffer. I almost died several times before coming here, and if you include regression, I almost died.
Lastly, if Rachel and everyone else hadn’t helped, I might not have been able to do it properly.
But what about it?
I still feel dazed when I think it’s really over.
“Okay, kill the goddamn goddess you wanted so much, and you don’t have to live in the bondage of regression again.”
A collapsing Rachel arrived in front of me and reached out to my face.
A soft hand caressed my face.
“I’m really sorry that an incompetent god couldn’t give you salvation.”
Unlike the other gods, as soon as I held Rachel’s hand, who had been asking for my apology, her body shrank as if it couldn’t stand it any longer.
“… Are you disappearing?”
Rachel smiled bitterly, looked at the missing arm and one leg, and barely nodded.
“I guess… In order to get rid of that bitch’s divinity, of course I had to get rid of my job as well, so it would pay off.”
Rachel looked at the body gradually disappearing and continued talking to me.
“Besides, there is no need to be sad, right? Because she was a foolish goddess who couldn’t even save you in five regressions, and then only spoke out when you got the chance to kill that goddess.”
Looking at the self-deprecating goddess, I quietly held her hand.
To be honest, Rachel herself and I have never had a deep relationship.
It’s not a deep relationship like other women, it’s just a cooperative relationship that was helped by each other’s purpose.
“Forget about goddesses like me and be happy… ..”
“Can’t you just say that?”
Everyone’s eyes gathered at the voice that answered Rachel’s words.
“Hestia… ?”
Hestia, who had been invisible until just now, was staring at Rachel right next to me.
“It’s okay not to be so strict with yourself.”
“… No, Goddess Hestia. I have sinned. You killed your friends, foolishly ruined the world, and even changed your story for posterity.”
“therefore?”
“So I have to be punished until the very end.”
Because that’s the path that suits you.
Hestia, who was looking down at Rachel who said that, looked down at her without a word.
Hestia, who had a serious expression on her face like a judge judging a crime, put her on the floor and came closer to me.
“Yes. Rachel.”
“Yes, the goddess Hestia.”
“I have no right to punish you. There were gods who suffered from you, but we thought it was fate. That’s why I gave up struggling until the end and sealed myself inside the system.”
I was overwhelmed by the atmosphere that was different from usual and I didn’t say anything.
We all just look at Hestia speaking loftyly in a quiet space.
“However… If you want punishment, take it from these children.”
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Just like when Rachel called Rain and Minels, two shadows pop out of the empty space.
“ah… .”
A blond man wearing a crown of bay leaves and a goddess with beautiful pink hair hanging down to her ankles fell in front of Rachel.
“To the two gods you killed.”
Two gods stare at Rachel, who is sprawled on the floor.
“Ah, my God… .”
Rachel, unable to even raise herself, cautiously reaches out.
I stretch out my hand and plead with them, like someone who wants salvation.
“please… punish… .”
The two gods looked down at Rachel, who asked to be punished, and opened their mouths as if nothing had happened.
“not really?”
“To be honest, I didn’t even pay attention to this… Even if it’s punishment.”
Seeing Aphrodite and Apollo talking with a shrug, Rachel looks at them with empty eyes and asks again.
“Ha, but I killed you… .”
“Ah, when I go to the human world, of course I incarnate into a different body and go down.”
“Thanks to that, it’s very unfortunate that he died without struggling properly, but I have no complaints with you guys. Having defeated us is also proof of your strength.”
Rachel’s body sags again at the answer of the two gods.
With both legs completely collapsed, lift the arm you are barely maintaining and bring it to your face.
“… Is this new?”
“Well, it’s not that grandiose just because it’s a god. Rather, there are parts that humans are better at.”
“So that is it. Especially when you’re bored and looking for entertainment, humans are the best… Oh, and Lian Primal. How about a round of Kim who has become a god?”
Admiring Aphrodite for being able to utter such words confidently even in this situation, I quietly sat next to Rachel.
“You have repented and made atonement. the gods acknowledged Don’t you think there’s no need to be more strict with yourself until the end?”
Kwajik… .
With the final crack, the arm that had been holding on disappears along with the black light.
It’s really not that far from the end.
“… god Are you really forgiving me?”
“Even if you say so, we never truly hated you.”
“Well, I got a little angry when I was messing around with humans.”
“But in the end, you chose to save humans, didn’t you? That is enough.”
After hearing the words of each god, Rachel leaned against me with her eyes closed.
“… First of all, please don’t tell Rirke that I’m dead. There was no saintess who believed in me and followed me as much as that child.”
“yes.”
“I came with the intention of dying and did not bring the child with me. If you die in front of that child, that child will surely shed tears.”
“and?”
“… .”
After finishing Rirke’s story, Rachel seemed to hesitate.
open one’s mouth… I barely spoke.
“It’s okay not to mention your name… Can you erect my tombstone?”
“gravestone?”
“Yeah, you don’t even have to engrave your name, just a space in a small cemetery is fine. I made my grave… I like it even when I remember it. It doesn’t matter if you don’t come at all.”
Looking up at me with teary eyes, Rachel told me one last favor.
“still… Sometimes, come to the grave and say a prayer.”
That was the end.
The cracks in Rachel’s body swallowed her in an instant, as if waiting for her last words… she is gone
“… With this, all four goddesses have disappeared.”
Hestia carefully squatted next to me and pressed her face.
“Two of them disappeared after being burned by your torch at the time the throne disappeared, and Rachel killed the Goddess of Play herself by using an expedient, and as Rachel died in the reaction, the seat of the minister became completely vacant.”
“right.”
“So what are you going to do?”
I didn’t hesitate at Hestia’s question.
That’s right, the answer was decided from the first time I returned.
“I have no intention of becoming a god.”
I will lead a free life
Like a bird that is not disturbed by anyone.
“So… Can my Godhead push me back there?”
“You can drive it back to me to some extent. However, the divinity generated from your own achievements will remain.”
“Still, can you die with that level of divinity?”
“yes.”
“That’s fine.”
I get up and approach the women looking at me from behind.
I have enough of this
Becoming a god and wielding omnipotent power is not my taste.
I am with the people I love and the people who love me.
Living together is the greatest happiness for me.
“So I’m sorry I seem to be pushing things.”
“no. It’s because we are the one who only pushed the crowd against you.”
“right. Seeing that the goddess of play is no longer in full swing, I got angry without realizing it, so I made you do something a little difficult.”
“Am I not bad?”
“At times like this, it’s about matching the mood! You stupid Apollo!!”
The appearance of the fighting gods was not very different from what I expected.
Yes, these guys look more dignified and serious than this.
“Then we will have to suffer from now on. It might be difficult in life to meet again.”
“That’s a bit unfortunate.”
Hestia’s words made me feel a bit regretful.
I said I hate it every time, but I heard it as much as I talked about it briefly and boldly.
[‘It’s possible to talk like this, but it’s fun.’ Asks how it is.]
“… Is it only you?”
“Hee hee, well?”
Hestia walked away from me with a smile as usual and spoke to the women behind me.
“This is what Ryan thinks. How are you guys?”
To Hestia’s words, they answered without hesitation.
“There is no meaning to life without the young master.”
“I can’t find the meaning of living in that life any longer without my master.”
“As above.”
“The original woman is of the same opinion.”
“I am not interested in immortality either. And since I don’t want to do any more troublesome things, I’ll die after living a moderately long life like my older brother.”
“… Let alone the knights, a foolish knight who can’t handle a single person properly can handle the world.”
“I will also refuse. And at this point, I’m afraid I’ll pray to Rachel and become an official nun. In the end, I was of no help.”
Hestia smiled brightly at each answer and clapped her hands saying that was enough.
“I wish you good luck in your choices.”
*****
So we returned to our daily lives.
I am not a hero, but the eldest son of the Primal family.
Ariane is the daughter of the Primal family, not an executive of the Demon King’s army.
Rain and Rianne are ordinary maids of the Primal family.
Minel and Xenovia are knights each with their own chivalry.
From a skayan-eyed lunatic wizard to just a geeky explorer.
Prin goes from being a saint serving the goddess Neiros to an ordinary priest serving Rachel.
Ciel went from being a demon king to an ordinary country girl.
Also, as Rachel wished, Rirke did not know about Rachel’s death and did not inform her of her death.
Thanks to that, Prin and I go to church together and seem to get along quite well.
“I am really happy.”
So I looked up at the sky while sipping a drink in front of a small grave in a corner of the family yard.
Staring at a bird gliding in the cloudless blue sky, she tipped the bottle and poured it onto the grave.
Hopefully, if she too is reborn, she will live a life as free as a bird.
“Are you here again?”
As I tipped the bottle, Lianne, who had come behind me, sighed heavily and stood next to me.
“Isn’t this enough to use Rachel as an excuse for skipping work every time?”
“… I wanted freedom.”
“no. There is a mountain of work to deal with.”
Lianne grabs her arm and gradually moves away from Rachel’s grave.
“They said it would be a problem if you don’t take care of everything by tonight?”
“… damn it If I had known this was going to happen, I would have delayed the reform of the Primal family a little bit before proceeding.”
“At the very least, it was too late. At a time when various irregularities are popping up in the Reinhardt family, the help of the duke’s family is indispensable, and because of the reforms the boy has done, he’s coming in with things he hasn’t received until now.”
“ha ha ha… .”
With a smile, I looked at the face waiting in front of the mansion that was brought to me by Rianne.
“Still, I think my strength is getting weaker every night, so I prepared a health food.”
I burst into laughter as I looked at the expressions on the women’s faces as they looked at me as if they were looking at prey.
It’s a little different from the daily life I wanted… .
Can you say that this is a happy daily life?
Thinking so, I approached the girls who were waiting for me.
To my wives who show me a love where there is no more betrayal or deceit.
-Fin