“…So. Your wish is to turn back the time of Kiki Island? To when your family was alive.”
“Yeah…”
Alice, who had become one with the floor, nodded while touching her forehead.
As we talked about the present and the past, I unknowingly remembered him.
He always told me to move forward.
I didn’t understand him, but he valued the present and the future more than the past.
Of course, Alice was obsessed with the past, but she didn’t want to abandon the present.
‘Unlike me.’
“But is there really a need to go back to the past? If family is the goal, just bringing back the family would be…”
“If it were just family, I wouldn’t need to make a wish.”
Alice stared blankly at the ceiling.
Her eyes slowly brightened as if recalling the past.
“I still vividly remember. Back then, without blessings, without this money-making, I was happy.”
Before I knew it, her usually bright red eyes were looking at me.
“I wish that time could come back. Not just as a person, but the situation itself.”
“…”
“Is it a hard thing to do?”
Turning back time to return to the past.
It’s obviously an impossible task, but maybe that’s exactly why this side might be possible.
‘If it’s limited to Kiki Island.’
Wipe out all the resorts on the island and revert it to its former self.
Delete the memories of the islanders up until the point they return to the past.
Since people couldn’t have been killed by the celestial or demon races, all would be completely resurrected.
…If that happens, Kiki Island would return to the past.
Of course, this doesn’t mean actually returning to the past.
If we were to think of it as a book, it’s like the scene where the regression starts.
No matter how much you declare regression on page 20, it doesn’t return to page 1; it continues to page 21.
Kiki Island, too, would just unfold a new future following the appearance of the past.
‘If we had to put it this way, it would be like an IF story.’
“It wouldn’t be impossible, right?”
An ordinary person might see that and think, ‘I’ve returned to the past!’
From the perspective of someone who’s changing, they wouldn’t be able to distinguish whether it’s page 21 or page 1.
If they feel it’s page 1, then that world is page 1 for them.
But I am different.
I acutely feel the fact that I am moving on to the next chapter.
To be exact, I can’t help but feel it.
‘Damn blood.’
The blood of the celestial race shows me things I shouldn’t need to see, makes me feel things I shouldn’t feel.
These newly emerged ones may follow my precious people, but I know.
‘These beings and that person are different existences.’
No matter how much I brainwash myself, what isn’t, just isn’t.
“…They say ignorance is bliss.”
“Huh, yeah?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
“I thought it sounded serious…”
“It is serious.”
Dare you.
“I was contemplating the price to pay for kidnapping Lily Elbrite’s precious person.”
What kind of price should I make them pay? And they’re even interrupting my vacation.
Crack.
Thunk… My strawberry badge shatters in my hand.
Weirdly, it just makes me angrier.
Is that Kiki…?
“Ch-ch-blessing…”
Alice stepped back as if she had seen a ghost.
The three quiet members of Lily’s Group were the same.
“Boss…?”
“Hammer.”
“Yes?”
Clank.
“I feel like hitting someone.”
I have to smack them upside the head.
[The White Guardian requests salvation (physically)!!]
“…Rest in peace.”
■
Boom…!!!
“Are you crazy?”
─Oh wow.
The ground shook, rattling the island.
A massive tremor began twisting the underground of the banana statue like mad.
Hiss…
Merely from the waves, the magically charged rocks crumbled like sand.
The Blessed One swallowed hard.
“…This feels like it’s going to hell.”
─Why am I so pissed off?
“…Isn’t it stranger to ask why I’m mad after kidnapping?”
─Look at this.
Kler switched the screen.
A pure white woman sat gracefully atop the shattered statue.
A dark killing intent flowed from her wall-like eyes.
Besides, the statue was crafted by a great race, so even Kler hitting it wouldn’t do much damage.
─It’s not even real, and there’s no reason to be this angry.
“I don’t know, just figure it out. I can’t handle this.”
─Just give me the fantasy. I’ll handle the rest.
The Blessed One felt the underground collapsing and laid out an illusion at the entrance as best as they could.
It was too late to show up and use it.
Lily, already seething, would definitely give them a smack the moment she saw it.
It’s not efficient to lay out an illusion, but it’s the only method I have…
Whoosh.
A pure white foot entered the enchanted entrance.
‘Gotcha!’
…Only for that thought to fade as Lily frowned for a moment and swept the illusion away like dust.
“Crazy…”
She acted like it was nothing—
“No regrets?”
“That.”
Wham!
The Blessed One was crushed under the pure white hammer.
As the hammer came down, Lily’s gaze locked onto two people.
With a crash! Lily smashed the iron cage and grabbed the two.
Boom! Boom!
The underground crumbled.
Debris fell, but Lily looked up at the sky, fearless.
After all, debris was no problem compared to her current blessing.
Is that Kiki?
Luck was on Lily’s side, so no matter the chaos, not a single hair on her body would get harmed.
No matter how much chaos unfolds here, not a single hair will be harmed.
“You’re more affectionate than I thought.”
Flap. Light streams into the broken underground, revealing a man engulfed in radiance.
Blessings unfold behind the man.
“Kler.”
“I don’t understand why you took the time to scheme. You could have just left an iron cage.”
He raises his hammer.
Kler hides behind the blessings and reaches out.
Crackle! Kler’s left hand is completely vaporized by the green lightning.
At last, a god imbued with green descends from the clear sky.
“The great door shall open.”
The great door shall open.
The door of the altar has opened.
■
There are exactly six great races.
Each of them possesses special powers, and when all their powers are combined, they can meet a special existence that grants wishes.
“……”
I heard about the great altar from Alice.
The great altar is where the great races live.
When you go to the altar, you risk using unstable powers and potentially losing your blessings at any moment, but there’s one good point.
‘In the end, it means I can see them, right?’
“There they are.”
Kiki.
I encountered the race that bestowed blessings.
Its identity, beyond knowing where it was, was that of a slot machine half my size.
The slot machine displaying 777 spun joyfully around me.
Kler was beyond that.
The total number of races is four.
I had struck the user with a vision, but it seemed that the user died before I could even hit them as if they had made some sort of contract beforehand.
Perhaps they had planned this situation from the beginning.
Clap. Clap. Clap.
The sound of applause echoed through the colorful empty space.
“What an honor to see the great Lady Lily here.”
“Can you manage it? It’s as if the resort owner kidnapped and attacked the guests.”
Even if it’s a dungeon, Kikish Island is one of Deoen’s three major tourist attractions.
To come out like this was equivalent to throwing away everything achieved until now.
Cough.
Cough cough cough… Hahaha!!!
Kler burst into laughter like he was going mad.
What’s up with him?
“Ah… why don’t you just say what you think?”
Don’t worry.
Behind Kler, the great races each emit blessings.
Perhaps because it’s an island or because they’re inside the altar, the energy feels tremendously overwhelming.
Surely, it has a formidable power.
“Here, you will lose your blessings and absolutely be unable to speak about me.”
“So you can’t say a word about me after losing your blessing.”
Kiki!
The slot machine angrily sticks to my side.
But it seems like the number of heads is gradually fading away.
At this rate, I’ll lose my luck too.
“This is the Spiritual World, where you move with mental power, not bodily skills. No matter how outstanding you are, you won’t be able to use that incredible strength.”
“……”
“Am I not the same? True. But I have four races behind me with exceptional mental strength and great rank.”
[Ah!]
“On the other hand, luck just raises luck. No combat power at all, and mental power isn’t that great either.”
Kiki!!
“Luck that can’t even talk properly. I was worried about who to bring since it just eats up fuel, but thankfully—”
“Mental power, huh…”
Ah.
“…Huh?”
Kiki…?
White wings spread open.
The size and majesty are on a completely different level compared to the wings spread on the snowy mountains.
Something descends, twisting the space around me, proving its existence in the world.
A pure white ring lands gently above me.
An inconceivable holy power wraps around my whole body.
Under the overwhelming force, Kler and the races hurriedly stepped back.
This is not the end.
“Pharaoh.”
A golden hand of a statue appears, tearing through dimensions.
In the Space of Despair, the Ancient Beast that once ruled the desert reveals itself.
The great Emperor who spent thousands of years in the Spiritual World.
“What are these trash?”
“They’re cute little ones.”
The statue handed a part of itself to me.
That part moved as I willed, soon transforming into a golden hammer symbolizing the Emperor.
Hoo.
It’s been a while.
“W-what the hell…”
“You said I wouldn’t be able to talk, right?”
I’m the same.
Grrr…! The great altar seems unable to accept the existence, causing cracks.
Thousands, tens of thousands of golden soldiers that popped out fill the space.
And the owner of all that.
I, ‘Lily Elbrite,’ declare.
“What I’ve seen and heard here will be considered nonexistent. Every little detail.”
Ah, don’t worry.
Even if wishes don’t come true.
“I’ll make it happen for you.”
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