“How dare you to the Emperor!”
– “Stop.”
“L, Lily!”
“…Huh?”
The Emperor turned his head to the side while stepping on me.
– “Deus. Are you okay?”
“…Ugh, yeah. I’m fine.”
No…
Lily appeared to save me.
And she was using her Divine power.
The more she used it, the more frail she became.
I could vaguely sense something from that moment.
If Lily exhausted all her Divinity, something very bad would happen to her.
So she shouldn’t use her Divinity.
But… but she’s using it to save me.
“…Finally.”
He summoned a sword from thin air while in that state.
A dazzling sword revealing itself from the space.
“Finally, the day I’ve been waiting for has arrived! The day I take vengeance on you, the one who cast me into the pit of incompetence!”
Boom!
The surrounding air began to settle.
“Lily… was it?”
Boom!
The Emperor held the sword, now wrapped in black flames, against my neck.
“Did you come to save this creature? Just like the filthy acts you did to me before!”
Lily flinched when she saw the sword aimed at me.
“Ha ha ha ha. It seems this creature’s life is precious to you.”
– “You…”
Lily raised both hands towards the Emperor.
– “Let her go.”
“Why should I?”
The Emperor gave a wicked smile.
“It seems this creature is preventing you from attacking properly. Try doing what you did to me before! Huh?”
Lily simply glared at the Emperor.
“Hehehe. How about this? Strip and come to me, chained up. Once you are completely defanged, I promise to set her free. Without a scratch. I swear. How about it?”
The Emperor spoke in a disgusting manner.
There’s no way he would keep that promise.
If Lily surrendered as he proposed, he would humiliate and kill both of us.
“Lily! No!”
– “A proposal. You suddenly barged into our house and persecuted our innocent Deus. How can I believe you’ll keep that promise?”
“Hmm… Is that so? But does this creature have a choice? Just shut up and strip.”
– “…That’s true. Yes. I have no choice.”
Lily gently closed her eyes.
I could tell what she was thinking by seeing that.
“No, Lily!”
Not with the Divine power!
– “Then the only option left is to wipe you all out.”
Boom!
“What is this!”
A tremendous amount of Divinity erupted from Lily’s center.
A blinding light that felt almost overwhelming.
But to me, it felt warm.
“Kraaaah!”
“Your Majesty!”
“Save me!”
The Emperor and his Knights, surrounding me, were swept away far by Lily’s Divinity.
– “Deus! Are you okay?”
Lily approached me, having escaped from the Emperor’s grip.
“Yeah. I’m fine. But Lily, are you okay? Your Divinity!”
– “Huh? I’m fine! I still have some Divinity left! And any exhausted Divinity, you can help me recover later, Deus!”
“But…”
Lily forced a bright smile, but…
Her condition had rapidly deteriorated compared to before.
She barely exhaled, struggling.
She looked like someone on the brink of death.
“Because of me…”
– “No, it’s fine! I told you I’m okay! Losing Divinity isn’t going to cause any problems.”
Boom!
At that moment, a tremendous explosion sounded from behind.
The spot where the Emperor and Knights had been launched.
I turned around, and saw a thick black pillar of flame reaching high into the sky.
– “So this is… what Divinity looks like.”
And amidst the inferno was the Emperor, wielding a crimson great sword.
…And he was also cloaked in Divine power.
“How, how is this happening!”
– “Haha! The Divinity is not just yours. After being cast down from the succession battle by you, I researched and researched. How I managed to incapacitate all the Knights, including myself, in that place.”
– “You… mastered the Divinity?”
– “No sword master. No grand wizard. No powerful man could perform such a miracle. Such miracles can only be performed by a God. So I sought it out! The power of a God!”
The Emperor raised one hand high and continued.
– “Years later, the entity known as ‘Chaos’ sought me. In return for my loyalty, this tremendous power was bestowed upon me.”
Black flames of Divinity blazed all over the Emperor’s body.
Unlike Lily’s, it emanated a sinister aura.
– “Now! I can wield the power of a God!”
“Power of a God…”
– “Yes! This is the power of a God! The Divine!”
He received the Divinity, huh?
A being capable of wielding the powers of God.
That’s something only a God could possibly do.
The Emperor lifted his hand forward.
At that, two pillars of flame branched off from the inferno and fell towards me.
– “Deus!”
Boom!
Lily created a shield of Divinity in front of me.
– “Oh? You can block it. With this power, I became the top of the Empire, the truly supreme Emperor. Thanks to you, I learned about the existence of Divinity, so I am grateful for that. However, I can never forget the humiliation you put me through!”
The Emperor raised his fist high.
– “If you’re thinking of resisting, I’ll wipe both of you out here!”
And as he pointed his thumb downward, dozens of pillars of flame split and rained down upon us.
– “Tch!”
Lily created an even bigger shield by using even more Divinity.
Boom! Boom!
But the Emperor’s scorching assaults began to crack Lily’s shield.
– “…Is it still not enough? Deus, could you take a moment to look at me?”
With her hands raised above, she was blocking the Emperor’s attack while looking at me.
Her eyes looked incredibly sorrowful.
– “Deus, it seems I have to use all the Divinity I have here.”
“Lily, no…”
– “I’m sorry for hiding it until now, but if my Divinity runs out… then it might be hard to see each other again.”
“Lily! If you use all your Divinity, then you…! I’d rather die with you! There’s no meaning in living alone! I!”
Clang!
The chains enveloping my body at that moment.
– “I’m sorry, Deus. But I want you to live for a long time.”
Boom!
With that statement, she exploded her Divine power, pushing all the flames away and soaring to the sky.
“Lily!”
– “Is the farewell finished!”
– “Yeah. The farewell is over.”
– “Ha. I can’t watch this anymore. I’ll be sending both of you nicely to the afterlife anyway.”
– “Well, I wonder who’s really going to the afterlife.”
Boom!
The two gods clashed high above.
Lily.
Why?
Even though I’ve lived for ten years without attachment to life, it was all for Lily.
Without Lily, there’s truly no meaning in living!
To sacrifice herself for me!
I can’t accept that!
Why are you doing this to me, Lily!
Boom!
“Kraaaah! How is this happening! How could someone like me, who received power from that being, be defeated by this girl!”
The Emperor was being consumed by Lily’s power.
Though Lily’s Divinity seemed minuscule compared to the Emperor’s… her attack, engulfing her whole being, dealt a critical blow to him.
Lily, battered and torn, descended before me.
“Lily! Why are you doing this! If this happens, Lily! Lily!”
– “Shhh. Deus. You know, I might not be dying. Maybe I’m just returning to my original world?”
“What if you truly die! Look at how Lily is right now!”
Her body was burning, being consumed from within.
It looked as if she could never be revived.
– “Well… I should hope that doesn’t happen. But this is the only way. If I don’t use Divinity, I’ll die from that attack. I’m sorry, Deus. I left you all alone in this world.”
“Lily! I’d rather follow you!”
– “No way!”
“So what am I supposed to do? I’m left all alone!”
– “I’m sorry, Deus. But since you have a bright future ahead, I can’t let you die with me. So let’s do this instead.”
At that moment, I resented Lily.
In a world without her. How am I supposed to live when she leaves me behind?
I thought it was selfish of her.
Even though she sacrificed herself to save me.
Lily… truly saw me as her child.
Wanting me to have a bright future.
To live a good life as family.
She placed one hand on my head and whispered.
– “I will be reborn as your child, Deus. One day I will be born into this world again. Then you can take care of me. How about that?”
“Lily…”
– “Will you promise?”
“…Yeah. I’ll protect you, even if I have to be your Mother.”
– “Good. I love you, Deus, my lovely daughter.”
With those last words, she turned to dust and scattered.
“I love you too… my beloved Mother. My Lily.”
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