Chapter: 568
A man is seen running, leading the darkness that looms around him.
The sight of him gathering enough power to push against the constraints cast by Erginius’s magic to try to shut my mouth was nothing short of wondrous, as if the night itself was approaching me.
But the night is merely something that spreads widely across the world; it’s not deep or intense. With my light, I could directly become the sun and transform the night into dawn.
“Hahaha!♡ Such sloppy darkness, just like my master!♡”
Even if the darkness recedes, dealing with the man is still daunting.
Even without his authority, the being standing in front of me is clearly a god.
It’s not easy for a mere human to inflict wounds.
However, if it’s about blocking my attacks or hindering movement, I can do that as much as I want.
Kwaaaang!
The punch the man threw with all his might seems like a trivial attack from the perspective of nothingness. But with the overwhelming power possessed by a deity, things change.
The shock that slams straight down onto the shield vibrates my well-worn body.
“Hehe♡ Is this all you’ve got?♡”
I endure the shock transmitted through my bones and curl my lips upward.
Just then, the man, whose eyes are now wild, attempts to attack again, but three swordsmen waiting beside me are quicker to thrust their swords.
The divine power that resides in those weapons is the divine grace of my lord! For a man under constraints when it comes to using power, this is not an easily dismissible attack.
“Tsk!”
The man, hiding in the shadows, tries to reveal himself from behind me, but that was within the range of my expectations.
The divine magic prepared by Phoebe shoots towards my shadow.
“I can’t understand. How can a girl like you predict my actions?”
“Why would you ask something so obvious?♡ It’s because your intelligence is at the level of a beast. You dolt♡”
Hmph. It seems like he’s somewhat immune to ordinary provocations. Maybe he’s resisting status effects with his power.
It would have been quite troublesome had I not known his weakness. Before knowing his weakness, of course.
“Why play with others? Play with us. Be with us.”
“Damn it.”
The man’s gaze, which had been fixed on me, darts to the side in urgency.
I see the Fairy Queen charging at him with her children. The five arms and three wings of the fairies carry thorns, which look perilous enough that the expression of the man, who was focused on me, contorts in fear.
[Fairy spear, huh!]
‘I’ve never heard that name before.’
[Of course! I'm a weapon that vanished with the fairies!]
Fairies are beings that are loved by nature, existing to thrive and enhance the beauty of the world.
In other words, being hated by fairies means being hated by nature itself.
[That spear is proof of hatred! You must not be pierced by it!]
The thorns they hold are anger, hatred, and resentment from the fairies.
The weapon wielded to exclude enemies is a threat to even a deity.
Because fairies are conceptual beings.
…
Hmm?
‘The fact that those guys have drawn their thorns means they’ve become closer to being fairies?!’
As I mentioned earlier, fairies are conceptual beings. If they were in a fallen state engulfed by the power of darkness, they wouldn’t be able to wield the fairies’ unique weapon.
But now, they’ve drawn the fairies’ thorns.
They have raised the fairies’ weapons.
As Erginius devoured the power of darkness, they became closer to being fairies once again.
“Hey, bugs♡”
I toss aside the heavy shield, resize the mace that had brightened the world into a necklace, shake off the fear resting on my shoulders, and step forward lightly.
It seems like Joy, who followed me, sensed what I was about to do and drew a small magic circle in front of my mouth.
This is the magic I saw back in Lina’s forest. It definitely acts as an amplifier.
With a grin to show approval, I see Joy cautiously smile and step back.
“I’ll play with you♡”
Riding on Joy’s magic, my voice spreads through the twisted forest.
“I’ll specially give you a chance that matches my dance♡”
Originally, the fairies wouldn’t heed my words.
Their master is the Fairy Queen.
The pure and benevolent fairies’ origin.
With her right next to me, there’s no way they would dance to the words of a little brat like me.
But now, it’s different.
The Fairy Queen that has lost her purity is no longer their origin.
If someone more loved by the fairies appears than her, they would easily be captivated.
“Let’s tease that dolt together♡”
Just like now.
“It’ll definitely be fun♡”
Tok.
I step onto the earth stained in black, containing the divine power, urging the lord to take responsibility for driving me into a corner as I spread my arms.
As I do, the divine power spreads wherever I place my foot, returning the land to its original color.
To the light before it was tainted by darkness.
“Is this dolt, who thinks he’s the best, really that sad?♡”
Tok.
As I step again onto the earth regaining its earthy hue, green begins to spread from the center of where I danced.
Knowing that it’s not my doing, I subtly turn my head and meet Phoebe’s eyes filled with profound trust.
Eyes that believe miracles will occur on the path where an apostle walks.
I reply to her somewhat burdensome gaze with a smile and dance once more.
I frolic above the flowers, among the flowers.
Hey.
Come this way.
Let’s dance together.
Let’s all play together.
Spring has come after a long, long time, hasn’t it?
– What mischief are you doing?
A fairy flies over beside the dancing me.
With four arms carrying a thorn, reminiscent of an insect, it should be called a bug, yet strangely, I could catch a glimpse of a pure smile on the fairy’s face that wouldn’t seem tainted.
“I’m going to tell all about that dolt’s failures♡ Watch him flail about angrily♡ Doesn’t it sound fun?♡”
– …Sounds fun.
– How cheeky! You’re trying to have fun all by yourself!
– I want to play too!
– Me too!
– Me too!
“Puhahaha♡ Don’t fight among yourselves, bugs♡ No matter how much you gather, you’re still less than dust in the wind!♡”
Tok. I create a stage among the flowers.
It’s not the black stage that had been in the fairy’s forest for hundreds of years. It’s a white stage. A stage of light. A stage of the sun.
“Do you really want to let it be?”
“Yeah. That’s what we should do.”
“At the very least, we should shake off and leave.”
“We can’t let the young lady go!”
The swords of the three swordsmen block the man. As he grits his teeth, trying to sink into darkness, Joy is quicker to prevent him from doing so.
Joy. She was scared the magic would go wrong; yet she finally did it.
– So what story will you tell?
– How will you tease him?
– Tell me.
– With a voice more beautiful than a bird’s song.
“Hey♡ That dolt is an old geezer who’s as sloppy as the Shoddy God♡”
The word “similar” is probably a modesty. The Evil God has lived as long as the lord Jushin.
Where there is light, it is natural for darkness to exist. Since the moment the lord began showering warmth upon the world, the dark evil god has been sitting in the shadow.
“Do you know why he ended up being the underling of another loser?♡”
Thus, if everything flowed according to the world’s course, the opposite of lord Jushin should have been the Evil God.
But reality is different.
The one who became the center of the Evil God is Agra. A perverted jerk eager to bully girls.
Not the dolt who’s flailing in front of me now.
“He got beaten down♡”
The Evil God was defeated by Agra.
“Again and again♡ Again♡”
He lost his authority.
He lost his power.
He lost his faith.
While he kept rushing in,
all that remains for the Evil God is the word “defeat.”
“Puhahaha♡ Isn’t that so foolish?♡ If only he had given up his pride a bit, he wouldn’t have ended up like this!♡”
Thus, the Evil God became Agra’s follower.
“Did he really think he could win?♡”
“Shut up.”
“Was there a moment when he was so fond of being beaten by a loser?♡”
“Shut up!”
“Maybe he secretly wanted to be that loser’s pet♡”
“Shut up, you freaking brat!”
In a night devoid of starlight, the man brushed aside the three swordsmen and charged at me.
“Puhahaha♡ Look!♡ The dog is barking and charging at me!♡ Isn’t this totally fun?♡”
Tok.
Oh, stupid Evil God.
Aren’t you forgetting something?
– Puhah!
– Hehe, totally pathetic!
– Not much to look at but your reactions are hilarious!
– Let’s play!
– Let’s play together!
– Let’s have fun with our toys!
This is still inside the fairy’s dream.
– Stupid!
– Weak!
– Doggie!
– Pathetic!
No matter how much you glare, you’ll only become the fairy’s toy.
“Shut up! You bugs!”
– How did it feel to lose?
– Were you sad?
– Were you actually happy?
– You charged in knowing you would lose, didn’t you?
– What do you call someone like that?
“Masochistic pervert♡”
– Masochist!
– It’s a masochist!
Voices of fairies mimic my words echo through the forest.
The ridicule of the mesugaki mocking an older figure fills the woods.
“Shut up!”
– Shut up!
– Why should I?
– Try to block me!
– Can’t you?
“Shut up, I said!”
– Feeling embarrassed because your secrets have been uncovered?
– So pure!
“Don’t judge my past arbitrarily! You bugs! Know your place and shut up!”
“Khahh♡ Is that all you can say?♡ You’re nothing but a parrot♡”
The man’s eyes lock onto mine. His eyes, awash in black waves, try to absorb me.
“No♡ No♡ That’s an insult to parrots♡ They at least have pretty voices unlike you♡”
The man’s voice ceases.
His movements halt.
Seeing that, several fairies charge with their spears, yet the man doesn’t respond.
As if those trivialities hold no value to him.
“Why?♡ Do it!♡ Go ahead!♡ If a pathetic loser like you has the courage to do so!♡”
The darkness gathers, answering the command issued by itself.
It spirals towards the man, now encompassed by night.
It grabs onto each other to form darkness that permits no light.
The darkness resting on the land.
The darkness clinging to the trees.
The darkness that permeated through the fairies.
The darkness that covered the sky.
All aim to reunite and return to their original form.
“Lady!”
“You don’t need to yell like a pig; I know, Sloppy Saintess.”
In this moment, as darkness attempts to regain its primordial form, it’s the culmination of our, Erginius’s, and my plans.
I pull a glass bottle from within and break it.
The earth remaining at the place where the lord Jushin and the Evil God clashed. A relic like the ocean that encompasses everything. I raise my prayer to the sky borrowing its power.
To ensure the miracle of purification reaches even those that were meant to be discarded.
“Let’s dance once more.”
As the darkness ends.
“Let it lean against the flowers of spring.”
As the greenness of spring touches the forest again.
“Let’s spill smiles like before.”
Even the fairies who lost everything shall find salvation.
“What are you doing? Get to work quickly, Shoddy God.”
It’s time to unfold the miracle.
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