Chapter: 570
“Erginius…?”
After hundreds of years, the gentle breeze of the forest carries the voice of a fairy.
Entranced by the sweet voice lingering in his memory, Erginius turned his head and was frozen at the sight of the woman who made even the surrounding spring feel fleeting.
Like a broken doll, he repeatedly opened and closed his mouth, turning their miraculous reunion into a farce after farce.
“Hehe. That’s definitely her.”
The fairy queen, who couldn’t exactly call herself glamorous, chuckled lightly as she cautiously approached and grasped the lost Erginius’s hands.
“Y-you! Your Majesty!? I-I-this is…”
“I’m sorry, but I’m not going to let go. I’m no longer a pure child, you see.”
With soft hands that caressed his skin, the once-great wizard began to sink into oblivion.
“Your Majesty. It would be troublesome if you ruin your master so quickly.”
Just when Erginius was about to completely lose his initial bravado, Joy, who dropped her guard at the sight of her master’s pitiful state, stepped in with a sigh.
“The dark evil god is still over there, right?”
“No, I don’t need to worry about that; keep the farce going! The pathetic form of that hero who tormented me was quite entertaining, you know.”
In a lighthearted voice devoid of urgency, Erginius’s sharp gaze met the darkness.
The fairy queen, who had momentarily hesitated at the sight, slowly released Erginius’s hands.
“Not feeling anything more? I could wait as long as you want, you know.”
“I refuse. I have no intention of giving you any pleasure.”
“Haha. What a surprise.”
Even as another sun rose in the world, a man with red eyes emerged from the darkness that had lingered on the earth.
The form of the man, having absorbed all the darkness that only deepened while wandering within the barrier for centuries, remained undisturbed beneath the two suns.
“What nonsense are you spouting? Your very existence brings me pleasure.”
As the aura around the man surged, the deification of the God of Darkness settled in.
The darkness that had sought its master for ages finally reclaimed its true form.
“Why hide your true self? Are you afraid to reveal it before your master’s love?”
“What a stupid question. Of course, it’s natural to be afraid. You don’t know such things because you’ve never loved. How pathetic. Right.”
Erginius replied calmly while examining the Evil God of Darkness. It seemed he was still clumsy with his powers.
Having just resurrected, was he hasty in regaining his strength? That’s fortunate.
At least, until the miracle ignited by the Apostle of God is over, he won’t be able to unleash his power.
“Oh, love. I know love very well. A burning emotion that even scorches oneself eventually creates a deep, deep darkness when it turns to ash. Just like the woman behind you.”
Spreading his arms and grinning, the man stepped forward, pushing the light of the miracle away with his darkness.
“Foolish Erginius! You thought you invited your love into a happy dream, but it was just your delusion. The Fairy Queen easily sensed that it was a dream.”
Just as the Fairy Queen attempted to rebut his words, the darkness silenced her voice first.
“Do you understand? You drove that woman mad. You stole her purity from the Fairy Queen. It’s entirely because of you that she became an unhappy girl.”
“What are you talking about?♡ The only thing that turned unhappy is my once pure eyesight being tainted by your face!♡”
The darkness that clung thickly and persistently to the shadows of the earth tried to sow doubt in the heart of the great wizard, but the steps of the child who ignited the miracle easily crushed that bud.
“God’s author babbles all day long♡ Are you, darkness, not an auntie’s god?♡”
– Puhahaha!
– Right on!
– So that’s why you talk so much!
The fairy laughter responding to the girl’s ridicule interrupted the man’s rebuttal.
Even though the barrier had collapsed, and the queen’s dream had ended, this place was still the forest of fairies. No one here could win a verbal duel against the mischievous fairies.
“So you looked like that but were actually a woman?♡ How pitiful♡ With that face, it’s no wonder darkness grew in your heart♡”
“…Do you want to sing your song so badly with those screams?”
“No?♡ I don’t want to!♡ I have no intention of singing for you!♡”
– You won’t sing for us?
– Exactly! We’ll be the ones to hear the song!
– Auntie, disappear!
– You should leave!
The man, who had just been acting all arrogant, bit his lip and shook his shoulders.
Confirming that the girl had silenced him in anger, Lucy roundhouse-kicked Erginius in gratitude, knocking him over.
“It’s disgusting to see you acting like a loser in front of that chicken coop, you know?”
“W-wait?”
“After stuck in a cave for hundreds of years, you must’ve been wallowing in delusions. Stinky simping skeleton, do something revolting like in your fantasies! Make me laugh.”
“N-no. I’ll try.”
“And Chicken Coop Queen.”
“Y-yes!?”
“There are various beasts rushing over here, got it? Bring them.”
“Oh! You mean them! Don’t worry! I already sent for them!”
Before the polite tone could even fade, the Sword Saint and the Apostle of Goddess appeared in the sky.
With Erginius sprawled on the ground, the fairy queen sweating bullets, the man gripping tightly with both hands, and Lucy Allen in between, the Sword Saint turned to ask what was going on, but no answer was forthcoming.
The child, who had earned a beauty more fairy-like than the fairies themselves, walked alongside the light-purified fairy queen, sending the apostles away from the goddess.
As the now-bloodied apostle stared pitifully at them, the Sword Saint pressed his forehead hard and drew his sword.
“Saintess. If you have any strength left, please restore this trash.”
“…I’ll heal him, but restoring him to normal is a bit…”
“That’ll do.”
As Phoebe quickly rushed to the apostle’s side to cast healing, the underbrush beside her parted, revealing a wolf and a fox.
“Thank goodness. You’re not too late.”
As they stepped forward, the wolf transformed into a fierce man and bowed politely to the fairy queen.
“Lord Myrrh! Long time no see.”
“…Do you remember me?”
“Of course. How could I forget a tooth as loyal to the forest as you?”
“Ha. Haha. Thank you very much, Your Majesty. I dedicate this life you’ve saved to you.”
As century-old reunions took place with mutual bows, the fox that had appeared with the wolf collapsed beside the apostle, struggling for life.
“If this is the last sight I see, I’ll leave this world without regret.”
Lucy casually poked the waist of the fox, who sounded just like any other day, and a caressing voice flowed from its lips.
“Yo, dumbass.”
“Haah. Huh. Why? Why are you like this?”
“Are you going to die just to avoid being squashed by the chicken coop’s piggy butt?”
“…Is that even possible?”
“If you behave like a person.”
“Lina! Misty Fox! I swear I’ll dedicate my life to fight against the Evil God!”
In an instant, Lina transformed into human form, eyes fierce with killing intent, stepping forward as vibrations echoed from the depths of the forest.
The knights, who had undergone the harshest training of any knight order on this continent while waiting for the day to draw their swords, emerged to give their lives for the mission to save the world.
With fear tossed aside and resolute spirits in their eyes, they blinked at the scene unfolding at the heart of the forest.
On one side was the Apostle of Goddess, who kept fainting and waking from the healing of the Saintess, and on the other, a woman with a grotesque grin dribbling spit.
Then there was a man looking at the fairy queen with admiration, and a great wizard watching him with suspicion.
In between the two stood the fairy queen, whose hands trembled behind her back, and beyond her, the man shaking in the darkness and the fairies busy teasing him.
…Could this truly be the battlefield where the Age of Myth would be reenacted? Not the stage of clowns?
As each knight pondered similar thoughts, the master of the Allen family sprinted towards his daughter.
“Lucyyyyyyyy!”
Benedict effortlessly caught Lucy, who tried to escape with fairy-like steps, tearing up while pressing his messy face against hers to express his affection.
“You did so well! I’m so proud of my daughter!”
“…I wish foolish Papa would just die already.”
“Don’t worry! Lucy! This Papa has no intention of dying without you!”
“What the hell is in your ears? Sigh.”
While Lucy, defeated and accepting her fate, watched the doting behavior of Benedict, the captain of the knights, Possell, sighed for a long while before turning to establish discipline among the knights.
“…How dare you.”
What had set the scene buzzing with tension in such an unbelievable battle against the Evil God was the very Evil God himself.
“Wretches, how dare you!”
As the man projected his fury and spread darkness across the world, the fading miracle entirely snuffed out, and the world fell into night once again.
“You think you can defeat me?”
Laughter echoed. Laughter echoed from the darkness. Laughter filled the world enveloped in darkness.
“Go ahead and struggle, trash. If you fail, you’ll face eternal suffering in the darkness.”
“*Puhaha♡ Puhaha♡ Puhahaha♡ Did you hear that?♡ Eternal suffering, they say!♡”
– So scary!
– We need to run!
– What the heck is eternal suffering?
– Who knows.
– But isn’t it kind of cheesy?
“Shut uuuuup!”
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