Chapter 177
Moreover, there was only one kind of being that would go out of its way to use the ‘system’ familiar to her and speak through messages.
Cynthia realized the identity of the being calling itself the ‘Will of the World’. She also realized what this being wanted to do.
“Listen carefully. If you really are the Will of the World or whatever.”
Boom!
A roar surged up from downstairs. It seemed Melissa had held out longer than expected.
“Then I really, really have a lot to say to you. Starting with the fact that I came to this world in the first place, and that the reason was so you could use me for this world’s cycle. And also. The fact that you left me alone even though I kept dying again and again. I really felt wronged about that, you know?”
“But now, everything’s fine. It’s been fine for a long time. I’ve long forgiven Sellie, and I love Sellie, so I chose this happy ending by my own will. Even if time turned back again and again, that wouldn’t change.”
Even if they returned all the way to the beginning, when Segleninde was buried in the earth and only sleeping, she would find him no matter what and dig him out.
So that he would not suffer alone, she would embrace each of those enormous tentacle vines one by one every day, teach him the warmth of an embrace received from a being with body heat, and finally make him stand with her above the ground. She would never let him rot away alone.
Wouldn’t that be easier than the time when he regarded people as nourishment? Even if she had to repeat death again and again, she would restore his memories. It was none other than Segleninde. The man she loved. A tearful embrace would be enough repayment.
“I’m saying I should receive a price from you too. ‘Will of the World’, I know what you want. Strike a deal with me.”
Cynthia was certain. If it was this being, it would surely accept her offer.
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What the self-proclaimed ‘Will of the World’ was trying to do was clear.
Seeing as it had gone out of its way to borrow that name, it seemed to want to insist somehow that this act was its rightful revenge. But now that she was certain of its identity, it only felt like a ridiculous excuse.
Still, it wasn’t that she couldn’t understand. That being still had a reason not to forgive him.
The ‘Will of the World’ thought for quite some time before accepting the deal Cynthia asked for. Rather, that was far more beneficial to the ‘Will of the World’. It would be able to take revenge far more satisfyingly than by erasing Segleninde’s memories and making him harm someone precious with his own hands.
And because of that, Cynthia learned a way to restore Segleninde’s memories.
She activated the mansion’s control authority and partially changed the internal structure of the mansion according to her will. A lively music box melody rang throughout the entire ducal residence, and Segleninde heard that sound and identified the location of the prey he was hunting.
After cutting down the giant old merchant woman who blocked his path and attacked him, he tilted his head slightly. He could not understand the current situation at all.
“Hmm.”
The creatures he had shaped with his own will were all attacking him, their master, claiming they would protect one woman. The mansion’s control authority had also gone somewhere absurd. And that beautiful woman, whether she was a guest or something else, was completely unknown to him.
In truth, ever since he had opened his eyes in that strange greenhouse, where there should originally have been a secret passage, all his memories before that were hazy.
But it did not matter. He had never been a being who clung to the past in the first place. Guest or whatever, it was irrelevant. Most of the creatures that had escaped his control were dead, so he decided he would create new ones a little later, and first find and kill that woman.
He would take her life force and replenish the power he lacked after waking from his long slumber.
“Sellie!”
An irritating voice called the name she had rudely shortened.
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