I'll kill you after I finish this game!

Yes, he and Lei Zhe are both directors offstage and audience members, even if it's just the unique moment they look forward to from this stage play.

They already knew a lot, so watching this self-directed and self-acted drama didn't bring them much novelty; only the end of the process was what they ultimately wanted to see.

The anticipated outcome clearly did not meet Mercury's expectations; he and Rez were content to simply act as Mary's guardians and watch her grow.

One day, Mary will break free from the woven threads of the stage and become someone who can empathize with the two audience members.

Being an eternal princess on the stage of Mercury's Eternity is not what Mercury desires.

"We, the overlords, share only one emotion: anger." Rezhe looked at everything in the main timeline, witnessing the myriad aspects of life, and said, "Let us celebrate the final day of divine wrath in order to realize our shared ideal."

All rulers originate from anger, dissatisfaction with the status quo of the world, and dissatisfaction with themselves.

Anger must exist within Tai Chi. The original true self took the prohibition against anger as a precept, which led to the reality that the more anger one felt, the stronger one became in later generations.

"Although my gloomy nature prevents me from shining as brightly as you, the direction I'm heading in is correct, and there's nothing more gratifying than that."

The mercury serpent, standing shoulder to shoulder with Reiji, gazed with eyes as firm as agate at the singularity on the twilight beach. It was absolutely true that all the heavens throughout history harbored a wrath capable of destroying the world.

Even the Mercury Serpent felt anger and despair at its own decay and self-punishment. Meeting Raiji suppressed that despair and anger, but it did not disappear.

He wanted to go to the end, to pursue new unknowns, not for death, but to settle the question of the meaning of being alive.

Enjoy yourself, my dear friend.

The mercury serpent revealed such a fresh and joyful smile.

"Exactly, for the sake of an unknown (now) that will never happen again."

Lei Zhe said with a light laugh.

Both he and the Mercury Serpent wanted to transcend their original constraints.

Whether it's the self-punishment within the primordial Mercury Serpent, or the self-imposed constraint of yearning for the unknown yet having no unknown within itself.

Or perhaps it's that Lei Zhe originally pursued perfection but was held back by his beloved, preventing him from achieving true perfection—it's all the same.

They are genuinely angry and desperately want to surpass them.

In this respect, they are both of the divine nature of serpents and can feel a unique resonance with each other.

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Having returned to the main universe after eternal damnation, Earth now possesses a desolation unlike that in Rez's memories.

Although it is a decaying world overflowing with known snake venom, the myriad phenomena within it cannot be said to be as decaying as the mercury snake.

The course of human history in this era is exactly the same as what Rezhe perceives it to be.

Razer left the parallel world where Matilda lived, and now, like a father with a child, he is holding Tohka's hand as she eats a rainbow lollipop, walking through the mountains of Germany.

The colors contained in Tohka's innocent and pure amethyst night eyes are very out of place with the discontent, terror, hunger, and weariness that people in this era perceive.

Her eyes, brimming with an inexplicable quality, reflected the complex emotions of her father's journey through the world with her.

Curiosity and a sense of bewilderment were the lingering emotions in this child's heart.

When she travels with her father, the adults who are different from her are always filled with complex and contradictory emotions, as if they have a natural distance between them and her.

During the trip, the adults looked at her with complicated expressions. Although young Tohka had a lot of knowledge in her mind, she had very little understanding and experience of her own.

This is also related to Tohka's dislike of thinking. Anyway, her father is always there for her, and he will explain things to her if she doesn't understand something.

"This era really reminds me of the time of Lizziet."

Holding Tohka's small, tender hand, Raiji wandered around, looking at the simple and ordinary appearance of this era, and he was reminded of the time when he went back in time to save Lizzie.

Although he now lives in a more advanced era compared to the past, some people have not progressed with the times and instead still exhibit the typical dullness and closed-mindedness of that era.

For example, in the village in front of him, which didn't seem to have a very good atmosphere, Lei Zhe smelled a rotten and foul odor.

"Tohka, are you tired?"

Little Tohka, with her candy stick already finished, looked up at Rai Zhe with her crystal-clear eyes and rubbed her tummy as she answered.

"I'm not tired, but I'm hungry."

Upon hearing this, Lei Zhe revealed a smile as if he were looking at a mischievous child, stroked Xiao Shixiang's smooth hair, and chuckled as he scolded:

"You're always hungry, you little glutton who can't get enough to eat, no matter when I ask you!"

"Hmm..." Tohka, who was being petted like a kitten, looked at Raiji with a puzzled expression and asked, "Dad, what is Taotie?"

Lei Zhe's expression turned helpless. He picked up Xiao Shixiang and held her close, explaining:

"The ferocious beast described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas is extremely gluttonous and greedy, and is never full. In the end, it even eats itself."

Perhaps feeling a little uncomfortable in Raiji's embrace, Tohka moved her body a bit and then sat comfortably on Raiji's arm with her other hand on his neck.

Hearing Lei Zhe explain what a Taotie was, Xiao Shixiang realized that her father was scolding her. She pouted and said defiantly:

"Tohka isn't a stupid glutton. Tohka doesn't bite her own fingers anymore, so she won't eat herself."

"Hmph? When you were a toddler, you used to eat your own toes in bed all the time, and sometimes you'd even do a somersault because you couldn't reach them." Lei Zhe said with a mischievous grin, carrying Tohka as he walked forward, recounting the little one's embarrassing past.

When Tohka heard Raiji talking badly about her, her cheeks puffed up with anger. She couldn't help but look down at her little feet. The spirits' memories were still very good, even in their early childhood.

Therefore, he had no way to refute Lei Zhe's words and could only sulk alone.

"Dad, a bad guy!"

"Bad dads won't cook for Tohka, will they?"

"...Hmm! Daddy is a good person!"

So, anyone who feeds you is a good person? Good people are too cheap. To prevent you from being lured away by delicious food in the future, it's best to cultivate a more discerning palate.

Returning to the topic of the village in front of them, according to the information Lei Zhe had obtained, there was a very beautiful pink-haired girl in the village.

Another rather sinister rumor is that there is a witch here who needs to be burned at the stake.

Now is the time of witch hunting, and being slandered as a demon by rumors makes it easy for an innocent girl to be killed in this era.

Anna was born into an ordinary farming family in this mountain village, but she possessed a beauty that was disproportionate to her status.

She really likes her own beauty; what woman wouldn't pursue beauty?

I like cute things and yearn for glamour.

Anna possesses a beauty that no one else in the village has, which makes her the envy of countless women behind her back.

Men, on the other hand, were attracted to her beauty; even her own husband was drawn to Anna's looks.

Born in this dull village, a gem incongruous with its surroundings, she is hated by all who dwell in the mud for her peculiarity and her unique beauty.

No one will treat her with sincerity. Even if they smile at her on the surface, their hearts are filled with malice and rot.

"Why...why are you doing this to me? I...I'm not a witch."

In this dark and filthy prison cell in a remote village, only a faint beam of light shines in, and sobbing, choked whispers echo lonely through the air.

In the dimly lit room, a beautiful woman with lifeless eyes sat slumped on a haystack, her wrists and feet bound by ropes.

She had a pair of moist eyes like blue jade, and long, light pink hair that fell below her delicate cheeks.

Her skin was as white and delicate as fresh snow, looking so smooth and breathtaking.

Her rosy lips remained firm and hydrated despite the lack of moisture, and her ample breasts stretched her clothes to their fullest extent.

Even her old-fashioned country clothes couldn't hide her ethereal beauty; it's hard to imagine that this is the kind of beauty a village girl should have.

Even if you said she was a noblewoman or a refined young lady from somewhere, I doubt anyone would doubt it.

But now her face is covered with bruises from being beaten and red marks that look like fingernails scratching her, making it clear that she has been mistreated by others.

Because of her beauty, she was regarded as a witch by the villagers, and was therefore imprisoned here by the ignorant villagers.

Her husband, who witnessed her being taken away, not only did not save her but was relieved. He even went outside the dark room and discussed with other eager men how to "teach her a lesson" before her trial.

Even his own parents, when he was captured, showed no worry or anxiety on their faces, only a relieved and relaxed expression, as if they had just abandoned a heavy burden.

It was as if the person captured was not their daughter, but the despicable and disgusting witch as described by the public.

Fear and trembling appeared in her pupils, and she could already hear the men outside the door uttering vulgarities.

No matter how much Anna couldn't accept it, she was already married and no longer a pure young girl; she was aware of certain desires men had.

"Crunch..."

The wooden door to the dark room was opened, and her husband, with a fawning attitude and expression, led a large group of burly country bumpkins into the room with disgusting smiles.

A nauseating array of gazes swept over the beautiful, ethereal woman's body. Anna trembled all over; she wanted to struggle and scream, but she knew it was all in vain.

She was no match for a man's strength, and she was bound and beaten, covered in bruises. All these negative conditions were on her side, and all her struggles were futile.

Helpless and terrified tears streamed down her face as the men's shadows enveloped her as she slumped onto the haystack.

Her pleading gaze, filled with a final glimmer of hope, turned to her husband outside the crowd, but all she saw was a look of nausea in his eyes, a mixture of relief and expectation.

With malicious smiles and large hands approaching her, Anna finally realized the true nature of the people in this village at the last moment.

Those men or women who smiled at her were now revealing their true colors to her. Her husband hadn't saved her in the name of marriage or love. All her expectations were so ridiculous.

The men wanted to strip the witch of her clothes under the pretext of teaching her a lesson, while the women wanted to see the beauty they could not have turned into rotten filth in the name of judging the witch.

The truly ugly reasons behind this need no further explanation; Anna understood it all.

Everyone here is corrupt and decadent, and they cannot allow her to be so noble and radiant, nor can they allow such extraordinary beauty to appear here.

"Same experience as my Lizzie, right? Is this how most so-called witches are born?"

A voice, tinged with a sigh and indifference, rang out. Though not particularly loud, it reached everyone's ears. Anna's eyes held a blank yet subtly luminous expression, a look of yearning for a miracle.

A stinging sensation on the skin came over me, and suddenly appeared outside the door a man in a tattered white robe with a hood, giving him an extremely unreal, shadowy appearance.

He held in his arms a little fairy who was even more dazzling and beautiful than Anna, this precious gem.

However, this little elf, with her pure and innocent expression and eyes, was holding a giant sword that was extremely disproportionate to her height.

The enormous double-edged sword, almost as tall as the man holding her, exuded a violent beauty. Crystalline energy lines spread along the blade with mysterious paths, and a magnificent gem was inlaid on the blade in front of the hilt.

"Dad, are these people bad people too? Can I cut them down?"

With innocent words, she speaks of a cruel and violent reality. Tohka holds her destined sword, Angel, in her small hand. The sword of annihilation moves with the arm of the little girl in the man's arms like a toy without any weight.

However, the sheer force of the greatsword's movement and the tearing sensation on the skin made it impossible for anyone to believe that the giant sword in the child's hand was a toy.