I'll kill you after I finish this game!

"If you believe that your victory was the reason for my defeat, then you must prove to me that it is the duty of the victor. Our defeat was truly and absolutely certain, and you must show it to me."

"If I fail, I will return, for I have not lost..."

Although he jokingly said that he hadn't lost yet, Reinhardt's entire body had already begun to disintegrate.

His long, golden hair, which had been floating upside down, also turned into golden light. Reinhardt began to lose his physical outline, but he still smiled, his confused eyes filled with unwavering seriousness and chilling persistence.

He pursued victory, yet he was defeated, and the victor has an obligation to answer to him the absolute reason for his defeat.

Otherwise, it will leave a curse, waiting for Reinhardt to make a comeback...

"You guy!!"

Fujii Ren gritted her teeth, but still staggered to her feet. Reinhardt's eyes were incredibly serious, and his words were equally serious.

He had to prove his reason for victory as something absolute, otherwise he would be left with the curse of waiting... Reinhardt lived up to his word.

"Haha ...

Seeing Fujii Ren's angry expression, Reinhardt laughed happily and said to Fujii Ren:

"There is no medicine for regret in this world, so don't let me regret it. The force that defeated me must be the strongest force. Please let me believe that I was not defeated by something insignificant."

"it is good......"

Fujii Ren took a deep breath, raised his head, and looked directly at the other person with a serious expression and unwavering gaze, saying bluntly;

"Believe me, I have defeated you. The power to destroy you is the cornerstone and strength of the new world, and I never want to see your face again."

Upon hearing this, Reinhardt smiled with relief. Looking at the victor before him, in the final moments before disappearing, he offered his blessing, saying:

"Then, for your pride, this vow is my blessing, SiegHeil (Long live victory) —"

After he finished speaking, Reinhardt's soul completely dissipated into countless particles of light.

This time, the other party has truly disappeared.

Fujii Ren stared blankly at the spot where Reinhardt had disappeared, remaining silent for a long time.

This is a true victory, a true end.

She should have breathed a sigh of relief, but she still seemed dazed.

After all, this is the real end after falling into unrealistic oppression.

Regaining his senses, Fujii Ren still held his head high. Reinhardt was right; this was what the winner had to do.

She thought Reinhardt was dead; she thought the other side had lost.

In reality, his heart had been pierced, and his soul was about to be burned away.

It was everyone's hard work that saved my life. Thank you all, I didn't die.

But...but...but!

"lotus-----!!!!"

"------!"

Hearing that familiar voice, Fujii Ren was startled; it was Mary who had run over here.

There was still only sound, no visible figure, but Fujii Ren felt so panicked she didn't know what to do—that's right... she couldn't go on living.

She originally intended to die together with Reinhardt, so that Mary, the only one left, would be safe.

But her friends rescued her; should they allow her to do this?

Even if it's not allowed... she doesn't want to accept a tragic love story where they can't coexist.

"lotus---!"

“Mary… don’t come any closer!!!!”

Seeing Mary running towards him from the other end of the split seaway, and hearing her worried calls, Fujii Ren unconsciously responded.

But after realizing what had happened, she panicked and shouted as she unleashed her domineering time-stopping ability, cruelly and heartlessly refusing to protect Mary from her powerful barrier.

"lotus!?"

Mary, excluded from the domain of the domineering, felt as if an invisible wall blocked her path forward, causing her to stop. She looked at Fujii Ren in front of her and called out to him loudly.

Fujii Ren did not respond to this. She bit her lip, and the shadow of her light blue hair obscured her eyes, blocking the look she did not want Mary to see.

The girl slowly, slowly backed away, then, suppressing her complex emotions, turned her back to Mary and walked away alone.

"Don't go, don't do that, Ren!!!"

Without needing any explanation, Mary's expression changed drastically the moment she touched Fujii Ren's domineering barrier, and tears of sadness and excitement welled up in her eyes.

No, no, this can't be, how can this happen? Even Lian is leaving me...

Even without the other person saying it, she could sense their sadness and resolve from their domineering manner.

The other person wanted to leave alone and find a place where Mary wasn't around to end their life.

Countless viewers fell silent upon witnessing this scene, overwhelmed by the joy of Fujii Ren's victory.

Needless to say, they all knew what Fujii Ren's actions represented.

A silent, sorrowful atmosphere spread.

If this is the outcome, this is the victory, it can only be described as a Pyrrhic victory.

"I'm sorry, Mary, we can't keep our promise. Leaving you all alone like this isn't a good ending, but..."

As she moved further away from Mary, who was calling her name from behind, tears streamed down Fujii Ren's cheeks, dripping from her chin onto the sand at her feet.

Despite having won, the victor felt no joy whatsoever.

Mary is actually quite right. Fujii Ren is very stubborn and doesn't talk about her pain with others, much less confide in them.

"Lian! You stubborn, show-off idiot!!!"

She cried out and berated the other person.

Seeing Fujii Ren steadily moving away from her, Mary couldn't stop the tears from flowing. She cried out like an abandoned child, pounding her fists on his domineering barrier, sobbing as she cried out:

"They're all like this, one by one. Everyone who came into contact with me has left, even you're leaving me. Why can you all let go so easily?! You're all idiots! You guys who love to show off and act tough are the worst! Who asked you to sacrifice yourselves for me! Just sitting there indulging yourselves!!!"

"..."

Fujii Ren stopped talking and didn't stop walking, but he lowered his head even further and his tears fell to the ground even faster.

He could no longer respond to Mary, otherwise he would only make himself more swayed and make her more heartbroken.

Should I say something hurtful to refute her, like saying I don't care about or hate Mary at all?

Still... she couldn't do it. Fujii Ren felt that her heart wasn't as strong as she thought, especially when it came to parting.

She knew she could only disappear, and she knew that Mary should be the one left behind in the end.

Therefore, I don't want her to hesitate, and it doesn't matter if the other party doesn't care about her.

Don't you want to go to school? Don't you want to meet more people?

She can't do it.

Her enthusiasm alone won't suffice.

"There will always be only the two of us..." Lian didn't want to impose this feeling on her, making her feel like she was supreme.

She hoped and prayed that Mary could be happy.

Please, let her show off in this stupid way.

That was the original thought, but just as mentioned before, Fujii Ren wasn't that strong in front of the people she cared about.

Mary's next words, spoken in a tearful voice, pounded against her heart, causing her shoulders to tremble.

"Skadi promised me she would show me more sights..."

"Qishi said I'm too soft-hearted and wants to teach me how to change that in the future..."

"Tohka said she wants to go to another world with me to collect and eat delicious food..."

"Yoshino promised me that we would be friends forever..."

"Kyouchun said she wanted to go to the same university as Ren after graduating from high school..."

"Benjo said a lot to me, saying that if I didn't want to be a clueless kid, I could consider becoming a petty thug like Shirou..."

"Lian...you told me that we would laugh and reunite together on the rooftop someday..."

As she watched Fujii Ren recede into the distance, his figure growing smaller and smaller, Mary's face streaked with tears. Now she understood the sorrow of separation and the pain of not wanting to lose someone.

Fujii Ren's departure was a complete departure; he was heading towards death.

Therefore, Mary strongly resisted the birth of such a tragic outcome.

The gentle companionship will eventually come to an end, and even knowing that it will end, I still have a strong desire for it to last a little longer.

That's how Lian is, and Mary wants that too right now.

But...but...why is it that we both longed for this, yet the result was that I was separated from everyone, and you went your separate ways?

"Waaah...why...why did you all make promises to me, but none of you kept them?!"

She pounded on the barrier that had stopped time, and the shield that should have been incredibly sturdy trembled under the girl's blows. Mary cried out in a hoarse voice, wanting to say that she hated people like this the most.

Or rather, I hate this painful feeling the most right now.

They taught me everything, yet they left me.

Is this the pain and sorrow you wanted to teach me? It hurts so much... If I could, I would never understand its reality.

Don't leave me, I don't want you to leave, everyone please don't abandon me.

I used to think that I was the same as you, Lian, that we both prayed for the same scenery under the same sky.

However, Cagliostro and Reiji told me that what I longed for was an embrace.

If that's really the case, then... this is probably the moment I've been longing for most right now, isn't it?

I want to hug... to hug you who is about to leave, who is about to be lost... to hug everyone.

With tears streaming down her face, Mary closed her eyes, her heart filled with a powerful longing for what she was thinking, a desperate desire to embrace and hold on to what she had lost since birth.

If what Leizhe said is true, then she will definitely be able to hug Lian.