Is it wrong to try to meet someone in a dungeon?

She vowed to bring this "insulter of the underworld" to ruin.

"Philwin is also part of the plan."

After Dionysus finished laughing heartily—

He mentioned his only remaining family members.

"I love her just the same, in fact, she's the one I love the most. Her despair over her own existence, her gradual deathly weeping—ah, it's just as intense as any other 'madness'."

"Dionysus did not tell me that Olivius Acta survived as a monster..."

Phil Weiss smiled at Lefia and the others.

That was mocking himself for not being able to completely become a "puppet" to be manipulated.

"Perhaps they're worried I'll rebel, or that I'll hinder the plan... In any case, in that person's eyes, I'm just a useful cog in the machine."

The battle took place in the 24th level of the grain depot.

Philweis was genuinely shocked when she met the "White-Haired Ghost" Olivas Actor.

For reasons unknown, Philvis became a monster, while Olivas became a half-human, half-monster on the same day. Philvis was living a life of self-harm and despair at the time, and had no energy to realize that the culprit was still alive.

No, it would be more accurate to say that Dionysus prevented her from noticing.

The reason is that in order to realize the plan to destroy the labyrinth city, it is absolutely necessary to avoid internal strife with the underground forces led by Revis.

"And... what a coincidence that I ran into you that day, Lefia."

"!"

When Philweis first saw Olivas, who had transformed into a monster, the shock she experienced was beyond imagination.

And at that time, a rift developed.

She once harbored doubts about Dionysus and considered leaving.

At the same time, someone appeared in front of her.

A girl named Raphia Viridis.

The girl praised Philweis as "beautiful" after she became defiled.

Lefia, of course, had no way of knowing.

For Phil Weiss, that day was such an important "opportunity".

"Who said you're dirty?!"

Philwiss is a "death reaper" feared by the world, but the unsuspecting Lefia takes her hand.

It was Rafia who took her hand first.

A beautiful but ugly girl who refused to touch anyone, even wielding a knife, so filthy that she couldn't help but loathe herself, yet Lefia was willing to accept this filthy body that only Dionysus dared to touch.

This changed Phil Weiss's state of mind.

It brought her a ray of "dawn".

Even if I have to carry out the command of Dionysus, I... do not want to see you die.

As the 24th floor collapsed, Philweis bravely stepped forward to protect the girl.

On the eve of the "expedition," he went to accompany the girl in her training and even taught her "magic."

She even defied the command of the main god, and when she came to her senses, she had already participated in the attack on the man-made maze, and was constantly trying to protect the girl.

He even had his "clone" kill him, just so the girl could stay away from the battle—

Philweis works for the enemy behind the scenes under the guise of "Mask," yet she repeatedly makes contradictory moves, all for the sake of Lefia.

"Miss Philweis...!"

Whether it was pretending to fall into a trap and being separated from her companions in the artificial maze, or before the "first wave of attack" began, Phil Weiss always repeated one sentence.

He kept repeating the same sentence to Lefia.

Although he couldn't tell the truth, he said to Lefia, "Please don't die."

Phil Weiss could have taken a tougher approach.

For example, knocking out Lefia, imprisoning her somewhere—there are countless ways to do so.

Phil Weiss ultimately did not do so.

"When I heard you say that the 'magic' I taught successfully saved your companions... I truly regretted my past actions, but at the same time... I was also very happy."

"!"

"Because you proved that my 'magic' can protect those I cherish. You are my salvation, Lefia. Even though we are no longer meant to be... you still successfully demonstrated the noble spirit of my people."

Because Rafia has always been Philweis's "hope".

The only thing Philweis, who has become corrupted, cannot do is tarnish Lefia's noble sentiments.

The elfin sentiment that lingered in Phil Weiss's heart prevented her from being ruthless until the very end.

Those crimson eyes gradually moistened, trembling like the surface of a lake under the night sky.

"...!"

Facing Philweis, who was looking at her with a smile through her tears like a ghost, a surge of emotions that had surged up countless times before completely disrupted Lefia's thoughts.

She barely managed to suppress the urge raging deep within her eyes, and forced out a sound from her mouth:

"Let's fight side by side, Miss Philvis! It's not too late to turn back! Let's do it again, just like before...!"

Lefia cried out, urging her to sever ties with Dionysus immediately.

And if possible, I hope the other person can continue to stay by my side.

A "wish" that Lefia desperately wanted to come true flashed through her mind—her own figure, chatting and laughing with Phil Weiss, strolling in the sunlight.

But──

Philweis seemed to have anticipated Lefia's response, and she quietly gave her reply.

"Impossible, Lefia..."

"Huh...!?"

"Because I am a servant of Dionysus..."

"But...but that god only used you as a 'pawn'! He didn't consider you a member of his family at all! And didn't you just say that yourself!?"

"..."

"He's completely deceiving you!"

"...Yes...you're right."

"Since you know this, why are you still so stubbornly persistent in your delusions?!"

Under the watchful gaze of the masked man, the filthy girl looked down at the ground.

Despite Lefia's repeated persuasion, Phil Weiss, who was temporarily speechless, finally shook her head and refused.

"I can't do it..."

"Why!?"

"It's all...too late..."

"That's not true!!"

This is a common exchange between the two girls.

But Phil Weiss, with a sorrow unlike anything she had felt before, raised her head.

"Because you already know my true identity!"

"!!"

"You already know of my defiled body and my corrupted heart!"

The next instant, Phil Weiss pierced her own chest with her hand.

She ripped open the wound right in front of the terrified Lefia and ripped it open.

Her skin and flesh were ripped open along with her clothes, and blood splattered everywhere with her movements.

While the other adventurers were terrified and turned pale, Lefia, who was standing frozen in place, saw it.

They saw a "colorful magic stone" that appeared to be filled with deadly poison and was lodged in the center of the girl's chest.

"Only Dionysus praised my beauty! Only that great one was willing to embrace my defiled body!!"

Phil Weiss was already in tears.

She opened her eyes wide with excitement.

She kept sobbing, while a miserable smile appeared on her face.

"Hey, Lefia, you once complimented me on my 'beauty,' didn't you? And now? Seeing me like this, can you still say the same thing!?"

Philweis's body contains a terrifying "magic stone" and restless green flesh.

This is the truth about the defiled girl.

Lefia tried desperately to squeeze out a sound from her throat—but she couldn't put her longing for Philweis into words.

"—This is the answer."

The girl, once an elf, now hung her head like a puppet with its strings cut.

"It's time for this farce to end."

At this time──

The masked man, who had been watching silently from the sidelines, finally spoke:

"You have no regrets now, right? Now you can carry out Dionysus's plan without any distractions... You foolish me. In fact, the path you were meant to take was decided from the very beginning."

Masked Man calmly announced Phil Weiss's fate.

"Even if it's manipulation, that person still loves me, right? Even if it's twisted, that person's 'love' is still genuine, isn't it? Only that person can accept me, can't they?"

“…………”

"And what nonsense were you spouting? Anger, despair, and hatred... you're pushing all of that onto me, and then you're playing the victim over there? You're clearly pushing all the dirty work onto me. I'm telling you, you were never as beautiful as Lefia imagined from the very beginning."

The masked man revealed a crazed look in his eyes and approached Phil Weiss, who had her mouth tightly shut, continuing his sarcastic remarks as if he were tearing at the flesh inside a wound with a knife.

Is this due to the effect of "cloning magic"? Or does she inherently possess this trait?

Mask's personality... another one, Phil Weiss, has a very negative personality.

It's as if PhiloWeis Charlia separated the "dark side"—all negative emotions—and had the mask bear them on her behalf.

"Please wait a moment, Miss Philweis! I—"

"No need to waste your breath, Lefia."

For the first time, a smile appeared on the masked man's face as he faced Lefia, who wanted to continue persuading him.

She raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a mocking expression, and dismissed Lefia with a single sentence.

"After all, we've killed far too many people."

"────"

The harbinger of death—

This title is correct.

She has killed many innocent adventurers who, out of curiosity, intended to investigate the "Filthy Fairy."

Even her pathetic colleague, who happened to discover the mastermind's true plan and decided to investigate, was faked to have died in an accident.

There were a total of four times.

No, if you include other little-known cases, the number is even greater.

It was no coincidence that she killed her teammate; she did it herself.

"Do you still want to protect this monster who watches his comrades die tragically? Lefia."

Both the members of the Familia and those who realized that their blessings came from Penea were all wiped out by the Mask.