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

After Lunova and the others left, Bert appeared in Anya's room.

The rude attitude, manner, and tone of voice were characteristics shared by Anya's brother and this werewolf. Anya mistook him for her brother, but when she looked up and saw who it was, she was stunned and forcibly taken away. The destination was none other than the previously mentioned "battlefield."

"Just lie down!!"

"Ughhhhhh!?"

Hearing the loud argument between the two, the members of the Freya Familia rushed over, but were immediately knocked unconscious by Bert's repeated kicks. Even though he was carrying Anya on his right shoulder and unable to use his right hand, the limited number of guards was no match for the Lv.6's illegal intrusion.

"You...you actually forced your way into the 'Battlefield' meow...!?"

Anya was so frightened by what she saw that she turned pale. Even as a former member of the group... no, precisely because she was a former member, she knew very well how reckless and foolish it was to invade the Freya Familia's headquarters, which made her face turn ashen with terror.

"You're even more cruel than my brother, you're absolutely awful, meow..."

"Stop comparing me to that stinky cat in everything!! I don't want to do that kind of trouble either!"

Frustrated, Bert angrily rebuked Anya, who was perched on his shoulder and dared not misbehave again.

"That stinky goddess... just you wait!"

Just days before Bert, who was furious about not being able to participate in the war games and was silenced by Grace's iron fist, went out to vent his anger, his patron god suddenly sneaked up to him and whispered in his ear:

"I have a way to dampen Freya and her gang's arrogance. Would you like to join in?"

Despite his burning anger, Bert couldn't help but wonder what had gotten into him back then.

It wasn't hard to imagine that I would be taken advantage of like this!

"Where were you trying to go from here, meow!? This is deep inside the base, a place even the cats have never been before, meow!"

The main building, resembling a palace, was silent, as if to say that all the members who were left behind had been wiped out. Only the sound of Bert's hurried footsteps could be heard on the wide, long white corridor.

"How should I know! I was just following the 'scent'!"

"……"odor"?"

Bert sniffed around with the orc's excellent nose, then ran up the long stairs to the fifth floor of the main building.

Before Anya could figure things out, they had arrived at a spacious room on the west side.

This is a white room filled with a sacred atmosphere, like a church.

The ceiling is high, and there is only one bed placed in the center of the room.

The person lying there was a young girl with light gray hair.

“Ah—”

Anya, who was thrown to the floor, was so stunned that she couldn't speak.

In this vast room, which evoked the image of a soul wandering between heaven and earth, she was startled and stopped moving by the girl who was sleeping like a dead person.

"Seele—uh-uh!?"

"Quiet."

Anya's mouth was covered by Bert's hand.

His chief god (Loki) knew about the relationship between the goddess (Freya) and her attendant (Herren) long ago.

After hearing the explanation from the Supreme God, Bert naturally learned the true identity of the "girl" in front of him.

The werewolf had taken the "girl's" belongings from the chief god and tracked her down to this place by scent, giving Anya a look that warned her not to make a sound. With her mouth covered, Anya could only nod stiffly in response.

"...That's Seele? Seele...isn't she the goddess Freya?"

"...Their relationship is like a 'mirror image,' and you can think of her words as the barmaid's innermost thoughts."

During the activation of the exclusive arcane technique (unique arcane art), the follower (Heron) and the goddess (Freya) will share each other's five senses.

Even now, with the war game already underway, Bert reflexively lowered his voice to avoid being discovered by the goddess (Freya), and instead of going into details, he simply stated the facts.

Anya looked down in disbelief at the girl who looked exactly like "Seele"—no, she looked exactly like "Seele" herself.

This bed also resembles a coffin.

The girl, with her eyes closed, seemed to have fallen into eternal sleep.

Anya felt as if her heart had been gripped tightly, and she was so sad that she almost collapsed to the ground.

She now understood why the brutal werewolf had brought her here.

The werewolf meant for her to "listen".

How can we determine what is truth and what is falsehood?

What were her true feelings deep down after pushing Anya into the abyss of despair?

But Anya dared not listen.

She is still terrified to this day.

Afraid of being mocked by the goddess (Freya) again.

He was afraid of being betrayed by the girl (Seele).

If the unchanging, cruel truth were right in front of her, Anya would never be able to pull herself together.

To avoid sobbing, she desperately covered her mouth with her hand and suppressed her convulsing chest as she slowly approached the coffin (bed).

While she stood frozen in place, trembling, utterly afraid to ask the truth—

"I'm sorry... Anya."

"──────"

Hearing the girl (Seele)'s soft murmurs, Anya froze as if time had stopped.

"You're saying it's true that Anya was kidnapped by the [fierce wolf], meow!? Rosie!"

"Hmm, um! May said she saw it...!"

"What's going on now?! Of all times, it had to be this time!"

A commotion came from the corridor outside.

The newcomers were Chloe, Lunova, and the tavern staff, who had come in search of Anya.

When Chloe and the others arrived at the large room, they were about to shout out, but they were all stunned when they saw the scene before them.

"I'm sorry... Chloe... I'm sorry... Lunova."

In this solemn and sacred white space that allowed no lies, they all heard those words.

"I'm sorry... Ryu."

They stared in disbelief, almost forgetting to breathe, experiencing the awe on behalf of the elves who were not present.

"I'm so sorry... Mia."

Mia, who happened to have arrived with Loki, also looked astonished.

"…See……"

Anya's eyes were no longer under her control.

A tear slowly rolled down her cheek, and her tongue became completely knotted.

"Please...stop me..."

The girl (Seele) seemed to resonate with Anya's feelings.

Tears welled up from her tightly closed eyes.

"...Someone, please save me..."

The girl caught Anya's tears on her cheek.

Anya reached out her trembling hand and gently wiped away the tears that mingled on her cheeks.

Bert did not step forward to stop him.

Loki, knowing full well that doing so would upset the goddess, did not stop her either.

Under the silent gaze of Chloe and the others, Anya slowly turned around.

She walked forward with her back to the girl (Seele) and her head down, then stopped in front of Mia and the others.

"Koro, Lunova... everyone... and Mommy."

A few drops of water fell at Anya's feet.

Transparent water droplets fell onto the marble floor, turning into shimmering spots of light.

"The cat... is very afraid of its older brother, meow... and even more afraid of... the goddess Freya, meow..."

Anya spoke in a trembling voice.

The kitten couldn't stop sobbing.

Runova's eyes welled up with tears, while Roy covered her eyes with her bangs. Under Mia's watchful eye, Anya looked up.

"But... Seele... she's asking someone for help."

Tears streamed down her face like a burst dam.

Even with its face streaked with tears, the abandoned kitten continued to meow desperately.

"Cats are silly cats, they can't tell the difference between truth and lies...! But...!!"

Anya transformed her sorrowful cries into determination, and shouted loudly.

"I want to save my family!"

A heartfelt wish echoed in the room, where no lie was tolerated.

Runova, Chloe, and all the shop assistants remained silent.

No words are needed anymore.

"...Alright, what are you planning to do, Mia?"

Finally, the goddess asked this question.

The dwarf looked at Anya, whose face was covered in tears, and then closed his eyes tightly.

As if sensing her daughter's (Anya's) determination—

It was as if they had already heard their daughter's (Seele's) wish—

She clenched her fists quietly, then forced her eyes open.

“—Let’s go.”

*

Time returns to the present.

"Seele, can you hear meow? It's okay if you can't hear meow, because cats don't mind, cats just want to say it!"

Anya gripped the spear in her right hand, placed her left hand on her chest, and shouted at the top of her lungs towards the "House of God."

"I'm going to save you right now, meow! Even if Goddess Freya forbids me from going, I'm going anyway!!"

The tearful eyes had already made up their minds.

The kitten, lost in its own confusion, roared loudly.

"Because the cats have heard Seele's true feelings (her innermost thoughts) meow!!"

Then she aimed the tip of her golden spear at the four Flame Gold Warriors and the valiant warriors blocking her way.

"The cats will defeat these guys! We'll win this war! We'll stop Seele from doing anything stupid, meow!!"

The Warriors' answer to this was already decided from the beginning.

"You wish! You're dreaming!!"

The four Lilliputian brothers and the few remaining valiant warriors roared in anger.

Facing the formidable army wielding weapons, Lunova swung her fists, Kroy licked her lips, and Anya raised her spear high above her head as if trying to create a whirlwind, spinning it continuously.

The entire staff of "Abundant Mistress" are in high spirits.

"Don't block my way, meowa ...

The two sides clashed head-on.