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

She was greeted by a dim sky, a pale blue, unlike the darkness of night.

"How long have we been here already...?"

Familiar street scene.

It feels like a long time has passed since then, yet it also feels like it has flown by.

The temperature was low in the early morning.

How long has it been since we've seen people eagerly anticipate the start of a new day like this?

However, the long autumn, the season of abundance, is drawing to a close. Therefore, before winter arrives, both the goddess and the bounty should depart.

Freya gazed at the deserted city streets, then turned and walked towards the city gate.

That's what she planned.

"Miss Seele."

Seeing the boy standing there as if he were waiting alone, Freya couldn't help but stop in her tracks.

This is the street where the two first met, and also the place where she first handed him her lunch (in a food basket).

“…What’s going on?”

Freya's tone was a bit stiff and somewhat cold.

After all, he was one of the last people he wanted to see right now.

Are you leaving?

"Of course, that's what we agreed on back then."

"But we..."

"What? You want to keep toying with my heart? Because of your willfulness and self-satisfaction, you dumped me twice?"

“Hmm…!?”

Freya deliberately spoke with barbs, hoping to vent her anger at the last moment.

However, this was not what she truly believed.

The truly willful and reckless person was her, who dragged the entire lower realm into turmoil entirely out of self-satisfaction.

Compared to Freya, who is willing to distort the world to fulfill her wish, Bell's "hypocrisy (selfishness)" is actually quite endearing.

"...I'm alright now."

"what?"

"Thanks to you ending this 'infatuation,' I was able to find redemption."

"!"

Freya smiled gently, her eyes meeting those wide, deep red eyes.

The one standing here is no longer a ruthless and unrestrained goddess, nor a "witch" who knows the poison and miracles caused by love.

She was a pure and innocent girl who only understood the pain and bitterness of unrequited love.

"Because my first love (you) severed the lingering attachment in my heart that I couldn't let go of, even though you were in a state far more scarred than I was. Therefore, I will never go crazy for love again, nor will I pursue love again."

This is Freya's heartfelt feeling.

After being heartbroken by Bell, Freya will no longer become a monster trying to distort the world, nor will she do anything that would hurt her anyway. And all of this is thanks to him for sharing her pain and suffering.

It's not like the nightmare has finally ended.

It's a little different from being fully awake.

Instead, it evokes a profound sense of loneliness, yet also a feeling of refreshing clarity.

It is precisely this sense of loss that still brings tears to one's eyes that proves Freya truly longs for the boy, and that this feeling transcends the "love" that brought her the curse.

"I... lost to you."

Although it's very frustrating—

Although it's shameful and I really don't want to admit it—

However, Freya was indeed saved.

Looking at the boy with his lips tightly closed, the goddess revealed a genuine smile.

"Bell, I like you, I really like you."

"..."

"I will continue to miss you until I grow tired and weary of this feeling."

For a goddess who has been searching for a partner for tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of years, this day will probably never come.

But to keep this unfulfilled longing in her heart is the greatest punishment for Freya.

"...Well then, I should go."

Before she could bear to leave, Freya quickly departed the scene.

Even as he passed by Bell, he remained silent.

This left Freya somewhat bewildered. Although a childish thought like, "It would have been nice if you had called me back just a little while ago," crossed her mind, the feeling of disbelief was far stronger.

After all, given the boy's personality, Freya originally thought he would definitely try to cheat and stop her.

"Seele".

The answer to this question soon came from another direction.

"!"

It's Ryu.

There's also Anya, Chloe, and Lunova.

Even the other employees of "The Abundant Mistress" came over.

Wearing light green uniforms, they had all arrived here at some point and formed a human wall on the main road.

Freya stopped in her tracks and fell silent.

Then, she pulled her hood down and walked towards them, preparing to pass through the human wall—

"etc."

It's only natural that someone with her fastidious nature wouldn't easily let Freya leave.

Ryu, with a tone of sternness he had never shown to Seele, halted the goddess's steps.

"Don't you have anything to say to us?"

"..."

Freya paused—no, "she" closed her eyes.

Since Ryu called out the girl's name, it shouldn't be the goddess who answered.

This is also the final courtesy that the goddess (player) should perform as the story comes to an end.

Ignoring her restless heart, she opened her eyes, her pale gray eyes fixed on the floor.

The goddess's figure disappeared, and a "girl" replaced her standing there.

"…………sorry."

The next moment—

With a "snap".

The crisp sound came from her cheek.

As her hood was lifted, Seele's eyes widened, and she touched her burning cheeks.

"Stop joking!!"

After slapping Seele with such speed that it terrified Chloe and Lunova, Liu roared in anger:

"Instead of apologizing, you should try to make amends!"

“Eh…?”

"You were the one who made me, who was determined to die, choose to live! Then you should take responsibility for me standing here!!"

Seele was taken aback by those words.

A wavering feeling arose within her; a stubborn reluctance to continue humiliating herself, coupled with a desire for others to dispel any lingering attachment she might have, these two emotions mingled together in her pale gray eyes.

Ryu, burning with anger, must have already seen through Seele's thoughts.

Therefore, she raised her eyebrows and approached Seele as if she wanted to grab the other person's collar.

"Don't want to keep embarrassing yourself? Don't even think about it! I'll make sure you're humiliated for the rest of your life! You'll suffer the consequences for it for the rest of your life!!"

"...!"

"You have to stay with us forever!!"

Faced with Liu's tearful rebuke, this time, his pale gray eyes opened wide.

"Cats don't care about any goddess's reserve (dignity), meow~"

"That's right, that's right. After all, we're not facing a goddess, but a colleague we work with, right?"

Krooi chuckled, while Lunova burst into laughter.

"Besides, you always cook such terrible food, do you really think you can get away with it (meow)~?"

After being reminded of even more shameful past events, Seele blushed with embarrassment.

Although she kept opening her mouth to refute, she was too timid to utter a single word.

The other employees were chuckling, their shoulders shaking.

Not long after—

An abandoned cat came out.

"…Goddess Freya……Seele…"

"Anya..."

Seele was completely at a loss for words, and even she herself was taken aback.

After all, she deceived, abandoned, and hurt Anya in the "closed world," so how can she have the face to speak now?

Faced with Seele standing there frozen in place, Anya looked around with a frightened expression and wagged her tail.

She opened her mouth and closed it several times before lowering her head and looking down at the ground—

"...Please don't go, meow!!"

Anya hugged Seele tightly, sobbing uncontrollably.

Seele, who was pounced on by the cat, froze on the spot.

"Cats really don't understand anything...! But cats don't want to be separated from Seele, meow~...!!"

The clueless Anya naturally didn't know how to persuade him to stay.

They wouldn't say anything to comfort people.

To put it bluntly, it's questionable whether she even understood the relationship between Freya and Seele.

So she decided to be frank with Seele and tell her what was on her mind.

Seele froze on the spot, her eyes gradually welling up with tears.

"Miss Seele."

Bell, who had been watching from the sidelines until now, was standing behind Seele.

After Chloe gently took Anya away, Seele turned around abruptly and lowered her head to avoid showing any sign of wavering in her heart.

Just as she was wondering what to do—suddenly, there was a "thud".

Runova shoved Seele forward from behind with a force that would cause pain.

Seele leaned forward and nearly tripped as she reached Bell.