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

"Huh, huh, huh huh huh huh!?"

"What an innocent boy. Didn't the main god (Hestia) teach you anything... Oh, right, that girl is a virgin goddess, isn't she?"

"Why are you taking off your clothes?!"

Bell lay prone on the ground, desperately trying to look only at the floor, but Tamuz grabbed his hair.

Bell's face was forcibly lifted. Stripped of her thin clothes, the goddess's alluring figure, completely naked, burst into his eyes.

"I've said it before, I'm going to make you mine."

Her full breasts, now freed from her clothes, swayed, her supple limbs twisting alluringly, her slender fingers caressing her from her slender waist down to her plump, rounded buttocks. Her moist, tanned skin exuded the most captivating sensuality of the day.

Looking at Bell, whose entire body was flushed and red, Ishtar smiled sweetly.

"Let me 'bewitch' you properly—until you are completely captivated."

Then, she cast a sadistic glance at Bell, intending to take him away, body and soul.

The goddess's shadow approached Bell, whose face had gone from flushed to ashen.

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In the main goddess's brothel, besides the palace where the goddess and her entourage reside, there is also a huge annex.

This stone mansion, located behind the palace, is built of white stone. Although it creates an elegant atmosphere that is no less than that of the main hall, its shape and structure are very similar to the ziggurat, which is considered an "ancient" relic.

Construction of this annex began five years ago. Ostensibly a new brothel, it was actually built specifically for a certain "ritual." Since a prostitute broke the elusive "Killing Stone" three years ago, the building has remained silent until tonight, when, bathed in the full moonlight, it will quietly begin its function.

Chun-hime walked on the sky corridor connecting the palace and the annex.

The stone bridge extending from the fortieth floor of the palace had no roof, only a low wall reaching chest height, and the wind blowing in felt like it was hitting her. Haruhime, walking forward under the orders of three combat prostitute guards, pressed down her long hair.

"Hurry up, Haruhime!"

“Okay, okay…”

She was pushed from behind, but continued walking, still dragging her kimono.

The fighting prostitutes frequently glanced at the sky above. In the embrace of the vast night, Chunji also looked up and saw that the night sky was full of beautiful stars, and the golden moon looked full in the distance.

That was the aura that killed itself.

Chun-hime whispered in a barely audible voice.

Her gaze lowered, looking towards the bridge ahead, where she saw the entire magnificent rooftop garden of the annex. A pale light, rising slightly from its center, beckoned the girl to come closer.

Chunji became expressionless, lowered her head, and silently walked forward.

As if someone would be saved if she got there sooner, she quickened her pace.

"Strange guy..."

The fighting prostitutes, urging the girl forward, also looked at her with a hint of dread.

The girl faced destruction without uttering a word, as if she had seen through the illusions of the world, which made the fighting prostitutes snort. In the eyes of the bold and fearless female warriors, she seemed like a coward, and she also annoyed them.

By having Haruhime walk in front, the three female warriors (Amazons) lined up in a row became careless.

The skywalk is a single road with a wide view, offering nowhere to hide.

Being in a location unsuitable for a surprise attack caused them to be careless and fail to notice the girl who was close to the bridge.

The black-haired girl, who had silently grabbed the low wall, quickly took over the position behind them.

"—Huh?"

The Amazons whose clothes were grabbed were first thrown over the bridge.

The other two noticed her falling from the sky and turned around in shock. In that instant, another one of them was grabbed. She tried to struggle and break free, but was instead hit with a physical throw technique.

"Y-you are!?"

Seeing her two companions fall from either side of the bridge, the remaining female warrior (an Amazon) equipped herself with a longsword. The girl immediately drew her red blade as well—but suddenly seemed to notice something and dropped to the ground.

It turned out to be a strong gust of wind blowing from the side. Haruhime, who only realized something was wrong at this moment, stumbled and choked, and the female warrior (Amazonian) who was about to strike the girl was also blown against the low wall.

The girl stood up. "Wait a minute—!?" Ignoring her opponent's attempts to stop her, she delivered a sharp kick to his chin.

"…Fate, sir?"

As the last guard who had been kicked off disappeared from the sky corridor, Haruhime turned around unsteadily, and a girl with swaying black ponytail ran toward her.

"How did you end up here...?"

"So that I can take you away."

She answered the speechless fox-girl without hesitation.

Chunji opened her emerald green eyes wide and took her hand.

"Let's escape from here, Lady Haruhime. Come on, let's go."

Life is like a reminder that time is precious; you want to leave this place after just a few words.

However, Chun-hee, whose hand was being held, stood still and refused to move.

"My lord... please don't worry about me, please escape on your own."

"Varied……"

This time, speechless, Chunji gently released her hand.

"Why did you come here, Lord Ming... and Lord Crannie as well? Don't you both already know that I pose a threat to your safety?"

“That’s…!”

A few hours earlier, in the back alley bathed in the glow of the setting sun, the guilt of comparing Chun Ji with her cherished possessions on a scale made Ming anxious.

Chunji continued with a sorrowful expression:

"As long as I am here, Miss Frini and the goddess Ishtar will chase you to the ends of the earth. This would put you and your master in danger... I cannot do such a thing."

"Even so!? He... Lord Bell still said he would protect you!?"

He interrupted Chunji with a shout and grabbed her shoulders, who was looking on in astonishment.

"He said he would become stronger for you and would definitely protect you!? That's what he said to me!!"

"Because Lord Crannie... that child is very gentle, so..."

"No!! That person is fighting alone now, not out of pity or guilt!?"

Fate forbade Haruhime from continuing, and from denying Bell's resolve.

The girl seemed afraid to look into the eyes of the man standing before her, and lowered her head.

"My lord, I beg you, that's enough... I'm done with this."

"Why...why give up!? You'll die because of it!"

His fingers dug into the girl's shoulder as he pleaded with her, as if weeping.

then.

As if something suppressed was finally overflowing, Haruhime's lips trembled.

"How could I possibly need your help..."

Hearing the faint murmur that seemed to disappear into the scattered moonlight, he scolded her for saying such foolish things.

"You have nothing to be afraid of!? As long as Lady Haruhime wishes, Lord Bell will absolutely not stand by and watch her die! He's not that kind of man!!"

“!…”

"Haruhime-sama!!"

The voice of destiny grew even more stirring and impassioned—in the next instant.

Chunji, who had been looking down, suddenly straightened up.

"You don't understand life!!"

Her eyebrows arched, and tears welled in her emerald eyes.

Chunji screamed as if her emotions had burst forth.

"...!?"

"To dedicate yourself to someone you don't even like, to sell yourself for money!! If it were your life, could you accept yourself doing that!?"

Ming was speechless. Before her eyes, Chun Ji spoke as if she had reverted to her childhood manner, loudly proclaiming:

"I'm a prostitute!?"

The reality was staring the girl in the face, her eyes darting around, unable to answer anything.

Chunji shed large tears and swayed her body from side to side.

She flung Ming's limp hand off her shoulder and grabbed Ming's chest with both hands.

"Is it enough to just ask that child to save me? With such a filthy body, is it enough to just ask him to let me stay by his side? You know that child will be in danger because of this!?"

Chunji's gaze wandered like that of a lost child, fixed on fate.

Her eyes twisted, revealing her inner sorrow.

"I can't do it!? I can't do it...!"

Clear tears kept welling up from her closed eyelids, and Chunji lowered her head.

Her thin, sobbing shoulders rose and fell, tears bouncing off the stone pavement. The girl's heart-wrenching cries left Ming standing frozen in place.

If I were to fall into the same predicament as Haruhime.

Can I ask cherry blossoms and chigusa for help from Takemikazuchi?

Can someone who has been reduced to a prostitute really ask them for help?

They'd probably say, "Don't look at me," instead.

Because they were both women, Fate could not deny what Haruhime said; on the contrary, he empathized with her.

"...!!"

The moonlight, like water, streamed down from the white-haired head, wetting the unreal beauty of the girl before him. Ming stared at her, his expression twisting in pain.

For a moment, Ming forgot about time and place, utterly overwhelmed by his own powerlessness.

"--shooting!"

All of a sudden.

A bolt of lightning flew from afar and struck him dead.

"Gurgle!?"

The scorching beam of light that pierced his shoulder caused his body to sway.

"The Demon Sword".

As Ming confronted Haruhime, the battle prostitute noticed her presence and fired a deterioration spell from the palace.

Before the astonished Chun Ji, Ming lost his balance and leaned over the low wall of the bridge.

"My life!?"

In her desperation, Chunji reached out her hand, and right before her eyes—the second shot of the "Demon Sword" struck Ming's body.

The black-haired girl blocked the lightning bolt with her red knife, but the recoil caused her to fall off the bridge.

Chunji's outstretched hand grasped nothing; it swung at empty air, and she fell to her death from the aerial corridor.

"Ahhh...!"

Chunji covered her face with her hands and burst into tears.

She seemed to be blaming herself for various reasons, and repeatedly whispered "I'm sorry" in a hoarse voice.

"Ugh...!?"

As for his life, which was falling from the sky, he pressed his burned shoulder and gritted his teeth.

The skywalk that abandoned the girl is now getting farther and farther away.

"Pity……!"

She reached into her waist pouch and pulled out a flashbang.