Chapter 163 – Closure
Without a shell, only my soul floats in space.
This is probably the last time here, the room of recollection.
With determination, I turned my gaze and found Lethe’s doll, the reason I visited this place again.
‘There… There is.’
Lethe is no longer a silhouette, but stands in full color.
However, it was very similar to Leah.
The only difference is that the hair is like black silk instead of blue.
After taking a look at the dolls of Neritiel and Beatrice next to them, he turned his gaze back.
I didn’t want to relive the nightmare I had already experienced.
However, the case of Osiel was a little different.
During the previous visit, he reached out to me as if he were alive and breathing, and then showed Shin Hye-ji’s ending.
That’s why I approached her doll again this time.
‘Well….’
Osiel’s pupils were no longer pursuing me.
The saintess of another world line, Osiel.
I don’t know the details… As a result, the saintess of that world was saved.
Even if her salvation was someone other than Ilya, who was her everything.
‘Now….’
I realized right away that real time is frozen while staying in the room of reminiscence.
But even if I settle down here, nothing will change, so I approached Lethe’s doll for my own purposes.
What is your ending
Show it to me
Because I will save the world and bring you to peace while you repeat hell while being exiled forever.
Then what comes to mind.
『NO. 1 ENDING : The condition is not met.』
Condition.
I just stood blankly and read it over and over again.
Even after reading it dozens of times, the message floated in the air without any change.
Having gone through three flashbacks, the past shown here did not show a happy ending.
It always replayed something terrible or tragic.
As for Osiel… Had it not been for someone to intervene, the saintess would have died a miserable death while crying out to the goddess until the very end.
But the conditions are not met.
‘… If this is the case, what will they say to me?’
I didn’t want to see Lethe’s tragedy, but I was taken aback as I thought I might get some helpful hints even if I couldn’t overcome the current situation.
In the case of Neritiel, it gave me a direction to move forward.
In addition to that, I was shocked by the horrific scene of her suicide, and it made me feel precious to me, who was like her garbage.
The world tree was a bonus.
In the case of Beatrice, it was similar in that she reminded her of the importance of it because she had observed it along with Neritiel’s ending, but she showed the Jewel of Chaos as a way to fight against Balladur, whose magical power was sealed.
It can’t be said to be a great success, but thanks to him, he succeeded in removing Balladur’s power.
Osiel… She couldn’t understand a bit, but he let me know that Hyeji was currently possessing her body.
For me, that was a pretty big reward.
‘What more do I have to do here?’
It wasn’t that I wanted something material.
I’m only saying that the things I gained after reminiscing about others were compensated for what the reminiscence room indirectly showed me, but in reality, I would have missed them all if I hadn’t empathized or immersed myself in discovering them.
Even though I thought so, it was regrettable.
At this point, it was unknown what conditions had to be met to unlock Lethe’s flashback.
Leaving behind the regret, I decided to find a way out of here.
After the flashback of the ending, they sent it back on their own, but that is impossible now.
Just in case, I got close to Lethe’s doll and looked around, but there was no particular benefit.
According to the one-armed Ed’s letter, it was clear that the capture of Lethe was close to impossible in the first place.
If it was Yurgon, who was her destiny, if a lump of error like me raped for the ending, Lethe would have turned into a black monster.
But if you die to break your destiny, it’s literally over.
Unless Lea had the ridiculous idea of feeding Lethe’s corpse, she would never have seen Lethe’s ending.
All that remains is this flashback.
But I didn’t have time, so I decided to give up the recollection of Lethe.
Because it was too vague now that I don’t even know what the conditions are.
First of all, now
‘The problem is how to get out of here.’
And, as always, the way
『ERROR….』
Like this, it was a solution that suited me as a lump of errors.
Snooping in front of Lethe, another message appeared indicating that something was wrong.
Then space vibrates.
-Koo-gu Palace!
Of course, the vibration didn’t reach me in a spirited state, but the dolls started shaking violently.
From Osiel’s doll at the far end to Neritiel.
Except for Lethe’s doll, the other three disappeared and the vibration stopped.
It wasn’t sad
Because the girls I cherish and love will still exist in my reality.
“Ed.”
A voice that is similar to Lia’s, but creates a completely different atmosphere.
I am more agitated by someone’s words than by the disappearance of their dolls.
‘Lethe.’
Now, Lethe’s doll stared into the air and opened her mouth.
“Here you are. In the same room as me.”
The doll, which should not have moved, stretched out her right arm and stirred the air around her.
I don’t know if Lethe is calling me now or if she is talking to someone else.
Because my soul was floating in a different location than the one she was looking at.
“To be free only after death.”
She said something I couldn’t understand.
“I don’t have the right to say this to you, Ed, but… I love you. It doesn’t matter if you repeat it tens of thousands of times.”
She whispered, her outstretched arms hanging limply under her.
It wasn’t a loud voice, but it was enough in this quiet space where it was just the two of them.
‘You….’
I don’t know why it appeared in the room of reminiscence, but there was a fact that I could know because I was facing Lethe like this.
My name in this world, Ed.
‘It’s not that he loves me.’
It was named by Lethe.
But I’m not Ed.
My name is Kim Chang-mook.
It’s not the name that matters, but one thing for sure.
‘You… You were in love with Ed, who had become Ashte.’
In the original place of this world, Lete, who was originally a demon, and Ashte, who has now become a demon.
It was clear to Lethe that she had not forgotten Ed even after she was exiled here.
Maybe that’s why he unconsciously gave me the name Ed.
It was frustrating.
If I could have a conversation, I wanted to talk right away.
I don’t have much time to stay in this world, so I have no intention of becoming Ed’s replacement.
Lethe’s feelings of putting my existence on the line and looking at others as a projection were not something I dared to accept.
“Although I am a thought body… Even so, I shared the same feelings as Lethe. If you’re offended by any chance, consider it a message from Lete.”
At that time, Lethe brought up an unexpected story.
‘Thought body?’
Does that mean that the girl in front of me right now isn’t the real Lethe, but a being formed out of thoughts?
The story didn’t end there.
“Stop thinking of becoming an evil god. Ed, you… Again-“
『You have leaked the heavenly spirit.』
– Kwajijik!
Lethe’s words, which were talking about something important about her, didn’t follow through.
As her words continued, Lethe’s doll drooped with the sound of space breaking.
『As a penalty, the reminiscence room is closed.』
It was a terrible sin to stop talking to her.
So now I complained of stuffiness and blood rushed to my head.
It was even more unfair because I wasn’t talking in the first place, but first….
‘Let’s think positively….’
Good thing.
I was going to leave the reminiscence room anyway.
The space is shattered, and my consciousness begins to sink.
They said they were shutting down this place, they didn’t say they were killing me.
So if you wait like this… You know, you’ll get back to reality.
There is no need to be afraid.
‘Lethe’s thoughts.’
I don’t know exactly what “Thought” Means, but when I think about the words she threw at me, Lethe thought Ed and I were the same person in the world before exile.
There… I’m sorry, but sooner or later I will become an evil god.
Only then can I save the beings I cherish.
‘I’m not Ashte.’
Ashte was a hero, but became a demon.
To some extent I understood him.
Right now, if I could save this world by destroying the false world that was derived from it, I would.
In reality, it’s not a lie, it’s another world where the ego exists, but protecting my world is more important than that.
That’s why I understand his choice.
But if you do that, you will be walking the same path as Ashte.
I will go a different way with him.
―It will take a very long time for the ending you want. In the process, maybe you will die or go crazy.
The causal rate said so.
If so, the road I will walk is a very dangerous and endless thorny road.
‘The ending I want.’
I wanted those I valued to be peaceful and happy.
There is nothing else.
So in other words,
‘Happy ending.’
It also meant that as long as I didn’t give up, I could get that ending.
