Chapter 203 – Mitra (2)
Quite a bit of time has passed.
The continent has regained stability. ‘Arcadia’ became the only imperial family that unified the empire, and the lineage of ‘heroes’ continued.
The lineage of ‘Jinjo’ was also divided into three, but it was continued.
Although a long time has passed and their relationship, which was once like a blood alliance, has become a bit creaky, it hasn’t turned into a big problem.
It’s okay though, thought Mithra.
It’s peaceful, so we can fight. It would be nice if we wouldn’t quarrel and get along well with everyone… But if everyone fights, it’s because the world is peaceful.
It’s because there’s no such thing as a world-destroying monster that came from the outside.
So, arguing is sad too, but that’s okay.
The world was at peace. Not very much, but still more than before.
And.
“… You are here.”
The world created by Mitra and Luna. They, who had cast gray light on the brilliantly shining world, began to set foot on earth once again.
This was also an opportunity for Mitra.
Unlike the previous invasion, Mitra’s status was in the gap in the world. I was able to clearly observe the “Cracks” They had invaded that I had not been able to observe before.
After defeating them safely, we will be able to close the rift. It would be a bit overwhelming, but I was able to endure it.
Coincidentally, in this generation, all of them were outstanding children. 〈 Hero 〉─ Iris with a talent that surpasses that of her predecessors. 〈 Swordsman 〉 Anna, 〈 Sage 〉 Eileen, plus 〈 Saint 〉 Adela.
All of them were children with talents that surpassed their predecessors.
So, without any harm, he would defeat them like last time—— Mithra had no doubts.
*
The world is doomed.
〈 Hero 〉, 〈 Swordsman 〉, 〈 Sage 〉 and 〈 Saint 〉, in the end, they couldn’t withstand the power of the Demon King——not even a handful of their flesh was left behind,
… Mitra grabbed her rumbling stomach.
Her only blood relative, her twin sister Luna, took 〈 spirits 〉 to help her in her final fight, but she died along with Adela.
In a true sense, Mithra was left alone.
Her twins, who had been with her from the moment she was born, and the destruction of the world she had created together, told Mitra, who was born as an omnipotent being and lived an immortal life, what ‘solitude’ was in her true sense. Informed
So.
“… No.”
Crisp.
With the sound of something breaking in her, Mitra’s deity crumbled. It was only a minor level of hers, but that was enough for her with her enormous status.
“Let’s do it again…”
Mitra, the goddess of the sun who always overlooks the world——letting down the veil she was wearing, she used only half of her power.
The price is a part of the godhead that has just been lost.
“Again, again…”
The power that governs the providence of time followed the will of the owner.
The time series is rewinded.
Regression.
What Mitra chose was to return to her past.
Let’s go back and save the world. Save Luna, and save all the other children. Without missing a single one, as I first thought…
I must have missed something this time, so I definitely don’t want to make that mistake next time.
I can——.
*
Again, it failed.
“Ah, everything, one more time…”
Tick.
The sound of the clock hands turning.
Drizzle, drip, the sound of the needle turning back.
The world has gone back to the past once again.
*
“Oh, no.”
Pasut-…
The enormous divinity is being eroded little by little.
From the huge soul that could hold the entire continent in one hand, it collapses little by little.
“Still, still fine. There are more opportunities…”
The clock started running backwards again.
*
─Ah!
─Please save me! Goddess, Mitra… ! Your lamb, please!
-Please look down on us…
Scream.
─Adela, use the buff!
– May the light bless us…
─Get out of the way! Ready to bomb!
The sound of a fierce battlefield.
─What the fuck… Hey, open your eyes! Don’t die in a place like this!
─It’s noisy, it’s lovely… What… Seeing people die for the first time?
-Don’t open your mouth! Then really die!
─Stupid, silver bitch… Because it’s late…
—…
Hopes fading away one by one.
And,
A happy ending that never reached the end.
Time to rewind again.
Mitra turned back time.
*
Ah.
No matter how many times I rewind time, there was no happy ending. As if it was destined to happen in the first place——even with countless repetitions, the destruction of the world could not be avoided.
“Why.”
How many.
There were times when I was close to success. Although many sacrifices were required, I never almost defeated the demon lord, no… There were several times when I defeated the demon lord.
Even so, the world was destroyed.
Defeating the demon lord could not avoid the destruction of the world. Because at the point of defeating the demon king, destruction was already inevitable.
No matter what method was used, it could not prevent the destruction of the world.
Is there any other way?
Could there be a right way to save the world that she doesn’t know about?
Even if there was, it was already too late.
For Mithra, who had consumed her own divinity little by little with each recurrence, her chances were running out.
Most of her enormous godhead has long since worn out. The state in which the divine person in charge of time has become smaller than that of the ‘sun god’.
The nameless god of time. God of creation, who can only go to the last with his innate godhood, not his faith.
That the divinity of such a god has become weaker than the divinity of the underworld maintained by faith…
As a godhead, it is no different from death.
“…”
Mitra looked down at her own hands. A bronze stake that glowed softly in her grasp.
My own temple built in the underworld. It is another 〈 sacred relic 〉 that has the same power as the 〈 sacred relic 〉 enshrined in an unnamed temple built for the nameless absolute god, the creator god who governs time, not Mitra, the sun god.
Her eyes trembled The ‘flow’ that can only be seen by her eyes, who is in charge of time, looking down.
If 〈 holy objects 〉 are implanted in this flow.
If you stop the flow of ‘time’.
Rather than let them perish at the hands of those demons, if you stop everything with your own hands.
Then, wouldn’t their world remain alive forever?
…
…
In the stopped time. In a world where wind, water, light and darkness have all stopped.
In a life that was close to eternity, even the younger brother who was always together was frozen.
Mitra was left alone.
“… Now, what should I do?”
The goddess who was left alone in a world where no one was listening muttered softly.
There was no answer.
*
I nodded as I watched Mitra alone monologue about the world where everything stopped.
“… Was it? The world has already been destroyed many times.”
─Yes. As you see… After turning back time several times, my remaining strength is now at the bottom.
“It seems so.”
That’s why, rather than letting it fail until the end and perish altogether, I’d rather use my remaining power to completely stop it.
But.
“Then, what if the power of the sacred object runs out, and the frozen time starts flowing again?”
-Ah, that’s what you’re curious about. I didn’t have to worry about that. Using 〈 Sacred Relic 〉 itself is quite difficult, but after using it once, the energy is completely gone.
“Is it.”
The relic is certainly enormous. I nodded slowly and asked another question.
“Then now? … Did you remove the holy relic?”
-As you guessed.
“…”
Is this the time period where the 〈 holy relic 〉 that was put in was removed and started to flow again?
“How many more times can you rewind?”
—… Any more.
“You mean this is the last time?”
Mitra’s answer did not come back. I also didn’t bother waiting for an answer because it was more like a confirmation than a question I threw in expecting an answer.
Then, with a slightly stiff face, I asked the last question.
“… Luna and I have not been seen anywhere until now.”
The main character of this world must be Luna.
And I, too, although I didn’t appear in 〈 Blue Rose Garden 〉 or 〈 Blue Lily Garden 〉, I’m Leticia’s younger brother and at the same time I’m Chepeshu’s second son.
The two people who were indispensable in Mitra’s memory, I had never seen before.
—… That story, let’s start now.
As if he didn’t want to hide it, the answer came right back.
It was a calm voice, but I felt a subtle emotion behind it.
I don’t know what Mitra is feeling or what she’s thinking, but it doesn’t seem like she’s lying to me.
─Thank you. Then…
So I agreed to trust her and nodded her head, and she spoke in a softer voice.
──Should I finish the story that I couldn’t finish? A story that must be told to you.
