Chapter 590 Two Goddesses
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
(Hiroya’s POV)
(Umm… I’m…)
As my consciousness slowly awakened… I forced open my heavy eyelids, and there was the familiar ceiling.
Right… I conquered the Great Labyrinth Raetia with everyone, and during the drinking party at the garrison…
(That Ares…!)
I was about to direct my anger at Ares, but I knew the mug I was handed contained beer.
But──
(Because I was in Hiroya’s form, I accepted it without any hesitation and drank it…)
”Ah… Hiroya, you’re awake?”
I heard Kazumi’s voice, and when I looked at the bedside, Kazumi was sitting in a chair, resting her cheek on the side table, and smiling at me with sleepy eyes.
”Really… causing me trouble by being completely out of it because of alcohol, it’s been since the welcome party when you joined the company, hasn’t it?”
”I… I’m sorry…”
At Kazumi’s words, the nostalgic scene flashed through my mind, and I replied with the exact same words as back then.
”Faa… well, it’s Ares’ fault, so it can’t be helped. ──Rena and I gave him a good scolding.”
Kazumi yawned and stretched widely, then placed her hand on my cheek.
”Are you alright now? Can you get up?”
”Yeah. I don’t seem to have a headache or nausea… by the way, what time is it?”
”Around noon, I guess…”
Kazumi looked at the magic clock placed on the table.
I also sat up and looked at it, checking the time…
”It’s almost 12 o’clock! What time did we get back here?”
”The ruckus in the garrison hall and cafeteria seemed to have continued until morning, but since Hiroya collapsed, we all slipped out during the night and returned to the Clan house… It was a little before the date changed, I think?”
She handed me a glass filled with water from the water pitcher, and I took it and drank it all in one gulp.
”Considering I collapsed in Hiroya’s form… I slept quite a bit. ──I caused trouble for everyone. They must have been enjoying themselves…”
Handing the empty glass to Kazumi, she chuckles softly while pouring more water from the pitcher.
”Everyone was in a good mood. Even Noo and Asuka were smiling!”
”R-Really?”
I wonder if it was really that funny that I got drunk and fell over?
As I tilt my head in confusion, I remember the moment I jumped onto the bar counter and shouted loudly.
”Ah…”
”Did you remember? …Rena and I were also really happy♡”
Taking the glass she offered, I can’t help but hide my face out of embarrassment.
’You better not lay a hand on my girl!’
That’s what I screamed, right…?
Kazumi lightly brushed her lips against my blushing cheek.
”Come on, wake up and head to the bath to freshen up. You were so drunk last night, I had to carry you straight to bed.”
”Yeah.”
I nodded, downing the water in my glass, and decided to get out of bed to make my way to the bath.
* * *
(Shinji’s POV)
”…That concludes how the ancient civilization perished.”
The beautiful woman sitting before me.
I continued to stare at the goddess Frejya, who had finished recounting her tale of being trapped in the Great Labyrinth Raetia.
Upon hearing that Hiroya and the others had conquered the Great Labyrinth Raetia, I hurriedly rushed to the ‘Famière’ Clan house where…
Waiting for me were the goddess Frejya, who had been sealed in the deepest part of the Great Labyrinth Raetia, and part of the power of the goddess Lilith, who is still sealed in the Welnia Labyrinth and manifests using the Yamikirimaru that Hiroya possesses.
(Was there once a civilization that thrived before the current one…?)
Well, even Milia, who was researching the artifacts from the Great Labyrinth Raetia, mentioned that such possibilities exist.
”Father… I am but a part of Lilith, who is manifested through Yamikirimaru, but the Frejya before you is the real deal.”
The goddess Frejya, seated next to her, and the woman who claimed to be a fragment of the goddess Lilith, her twin sister, smiled enchantingly.
”…Father?”
”My beloved lord──Hiroya’s father, I presume? Then, to me as well, you are like a father♡”
I couldn’t help but look up to the heavens.
…Has Hiroya captivated even the goddesses… and is even called ‘lord’…
I let out a light sigh and returned my gaze to the two goddesses.
Though she is said to be a fragment of goddess Lilith, her appearance before me is indistinguishable from her sister, goddess Frejya.
No, of course, I can discern the differences in their physical features.
Goddess Frejya has silver eyes and milky-white long hair.
Whereas goddess Lilith has black eyes and long black hair.
Their attire too──but no, those are not the ‘differences’ I mean.
From both, an undeniably otherworldly power can be felt.
But… if goddess Frejya is the true entity, then the difference in ‘presence’ between her and goddess Lilith’s fragment is unnoticeable.
”You still have the expression of ‘not believing’ on your face.”
”N-no…”
I hurriedly denied it to goddess Frejya.
”The events of the ancient civilization era, and the path to its destruction… indeed, the contents were surprising, but there is sufficient evidence to believe, such as the artifacts unearthed from the Great Labyrinth. Perhaps what goddess Lady Frejya says is correct.”
After saying that, I alternated my gaze between goddess Frejya and goddess Lilith.
”I see. You cannot feel the difference in power between me, a mere fragment, and the true Frejya, can you?”
”Honestly, I am sorry.”
”Hohoho… as expected of the father known as the Heroic Swordsman.”
Goddess Lilith, who precisely understood the reason for my confusion, laughed gracefully and merrily.
Then, goddess Frejya, with a nodding expression, opened her mouth.
”That is because… this one has had her power drained by the ‘Dungeon Core’ of the Great Labyrinth for a long time. There is no choice but to heal over time.”
”On the contrary, I may be ‘a part of real strength,’ but receiving that immense magical power and strong essence from my lord, I could likely exert a power equal to Frejya’s at the moment♡”
Hearing the words of goddess Lilith, I momentarily felt dizzy, but somehow managed to turn back to them.
* * *
”So… returning to the topic, it was the demon named Azradelius──Azragees that sealed the two of you, right? And now, you say it is moving to liberate you?”
”Azragees──Azradelius is… an apostle of the being above us ruling gods, known as the Supreme God. It is undeniable that Azradelius is acting on the Supreme God’s intentions.”
The goddess Lilith responded to my question with a serious expression.
I had heard about Azradelius, the Supreme God, and the ruling gods from Megumi before.
”And… next, you intend to have Megumi’s son Hiroya engage in a ‘proxy war for the gods’…”
I unintentionally spoke more harshly to the two goddesses.
But from the flow of the conversation, it was clear that this was indeed the case.
”…I regret to say this. However, my lord──I can only rely on Hiroya and the family here. Hiroya’s strength is undoubtedly capable of countering Azradelius. We must annihilate him and thwart the Supreme God’s intentions…”
The expressions of both goddesses, Lilith and Frejya, who bowed their heads towards me, were slightly twisted with regret.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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