Episode 171
“”……””
Perloce, who had been watching the four girls in silence, quietly stands up.
“…Ugh.”
Then, a terrible pain came from my knee, which had become even more serious than before.
– Plop, plod.
Nevertheless, she continued to walk and looked down at Kania, who was lowering her head with a dumbfounded expression.
“I put a lot of effort into making it…”
She was staring blankly at the cold, drying sandwich.
“For once… I wanted to feed you a delicious sandwich without worrying about you suffering…”
Perloce turned his eyes away from her and this time approached Irina, who was crouching.
“Frey… I’m sorry…”
She was muttering while holding the fruit she brought in her arms.
“Only after everything is too late do I confess like a fool…”
Next to Irina, there is Klarna, who is stroking the evening primrose she brought with her mouth tightly closed.
In her eyes, she was fiddling with the treasure that had been prepared to welcome the returning star, but was now just a lifeless flower.
A single tear was flowing.
“….There isn’t much time.”
Meanwhile, Serena stands up and mutters in a dangerous voice.
“No matter what I do, I will break the rules of the world. Even if it means breaking heavenly law.”
Her eyes were already engulfed in deep darkness.
“…………”
Perloce was looking at them like that.
“everyone.”
He asks a question in a low voice.
“If there was a way to turn all of this around… what would you do?”
Then, everyone raises their heads at once.
“What do you mean…?”
“Perloche?”
“You mean… turning everything around?”
Soon questions poured in.
“…Literally.”
To those girls.
“If you were given the chance to change everything… what would you choose?”
Perloche asks again.
“No matter what ‘price’ you pay, are you willing to take it back?”
Then, there was a short silence.
“Of course.”
Eventually, it was Kania who spoke first.
“Well, if I can serve you a warm meal… I’d be willing to pay any price.”
Her eyes were filled with earnestness.
“…Mo, is there a way to turn everything back? Then I’ll go.”
The next person to open her mouth was Irina.
“I will become his sword and shield. I will become his own weapon that can destroy everything, be it the Demon Lord or whatever.”
He stood up and spoke with burning eyes.
“I don’t need the emperor’s position, wealth, fame, or pride. All I want now is Frey, who risked his life for me.”
For the third time, Klarna spoke.
“Is this magic to sacrifice me? I know that my body is the best medium for carrying out large-scale rituals. So, sacrifice me.”
She said, loosening her chest.
“…I was already trying at various costs.”
Finally, Serena answers in a low voice.
“I was planning to break the rules of the world by researching for eons, even if it means giving up my body and mind… Is there a good way?”
As she asked that question, she had half lost her senses and had a blank look in her eyes.
“”…………””
After the four girls’ answers were finished, there was a moment of silence.
– Sigh…
And the silence was suddenly broken by the cathedral door opening.
“F… Ray…”
The person who entered the cathedral attracted everyone’s attention.
“I received a call that Freyr was here…?”
Isolette was breathing heavily as she ran to the cathedral at full speed.
“…Now that I think about it, Frey was like that back then.”
Perloche was looking at her like that.
“Originally, you were the sixth… but it seems you were downgraded for some reason.”
He started to walk slowly and mutter something unintelligible.
“Still, I don’t think I’ll have any regrets if I finish in the fifth…”
“Perloche?”
“I didn’t know what that meant at the time, but now I do.”
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“What are you talking about… So, where is Frey…”
Saying that, Perloche went up to the altar of the cathedral where she had been praying until then.
“Anyway, I understand what you guys mean.”
He continues his story with a pale expression.
“Anyone other than me would have made the same choice, right?”
The other heroines looked at Perloce, who was still talking nonsense, with puzzled expressions.
“…Thank you for your courage.”
Perloche bowed and greeted them.
“then…”
He concluded his speech by putting his hands together and praying.
“See you again soon.”
And the next moment.
A brilliant light from Perloche enveloped the cathedral.
.
“Ugh…”
have a headache.
No, not just my head, my whole body aches.
Is this an aftereffect of using sacred power after a long time?
The divine power I just unleashed was the strongest among all the divine powers I have used so far, so feeling sick may have been a natural aftereffect.
– Sigh…
As I stood up with that thought in mind, there was a woman standing in front of me.
“Well, Mr. Perloce…”
A woman who was staggering around with injuries all over her body, calling my name while emitting a fairly faint light from her body.
“Sun God….”
“Yes, yes…”
When I asked her a question in a trembling voice, the woman responded while flinching. Looking at that, I guess the person standing in front of me is the sun god.
The last time I saw you, it wasn’t that bad, but did you go out of your way to bring me here?
“Please explain what happened.”
But, right now, I have no time to have faith in her or sympathize with her.
The important thing now is Frey.
“There is no time to hesitate. Quickly…”
– Kugugoong…!
As I was urging the sun god, suddenly the surroundings began to shake violently.
“Come on, let me explain.”
At the same time, the sun god, who was staggering in front of me, urgently opened his mouth.
“Even though I couldn’t defeat my younger brother… I poured all my remaining spiritual power into it and succeeded in restoring ‘Retry’…”
– Kugoogung! Kugung…!
“And… I’m using all my remaining strength to prevent the sun from going out completely. My brother completely turned off the sun a few hours ago…”
Yes, thanks to you, I roughly understand the situation.
So, this moment is your last chance.
“Okay, then…”
“Um, are you really going to inherit Retry?”
That’s why I hurriedly approach the sun god, but she speaks with a pale expression.
“It’s going to be harder than you imagine…”
– Kugwagwang…!
But at that moment, the barrier created by the sun god shook greatly.
What could this be?
“Je, Jeseonghae…”
“…what?”
“Now, write it down… save me…”
“I can’t hear very well.”
“…Keheuk!”
oh my god.
Mr. Frey, who disappeared earlier, is wreaking havoc on the Demon God.
I can see a black space inside the crack in the surrounding space. Is that where it came from?
“Hegeuk… Hegeuk…”
“I don’t have enough strength, so I can’t undo what you did, but… I guess I can vent my anger before moving on to the next episode.”
“Now, just a moment. Just a moment… a deal…! Gehehe…!”
As I was watching the scene blankly, the sun god broke out in a cold sweat and asked me a question.
“I could pass on Retry to Mr. Frey. But really…”
“Oh, no!!”
Only then did I come to my senses and screamed at the sun god.
“Can’t you see his soul? It was already broken, but it’s shattered in the aftermath of choosing to disappear!!”
“…….”
“If he retries even one more time, there will be no turning back! We won’t be able to give him a happy ending!!”
After hearing those words, the sun god closed his eyes tightly and said.
“…I will grant you the ‘Power of Retry’.”
And, the next moment.
– Pazuzuzuzu…!
“Aaaaaaaaaah!!!”
A tremendous amount of pain came over me.
“Hauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”
“…Perloche?”
In the wind, Frey looked down at the Demon God with a cold expression, and when he heard my scream echoing everywhere, he raised his head and his eyes widened.
“S-No way… why is there a next episode…!?”
Then, he looked pale and started coming towards me.
“Wait a minute!! I can’t let you carry that…!”
“I said I’d love you forever.”
Don’t worry, Freyr.
I will protect your soul now.
As long as I am the subject of Retry, your soul will no longer be ruined.
“wait!!”
“To you, a happy ending.”
With that in mind, I smiled brightly at Frey.
“…retry.”
I whispered in a low voice.
The next moment.
– It’s crunchy…!
The world has turned upside down.
.
“This is everything I wanted to show you.”
A solemn room where a giant scale stands tall.
“…Did you see it clearly?”
“……..”
Inside the room, Perloche, who was watching the four girls making expressions that cannot be explained in words, spoke to Frey in a low voice.
“Now, the time has come.”
When Frey, who had been watching the black screen that had been showing Perloce’s point of view until a moment ago, did not respond, Perloce slowly turned to the scale and spoke.
“The five main heroines, including me…”
“…I have a question.”
The transparent Frey asks her a question.
“How did I, who chose to disappear in this episode, get involved in the ordeal?”
Then, Perloche, who turned around and looked at him, answered.
“Originally, in this episode, you stopped counting in the black room and just watched everything, and then you got caught up in my retry.”
“…okay?”
“Yes, without being able to return your feelings for us… you just blankly watch the world go by.”
Perloche said that with a dark expression.
“However, the third trial will be applied by us from future rounds and he will become the subject of judgment together with you.”
He slowly closes his eyes and says.
“If you, who chose extinction, had chosen ‘Judgment’… all subsequent episodes could have been affected, including our current episode.”
“……”
“However, the person who chose to disappear… did not judge and simply chose to love us all.”
“…Right.”
“Besides, you even made a mess of the demon god who had lost all his strength…”
While saying that, Perloce lost his voice, and for some reason, he had a rather dark expression on his face.
“Personally, I wanted to be judged.”
“why?”
“Because you were so exhausted that you violated your will to rest.”
“But, from that point on, you became the subject of Retry, right? So…”
“It’s not just that.”
Perloce now began to tremble and speak.
“In this world where you have brought countless tragedies, countless sorrows, and countless retries… you still deserve to be judged.”
“What is that…”
“The more I retried, the more I realized. The pain you went through… was literally beyond what I could have imagined. So, please…”
Frey looked at Perloche, who spoke with a frightened expression.
“You’re so deeply stained with guilt.”
He sighs and says.
“I ended up using ‘guilt’ as the driving force to endure so many episodes. My mind collapsed due to unnecessary guilt.”
“Oh, no… It’s not because of guilt, it’s your natural right…!”
“So, how is the judgment conducted by me, another subject of judgment, conducted?”
Perloche answers Frey’s question with a broken smile.
“It’s simple. If the guilt of the main heroines, including me, is greater than the sympathy and love you have for us… then a punishment appropriate to the difference…”
“…This system is boring to the end.”
Frey, who heard Perloce’s words, chuckled and said.
“You have no reason to feel guilty about me.”
“Oh, no! We…”
“I finally realize it.”
Freyr interrupted Perloche once again.
“The ones who must be judged… are not me, you, or the world.”
He says with an expression of realization.
“…The system, the demon lord, and the demon god.”
“P-frey…”
“This is the conclusion I gained through my third trial.”
Freyr saw Perloce’s eyes shaking after hearing those words.
“My compassion and love have to be greater than the guilt you carry?”
“Now, wait a minute…”
“Then there is a good way.”
He approached the black screen and declared loudly.
“Please show me what you’ve done since Perloche got the retry.”
“Fray!!!”
Then, a phrase appears on the black screen.
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“Earlier, when I saw you command the black screen to play ‘the scene after the prayer,’ I was wondering if it would work. Is this what happened?”
“No! I can’t have you trapped in time again!! Nooooo!!”
When Frey, who was looking at the phrase, smiled and said it, Perloche looked on with a shocked expression.
“Don’t worry, I don’t plan on increasing your guilt any further.”
Frey answered her in a soft voice.
“…Summarize it so it doesn’t go over a day.”
[……..Analyzing.]
I gave the command to the black screen again.
[Application completed. Play the video.]
Then, a phrase came to mind with a cheerful sound.
“ah………”
Frey turned his gaze away from Perloce, who was staring blankly at the situation.
“good…”
I looked at the image that started to appear on the screen and muttered in a low voice.
“…Now it’s a bit fair.”
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