266 – 78-1. Grand Final Route.
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How long did I lose my mind?
The feeling of floating as you are lifted from deep beneath the surface of the water.
An eerie feeling as if my entire body had been divided into pieces and then put back together.
“… “Knock, knock.”
I came to my senses by continuously spitting out water from my mouth.
If I were to criticize, I would have almost drowned.
Where on earth is this?
A little while ago, I thought I had died for the past Fine.
‘I can’t see anything.’
When I opened my eyes, there was only darkness.
Have we fallen into hell? I don’t think so, judging by the way he’s breathing.
Every time I walk, I can hear the sound of water lapping under my feet.
This is why I almost drowned. I looked around at the strange sensation of walking on water.
[Lee Soo-hyun♡Fine Grancia 91% ‘NEW!!’]
“……”
All you can see in front of you is a status window with the grand route written on it.
It was said that Fine, who became a Demon God, had a broken succession system, so she could not be resurrected twice.
A very small light given in the darkness.
I smiled helplessly as I looked at the guy with the light on as if it were an emergency exit.
You have to lose to get even.
I took steps using the status window as a guidepost.
[Lee Soo-hyun♡Fine Grancia 92% ‘NEW!!’]
──Snap.
Then the number goes up while making a metallic sound.
It was similar to the sound of a safe dial moving.
Why is my love level going up now?
I didn’t defeat the Demon King, I didn’t go on a quest with Fine, and I didn’t do anything special.
The moment when I was rolling my eyes and trying to find the cause.
[hehehehe, the driver is really shy.]
A soft and cute voice like the scent of flowers spreading.
The figure of a saint, like a pure white rose, shimmered on the surface of the water.
“Saint..?”
Next to him, Richt can be seen wearing a black knight helmet and armor.
This is the first life I experienced when I came here.
[It is said that pure love means liking only one person no matter what hardships and adversities there may be.]
[I know..]
[Then why do you not know my feelings..!! The driver likes me too! Stupid dog! A pervert who only looks at breasts!]
Because I was possessed by Richt’s body, I never had even light physical contact with the saint.
The nameless saint who stuck out her tongue at my insensitivity.
There were moments when he tried to act like a child after giving me alcohol.
[Why haven’t you ever told me you love me? I can’t do it without you.]
He always fell asleep before me because he had a weak drinking capacity.
“……”
Probably because everything was taken away by the demon lords.
If it had been the original Fine Grancia, it would have been dangerous because it would have been stronger than me.
[Lee Soo-hyun♡Fine Grancia 93% ‘NEW!!’]
As I revisit my memories with the nameless saint, my love life also increases.
While watching it, I intuitively noticed an important fact.
The status window in front of you is the key.
The only key to get out of this dark place.
I avoid directions that don’t increase my love rating, or I turn around and walk.
I started running to find the exit.
[…] Saint?]
[I ended up showing her face..]
I ended up seeing a shocking scene.
Lips quivering slightly, wolf ears and tail dropped.
Different from the original history, Fine’s helmet was removed during the grade exam.
Because the power was not adjusted, her white hair was exposed.
[Why.. Mardol.. Is a nameless saint..?]
The next thing went exactly like what Black Rose Fine had said.
[Why are you suddenly avoiding me? Please listen to my story..!]
[I got caught. I got caught. I got caught…]
Knowing that Fine was her nameless saint, I revealed all the facts about her and tried to save her from her danger.
[I’m scared.. Can I really trust you..? Even the name Richt is a lie….]
Ever since she found out that she was a princess, Fine has been avoiding me.
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She must have thought it was her liaison sent by the dragon cult to take her own life.
She turned into the devil in front of her and tried to forcefully confirm her identity.
‘It’s a blessing to be self-employed.’
When we meet in the same classroom, even if we say hello, they remain silent.
Without being friends until recently, our relationship quickly became distant.
[This is Mana Rose… To the nameless saint…?]
Even the blue rose prepared for Fine withered because it was not chosen by her.
The devil of omnipotence invaded and left a hole in the middle of my chest.
[No.. No.. Licht.. Please..]
My life got messed up once.
How could the results of a grade exam change so much just because the helmet was removed once?
In the end, I even saw Fine crying in front of my grave.
This is the future that the wise man saw with his foresight.
‘Things that might have happened in another world line.’
[Lee Soo-hyun♡Fine Grancia 94% ‘NEW!!’]
With each step, numerous images of Fine begin to appear.
The way he smiled while attending the academy with me.
She is in tears, saying that she is a saint who is not even good at healing.
Lastly, the black rose kissing me and leaving me with a sad expression.
24 Failures, 25 attempts.
Routes that could have existed until now are passing by.
If you are killed by Magic Hat.
When he prayed to Fine, who had become a demon, to save him, etc.
The lives I have lived so far have been filled with all kinds of failures.
A dark road where you can’t even see an inch ahead.
At that time, I was frustrated as to whether there would really be an exit to a place like this.
‘…… !!’
As I watched this strange scene, I noticed one thing in common.
The only person who sticks by my side no matter what world line it is.
A nameless saint, a warrior who was corrupted into a demon god, and the princess of the Grancia Empire.
As if they were matching each other, they were pointing their fingers in the same direction.
‘Pine Grancia..’
When I saw that, my molars clenched tightly.
Even in a repetitive life, Fine always stayed by my side.
To let you know that even in pitch darkness where there is no hope, light exists.
Because I want to be by my side and be of strength.
As I start running in the direction she tells me, the surroundings gradually become brighter.
“Where are you..?”
Signboards that do not light up.
Now, the streets are so familiar that they have become forgotten.
The rooftop in a blurry memory.
My steps were right next to the place where I tried to jump during my school days.
‘Large light? No. ‘That can’t be a lantern.’
I felt the hairs all over my body stand up and realized that what I was seeing was not a hallucination.
Black hair and brown eyes.
A boy with deep burn marks on his face.
Anyone can see that this is me from when I was young.
Originally, I would have given up on committing suicide and returned home.
Why are you trying to die now?
‘We have to stop it.’
He was already in a precarious state, with more than half of his body hanging over the iron fence on the rooftop.
I reached out to save my childhood self, but my attempts were in vain as the boy fell into the air.
The moment I thought it was all over.
[Soohyun had such a painful past.]
As Fine’s voice rang out, a group of lights appeared that resembled a woman with white wolf ears.
A strange being who transformed into a nameless saint and a demon of jealousy with every step he took.
They seemed to overlap as one, and soon they took on the appearance of Fine, a glass knight.
[Now, it’s okay….]
When she opened her mouth, time went backwards.
The boy who had fallen from the rooftop returned to his original position as if he had never been there before.
“Uh.. Ah..? I.. Definitely..”
Could it be that I, too, have met Fine in the past?
I see myself as a child crying endlessly over my life being saved once again.
“Maybe I was scared..”
A boy speaking with an expression that makes no sense.
As I keep looking around, it seems like she doesn’t notice me or my presence here.
Should we call it a time paradox?
If not, should we say from the beginning that it was all fate and not a coincidence?
[Someday, the day will come when we can meet again.]
A poster with a somewhat suspicious phrase written on it.
Fine continued her words as she dropped one of her game posters onto the floor.
‘What determines the devil and the warrior?’ .’
An RPG game with Written on it.
I was curious why on earth there was a poster like this on the roof of the building.
[Until then… I’ll be waiting. Soohyun.]
Fine saved me from her past and let go of me.
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[Lee Soo-hyun♡Fine Grancia 95% ‘NEW!!’]
As soon as I witnessed the scene, the status window burst into light.
Then the whole world started to turn white, and the voices of a man and a woman were heard.
“It’s been a while. “A warrior of faith.”
“It’s been a long time. “Demon King of Faith.”
A pure white woman with a white snake wrapped around her arm and a man wrapped around black tree roots.
A man and woman with such intense colors that one could almost call them black and white appeared before my eyes.
“You…?”
I knew those faces.
During the first round, I defeated the magic hat and prayed for the saint’s happiness.
“I am the starter, the god of light. “She is the goddess who governs time and light.”
“Yes, I am Liset, the god of darkness. “He is the god who governs space and darkness.”
Why are the higher gods who are said to determine the hero and the devil here?
She narrowed her brows as she looked at the man and woman raising the corners of their mouths at me.
“Am I.. Really dead..?”
I just learned about the circumstances in which Fine went back in time and saved me in the past.
A sight that was like a flash of light.
I’m still breathing, but I feel this dream-like feeling of disconnection from reality.
I started to get confused as to whether I was alive or dead.
“No, you are not dead ‘yet’.”
“It’s hard to even say that it’s alive!”
They shake their heads at my question.
So does that mean there is still a way to return to Fine?
“Because existence was erased by the power of thoughtlessness. Now you have become a harmless devil.”
To the detriment of my brief hopes, Lisette revealed a shocking truth.
The harmless devil.
It means that I have turned into the being I first saw in .
I never thought it was me.
I ran the simulation hard once.
“What do you mean?”
“Literally. “It means he has turned into a monster that spreads poison around him.”
“It was our fault. Sorry.”
Starter and Lisette sighed and touched their foreheads.
When I thought about it, these guys were the height of incompetence.
“Pine Grancia is crying next to you.”
“It’s dangerous if we leave it like this.”
Fine is crying?
──To fight.
As soon as I heard those words, I felt like something was cut off in my head.
“What on earth are you doing…?!”
I couldn’t hold back my anger and shouted at them.
Unfortunate world lines experienced in a continuous loop.
There was not a single ending in which Fine could have been happy.
“The gods of light and the gods of darkness… let alone help people…!!”
I wish you could have helped Finé at least once when she was sad.
“Aren’t the heroes chosen as trash!!”
If you hadn’t chosen Magic Hat as your hero, Fine wouldn’t have been unhappy.
I wish they had shown mercy just once.
Because the things these people called God do are so trivial and ridiculous.
“Why are you making Fine so unhappy!!”
I let out all the sadness that had been building up until now.
Then, after a long silence, one word came out.
“Lee Soo-hyun wanted true happiness for Fine Grancia.”
That was the real reason why I had to achieve the grand route while increasing my love level.