episode_0351

Eve, ready to end this world, began her explanation.

“Yog-Sothoth’s power… its greatest ability is the unification of time.”

That was the origin point. The severance of consciousness observed through death, right before being dragged into the black gate.

Eve herself doesn’t know everything precisely. However, she possessed considerable information.

The numerous regressions, the encounters with the followers of Tenebris, and the experience of Tenebris’s true form directly descending into her body. The stories passed down from Nari, and now, the identity of this world as felt by Eve’s soul.

“One and all… and all and one. That self-expansion transcends time, freely opening doors to the past or future.”

For mortals, body and mind are inseparable elements.

The body is affected by the mind, and the mind is affected by the body. When the body is destroyed, the mind suffers, and when the mind withers, the body becomes sluggish.

Transcendent beings lack such balance.

Their bodies transcend the workings of matter and phenomena. They are unrestricted in changing, expanding, and reconstructing themselves.

Their minds transcend the workings of emotion and memory. They go beyond knowing, imagining, creating something unimaginable to humans, and eventually bringing that abyss into reality.

Yog-Sothoth always exists. Already becoming a concept, it connects all timelines into one.

Opening the door reveals the past and future existing simultaneously.

“What we just saw… was one of those countless timelines. Of the ‘possibilities’ we could reach, the ‘present’ closest to our desires.”

Yuri remained silent, while Lulu and Nix nodded. Aspi was expressionless, while Tier’s face clearly showed a lack of understanding.

“…Simply put, it fulfilled Tier’s wish to correct mistakes and regrets.”

“Isn’t that great?”

*Thwack!*

Nix gave Tier a light slap on the back of the head.

“Ow, why’d you hit me!”

“What have you been listening to! Granting wishes, I do that often too!”

“Ah…!”

Even Tier, not known for her intelligence, quickly understood Nix’s words.

The happy illusions Nix showed. Hallucinations, and dreams. A world where everything is fulfilled as desired.

Only one thing remains unfulfilled there. Making that ‘dream’ a reality.

“If Yog-Sothoth controlled this world and everything beyond the universe… it wouldn’t have done this.”

Yog-Sothoth is not an absolute being. It has emotions and thinks. It even took a hit from Nari’s swordsmanship that shattered concepts.

That’s the end of it.

A being that is not absolute, capable of gaining more, grants ‘favors’ without any price?

“Demons… take a human soul in exchange for granting wishes.”

“That’s the rule, yeah.”

“Yog-Sothoth is likely no different. Its goal is to control us, to make us its servants, to swallow this entire universe.”

Only the scale has grown larger; Tenebris’s mistakes and its essence remain the same.

Desire is the root of all destruction.

Eve quietly turned her head. There, Nari stood, smiling sadly.

“It’s time for farewells.”

Eve was the first to approach her. Taking her hand, blushing slightly, she gently kissed her.

“Whether it’s within an illusion, or truly you from beyond a parallel universe… it’s all you, right?”

“You’re quick to figure it out.”

“I pretended not to know, you fool.”

The second kiss involved tongues. Nix and Tier, watching them, licked their lips and glared at each other.

Eve’s body dissolved into a bright white light.

Next was Aspi. Taking advantage of Nix and Tier fighting, she quickly took a position in front of Nari.

“…I’ve committed a grave sin. Not even recognizing my master, I am an unworthy knight.”

“No. My acting was good, that’s all.”

“…”

“You want punishment?”

Aspi’s eyes widened and her cheeks flushed crimson. She glanced away, but Nari was still there.

*Whoosh-*

The pure white light emanating from her enveloped Aspi.

“Punishment for saying you couldn’t offer your soul. It’s quite ridiculous, really.”

“S-sorry… Ugh-”

“Your soul is mine. Don’t forget—”

Aspi lunged at Nari, who stood arrogantly and issuing threats. She thought she’d grabbed her, but Nari effortlessly moved.

Their pink lips met.

“Then… this is punishment for the princess deceiving me.”

“Aspi, you-”

“You told me not to hold back…”

The lascivious smile on Aspi’s face gradually dissipated.

Lulu, moving secretly, had also approached Nari. Quite fast for a mage. She’d been working out lately, after all.

“I… um, how was it? My virginity…”

“Unique and good. I thought I was going to be cut.”

“T-that’s…”

As Lulu fumbled with her staff, Nari’s hand descended. She gently stroked her red hair and smiled faintly.

“You still worry about such things? For the rest of your life, only I will embrace you.”

“Ugh…”

Lulu’s face was hidden by the brim of her mage hat, her head bowed low. While Nari chuckled, Lulu raised herself on her tiptoes.

She wrapped her arms around Nari’s neck, kissing her in a clinging embrace. Twice. With tongues.

“Thank you, and… I love you.”

Lulu’s face, with a tiny tear in the corner of her eye, also dissolved into light.

Nix, having won rock-paper-scissors, strutted out, puffing out her cheeks.

“Player’s in!”

“Behave yourself.”

“Yes! I will!”

Nix leaped up. Waving black mist, she flew behind Nari, perching on her shoulders in a piggyback-like position.

Grabbing her head, bending forward, their faces upside down, they made eye contact.

“This is a first, huh—?”

“Yes, yes… Ah, quickly take my piggyback-kiss virginity.”

“With pleasure!”

Their lips met with a resounding *smack*. By the time Nari opened her eyes, Nix had already vanished.

“Scissors… I should have chosen scissors…”

Tier approached, ruefully looking at her defeated fist.

“Tier.”

“What, why, what!”

“Did you enjoy it?”

Tier’s eyes flickered. She tried to speak, hesitated, and finally fell silent.

She lowered her head slightly, her hand outstretched.

“Every joyful dream… eventually ends.”

“I didn’t enjoy it…?”

“You’re crying a lot.”

“Huh…?!“

Realizing her tears, she frantically wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. This only made her eyes redder and more swollen.

Step by step, she slowly walked into Nari’s arms. Warm, comfortable, smelling pleasant.

“It’s time to wake up now.”

“Mmm… sob-”

“Shall we have a good morning kiss?”

“Y-yes…!”

Tier, kissed and nestled in Nari’s arms, dissolved into light.

Yuri was the last one left.

“Did you deliberately let them go first?”

“Yes, just watching was enough for me.”

“Lies. Yuri always waits quietly and picks only the best things, doesn’t she?”

Yuri smiled slyly in response. Nari blinked, and Yuri was instantly before her.

“Honestly… since Eve’s gone, I think I can handle about twenty more regressions.”

“You want my virginity eighteen more times?”

“I’ll give you my virginity eighteen more times in return.”

Nari chuckled this time. Pulling Yuri’s cheek, she kissed her.

Their lips parted slightly, then met again. Twice, three times. Soon, their rosy lips shone with saliva.

As they pressed tightly against each other, their faces slanted, Yuri trembled twice.

“Mmm…”

“Did you go for the kiss?”

“Though it was that… it wasn’t just that…?”

Yuri took Nari’s wrist and placed it on her lower abdomen. Hot, soft skin could be felt below Yuri’s navel, but that wasn’t the important part.

“The way you inserted it so deeply then… perhaps… it was aether…”

“You would have overcome the trial even without it.”

“Now that I’ve awakened to aether… it feels too sensitive… ugh- vigorous seeds within my belly…”

Given Yuri’s fully developed uterus, the sensation of her lover’s sperm swimming inside was overwhelmingly stimulating. Enough to send her over the edge in three steps.

“Shall I take it out?”

“No… ugh…”

Yuri quickly embraced Nari. She trembled again, then vanished beyond the universe.

A large amount of vaginal fluid stained Nari’s skirt.

“Oh, dear…”

With a slightly amused expression of resignation, Nari lifted her skirt and pressed her nose against the stain.

“Sniff… Aaah… that’s it.”

She pulled off her skirt completely, and twisted it while holding it from both sides. Holy water flowed out of the twists, and Nari brought her mouth to it.

After satisfying her thirst, she, too, dissolved into light.

The universe, without an observer, vanished.