Ch.113113. Lisia’s Anxiety

The room is dyed pure white.

Lisia knew.

She was in the middle of a battlefield.

She understood that she couldn’t dream of being in a completely safe room in this situation.

Yet what settled in her heart was a deep sense of peace.

‘Am I dead?’

Unable to feel anything, she began to doubt her own survival.

She slowly thought back.

She had definitely drawn out power beyond her capabilities by putting her life force on the line.

Even with the blessing of a constellation, living beings had their own permitted limits.

“…”

Lisia looked around again.

A space completely dyed white, with no forms remaining.

The atmosphere felt like a final stop before departing for somewhere else.

Lisia’s heart sank heavily.

She hadn’t properly said goodbye to everyone yet.

Including the Father God.

Did this mean she was formally entering His embrace?

Perhaps it was for the best.

Since that day, from the moment she was saved in the arena, she had sworn everything she had belonged to the Father God.

But even so.

“Father God.”

Lisia called out with slight, irreverent anxiety.

But there was no answer.

“Father God…!”

She called again, filling her voice with desperation.

Again, there was no response.

As the situation unfolded so differently from what she had expected, Lisia gradually felt anxious.

Perhaps her existence would fade away without accomplishing anything.

That truly frightened her.

‘No.’

Even in death, she needed to be with Him.

Otherwise, everything would be meaningless.

“Please, answer me…!”

Finally unable to bear her crumbling mental state, her body collapsed.

Lisia, fallen ungracefully to the floor, trembled from the intense loneliness.

‘I’m scared.’

This was her vulnerable side, something she had never shown to others.

Without the Father God, Lisia was nothing more than a young girl.

Though her body had grown, her mind was still trapped in that painful past.

With the cradle of the Father God gone, Lisia couldn’t help but become infinitely small again.

“Please, please…”

Return my light to me. Please come back to me.

Lying alone in the white, lonely room, Lisia shed tears.

As her presence gradually faded away…

“Lisia.”

“…!”

At that familiar voice that filled her with joy, Lisia’s head jerked up.

Or rather, she tried to jerk it up.

A gentle hand stopped her movement.

It lightly pressed down on the crown of her head, which was about to rise, making her lie back down.

Her head came to rest on the lap of the Absolute One.

“Ah, oh.”

At this unexpected fan service(?), Lisia froze.

“You’ve worked hard, so just stay like this.”

When she turned her head, she saw the smiling face of the Absolute One.

The one she had tried so hard to love was this close to her.

“F-Father God.”

“Why were you crying? Afraid I’d leave?”

Ron was trying to calm his surprised feelings.

He hadn’t expected her to cry so sorrowfully.

He had approached intending to give her a surprise, but when her reaction turned out so differently from what he expected—

The Absolute One had hurriedly appeared and settled beside her.

“Sh-shamefully, yes.”

“I would never abandon you.”

“…”

At those words, Lisia was left speechless.

It was true that she had irreverently harbored such thoughts.

A moment of quiet time passed.

-Rustle. Rustle.

The Absolute One gently stroked Lisia’s hair, enjoying this time.

Lisia found his touch both embarrassing and something she instinctively craved.

After enjoying his disciple’s hair for a while, the Absolute One spoke first.

“You did well.”

“N-no—”

“No. There’s no need to be modest this time. You truly saved the world, Lisia.”

A well-orchestrated stage. An actor shining upon it.

In his eyes, Lisia was a more beautiful jewel than ever before.

Therefore.

“Is there anything you want?”

He was determined to give her the greatest reward possible.

“…I…”

Lisia hesitated.

The sudden offer of a reward gave her much to think about.

‘But the situation isn’t completely resolved yet.’

Though he would have liked to sit here peacefully forever, the cleanup wasn’t finished.

They had succeeded in destroying the core of the ancient monster and winning the holy war.

But the aftermath hadn’t been neatly wrapped up.

Ron glanced sideways at the outside situation.

-W-woooah!!!

-Did we… did we win?

-We drove away the ancient monster!!!

-Father God!!

The paladins of the order were rejoicing and cheering for their victory.

Thanks to the screen the Absolute One had displayed, the whole world would know about the end of the holy war.

And everyone would know who the main protagonist of this holy war was.

Making the Father God’s order even greater.

‘Absolute One!’

‘Yes.’

Though the Visitor called to him in his mind as if about to jump up, he deliberately calmed him down and made him wait.

“I wish we had more time.”

The Absolute One expressed regret, signaling that the situation was coming to an end.

“Ah…”

Lisia unconsciously let out a disappointed sound.

“Don’t worry though. We’ll be able to meet again soon.”

The Absolute One cast an advanced healing spell on Lisia once more.

Her broken and torn wounds healed, and her body gradually recovered to its original state.

“See you later.”

As he bid farewell and tried to send her back to the original world, he was stopped by a desperate hand.

“F-Father God.”

“Hmm?”

“Will we… truly be able to meet again?”

Normally he would have teased her, but the anxiety in her eyes suggested this wasn’t the time.

The Absolute One smiled at her question and stroked her head again.

“We’ll meet so often that Lisia might get sick of it. Don’t worry.”

He had no intention of distancing himself from his disciples now.

They had gone through too much hardship to reach this point.

It was an answer filled with the Absolute One’s firm determination to ensure they received their compensation.

“…!”

Only after receiving such a strong and intense answer did Lisia close her eyes peacefully, like someone finally at ease.

「Do you wish to send disciple ‘Lisia’ back?」

‘Yes.’

Answering the status window’s question, he sent the disciple back to where she belonged.

Though deep regret remained, endings should be clean.

“Hey.”

And so, in the space where he remained alone.

“Come out now. We need to talk business.”

The Absolute One summoned his final wish, the Source of the World.