✦ Endo & Kobayashi ✦
Chapter 42
“…Even now, there are a lot of things I have to ask of Lady Lilena. Liese, shall we start from scratch later?”
After I broke my silence by saying that, Liselotte nodded, although still looking a bit sulky. In the first place, I had a feeling that we should try to not get things mixed up with the Goddess Lilena’s story.
We should get to the end of it right away.
“So, Majikoi? What exactly is that? Using that, Kuon and others tried to harm Finné… And why did Mister Endow and Miss Coebayashay help us?”
I may have spoken out of turn, but still Lady Lilena knelt down as she answered my depressing-sounding question.
“Kuon made a game called Majikoi. Through Majikoi, lots of people from over there would come to know of the existence of this world, and above all, about Finné. They would learn of their existence, keep it in their minds, and think about it… Because of that, the connection between that world and ours has become quite stronger. And a path has opened up for Finné as well.”
Someone walks among the snow. Then someone else walks along their footprints. Then it gradually becomes a path… Would it be something like that? As the footprints, the thoughts, of many people accumulate, so the story of Finné would become known, and so Kuon would propagate it to that world. That’s what I got from the Goddess Lilena’s explanation.
“That path would appear in front of Kuon, who through various connections would shadow insistently over Finné, and through it, the accumulated thoughts of the players of that world would give him strength.”
《 …The God Route, huh? 》
Miss Coebayashay muttered in a low voice in response to the seemingly unconcerned Goddess Lilena’s words. Lady Lilena raised her face enough to catch a glimpse of her, and then nodded.
“That’s right. However, since there was a much stronger connection… Or rather, a much more similar relation than the one between Kuon and Finné, it didn’t quite go as planned. In other words… Umm… Should I really say this?”
After saying that, Lady Lilena tilted her head to the side in doubt. Her eyes met mine as I was too tilting my head to the same side, and I just nodded.
“In short, there were similarly passionate, one-sided feelings of love here and there, and since those feelings of love from such pure young men had resonated, Kuon wondered if Mister Endo and Miss Kobayashi had dampened down his carefully prepared position of ‘God’s Voice’.”
One-sided love. Whether it was Mister Endow’s or Miss Coebayashay’s, disclosing that info willy-nilly may not be the best thing to do.
Liselotte, who was standing right next to me, was looking at the Goddess with eyes that looked like sharp knives.
“But, there’s another possibility! One of us here may have a very similar personality to either one of those two! Like twin souls or something like that! They would have a high affinity after receiving the power of the Player’s thoughts! Or maybe Mister Endo and Miss Kobayashi’s feelings for this world are particularly strong!”
《 That useless Goddess can’t keep her mouth shut, huh? 》
Mister Endow’s voice echoed, half a sigh and half a grunt of anger, directed straight at the Goddess Lilena for her nervous excuse.
“Uhh… I… I’m sorry. Umm, anyway, those two were able to become gods by taking away the position that Kuon had carefully prepared, and because of that I could regain a lot of my former power, bringing me close to omnipotence once again. So I’m sure that if we can hear their voices, then we can definitely bring back Kuon’s soul, possessed by Kuon Kirisato…”
As she said that, the Goddess Lilena straightened her back.
“So please, Mister Endo, Miss Kobayashi. Please, let me offer you my love.”
At the precise moment the Goddess Lilena finished saying that, a golden light emerged from her and shot itself into the sky.
《 …Huh? 》
《 Waahh?! 》
That light so rose high and far above that it must have pierced through the heavens, and perhaps reached the Gods of another world.
“With this, you two are my kin now. The next time you face Kuon, I’ll pull his soul out of his body through you. By doing that, we should be able to help that poor Kuon Kirisato. And in order to not cause any further problems to Finné or anyone else, I’ll make sure to seal off Kuon’ soul in this world. With that, the game that Kuon had started should come to its end. It may be an inconvenience to the both of you until the very end, but could I ask you to please go see Kuon…?”
The Goddess Lilena pleaded as, once again, her forehead touched the ground.
《 Alright. Or perhaps I should say, I’ve accepted your request. After all, I feel sorry for that poor Kuon Kirisato, with his body being possessed and all. 》
And so Miss Coebayashay made a contract with the light.
《 I have no objections either, but I do have a question about this favor of yours… What did we do, in the end? Have we made Kuon gather those maiden’s powers? And some of these powers were transferred over to both Liselotte and Baldur? 》
The Goddess Lilena once again raised her head and proudly puffed her chest at Mister Endow’s words.
“That’s precisely what happened. Since there is no magic in your world, there is really no easy way to explain this, but let’s just say that both of you are really lucky!”
She said that triumphantly, posing with her hands placed on her hips so as to exert her own greatness. Art quickly began to applaud her so as to praise her, but no one joined him. Her forehead had become dirty due to her bringing it to the ground so much, which probably was hurting her dignity.
《 Luck, huh… How lucky are we talking about? 》
Miss Coebayashay asked with a calm voice.
“Well, not enough to actually win the grand prize in the lottery, but probably enough to win the special prize! You’re a student as well… Right, Miss Kobayashi? To put it in a way that is more related to your everyday life… It would be as if from now on, you were able to solve everything related to your exams, your studies, and your fields of expertise!”
《 What about easily getting passing grades without even studying? 》
Mister Endow’s voice had a hint of disappointment as he asked that.
“I think that scenario goes a little beyond luck. We’re talking about the level of luck that would make others say ‘Oh, how lucky!’ when completing such tasks. But, we’re talking about your entire life from now on, see? You’re going to be a bit luckier for all eternity! Isn’t that great? Am I not great?”
《 Wow, amazing. 》
Miss Coebayashay said that with a plain and monotone voice, completely devoid of emotion.
Please let me know if there’s anything inconsistent or that needs further editing/corrections!!
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