Chapter 296 Probably Because of Her Laments (1/2)

A new set of teacakes were lined up on the table…… Or rather, food exists in Alice’s house huh……. No, well, they obviously do. I didn’t realize it since she had the image of someone who’s always hungry…… hey, wait a minute? I’m sure Alice doesn’t need to eat or sleep……. So, I guess that hungry-looking self she had before was just an act to fool me huh.

Well, even though eating is just supposed to be their preference, this woman still acts like she hasn’t been fed for days……

[……Ah, where were we again?]

[At the moment when the Evil God appeared.]

[Ahh, that’s right. That Evil God, the mastermind called it the “Great Evil God of Despair”, but that Evil God didn’t have any kind of will. It just follows the reason of its existence, destroy the world.]

[……………….]

I see, it’s not that this Evil God is evil because it intends to destroy the world……. It’s just that it’s a kind of catastrophe that works for the sole purpose of destroying the world from the moment it appeared……

[As soon as that Evil God arrived, “Darkness enveloped the hearts of humans around the world, and lured them to despair”, well, just because it’s the last boss, it used the last boss’s mental attacks? What a disgrace of a last boss, it is. How about you just physically smack people around?]

[You just smoothly dissed it huh. Well, enveloping the hearts of humans around the world with darkness……. Isn’t that amazing…….]

[I guess so. Well, it would be OK if you imagine it as Isis-san’s magic power of death spreading around the world. Well, in terms of ability, Isis-san is many times stronger than it……]

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I see, that certainly is a mental attack. If the magic power of death is to force the other person to fear death, then the Evil God’s power is to force all humans in the world to feel the emotion of despair…… Hmmm. It looks like an outrageous being just from listening to her story.

[In reality though, it was quite a dangerous opponent…… Not only does it paint the humans’ hearts in darkness, but it also dyes our vision in black…… If it remains like that, the people all over the world would die.]

[……Such a monster, how could it be……]

[Just because it was given despair, it would instantly fall to despair, the human hearts aren’t that simple, you know? Rather, it’s because despair exists that they try to resist it…… and at that moment, the hearts of all humans in the world were connected as one because of the Evil God. That’s why…… it was an opportunity.]

[………………]

The joking look on her face changed to a serious look and Alice continued speaking.

It seemed to imply that the content is important from here on out.

[The small wishes in the hearts of people around the world, a sure hope for the future…… With the power of Ἑκατόγχειρες, I weaved all of those thoughts into my own body. To defeat the Great Evil God of Despair, to protect the people I care about……. I weaved the whole world together.]

[………………….]

[In conclusion…… I won. I defeated the Evil God and defended the world…… Some even started calling me the “Hero of Hope”.]

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[……Alice.]

I wonder why? It was supposed to be…… a happy ending. It was a victory for Alice, who gathered the hopes of the world against the Evil God, who wanted to envelop the world in despair.

It was supposed to be a great event, just like the ending of a legend…… but why does Alice have an uncheerful look on her face?

[……That was a joyous event, as the world became at peace…… it would have been great if it had ended there.]

As if to answer my question, Alice gives a self-mocking smile.

[……I noticed the anomaly right away. No matter how many days I didn’t eat or sleep…… I found myself not getting tired at all.]

[ ! ? ]

[Weaving hope around the world…… my body originally couldn’t withstand such immense energy…… So, that must be why…… my body evolved…… No, it transformed. “To a monster that surpasses the Evil God”……]

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Alice, who is supposed to be the Hero who defeated the Evil God, before she knew it, became a monster that surpassed the Evil God…… I see. That’s why she said she was “Ex-Human”…… Alice must have exceeded her limits as a human at that moment.

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In a world where humans are the only race existing, she has become a being that is completely out of the norm.

[……Well, that doesn’t mean I was persecuted or anything like that. I mean, they actually couldn’t. At that time, I’ve already become someone that the whole world couldn’t defeat, even if they were united.]

[Is…… that so……]

[Yes. However, my partner…… my best friend laughed at my distress, telling me “Idiot. Just because you acquired power exceeding human intellect, you think you’re a God? How stupid.”…… and treated me no differently than she ever did before. My little sister and my friends were also the same. They naturally laughed at me, as if they were telling me that no matter what kind of being I’ve become, I will still be me.]

Whether it’s Alice’s best friend or her little sister…… For them, it doesn’t really matter if Alice became someone beyond human intellect.

No matter what happened, Alice is still Alice…… I’m sure that hearing those words would make Alice happy, and I could see it from her expression now.