Parsed with an automated reader. The content accuracy is not guranteed.
<hr class="wp-block-separator">\nI can feel the weight of my childhood friend between my arms.\n
Iâm giving her a princess carry after all.\n
Even if nobody tells me so, even I know for a fact that Emmy loves this kind of situation the most. \n
.\n
To be honest, carrying a person wearing full plate armor is really gruelingâŠBut, she really did her best today so this much is fine. \n
Though, yeah, it would have helped if sheâs a bit lighter.\n
.\n
.\n
.\n
I was lost and questioning everything previously for being the only useless one.\n
No matter how much I wanted to help, I wasnât able to do anything since my specialty and purpose had already lost its place.\n
.\n
I then learned from Sybilla how to fight.\n
Then acquired powers that only I can call mine.\n
That was the day that I finally thought that I can finally now stand and walk forward on my own.\n
.\n
But is that really the case?\n
.\n
Looking back, werenât all of these things happened because of Sybilla?\n
She even paid attention to every single detail and took very good care of us since weâve arrived in Seiris.\n
The sense of partnership is certainly there but I canât help but think that Iâve received more than what I had given.\n
.\n
Thatâs why I decided to give Emmyâs sword my dark attribute.\n
.\n
It isnât what Sybilla had thought of and instructed but a decision I made on my own.\n
Sybilla had already seen through the darkness that resides in Emmyâs heart which I saved her from.\n
But without the memories Emmy and I had spent together and the sudden realization of her class, I would have never figured it out on my own. \n
Not to mention, even if Sybilla tried to save her on her own, nothing will change as the way of saving Emmy is something that only I can do. \n
.\n
âFor the first time today, I felt like I was able to be the one to âgiveâ.\n
.\n
Hey, Sybilla.\n
I wonder if this is enough to allow me to stand right next to you.\n
You who is willing to stretch her hand towards not just me and Eve, to you, an existence that can never be more proud ofâ.\n
.\n
.\n
[âŠAhehe, fufufufun⊠e-eighteen corpses of floor bosses, oh how bountiful~ The ears of the armored ones are different even from its usual counterparts especially that huge one! Ah, how plenty, Iâll definitely squeeze Gilmas and get lots of moneeyyy~]\n
.\n
.\n
ââŠHm.\n
I almost forgot just how you are during the most important partsâŠ\n
.\n
[Haai,it wouldnât be much for the both of you to take care of the ones around that area, no?]\n
.\n
Sybilla then moves her hand from my mouth and claps her hands to dismiss us.\n
Mine and Emmyâs eyes meet and as expected, her embarrassment canât anymore take it as she makes her way down from my arms.\n
âŠI am not really sure if she broke her hips but letâs use recovery magic just in case.\n
.\n
[For the time being, letâs retrieve everything that we should retrieve. You did good job out there, both of you.]\n
[Yeah, you did great too. Fighting these floor bosses without you is something I wouldnât even dare to imagineâŠ]\n
[Un, thatâs true. Thank you so much, Sybilla-san.]\n
[Looking at the results objectively, I didnât do any even a tiny bit of damage against the enemy and we were able to defeat them because of you two. You guys donât need to exaggerate things for me.]\n
.\n
Sybilla then happily reaches her hand and starts to tap and stroke mine and Emmyâs head.\n
âŠEmmy seems happy but I hope you know that I am not particularly enjoying being treated this way.\n
.\n
[Emmy really is the cutest after all but Russell is the direct opposite as he frowns, isnât he~ even though every single guy out there would die just to feel even a little bit of touch from me.]\n
[Oi, look at you getting too ahead of yourself. But itâs not about thatâŠ]\n
.\n
I lightly remove Sybillaâs hand on top of my head as I try to look away from her and awkwardly scratch my own hair as I continue my reply.\n
.\n
[Itâs this kind of treatment from a senior and junior relationship that I⊠Itâs just that I want to be treated as someone of equal standing or something like that, you see.]\n
.\n
I sneak a look at her as she widens her eyes a bit before she puts her hand on her mouth to cover her grin while looking like she has found a brand new toy for her to thoroughly enjoy. \n
Damn it, how can I be this stupid.\n
I should have expected this kind of reaction happening knowing Sybilla.\n
.\n
[Afufufu. Looks like Russell is finally looking earnestly towards the fascinating Sybilla-chan!]\n
[I donât mean any of those words in that direction.]\n
[Oh you donât have to be shy~. Well, if you really want to stand by my side, thenâŠ.]\n
.\n
Sybilla then steps back while keeping her playful grin and points her finger towards her back.\n
A moment after, jet black wings had shown itself and spread wide and free.\n
.\n
[Prove yourself and show me that you can do the same things as me, the âDuskâs Goddessâ!]\n
[Youâre asking for something ridiculously impossible, oi.]\n
.\n
Thereâs no way iâll be able to get powers akin to a god, isnât it!\n
You know that itâs impossible for me, and I think so too, but you could have just given me something Iâll be able to achieve if I seriously tried to do it!\n
.\n
Sybilla continuously laughs as she closes her wings. \n
This girl really just manifested her goddessâ wings right in this place just to show off.\n
Now it just feels like thereâs not a bit of mystery about goddesses divinityâŠ\n
.\n
âŠ.Heck, what the hell I am even saying.\n
What mystery and divinity. Thereâs no such thing in the first place.\n
This is Sybilla weâre talking about here!\n
.\n
[AwawawawaâŠâŠ]\n
.\n
Emmy looks at Sybilla visibly shockâŠ. Oh, itâs the first time she have seen it, huh.\n
.\n
[Emmy, that was just how Sybilla looks when she shows her divinity as a GoddessâŠ. But as you can see, itâs still the same Sybilla inside which doesnât really seem like a goddess at all.]\n
[Wait up, just what do you mean by that.]\n
[Itâs just what it is. Just where else can you find a goddess with short hair wearing clothes fitting for a melee adventurer.]\n
[I cut my hair immediately when I manifest in this world because honestly long hair will just be a bother. It will just get in the way in close quarter combats, no?]\n
.\n
It seems that Sybilla really has long hair that she just cuts every time. \n
The story I heard from Jannet then that âfor girls, their hair is their lifeâ is just fictitious I guess. \n
Her reasoning is solid and logical too. Goddess mystery and stuff might just as well be goblinâs feed.*\n
.\n
Yareyare, I really canât help but think this is just like Sybillaâs way of thinking.\n
.\n
.\n
[Well then]\n
.\n
Sybilla then suddenly cuts off the light atmosphere around us and her gaze instantly turns sharp as she looks to the door.\n
We instinctively follow her gaze and whatâs what we found isâŠ!\n
.\n
[The door isâŠ!]\n
.\n
Beyond that door should be the bottom levels.\n
In other words⊠itâs the place where that guy is.\n
.\n
[Weâll not be able to get breather this time⊠Russellâs inescapable attack by continuously using offensive magic leaving no place to run wonât work this instance. Unlike the fight against Living Armor of Oblivion from Adoria Dungeon, Russell now has Emmy-chan to stand in front and prevent attacks coming for him. I intend to launch offensive magic as well from the back.]\n
.\n
Everyoneâs been fighting together all this time but Sybillaâs apparently thinking of countermeasures while doing so.\n
I see⊠Seems like I still have long ways to go if I want to stand beside her in terms of using our heads.\n
.\n
[I want to hear your thoughts. What should we do then?]\n
[I can make walls appear from the ceiling too using the same magic. So Iâll make the place tighter and on top of that, Iâll put a wall and spears on the ceiling to cut its escape route above. The enemy is probably adept on moving midair as what weâve seen on how he dodged earlier thatâs why Iâll take the initiative and modify the dungeonâs terrain to put it at a disadvantage.]\n
.\n
To challenge demon lords who are the makers of the dungeon by modifying the dungeon itself⊠This girl Sybilla really thinks of some crazy ideasâŠ!\n
I sincerely wish from the bottom of my heart for her to be the last person in this world to become my enemyâŠ.\n
.\n
[Uwa⊠Sybilla-san, you really think well, huh.]\n
[If I canât do this much then I wonât be any different from just a normal <Mage> who canât do any of her job. Well, you can leave the thinking to me!]\n
.\n
Sybillaâs words and oozing realibility made me and Emmy nod towards her.\n