"Phew…" I exhaled my breath as I looked at the horizon from the tall wall near the church training area.
Juriel's last question made throw away all the others I had.
But my answer was the one that baffled .
"I am not interested, huh?"
For so reason, I imdiately answered as such, making her smile and saying that today was enough and she was tired. After she apologized, I gave her a stamina potion in case she needed it and left the room, going on top of this wall.
I knew better than the others that my thoughts couldn't be influenced. But most probably, Juriel had a skill or a title that made answer her honestly. Yes, that was the feeling I had when answering her questions.
And she even wished luck in finding the clues the Goddess told in the four borders. How much did that Goddess spoil Pope Juriel? Indeed she was beautiful and kind, but there was a limit to spoiling one subordinate, no?
I also spoiled my subordinate, so I couldn't say anything. But…
"What a scary Pope. Even I, who have many titles and skills, still answer her honestly. Is that the perk of being an Angel? No, maybe that's her perk as a Pope of the Castitas Church." I muttered.
Did she do that to help find the answer myself? I was curious about the clues the Goddess told located in four borders.
My desire to return ho disappeared slowly as I lived in this world. At most, I only wanted to know what happened to my original world, especially after I saw that thing in the World-End Waterfall.
I took out the [Teleportation Gem] I set on that flying island in the World-End Waterfall and raised it to the sky, inspecting the shiny gem as it reflected sunlight.
"Will there be sothing similar in the other borders? I should let Tristan take a look if that's the case."
"Take a look at what?"
A voice belonged to a young girl answering my muttering. I looked at the source of the voice and saw Tristan in casual clothes. She was wearing a white shirt and a black skirt connected to her shoulders. Bending over, her face was close to my face.
"What do you plan to do, Arthur? You keep so many secrets to the point it's unhealthy." Her expression turned sour as she pushed over to the side and sat beside . "So, what is it with taking a look at sothing?"
"Hahaha, there is nothing," I replied with a playful tone and put the [Teleportation Gem] inside my inventory. "I want you to take a look at new clothes. But I don't think that's necessary. You look cute in those clothes, Tristan."
"That won't work on ." She replied dryly.
However, her face had a shade of red, and the corner of her lips curled up slightly in happiness. She was lying when she said it wouldn't work on her.
'Still the sa tsundere,' I thought as my mouth ford a smile.
"But seriously." Tristan raised her voice as she looked at .
"You keep too many secrets from or even those girls who love you. Don't try to keep them by yourself and share them with us soti. So, what are you thinking right now?" She asked with narrowed eyes, scrying without giving room to say otherwise.
"I know." I nodded at her, putting on a solemn expression. "It doesn't seem like I have any desire to return to my ho except for seeing my real body's condition right now. My talk with the Pope earlier just made a little bit honest, and I answered that I wasn't interested in returning ho anymore."
"Hmm… So that's your problem." Tristan humd as if this wasn't a problem, to begin with.
"You survived Horizon Online and killed the last boss alone to return ho. As for , that desire has long gone, and I just want to live happily. Well, that wish was granted a few days ago. So don't take it away, please." She smiled softly, looking at with a hidden aning.I think you should take a look at
She leaned her head against my shoulder. A soft breeze of wind hit us, ruffling our hair.
Sohow, I wouldn't be surprised if soone thought of us as long-lost siblings due to our similar hair color. Well, I guessed so church knight thought of that. But that was only due to Horizon Online only having a few customization and blond was the favorite color besides black and red.
"If you say it like that, I just lost one more reason to return to my ho," I replied with the sa smile. "Well, about the thing I muttered earlier, it's about the thing in the World-End Waterfall. Did you rember that I suddenly felt danger and fled from that place?"
"I do." Tristan nodded.
"I said that I saw sothing, right?"
As I continued, Tristan moved away and looked at seriously. She urged to continue with her eyes which had a deep curiosity in them.
"The cloud that was created from the waterfall was what I saw first. It was beautiful, and I enjoyed it. Rather, you also saw how beautiful it was, right?"
"Yes. We can't find any waterfalls like that anywhere. That was truly beautiful, although there were many monsters behind us at that ti." Tristan giggled cutely as she rembered the sight of that ti.
"That made question if the world has an edge and it's only an abyss beyond that. Why would there be a cloud rising from the waterfall?" I asked while looking at Tristan seriously.
That was what made peek inside the abyss, to begin with. Well, I planned to take a peek, but the cloud made curious enough.
Tristan kept listening seriously as she had a confused look. She held her chin and fell into deep thought, thinking of how that was possible.
In our previous situation, many monsters surrounded us, and we had no leeway to even think of that.
It was just a coincidence that I managed to find the strangeness of the giant waterfall.
"Before the feeling that even made wary of being attacked, I managed to take a peek at what lay behind the abyss. That monster or creature that gave that feeling probably tried to stop from seeing further before I visited the other borders." I continued, looking down at the Academy City bustling with activities.
"What did you see? I always asked about this before, but you dodged the question."
"Hahaha, forgive . I just couldn't accept it at that ti." I laughed and patted her head. She didn't dodge and let caress her hair. "This is also why I am curious about other borders. I want to know whether I can find that thing again or not."
Taking a deep breath, I looked at Tristan seriously.
I didn't know how she would react to this. My eyes seed able to pierce the darkness for so reason, while she couldn't.
It probably was also my relationship with that person behind the system and the Goddess. It could also be because of my perk and my skill that made no ill status, illusion, or even anything that fooled my perception work on .
"What I saw in that abyss was…"
Tristan looked at , waiting for to finish my sentence. I gulped once again, squeezing the word out of my mouth.
"…Destroyed Earth."
Her eyes widened in horror.
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