'As expected, I can breathe underwater.'
The moment she woke up, she realized that she could now breathe naturally even in the actual ocean.
It wasn't because the actual sea was as clean as the sea of the inner world, nor was it because Odette could purify large amounts of water as she had during her awakening.
This was because the water that entered Odette's body became as clean as the sea of her inner world, making it easy to breathe.
Only a faint light reached the bottom of the sea, but her vision gradually adjusted to the darkness. Then, Odette realized with a start where she was lying.
'Why am I on the whale's back...?'
If the original goal was true, Odette should have opened her eyes to a gigantic coral reef community at least several tens of meters deeper than here.
She thought it was strange that light was reaching her, but it seemed that she opened her eyes in a much shallower place, supported by the whale.
It was too lucky for a coincidence. Odette opened her mouth, though she doubted it.
“Did you help me by any chance?”
Just like breathing, speaking underwater was a very comfortable experience for Odette.
The whale nodded to her question. Squeaking. Even making a cry.
“You were supporting me the whole time, keeping me from falling any deeper?”
The whale nodded again as if it understood.
'Oh my God... This is amazing.'
Odette stroked the whale with her hand, and the whale wagged its tail as if it were very friendly with her.
'It looks like some kind of pet.'
Odette, who was laughing at the whale's antics, brought up the status window.
Because there was something to do to escape.
'Activate store function.'
[ Activate store function ]
The light from the status window brightened Odette's surroundings.
“...!”
Because of that, she couldn't help but notice.
The fact that there wasn't just one whale here. There were dozens of whales together.
They were surrounding Odette at an appropriate distance as if to protect her from the rocks and other underwater features that might harm her.
All these huge whales have banded together to protect her.
Odette, momentarily overwhelmed by the amazing sight, shook her head as if trying to come to her senses. There was something she had to do before admiring it.
'I will buy an item that hides the scent of the purifier.'
[Potion to hide the scent of the purifier]
[ Price: 10,000 Atasha / 1 day ]
[ Would you like to purchase it?
YES / NO ]
As <Redemption> is a run-down game, there was also a bad ending that ended with the male protagonists' obsession.
That potion was the drug that helped Charlotte escape at that moment.
Of course, the female protagonist's 'escape' in the game was like a seasoning that further fanned the male protagonists' obsession.
'10,000 Atasha every day...That's really an outrageous price.'
The person she was deceiving turned out to be different from what she had planned, but from the moment she arrived at the villa, Odette had planned to fake suicide and run away.
That's why on the way to the villa she stopped by Kleist Bank and withdrew all her cash.
'Thank goodness. If I hadn't found that money, I wouldn't have been able to drink for months.'
Odette thought as she pressed the YES button.
[ Would you like to use the potion?
YES / NO ]
There was no need to physically take items purchased at the store.
'YES.'
Just responding like that made the floral scent coming from her body disappear.
'Now that the Purifier's smell has been eliminated, the urgent fire has been put out...'
Odette called up the status window again.
'Activate inventory.'
[ Activates the inventory function. ]
'Call me a customizable corpse. I want to decorate it with something extra.'
At her command, the status window expanded one space in her inventory and appeared before her eyes.
[ Customizable Corpse ]
'Make a bullet wound in the corpse's head. Make it exactly the same shape as the bullet wound I had on my head just now.'
[Tofu Gunshot: 20,000 Atasha]
[ Would you like to purchase it?
YES / NO ]
'Yes.'
[ Would you like to apply it to a customizable corpse?
YES / NO ]
20 thousand Atasha for one gunshot wound.
This was also a terrifyingly expensive amount of money, but Odette chose YES without even blinking.
Because she had already experienced the reality-inducing effects of the status window for a whole week customizing the corpse.
[Change the height of the corpse to be the same as 'Odette': 30,000 Atasha]
[Changed to the same turquoise as 'Odette': 80,000 Atasha]
Because every time you change your height, eye color, nose shape, or lip shape, you've already been ripped off by a lot of money.
[ Balance: 576,461,100 Atasha ]
'As expected. Stopping by the bank was a stroke of genius.'
Praising herself once again, Odette gave orders to the status window.
'Take the body out of my inventory.'
Then the status window lit up white, and a corpse that looked exactly like Odette was placed on the whale's back.
'It's so similar to me that it's creepy.'
Odette took the locket necklace from around her neck with a calm gesture and placed it around the corpse's neck.
From the beginning, she had planned to give up this necklace the moment she left. She was even prepared to give up the status window.
'Because it's a necklace that automatically calls Sion when I'm in danger of death.'
The ability to call Sion when in danger of death also means that there is a risk that her location will be discovered regardless of her will.
'But since the timing was perfect and it was separated from the status window, there's no need to be foolish at all.'
Odette chuckled. In a way, it was a blessing.
If she had died in front of Charlotte and the Count as originally planned, Sion would have wondered why he was not summoned at that moment.
He might have doubted whether Odette was really dead.
Thanks to Sion being the trigger for Odette's death, her fake death became more complete.
Odette asked one of the whales.
“Can you take this body somewhere where it can be easily found? In the sea that isn’t too deep?”
Squeak-
With a cry, one whale nodded and sailed away carrying the carcass on its back.
Odette, who took her eyes off his back, spoke to the whale she was riding.
“Could you take me to the beach at Meursault? The farther from the cliffs the better.”
The whale nodded as if it understood what she said. Then it started to leisurely swim across the sea.
Then, following that whale, the other whales also began to follow Odette as if they were escorting her.
'I've never heard of a purifier being able to do something like this.'
In the game's setting book, in the Bible, and in other records she had searched regarding the Purifier.
As Odette became more aware of her own powers, she began to have doubts.
'How is it that my strength is greater than that of Charlotte, the heroine in the game? Why was this strength never manifested in my past life?'
Perhaps... Charlotte was also involved in the fact that he was unable to awaken as a Purifier in her past life?
'We need to assign someone to watch Charlotte while we escape.'
There must be a purpose behind Charlotte appearing before the male protagonists earlier than originally intended.
So, if we observe Charlotte closely, we will be able to figure out what she is up to.
Odette's turquoise eyes glowed coldly.
The sea was a place that was the perfect antithesis to Sion, the monster of the sea.
The creatures of the sea had low intelligence, so Sion's power was of little use. The power of mind control could not make the controlled person do things beyond their capabilities.
It means that it is useless to order the sea creatures that forget everything in 3 seconds to find Odette.
If there were whales, it would be worth trying out their abilities. But it seems like all the whales around here have dried up, and not a single one could be found.
Since there were no terrain features, even if the Transcendent had physical strength and stamina, he would not be able to move freely.
It was fortunate that John used his power to lift Sion into the air, otherwise he would not have been able to even stand on the sea.
So, all the incompetent Sion could do on the sea was wander aimlessly and call out Odette's name earnestly.
“Odette. Please. Please, don’t... Don’t do this to me.”
It was also very desperate and lonely.
“Oh my God. Please. Please...”
He was even uglier than the ordinary human beings he had ridiculed as fools, crying out desperately for the name of God at every moment.
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The moment she woke up, she realized that she could now breathe naturally even in the actual ocean.
It wasn't because the actual sea was as clean as the sea of the inner world, nor was it because Odette could purify large amounts of water as she had during her awakening.
This was because the water that entered Odette's body became as clean as the sea of her inner world, making it easy to breathe.
Only a faint light reached the bottom of the sea, but her vision gradually adjusted to the darkness. Then, Odette realized with a start where she was lying.
'Why am I on the whale's back...?'
If the original goal was true, Odette should have opened her eyes to a gigantic coral reef community at least several tens of meters deeper than here.
She thought it was strange that light was reaching her, but it seemed that she opened her eyes in a much shallower place, supported by the whale.
It was too lucky for a coincidence. Odette opened her mouth, though she doubted it.
“Did you help me by any chance?”
Just like breathing, speaking underwater was a very comfortable experience for Odette.
The whale nodded to her question. Squeaking. Even making a cry.
“You were supporting me the whole time, keeping me from falling any deeper?”
The whale nodded again as if it understood.
'Oh my God... This is amazing.'
Odette stroked the whale with her hand, and the whale wagged its tail as if it were very friendly with her.
'It looks like some kind of pet.'
Odette, who was laughing at the whale's antics, brought up the status window.
Because there was something to do to escape.
'Activate store function.'
[ Activate store function ]
The light from the status window brightened Odette's surroundings.
“...!”
Because of that, she couldn't help but notice.
The fact that there wasn't just one whale here. There were dozens of whales together.
They were surrounding Odette at an appropriate distance as if to protect her from the rocks and other underwater features that might harm her.
All these huge whales have banded together to protect her.
Odette, momentarily overwhelmed by the amazing sight, shook her head as if trying to come to her senses. There was something she had to do before admiring it.
'I will buy an item that hides the scent of the purifier.'
[Potion to hide the scent of the purifier]
[ Price: 10,000 Atasha / 1 day ]
[ Would you like to purchase it?
YES / NO ]
As <Redemption> is a run-down game, there was also a bad ending that ended with the male protagonists' obsession.
That potion was the drug that helped Charlotte escape at that moment.
Of course, the female protagonist's 'escape' in the game was like a seasoning that further fanned the male protagonists' obsession.
'10,000 Atasha every day...That's really an outrageous price.'
The person she was deceiving turned out to be different from what she had planned, but from the moment she arrived at the villa, Odette had planned to fake suicide and run away.
That's why on the way to the villa she stopped by Kleist Bank and withdrew all her cash.
'Thank goodness. If I hadn't found that money, I wouldn't have been able to drink for months.'
Odette thought as she pressed the YES button.
[ Would you like to use the potion?
YES / NO ]
There was no need to physically take items purchased at the store.
'YES.'
Just responding like that made the floral scent coming from her body disappear.
'Now that the Purifier's smell has been eliminated, the urgent fire has been put out...'
Odette called up the status window again.
'Activate inventory.'
[ Activates the inventory function. ]
'Call me a customizable corpse. I want to decorate it with something extra.'
At her command, the status window expanded one space in her inventory and appeared before her eyes.
[ Customizable Corpse ]
'Make a bullet wound in the corpse's head. Make it exactly the same shape as the bullet wound I had on my head just now.'
[Tofu Gunshot: 20,000 Atasha]
[ Would you like to purchase it?
YES / NO ]
'Yes.'
[ Would you like to apply it to a customizable corpse?
YES / NO ]
20 thousand Atasha for one gunshot wound.
This was also a terrifyingly expensive amount of money, but Odette chose YES without even blinking.
Because she had already experienced the reality-inducing effects of the status window for a whole week customizing the corpse.
[Change the height of the corpse to be the same as 'Odette': 30,000 Atasha]
[Changed to the same turquoise as 'Odette': 80,000 Atasha]
Because every time you change your height, eye color, nose shape, or lip shape, you've already been ripped off by a lot of money.
[ Balance: 576,461,100 Atasha ]
'As expected. Stopping by the bank was a stroke of genius.'
Praising herself once again, Odette gave orders to the status window.
'Take the body out of my inventory.'
Then the status window lit up white, and a corpse that looked exactly like Odette was placed on the whale's back.
'It's so similar to me that it's creepy.'
Odette took the locket necklace from around her neck with a calm gesture and placed it around the corpse's neck.
From the beginning, she had planned to give up this necklace the moment she left. She was even prepared to give up the status window.
'Because it's a necklace that automatically calls Sion when I'm in danger of death.'
The ability to call Sion when in danger of death also means that there is a risk that her location will be discovered regardless of her will.
'But since the timing was perfect and it was separated from the status window, there's no need to be foolish at all.'
Odette chuckled. In a way, it was a blessing.
If she had died in front of Charlotte and the Count as originally planned, Sion would have wondered why he was not summoned at that moment.
He might have doubted whether Odette was really dead.
Thanks to Sion being the trigger for Odette's death, her fake death became more complete.
Odette asked one of the whales.
“Can you take this body somewhere where it can be easily found? In the sea that isn’t too deep?”
Squeak-
With a cry, one whale nodded and sailed away carrying the carcass on its back.
Odette, who took her eyes off his back, spoke to the whale she was riding.
“Could you take me to the beach at Meursault? The farther from the cliffs the better.”
The whale nodded as if it understood what she said. Then it started to leisurely swim across the sea.
Then, following that whale, the other whales also began to follow Odette as if they were escorting her.
'I've never heard of a purifier being able to do something like this.'
In the game's setting book, in the Bible, and in other records she had searched regarding the Purifier.
As Odette became more aware of her own powers, she began to have doubts.
'How is it that my strength is greater than that of Charlotte, the heroine in the game? Why was this strength never manifested in my past life?'
Perhaps... Charlotte was also involved in the fact that he was unable to awaken as a Purifier in her past life?
'We need to assign someone to watch Charlotte while we escape.'
There must be a purpose behind Charlotte appearing before the male protagonists earlier than originally intended.
So, if we observe Charlotte closely, we will be able to figure out what she is up to.
Odette's turquoise eyes glowed coldly.
***
The sea was a place that was the perfect antithesis to Sion, the monster of the sea.
The creatures of the sea had low intelligence, so Sion's power was of little use. The power of mind control could not make the controlled person do things beyond their capabilities.
It means that it is useless to order the sea creatures that forget everything in 3 seconds to find Odette.
If there were whales, it would be worth trying out their abilities. But it seems like all the whales around here have dried up, and not a single one could be found.
Since there were no terrain features, even if the Transcendent had physical strength and stamina, he would not be able to move freely.
It was fortunate that John used his power to lift Sion into the air, otherwise he would not have been able to even stand on the sea.
So, all the incompetent Sion could do on the sea was wander aimlessly and call out Odette's name earnestly.
“Odette. Please. Please, don’t... Don’t do this to me.”
It was also very desperate and lonely.
“Oh my God. Please. Please...”
He was even uglier than the ordinary human beings he had ridiculed as fools, crying out desperately for the name of God at every moment.
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