'This...'
There is no way to get the gem without tearing it directly from the heart. With a faint premonition. Odette turned to John.
Then she saw John bleeding to an astonishing degree.
'Oh my God!'
His body parts were not torn off like Shion's, but John was already exposed with bones all over his body, having been severely injured by the disaster.
But even those wounds were cute compared to his blood-soaked chest.
He was buttoning up his uniform jacket, but she could tell what he had done just by the blood smearing.
[ You received John's 'heart' to confirm John's favorability.]
[ John's Favorability: 100 ]
[ John fell in 'perfect love' for you. ]
[ Congratulations! ]
[ Now you can use John's ability as if you were the master of it. ]
The handkerchief is soaked in blood as if the palm of his hand has been wiped off, and it falls on the floor. In addition, the message in the status screen added to Odette's confidence.
"Your Highness!"
Odette shook Dhion's arm and turned to John.
"Are you crazy? This place is so polluted that you can't be regenerated!"
His face was bloodless and pale like a dying man. As he struggled to breathe, he seemed to be concentrating all the regenerative power in his heart.
'Under normal circumstances, my heart would have regenerated quickly.'
The Transcendent's heart regenerates faster than any other part of the body. This is because the monster is a part that is regenerated unconditionally without considering the same level of contamination. Even F-class transcendents were said to regenerate as fast as their hearts.
'But S-class John is overwhelmed.'
A transcendent who has shared the power of the gods. The leisure of those who are on the border between gods and humans was all over the place. He looked like a weak, desperate, ordinary human being.
"Lean on."
Odette tried to help John. However, he shook his head in refusal. John wrapped his hand around Odette's palm and clenched his fist. Grab the reins that Odette had just received, the jewel.
"Take it. It's yours."
His voice was calm, but he couldn't hide his pained breathing.
"Why are you doing this...? I never wanted this from Your Highness!"
Reflexively, Odette's voice rose.
Why is he doing this now?
She doesn't want to get involved with any of them anymore. Why does he make her feel guilty and worried about him now...
But Odette chewed her lips and swallowed the words of resentment that were about to pour out. She couldn't deny that he had done this to protect her.
In Redemption Rating, 100 was a number that signified absolute love. She couldn't even ignore John's feelings, and her eyes could see through the whole truth.
'...In the end, I have to admit it.'
That John loves her.
She thought it was a feeling that would change eventually. She thought he would hate Odette like he did in her last life.
John's emotions are bound to be light. Because Odette's existence is so ridiculous and light. Before the fact that she was just an evil woman, or a false purifier, or something like that... In his eyes, Odette was like that.
A sissy who can only have unrequited love for the rest of her life, and who doesn't want to look bad no matter what she does.
She was lonely all her life, but she believed that there would be a reward at the end. She never wished for equal love to return. They didn't know that she had worked so hard for her family. They will know that she worked hard. That's enough for him...
But even that kind of reward was too much for her. All that came back to Odette's love was ridicule and ridicule.
So she didn't want to be mistaken twice. Now she knows. How ridiculous is her love. How insignificant. Does she care about her own sincerity... How is nothing else?
By the way.
'What Is this...'
The John in front of her had the same eyes as Odette in her previous life.
Eyes that can endure any loneliness and pain with a happy heart. A blind eye that cannot make such calculations at all.
The return of love, which was not given at all when they wanted it. It is freely squeezed only after they give up completely. It makes them realize that love is at such moments.
This situation was like a curse.
"I always wanted to tell you."
John was smiling. It was the most regrettable expression in the game, in her past life, and in this life. As if this is the happiest moment.
"I think it's better not to talk about it."
Odette realized. John is about to leave a will. He had completely given up on the confession of love that he had swallowed all his life.
If he confesses his love, Odette will hesitate to kill him.
"The basilisk is a sea monster. It'll going to help you move freely in the depths."
The implications of John's firm words were clear. It means to swallow the reins and tear John apart with his Intellect. After that, she was to use his intellect freely.
John tried to explain something, but Odette shook her head.
"I don't like it. Why, why do I have to swallow the reins? Your Highness can get rid of them himself, right?"
"The body of the transcendent is nothing more than a human body. From a monster's point of view, it's like a prison. It's hard to fight that woman's monster with restrictions. There is only one way to use the full power of the monster."
"...I'm an ordinary person with no combat experience. I've never used a reason before, so what's the point of suddenly picking it up? It would be much more helpful if Your Highness were alive. You'll have a much better chance of surviving that way."
Odette tried not to shake her voice. If her voice trembles, she will lose her persuasiveness. She could clearly see that John's words were the truth and that her words were a bright red lie, so she strengthened her voice even more.
"The moment you swallow the reins, you'll understand right away. It's a monster from the gods, so it's pretty Intuitive. Basilisks are also exceptionally simple."
But John didn't seem to go over it at all.
At that moment, the status window rang.
[ The eyes of the window master are divided and shared by everyone in the sphere. ]
[ The eyes of the window master divided functions only for a finite time. ]
[ Everyone in the sphere sees through the truth for a while. ]
As if to convince everyone here that John's choice was the right answer. As if to encourage John not to dare to die.
"This..."
The look in John's eyes now filled him with complete confidence.
"This is the only way to save you. Odette."
'...Damn status window. At this time...!'
The status window was resentful, but at the same time, the only person she could hang on to right now was the status window.
Odette asked him desperately.
'Status window. Show me another way to get out of this situation, no matter how low your chances of survival.'
[ Use John's power to kill her. ]
[ No other way exists. ]
[ Don't worry about how to use this ability, the status screen will actively help you ]
However, what he came up with was a desperate answer.
'Is there no other way...?'
Really... You want me to kill John with my own hands?
Odette felt her heart sink.
'The First Transcendent... Are You Listening?'
Like a seeker on the brink, Odette spoke to him.
'Isn't it going to be behind the status window right now? You're a god. If John doesn't die, another way to beat Rosalyn...'
However, as if betraying her desperation, the status window removed the other phrases and left only one phrase.
[ No other way exists. ]
Firm phrase. In the meantime, she can see that the phrase is so true that she is suffocated.
Odette felt like she was falling into a quagmire.
'No, no. It can't be. Don't panic.'
Odette bit her lip so hard that it bled, trying to come to her senses.
But John was faster. He covered Odette's lips with his finger. It was not her lips that she chewed hard and bled, but John's fingers.
"Don't do that."
On the subject of telling her to kill him, Odette's lips shouldn't be hurt in the slightest.
There is a degree of stupidity. She was about to burst out laughing.
"Odette. It's going to be hard, but this is the only way..."
"Your Highness, please be quiet. I will never kill Your Highness."
It was a reflexive reflex, but it was also Odette's sincerity.
[ No other way exists. ]
The status window flashed repeatedly, as if to warn her, but Odette ignored it.
'Get out. I won't sacrifice John.'
Oooh. Odette let out a trembling sigh.
"I have a way. Your Highness."
Outside the sphere, Rosalyn was still trying to kill Odette.
The chances of survival are low. The plan is clumsy, and even that plan is likely to go awry.
However, it is the only way to think of such a situation.
Odette said it out loud as if it were the best way to do it. To deceive everyone and themselves in this place.
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