(Then…the one who made this Underworld Country was…!) (Mirack)
(The Light Goddess incarnated as a human?!) (Celestis)
Mirack-chan and Celestis-chan were surprised at the side, and yet, for some reason, I was completely calm.
It is as if I knew the answer from the very beginning so I didn’t get surprised. I am not really sure myself, but that’s how I felt.
(The Light Goddess Inflation wanted to know.)
The guide, that we aren’t sure whose voice it is from, was lowering her tone.
(Whether the humans that Entropy loved so much, to the point that he sacrificed himself for, are truly worth that much.)
‘For that sake, she incarnated as a human and got in contact with the humans’.
(At the same time, the Light Goddess wanted to atone for what she did to the Dark God.)
(Atone?) (Karen)
(By guiding and protecting the humans he loved in his place, she wanted to apologize for the battle that was made because of the humans.)
(S-Such a roundabout way!) (Karen)
Just how guilty did the Light Goddess feel towards the Dark God?
(And then, with time, the seal would dissolve, and when the Dark God returned to the world, humans would know about his actions and would give their gratitude to him. That’s the kind of community she wanted to create.)
(That’s why…) (Karen)
That’s why this is the Dark capital, the Underworld Country.
The city that worshipped the Dark God Entropy that was sealed and was unable to get involved with the world.
(So the one who spread around the name of the Dark God that couldn’t be known of was…) (Hyue)
(The Light Goddess-dasu ka?!) (Sasae)
In that way, the Underworld Country developed.
Being guided personally by a God, the first civilization that appeared in humanity had developed without problems.
(With that passage of time, she learned of it.)
The voice continued speaking indifferently.
(The greatness of humans that Entropy spoke of. The fear that comes from being alive, protecting oneself even if they have to push down others for it; but even with that, they would take hands and overcome difficulties that they alone wouldn’t be able overcome. Love and hate. While having both of those contradicting emotions, she was trying to adjust to both of them.)
I felt like that voice had slight nostalgia mixing in it bit by bit.
(I… the Light Goddess had, at some point in time, become enraptured by the humans as well. It was not only for the sake of the Dark God, the Light Goddess also felt like helping the humans for her own sake as she developed them. She had begun to think in such a way.)
As I thought, this voice really is…!
(Not as the Light Goddess Inflation, but as the queen Izanami…)
(Do you think such a thing can be forgiven?)
?!
What?!
In this consciousness space, a new voice reverberated.
The only ones here are Mirack-chan, Celestis-chan, Sasae-chan, Hyue-chan, and I; and also the voice that has been speaking.
And in that space, a new voice appeared.
It was different from the previous voice; this one was filled with criticism and denial.
(The days where you had become the queen Izanami and had gotten along with humans was simply self-suggestion.)
(What’s with this voice?!) (Mirack)
It is as if it was denying the previous voice -the Light Goddess Inflation- with everything she had.
(Is that why you separated from me? And became the other Light Goddess?) (Inflation)
The voice of the Light Goddess that came first speaks back to the new voice without losing in drive.
(Exactly. Even if it is for the sake of being loved by him, why are you flattering mere humans? With that, humans will always be number one for him. I would have no choice but to be number two or lower.) (Inflation 2)
(Isn’t that fine? There’s not much meaning in order. Isn’t that something the humans taught us when we lived together with them?) (Inflation)
(That’s just the excuse of a woman that can’t win. I won’t forgive them. I can’t forgive the humans that are being wholeheartedly loved by him! If only the humans didn’t exist, he would only be mine! Solely for this Light Goddess Inflation!!) (Inflation 2)
Eh?!
(That’s wrong, Inflation.) (Inflation)
The previous voice admonishes the new one with a low tone.
(Things and time have a limit, but there’s absolutely no limit to love. That is something that the humans taught me. On top of that, he is the king of Gods. He possesses unlimited power as the Dark God. And yet, why are you saying there’s a limit to only his love?) (Inflation)
A direct objection.
(I am the same. I will love the humans that he loves in the same way that he does. That’s why I am the Light Goddess Inflation that can stand at the side of the Dark God.) (Inflation)
Wawawa…
(In the end, we are fundamentally different from each other.) (Inflation 2)
(That’s why you separated from me and became such an existence?) (Inflation)
The voice and the voice were increasing the pressure as if they were confronting each other.
(Why are you arbitrarily thinking that? It might be that I didn’t separate from you, but that you were the one that separated from me, you know?) (Inflation 2)
(Are you implying that you are the real self? That’s impossible. Because Entropy doesn’t forgive your existence. The existence of the Wicked Light Goddess.) (Inflation)
(Then, are you saying you are the ‘Good’ Light Goddess? How selfish of you.) (Inflation 2)
No way…
(There’s two Light Goddesses?!)