Chapter 109
A kind and gentle comfort, unbelievable from someone usually so blunt and indifferent.
Surprised, I looked up at him.
‘Could that really be true?’
I was nothing more than an outsider inhabiting the body of a villainous side character.
I’d always been a loner, isolated from everyone.
Could I really deserve this much kindness and concern?
As I bit my lip, the memories of everything that had happened flashed through my mind.
Sienna taking a fireball for me at Fire’s Stronghold.
Comrades who lost their lives during the Black-and-White War to protect our team.
And even Myeolmangi, who gave up his life to shield me—choosing a third unknown life, not knowing what he’d become.
All of them—
They died because of me.
Or for me.
Was I really someone worth all those sacrifices?
Was I truly worth the value of all their lost lives?
‘I…’
As I began sinking again into the hole of devaluing myself—
“I too would give anything for you, if that’s what you needed.”
I slowly looked up at the hand gently patting my slumped shoulders.
There, filling my vision—
Was Xenon’s face.
“Wendy.”
“……”
“You are worth that much.”
That face, speaking words that drenched my heart, made me quickly turn away.
It’s always like this.
Whenever I want to give up.
Whenever I feel like collapsing.
…Whenever I can’t even trust myself.
In those moments—
When it feels like the world rejects me.
Like something is pushing me into the depths—
He always pulls me back up.
Even when I’m at the edge of a cliff with nothing to hold on to,
he grabs me firmly with those strong hands.
Just as the tears brimming beneath my eyes were about to fall—
“Me too! I’d give anything for you, sister!”
A bright and lovely voice brought me back to my senses.
“I’ve already given you everything I have, Savior.”
Eden, with a surprisingly serious expression, looked at me.
“If you want anything, just say the word, big sis!”
Darwin, standing beside him, pounded his chest.
“I-I may be useless, but I’d even give you my heart….”
Said Nia, with that cute face making such a terrifying offer.
“I’m ready to do anything for you too, Wendy.”
Celestine, speaking shyly.
Even Sylvester, cracking a smile as if saying, “Do I even need to say it?”
“So don’t cry anymore.”
And finally, the warm touch of Xenon, wiping away the tears at my eyes.
“Smile and accept it with gratitude. That’s what gifts are for.”
As I lifted my gaze at his words—
‘Petals…’
I saw a petal fluttering up toward the sky, as if by coincidence.
A soft pink petal, shimmering clear and bright under the sunlight.
I slowly reached out toward it.
A trace left by Myeolmangi, who had flown away after giving me his final gift.
“…Yeah.”
Watching the direction he’d disappeared to, I smiled with tears still in my eyes.
For a moment, I’d had such foolish thoughts.
But their sacrifices, their touch—I couldn’t let it be in vain.
“Thank you.”
With a heart full of sincerity, I offered my final words of farewell.
I would protect this precious gift he gave me.
I would treasure it until the very end.
Just faintly, I thought I heard the sound of soft laughter riding the wind.
“How touching.”
But that gentle feeling was shattered by a chilling voice.
“You look happy, Wendy.”
Struck by Xenon’s attack.
Cornered into a desperate situation by Yeriel.
“To enjoy happiness somewhere that isn’t by my side…”
“Is just a little…”
Agatha’s face, pushed away by Myeolmangi’s light to the very end—
“I feel like destroying it.”
—was twisted grotesquely like a vengeful specter.
“Do you have any idea how much I covet that happiness of yours?”
His twisted emotions radiated so strongly they felt almost tangible.
In those golden eyes of his—what shimmered was obsession, possessiveness, and a desperate longing for me.
Why was he so obsessed with me?
Sensing danger on instinct, I took a step back and glared at him.
“It’s disgusting, you know. That the first one who ever showed me hostility would go on to reject me—and then be happy.”
Agatha’s emotions coiled around me like black tendrils, dark and violent.
“It’s unbearable.”
Veins bulged on the back of his hand gripping the sword. The energy that had briefly faded flared up once again.
“I want you. So badly, it’s driving me insane.”
The wings behind Agatha began to change. The once sacred golden halo now stained with a blood-red hue.
“Didn’t you once say it? That I was a coward who couldn’t risk everything.”
This wasn’t supposed to happen.
“You’re right. I had too much to lose to bet it all.”
He was now forcing out every drop of power he had. Even at the cost of his own life force.
“But you—you’re driving me mad.”
The ever-cautious man was gone, replaced by a stranger.
“I want you so badly, I’d burn my own life to have you.”
This—this was an emergency.
“Sir Agatha!”
His apostles sensed the danger and rushed over.
They must’ve been panicking. Their usually rational, cold god had completely lost control.
But no one was more panicked than me.
This is dangerous.
Summoning my dulled sword, I prepared for the worst. In my hand, I conjured a fireball the size of a baseball.
In the original, Agatha had been a selfish man who always sought to escape until the very end.
But now he was warped beyond recognition.
What did I even do to deserve this?
Suddenly, a feeling of injustice flared.
What could I have done to make the character and the story twist this far?
“I’ll destroy your happiness and piece it back together—bit by bit.”
Agatha’s lips curled upward in a sick grin as his gaze devoured me.
“So that you can only find happiness within my grasp, within my hands.”
The evil was so visceral it made my body tremble.
My strength felt like it would give out. I bit my lip.
Honestly, I wanted to run away.
I was scared.
Because the worst man in the world was obsessed with me.
But—
“Who said things will go your way?”
—I won’t run.
“This time, I’ll slice you down myself.”
Because Xenon will raise his sword for me.
“Coward who only uses deceitful spells—how dare you run your mouth!”
Because Darwin, with his immense strength, will protect me.
Eden and Nia, Lyria and Yeriel, Sylvester and Celestine.
[Be happy, Wendy.]
And Myeolmangi, too.
They’re all lighting the path in front of me.
“I’ll stake everything and overcome you.”
I will surpass the world’s greatest evil.
“Careful, Wendy. You might lose a limb or two in your struggle.”
Agatha muttered, raising his sword slowly.
His words were chilling, and tension filled the air like a ticking bomb.
And then—
“Sir Agatha, I’ll accept punishment for this rudeness later.”
A massive rune and hexagram materialized in midair.
A powerful magic circle froze Agatha in place.
“…What is this treachery?”
Agatha’s voice trembled with fury and disbelief.
“We are your apostles and protectors, Sir Agatha. We’ll accept your wrath—but now is the time to retreat.”
A man cloaked in a black robe pulled his hood lower and stepped forward.
“Please, step back.”
At his word, the circle around Agatha glowed with a mysterious violet light.
And then—
Whoosh!
A slicing sound tore through the air, and with a powerful gust, they vanished like a mirage.
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