Led by the pure and cheerful Saintess, Ms. Anqi, to reconcile the awkward Female Hero and the Hero’s mother who couldn’t find a chance to make up…
‘Did this plot exist in the Finney Route of the game?’
Varo pondered this question the entire way. She was a veteran when it came to the Finney Route. Could she have missed something?
However, as long as she could create an opportunity to reconcile with Finney and grind more of the Female Hero’s favorability before the Qualification Review period ended, it wouldn’t be a loss.
So, where would her dear daughter Finney be waiting for her mother?
The infirmary?
She wasn’t there.
Anqi, who was leading the way, moved quickly and quietly, as if she weren’t willing to wait for Varo for even one second — forcing Varo to jog just to keep up with her pace.
Then… the small chapel on the second floor?
Not there either.
Anqi started the lift on her own, and Varo, who was a step behind, almost ran into the Onion Knight.
Eventually, the lift came to a steady stop at the middle level of the Clock Tower under the twilight. .
The place Anqi had brought her to was the very same Colosseum where Kaika’s entrance exam had been held earlier.
Varo immediately broke into a sweat. ‘What does this mean?’
For Finney to ask to meet here, did she want to fight the Villainous Demon King to decide whether to forgive her or not?
‘If I lose, I’ll be the one on the bottom or something.’
‘Can I just slide into a kneel and surrender? I admit defeat, meow.’
“Anqi, why would Finney want to meet in a place like this…”
Varo asked Anqi cautiously and with hesitation. However, the Saintess’s attitude today… was indeed inexplicably strange.
“Well, we couldn’t exactly have you meet in the pure and holy chapel, could we?”
Anqi smiled and clapped her hands to urge her on. “Now then, Lady Varo, your ‘daughter’ is already waiting for you up ahead. Hurry and come with me.”
At this moment, the various magical barriers of the Colosseum had not yet been activated.
Starlight and the crescent moon were bathing everything in the night through the gaps between the stone pillars.
As far as her eyes could see, the Female Hero, Finney, who had been avoiding her all day, was indeed waiting in the center of the field.
But just as Varo quickened her pace and jogged toward Finney…
The Hero’s reaction upon seeing her was a bit different from what she had expected.
“Um… Mother.”
The girl looked around awkwardly.
“I-I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to avoid you.”
‘Yeah, yeah, you didn’t have wallhacks, it was just good timing.’
Although it was somewhat inappropriate to judge her own daughter so bluntly, Varo felt that the current Finney really looked like a wriggling maggot.
Where was even a hint of the decisive and straightforward demeanor of a Hero?
She looked completely like someone with a guilty conscience who had been forced into this situation.
Then again, Varo wasn’t doing much better on her end.
“It’s… it’s fine…”
She also began to act fidgety. She couldn’t find the right moment to speak and forgive Finney.
The Phoenix Feather Robe and the hair ornament, Ascara, in the Nurturing Panel were still frantically spamming the chat box in her vision.
They had no class at all.
[The Phoenix Feather Robe urges you to apologize: Finney-dear loves to be jealous. Little sister, why don’t you hurry up and say your favorite person is Finney-dear in front of both of them?]
‘Brother Cheng: Sorry, I like Sekai.’
[Ascara says dismissively: As a daughter, Finney is overstepping! What does it matter to her who Mom dates? This isn’t a normal mother-daughter bond at all!]
‘Oh wait, I still like Yanye.’
Varo didn’t even want to glance at what those two were arguing about.
She had originally thought that if Finney asked to meet and reconcile, Finney would be more proactive.
At that time, she would only need to put on the act of a good mother and say some comforting words like “Mother doesn’t mind” and continue with the formulaic defaults.
But why was the girl in front of her even more fidgety and squirming than she was, looking as if she were waiting for Varo to speak up first?
It didn’t look like Finney had asked to meet her at all; rather, it looked like Varo had called Finney here.
Finney’s next words proved exactly that!
“Mother, since you called me here, is there something you wanted to say?”
“I didn’t, I haven’t… Didn’t you call for me? Uh…”
Finney was no fool. From Varo’s equally confused reaction, the girl quickly realized the suspicious nature of this meeting.
And just as the mother and daughter simultaneously looked toward Anqi, who was acting as the intermediary…
The Skywing girl standing properly beside them also pressed her hands together and interrupted with a smile. “This was all my idea, Lady Varo, Finney.”
“You two clearly have such a good relationship, so how could you have a falling out over a Holy Relic? Finney has even been avoiding Lady Varo every day. If you don’t stay together, it will be very difficult for me too~”
Anqi blinked her sparkling golden eyes. “So, I used a little bit of a scheme to bring you two together~”
‘Just as I thought.’
Varo gave a helpless bitter smile in her heart.
Although she felt that the Saintess’s methods were filled with weirdness that didn’t match her original personality, Anqi’s intentions must have been good, right?
Then there was nothing more to say. As the mother, she would just have to suffer a bit. She would take the bad reputation and take the initiative to reconcile with Finney.
However, just as Varo was secretly shaking her head, prepared to suppress those “unease and doubts” that were constantly lingering in her mind…
The path to a Bad Ending arrived so suddenly.
“Finney, our Qualification Review for Lady Varo’s possession of the Holy Relic is almost over.”
The Saintess of the Hidden Sea Church in front of the mother and daughter slightly pulled back the corners of her mouth.
“Since you, the Hero, are still hesitating and don’t know how to get along with your ‘Mother,’ then as your teammate and friend who has adventured with you, let me give you a correct and holy suggestion.”
Then, the blonde Skywing girl used her most cheerful and bright tone…
To say the most ruthless and decisive words!
“Finney, you should just continue being a good Hero and kill the Demon King, shouldn’t you☆?”
“Eh?”
The expressions on the mother and daughter were identical at that moment.
But Varo’s thinking resumed its operation in the next instant!
Because, from this close-up perspective facing Saintess Anqi head-on, she recognized an exquisite silver necklace hanging around Anqi’s neck!
The necklace pendant hanging over Anqi’s chest… its shape, its contour, its appearance…
It was clearly the special Holy Relic after it had recognized its master — the [Eye of the Goddess]!
The Eye of the Goddess recognized Saintess Anqi!?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
She clearly remembered that in the Finney Route of the game, the Holy Relic, Eye of the Goddess, could not be obtained by any character other than Finney!
After all, this Holy Relic was high-status and arrogant, and communicating with it was exhausting!
Even the absolute protagonist of the Finney Route, the Female Hero Finney, could only obtain its reluctant recognition in the late game after her stats were high enough and she completed a series of troublesome and difficult tasks proposed by the Eye of the Goddess.
Of course, a high difficulty level also came with its perks.
As a special Holy Relic, aside from the ability to peer into people’s hearts and answer truth from falsehood…
It also had a high-level second skill!
Normal Holy Relics could not speak; they could only transmit vague emotions to the user.
But the Eye of the Goddess was one of the few exceptions — its high-level ability allowed it to “share vision” with the user, letting the user perceive what it saw, heard, knew, and thought.
That was the Eye of the Goddess.
And now the Eye of the Goddess was actually hanging around Anqi’s neck.
This situation, at this period of time… should only be possible in a route where the main perspective daughter was Anqi.
No, which route it was didn’t matter anymore!
Since Anqi had already obtained the Eye of the Goddess, she must have already learned about the mother-daughter friction between her and Finney a few days ago…
The absolute secrets involving her identity as the Villainous Demon King and Finney recognizing her as a mother!
Anqi, the Skywing girl.
The Saintess of the Hidden Sea Church. Kind, optimistic, cheerful, gentle… all the beautiful qualities could be found in her.
That was true.
That was why Varo dared to interact with Anqi so openly with her identity as a member of the Demon Clan.
As long as the secret was kept and life was peaceful, Anqi was the kindest existence.
But that was also wrong.
Because if it wasn’t the Anqi Route, and if Anqi wasn’t the main perspective daughter…
And if this holy and pure Saintess found out about the identity of the Villainous Demon King…
Anqi would be a chaotic-good judge who would smile while sentencing the Demon King and traitors.
A god or a demon in a single thought. Anqi’s kindness… was only released toward the pure people she recognized.
For evil, for filth, and for the Demon King, she would use actions to show “what a Saintess really is.”
No wonder Anqi wanted to play a deceptive game, inviting her and Finney to meet here!
‘It’s over! Then wouldn’t Finney also…’
At the same time Varo moved to act, Finney’s surprised exclamation reached her ears!
“Uh? Anqi?”
Was the Hero stunned? Did she think she had misheard? Could she not believe it?
Regardless, these reactions… were enough for the Saintess to begin the “judgment”!
“Sigh~”
Two CROSS LIGHT SPEARS lit up in Anqi’s hands. “I knew you would be this hesitant.”
Varo immediately switched into her transformation form as the Villainous Demon King!
However, even if she, who had sensed the danger in advance, could dodge Anqi’s attack, the same wasn’t necessarily true for Finney, who was completely defenseless against her friend’s sudden change…
So…
“Finney, get back!”
Varo’s body moved almost subconsciously. But as her voice fell, at the same time she pushed her daughter away…
Accompanied by a sharp pain below her shoulder and in her chest, the moment her vision caught up, she had already been pinned firmly to the high wall at the edge of the Colosseum by a light spear.
She immediately began to sizzle with smoke and hiss with blood.
‘Luckily, it’s not grease.’
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