You think you're worthy of saving the world?

Jaika huffed and puffed, her full breasts heaving up and down.

The two chatted as they walked to a nearby beach.

Under the moonlight, the seawater was gilded with a layer of brilliant silver.

“I’ve lived on the island for 10 days, but I haven’t come to the beach even once. What a waste,” Yuri said.

“We’re not here to play around, are we?” Chaika said.

"Ahhh~ I really want to see Chaika-sensei in her swimsuit~"

"Alas……!"

A faint blush rose on Chaika's cheeks: "Yuri-kun, would you like to see?"

“Hmm…” Yuri pinched his chin, lost in thought.

Chaika whispered, "If Yuri wants to see, it's not impossible for me to dress you up now..."

For a high-ranking mage like her, changing her attire is as simple as moving a finger.

Yuri paused for a second: "No, I was just saying."

Anyway, I already saw everything about Ms. Chaika's body on the first night.

"You bastard, die...!!!"

The girl with braided hair, her face flushed, raised her fist and charged at Yuri, who turned and ran.

"Haa...haa...haa...give it to me...don't run away!"

"Who wouldn't run away after being hit?"

The two chased and played on the beach, and soon, the physically weak Jaika collapsed on the ground.

Yuri sat down next to Chaika.

The two stood side by side, gazing at the waves crashing onto the beach.

“Yuri, I have something I want to apologize to you for,” Chaika suddenly said in a serious tone.

"At the very beginning... I actually approached you with the intention of using you."

I was really excited at that time, and I felt that Yuri would definitely be able to help my research.

But I didn't take Yuri's own feelings into consideration at all, nor did I consider the relationship between you and Miss Stella.

They even tried to get the Papal Court to pressure you two... That's really going too far.

Jaika's delicate face was filled with apology.

After revealing all her pent-up thoughts, she felt a great sense of relief, as if she had breathed a sigh of relief.

"I've thought it through. Once this singularity is over, I'll obediently return to Academy City and won't bother Yuri's life anymore."

Yuri stared at the conch shell that had been copied and rushed in front of him, picked it up and examined it, and then spoke.

"Jiaika, actually I also have something I want to apologize for."

"Yuri peeked at me while I was taking a bath?"

"I didn't peek!"

"Just kidding...you're so clueless." Chaika pouted cutely.

Yuri said, "Actually, Stella is not my magic teacher."

"Uh... what do you mean, not your magic teacher?" The girl looked blank.

“I have not learned magic from Stella.”

"But Yuri can use magic, right?"

"Yes, because of some inside information."

Yuri thought about it for a moment, but still didn't reveal the matter of the "Witch's Messenger".

If this were just his secret, it wouldn't matter, but the main issue is that it involves Stella.

"Hmm~~" Chaika took off her shoes and gently tapped the sand with her fair toes.

Yuri asked curiously, "You don't seem surprised at all?"

She said with a relaxed smile, "Because Yuri is a special person, you are the child of prophecy."

I've heard of the original prophecy about the sacred tree...

The saintess has fallen, the end of the world has come... the holy son will take her place to protect everyone... something like that?

Yuri twitched the corner of his mouth: I'm really sorry, not only am I not the real Holy Son, but the Holy Maiden also died tragically because of me.

In the end, Chaika ended up like everyone else...

"They only look at me with such respect because I am the prophesied savior," Yuri thought with a hint of helplessness.

Accompanied by the sound of the tide, a girl's soft sigh reached my ears.

"Sigh, if only Yuri wasn't the child of prophecy..."

"Huh?" Yuri turned his head in surprise.

He didn't understand what that sentence meant, so he froze.

"...What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, if Yuri isn't the child of prophecy, then he doesn't need to worry about so many worldly things."

I can easily win Yuri over and make you stay by my side as my student.

Chaika revealed a sinister smile: "Don't let my appearance fool you, I'm actually very rich."

Hehehe, I'll use the power of money to make you submit...

Yuri was speechless.

He considered his words for a moment before saying, "If I weren't the Child of Prophecy, I wouldn't possess what you call 'special power,' would I?"

"How could that be? Yuri is Yuri. I did say before that the miracles that happened to Yuri might be because you are the child of prophecy... but that was just a casual remark."

Chaika said earnestly, "In the singularity, you and I, whether mortals or saviors, are all equal."

So... what's special is you, Yuri, not your status as the Child of Prophecy.

Oh, did I just say something really classic? Hehehe.

Chaika brushed her hair aside and gave a slightly shy smile.

Yuri stared at her blankly, speechless.

"what happened?"

“No, it’s nothing. I was just thinking that if one day I’m no longer the Child of Prophecy, I’ll go and seek refuge with Chaika,” Yuli said jokingly.

“If humanity hadn’t gone extinct by then,” Chaika replied jokingly.

Their lighthearted laughter echoed across the beach at night.

"Hmm... it's about time to go back. I need to get up early tomorrow."

Jaika got up, brushed the sand off her skirt, and then put her feet into her shoes.

"Whoa! What is this!?"

The girl suddenly screamed and pulled her foot back.

"what happened?"

Yuri leaned closer and pulled out the tiny figure hidden inside Chaika's shoe.

"Oh, it's a hermit crab... Look how scared you are."

Yuri rolled her eyes: "Are you some pampered young lady from some secluded family? Even the ladies of the Lily Cross wouldn't be afraid of this thing, would they?"

Chaika blushed and exclaimed, "Stop nagging... Ugh, how disgusting! Look, it's completely different from the hermit crabs on the mainland!"

"?"

Yuri frowned as she examined the hermit crab struggling in her hand.

"Well? Am I right?"

"this is……"

Yuri's expression suddenly turned serious.

“Yuri?” Chaika tugged at his sleeve.

The black-haired boy silently gazed at the distant horizon, then turned to look at the tranquil island immersed in the night.

"So that's how it is..."

Yuri felt a chill run down his spine like never before.

The moment he grasped the true meaning of "death" as described in the scriptures, a chill ran through him and he froze.

It was undoubtedly the "Crimson King" who led Euryphus here.

Yuri finally understood why she did it.

Moreover, all the anomalies and secrets on this island, and the reason for the existence of the "Crimson Festival"...

All the mysteries were solved in that instant.

In the sacred texts of the pre-ancient era, such a statement was solemnly made.

"When the seal of the apocalypse is broken, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will descend upon the world."

They were given the power to rule over a quarter of the earth, to slaughter humankind with swords, famine, plague, and wild beasts.

The world will come to an end.

Such a thing actually happened...

If it's "that thing," then it certainly has the power to destroy the world.

“Chaika, I think I know the truth about Lord Dragon God… the ‘Pale Knight’.”

……