The Irregular at Magical Worlds

Below the waterfall, a green-haired, long-eared girl scooped up a handful of clear spring water and poured it over her flawless white body.

"Alessa, Kaguya!"

As she placed her beautiful body back into the clear spring water, memories of the past flooded her eyes.

"Does a filthy elf like me really deserve to continue living?"

The question kept repeating in the girl's mind; five years had not healed the pain in her heart.

Over the past five years, she has often been awakened at night by the nightmare she had five years ago. She doesn't know if there is any meaning to her current aimless and confused life.

"Who is it!"

Even with the loud sound of spring water crashing against rocks, the crisp sound of branches breaking in the distance still couldn't escape the girl's ears.

Tragically, she didn't have such keen observation skills before; this ability to observe the environment was a skill she developed during her complete downfall.

"Sorry, I didn't know someone was taking a shower here!"

"I just heard the sound of water from a distance and wanted to come and see the scenery."

The man hiding behind the big tree never expected that he would be discovered by the girl when he quietly left.

As the man gradually revealed his figure, the girl, who was covering her upper body with one hand while clutching her shirt, suddenly widened her eyes.

"Mr. Sfingel, what are you doing here?"

Upon hearing the girl's familiar voice, William suddenly opened his eyes, which had been tightly closed since he came out.

"Miss Ryu, what brings you here?"

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“I’m all dressed, Mr. Sfingel, you can come out now.”

Ryu, who had just buttoned up the top of her shorts and was holding a wooden sword, blushed and whispered to the tree where William was hiding.

Despite having her body completely exposed by a strange man, Ryu felt only shyness, not anger, because she understood that it wasn't William's fault.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Ryu."

William, emerging from behind the tree, solemnly apologized to Liu, having come to understand in the past few days just how fastidious the elves of this world were about cleanliness.

Let alone the opposite sex, even if someone of the same sex dares to touch their bodies without their permission, it will definitely cause a bloodbath.

Not to mention that he, a grown man, had seen the body of a young girl. Even an ordinary girl would normally draw her knife and charge at him now, let alone an elf with mysophobia.

Besides, he'd been dining at the lavish hostess's house quite often these past few days, and he'd witnessed firsthand the miserable fate of any adventurer who dared to flirt with Liu.

"It's alright, it's not Mr. Sfingel's fault."

"I've always been the only one here before, and I never thought anyone would discover this place."

"So it was my own oversight, Mr. Sfingel, please don't blame yourself."

Liu hurriedly put on her clothes, shook off the water droplets still clinging to her hair, and strolled over to William.

"Even so, it is still my fault in the end. If there is anything I can do to make it up to you, Miss Ryu, please feel free to tell me."

Faced with the man who kept apologizing to her, the last lingering unhappiness in Liu's heart vanished.

Even though she understands that the problem lies with herself, Ryu is still a young girl after all, and she still feels uncomfortable about having her body seen by a man.

"I have nothing to offer Mr. Sfingel as compensation. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now!"

Liu shook her head and prepared to leave. She still needed to visit the graves of her former companions. She had taken a bath there earlier to cleanse herself before paying respects to them.

Moreover, she only asked Mia's mother for a day off, as she would have to return to the shop to work after the adventurers from Rivera finished clearing out Goliath that evening.

"Miss Ryu, are you here to pay respects to your companions from your time with the Astrea Familia?"

The wooden sword, moving with lightning speed, traced a semi-circle in the air and came to rest at William's throat.

A chilling killing intent flashed in Liu's eyes, the same look she had when she wantonly slaughtered the remnants of the dark faction in the past.

"Who are you? How do you know you are Ryu Leon of the Astria Familia?"

"Don't get so agitated!"

William took a slight step back, narrowly dodging the girl's sword tip, but Liu's wooden sword relentlessly pressed forward.

“I know that Loki told me these things, and my master also told me some of his experiences.”

"You mean Loki knows I work for Mother Mia?"

Ryu was taken aback, as she was an adventurer from the same era as Ais and Bert.

Back then, she and Alicia had a lot of dealings with members of the Loki Familia.

But after she got into trouble and started working at Mia's mother's shop, she changed her hairstyle and dyed her hair green.

At first, she was worried that her simple disguise would be easily discovered, causing unnecessary trouble for kind-hearted Mia's mother and Hill.

However, some of the other family members she met later did not recognize her attire, which reassured her and allowed her to settle down with the wealthy mistress.

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"Miss Ryu, you don't actually think that someone with a discerning eye wouldn't be able to tell the difference in your current attire, do you?"

"Your old photos and documents are in the Loki Familia's library."

"At least in my opinion, you haven't changed at all."

As a seasoned master of disguise, William is now very curious about where Ryu's confidence in her disguises comes from.

"That can't be right. If it's that obvious, why haven't the guild members come to arrest me yet?"

Ryu still felt that William's words were somewhat contradictory.

She killed quite a few people in the guild who colluded with the dark faction back then.

Back then, the guild frequently commissioned adventurers to hunt her down, and even now, her bounty posters are still piled up under the guild's files.

"If I were to analyze this matter, I think someone must have bribed the guild to render the wanted poster worthless and save you!"

"Who would go to such lengths to protect me!"

When Liu heard William's first words, her first thought was that it was impossible.

Putting aside the fact that she killed many people associated with the dark faction without any evidence, she also sent back four gods.

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No matter what the gods do, mortals are not allowed to lay a hand on a god whose power has been sealed; this is an ironclad rule in the mortal realm.

When Ryu began killing gods, there was no possibility that she would be forgiven by the guild.

Whoever wants to save themselves will have to pay an unimaginable price; she couldn't imagine who would pay such a high price for an elf like herself, driven by hatred.

The main god, Lady Astrea, who has already been driven away by her forceful attitude?

That's impossible. Lady Astrea has lost the right to negotiate with the higher-ups. Perhaps in the realm of gods, the gods determined their voice based on their own strength and the authority they held.

However, after descending to the mortal realm, the gods' right to wield power became determined by the strength of their own kin. Otherwise, even if Zeus and Hera's kin suffered heavy losses while fighting the black dragon, how could they have been driven out of Orario by Loki and Freya?

"I think it's quite possible that there is a god involved!"

William didn't say this aloud, because it was just something Loki had casually mentioned to him, and it was merely Loki's guess.

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Eighteen underground levels, a gray stone tablet stands quietly on the plain. The tablet has been worn smooth by wind and rain over a long period of time, but it is still spotless, which shows that someone comes to clean it regularly.

Liu and William each held a bouquet of flowers they had gathered in the underground city and stood in front of the stone tablet.

The names of the Astraea Familia members who perished on the 27th floor are engraved on the stone tablet.

"Actually, there aren't even any remains of Alicia and the others here!"

Ryu's eyes held an inescapable sadness. She kept thinking about what would have happened if it had been Alicia and Kaguya who had survived instead of her.

Does this mean Lady Astraea won't have to leave Orario in such a sorry state? Or are they able to take a different approach than we are?

To be able to revive the Astraea Familia, instead of being driven by momentary impulses and committing a grave mistake like myself.

Liu took out her handkerchief and carefully cleaned the stone tablet, even though it was still very clean.

She didn't understand why she had suddenly invited Mr. Sfinger to come to the grave. Perhaps it was because her secret, which she had kept all these years, had been suddenly revealed, and she was subconsciously seeking comfort.

William placed the flowers he was holding in front of the stone tablet and looked at Liu, who was squatting on the ground, and said.

“Miss Ryu, I don’t know much about the Astria Familia, but what you did back then is clearly recorded in our Familia’s archives.”

"Personally, I don't think Miss Ryu did anything wrong."

A look of confusion flashed in Liu's eyes as he squatted on the ground, then he shook his head with a wry smile.

“Mr. Sfingel, you don’t need to comfort me. I know the mistakes I made.”

"Miss Ryu, I'd like to ask you something. You've always felt that you're wrong, so where exactly are you wrong?"

Perhaps out of sympathy, or perhaps out of disgust? William decided to change her flawed values.

Anyway, it doesn't require me to do anything; it's just a matter of saying a few more words. If she can listen to what I say, then she can listen; if she can't, then it doesn't matter.

"Of course, it was driven by hatred, which violated the justice that Alicia entrusted to me before her death, and disappointed Lady Astraea."

Liu blurted out the answer without hesitation. These questions had been lingering in his mind for years and required no further thought.

"is it?"

"I don't think they're disappointed in you because of this. Murderers pay with their lives and debts must be repaid. If you need written evidence, you'll never get your revenge."

"Besides, what is a god of death? In my opinion, gods and humans are the same. Gods who care about humanity should naturally be respected and loved."

"But if a god descends to earth to wreak havoc simply for his own selfish desires, why can't a human kill him?"

William's tone was full of disdain, perhaps because Loki valued him more! This was when he learned about the era when the dark factions of Orario were rampant.

He once asked Loki about the thoughts of those dark faction gods and why they did what they did after he had updated his abilities.