Are you worthy of saving the world?

“Yuri…!?”

Rosalia turned around, her eyes wide.

The next moment, Yuli's eyes went dark, and he felt a soft and wonderful impact on his face.

Rosalia rushed over and hugged him tightly—

"You're awake... That's great... I was still worried about what I would do if you never woke up..."

Her voice was like a dream.

It was the first time that Yuli heard Rosalia speak so weakly, and he subconsciously put his arms around her waist.

"I'm sorry to have made you worry, Your Highness..."

"..."

Rosalia shook her head and said nothing more.

She simply hugged the back of the boy's head tightly, as if to feel that Yuri's presence was not a dream, and buried his face in her arms as much as possible.

"Well."

It was a very warm and harmonious atmosphere, but little Yuri was standing at attention...

"Ahahahaha, Your Highness, how much longer have I slept than you?"

"More than four hours?"

Yuli nodded and thought to himself: It seems that the passage of real time is calculated from the moment Rosalia exits the singularity.

Maybe these are small tips that may be useful in the future, so Yuli will keep them in mind.

At this time, Rosalia finally let him go——

Then, he held the boy's face with both hands.

"Uh...hmm."

The Grand Duchess' beautiful eyes trembled, her cheeks flushed, and her moist lips opened and closed.

Yuli felt like he was going to be kissed forcefully in the next second.

But Rosalia finally suppressed her desire.

Realizing that Yuri was now very weak, the Empress regained her composure and reserve.

She quickly let go of the boy and turned her back to hide her previous gaffe.

"Come... come and eat! Yuli, you must be hungry! I prepared lunch especially for you!"

"Haha, calling this a lunch is a bit exaggerated, it should be called a banquet."

Yuli glanced across the table filled with sumptuous dishes.

"I can eat the food prepared by Her Highness Rosaria herself when I wake up. I am probably the happiest man in the world."

Yuri smiled as he walked past the Grand Duchess and towards his seat.

But at this moment, his wrist was grabbed fiercely.

Rosalia used her amazing brute force to pull the boy closer to her.

Yuli was caught off guard and pressed his hand forward, his five fingers sinking deep into the warmth and softness.

The sweet aroma passed over the boy's nose.

The "Empress" held his shoulders and pressed her soft lips against his - kissing his cheek.

"Thank you, my little knight."

Unexpectedly... You are so innocent, Your Highness.

Little Yuli finally stood at attention reluctantly.

……

……

……

After the descent ceremony ended, the evil tree standing between heaven and earth also disappeared.

However, the darkness did not fade away.

The huge arm where Yuli and the others once stood is still standing on the ground.

Yuri, Rosaria, the Scarlet Witch, and the Vicious Witch have already retreated.

The hand of the evil god of darkness in the abyss has left.

Even the tens of thousands of people crawling on the ground disappeared without a trace.

There is no longer any life, no longer any cause and effect, and no longer any encounter will happen.

To use a computer analogy, these are cached junk files that are naturally generated when the system is running.

This is an abandoned world with no destiny, but why does it still exist?

If you look closely, you can find a stubborn little figure.

At the wrist of the giant arm—

A young girl used two broken swords and carried a living person on her back, and she climbed to a height of about one thousand meters above the ground.

The tattered evening gown, the dirty and muddy blonde hair, the scarred skin, the delicate facial features were still barely recognizable even though they were covered in blood——

She was the once extremely noble elf princess, Tia.

Tia used the torn corners of her skirt as strips of cloth to tie up the unconscious Cynthia behind her, and climbed a thousand meters on this 90-degree cliff with only two broken swords.

"How's the ceremony going?!"

"What happened? Why did everyone disappear suddenly? Were they used as sacrifices by Yuri?"

"But why do Cynthia and I still exist? Have we been abandoned by the goddess?"

"Is this all a dream?"

"Or... is my life just a dream?"

In order to seek these answers, the Elf Princess endured unimaginable pain and finally climbed to the top of the palm.

When she arrived there, no one was there.

Even if you shout loudly, you can only hear your own hoarse echo.

This is the most desperate thing a person can imagine -

In this world, there is no other living being except myself.

Tia stood alone on the palm.

From that day on, she no longer felt the extreme heat or cold, and the temperature seemed to have disappeared.

after a long time.

Cynthia didn't wake up. She was still breathing, but she didn't wake up.

A long time passed.

Somehow, Tia couldn't feel hunger or fatigue, so she couldn't experience the passage of time normally.

It could be one day, a year, a hundred years, or maybe seventy million years have passed.

The thing that Yuli feared the most and was most unwilling to see finally happened——

Because Tia has a connection beyond the scope of the singularity advent,

Because Tia herself has an extraordinary obsession with the Child of Prophecy,

After the darkness of the abyss descended, the Elf Princess became a being that transcended the cycle of cause and effect.

In other words, she was an existence that had been abandoned and forgotten by everything.

A girl who is neither alive nor dead.

A girl who exists neither in the real world nor in the sea of ​​dreams.

This is a tragedy that no one could have imagined or predicted.

“…It’s really troubling.”

Over the long years, Tia gradually gave up thinking.

She knew she couldn't go back.

She knew that the people and things she cherished were no longer there.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will stay in this abandoned world forever.

Until one moment, the Elf Princess accidentally discovered——

A weird artifact that fell below the ring finger.

Filled with a weird aura, with human eyes, mouths and ears scattered all over, the red egg is extremely suspicious.

"Ah... this is Yuri's..."

Although it was the first time she saw it, Tia's intuition told her that this was something left by Yuli.

What is it used for?

Not sure, but...

"Hehe, you're still talking about me, you're the one who's careless and sloppy!"

Looking at the ugly crimson eggs, the Elf Princess smiled lonely after a hundred years.

"I have to keep it well. When Yuri remembers it and comes back to look for it someday, I will give it to him..."

Tia stroked her lips: "I must teach him a lesson this time and complain to him enough!"

"Well, so... I have to continue waiting for him here..."

"This must be the reason for my continued existence... the final mission I have been given..."

"Yuri should be back... After all, this is something very important that he left behind..."