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"A long time ago, there was a great mage named Kil. He fell in love at first sight with the noble daughter who accidentally came to the town for a walk. However, Kil knew that this love affair was unlikely to be fruitful, so he devoted all his thoughts to it. Put it into practice. Time flies, and time flies by. Finally, Kil became the best great mage in the country, and then he met the rich lady again——"

"Okay, okay, that's it, don't say any more. After that, you kidnapped the daughter, and then you were hunted down, and then you were forced to become a lich, until now, right?"

Xiao Lin didn't understand the atmosphere and interrupted the long speech of the lich who was sitting on the chair to talk about his past, and summarized the whole story succinctly.

Now they are in the deepest part of the dungeon.

A hidden room to be precise.

There is only a small bed, a cabinet, and a simple table and chairs.

There is an oil lamp on the table. Under the illumination of the light, I could clearly see the figure of the other party. It was a skeleton wearing a robe, with a hood pulled down low, and covered with a layer of dry skin.

His expression was very depressed.

"That's too much, Kobayashi-senpai." His companion Kazuma Sato denounced: "This great mage (lich) is telling his glorious past, even if he really has no talent for telling stories, and he is even in the dark environment. It’s a love story that doesn’t match up, so you should listen to it with emotion, right?”

What you said is even more outrageous than mine.

Xiao Lin couldn't figure out for a moment whether he was really stupid or just cheating.

"Because this is a poignant and beautiful love story that has been widely circulated. Although it is touching and touching, after listening to it dozens of times, I no longer feel that moved. You see, it is like a certain song that I really like to listen to. After listening to it dozens of times, I no longer feel that way.”

"Even so..."

Sato Kazuma was a little convinced, but since the other party was a powerful great mage, he felt that it would be better to give him a certain amount of respect. Otherwise, once the other party gets angry, they may have unnecessary fights.

Fortunately, Keir was not angry.

He rattled the bones in his throat, waved his hands and said, "Okay, okay, I'm not angry. However, this gentleman said that my story is widely circulated outside. Is it true?"

His eyes turned to Xiao Lin for verification.

"It's true."

"Haha, as expected of me."

Kil said proudly.

Sato Kazuma scratched his head and wondered: "Really? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Because the time for your next term is still short. Besides, when you come to the dungeon, don't you confirm the information first? This is the Kiel Dungeon."

"Oh oh oh, that's it!"

"You just discovered it. It seems you need to accumulate more experience, Sato-kun."

Xiao Lin sighed helplessly.

As we all know, it is common sense to know the relevant information, legends, and background stories about the mission before doing it. Otherwise, you will suffer if you don’t know what to pay attention to.

But what interested him most was another thing.

"Kiel, you said you've been sleeping?"

“Yes, because the undead cannot end their own lives, so they remain asleep.

"No wonder."

Seeing Sato Kazuma's puzzled expression, Kobayashi said to him: "Look, both are Lich Grand Magisters. Kil is already dry, but Wiz is watery. What's going on?"

"Yes! If you say that, it's true..." It seems that Sato Kazuma also found something wrong.

"Why did you say it was because of that?"

"Is it because she has been eating vegetable leaves?"

"Or maybe it's a different kind?"

"Or treat them differently?"

The two of them discussed it as if no one was watching.

Kil, who had been listening silently, seemed to realize something and interrupted: "What do you mean, there is a lich who still maintains physical activity? And she still eats?"

Kobayashi and Sato Kazuma looked at each other: "Yes, she maintains physical activity and eats."

"No, no, no, I've never heard of such a lich."

"Right, that's why we are weird."

What happened to that poor store manager (Witz)?

The three of them complained in unison.

Pause.

Xiao Lin took the initiative to change the topic and said to the two of them: "We will discuss this issue later. Keir, you have any request from us. If I can help, just tell me."

Not just a relationship that was already known.

If you think about it carefully, you will know that this is a dungeon called "a must-have exercise for novices" and has been visited by countless adventurers long ago. And when Kobayashi and Sato Kazuma appeared, the owner of the dungeon, Kil, also appeared. It was absolutely impossible to say that there was no request.

"Yes, there is indeed a request."

Kil looked at Kobayashi and Sato Kazuma, as if confirming something.

Then, he scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "I originally wanted to wait here for myself to decay, but I felt an extraordinary sacred power, which not only woke me up from a long sleep. I also thought there was a high priest. Got down, but..."

Kobayashi and Sato Kazuma are both the most junior adventurers by profession and do not have high priests.

Keir couldn't help but wonder if he had made a mistake.

"Holy power...?" Sato Kazuma turned to look at Xiaolin. After all, only the leader of the two had strange powers.

"Your eyes are weird, Sato-kun." Kobayashi thought he seemed to have misunderstood something, then he took out a blue crystal necklace from his neck and said, "The sacred power you feel should come from this."

"Hmm... no wonder."

Sato Kazuma looked at the necklace speechlessly.

He knew this blue crystal necklace, so he was not surprised at all when he saw it. After all, Aqua always caused trouble for them in strange places, and they had long been accustomed to it.

"Yes, it is this sacred power."

Kil also nodded in affirmation.

That's right, he just felt this power and woke up from his slumber.

"So...Kil, I can find the owner of this necklace, what can you do for me?"

"I want to ask Him for a favor."

"What favor?"

"Can you purify me? If it is the owner who made this necklace, he should be able to do this."

Kil said very calmly.

Everyone has their own pillars to live, and when the pillars collapse, there is no belief in living.

Gil's pillar is the rich lady, and for her, he would rather give up his human body and become a lich.

To be honest, it's a bit handsome.

And such Gil, after the death of the rich lady, lost his pillar and took the initiative to fall into a deep sleep waiting for his own decay.

Kobayashi had no reason to refuse.

"Sato-kun, can you help bring Aqua down?"

"... OK, I got it."

Sato Kazuma nodded.

It seems that he was also moved by Gil's story and sincerity, so he was willing to help him a little bit within his ability.

Sato Kazuma turned and left.

Gil took the hand of the rich lady who had turned into a skeleton and stared at her affectionately, while Kobayashi stared at such an affectionate Gil.

As if sensing his gaze, Gil whispered, "How is it, isn't she beautiful? Especially here on the collarbone, the lines are beautiful, aren't they?"

"...Ah."

"That was really dangerous. She was seriously injured and had to become a lich. She fled all over the world against the kingdom, and finally breathed her last in this dungeon. But in such an inconvenient escape, she never complained, and always had a happy smile on her face."

"...Ah."

"Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka, that time was the happiest moment, can you feel it, that kind of happiness."

"...Ah."

Kobayashi hates sad love stories because he always immerses himself in them unconsciously, no matter how many times he hears them, so the best way is not to listen.

But he was eventually infected.

He unconsciously held Ryu's hand.

"Kobayashi-sama..."

Feeling the great grip, Ryu's hands gently wrapped around his right hand, as if to say that she would always be with Kobayashi.

After waiting for a while, Sato Kazuma and Aqua came to the bottom floor, but both of them were covered in dust and looked embarrassed.

It seems that they have been through a lot.

But there is no time to ask now, so I briefly told Aqua what happened and asked her to help.

The high priest who was also the goddess of water agreed to this request decisively. After all, helping others (purifying liches) was her duty.

Then, she carved a magic circle in the room.

According to common sense, the size of the magic circle only needs to be enough to purify Gil, because the young lady had already become a Buddha and ascended to heaven, but Aqua still tried her best to prove something and wrapped the entire room including the young lady's skeleton.

After the preparations were completed, she seemed to be chewing, chanting the magic word by word. A soft blue light emerged and illuminated the entire room.

Gil murmured: "I don't know if I have made the young lady happy..."

"Yes! You have made her very happy!"

Kobayashi gave him affirmation.

Sato Kazuma did the same.

Even Aqua showed an extremely bright and goddess-like smile with a gentle expression that they had never seen before.

No, who are you!

Under Kobayashi's dumbfounded gaze, she said to Kiel in a gentle voice: "Kiel, the great mage who betrayed the will of heaven and voluntarily became a lich. I forgive your sins in the name of Aqua, the goddess of water... When you open your eyes again, there should be a goddess named Eris with an unnatural bulge in front of you. If you don't mind the age difference, even if it's not a romantic relationship between a man and a woman, if you are willing to stay with her in any form... then pray to her to let you see the rich lady again, and she will definitely fulfill your wish."

I'm serious, who is this!

Is it a goddess?

Has the goddess descended?

Kobayashi and Sato Kazuma looked at each other and saw each other's unbelievable eyes.

While the two were being silly, Kiel bowed deeply to Aqua in the room filled with light.

When the light faded, it turned back to a dark room. The lich master mage named Keel no longer exists, and for some reason, the skeleton of the rich lady has also disappeared.

The four of them fell into silence in an indescribable atmosphere.

For a long time.

Xiaolin said calmly: "... Let's go back."

On the way back to the ground, Sato Kazuma seemed a little dissatisfied with Gil's ending. He didn't care about the possibility of being discovered by monsters, and kept asking Aqua about what happened after Gil. After getting help from Eris, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

Xiaolin, on the other hand, followed the two of them without saying a word, carrying the treasure he got from Keir.

"Master Xiaolin, you don't look good."

"...I'm fine."

He just hasn't come out of the story yet, but he manages his emotions very well and can return to his normal self soon.

However, he still smelled the breath of longevity theory.

The so-called longevity theory refers to a future in which profound emotions appear pale and regrettable before the ruthless passage of time.

I thought of Liu Zi and Aqua, so I felt anxious and sad.

He even developed an extreme thought.

Just like you won't resonate with poignant love stories, as long as you don't get involved with them, you won't care about the longevity theory. If that's the case...

"Master Xiaolin, you should practice your courage."

"Um???"

"I know you are afraid of the dark, so you hold my hand very hard, but if you continue to be so timid, not only will you be laughed at by others, but it will also lower my evaluation."

"Feel sorry."

Xiao Lin made a gesture to let go of her hand.

Instead, Liu Zi quickly grabbed his hand, and after holding it behind her back, she seemed to be swearing and telling, and said calmly and firmly: "It doesn't matter, Mr. Xiaolin. I will always be by your side until the gears stop turning. Until that day."

"...Thank you, Liu Zi."

Xiao Lin's heart warmed slightly.

Aqua also said with a cheerful tone: "Don't worry, Xiaolin. I am a goddess, no matter whether it is a zombie, a lich, or other undead, there is no problem in front of me! And even if you die, I I can resurrect you a hundred times or a thousand times, it doesn’t matter!”

"...No, forget it, no one wants to die hundreds or thousands of times."

Xiao Lin couldn't help but complain.

The Idiot Goddess's comfort was surprising and touching, but her assurance was a bit revolting. Xiaolin, who was like death, still thanked her.

"What are you talking about, you idiot Aqua!" Seeing the atmosphere becoming lively, Sato Kazuma also joined in.

"Haha? Why did you call me a fool!"

"Because you are an idiot! Don't even think about it, who is willing to die so many times! Besides, you are always causing trouble to others, how can you help?!"

"What did you say?!"

"Don't you admit it?"

Seeing that Aqua still didn't know where she had made a mistake, Sato Kazuma said with a low voice: "You don't know yet, before you came down, Kiel said that he woke up because of an extraordinary sacred power, and in the end I found the source is the necklace on Senior Xiaolin’s chest, yes, it’s the sapphire necklace you gave me.”

"W-what do you want to say?"

"So, it was so easy for us to encounter undead monsters when we went into the dungeon. Could it be because you were there? Because Senior Xiaolin and I have never encountered such a situation!"

"——!!!"

Hearing Sato Kazuma's question, Aqua couldn't help but tremble and stood stiffly.

After a long while, she managed to squeeze out her voice, and then gave an extremely ambiguous answer: "How, how could it be possible? There is no such thing!... It should be..."

"Speaking of which, it was the same when fighting the Headless Horseman before. Those undead seemed to like gathering around you."

Seeing Aqua shaking her body again, Sato Kazuma silently distanced herself from her.

At this moment, the roar of some kind of creature came from the distance in the darkness of the dungeon, probably because the energy that had not dissipated from Aqua's body attracted them.

——Lurking.

Sato Kazuma used the skill without any hesitation and quickly disappeared.

"Wait, wait!"

Aqua stretched out her hand without stopping Sato Kazuma, then turned her head once and looked at her proud believer with tears in her eyes.

"Xiao Lin, don't abandon me..."

She was crying, not like a goddess at all.

Seriously, who was that just now?