This is the story of a magician and an elf girl.

"Gah-ga ...

"!"

The hellfire monster, who refused to give up, immediately released multiple high-temperature heat rays after being hit. Xiaobi, who was forced to spread the barrier to resist the attack, had to give up the offensive in order to protect the elves behind her.

“Swoosh!”

The hellhound that was charging straight towards it would naturally not miss this opportunity. It was now equivalent to a high-temperature fireball. As long as Xiaobi's firewall fell, the protected paper behind it would instantly turn into a victim of dust and hellfire.

"Sickle Moon Run!"

“Hoooa!?”

The arrow, accompanied by a whirlwind and a magical outline, flew straight towards the head of the hellhound.

“Swoosh!”

It was repelled by the spiritual power released by Linna, and temporarily lost its ability to see and fell into a state of stagnation.

"Bang!"

Xiaobi concentrated the barrier in front of her and took a step forward, instantly knocking it several hundred meters away. However, no matter how powerful the attack was, it was of no use to its flesh body.

Frankly speaking, Linnae still had no idea how to use the power of authority or the power at that time. Aphrodite, who was sitting under the sacred tree, also realized the current situation and could not delay any longer.

"Even so... I still believe in her... Linna is the second light born in this world... the only light that can stop the light of change... On the other side of that light... he will definitely turn back..."

"——Aphrodite, you understand, right? If the elf girl cannot stop the magician's transformation, your identity as a goddess will lose its meaning in the future. The world will only be left with emotionless sentient beings. In short, you will die, both physically and mentally, and will turn into bubbles. Your awareness and the actions of others are two different things. Your trust will be completely shattered in the end, just like the magician. Is this okay?"

"...I have already realized this...but since everything will turn into foam - I might as well do something more meaningful before I die...although I'm sure you won't agree, Zeus..."

Zeus, the Lord of Heaven, who was talking to Aphrodite through the power of authority, naturally saw that the situation before him had reached a critical point, but the most important thing was that Aphrodite's choice made him very puzzled: "... I only have one question... I want to help them even if I have to go to such lengths... What's the reason... Even if you are the goddess of friendship and lust, there is no need to spend so much time on them, right? Why do you do that? Why do you care about them so much?"

"...Pfft...Hehehe...Hahahaha..."

"...Did I say something disrespectful...?"

"...No...it's just because - the goddess is a companion of humans...Isn't this a matter of course? It's ridiculous that a god doesn't even understand this. "

"Don't try to fool me... Hera never believed that... That's why he was betrayed by Hades. In order to allow thousands of souls to return to the underworld for reincarnation, the old man deliberately planned to resurrect the magician with Hera. He knew that the half-baked binding technique would not work on his magic eyes, but he still let Hera get his soul, exchanging one soul for hundreds of thousands of souls to carry out his plan and original work... In theory, there was no problem... But the result was like this. He just threw all the trouble to us... He was very dissatisfied with being chosen as the master of the underworld at the beginning... It is understandable that he would do anything to this extent now."

"...So there is such a secret...I really didn't know it..."

"Humans are inherently difficult to manage. No matter what means are used, as long as the gods consider the overall situation, it is always the right thing to do. If Hera could use better means to manage them or accumulate achievements... I would have let her come back earlier..."

"...What a surprise... Zeus... do you still love her...?"

"Don't play dumb... You are the goddess of lust, but can't you see how much I love her? I love her, even though she is sometimes willful and stubborn... But that is also her lovely side... It is also her character, and a part of her... I have never disliked her like that... I just didn't know... She actually wanted to take my seat in secret... When I think about that... In order to appease the opinions of other gods... It was not my original intention to exile her to the human world... It was just to appease the dissatisfaction of the gods... Who knew the result... But she took her life..."

Even without meeting him and seeing his expression, Aphrodite could sense from Zeus' tone his feelings for Hera and his unexpressible guilt.

"... Because I am the goddess of lust, I know... Zeus, you are too kind to her... Do you know what you have done? Because you exiled her, all the hatred accumulated in Hera's heart was vented on the lives of the human world. Indirectly, your kindness took away countless lives, and even caused Hades to do such a thing - if you didn't provoke her bottom line in the first place, none of this would have happened. "

"I said... don't fool me! If you want to blame me for all this, it's all because of you using the power of authority! You made me so happy and romantic for a while! You did so many things that made her sad! If you hadn't aroused her jealousy and revenge! Would all this have happened? ! It was indeed my fault at that time! I couldn't control myself when I saw your beauty, but even so, there was no need for you to make me so embarrassed, right? ! You just need to teach me a lesson! Why -"

"——Ah... Of course I know... So please don't try to stop me anymore, okay..."

"..."

But to Aphrodite, who already knew the truth, it was completely meaningless.

She had known for a long time that all this was actually her fault.

No matter what happened during the Golden Apple incident.

Or maybe it’s because of Zeus’s romantic and cheerful nature.

As a goddess of love, as a goddess in charge of all friendship and emotions in the world - now she knows very well that she must take responsibility for these events, even if it means risking her own life.

"Can you hear me... Linna..."

"…This sound is…"

"Gah-ga ...

The hellhound that shot out scorching hot rays from its mouth that split the woods seemed to be out of control, spreading hellfire everywhere and starting to jump and run. The guardian couldn't just let it do that and had to take action to stop it - but who knew that it suddenly directed the hot rays from its mouth in the direction of Linnae, and the red-hot flames immediately illuminated the barrier in an arc-shaped trajectory.

"Woo..."

"Girl! There are still many creatures over there! We can't let them run wild like this!"

"Don't worry! I'll stop it right now! Dryads that live here... please show up as our elf knights and forest protectors!"

"! 』

Linna used her own magic to summon more dryads, and in the blink of an eye she created several dryads that were as big as hellhounds. Leah and Hartley couldn't believe that she had such strength, and now they understood why she didn't even use 10% of her strength when dealing with her companions before.