Crown Dead

——It seems that I am too self-conscious.Thinking about it, it seems to be true. Most of the time, Anna has been following Merlin Matthew. Perhaps to Anna, he is just a dispensable, large-scale non-burnable garbage that he wants to kill and then quickly.

Naturally, there is no need to listen to what he said, especially this kind of "prophecy" that is more like a curse.

"Sorry, I told you these boring things, I was too self-righteous. Let's leave when Ai Lei comes back."

"……not like this."

Anna interrupted the chorus.

"I'm not denying your content, I just... want to make myself more useful."

Anna put the sickle aside, and at the same time lifted the hood she always wore.

"I am not a serious heroic spirit, and I have no deeds that can be praised. But the people around me are so kind to me."

"Whether it's Matthew, the annoying Merlin, or the citizens of Uruk, everyone treats me as an ordinary person, which is obviously something I don't deserve—"

"That's not the case."

Xian Yu somewhat rudely rejected Anna.

"Uruk is a perfect city, but it is not a city that can accommodate everything. What really makes you gain the kindness and love of everyone is what you have done all the time. Defeat the monsters, clear the Lair, help the grandmother of the flower shop, take the initiative to clean up the dead souls on the street. It is not because you were accepted that you did these things, but because of these things you did, you got the blessings of Uruk and us."

"...but I've never really been able to do anything, ever since then, always, always just being protected by other people."

For Xian Yu, he didn't know that Anna's phrase "It's been like this from the beginning" refers to the fact that the two had met before, and he even tried his best to protect Anna.

But that incident has always remained in Anna's heart, and she has never forgotten it until now.

"It's good to stand up for others, but...at least trust me this time, don't force yourself no matter what. No one is so stupid as to throw their own lives to save others!"

--fraud.

Anna knew that this guy in front of him was exactly the kind of person he said would never exist.

"If it's really like what you said, I don't fight as the same body... How will you deal with the mad Gorgon?"

"Do you think these flowers that bloom in the underworld are a kind of miracle?"

Xian Yu didn't answer Anna directly, but looked at the flower garden in front of him.

"I don't know. But the flowers that bloom in the underworld are indeed tiny miracles."

"And this miracle was made by me (and a 1% contribution from a gun king)."

"Making..."

"If I said it a little more handsomely, it would be [a miracle or something, if you think about it, you can't do it.]. And if you put it in human terms——"

"Don't panic, there will always be a way."

Xian Yu showed a hearty smile to Anna.

But this smile made Anna firm in her mind - this person would sacrifice everything desperately.

"I understand, and I will do what I can when the time comes."

Anna told Xianyu a little lie.

"Great——! Then I feel more at ease. As for Gorgon and the like, we have so many reliable helpers (except Ishtar, Leopard Man, and Merlin), and we can find a way to defeat her anyway."

Xian Yu returned to Anna's side, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Ai Lei who had been standing in the corner watching the two of them for some time.

"..."

"..."

"Ahem, do it, you did a good job, human! You can see through the concealment technique that this goddess is most proud of in the underworld!"

After confirming that she had been exposed, Ai Lei came out with some embarrassment.

"No, you just hid behind the pillar and poked your head out to look this way."

"Don't worry about these details... Isn't it because of the super delicate chat atmosphere you just had, that I couldn't get over in that situation at all."

Ai Lei pointed her fingers a little disappointed.

"So, why did you come here this time? And you brought such a lovely Miss Anna with you~"

After clearing up her emotions for a while, Ai Lei was chatting with Xian Yu, and wanted to stroke Anna's hair with a smile on her face.

"..."

Anna silently moved her body to the side, avoiding Ai Lei.

"Uh--sorry, I accidentally became smug..."

Noticing that Anna was avoiding her, Allie instantly became disappointed, and at the same time took the initiative to distance herself from Anna.

"...I don't hate you, I just simply—"

"Don't worry, Anna just simply hates the living, the dead, and the half-dead—poof!"

Xian Yu came over to help out, but was shot flying by Anna with the back of the sickle.

"Isn't that disgusting to everyone...?"

"……never mind."