People Always Have to Give Everything for Something

The azure-blue Serpent Crown Goddess carefully placed Su Youzi and His Eminence the Pope onto the vines growing over the Azure Spear.

Su Youzi and the others reunited with Soga Lie.

There was no need for words. The terror in the sky had already explained everything.

Saving it... had failed.

This world was heading toward its final destruction.

Soga Lie could not accept such an ending.

If this world had been heading toward destruction yesterday... or the day before, or even earlier, he might not have been so agitated.

But not today--

His daughter had finally made her way to him with such difficulty.

How could he just stand by and watch that happen? "As expected, not a single old hag from the Holy Royal Court can be relied upon."

"Hey, hey, hey!!!?" His Eminence the Pope helped Su Youzi, who had only just managed to stand but was... clearly still a little weak in the legs, to her feet. She glared at Soga Lie, feeling as though she had inexplicably been struck by an arrow.

"T-this..."

"Bringing the Origin Witch back from the Abyssal side was clearly Youzi's mission."

"I was only responsible for accompanying Youzi up there."

"How did that bastard end up dumping all the blame on me?"

"Even favoritism has to have its limits!!!"

"Alright, Sister Pope." Su Youzi weakly pulled on His Eminence the Pope's hand.

Her consciousness was still somewhat muddled. Her entire body felt as though all her bones had turned to jelly, and even her fingertips seemed soft and weak, suffused with pleasure.

Su Youzi... finally seemed to understand a little... how Xinas and Little Sister Rabbit felt.

"Little Sister Yuzu really is the best." His Eminence the Pope seemed completely unaware that she was currently in the state of *being sold