Chapter 1118: The Final Gate of the Sixth Floor
At this very moment.
Seeing Riviera win once again, the gods erupted in cheers.
"My Riviera is truly amazing!" Loki was especially excited.
It was no wonder she reacted that way.
Even at the beginning of this match, she had thought Riviera stood little chance of winning. After all, her opponent was far stronger than her and possessed the powerful ability of Telepathy.
"This time, we can't really say that Riviera won." Shen Mo shook his head. "We should say that Shokuhou Misaki lost."
At least, that was how Shen Mo saw it.
The dungeons in this world had one very special feature compared with those in other worlds.
The desires in people's hearts weren't so easy to see through.
Although Shokuhou Misaki could read other people's minds and even their emotions, Natsuki Subaru was different from most people in the other worlds.
He had something about him.
An ordinary quality from the "third dimension."
He had desires, yet even he didn't know what he wanted. He could think things through, but often made mistakes. He wasn't particularly clever, and even his personality wasn't especially resilient. He would give up, break down, and feel unbearable pain.
He was a very ordinary person, yet also not an ordinary one.
Shokuhou Misaki, however, had always assumed from the outset that he was extraordinary. She thought he would grow quickly, and even believed that Natsuki Subaru's growth, combined with his ability, would become her trump card.
Because she could easily render all of Riviera's efforts useless.
But—
Natsuki Subaru's ordinariness had exceeded her expectations.
Perhaps Natsuki Subaru would eventually grow into a true protagonist, but the time that would take was far beyond Shokuhou Misaki's estimate—without the encouragement of love.
That was why Shokuhou