Goodbye, Goddess

"..."

To be honest, Mo Bai wasn't surprised to find himself facing this Goddess again.

After all, she had told him from the start that once he died, she would bring him back to her side.

Then she would have him tell her what he had seen and heard in Solaris.

And earlier, Mahoraga had sent him back into the Void Matter Space. Without Aemeath to guide him, and with the strongest Shikigami slaughtering anything in its path right beside him...

There had been no way out. No wonder he had ended up here.

"Whew. So seeing you again means I'm dead. That's really not good news..."

Mo Bai let out a breath and sat down in front of the nameless Goddess.

"Don't say that~ I'm the great benefactor who gave you your powers, you know~ You should be happy to see me~"

As she spoke, the Goddess snapped her fingers.

Perhaps she worried that sitting on the bare floor would be bad for Mo Bai. Or perhaps she felt his casual posture was unfit for someone speaking to a Goddess.

Hum—

With that snap, a round table and a pair of chairs appeared in the dark space.

"See? A proper chat calls for sitting down at a table~"

The Goddess's voice sounded as sweet and innocent as a child's.

Mo Bai didn't take the bait. He simply sat in a chair and stared into her eyes.

"Oh my~ Staring into my eyes like that...

Could it be that after all the suffering you endured in another world, you've finally realized how kind and wonderful I am and developed feelings for me? Oh, how embarrassing~"

At last, the Goddess's teasing left Mo Bai feeling that familiar exasperation again.

"Don't get the wrong idea. I'm just watching your eyes."

Mo Bai