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「It is too late for that Since the start, I never had the right to chooseallowed for this fool who abandoned the Goddess, choosing to take the path where the huht to choose another path」

「I see」

Silence Only the solitary sound of Ariel-sa the wine resounds

「For those who know the past, it’s just us, Gyuri and Potimas now The ones that I knew have sacrificed thenificent」

「Magnificient or not, once they’ve gone there’s noto it Sariel-saes, following their own conviction, continued to resist this world to the end I a that, is probably so unpardonable forNot just in combat ability, but their hearts Perhaps it could be said that their strong hearts the to save the Goddess, that very belief

However, they are no longer with us They cannot even reincarnate Because they sacrificed everything, including their very souls

「Well, in the end, I too auess I have no right to talk about the Sariel-sama’s will, the only one to adhere to that until now, the oldest Divine Beast who continued to watch over the world To take actions against that will, just how ine that

「I will kill Potie to kill soreat, conversely one’s eone too far In spite of having already earned Ariel-sama’s wrath, he actually provoked her even further

「Neither of us are able to co aside everything that happened in the past and joining our hands together, is no longer possible for us Ariel-sama and I, have already walked too far down our paths of no return While we accept each other, those paths can never reach the same conclusion Even still, on just this occasion we are able to cooperate together The ene frorandly kill each other or what?」

「I humbly wish to decline」

Those words were said as a joke However, that is a future that could well happen after the elves are taken down We are able to cooperate for noever, we’re still ether In that case, we must settle our dispute For Ariel-sa, that was surely to put an end to a particular matter Once that happens, I will only be an obstacle to Ariel-sama In which case, conflict is inevitable With the current Ariel-saainst Sariel-sa careful does not exist I’ Our chances of winning, is equivalent to none Even so, I must oppose her For the sake of all humans I swore to protect the huainst the Goddess, in order to continue what I had begun long ago

「Thanks for the drink」

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