Chapter 258
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< God’s Play> is divided into three main parts. The first semester is for understanding each character and learning about the world. During the summer vacation, you can significantly increase your favorability with all the male leads through various events. The second semester focuses on targeting the male leads’ ‘traumas.’
After those processes, during the winter vacation, you can enjoy sweet events with the male lead who has the highest favorability. However, I had already experienced all the male leads’ bad ending elements of their traumas during the summer vacation. Especially, the most important event originally scheduled for the second semester, the ‘Heaven’ episode, had already been used up. Given this situation, I couldn’t even predict how the second semester would unfold.
Moreover, there is one more variable.
[Sponsorship: 779,256,000 coins]
Having completed two major quests this time, the sponsorship amount had accumulated tremendously. I was close to reaching 1 billion coins.
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Performance Obsession’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[Wow, the rate at which coins are accumulating is insane. You might set a record for reaching 1 billion coins the fastest.]
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Don’t Care About Others’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[At this rate, won’t you reach 1 billion coins and end the game before finishing the main content? Lol.]
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Loyal Dog to Mr. O’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[CEO O, please block that person who’s talking nonsense^^]
I thought it was a plausible story, but I didn’t express it.
I’m not sure if coins will accumulate as quickly as this semester without the male leads.
The moments when coins increased dramatically were always related to the male leads, so I wasn’t sure how it would go in the second semester.
“Well, we’re off.”
Libby and I headed to the dormitory with our family seeing us off.
“What classes are you going to take, Sister?”
“
Hmm
, I’m not sure.”
Having been the top student in the first semester, I no longer had to worry about credits.
Maybe I’ll just take one major class and one or two other classes?
Due to Ilya’s sudden disappearance, I had to choose a new major.
“I’m thinking of taking <Magical Creatures> and <Alchemy>. I think it’ll be helpful since I run a magic farm.”
“
Haa.
I have to fill my timetable to the brim, and Sister is only taking two classes?”
“My timetable was probably busier than yours in the first semester.”
We chatted away as we arrived at the dormitory.
Libby’s dormitory was assigned quite far from mine. It seemed that the first-year and fourth-year students’ accommodations were separated. So I arrived at my dormitory first, where an unexpected guest was waiting for me at the door.
“Sir Zakari?”
Zakari stood there like a wax figure, stiff and expressionless, and approached us. “I heard you were coming today, so I was waiting, Lady Theresa.”
Libby looked bewildered and was surprised when Zakari spoke to me. “Were you two close?”
“No.”
“No, we’re not.”
“…??”
Without offering any explanation to the confused Libby, Zakari looked only at me and spoke. “The chairman is waiting. I’ll escort you.”
Libby, feeling a bit left out, gave a wry smile.
Ugh
, I didn’t want to meddle in others’ love affairs, but it felt uncomfortable to leave it like this.
“Come to think of it, Sir Zakari, isn’t this the first time you’ve seen Libby since the day of the ball?”
“No.”
…What?
“I mean, it’s not the first time I’ve seen Lady Libby since that day.”
Both Libby and I were taken aback by Zakari’s blunt response. Libby tilted her head, puzzled, not remembering when they might have met.
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Quiet Spectator
‘
has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[Zakari’s character gets more intriguing the more I see him.]
Without further explanation, Zakari urged me. “Let’s go.”
Libby encouraged me to go, saying she could find her way to the dormitory herself. Although I was a bit worried since Libby wasn’t good with directions, the dormitory was straight ahead on the main path, so it should be fine.
“If you get confused, send me a butterfly or something. Got it?”
“Got it. Don’t worry, I’ll find it by looking at the dormitory numbers.”
So I headed to Valhalla’s main building with Zakari.
It’s been quite a while since I walked this path.
It was then that Zakari spoke. “Did you know that Lord Ilya has gone to the heavenly realm?”
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Future Ilya’s in-law’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[What?! Why is Ilya in the heavenly realm?]
I was utterly shocked by this unexpected news.
“How? A fallen angel can’t enter the heavenly realm.”
“The fact that he had fallen is gone. His wings were pure white.”
Could it be that with Clyde’s deletion, the fact that Ilya had fallen was also erased?
“He was searching for traces of someone named Clyde. Then he disappeared. The last place his traces were found was the Altar of Light.”
Ilya, realizing there were memory errors, seemed to have gone to the heavenly realm to investigate the situation.
“When you say he disappeared, do you mean Lord Ilya is not in the heavenly realm now?”
“Yes. Currently, that’s what we assume.”
Ilya becoming an archangel again meant that the heavenly realm revived through Clyde’s sacrifice, was in danger once more. So I asked, “How is the heavenly realm these days?”
“It’s about to become the demon realm.”
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Over Immersed Otaku’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[Crazy.]
Zakari delivered this shocking news with an excessively calm demeanor. Seeing my shocked expression, he stopped.
Swaaaa,
the rustling sound of leaves in the wind accentuated the silence.
This path was usually deserted, and today, apart from Libby and me, there was no one else around, making the atmosphere even more quiet as Zakari knelt on one knee. He held my fingertips and bowed his forehead to them.
I didn’t know what this gesture meant. It wasn’t part of the setting.
“Don’t worry. This is the inevitable end for angels who have forsaken God.”
However, if a top-level angel like Zakari had to be this respectful, it was obvious.
God. He was showing loyalty only worthy of such a great being.
“Even if I happened to enter the world I created, I’m just a human. So please stand up.”
“If you are merely human, how would you explain the punishment my father, Samuel, received?”
“That’s…” Unable to explain how such a thing was possible, I just looked embarrassed.
Zakari smiled faintly despite his expressionless face.
“Don’t worry, I don’t blame you. Archangel Samuel deserved the price for his sins. I’m just glad to finally meet my God and feel like I’ve found my purpose.”
“I’m telling you, I’m not a god.” I sighed and forcibly pulled Zakari to his feet. “I’m not a god, but I know this world well. If my feelings align with this world’s God, I wouldn’t consider you an angel who abandoned your duty.”
Zakari seemed emotionless, but he was a warm angel who valued friendship enough to risk his life for Clyde. I also knew he had a strong will to sacrifice everything for his beliefs.
“I think you’re an angel with a noble spirit.”
At that moment, Zakari was suddenly enveloped in a beautiful golden light, and wings spread wide from his back. And soon, a new pair of wings grew at the bottom.
“…!”
Also, a familiar mark appeared faintly glowing on Zakari’s forehead.
Another butterfly mark.
This was already the second time after Libby.
Zakari looked down at his body with his characteristic blank expression and said, “I’ve ascended.”
He, who was a top-level angel, had become an archangel, and it was clear that I caused this change.
I asked seriously. “…How could?”
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Haha Boss’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[Today, the vast Theresa universe has become even more solid.]
“I think it’s because I’m recognized as God’s servant.”
So why was he recognized as God’s servant?
Am I really a god? …A god, but this weak?
Zakari seemed to know exactly what I was thinking. “Of course, being born and raised as a human, you’re not a deity like the holy gods. But as the fundamental creator of this world, I believe you possess a unique power.”
“Unique power…”
“That’s why I became an archangel.”
Such an incredible event had just occurred, yet Zakari’s unrealistically serene demeanor made even me start to think, ‘Well, maybe.’
The butterfly mark on Zakari’s forehead faded just like it had on Libby’s.
“You had a butterfly mark on your forehead. That mark appeared on Libby too. Do you feel any unusual changes?”
“There are no impurities in my magic at all. I’ve never seen such pure magic except in Lord Ilya.”
“It’s a good thing, right?”
“It’s always good when your servant becomes stronger.”
By this point, I decided to stop insisting I wasn’t a god and just went along with it. There was no other way to explain this phenomenon, and whether I was a god or not didn’t seem to matter. The important fact was that I was a fourth-year student at Valhalla who had to go to the chairman’s office immediately.
“So, what will you do now?”
When I asked, Zakari answered. “I’ll continue searching for Lord Ilya. I think that’s what you want.”
“I see. I’m worried about what Lord Ilya is doing that keeps him out of sight. Please take care of it.”
“I’ll inform you as soon as I find out anything.”
After escorting me to the chairman’s office, Zakari disappeared.
The chairman greeted me warmly with a gentle smile. “Welcome. Have a seat.”
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