The Main Heroines are Trying to Kill Me

Chapter 449: Enlightenments

“Frey...?”

“What is that power...?”

The heroines, having regained their senses, looked at the glowing Frey and cautiously asked.

“...Well, I’m not really sure.”

Unfortunately, he too didn’t fully understand the situation.

- Crackle... crackle...

“But... it feels different from before.”

The only thing Frey could be sure of was that the ‘Stellar Mana’ that always surrounded him felt different now.

- How... can a mere human...

And the fact that the ‘God of Chaos’ was clearly disturbed by the words Frey had just unconsciously spoken.

“...At least it doesn’t seem like a disadvantage.”

Frey continued to smile softly, seemingly realizing something.

- Whoosh!!

Tentacles started flying in from all directions.

“Things like this are a piece of cake.”

“Frey, you’ve worked hard up till now, so stay back and recover...”

The heroines quickly took a defensive stance against the relentless attacks.

- Crackle...

“...Huh?”

As Frey inhaled and extended his hand, a blinding light shot forward, eradicating the swarming tentacles.

“How... how did you get so strong, Frey?”

“What technique are you using now?”

Ruby and Irina, who never lost in terms of combat power, looked up at Frey, questioning the absurdly powerful strike they had just witnessed.

“...”

Frey floated silently in mid-air, emitting light from his entire body.

“Could it be... that crazy bastard is using some weird technique again, sacrificing his life?”

“That could be... his strength is beyond what I can gauge...”

The heroines, looking at him with worried eyes, began to speculate.

“We need to stop Frey right now. That self-sacrificing maniac is probably burning his own body as fuel.”

“Yes, I’ll fly up and grab him... Ruby, you...”

“...That’s not it.”

“Huh? Kania...?”

In the midst of their anxious discussion about how to stop Frey, Kania, who had been staring blankly upwards, interjected with a gentle smile.

“I think I have an idea of what’s happening.”

“How can you know? Even we can’t figure it out...”

“It’s something only I can feel right now.”

Kania spoke with a voice filled with emotion.

“It seems the young master has awakened his divinity.”

“What?”

“To be precise, he has become aware that his abilities are of divine origin. I’m not sure what triggered it, though.”

Irina and Ruby’s eyes widened at her words,

“I knew it! I knew it!”

Serena, who had been listening to the conversation, exclaimed with an excited expression.

“The three types of mana were indeed divine power, weren’t they?”

“Yes, including my dark mana as well.”

“My thesis was correct! Well, considering how different its nature is from ordinary mana, it’s only natural!”

Serena, who had a bitter experience of having her thesis repeatedly rejected for mentioning ‘divinity’ and had to use the metaphorical word ‘sacred’, muttered ecstatically at Kania’s explanation.

“My argument, which was taboo enough to be banned in academic circles, now feels so refreshing. Once this is over, I’ll revise...”

“That’s not what’s important right now.”

“...Ah.”

Upon hearing Ruby’s sharp remark, Serena snapped back to reality and looked up at Frey.

“...”

Frey still floated silently in mid-air, glowing.

“Frey, is that plan... still valid?”

Serena shouted up to him, and Frey looked down quietly.

“Of course.”

Then he smirked and answered.

“Given the situation, I’m lacking in power.”

“Then...”

“Let’s end this, as planned.”

At that moment,

- Who do you think you are!!

The giant Eye, bloodshot with rage, launched a full-scale assault on everyone.

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- Boom...!!!

Deafening sounds echoed from all directions as the black tentacles were crushed and scattered.

- Wham...!

Simultaneously, we began to scatter as per our prearranged plan.

“Kania, be careful!”

As I sprinted toward the main body of the Eye, following our initial plan, the Young Master’s parting words to me rang out.

“Don’t worry, Young Master.”

Why did that one phrase make my heart flutter?

“I’m familiar with the darkness.”

I tried to calm myself and focus on the target ahead, but my heart kept pounding.

Maybe because the end was near.

All the past events flashed before my eyes like a panorama.

The time when I first regained my memories from the previous cycles, and started this new cycle by serving the Young Master poisoned food.

Back then, I only wanted to kill you at all costs, but who would’ve thought you had such a story?

I thought I was the first to understand your story, and there were times when I believed it would remain our secret.

“Kania, it’s dangerous!”

“Want to hide in my shadow? I have plenty of room.”

“No need.”

But that was just my delusion.

You had more stories and connections than I thought, and I was just one of them.

I once had the audacious dream of monopolizing you, but now I know very well that’s not possible.

Still.

Still, I...

- Frey’s mother died because of you.

“...?”

Just as I reached the Eye and tried to clear my thoughts, a dark voice echoed in my mind.

- Yet, you haven’t changed your selfish heart.

The Eye’s last desperate attempt to poison my mind.

- No matter what you do, nothing will change. Frey will eventually lose, and even if he wins, that fact will be irreversible.

“...”

- Do you think you deserve to enjoy happiness by Frey’s side?

It was a good try.

A few months ago, it might have shaken me.

- Swoosh...!!!

But it was too late to disturb me with such words now.

Because I am Kania.

As the Young Master’s butler, I will serve him forever.

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“The plan to restrain the Eye has succeeded, everyone.”

Kania’s voice echoed around.

“Irina, it’s your turn.”

Alright, my turn now?

“Let’s do this.”

- Hup...!

As I kicked off the ground and soared into the air, the Eye began to stare intently at me.

- Crackle!!

Countless tentacles began to surge towards me.

“...Too slow.”

But for some reason, they didn’t feel threatening at all.

Perhaps it was because my eyesight, enhanced by my dragon transformation, had become too fast.

Or maybe it was because I was confident that Frey’s light, which enveloped me, would protect me even if I were to take a direct hit.

Instead of focusing on the battle, other thoughts came to mind.

Thoughts about Frey’s current state.

What the future would be like once all this was over.

And how Frey felt about me right now.

- If it weren’t for you, Frey wouldn’t have killed his mother.

“...Hm?”

But as I reached the Eye, a fierce voice echoed in my head.

- How does it feel to have inflicted such lifelong trauma on someone?

To think it would resort to such desperate measures.

I was a little disappointed.

- Crackle...!!

- Roar...!!

As I descended, I unleashed my ‘ultimate magic’ on the Eye, which hurriedly shielded itself with tentacles.

Normally, this spell would carry the risk of shattering my body.

But in a spiritual body, I had nothing to lose.

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“Clana! Hurry with the light!”

“A... All right!”

It was my turn

My heart was pounding.

Can I really do this?

“Huuh...”

As I extended my arms above my head and gathered my strength, immense pain started to surge through my body.

“Ugh...”

It was my first time using this technique, and I wondered if it was too much for me.

- A coward who couldn’t even protect her parents.

“...!”

As I trembled, lost in thought, the horrifying voice I heard earlier began to echo in my mind again.

- You’re nothing but a mere side character with no individuality or charm... What are you trying to achieve now?

“Ugh...”

- Frey won’t acknowledge you anyway. Just cower in the corner like you always do.

At first, I was filled with rage, but gradually, the words began to feel true.

At the beginning, all I did was hold Frey back.

Later on, I didn’t even make a significant contribution.

What was the point of being the Empire’s princess or having solar mana if I couldn’t shine like others?

No matter how hard I tried, I always felt like I was falling behind.

Surely, Frey also thought of me this way...

- Flash...!

Just as I was about to be consumed by these gloomy thoughts, the silver light surrounding me flashed.

“...Ah.”

Only then did I regain my senses with a faint smile.

“That too... was part of me.”

I had already realized this.

I almost forgot.

- Shhhhh...

Isn’t that right, Mother?

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“Ferloche, it’s your turn!”

Clana, holding up the keepsake left by her mother retrieved from the Cloud Kingdom’s underground, began illuminating the dark place like the sun.

“Bring that bastard down!”

She fiercely shouted at me.

“Understood!”

Wow.

Our Clana has changed.

She shed her usual timid demeanor and was blazing like the sun.

“I’ll slam it into the ground!”

So, should I follow her lead?

I could clearly see her mother standing behind her, quietly supporting her.

That was good news.

Her mother’s soul wasn’t completely annihilated in the siege.

What a relief!

- Ferloche, you...

Shut up!

- Boom!!!

After enduring your disgusting gaze for eons, I’ve gone mad, so your childish tricks wouldn’t work on me anymore!

“Got you!”

Just shut up!

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“Serena! It’s your turn!”

Ferloche, with a cheerful expression, was gripping the Eye’s tentacles and pulling them towards the ground.

I didn’t expect this to work. The Sun God’s Blessing was indeed powerful.

“By the way, it tastes like squid!”

Or maybe it was Ferloche’s impressive feat of holding onto the tentacle, biting it with her teeth as it tried to escape her grasp?

- How does it feel to have a newcomer take your place?

As I was lost in such useless thoughts and fanning myself, the annoying voice started echoing in my head again.

- If you cooperate with me, just a little, I could offer you a world that would satisfy you.

What nonsense. It was a pathetically childish offer.

“...What a ridiculous thing to say.”

From Ruby’s murmuring beside me, it seemed she received the same offer.

- Swoosh...!

As the Eye was completely dragged to the ground and I sent it a dose of the toxic lunar mana, it writhed in agony before finally closing its eyes, and I whispered softly.

“Now that I’ve regained my husband and friends... this is the world I wanted.”

That was the Eye’s fatal mistake.

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“...Now, it’s my turn.”

Ruby, who had been observing the battle from above, began descending with a low murmur.

- Rumble...!

But at that moment, the space began to tremble violently.

“...What?”

Startled by the unexpected turn of events, Ruby stepped back.

- You... all...!

The Eye began to shout with a furious voice.

- Do you think I’ll go down like this...!!

Simultaneously, the space started shaking wildly.

“Is it planning to self-destruct?”

Sensing something was wrong, Ruby murmured and hurriedly flew towards the Eye.

- Crack...!

“...Ugh.”

“F-Frey!”

But a huge tentacle passed by her and headed straight for Frey.

- Crackle... crackle...

The light surrounding Frey’s body struggled to fend off the tentacle, but it was not enough to completely repel the Eye’s desperate attack, even as it damaged its own main body.

“Damn it, Frey! I’ll...”

Grinding her teeth, Ruby was about to rush to his aid when suddenly...

- Crack...

A small sound came from beside her.

“We’ve finally arrived!”

And the voice that followed, though as quiet as the cracking sound, was enough to draw everyone’s attention.

“Hello there!”

“Grrr...”

Lulu growled and walked out of the portal, leaving behind a hellish landscape glowing with red lava, with Glare on her back.