When I Asked My Husband for a Divorce, He Said He’d Be Bringing Home a Young Woman, So I Left - 21
“Have you come, child of misfortune?”
“Misfortune.”
“Laughably unfortunate.”
“Don’t say you were just dragged into it.”
“That man’s wish was to protect you.”
“From the very beginning, it’s been absurdly unchanging.”
“Unchanging.”
“Yes, yes, always, just that.”
“If only that child had awakened sooner, your life would have been different.”
“Absolutely.”
“If only they had awakened, they could have summoned a god and annihilated the monsters.”
“But they stubbornly refuse to acknowledge it.”
“Refuse.”
“Refuse to acknowledge their own arrogance and greed.”
“Stubborn.”
“That’s why they won’t awaken.”
“If only they realized that their own selfishness would lead to irreversible consequences, they could awaken.”
“Yes.”
“If they did, the karma of their ‘past life’ would unravel too.”
“But they stubbornly refuse to admit it.”
“It’s always someone else’s fault.”
“They did nothing wrong.”
“The karma remains.”
“That’s why they won’t awaken.”
“But now, they’ll finally understand.”
“Yes.”
“No matter how selfish they were, the man who never left them is now bereft of his beloved.”
“Dead.”
“Gone just like that.”
“Waited and waited for him, and died.”
“Dead, and now here.”
“Here.”
“Because that child selfishly got in his way, the man couldn’t make it in time.”
“Got in his way.”
“Desperately interfered.”
“The parental love they never received.”
“The friendship they never had.”
“The eternal love they never obtained.”
“That child, foolishly, demanded it all from him.”
“Even though his heart belonged only to his wife.”
“No matter how much they clung, they couldn’t bind his heart.”
“Even if they blocked his path to his wife, his heart was hers alone.”
“Had they not interfered, he might have made it.”
“Who knows?”
“He was a fool, no doubt.”
“But reality is singular.”
“His beloved is dead.”
“You are dead.”
“Even with divine power at your fingertips.”
“His beloved wife is dead.”
“There’s no undoing it now.”
“He will resent them.”
“Won’t he?”
“He will go mad.”
“Won’t he?”
“That child will finally realize.”
“Will they?”
“They must.”
“That their selfishness brought about something irreversible.”
“At last, they’ll understand.”
“Took long enough.”
“Their atonement—for destroying a kingdom in their past life as royalty, all for their own desires—finally begins.”
“Tens of thousands of lives lost.”
“The world thrown out of balance.”
“Giving rise to a world of monsters.”
“All their fault.”
“Annihilating the monsters of this world.”
“Their penance—an eternity of burning agony in their soul.”
“But unless they admit that their desires led to the irreversible, they won’t awaken.”
“Without awakening, they’re just an ordinary person.”
“Just a selfish fool.”
“Unable to fulfill their promise.”
“Unless they feel the crushing weight of their own failure, the disappointment and rage at themselves, they won’t awaken.”
“The promise.”
“They must reflect.”
“I wish they’d awaken already.”
“I’m tired of waiting.”
“Who will descend?”
“Who will descend upon that child and annihilate the monsters?”
“I will.”
“Sounds fun.”
“It should be me.”
“No, it’s my turn.”
“Not just a mere vessel of the gods.”
“A rare sinner capable of manifesting a god in full.”
“A child abandoned by their parents for being too selfish and temperamental.”
“Died before adulthood, only to restart—what a hassle.”
“Eventually awakened and received divine revelation.”
“Protected by the temple, only to grow even lazier and more arrogant.”
“Honestly, it’s hilarious.”
“They must realize what to protect and what to slaughter.”
“Sent them to the battlefield.”
“Met that man.”
“Absolutely no chance.”
“Amusingly devoted only to his wife.”
“That child tried desperately for the first time.”
“But their selfishness remained.”
“That man is the key to making them realize their sin.”
“Only by saving this world from the monsters’ threat will their sin be forgiven.”
“Soon.”
“That man’s despair will finally pierce their heart.”
“Let us decide how to repay his devotion.”
“Yes.”
“It’s pitiful to leave him broken.”
“Until now, even saints gave up on that child.”
“Only because I whispered to that man, ‘Stay by their side to protect your wife.'”
“You did that?”
“That’s like taking a hostage.”
“Neglecting his wife for his wife’s sake.”
“How cruel.”
“Some sacrifices are necessary.”
“Let us repay him.”
“Return his beloved to his arms.”
“But we cannot return a soul to a dead body.”
“Impossible.”
“Then the only path is the cycle of reincarnation.”
“That just means a new life.”
“Let them meet again.”
“Sounds good.”
“Sounds good.”
“Let us grant our blessings, little by little.”
“Agreed.”
“There is a life soon to be born nearby.”
“There is.”
“No soul has entered yet.”
“Because it’s still right here.”
“The family that will cherish you most in this world.”
“What of their memories?”
“Remembering will only bring pain.”
“So let them forget.”
“If they don’t remember, it won’t be ‘the same,’ will it?”
“True.”
“That man’s beloved must be ‘the same,’ or it’s meaningless.”
“Otherwise, he’ll stay broken.”
“Don’t you think he’s already had enough of them?”
“Then it’s better if he doesn’t remember.”
“But he’ll remain mad.”
“If it’s his ‘beloved,’ even without memories, it should be fine.”
“No, it won’t.”
“He’ll just get rejected again.”
“Don’t enjoy this.”
“It’s no reward.”
“What about you?”
“Let them choose.”
“Forget everything and beg for his love again?”
“Wait, the age gap is too much.”
“Is it? A ten-thousand-year difference is fine.”
“Stop using god standards.”
“We’re getting off track.”
“Too noisy when we all gather.”
“Can’t reach a consensus.”
“But it’s tradition to assemble when deciding the world’s fate.”
“Decide soon, I’m sleepy.”
“How shall we repay the man who obeyed divine will to protect his wife?”
“In the end, his wife died alone. How tragic~”
“Stop it.”
“Hurry up.”
“Do you wish to be reborn as ‘yourself,’ with your memories intact?”
“Yes, let them choose.”
“Agreed.”
“Your death, as the beloved of the man that child clings to, will be the catalyst to save the world.”
“That man’s despair cannot be healed by that child.”
“Finally, they’ll realize—’It’s my fault.'”
“Finally, they’ll awaken.”
“Ah.”
“They’ve awakened.”
“I’ll go.”
“Ah.”
“Cheater!”
“Well, he is the God of War.”
“True, let’s watch.”
“You need only live your next life happily in the saved world.”
“You may choose him again.”
“Or not.”
“Honestly, it was painful to watch.”
“Even if you stripped him bare and cast him aside, it’d be justified.”
“It was awful.”
“But necessary.”
“Though caught in misfortune, you deserve salvation.”
“We cannot directly intervene in the world of monsters.”
“Humans did well.”
“Endured much.”
“At last, it ends.”
“Choose only for yourself.”
“The soul lingering to guide you will also be reborn as your child.”
“Now.”
“Go on.”
“Choose.”
“Follow your heart.”
“Choose as you will.”