In the midst of an unplanned deep kiss, I thought.

This must all be because of the alcohol.

It had to be.

If not, my feelings……

Squeezing tightly-

I put force into my lowered eyelids.

I was afraid that the unresolved emotions would burst the dam and pour out in an instant.

Strength filled my two hands gripping Anselot’s clothes.

With a gesture to forget my fears, I burrowed deeper into his embrace.

[Main Quest: Love and Duels (3/3)] Complete!

[SYSTEM] Quest successful!

[SYSTEM] Gained 31300 experience points.

[SYSTEM] Level increased! (Lv.41)

[SYSTEM] Gained 30 skill points.

[SYSTEM] Quest completion rewards have arrived in your mailbox.

Messages rang loudly in my ears, but neither I nor Anselot stopped.

In fact, even though the quest was no longer an excuse.

We simply entangled passionately in the cool night air.

[SYSTEM] Completed scenario !

[SYSTEM] Scenario complete, conquest mode disabled.

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Illey turned his head for a moment to look somewhere.

Luibel had completed the scenario.

And her partner was……

‘It’s Anselot.’

His expressionless face seemed cold at first glance.

“Lord of all creation. Do you have any problems…… Ugh……”

The priest who spoke to Illey had his head buried in the floor.

The invisible force pressing down was so strong that blood oozed from the mouth of the priest who was painfully coughing.

“Lo- Lord…… Kuh-heuk……”

“Strange.”

Illey muttered softly.

Luibel is taking great strides towards the final chapter. The long-awaited death of Helheim is not far off. Why do I feel so……

“Why do I feel strange.”

He asked himself, unable to understand.

Luibel Azester.

The woman who escaped the order of the system, the order he established.

She always had a faint scent of the Dragon of Light, Helheim.

The red jewel hanging from her neck was half of Helheim’s heart.

It was the appearance of a player using Helheim’s power.

He thought that perhaps this time, he could kill and eliminate Helheim.

This is why he left her alone even though he knew she was a bug.

Well, it didn’t matter since he could get rid of her after killing Helheim anyway.

Luibel Azester was quite an interesting human.

It seemed so ridiculous when she would take care of him from time to time. Despite being weaker than him, and surely she must know that.

However, he was confused whether the interest he felt for her was his own or ‘Illey’s’.

Rus, the God of Light.

The system that established the order of this world, and at the same time, the owner of this world.

His hair, which had absorbed the darkness of Nox, was as black as jet, and his sun-like glowing eyes were golden.

In the Forest of Illusions, he killed Illey and stole his name.

To meet Luibel Azester.

But he didn’t know that this damned Illusionist would counterattack him.

He had momentarily forgotten the setting values he had set for Illey.

Illey, the Sage of Light. He was a sage who had mastered divine providence, and the magic he exchanged for his own death sealed Rus in Illey’s body.

For a while, Rus was assimilated into Illey’s memories and emotions, thinking he really was Illey.

Then just before, when he arrived at the temple. From then on, he felt a strange sense of unease and found his memories.

In that brief moment when he was assimilated into Illey’s memories and emotions, Illey’s torn ego seeped into the cracks of his heart. Annoyingly.

So he scattered everyone with a whirlwind and came to the front of the statue.

Intending to absorb the power of the sacred object to drive out Illey’s ego that had permeated him.

But the sacred object was utterly destroyed, making even that impossible.

‘Well, there’s not much time left anyway.’

The day was near when he would kill Helheim, absorb the rest of his power, and become the true master of this world.

So there was no need to bother trying to drive out Illey’s ego.

And when that time comes, Luibel Azester, that lowly bug, will also die.

Why do I feel a little regretful.

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I safely reunited with the scattered party members.

Maria, who had wasted time in the maze looking for me, who had already escaped the maze in the shortest time without finding the exit, was very resentful.

‘No way! I thought I could find my true love with Lady Luibel at the end of the maze! Why did that Prince Anselot go through the maze with Lady Luibel instead…!’

Klaus, who had to endure countless confessions and flowers from passing women while waiting for me outside, greeted me with a very pale complexion.

‘Your Highness! I’ve been waiting for you!’

I can say with certainty that I never thought Klaus would be the kind of man who could greet me with such a bright expression.

[SYSTEM] ‘s Favorability has increased by +300! (Favorability: 999)

[SYSTEM] Favorability is already at the maximum, so the increase is not reflected!

His favorability even rose sharply the moment he saw my face.

Perhaps for poor Klaus, who doesn’t know the beauty of love, the barrage of confessions from Luenhart women, who value ‘love’ above all else, was that painful.

And as for Pia and Illey……

‘Illey? Why is Pia……’

‘I picked her up on the way.’

Illey brought the soundly sleeping Pia, levitating her in the air with magic.

Pia, who didn’t wake up even when getting on the carriage, finally woke up when we arrived at the palace.

‘I’m sorry, Lady Lulu. I went to look for Illey and accidentally fell asleep.’

‘I told you to take care of Illey, but Illey took care of you instead.’

‘Pia was too sleepy. I think it’s because I became a human body.’

Pia puffed out her cheeks and looked at her chubby arms and legs with dissatisfaction, making excuses.

‘It’s true. You’ll see. As soon as Pia returns to her original form……’

But even the next day, Pia was unable to return to her original body.

Pia was a little dejected, but soon became excited after seeing my scenario completion status, which she hadn’t had a chance to check yesterday.

“Lady Lulu! When did you complete the quest?”

Pia asked excitedly.

“Pia made a bunch of great choices for Lady Lulu’s quest, but the conquest mode ended like this! It’s such a shame I couldn’t be there to use them when Lady Lulu was doing the quest.”

Flinch.

At the mention of choices, unforgettable lines flashed through my mind.

‘Don’t tell me those cheesy choices……?’

I shuddered at the thought that if Pia had been there, I might have said those cheesy lines to Anselot.

‘Thank goodness…… Pia wasn’t there yesterday……’

I thought inwardly, trying not to show it as much as possible.

“You must have met your destined partner in the maze, right?”

Pia asked, her eyes sparkling, not knowing my inner thoughts.

I averted my gaze slightly and muttered.

“What destiny.”

“……!”

But Pia’s eyes widened even more at those words.

“I knew it! Something must have happened there yesterday!”

Pia exclaimed, clasping her cheeks.

Even with a blush on her face and bouncing around adorably, I couldn’t bring myself to smile.

“But where did Anselot go? I haven’t seen him since yesterday.”

At this point, Pia grumbled, looking for Anselot.

“Tsk tsk! He’s no help with the quest progression and went off to play on his own, I bet!’

“……”

Although Pia clicked her tongue, misunderstanding on her own, I couldn’t give any answer because I kept thinking about the subtle atmosphere flowing between me and Anselot last night.

Last night, after kissing like that for a long time, when we finally parted our lips.

Neither I, nor Anselot, nor anyone could make a sound first and we just stared at each other’s faces.

Under the pure white moonlight.

His reddish eyes and his glistening lips captivated my gaze.

He also silently looked at my face for a long time.

Then we opened our mouths at the same time.

‘Luib……’

‘Ansel……’

We shut our mouths at the same time.

‘……’

‘……’

That quiet silence was too awkward.

But on the other hand, I didn’t dislike it.

Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.

Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud.

After staying like that for a long time, Anselot stared blankly at the quest completion message that had not yet disappeared and muttered in a faint voice.

‘The quest, it’s complete.’

‘Yeah, thanks to you this time too.’

I nodded my head briefly.

‘……’

‘……’

Silence continued again.

In that silence, I gradually began to realize.

I kissed him, with Anselot.

And the feeling of our first kiss, which happened by mistake…… wasn’t bad. It was closer to being good.

At the same time, I became curious.

Did Anselot…… like it too?

Anselot, who got up first, reached out his hand to me.

And then he stayed by my side without a word until I went out and met the other party members again.

In the midst of Maria’s wailing, Klaus’s groaning, and the appearance of Illey and Pia, Anselot quietly disappeared.

And he hasn’t come back since then.

‘He didn’t seem to come back last night either. I wonder if he slept well.’

I was worried even though I knew he wasn’t young or weak enough for me to worry about.

It was then.

“Anyway, Lady Lulu! Since you completed the scenario, you got one more assistant slot!”

Pia chatted and asked me.

“How about getting an assistant before leaving Luenhart? The higher the favorability, the better the assistance effect. So……”

I didn’t need to hear the rest to know what she was going to say.

‘She’s going to say let’s register Maria as an assistant.’

Whether looking at the flow of the original work or the favorability numbers, it was right to have Maria as an assistant.

But what actually came out of Pia’s mouth was something completely different.

“How about taking the person who took Lady Lulu’s first kiss?”

I ended up spitting out what I was drinking.

Cold water dripped from Pia’s face.

Eventually, Pia burst into tears, squealing.