201. The Hidden Ending
“The summoning ritual is successful. Please choose your class, Hero.”
Reina confirmed that Aurora was dead.
And Calysia was holding her hand before she entered these fragments.
Yes…
This was the world of memory, the memory of hundreds of “conversations.”
The “protagonist” in the Golden Holy Temple needed to choose a class, and different classes represented different growth paths, corresponding to different attribute values.
Now it seemed that whether these worlds existed or not, they were one of the experiences simulated by Reina.
And the game played in the simulation was the most real version of this world.
Reina discovered that she couldn’t control her own body.
And the master of the body also spoke… and it had nothing to do with her.
“I choose the Swordsman.”
“Reina” said.
“Using this to clear the highest difficulty is still easier. I might even be able to get the hidden ending.”
It was a little hard to watch. Now wasn’t this completely treating this as a game?!
However, this was indeed the true memory.
[Time]
Suddenly, the screen began to jump rapidly, but Reina didn’t miss a single detail.
The only interesting thing was that after being “born” in Wood Village, Reina discovered that she was actually the maid… No, there was no “young master” at all.
She was just an ordinary player. There was no division of young master and maid. It seemed that it was because of the illusion that she had that vague memory.
As for why that damned first Elven King Aurora wanted her to recover this memory… there could only be one reason.
She and Calysia were the same.
They both believed that this memory was an important turning point.
Reina was not only not afraid, but also a little curious…
The scene before her began to switch rapidly, from “reviving” in Wood Village, to adventurer guild missions, earning money from part-time jobs, recruiting some seemingly useful people, and then forging weapons at the blacksmith’s. This was more like a war with demons, but compared to the background of human demonification, it was much simpler.
She killed the boss of the novice village, an existence named Hongqi Snake.
Then, with the comfort of the church, she and two warriors went to the theocratic nation… There, the church would give the protagonist the Golden Star Chart and some essential items for a hero, which was also a necessary path.
“How boring.”
Reina thought, and so the fast-forward speed increased to 50 times.
Suddenly, the memory jumped to the first time she met Calysia.
It was a battle against a Dragon Knight, who was a full level 70, while Reina, as a hero, was only a mere level 40. In the “plot,” she would have been beaten without any chance to fight back. Then, the Dragon King descended from the sky.
“I’ll only help you this once, hero.”
After dispelling the Dragon Knight, Calysia said coldly to the hero:
“I’m looking forward to seeing what you’ll become.”
Because the pressure was too strong, “Reina” took it seriously.
But that was only the first time.
Because of “experience,” Reina knew that no matter what she said to Calysia, she couldn’t possibly attack her, and there was no so-called “affection score.”
“Ah, I’m also looking forward to it.”
“Reina” said so.
In the “highest difficulty,” Calysia was level 120.
And in the current world, she was over level 180… no, she should be level 200.
Every time Reina encountered an unbeatable strong enemy, Calysia would “lend a hand.”
Then, she defeated Kritz, Sophia, and Tris, allowing humanity to reclaim the territories of the beastmen, the blood race, and the dark elves, leaving only the dragon race.
She led her strongest hero squad to the Dragon Airspace, where she encountered and killed Crimson Scale, and then defeated White Scale, Shining Scale, and Gold Scale one by one.
These were not difficult battles.
However, this time, Reina had a soft spot for Liya and let her go…
She was a timid dragon. If she was spared after being defeated, she would really find a remote mountain forest and live in seclusion, never interfering in anything again.
Until she faced Calysia—she was alone, quietly waiting for her in the Dragon King’s Palace.
She had the power to crush everything, which was a nightmare for a level 100 protagonist.
Reina was unharmed.
The Dragon King was the most troublesome of the Four Kings of the Realms, because the protagonist had no chance to harm her at all and could only let her exhaust her magic power. Rather than a battle, it was more like she was trying her best to make Reina notice something.
So, when Calysia’s power was exhausted.
She leaned against the ruined wall of the bedchamber garden, panting heavily.
Just then, the Goddess of Light appeared in the sky, looking at Reina with a gentle smile.
This was also the final clearance process of this game.
“Reina” should have left at this point and let Calysia commit suicide.
But this time, she walked forward and held her hand…
“Dragon King.”
“I’ve come as promised. Why don’t you… live on? Your failure doesn’t mean the dragon race has failed, and I don’t want to kill you.”
A faint light appeared in Calysia’s eyes.
She looked up, tears about to fall, opened her mouth, but couldn’t say anything, completely unlike her former self. She put down the knife she was about to use to commit suicide.
Only then did Reina realize that the knife was actually the dagger she had found in the treasury.
And then came the plot that Reina “loved to see.”
“Reina” pulled Calysia up, and when they reached the exit of the Dragon King’s Palace, she didn’t know what she was thinking at the time, but she used a skill on the Goddess of Light in the sky.
—[Goddess of Light: Level 200 Remaining HP: XXXX]
Reina: ?
Then, it was “saving” and fighting.
Although it was called saving, it was just a small trick completed with time magic, similar to prediction… I didn’t expect that she had already used her authority at this time.
The rest was simple.
Reina spent an unknown number of days and nights killing the Goddess of Light, discarding all her equipment to cover up the fact that she had survived, and then took Calysia, who had exhausted her magic power and even sacrificed her life force, to a small village in the wilderness.
She “moved” Calysia to the bedroom, and then went out to “work for money.” This period lasted for about a few years.
“Welcome home. I must be useless, I can’t help with anything…”
“Thank you for taking me in. My life is for… well, you can understand it as, I will definitely repay you.”
“…I’m sorry, did I not sweep it clean? I’m sorry to have troubled you. I’m really sorry. Hmm… thank you for your forgiveness.”
“The flower shop owner is very nice. When I can stand up, I’ll give you a flower… it’s nothing, okay, I’ll leave then.”
“So, we can’t be together in the end…”
“If there’s a next time, I will definitely be your wife.”
Those were two warm and joyful years, basically without any major changes, just daily trivial matters.
And this world’s life and death struggles, fighting and killing, formed two completely different landscapes.
Yes.
She was just a clumsy dummy. She couldn’t live without me.
As expected~
Reina’s memory continued until the day of their separation.
After all, humans and dragons couldn’t be together, and in the plot, Reina said goodbye.
And then, it was the “hidden ending” she had been dreaming of.
Usually, Reina’s memory would stop at this moment.
But after saying goodbye, the memories continued.
Next was the content that Reina had never been in contact with.
Before leaving through the portal, she turned around and directly hugged Reina. Although she was smiling, she looked as if she were crying.
“I’m sorry, Reina.”
“It seems that that promise, this time, was not fulfilled.”
While Reina was still reacting.
Calysia took out that divine artifact dagger and plunged it into her own heart.
She committed suicide.
Leaving only Reina, standing there blankly.
