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The gods have killed all the witches.

Well, one of them still survives. And thankfully, her sisters were able to take many of the gods with them. But when a goddess resurfaces to take over the human world, will our heroine accept a call to stop her? Or will she prefer to be left alone and live a simple, peaceful life by herself?

And what will she do if others come expecting her to help? After all, Afena is known to have killed a god by herself. How can she escape that kind of reputation?

Afena Inarenta

Alis knelt, holding a dagger in both her hands, offering it to Afena so the Inarenta could kill her any way she wished to.

Perhaps when she was younger, Afena would have, at the very least, used the dagger to pierce one of Alis' eyes, cut off one of her ears, and slash at her face multiple times.

Now, however, she simply took the dagger from Alis, bowed her head as a sign of thanks, got dressed with the clothes she'd been using as a pillow a few hours earlier, and walked around the grove, using the dagger to carve runes on trees.

"Are you well, witch?" Rudsis followed after her as she walked around. "What happened? What are those marks on your skin?"

Afena thought about showing Rudsis her tongue, but considered it unnecessary to be as crass as that. Instead, she gestured at her mouth, shook her head, and pointed at Alis to then resume marking the trees.

To Be More, To Be Less