Wish 13: Despair
Russel...
No...
Virtue?
My head is full of questions...
I feel intense pain...
What is happening?
No, this is just a wrong feeling...
A feeling?
Have I ever felt before?
No, no, wait...
Wait...
Why?
Russel...
Why is Russel dead???
"Beginning of the ◼️◼️◼️"
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Warning of〔Black wish〕!!!
Intense emotions mixed with Dryad's blood...
Serious danger threatens to lose several skills!!
Initiating the removing of fake jobs...
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Fake jobs??
Are you telling me that all the jobs I had...
The ones I worked hard for...
The ones I died for...
The ones I suffered to acquire...
Are just fake things?
Don't joke with me!!
"Ugh... Why... Whyyyyy!!!"
I no longer feel my body...
But I am still aware.
I never thought I would become so attached to Russel...
No...
Why do I always feel like I've known her for a long time?
Yes...
That's why I became attached to her.
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Warning from ⟦Virtue of Pride⟧...!!!
The first piece of the ¿¿¿¿¿ has been found!
Now everything will ¿¿¿¿.
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What again...
What is this job?
Virtue of Pride?
Wasn't it called Virtue of Greed???
As I approached Russel's cold body...
During that, without me realizing it, all my skills started to vanish...
One after another...
Until it was the turn of the skill 〔False Dream〕, when it disappeared...
I returned to my true form...
My grief, which has not yet healed from losing my jobs...
Added to that, my shock at seeing Russel dead in front of me...
My anger at the vanishing of my skills one by one...
All of this gathered inside me to form a void.
Then I leaned against the tree...
I hugged Russel's body...
And remained silent.
...
I don't know how much time has passed, but I can say that darkness has covered the place.
In that cold darkness...
And the suffocating and deadly poison...
I wondered how the poison no longer harms me despite losing all my skills and jobs.
But that wonder was not evident to me...
Even though I couldn't see my face.
I am sure that I am now in a great despair.
I really don't want anyone to see my desperate face.
So, I continued to embrace Russel...
Hiding my face with her body...
Until I felt something strange in my mana.
The cursed mana at the center of my mana (Mana Heart) began to interact with Russel's body.
Then a new message came to me...
But this time, it didn't come as words I hear in my head...
Instead, I heard my own voice saying the following:
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⊕The Final Wish⊕
Identity? Tragedy? Virtue?
Discover your identity and do as you please.
Update...
〔The Final Wish〕 -> 〔Black Wish〕
⟦Virtue of Pride⟧ -> ⟦Virtue of Despair⟧
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⟦Virtue of Despair⟧
I have lived my entire life in despair.
I sacrificed, suffered, cried, grieved, and angered.
But nothing of what I built remains.
I will live in despair... and make everyone fall into my tragedy.
Completion: 15%...
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Ha...
Haha...
Hahahahahahahaha...
Hearing my miserable voice giving me orders...
I truly became desperate from everything.
I wonder what my mother will do after seeing me like this...
If I ever meet her in the first place.
"Ugh... Again?"
My voice became rough...
Memories flowed again into my head...
But memories from this time?
...
There was a little girl at the age of five...
That girl always loved to climb the tree of pink plum blossoms to pick a few flowers.
Then she would give those flowers to a young man.
That young man always sat on a rock near the sea.
In a contemplative state.
The only time he would wake up was when that little girl came to him.
This went on for two years.
The girl would do the same thing every day.
To the point that the place where the young man sat was filled with pink flowers.
The sight of it all was beautiful.
Until one day, the little girl asked why those flowers always stayed alive and never withered.
And she did the same for the tree that remained always blooming as if time had never passed.
The young man answered her.
"The reason? Because I want it that way.
Why would I need a reason!"
The girl was amazed by his beautiful voice and his strange response.
She began to have many questions about that young man.
And eventually, she fell in love with him.
Time passed...
The girl continued to do the same thing every day.
The only thing that changed was her look towards the young man.
She gave him the flowers while looking at him with love.
But since she grew up... her mind began to comprehend that what was happening was illogical.
Until the day the young man disappeared from that place.
Leaving behind a sea of pink flowers.
A beautiful sight in front of her...
The girl cried from her heart...
She kept crying and crying...
Until she calmed down.
I don't know why I felt the same way as this girl.
She approached to the rock where the young man used to sit...
And when she examined it with her hand...
She heard the voice of the young man saying:
"You were very beautiful...
Beautiful enough to make the virtue change the rules just for you...
Beautiful to the point that I wanted to see only you every day...
So, this is your sin!
And your duty is to guard my upcoming awakening.
From now on, your name will be...
Virtue of Greed!"
During that, the girl felt something liberating within her.
That was the first appearance of what is known as 'Virtue of Greed' or 'Mother of Wisdom'.