The Villain has Perished



"This is the end for you." said Setsuna while holding the unconscious Sol by his collar.

Her gaze wandered to Lumine and then back at the 'hooded figure' in her hand.

"Still, I can't believe 'that human' went and got caught a week after regaining his memories."

Setsuna firmly believed that the hooded person in her hand wasn't Sol, but someone who caught Sol and forced the knowledge of the future from him. 

As far as she knew, Sol was a normal human – and an idiot – in his past life. There was no way he could massacre hundreds of monsters immediately after regaining his memories. 

Just because someone knows the future doesn't mean they can have the conviction to fight and murder an enemy.

"Let's see who you are to dare enrage this godd–Eh!?" said Setsuna while removing Sol's robe, but when she saw his face she stiffened. 

Black hair and a cold expression, even when he was unconscious. Thinking back, he said 'summon something something'. That meant the identity of the man was…

'It's really 'him'! Uwah, what did I do!? I wanted to help him because what I did to him in his previous lives was wrong, but I antagonized him even more!'

She crouched and hid her head between her knees. Her face burned from shame and her ears went red when she recalled that Sol had been trying to hint about his identity since the beginning but she didn't believe him.

After muttering gibberish for a few minutes, she calmed down and sprang back to her feet.

'Hmph! So what if I antagonized him! A Goddess like me doesn't care about a human's feelings! Besides, it's this human's fault for causing the misunderstanding! Yes, it's his fault!'

Setsuna had also regained her memories roughly at the same time as Sol. At that point, she was a peak Saint-rank and the 1st princess of the Swordsmith Empire.

Unlike Sol, Setsuna had no way to find him.

Worried that Sol might get himself killed while she wasn't paying attention – and slightly guilty for her past actions, although she doesn't acknowledge it – she joined the Holy Knight Order, to locate him. 

She had to defeat the Imperial Knight Commander of the Imperial Knight Order to get permission to enter the Holy Knight Order from the King, her father.

Later, Setsuna disclosed that she was a prophet sent by Goddess to the Holy Knight Commander, Baratos so that she could use the Holy Knight Order's resources while hiding in secret. The Holy Knight Commander used various magic tools to confirm the veracity of her statement, before following her.

'This is going to be hard to explain.' thought Setsuna while staring at unconscious Sol and Lumine.

It was then she noticed that Sol was bleeding heavily. The back of his head had hit a stone when Setsuna dropped him after realizing that he was Sol.

'Uwah! Don't die!'

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"You are late. I was worried about you!"

Charlotte – the 2nd princess of the Swordsmith empire and Setsuna's younger sister – jumped into Setsuna's embrace. She hugged her tightly and complained.

"Why did you remain behind? What if something had happened to you? …How would I live without you?" She muttered the last part in a quiet voice so that none could hear her.

"I'm sorry. It was necessary but I promise that I won't do that again." Smiling, Sesuna patted her younger sister who was acting spoiled to get her attention.

Charlotte was a warrior first and a princess third, this was a line Sol once said. But what he left out was 'she's a siscon second'.

Setsuna also knew of Charlotte's sister complex and her deep infatuation with her, but strangely she didn't hate it. 

'I wonder if I feel like this as this is the first time I've felt familial love. And because, I know that she cares for me without any falsehood.' thought Setsuna.

Just like Sol, Setsuna had also reincarnated. Although she regained her memories a few days ago, it didn't mean that she forgot about the 24 years she lived in his world and her interpersonal relationships. . 

It was one of the reasons why Setsuna came to realize how wrong her actions of killing the entire previous world of Sol on a whim were.

'He must hate me deeply for everything.' Though she didn't acknowledge it, Setsuna regretted her past whimsical self. 

It was funny how living a few decades as a human made her mature more than the hundreds of years as an angel and then a Goddess.

"You saved Sir Sol?" 

Charlotte curiously followed Setsuna while she laid Sol and applied medicine over his injuries. She knew the basics of the situation from Varnish who came back with Klein, carrying Jae-sung and Baratos.

Up until now, Charlotte was tending to Jae-sung but when she heard about Setsuna's arrival, she left him without thinking twice and came to her sister like a puppy to its owner.

"Yes. It took time to locate Sir Sol, but he was with the robbed figure so it wasn't hard to find him."

"What about the enemies?"

Setsuna shook her head.

"So, they escaped."

Setsuna sighed silently at the misunderstanding. Like Sol, her personality was also affected by the 'her' before she regained memories. If Sol was prideful then she was kind.

Day in and out it suffocated her when she couldn't even reprimand anyone for their mistakes. Instead, she had to 'kindly' and 'voluntarily' help them. Just thinking about it was enough to make her pull her hair in irritation.

But this wasn't the worst of it. The biggest problem was she couldn't lie!

Only she knew the mental anguish and suffering she went through while tricking Baratos. 

The Goddess Holy Order prayed to was Goddess Beatrice, the World deity of their world, while Setsuna meant herself whenever she spoke about the Goddess.

Her pride as a Goddess had been completely beaten down, thrashed, slashed and then again beaten down from shame after impersonating and lowering herself to the level of a World Deity.

Suddenly, Charlotte commented. "Should I call the elf with him? She had been worried ever since he disappeared."

Charlotte still didn't like Sol. But she was happy to help him because her sister was looking after him.

Setsuna stiffened. "N-no, it's fine."

Because Setsuna didn't know how she should've handled Lumine, before coming back with Sol she sneaked into the escort carriages and put the unconscious Lumine inside Sol's carriage.

Lumine would be unconscious as of now and it would create problems if Charlotte was to see that. Not to mention…

'I think I shouldn't have bought the baby Griffin with me.' thought Setsuna while sweating buckets because behind Charlotte, the baby Griffin was sticking to the back window of Sol's carriage and staring at him. 

Even though she had instructed the baby Griffin to not expose himself as a condition to bringing him along, the child wasn't keeping its side of the deal at all!