Chapter 504

〈 Chapter 504 〉 Part 1 BAD ENDING – 2

What kind of greeting should I give? Should I really shout “I’ve come to cuddle with Chang-yeom” like an idiot?

With a fluttering heart, I pushed the door open.

“……?”

No one’s here. The goddess who should have been sitting on the throne, glaring at me with a deadpan look or ready to fling flames with her stone tablet, isn’t in her seat. With growing unease, I rushed toward the throne.

She’s not there.

Chang-yeom isn’t seated on the throne. It’s as if she has vacated her rightful place.

Hmph, h mph.

“……Heh.”

At the sound that reached my ears, I couldn’t help but let out a chuckle. The sound of someone trying to suppress tears could be heard, and I decided to change my first words.

“The sun always rises. We did say we’d meet again, didn’t we?”

“…That wasn’t me.”

Fortunately, it hasn’t started with fiery explosions or dying yet. Though it seems she doesn’t want to show her face right now, I plopped down onto the throne instead of the owner.

“It’s all the same to me. The you who hysterically tried to kill me and the you who whispered ‘I love you’ to me.”

“…Tch.”

A sniffling sound came from behind. She truly lives up to being a stubborn person who hates losing and has spirit.

“Are you insane?”

“Yeah, because of you.”

“Did you smear oil on your mouth? Say such sappy things to the Chang-yeom who said ‘I love you.’ I’m not her.”

“Hmm.”

What posture is the lady behind the throne taking? Is she squatting, or just standing with her head bowed? Either way, I didn’t peek behind me. I didn’t even turn my head.

“This is a basic problem when regressing. When the person I loved in the future comes back to the past, they’re technically a different existence.”

“That’s right, so please die. I’m not the Chang-yeom you know.”

“I could die for you, but that wouldn’t work. I came here to save ‘you.'”

I only came to save Chang-yeom. I only came to rescue Chang-yeom.

“To come back in time after dying 100,000 times over 12 years to me, being raped by me for 8 years, working myself to exhaustion without sleep for another year, and doing it all over again?”

“Of course. I even killed Seong-ju and got the help of the interdimensional deity, but there was one thing I failed to achieve.”

“What is it?”

“Living together with you.”

“…You’re really crazy.”

I ignored the trembling in my voice. The more Chang-yeom’s voice shakes, the more my emotions start to waver.

“Would you give up 2 trillion and the harem ending just to live peacefully with me and rewind the world?”

“Just living happily with you is worth it.”

“……”

Clack, clack.

The familiar sound of high heels approached. I greeted the woman standing confidently in front of me with a wide smile. The woman in a robe adorned with flame patterns and a turquoise veil draped over her shoulder radiated an aura as bright as the sun.

“Hey? We meet again?”

“I’ve read all of your memories.”

The blue-haired woman, Chang-yeom, sighed as she looked down at me.

“…All of it, huh.”

“……Do you want to relive those terrible times?”

“Wow! You really read everything. Dropping reality jokes, are we?”

“If you can’t stop talking…”

Chang-yeom sighed and snapped her fingers. The armrests of the throne disappeared instantly.

“Eh?”

“Surprise.”

Chang-yeom naturally sat on my thighs. Her legs spread to either side as she straddled me face-to-face.

“…This was unexpected.”

“That’s right. Saying ‘I’ve come to eat you up’ right away usually gets you killed instantly.”

“No, it’s not always like that-”

“Enough. I don’t want to waste energy on pointless arguments. Since I’ve inherited the memories, it means…I’ve inherited the feelings too.”

“Whoa, this pattern is new.”

“Because the pattern was the same, the previous me was so easily won over. Just think calmly.”

Chang-yeom removed her veil. The first smile she ever gave was a provocation directed at me.

“Listen. You might think I’m the same Chang-yeom, but I’m different. For convenience’s sake…the girl from 2020 and the current me are different beings.”

“Wait a moment. Chang-yeom-sama? No, Shin-ra-sama? Can’t we take some time to get to know each other slowly? It took me five years to connect with the Chang-yeom from 2020!!”

“Shut up. No…shut up.”

Chang-yeom snapped her fingers. Instantly, all my clothes disappeared. Chang-yeom also became naked, then combed her hair neatly.

“You turned a goddess into a woman and made her cry, so you must take responsibility.”

“…Can’t you just kill me?”

I raised both hands. But Chang-yeom smirked and placed her hand on my shoulder. My hips lifted slightly as a bonus.

“I’ll kill you. By suffocating you with pleasure.”

“……”

This side of Chang-yeom is new. And I clearly understand what the current Chang-yeom is thinking.

“Are you jealous of the Chang-yeom from 2020-”

Plop.

I stopped thinking.

* * *

“Are you conscious?”

“Aha, speaking up again.”

“It’s about identity.”

Chang-yeom lay on my arm and poked my side.

“Poking the nipple area is a bit much, don’t you think?”

“It won’t go down because someone kept sucking on it.”

Chang-yeom rubbed her chest against my armpit and smiled mischievously. I turned my body toward Chang-yeom as she wished.

“Unlimited strawberry milk refills from the breasts, huh?”

“You said you had a strawberry allergy, didn’t you?”

“How could I resist when it’s coming from you? Yep.”

“……Didn’t you do this for her?”

Chang-yeom glared jealously. As someone who knows very well who Chang-yeom is jealous of, I couldn’t help but feel awkward.

“She’s you to me.”

“You’re different from her. Just like Yuna from the original story and the 20th Yuna are different.”

“Is that really true? Huh?”

“Then go back to the future if you’re annoyed.”

“…Really annoying. I want to stick it in hard and deep.”

“That would be fine with me.”

Her wordplay skills are unmatched. I sighed inwardly and stroked Chang-yeom’s head. At such moments, she growls contentedly while enjoying my touch.

“Haa. Who knew we’d start off with you squeezing me once?”

“Hehe, consider yourself lucky. Otherwise, you would’ve been squeezed ten thousand times.”

“……That’s quite a scary story. I just came back from dying by suffocation.”

“Filling up to ten thousand times by suffocation might actually be fun, wouldn’t it?”

“Please save me, Master.”

“Pfft.”

Chang-yeom closed her eyes and slightly parted her lips. I kissed her as she desired, and our tongues intertwined. Perhaps she inherited the technique along with the memories, because Chang-yeom was truly amazing.

“Pfft. How’s that? Way better than her, right?”

“……Let me ask you one thing. Weren’t you supposed to be jealous of Yuna?”

“There’s someone worse than Yuna.”

“Which means it’s you, right?”

“Mother, I haven’t had such ‘experiences.'”

What should I say? It was novel yet irritating and enticing. Every time she insists on being different from the previous Chang-yeom, it strangely affects my heart.

“You make me feel like you’re cheating.”

“Oops, caught me.”

Chang-yeom giggled as she sat up. With a snap of her fingers, she was neatly dressed.

“Where are you going…Eh?”

I was also wearing a pristine white suit somehow. It seemed Chang-yeom used magic to dress me instantly, leaving me speechless.

Wooow.

The world changed. The hotel penthouse where we were became Ra’s temple, and Chang-yeom dragged me by the wrist to the exit.

“Let’s go. I’ll clearly show you how different I am from that woman.”

“Wait a moment. If we go out now, Phoenix will drive me insane!”

“…Haa, you’re such a fool. How can you believe everything that woman said? You’re so gullible.”

“I may be foolish. Chang-”

“If you call me the only one you know, I won’t leave you alone.”

“……”

I tightly shut my mouth. Even though I don’t know what plan Chang-yeom has, I have no intention of stopping her.

“It hasn’t been a full day outside yet.”

Currently, January 1st, 2000. It was almost 24 hours since I threw myself into the lava. It was nearing January 2nd.

In the spiritual world, apart from being strangled by Chang-yeom once, I haven’t done much else. Even though I successfully concluded the previous cycle, this is the first time Chang-yeom has actively helped me from the start.

“At least it took 12 years to grab your ankles.”

Five years to start talking, twelve years for the first act.

But now, we’ve continued the conversation within five seconds and shared love within twelve minutes. Although I was tied to the chair and taken advantage of one-sidedly, confirming our mutual love was the same.

“Hey, do you remember what that woman said? About making a huge mistake.”

“…She did say something similar.”

“That’s right. Heroines always troll, but it stems from the karma of twisting the original story. And the culprit is that woman.”

“No, it happened because I moved-”

“It’s that woman.”

Chang-yeom asserted firmly.

“That woman delayed moving quickly with you, which caused all this.”

“……Eh?”

“Ten thousand times.”

Chang-yeom held up all ten fingers.

“When you were having those 10,000 intimate moments with Yuna, she kept you trapped in the spiritual world until it was her turn, you dimwit. Every time you went to visit, you just enjoyed yourself because she spread her legs so willingly. You should have gone outside from the start.”

“……Hold on!”

“When we first met, what did you say? Did you stiffen and ask ‘Who are you?’ or ‘Why has a lowly human come here?’ Or maybe ‘Welcome to the temple of the Sun God, strange human?'”

“……”

It was shocking.

“Okay, let me summarize…You weren’t just waiting for your chance either. After inheriting the memories, upon seeing you, couldn’t you help but go wild immediately? Pfft.”

“……”

Too explicit and shocking statements made me stop thinking.

“So, what about you?”

“Well…As for me, since we parted at the last moment, I spent the time calming my heart instead of going wild.”

Chang-yeom shrugged and smirked. Then, she put her hands behind her back and stepped outside the temple.

“Is it going to rain~?”

“…Hey you.”

Following Chang-yeom, I realized instinctively.

Ah.

Now I’m really going to be tied down. Chang-yeom stopped in front of the temple steps, turned her head toward me, and smiled.

“Then, are you ready to start over with me? Together.”

“Of course.”

I stood beside Chang-yeom. No matter how much she denies it, Chang-yeom is still Chang-yeom.

“But what do you plan to do now? If we go out now, we won’t have any mana, right?”

“Simple.”

Chang-yeom raised her hand toward the sky.

“…Let’s go to Pluto first and break Seong-ju’s pot, shall we?”

“Hold on. Is that your plan? Is it possible? What if we get hit by a brainwashing beam?”

“Pfft. I told you, I’m not that woman.”

Chang-yeom hooked her arm around my neck while standing on tiptoe.

“Isn’t it a rule that when you play multiple runs, you eventually get a crossover play? Shall we synchronize?”

“Hah, is that really so easy? I suffered greatly to synchronize!”

“…Thanks to your great suffering, I can synchronize from the start. Probably, I’m the only one who completely inherited the method from the first page of the memories you passed on. The way to synchronize.”

I felt choked up momentarily. After countless failures, I finally succeeded in synchronizing and returned to the past. I never imagined the snowball would roll this way.

“I’m really tearing up.”

“Excuse me.”

Chang-yeom looked up at me with blazing eyes.

“It’s different from the start with that woman, isn’t it? How about it…me?”

“……Still, credit where it’s due. Thanks to 20 Chang-yeom’s efforts, you learned how to synchronize.”

“……Tch. So, are we doing it or not?”

“Don’t need to say it twice.”

I pulled Chang-yeom into an embrace. Chang-yeom rested her feet on my instep and gently kissed me.

It still tasted like strawberries.

* * *

Seong-ju opened his eyes.

“Goddess Phoenix–!!”

Poof.

He’s dead.

Bad Ending #000, End.

“Why is this a bad ending?”

“Because the heroine NTR’d you, isn’t it a bad ending?”

“But it’s the same Chang-yeom, right?”

“She claims she’s not the same person though.”

“…….Wow, how could this be taken away like this?”

“You really gave it all up.”

“…..”