When I put the boxing glove, an artifact of Lou Kanga, in the item bag, the door leading between the back of the boss room - the statue of the goddess - made a heavy noise and opened. Stella said she wouldn't get a Labyrinth Clear bonus, but this is going to make her look at the goddess with no problems whatsoever.
Along with that thought, I went to the back room and I frowned a little.
…………
The mouth was opened here.
The statue of the goddess was there. Indeed, it is a statue of a goddess, no matter how you look at it.
But I don't know how to describe it. Standing as a statue of a goddess was a statue of an intelligent woman wearing glasses.
I had a book in my hand, and I thought it was unconsciously like a statue of Kimjiro Nimiya.
For the record, Kimjiro Nimiya's statue has been removed from elementary schools across the country. They say that's why they induce walking smartphones or praise child labor. Speaking of which, as much as some of the novels I read when I was in Japan talked about walking smartphones dying and reincarnating into different worlds because walking smartphones are endangered, he said.
When I told Mimi about it, she said, "Are you still opposed to the removal of Kimjiro Nimiya's statue? If you disagree, I'll try my best to use maneuvers to get Kijiro Nimiya to install statues in schools across Japan?," he said with those little hands wide open, all I could think of was a joke. With both hands, they describe manipulation.
Later, I told Miri that I was impressed by the way he looked when I heard a statue of "Kimjiro Nimiya sitting and studying" at a certain school, and the topic of Kimjiro Nimiya at home was over. I still think the story back then was a joke, but occasionally, didn't Miri actually mean it? I think. That's not true.
Why did I cut out that kind of gossip?
That's because I was waiting for someone to say it.
"... who, is it?
"Yes, Hal's right, who is it? The goddess has six pillars, and I've seen all those goddess statues, but you never had a goddess like this, have you?
The goddess gave me the ability to grow cheats, Lady Coschomare and Lady Trail Rules. Master Libra, who showed up in my world. Dear Setrans, who gave Tianwei to Suzuki. And then Master Livra told me, Goddess Minerva. I don't know the other name.
"As your husband said, the goddess should be the six pillars of Master Setrans, Master Coschomare, Master Trail Rules, Master Minerva, Master Teto and Master Libra"
Hal always gives me answers to my questions. The last one seems to be named Tetto-sama.
"This person's name, Nyamae, is Dear Metias. Goddess of the future and knowledge. It was also said that it was Methias who gave knowledge to Kett-See, and Kett-See was a monotheistic religion to Methias among the goddess faiths."
"Wait, Master Metias? Is she a goddess, too?
"Yes, sir."
"Then why isn't it telling?
"Wow, that's nasty. But Lady Metias did exist until a hundred years ago. All the fumes studying academics must have believed in it. Yet a hundred years before the Seven Nyats, Hume and the other races forgot about Lady Methias."
"... you mean something happened 700 years ago and the goddess who originally had seven pillars turned six pillars?
"No. Master Metias slipped out, and Mr. Trail Rules told the new goddess. Almost all of Metias' labyrinths have turned into trail-rule labyrinths."
"... Then why is this labyrinth the only one with a statue of Lady Metias?
"Wow, that's nasty. But I know the Demon King was involved."
"The demon king?" "The Demon King?
Me and Hal raised our voices at the same time.
"Yes, sir."
... even here is the Demon King.
No, I guess Stella brought me here, rather because there's talk of the Demon King out here.
I'm also curious that Master Metias and Mr. Trail Rules have taken his place, but should I ask him? I also thought.
But if you're that panther goddess, maybe you won't answer.
And me and Hal, Stella, offered a prayer to the statue of the goddess of Metias that we first saw.
Naturally, there's no way I can get a prayer.
It was between the goddesses. But there's no Hal and Stella.
Instead, it was one woman.
She was gently stroking the statue of Lady Methias, whether she hadn't noticed me or had noticed but not reacted.
"Poor, goddess Metias... I don't think this is the end of what you call a goddess of knowledge. And you still think you knew this was gonna happen?
A woman with long black hair was calling out to the statue of Lady Metias.
A very beautiful woman, but for some reason I felt very nostalgic.
"Your will gave me your strength. But - still my heart was not filled. I can't believe I'm waiting for my future..."
I took my hand away from the colour of the statue of Master Metias and held his fist.
I had no idea what she was thinking or thinking at this time.
But she smiled like something blew out.
That eye is filled with sorrow and kindness... I felt that way.
"But it's a promise, right? I'll take care of those kids. By the name of Demon King Familis Laritay..."
When she says so, she flips a pitch-black cloak and leaves.
And then nobody was gone, and I...
When I opened my eyes, there was no different statue of Lady Metias.
…………
Looking to the side, Hal and Stella are still praying.
I don't know what the sight was earlier.
But - I couldn't be more optimistic than to think of that as just a dream.
What if... what if something like Master Metias showed me the sight of it now - and I was suddenly horrified?
So I'll put my hands together again.
(... don't hesitate to become a Buddha)
Though I thought I was saying something stupid myself, I had myself thinking somewhere in my mind that I was "evil spirit dispersed," and if Master Metias read that mind, I really wondered if I would be cursed.
We're back on the ground.
And the next day.
Wouldn't it really be Master Metias' curse? Something like that will happen to us.