The Hero Took Everything from Me, So I Partied with the Hero’s Mother! Chapter 219

l's Perspectives

I stirred, my eyelids fluttering open. "Hmm..."

Bauer nudged with his snout. "Get up..."

I groaned. "Mmm..."

"Wake up...!" Bauer's voice grew more insistent.

"Uwaaaaahhh! A dragon! Bauer!?" I bolted upright, looking around frantically.

"Oh right... it's just , l." Bauer's tone was amused.

Co to think of it, I committed suicide... I thought, my expression troubled.

"Then, where is everyone?" I asked, looking up at Bauer.

"If it's Zect and the others, they went to the underworld." Bauer's voice was matter-of-fact.

"I see, the underworld... By the way, why am I the only one here?" I furrowed my brow in confusion.

"Well, you're the only one who can't die yet." Bauer's words were tinged with a hint of amusent.

Desperation crept into my voice. "Why... Isn't suicide okay? It's not like it's not allowed... Then that should apply to Lida and Maria too!"

"I don't usually tell humans much about the underworld, but... well, since you're Ceres' adopted daughter, I'll tell you a little..." Bauer's voice took on a serious tone. "When soone dies, they undergo a 'judgnt' where their entire past is examined. Then, after death, it is decided how they will live in the underworld... well, so will live a funny life... and so will live in a hellish place..."

"I see... That's sothing I didn't know before." My voice was thoughtful.

"So, l, I've got a video of the man who evaluated you and he's wondering what would be best for you." Bauer's voice was calm, but there was a hint of sothing else in it.

"Did I do sothing wrong... Am I going to be sent to a hellish place?" I asked anxiously.

"That's not it... Look in your pocket." Bauer's voice was gentle.

I reached into my pocket and pulled out a necklace. "This necklace I got from Ceres a long ti ago... What's wrong with it?"

"It beca a problem that you received it from Ceres... According to the appraiser, it was imbued with feelings and could be considered an 'engagent'... For humans, giving a necklace is apparently a proposal of marriage." Bauer's voice was wry.

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I rember...

I really liked Zect.

But... Zect only talked to Lida and Maria, and didn't pay any attention to .

I was so lonely and sad... I cried a lot.

I thought I would always be alone... that's what I believed.

Then one day Ceres gave this...

'A necklace... why?!'

My face turned bright red, and I still rember it to this day.

'Don't tell you'll be alone... if you're alone when we finishes defeating the Demon King... I'll take it from you...'

'Ceres...'

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"I'm sorry for making you blushing..." Bauer said apologetically, "but it's unsightly to wiggle around over 100 old... Anyway... Ceres is now a god too..." he trailed off, his voice tinged with disappointnt, "Choosing Zect and removing Ceres' necklace as a human being... I think that's the worst... but at one point, you had a 'engagent with Ceres'..."

My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "I couldn't do immortality, but after discussions, I decided to extend your lifespan..." Bauer continued, holding up a hand to reveal a small mirror. "Look at this..."

A mirror appeared in front of , who gasped as I saw myself reflected back as a 15-year-old. "What does this an?" I asked.

"I cast a spell to extend your life to 800 years..." Bauer explained, a hint of pride in his voice, "so you can stay in that form until you die... you'll be happy, right?"

I hesitated for a mont before nodding slowly. "Is it okay?"

"Oh yes, but in return, this is only once..." Bauer warned, his tone serious, "I'll dispose of it."

"Oh, Ceres' necklace... ah..." I said, my voice trailing off as the necklace disappeared before her eyes.

"Well then... let's return you to the world." Bauer said, his voice returning to its usual light tone.

"Thank you..." I said, her voice soft with gratitude.

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I shouldn't have said thank you...

That d*mn Bauer...

If he's so great, why don't he just think anything else.

Maria and Lida lying dead under the cover of Zect... Luna and Marin disappeared... and I, who beca young again...

The princes were panicking.

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They... They definitely dumped all the troubleso stuff on ...

'Since l-sama is Zect-sama's concubine... Kohane's queen will be l-sama.'

I was like, "Ha~." But I couldn't reject it. I suggested giving it to Zect's children who were princes, but it was no good. After all...

'What are you talking about?' The princes ran away saying, 'It's out of the question for us to inherit it when we have l-sama, who possesses 10,000 spells and is one of the strongest humans alive.'

Hahaha, but this world doesn't need four jobs anymore because Ishtas-sama declared that it's peaceful... so I'm the last of the four jobs now...

Well, since there's a deputy... I'll pass it on to him...