There Is No World For ■■

* * *Seti thought about the Saintess as she chased after her.She did not possess the dignity one would expect from someone in her position. She would laugh foolishly at the term ‘friend’ and even wore a blindfold that didn’t suit her… Yet, she was a girl who received the love of the gods all to herself.Seti found it difficult to like her.It wasn’t a complex emotion like anger or hatred. All of Seti’s hatred was solely directed at the Korean government.Then, was it perhaps jealousy? No, she was far from such an emotion as well.If she truly envied the Saintess, she would have taken advantage of the favor the Saintess showed her without hesitation.It was just that… she couldn’t bring herself to like her. Yes, that was the most accurate explanation she could come up with.If the Saintess, who had infinite favor towards her, learned of this, she would be shocked, but what could she do?That was just how human emotions worked.She ran about recklessly, without a single care, setting innocent hearts ablaze.…Pathetic.As she made her way across the academy, following in the footsteps of the girl wearing the Invisibility Cloak, Seti tried to rationalize her feelings in that manner.After all, Seti knew herself better than anyone else.Ultimately, her feelings towards the Saintess were nothing more than a form of childish sulking.Seti’s misfortune was not the Saintess’ fault.Although the Saintess might have been the trigger, she merely accelerated something that was bound to happen eventually.The Saintess had fought fair and square to prove her friendship. She was strong, and Seti lost. That was all.There was neither malice nor hostility involved.It was just that Seti’s situation was not normal.The Korean government then forced Seti and her sisters to commit ‘certain acts’ after they failed to meet their expectations in the Superhuman Olympia.Unable to tolerate her tainted origins, the gods withdrew all their blessings from her.None of it was the Saintess’ fault.She knew that. Only in her head, though.…As Seti was sorting out her thoughts, the footsteps she had been following came to a stop.Unable to find the Saintess hidden under the Invisibility Cloak, Seti also stopped right next to where the footsteps had ceased.The back door of the first-year girls’ dormitory.“…Classes have not ended for the day.”Seti crossed her arms, staring at the firmly locked dormitory door.If it were anywhere else, she might have simply assumed that the girl had concealed her footsteps and slipped away unnoticed, but… it was unlikely that the Saintess would do that after coming this far.“Hey.”There was no answer, but Seti was sure the Saintess was watching her from somewhere close and continued speaking.“…I’m heading to my room. If you have something to say… you can follow me.”With those words, Seti entered the dormitory.Although classes were still ongoing, there were quite a few people in the dormitory due to the free attendance for the temporary classes.Seti passed through the first-floor lobby where students were chatting quietly and headed straight to her room.Unlike in the boy’s dormitory, there was no barbaric tradition of room disputes in the girls’ dormitory, so Seti’s room was nothing special.Her room was located on the fifth floor, neither high nor low, on the right at the very end of the hallway.Creak.After she entered her room, Seti left the door open and waited for a while.Once the same amount of time it would have taken to drink a cup of tea had passed, she finally shut the door and reached out into the empty air.Her fingertips grasped on a thin piece of fabric. With a soft rustle, the Invisibility Cloak slipped off, revealing the girl who had been hiding beneath it.Her disheveled white hair, the slightly damp blindfold, and her hands clasped together tightly as if in prayer.Seti quietly observed the girl for a moment before speaking to her softly.“Are you okay?”…I am not okay.“Why did you do this?”You did this. The both of you.“…You deceived me.”“Huh?”“I-I trusted you. I thought of you both as friends…”“What are you even talking about…?”“I saw everything! That day on the rooftop! The two of you were together!”Rooftop? Seti flinched when she realized what the Saintess was talking about.“Y-you two looked so close, you know? And you want me to believe that you only met at the academy?”“…”“Why… why didn’t you tell me? Were you afraid that I’d come between the two of you? Is that why you pretended not to know each other? To deceive me?”As the Saintess’ pitch grew higher, Seti’s heart grew colder.How much did she hear? Did she hear them talking about revenge? No, they hadn’t spoken openly about important things…Just as Seti’s mind was getting muddled, the Saintess blurted out something outside Seti’s expectations.“How long have you and Yeomyeong been dating… no, how far have the two of you gone?”“What?”“N-no way… Have the two of you gone all the way?”All the way? Does that mean what I think it does?No, there was no way that the Saintess would say something like that…As Seti stared in shock, the Saintess turned bright red, and blurted out,“Has Yeomyeong… left his footprints on Seti’s pristine white snowfield?”Ah, so she was referring to that. Seti was left speechless and shut her mouth.Interpreting Seti’s silence as a tacit confirmation, the Saintess could no longer contain her emotions and began to cry.Her hands trembled, her blindfold grew damp, her cheeks became as red as an apple, and snot dripped from her once-pretty lips.It didn’t take long for her hiccuping sobs to turn into wails.“Waaaaah…! Seti…!”