I slowly relaxed in the thick silence.

 

I smiled broadly.

 

“Do you remember me?”

 

After saying hello but no answer came back, I tried talking again.

 

As expected, there was no reply. Dorothy is just looking at me with many eyes. Blocked by the magic of starlight, I couldn’t even read my mind.

 

I knew that Dorothy didn’t recognize me. Perhaps, according to the records she left behind, she had already lost her temper.

 

The Dorothy in front of me is a transcendent person. The mana that it radiates leisurely is comparable to that of the Min King.

 

Anyone like me would be no match for this kid.

 

Not to mention, my magic power is on the verge of depletion. Maybe if Dorothy beckoned, I would die.

 

‘I’d rather die at his hands.’

 

I burst out laughing when I suddenly had the same ridiculous idea I had during the ordeal of frost.

 

“You said you were curious about me, right? Me and senior Dorothy… What is it, do you love it?”

 

He smiled shyly and talked in a light tone as if chatting with a friend.

 

“I think so. First of all, I am like that, and senior Dorothy seems to like me too. It could be my misunderstanding, or it could just be my wish, but anyway. I don’t know if you can guess what the situation is.”

 

Catch your breath for a moment.

 

“So did you. Actually, you’re the first Dorothy I met. You probably didn’t really like me, so it might be a little burdensome, but if I had to say it… I really liked you really.”

 

I conveyed my sincerity through her mouth in a kind voice that Dorothy would most like to hear.

 

“It’s pretty, like a celebrity…. Even if you lost everything, even in front of death, you struggled to live hard… It was too good for me.”

 

You healed me and drew me to a world full of possibilities.

 

That’s why I wanted to show you new possibilities.

 

The image of you living to shine saved me, so now I wanted to bring you back to life and make your life more splendid.

 

There was no reciprocation. I simply wanted to.

 

“I missed you. Even if you become a god, you are dazzlingly pretty.”

 

With Dorothy in front of her, she realized, telling her the truth she hadn’t been able to tell her.

 

There were many lumps in my heart.

 

The more I engraved Dorothy’s image on my retina, the more the lump in her heart, which I had been ignoring, shook and slowly engulfed my whole body.

 

As the cool breeze caressed his bloodstained cheek, his emotions seemed to rise.

 

I couldn’t save you because I was helpless and had no wisdom.

 

The sense of collapse and loss was eating away at my heart like a rat.

 

Chara and Chara.

 

With a clear sound, a group of stars rose around me.

 

My body became weightless and floated in the air before Dorothy.

 

“Dorothy… ?”

 

The only marks left on Dorothy’s face were her one eye and the corner of her eye.

 

Even the remaining eye showed no life. Only the lonely and mysterious starlight quietly emits.

 

Dorothy put her hand on my chest. I didn’t feel anything except the cold sensation.

 

Sure.

 

Soon, the brilliant starlight magic flowed into me through Dorothy’s hand.

 

With a popping sensation in each cell, a distant and heavy mana began to cover my mana circuit.

 

It didn’t hurt. Rather, it was cozy.

 

I had such an ominous feeling.

 

“What are you doing… ? Dorothy?”

 

As I tried to remove Dorothy’s hand, a group of stars rose and wrapped around me.

 

I couldn’t move.

 

“Dorothy!! Hey!!”

 

As I opened my eyes and screamed, my vision suddenly turned white.

 

I didn’t see anything.

 

If I had magic power left, I might have been able to drive away this level of magic, but I wasn’t in the physical condition to do that right now.

 

“Dorothy!! What are you doing!! Answer me!!”

 

[Hello?]

 

A familiar voice from behind.

 

As he hurriedly turned his head back, I saw Dorothy in white.

 

[You must have been very surprised, right?]

 

It was the appearance of Dorothy in the first playthrough I saw last time.

 

I couldn’t keep my mouth shut.

 

Why?

 

[This is my last message to you. First of all, congratulations on getting here! It was something that surpassed the impossible, so it must be a lot… It must have been painful.]

 

Message.

 

Dorothy was not communicating with me now. Because she doesn’t feel any magic power from her right now.

 

It seemed to be the message Dorothy made before she lost her temper.

 

I couldn’t get to her as her feet were stuck to her ground. It is incapacitated

 

It must be because Dorothy’s magic has bound me and drawn my mind into the message.

 

[I’m sorry I can’t remember your name. Still, I want you to know that I missed you.]

 

As Dorothy turned her head to the side, her sky turned into a star-studded night sky, and the ground turned into a barren land once swept by floating islands.

 

Before I knew it, Dorothy had changed into her little child in her yellow dress. She was like her childhood.

 

[Are you a little surprised that I gave you magic? I’m sorry I didn’t tell you beforehand that it would be like this. Since I know that you liked me, I thought it might be difficult to tell in advance.]

 

“You… , what are you doing now? Why are you imbuing me with magic?”

 

Even though I knew it was her message, she didn’t have the means to talk to Dorothy, so I asked without realizing it.

 

[This is for you. I beg you. Please defeat Ozma.]

 

What?

 

[You probably don’t know the name. She is the god within you. The one I said is helping you but you shouldn’t trust. I don’t know what her purpose is, but I heard that if you achieve it, you will die.]

 

“… ….”

 

[Besides, Ozma has a strong resentment towards Stella…. If she achieves her goal, something terrible will surely happen.]

 

If Ozma succeeds in taking over my body, she will not be able to slay the evil spirit, but will it bring disaster?

 

[Actually, Ozma was a princess of a certain country a long time ago. She was born with a destiny as a warrior to seal Nephid.]

 

It was the first time I had heard of it.

 

[Because Nephid at that time was not an evil god, but a demon king. In the end, Ozma became a member of the star and succeeded in sealing the demon king Nephid. On that day, she overused her starlight magic to seal the demon king Nepheed, and Ozma acquired her godhood. But because of that, she caused a cataclysm in the world and even her own appearance became ugly, so she got deeply hurt in her heart and secretly wandered around the world you live in.]

 

As if reciting the contents of a fairy tale, Dorothy continued her story.

 

[On the other hand, Nephid awakened the power of killing God in the abyss and reached the level of an evil god. It was unexpected. That’s how even though Nephid is in the abyss, the power of god-killing is applied to the world you live in.]

 

Dorothy made a light gesture.

 

[When a god intervenes in that world, it becomes food for Nephid. But Ozma was an exception. It’s because he became a transcendent before the divine killing power was activated, and he was living hidden in the essence of many people. If Nephid had awakened to his godhood as soon as he was sealed, Ozma would have been absorbed without exception. I was lucky.]

 

Ozma became a god first and secretly wandered around the world.

 

After that, it was said that the demon king Nephid became an evil god and realized the power of killing gods.

 

[So, in order to fight against the evil spirits, Ozma was inevitably needed. When Stella tried to awaken the power of the god killer, he went to Ozma and made a deal. Ozma can help you.]

 

In other words, it meant that it was planned for a long time ago that I got caught up in the journey to defeat the evil spirit with a false status window.

 

[And me too.]

 

“Huh?”

 

[Stella predicted my birth at that time, and I also tried to use it in a plan to defeat the evil god. That’s why I gave the blessing of starlight to my distant ancestors, and that’s how I realized the magic of starlight.]

 

Just as the royal family of Eiffelto received the blessing of the night fairy, and White, who was deeply moved by the blessing, realized the power of the fairy.

 

Dorothy went through the same process.

 

‘Then saving Dorothy from the Floating Island….’

 

[I found out later. I was able to escape from the Land of Oz because I realized the magic of starlight. The image of Stella that I saw at that time was the remnant of Stella that was left behind for me. It was another Stella passed down in my blood.]

 

Stella, who saved young Dorothy from the floating island, was a concept similar to the AI programmed into Dorothy’s ancestors in the distant past.

 

I could understand why Stella, who was a transcendentalist, was not struck by the divine killing power.

 

[That’s how I became part of Stella’s plan, so I’m in the same situation now.]

 

Play 1 I knew that Dorothy lost her life according to Stella’s plan.

 

But I didn’t know that the plan was made so long ago.

 

[…] You know, your Dorothy won’t be like me. Because I will block it.]

 

My shoulders trembled.

 

[I will give you my strength.]

 

“No, don’t do that….”

 

I squinted my eyes and shook my head, but my pleas did not reach Dorothy.

 

[So that you can become stronger than anyone else, I will only give you the strength to use in battle. I’m kicking Ozma out of you. Even if you are not qualified for starlight magic, you can use starlight magic temporarily thanks to the afterglow that Ozma left behind. Use that power to defeat Ozma and take away all of her powers she has. And when you leave the ice lake, you will be transported back to the rift. Then open the rift with my own strength and get out safely.]

 

The little girl, Dorothy Gale, put her hands behind her back and smiled softly.

 

[That’s my wish for you.]

 

“… ….”

 

[Even though I can’t think of you, I still want to like you. I’m pretty sure if I had stayed alive and stayed with you, I would have liked you more than anyone else…. It’s embarrassing.]

 

Dorothy blushed and let out a characteristic laugh.

 

[So, I hope you live happily.]

 

“Dorothy, please….”

 

Dark darkness begins to set in, and the figure of young Dorothy disappears.

 

[You know what? The Wizard of Oz is said to grant all wishes.]

 

As if to say goodbye, the little girl smiled as brightly as a flower in full bloom.

 

[Please be my Wizard of Oz.]

 

Static.

 

I immediately closed my eyes and opened my eyes to a view of a dark icy lake.

 

At the place where Dorothy was, starlight powder was scattered.

 

Her glitter, even the traces of her remaining life vanished like dust.

 

As I swallowed my meal, something mercilessly gutted all my entrails and dragged me deeper into an unbearable silence.

 

After staring at the empty space without saying anything for a while, the cluster of stars that had risen around them completely disappeared.

 

My body slowly fell down.

 

Wow!

 

Just before reaching the ice lake, it emitted cold air intensely to reduce the power of the fall.

 

A strange sensation ran through my body. It was different from the feeling I usually felt.

 

It felt like something important had been left out, and something new filled it up instead.

 

[────────.]

 

An incomprehensible tone pierced my ears.

 

I slowly raised my head.

 

Blood clouds swirled around, and at some point even the beautiful aurora that filled the sky swirled.

 

Under it. A being with a splendid and magnificent universe in front of him sat still as if meditating.

 

The existence was wrapped around its body with two rings containing an astronomical amount of mana. It was the case of a transcendent.

 

Innumerable eyes that filled his entire body glared at me in unison.

 

“… It’s you, Ozma.”

 

The mana containing anger, resentment, and hatred descended heavily. It was Ozma’s magic.

 

I quietly walked out. There was too much weight in this step.

 

I couldn’t calm down, and because I couldn’t calm down, I stiffened my expression even more.

 

“Let’s finish playing with the status window now.”

 

He spread his right hand.

 

Chara!

 

A group of white stars rose above it.