*Srrrtt srrtt*

  *THUD*

  I’ve found and carried all six body bags of my friends out of the bunker. I placed them on the ground side by side.

  “. . .”

  I look to my left and right.

  “This wouldn’t work. This entire area is too close to the bunker. . .”

  “. . .”

  I think to myself for a few seconds.

  “This wouldn’t do, right, guys? You all should be buried at least in the city where you were born.”

  . . . .

  “Ah, but I have no idea if one of you guys moved into Saitama from somewhere else, though. . .”

  . . . .

  “But that’s the city where everyone changed my life. I’m sorry, everyone. I am going to bury you all there after all.”

  *BAM*

  I summon my giant scythe and slam its bottom handle to the ground. Suddenly, green fire erupts in front of me, and a giant human skull, burning in green fire, emerges.

  “If I’m not mistaken, this ability can be used as some kinda pocket storage.”

  I carefully picked one of the body bags and put it inside the giant skull’s mouth.

  *GARK*

  The giant skull bites down after swallowing the body bag in full, and when it reopens its jaw, the body bag disappears.

  “Alright, it works. . .”

  I proceed to do the same things for all of my friends’ body bags.

  .

  .

  .

  2 hours later. . .

  *THUMP*

  “Around this should be fine. . .”

  I’ve arrived back at the same woods where Sierra and that man from the underworld fought, but I am not exactly at the same location. There is another open area with no trees or grass growing far away from the other open area, though it’s a lot smaller in size.

  I couldn’t bury them in a public cemetery, nor can I bury them near their houses. Since all of those buildings collapsed, there were many officials cleaning up the debris since daytime. They were all currently being investigated, and I have zero interest in being interviewed about what happened, especially about the bodies in my possession.

  I summon my giant scythe again and summon the same burning giant skull as well. The burning giant skull spits out all of the body bags one by one, and of course, I caught all of them and placed them side by side on the ground, carefully.

  I activated my Vein Armor and started digging 6 different holes for all the bodies. With my Vein Armor, I simply need to dig with my bare hands, and the ground under me easily crumbles. It only took me a few minutes to finish digging all of them. I ended up with 6 burial sites, with each having the same size as the body bags.

  I slowly approached one of the body bags.

  “. . .”

  I unzipped the body bag in front of me.

  “Hibiki-kun. . .”

  I was thinking to myself whether it’s better to just bury them inside the body bags or without them.

  I zip back the body bag and pick it up. I carry the body bag towards the far left burial hole, and I lower him carefully into it. I closed the hole afterward and went to pick up another bag.

  I approach another bag and unzip it.

  “Ryuji-kun. . .”

  I proceed to do the same and bury him next to Hibiki-kun. Then I approach another body bag.

  “Sakura-chan. . .”

  And so, I proceed to do the same things for the rest of the body bags. I keep seeing their faces for the last time as I call their names.

  “Nobi-kun. . .”

  “Sumire-chan. . .”

  “Honda-chan. . .”

  After burying all of them, I went a bit into the woods to look for some rocks. I also placed my giant scythe in the center with its blade burning in very bright green, so I can easily navigate back to this place.

  . . . .

  It took me an hour to finally find six stones that I find satisfactory in size. I came back to the open area with ease thanks to my burning scythe. I took my giant scythe and turned off its green fire. I use the blade of my giant scythe to carve the six stones into gravestones.

  *grrrt grrt grrt*

  It took me fifteen minutes, and I’m finally done, though it’s just an empty tombstone with nothing written on it. I tried to write their names into the gravestone with my giant scythe’s blade.

  *GRRRTT GRRRTT GRRRTT*

  “. . .”

  It looks. . . okay. I normally don’t have the prettiest handwriting, and add to the fact that I am writing using a scythe, it’s really hard. I apologize, everyone.

  “. . .”

  I’ve successfully written down all of their names, and now their birth years.

  . . . .

  I. . .

  I don’t know. . .

  I don’t know any of their birth years. . .

  I never asked them about this. . .

  I am a horrible friend. . .

  Writing down their birthdays should have been my priority when I first became friends with everyone. . .

  I am sorry, everyone. . .

  How could I forget something so simple like this . . .

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  . . . .

  I carved out all of their death years instead.

  . . .

  I also carved out the words, ‘Here lies:’ above all of their names.

  . . .

  “I think this is pretty good.”

  I put all of their gravestones in their respective graves.

  . . . .

  Now, I stand in front of all of them, staring at their silent grave at 3 in the morning.

  “. . .”

  Tears are rolling down my face yet again, and I have started crying again.

  *sobs sobs*

  I put my hands on my face as I keep crying and crying.

  *sobs sobs*

  I am crying like a little girl. I slowly crouched down and kept crying alone in the woods.

  *sobs sobs*

  I barely know anything about them.

  *sobs sobs*

  Yet I was already burying them with my own hands.

  *sobs sobs*

  I also remember that I have no idea what everyone’s aspirations were.

  *sobs sobs*

  My crying voice gets louder and louder.

  *sobs sobs*

  I am now crying really loud without a care in the world.

  *sobs sobs*

  I kept crying and crying. . .

  I don’t know how long I’ve been crying, but all of a sudden, everything around me turns white and bright. The woods disappear, and so do all of my friends’ graves that I just built.

  *?*

  I open my teary eyes and see a tall human figure standing in front of me. The tall figure’s face was so bright I couldn't make sense of its shape, yet the light didn’t hurt my eyes.

  “H-Huh?”

  The tall human figure opens His hands wide open, and I see holes on each of His palms. The tall human figure crouched down to my level and hugged me.

  . . . .

  The moment He hugged me, my heart and soul immediately recognized Him.

  *sobs sobs*

  I instantly cried a lot harder at His presence. I grip His clothes harder as I shriek in sorrow even louder.

  My heart felt so touched, and it felt so gentle, I felt like it was melting.

  . . . . .

  I don’t know how much I cried in His hug. He comforted me and gave me peace. It felt so blissful and peaceful, I never wanted to leave His side.

  .

  .

  .

  Pendrago mansion, Sierra’s room, 03:00 in the morning. . .

  “She really came here and ransacked everything, huh?”

  I’ve come to this mansion after I got my money, selling all those bodies on the black market. I walk to my bed and lie down on it.

  . . . .

  I pulled out my phone from my pocket, and I opened the bank app to check my account.

  . . . . .

  “4,789,029,001 Yen.”

  I smiled as I saw that number. This is the kind of money normal jobs won’t ever give you, even if you work for a lifetime. I finally did it. I regain the wealth that I lost, though it’s still nowhere near close to the total assets of the Pendrago family.

  . . . .

  I’ll just have to do this multiple times until I’m back to where my wealth was.

  . . . .

  But who should I kill next?

  . . . .

  Or is it better just to make my own business and develop it myself?

  Maybe it’s time to find a guy and marry him so I can build my empire together with him?

  Hmm, I have no idea. . .

  What if I married a scrawny and pathetic guy who has zero business intellect?

  Now that makes me worried. I can’t just marry anyone.

  Should I look for them at wealthy people's parties and such?

  But then they’ll soon find out that the Pendrago family survives.

  Either people will welcome me back, or they’ll all join hands together to destroy me.

  I have my Faith power, so I doubt they could actually harm me, but still.

  Hm. . .

  . . . .

  What to do now that I have all the money in the world?

  School is basically a no-go, and I definitely don’t wanna work under someone anymore. A Pendrago should never bow their head to anyone.

  I really should start my own business; I have the money to start any kind anyway.

  The question is what kinda business suits me the most and also gets me the most amount of money in a short time?

  . . . . .

  I get up from my bed and exit the mansion shortly after. I stand in front of the front door and turn around.

  . . . .

  “This is goodbye. From now on, the Pendrago family will continue under me.”

  I flick my right finger upwards, and I move a small portion of the tectonic plate far under the ground, and an earthquake suddenly occurs.

  *GRRRRK GRRRK GRRRKKK*

  The earthquake, of course, is in a very controlled state as it only shakes the entire mansion, but not anything around it. The mansion that I grew up in quickly cracks and crumbles under the intense and violent earthquake. The destruction of my mansion causes dirt and dust to fly into the sky.

  . . . .

  Afterward, I stopped the earthquake, and I took a look at the result of my power.

  “Hmm, very clean rubble and debris destruction. All the rubble and debris fall within the range of the mansion’s width and length. It’s very pleasing to the eye.”

  I was very pleased with what I saw. This is proof that my Faith power keeps getting stronger and stronger.

  After destroying my mansion, I left and found a random park somewhere in the country. I wasn’t paying attention to exactly where I was. I sat down on the park’s bench.

  “I should go to sleep. It’s been a really long day after all.”

  . . . .

  But then their faces suddenly came back haunting me.

  . . . .

  Tears are rolling down my face without my consent.

  “TCH! WHAT AM I CRYING FOR? I’VE KILLED THEM WITH MY OWN HANDS!!! I SHOULD NEVER HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SHED TEARS FOR THEM, EVEN TO THE POINT OF MISSING THEM!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?”

  *pant pant pant*

  I lost my breath after shouting loudly to myself in the park, yet my tears never stopped.

  *sobs sobs*

  “SERIOUSLY! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?? WHY AM I STILL CRYING??”

  *sobs sobs*

  “I AM THE LAST PERSON THAT SHOULD BE MISSING THEM!!!”

  *sobs sobs*

  “YEAH, THEY’RE MY PRECIOUS FRIENDS!! BUT I KILLED THEM IN COLD BLOOD!!!”

  *sobs sobs*

  “SO, WHY AM I CRYING??!!!”

  *sobs sobs*

  I cried even harder as I kept questioning myself. I should have steeled my resolve to do all of this. Why am I suddenly crying like a little kid now? This is so unfit for the heiress of the Pendrago family.

  *sobs sobs*

  I SHOULD NOT BE CRYING!!!

  *sobs sobs*

  STOOOOOOOPPPPPPPP!!!!!

  *sobs sobs*

  STOP! STOP! STOP!!

  *sobs sobs*

  “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!”

  *sobs sobs*

  And then I continued to scream my lungs out as I kept crying.

  *sobs sobs*

  That day, my emotions died. The conflict within my inner self was too much, and my emotions were damaged beyond repair.

  *sobs sobs*

  After a long time, I finally stopped screaming. My tears are also coming out less and less.

  . . . . .

  And then it completely stops. The exhaustion I feel in my body immediately puts me to sleep, and I finally end my long day at 4 in the morning.

  .

  .

  .

  The white surroundings had disappeared, and I was lying down on the floor. I open my eyes and see the clear blue sky above.

  I suddenly woke up and realized that the sun was shining bright. I look to my left and right and realize that there are people now in the park, some are jogging, some are walking their pets, and others are having a picnic with their family.

  I get up and sit on the ground. My heart feels a lot lighter right now. It’s obviously thanks to Him, my Creator. Though I have no idea what His name was. But the holes in His hands were kinda familiar, I gotta check on something later.

  *Sigh*

  I let out a sigh as I don’t actually know what to do with my life now. I have some clues, but none feel clear enough to me that I should pursue any of them.

  I have been assigned as the Judge of Greed by my Creator. He gave me a quick brief on what I should do regarding my duties. Without realizing it, I smiled to myself. I have a purpose now. What killed my friends may be Sierra, but what drove Sierra was the sin of Greed. I made an oath to myself that, combined with my Faith power, and my role as a Judge. I shall not let anyone else lose themselves to Greed. I’ll do everything in my power to prevent what happened to Sierra from happening to anyone else.

  Hmm, I can feel that my face remains stagnant now, no matter what I feel or do. I completely lost my emotions. This feels. . . weird. I had no idea that something like this could happen. Or is this something that only happens to a Believer? I have no way to know.

  . . . .

  This emptiness is kinda. . . unsettling. I don’t have any purpose in life. What should I even do now?

  Hm? If I’m not mistaken, I think He said that someone is going to come and get me. That person will aid me in my duties.

  . . . .

  I don’t know about this. What are the chances that someone walks deep into a forest like this one on a whim? But, maybe if the person truly shows up, that should cement as proof in my mind that He really was the Creator.

  Aaah. . . What to do now. . .

  . . . .

  Hmm? Huh? Who are those people? Two women are flying in the sky riding. . . a shark? Huh? They landed right in front of me for some reason.

  As I lost myself in my thoughts, I suddenly heard rustling grass from behind.

  *!*

  “A-Ah! There really is someone here! Wow, thank you, Lord Jesus!!”

  *?*

  A. . . boy came out of the tall grass.

  “Is this the girl, Miyu-chan?”

  “Yup, no doubt about it! This girl is the cause of the earthquake from yesterday!”

  . . . .

  Eh? Huh? What? How did she know? Huh? I leave no evidence behind? What?

  “Ah! Don’t worry! This isn’t because you're leaving some evidence that you’re not aware of. I just completely read your mind.”

  . . . .

  Eh?

  “Eh? That’s it? Someone can read your mind, and your response is just ‘Eh?’.

  W-What?

  “Miyu-chan! Please just explain what you’re here for!”

  “Ah, of course!”

  The boy approaches me and he offers me a hand to stand up. I take his hand and stand up in front of him.

  “Hello! My name is Eissen Divalo. God sent me here, and He said you are the Judge that I should be of use to!”

  “Say, your Faith power can cause such a large earthquake, and you can even control it. Can your Faith power do more?”

  H-Huh? I mean, I can, but what’s the point of destroying the world altogether?

  “Wow, she really can destroy everything, Lukia-chan!”

  “Eh? Is that so? YAAAYY!! NEW FRIEND!!”

  “Say, do you wanna join us in the Ten Commandments of God as the 8th Strongest Believer in the world? We currently have a vacant spot!”

  . . . . .

  What?

  “Hello! My name is Lukia Prichyllia! What’s yours?”

  The girl with tanned skin offered me her hand.

  I don’t know why, but as soon as he introduced himself, my entire world became brighter.

  As soon as I saw her hand, my entire world became brighter.