Chapter 780: A New Phase Final Part

“…No!! No!! No!! Why!?” I run over to Pandora, watching her eyes slowly close, my body covered in blood as she dies.

“Don’t die Pandora!! No!!! Please!!!” After what happened 3 months ago, I thought I was just confused, so everything moved forward, we went to the park and I even changed the route because I couldn’t get that ‘dream’ out of my head.

But even so, Pandora is dying right now. I just brought her to a diner. How was I supposed to know a sign would fall on top of her, crushing her chest?

“Pandora!! Say something!! D-Don’t close your eyes!! Please!!” My tears drip onto her face while she says nothing.

“PANDORA!!! DON’T DIE!!”

“…”

“…Haaa…haaa…haaa…hun?!” I sit up in bed with my body completely drenched in sweat. I look around and quickly grab my phone, the feeling of Pandora’s warm blood still on my body is something I can still feel.

“P-Pandora…” I open my contacts to call her, but I stop when I see the date. 3 months ago. Again, 3 months.

“D-Dream…this…this wasn’t a dream, was it?” I thought the first time was a dream, that I was just really confused, but once again I lived through those 3 months and then she died, and now I’m back?

“A-Am I like some kind of superhero who has the power to go back in time?…C-Calm down…I-I need to confirm…” I take a deep breath and call Pandora, even though my heart is pounding like crazy.

“[Fanni? What is it?]”

“P-Pandora…are you okay?”

“[Of course I am.]”

‘Weird…is that the sound of meat grilling?…but…the first time she wasn’t cooking…’

“Pandora…n-no accident happened to you, right?”

“[What are you talking about? Of course not.]”

“…What are you doing?” I grab a tissue and wipe my forehead, seeing how drenched in sweat I am. The sensation of death still lingers in my bones, I can’t forget the violent scene of her chest being crushed, the nauseating, disgusting sound of bones breaking and flesh being mashed.

“[I’m cooking right now, more specifically grilling meat, so I’m kind of busy at the moment. If I keep talking, it’ll overcook.]”

“Ahh…yeah…s-sorry…I-I’ll hang up…” My voice comes out shaky and tearful even though I’m trying so hard to hold it together as I end the call. My tears drip onto the phone screen while my eyes drift to the date.

“…It’s the same time and day as last time…” I still remember because that was a terrible experience.

“I-I changed locations, I-I went somewhere else with Pandora, and she still died on the same day…c-could it be that I-I’m really going back in time? If so…I-I think it’s God!! That’s right, God is giving me a new chance to save Pandora.” I don’t know if that’s really it, but I can’t waste this chance.

I don’t know what will happen if Pandora dies again. I can’t waste this opportunity.

“3 months…P-Pandora is going to die in 3 months…I-I need to protect her…”

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“GHHHMMMM!!!” Oriane groans painfully with her face full of tears while I burn her exposed uterus with hot iron.

“Don’t scream or I’ll rip it out. A uterine prolapse doesn’t even hurt that much, I’ve had plenty. Besides, you’re a goddess.” My gaze at her is extremely cold.

“This is already the second time I’ve died. I think you’ve figured out how this works by now, but I won’t let you interfere, little piggy.” I’m furious at her for trying to get in the way of my fun.

“H-Hhmmm…” She makes a sound as if pleading for mercy, but the restraint on her mouth makes it sound more like a pitiful moan.

“…This isn’t funny. Do I look like a clown to you? You all have to entertain me, and I won’t let you interrupt.” I twirl the hot iron in my hands before pressing it against her stomach. She screams in pain, arching violently upward as the mark is branded into her flesh.

“Anyway, when I die and go back in time, you’ll be 100% fine and these marks will have never existed. Oriane, I really like you, truly, but I’m on my journey of self-discovery.”

“It’s a teenage thing, you know? Old people like you wouldn’t understand. Let’s call it divine puberty. I’m discovering what I really like.”

“GGHHHHMMMM!!!” She screams when I brand her cheek with the hot iron, her tears streaming to the floor as the iron begins to lose some of its heat.

“I’m a fairly young omnipotent deity if we’re talking about total time of existence from where I emerged until now, and I’m really enjoying experiencing my emotions again the way they should be, but you’re trying to ruin it. That hurts my feelings.”

“Don’t try to talk to Fanni again, don’t try to give Fanni power, don’t expose the truth to Fanni, don’t try to manipulate Fanni’s memories so she knows the truth, and STAY THE HELL OUT OF MY FUCKING BUSINESS.” I stomp on her face.

“You have no idea how cruel I can be to you, you wretched thing.” I lift her off the ground and embrace her gently.

“I love you so much, Oriane, so please, can you behave? You like me too, don’t you?” I murmur in a loving tone into her ear. She nods in agreement, though I know it’s a lie.

“Be a good grandma and watch your granddaughter learn about what it means to truly live. Hot iron isn’t even close to what I want to do to you when you make me angry, so grandma, please just watch, okay?”

“If you just watch, I’ll be gentle.” This is her torture too. Watching time repeat is mild the first few times, but what about after a thousand deaths? That would be the equivalent of 250 years considering each cycle lasts 3 months. I want more of this sweet emotion that death, sadness, and despair give me.

“…” I remove the restraint from her mouth, listening as she pants, exhausted and in pain. Her voice is dry and her tone isn’t as sweet as usual.

“Do you want a glass of water?”

“W-Why P-Pandora…y-you’re a goddess…y-you’re omnipotent…w-why this i-irrational cruelty…I-I don’t understand…i-it hurts so much…w-why hurt me like this?”

“…About hurting you…honestly, there’s no reason. I didn’t need to burn you with hot iron even after what you did.” I lick her cheek right above the burn mark on her face, branded with a pretty P, exactly how my property should be marked.

“As for your other questions, I don’t know either, so let’s find out together, Oriane. Let’s find out what about this makes me happy. Let’s find out why I’m so monstrous that this situation brings me joy.”

“Since both of us are limited without using omniscience, I’m going to love discovering why I feel so happy about this even though I’m dying every 3 months.” I hug her tighter with a loving and familiar touch. I remember this is how I used to hug Zephyra whenever I broke her, but this time it’s different, it’s purer.

“I like loving intensely like this…I hope you enjoy my love, grandma. It’s the purest love I can offer, coming from the bottom of my heart.” Even if my love is bathed in the purest irrational violence, I like it.

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Galaxy’s Note!!

Hello readers!! This side story of Pandora, Oriane, and Fanni shows a side I really thought was important to show based on everything that’s been presented in the story!!

And this is the core of the work, which may have seemed to disappear during some of the side stories, but which I want to make clear.

Pandora hasn’t changed. She just lost something you all wanted to see—revenge. Pandora has always been characterized by three things: revenge, lust, and monstrosity.

However, revenge has already been fulfilled, and lust began to cool deeply for her, but there’s something I wanted to show that’s still there and always will be, even in her omnipotence.

The monster you’ve followed for hundreds of chapters!! That monster still exists. Pandora has always loved in a bizarre way, especially with characters like Zephyra, where she completely broke the girl.

But now Pandora is going through a phase where she wants to truly “discover” what she likes. Pandora never really had a proper adolescence, and now she’s enjoying that phase of life that already passed her by.

And that’s why she’s doing this to Fanni and Oriane, two characters who don’t deserve Pandora’s cruelty, all because the monstrous Pandora, as always, doesn’t even distinguish whether someone truly deserves to suffer or not.

Pandora has reached the peak of her cruelty, not because she’s torturing Oriane, or because she’s torturing Fanni with the time loops, but because she’s finally found comfort in being a monster even in her way of loving.

After all, Pandora with her wives always tried to act in ways that weren’t really her. She repressed the “real” Pandora in several aspects, but now we see that even those she loves aren’t protected from being hurt if it satisfies her.

This side story felt really important to me because it resolves something that always haunted Pandora—the fact that in order to have love and feel happy, she needed to hide what she really is: a monster.

And now she’s finally accepted not to do that anymore, not to repress herself even in front of the people she likes, just as a monster should be. Monsters shouldn’t be “tamed” or become “peaceful” just because they like someone.

A true monster would be monstrous even toward what it loves. I hope you understood this part of this side story and found it interesting!! I thank everyone who made it this far and I hope you have a great read!! This is the end of this side story!