A dimly lit small room.

The large screen hanging on the wall kept flashing game images.

A man and a woman sat in two gaming chairs, constantly pressing buttons on their game controllers.

Various snacks and drinks were laid out on the table between the two.

The game lights flickered incessantly in the dimly lit room, and it seemed that the only sounds in the room were the game's audio and the clicking of the controller.

It was this atmosphere, which was difficult for normal people to accept, that made the man and woman in the room feel extremely comfortable.

As the game entered a cutscene, the two players who had been pressing the game controllers had a brief respite.

"I've never had the chance to play two-player games before, and I've always wanted to. Now I finally have the chance."

Aikaren smiled and picked up a bottle of cola from the table and drank it.

"Same……"

Yaodi smiled sweetly and carefully picked up the potato chips to eat.

Aikalen suddenly sighed with emotion and downed the Coke in her hand in one gulp.

Then he took another large bottle out of the pixel phone and placed it on the table.

"I hate people... I think they're a terrible species, all they do is fight among themselves and bully the weak..."

Hearing the other person suddenly speak, Yaodi turned her head and listened attentively.

"But I was wrong..."

His eyes were slightly lowered as he gripped the handle, applying slight pressure with his hand.

"I just encountered so much trash that I thought the whole world was trash..."

He turned his head and slowly looked at Yaodi, revealing a very gentle smile.

"But I found that there are still many good people in this world, and the world is not as bad as I imagined."

He tilted his head back, as if he were recalling something.

"There are people who give up their lives for their loved ones, and there are people who lend a helping hand to strangers... They are all admirable..."

Yao Di smiled and nodded, then suddenly noticed a tear rolling down Aikaren's cheek.

Before she could even express her concern, Aikaren's choked voice rang out.

"But...I...I actually killed so many people..."

Tears suddenly streamed uncontrollably from the corners of his eyes, running down his cheeks and falling drop by drop.

Yao Di immediately tensed up, at a loss for what to do, not knowing how to comfort her.

But soon, Aycaren stopped crying and her tone returned to calm.

“My leader, Hera, is one of the Five Plagues.”

Yao Di nodded. As a core member of the Light God Society, she knew this.

"I like her... I like her a lot."

These words froze Yao Di completely, and an indescribable emotion welled up inside her.

"I would do anything for Hera, even kill someone..."

"Because I feel that, since I'm someone who's been abandoned by this society anyway, and I hate humanity anyway, and I'm a bad person anyway, killing doesn't mean anything to me..."

"Ah, the game has already started."

Aycaren suddenly changed the subject and looked at the screen in front of her.

Yaodi also came to her senses, picked up the game controller, and started playing.

As the clicking sound of the buttons echoed in their ears, Aikaren spoke again.

"But you know... I regret it..."

He didn't look away from the screen, and neither did Yao Di, but their attention was completely drawn to it.

"I deeply regret it... I've discovered that I'm not a bad person... I seem to be a good person..."

His hands began to tremble as he manipulated the game controller.

“I hate my life now… Whenever Hera gives me an order to kill someone, I feel an overwhelming resistance…”

"But……"

"I really love Hera."

“Every day, I’m torn, I’m struggling. I don’t want to do anything bad, but I don’t want to betray Hera…”

"I really don't know what to do..."

As the cutscene lit up on the screen again, Ekalen put the controller down.

"Perhaps... I wasn't truly in love with Hera..."

His eyes flickered, revealing a variety of complex emotions.

“I’ve simply never been valued by anyone, and I’ve never proven my worth to anyone… so when Hera praised me, I thought it was love…”

Yao Di looked at Aikaren, puzzled, and Aikaren met her gaze.

"I only realized this after I met you."

Yao Di was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized what was happening, and her face instantly turned red.

"Because of you, I've learned what true love is..."

As she spoke, Aikalen's face turned red.

However, she quickly fell silent, turning into frustration and even sadness.

"Perhaps... meeting Hera was a mistake."

"If I hadn't gone to the back mountain to play games that day, I wouldn't have met Hera, and I wouldn't have become her underling."

"Continue to be that homebody. Even if the city is destroyed, you can use your own abilities to escape and continue living in another city."

"Perhaps one day, the Night Stars will discover that I'm being relentlessly pursued by the [Godslayer] team for income."

"Then one day, I met you, before you joined the Light God Society... We recognized each other, and fell in love..."

Upon hearing this, Yaodi felt her face burning hot and lowered her head, not daring to look up.

She didn't know what her expression was like at that moment, but it must have been very exaggerated.

"If that's really the case... my life will definitely be very happy."

"Unfortunately... it's all too late... there are no 'what ifs' in this world..."

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