On the surface, Deya City was in utter chaos.
Two hours after the underground labyrinth collapsed, all factions were scrambling to carry out rescue operations.
The Goddess of Life had even “kindly” ordered all her priests to mobilize, saying every life saved counted.
But in the midst of this race against time, a large group of demon-hunting squads suddenly marched into Deya City and declared the city sealed.
All exits were now strictly guarded, seriously hampering the efficiency of the rescue efforts.
“Lord Demon Hunter, you absolutely cannot seal the city right now! How am I supposed to transport rescue supplies?”
Count Suho, looking worn out, pleaded with a young demon hunter in silver light armor.
His daughter was still trapped underground, her fate unknown.
And she wasn’t the only one— children of other nobles were also down there.
The young demon hunter sneered and continued guarding the gate.
“We’re acting under the will of the Goddess to eradicate demons. Rescue operations are your responsibility. From now on, every person entering or leaving Deya City must undergo strict inspection!”
The will of the Goddess… Suho and the others’ expressions darkened.
No matter how powerful they were in Deya City, they were no match for those seven words…
Just then, a servant came rushing up to Suho.
“My lord! The young lady and the others successfully defeated the final boss and have been teleported out of the labyrinth!”
“What?! Take me to her!”…
Ten minutes later, at the entrance of the collapsed labyrinth, Suho arrived to see Andersen and the other injured party members slowly walking out to cheers from the crowd, greatly boosting the morale of the rescue teams.
“My daughter!” Suho quickly ran up once he spotted Suna among the crowd. He found that she was mostly unharmed, but her emotional state seemed a little odd?
Her face was slightly flushed, and the tips of her ears were bright red…
“Father…”
“What’s wrong? Did something bad happen underground?”
Suna shook her head. “I’m fine. I just want to go home and rest.”
With that, she got into the carriage, leaving Suho completely baffled. What’s going on?
“How awful…”
Right after, Suho overheard two young priests whispering nearby. It sounded like they were talking about his daughter:
“She’s just like Mailun, always bullying people.”
“She actually kissed someone just to spite Mailun.”
“What a domineering young lady…”
Bullying? Kissing? What the hell happened down there?!
As Reg passed by, Suho immediately called out to him and noticed he looked just as downcast as Suna:
“Reg, do you know what happened in the labyrinth? Why is Suna acting so strange? And what about you?”
Shouldn’t they be relieved to have survived?
“You mean Suna? She’s fine. Just did something totally in character. As for me… I just feel like I have no future anymore. If you’ll excuse me, my lord, I need to go get patched up.”
With that, Reg hurried away, leaving Suho even more confused. Then he spotted Mailun throwing a fit near the labyrinth entrance.
Mailun, gripping a silver longsword, was furiously hacking at a broken stone pillar. His family didn’t even dare approach him.
“Why? Why?! Why doesn’t she like me?! Everyone at the academy lied to me! I’m the best! I am!”
Uh… what now? Could it be that everyone who came out of the labyrinth is emotionally unstable to some degree?
Seeing this, Suho immediately ordered a psychological evaluation for the group of students…
In a makeshift treatment ward, Reg sighed. In truth, Count Suho wasn’t wrong— surviving a disaster should’ve been a cause for relief. Unfortunately, Reg’s “disaster” wasn’t over.
All he could hear in his head was Truth’s voice saying, “What if I ask you to die for me?”
If Truth had been just a regular priest saying that, Reg could’ve laughed it off.
But that “ordinary” priest had nearly obliterated an unbeatable boss with a single blow— not something he could shrug off!
Damn it. I really dug myself into a hole, didn’t I? I went and found some hidden big shot and even casually made a deal to sell myself out!
The boss was already defeated… so would Truth really make him go die now? Reg suddenly felt the urge to run far, far away.
But reason told him that he’d never escape the grasp of someone as powerful as Truth.
“Sigh… might as well eat and drink while I still can.”
Reg gave up struggling. He decided to wait and see if Suna would die first.
After all, she was the one who dared to kiss Truth.
If anyone was going to die, it’d be her. He just hoped Truth wasn’t some kind of evil demon or something…
It wasn’t a kiss!
Inside the luxurious Suho family carriage, Suna buried her face in a pillow, her cheeks still burning red.
She hadn’t expected that the first kiss she’d guarded for so long— symbolizing purity and romance— would be stolen by Truth! Damn it! She only wanted him to kiss her cheek!
And yet she’d kissed him right on the lips! Was a first kiss from five hundred years ago really that cheap? Suna felt like she’d suffered from a serious cultural misunderstanding…
What made her even more furious was that everyone present at the time actually believed she had kissed Truth to make Mailun give up on her— seriously?!
Because from the outside, that’s exactly how it looked: a gentle and kind little priest being grabbed and forcibly kissed by a domineering noble lady…
Suna tried to explain, and Truth had even stepped up to admit that it was her who initiated the kiss.
But that only made everyone more convinced that Suna had secretly threatened her, and they all immediately stood protectively in front of Truth.
Suna: “……”
As a result, rumors of Suna “forcefully kissing” a certain little priest in the labyrinth spread like wildfire.
In a few days, her reputation at the academy would probably be on par with Mailun’s— a spoiled, unreasonable noble daughter.
Damn it!
But even so, Suna found that she didn’t actually feel any dislike toward Truth.
On the contrary, there was this strange fluttering in her chest… Was it because of her first kiss? Or was it because Truth’s gentle and thoughtful nature made it impossible to resent her?
Suna figured it was probably both. And kissing someone in front of everyone was just so mortifying! Not to mention the fact that the person she kissed was Truth— it added this weird sense of forbidden thrill. Why did that feel kind of exciting?
“No no no no! I have to stop thinking about this! My head’s going to explode!” Suna’s heart was racing like mad.
And the person behind all this? She was currently sitting on a small chair, being gently patted on the head by the priests from Mailun’s team:
“It’s okay, it was just a first kiss. Little Truth is still a pure and good child, don’t you worry. We’ll make sure to teach that arrogant young lady a proper lesson!”
Truth looked up and replied, “Honestly, I was the one who kissed her…”
“Alright, alright, no need to defend her. Just don’t take it to heart. If anyone’s to blame, it’s Suna and Mailun. Their personal feud dragged you in, and that’s just not fair!”
“Uh…”
Truth really didn’t know what to say anymore. So a first kiss was that important in this world?
When Suna had ordered her to kiss her, Truth had just gone along with it.
After all, Suna was pretty cute, and a kiss was a kiss— why not? So she kissed her right on the lips in front of everyone.
That kiss utterly shattered the confidence Mailun had built since childhood, completely transformed Suna’s image in the eyes of everyone present, and for Reg— who’d caught a glimpse of Truth’s true power— it was nothing short of a revelation.
It was only afterward that Truth realized: in this world, a first kiss was a sacred symbol of purity and love, not something to be handed out lightly.
And Suna had only wanted her to kiss her on the cheek.
Even now, the priests were still taking turns offering Truth comforting words, hoping she wouldn’t be too scared by the domineering young lady’s actions…
Sigh, so exhausting. Anyway, might as well check out the level-nine panel now.
Tftc!
Where is the yuri/shoujo ai tag?