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Lips wavered, but she kept her silence even under the undiscernible gaze of the goddess that hovered above her. She wanted to rebut her in some way, to convince her that the guilt she felt was legitimate, she realized she was trying be guilty. Unable to speak out in defense or accusation, she was forced to let the words wash over her, along with the strange feeling of wanting to be despised.

Suwako was oblivious to her struggle, or at least she seemed so judging by the way she leans back; letting her hands catch her weight once again. This time Hana was allowed to rise, so she took the option to sit up and distance herself; she was weary with how easily Suwako seemed to read her otherwise.

With her back facing the goddess, and trying not to miss the warmth, the puffy faced miko spoke with the voice of a mouse, “How are you- How are you just not angry with me? Didn’t I do something evil? You’re a god aren’t you, why would you let a villain go unpunished?”

Looking over the valley, now bathed in the yellow hues of the evening proper, she could see how the farmers scurried to finish their business before the cold bit too deeply. How the travelers below dwindled in number, the merchants in particular rushing to double dip today’s sales at the festival far below. Despite everything she was going through, life still went on without a care.

On the onbashira, all was quiet and disconnected from the world below. There wasn’t any stirring from behind her, nor indication of the goddess’ true thoughts. It set Hana on edge, especially with how silent the moment was between them. Before the desire to turn around and plead for an answer consumed her, the placid frog goddess croaked a question, “I’m curious Hana-chan, when you think about what you’ve done all this time, when you remember why you did everything. Do you look back thinking that you’re some kind of mastermind?”

Shaking her head in response, Hana avoided turning around lest she see the goddess’ true thoughts, “Good!”. Turns out Hana didn’t need too. Before Hana could guess at her motives, the goddess lunged forward, and with the speed of a hopping toad crossed the foot between them. It was all Hana could do to register the shoulder that dug into her back, and all she could yell out was a very undignified yelp, all she could feel is a familiar sensation of weightlessness as the ground was pulled out from under her.

Like a bird pushed out from the nest, Hana found her wings quickly and letting the world lines squeeze, she took the shortest route to hover above the goddess. Hearing a ‘Gyahahahaha~!’ a bolt of purple and blonde lasered into where the miko once floundered, Hana could see the confusion on Suwako’s face before she righted herself as well. That confusion quickly turned into what can only be described as child-like mischievousness, before Hana could shout, ‘W-what was that for?!’ another bolt of purple and blonde barreled past her.

Once more, a laughing goddess barreled into the spot she once was, before Hana had time to think she was already moving elsewhere. With a yell of ‘think fast!’ another flash of Suwako shot at Hana with all the fury of a landslide, there was no time to think, only act. Moving to the ‘right’, Hana twisted her body, slipping right past the goddess herself as she traveled behind the living danmaku pellet. Hana was just about ready to restrain the rowdy goddess from the back like a misbehaving child, when the girl’s head dropped back; making eye contact and acting like a counter weight that flung her into a backflip!

Now floating eye to eye to Hana, the horizontal goddess was mere inches away. Her ever-present joyful smile opened slightly; the darkness faded into a gray. That gray turned pink. That pink smacked Hana in the middle of the forehead before she could blink. She closed her eyes a split moment before the tongue retracted fully, and by the time she opened them she was greeted by a rush of purple and blonde as the danmaku hit true.

The sudden weight of the girl almost made Hana herself fall, having to focus and channel her power just to stay afloat. Flailing her limbs to steady herself, the floating duck barely had time to shout, “Suwako-sama, what’s wrong with you right now?!”

A response from the barnacle of a goddess answered her in short order, “Is the cotton outta your ears now?! Can you hear and see me now? Huh?!”

Letting out a trifecta of confused ‘yes’s to the goddess rapid fire questions, it was all Hana could do to get her arms in between them and pry off the deceptively strong girl. Staring into her sharp eyes now, the smile on her face dampened, and the joviality in her voice restrained, Hana could only stare at her, “You can’t take on the world alone, and more than that you’re not some bigshot able to do as you please with a sage of Kasen-sama’s caliber!”

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>>35842943
Well, I'm on floor 26 using free heals and I didn't need to do any of that.
25 was the goal, there's nothing worthwhile after that but I'll go as far as I can since we know it will come back.
The only reason I dislike the tower is its time consuming while also being time limited.
If the main story were this difficult I'd be impressed, but it isn't, and we're left hoping for that pve arena.

>>17124518
It is the life Alice chose, and I shall help fulfill it.