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ARTEMISIA

'It's not time for you to die yet.'

I turned, shielding my eyes from the bright light.

“Goddess Trivia?!” I asked and blinked as she appeared before me.

Unlike the first time I had seen her, she was wearing a cape and her hair was concealed. But she still held her torch, and the polecat and she-dog were still at her side.

“I died?”

Panic surged through me as her black eyes twinkled. I turned around, but didn't see Sin or the people we had been fighting.

“What is going on? Am I dead?!” I asked once more, but all I got in return was a smile.

“I wouldn't say you are dead, more like say you are unconscious.”

“Where is Sin?” I asked again, and Goddess Trivia snapped her hand in front of me.

'See him…'

I bit my lips as I glimpsed Sin in the crystal ball I was staring at.

He didn't look like he would die soon. Heck, he seemed revitalized and, by coincidence, he had transformed into his wolf form.

He should not be able to shift. How did that happen?

'You helped him, child. They curs