"So, since you've already had an even more thrilling experience, why bother clinging to those little tricks? If you ever want to feel it again, just contact me anytime. I guarantee your satisfaction."
Eriri spoke with righteous confidence, as though she were doing something noble and just.
Hearing Eriri's assurance, Darkness' eyes lit up again.
Recalling that soul-penetrating pleasure from before, she suddenly felt that all other forms of play were dull and uninteresting.
Eriri's words seemed to make perfect sense—if she could experience that sensation whenever she wished, then giving up on other types of pleasure wasn't a loss at all.
Without hesitation, she nodded eagerly.
"In that case, it's a deal!"
"Of course. I always keep my word. But just so you know, for the next month, I won't be able to indulge your perverse cravings."
As she spoke, Eriri stretched out her hand, and a silver smartphone appeared in her palm.
She casually tossed it to Darkness.
"This phone is for you. Whenever you feel like going wild, just use it to contact me. I'll make sure you're satisfied."
Considering that she might need to stay in touch with Darkness more often in the future, Eriri thought private communication would be better. After all, openly flaunting something connected to perversion wasn't exactly good for her image.
Since the chat group didn't yet have a private messaging function, a smartphone would have to do.
Though Darkness' world lacked internet, that was hardly a problem for Eriri.
"Mhm, I got it. Thanks."
Darkness gratefully caught the phone, inwardly giving Eriri multiple thumbs-up for such thoughtful arrangements.
She had some knowledge of phones, though only through the group's memory images and the things she'd learned at the banquet earlier.
She had even thought about buying one from another group member to try it out, but to her surprise, Eriri had gifted her one directly.
Not lingering in Eriri's room, Darkness returned to her own world shortly after receiving the phone, with Eriri's help, sparing her the cost of a Cross-Realm Token.
Watching Darkness leave, Eriri suddenly felt as though she had just been cheating on someone.
Shaking her head, she dismissed the strange thought.
She then reached out toward the next room, pulling Arifureta back into her room.
To make it up to her, tonight would be another sleepless night.
...
A week quickly passed since the banquet ended.
During this time, Eriri spent her days accompanying the many beautiful girls and lolis at home, while also traveling around the Saekano world with Shiraori and her group of four.
She also made time to collect the bet from Chika Fujiwara, and she was frequently summoned by Darkness, who had grown addicted, to satisfy her twisted desires and physical needs.
Now, Eriri was preparing to embark on a one-month multiverse journey with D.
That morning, after breakfast, Eriri bid farewell to everyone, then tore open the barrier of the universe together with D, stepping into a new world.
With Eriri absent, Meido also left the Saekano world.
Meanwhile, Mirei Shinohara, worried about her stranded teacher and classmates still surviving in another world, planned to have Shiraori take her back there.
Along the way, they intended to finally eliminate Potimas, who had already been added to their kill-on-sight list.
If they were in a good mood, they might even play the role of saviors, joining forces with the little demon lord to rescue the world teetering on the brink of destruction.
...
Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
After a month-long journey across the multiverse, Eriri and D finally returned to the Saekano world.
In terms of the vast multiverse, a month was pitifully short.
Even if they spent less than half a day in each world, the number of worlds they had visited was still fewer than one hundred.
The worlds they visited during their journey were all places Eriri had never set foot in before, chosen completely at random.
Still, among them were several worlds Eriri knew well from works of her previous life.
When Eriri and D returned to the Saekano world, they didn't head straight back to the villa. Instead, they arrived in a deserted alley on the outskirts of Tokyo.
For they weren't returning alone—two girls in green military coats stood beside them.
These two were girls Eriri and D had encountered in the last world of their journey. That world happened to be one Eriri knew well from a past-life work: Girls' Last Tour.
The girls were none other than the story's protagonists—Chito and Yuuri.
One could only say their luck was good. Normally, when Eriri and D entered a post-apocalyptic world, they didn't stay long, leaving quickly.
But this time, they had appeared right in front of Chito and Yuuri.
Having seen the work in her past life, Eriri had always felt pity for the tragic fate of its protagonists.
Now that she had encountered them in person, she didn't mind lending a hand to take them away from that ruined world.
And so, here they were.
At this moment, Chito and Yuuri stared blankly at their surroundings.
Only seconds earlier, they had been huddled together under a thin blanket in the freezing snow. With no food or water for days, they had been on the brink of death.
When Eriri and D suddenly tore through space and appeared before them, they thought they were hallucinating—catching sight of goddesses.
After all, how else could someone be so beautiful and wield the power to rend space itself?
They had wanted to speak their final wish to these goddesses, but lacked the strength even to speak.
Then, in the blink of an eye, they found themselves in a strange new place, the icy whiteness of snow replaced by warm colors.
They realized their weakness had vanished, and for the first time in forever, warmth seeped into their bodies through their coats.
Just as they wondered if this was some dream before death, a sweet voice pulled them back to reality:
"From now on, you two can live your lives peacefully in this new world."
Hearing this, Chito and Yuuri looked up at the goddess before them. They wanted to ask questions, but before they could speak, she had already vanished, leaving only a breathtaking smile engraved in their minds.
At that moment, they realized something had appeared in their hands—a set of identity papers and a thick stack of 10,000-yen bills.
"Yu… are we dreaming?"
Chito stared at the ID in her left hand and the pile of cash—at least several centimeters thick—in her right, disbelief written on her face.
Yuuri shook her head. "I don't know. Why don't you pinch yourself and see if it hurts?"
"Why me? Why not you?"
"You suggested it first, Chi."
"..."
As they spoke, tears unknowingly streamed down their cheeks.
The vividness of it all told them the truth—even without testing with pain, they knew they had escaped that apocalyptic world.
The two looked at each other, then fell to their knees, bowing deeply in the direction where Eriri had disappeared, and remained there for a long time.
...
After the multiverse journey, D returned to the So I'm a Spider, So What? world, back to her personal home to continue her shut-in life.
Eriri, meanwhile, stopped traveling between worlds and returned to living honestly as a normal high school student.
Since she had been away for a month with D, Darkness had gone without Eriri's torment for that long. For someone who had tasted its "sweetness," it was unbearable.
Thus, after Eriri's return, Darkness began calling her over almost every day.
And under Eriri's relentless daily abuse and training, Darkness had become completely dependent on her.
Taeko Hiramatsu and Kanami Mihara would also occasionally invite Eriri out shopping. After several such "dates" and frequent chats on LINE, their relationship had grown much closer.
Upon hearing that Eriri had returned, Meido also came back to the Saekano world to fulfill her duties as a personal maid.
Shiraori and Mirei Shinohara, who had spent years in another world, also returned briefly to the Saekano world.
Of course, they had only come back to see Eriri and ease their longing. Afterward, they would return to the other world once more.
During those years, they had completely eliminated Potimas, the mastermind behind everything, and met with all the reincarnators.
Thanks to the skills Eriri had bestowed upon her, Okazaki Kanami, who had been reincarnated as an elf, had not been deceived by Potimas and thus had never revealed her identity as a reincarnator.
Without her information, the other reincarnators had not fallen victim to Potimas' schemes either.
When Shiraori and Mirei found them, they were still only two or three years old.
After explaining the truth of the world to them, Shiraori and Mirei then sought out the Demon Lord Ariel and formally began their plan to save the world.
But none of this had much to do with Eriri. To her, the moment Shiraori and Mirei first returned to Earth, the "game" of that world had already ended.
Just like that, more than half a month passed, and in the Saekano world, time reached the end of June.
The second Multiverse Same-Sex ♀ Friendship Group Martial Arts Tournament was about to begin.
...
[Eriri (Level 8, Stage 9): Sisters, tomorrow is the second martial arts tournament. Are you ready?]
[Luo Cuilian (Level 7, Stage 2): I've been waiting for this day. Jibril, Milim, I won't lose to you this time!]
[Jibril (Level 7, Stage 2): Then you'd better try hard, because I won't be going easy on you.]
[Luo Cuilian (Level 7, Stage 2): Of course. You may be a bit of a pervert, but I acknowledge your strength. I'll answer it with the results of a year of hard training.]
[Milim (Level 7, Stage 2): Wahaha, something fun again! I'm so happy!]
[Erika (Level 7, Stage 2): Don't underestimate us. I've been training hard this year too. Who knows who'll come out on top.]
[Tatsumaki (Level 7, Stage 1): You're all strong, but I'm not weak either. I wasn't in the group last time, so I couldn't participate. But I definitely won't miss it this time.]
[Chika Fujiwara (Level 7, Stage 2): Hehe, me too! This time I'll definitely shine!]
[Ruri Gokou (Level 7, Stage 2): You're dreaming, Chika. Beat me first if you want to say that. My Fallen Angel Mystic Eyes are already itching for battle!]
[Moeha Fujiwara (Level 7, Stage 1): Chika-nee, maybe be a little more realistic. If you get one-shotted, it'll be embarrassing.]
[Chika Fujiwara (Level 7, Stage 2): No way! Who do you think I am? There's no chance I'll be one-shotted. I'm the one who'll take the championship! chin up.jpg]
[Kaguya Shinomiya (Level 7, Stage 2): …]
[Moeha Fujiwara (Level 7, Stage 1): Fine, whatever makes you happy.]
[Natsuki Minamiya (Level 3, Stage 9): I'll just aim for a consolation prize. I don't care about the top three.]
[Victoria (Level 3, Stage 6): Same here. A consolation prize is enough for me. A million points is already a lot.]
[Eris (Level 3, Stage 7): The rewards for the top three are so generous. Third place gets ten times the points, second place fifty times, and the champion gets one hundred times—that's a full hundred million points.]
[Eris (Level 3, Stage 7): Too bad I'm not good at fighting. Looks like I'll never get those points.]
They had already discussed the second martial arts tournament in the chat group some time ago, so even newcomers like Natsuki Minamiya understood it well.
They had also watched the memory footage of the previous tournament, gaining a clear sense of the battle strength of Jibril, Milim, and Luo Cuilian.
They were self-aware. Even if they had equal power during the matches, their battle experience couldn't compare at all.
So they didn't foolishly brag about aiming for the top three in the chat.
As for Chika Fujiwara's antics, everyone was already used to it.
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