My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calicraft) novel Chapter 2240

From high above Drakonia, Zirconia looked down upon the entire city.

The scene was indistinguishable from the Netherworld—cries, prayers, and the sounds of people running filled the air.

Seeing all of this, she felt lost and overwhelmed. Everything she saw was her doing; she had become the greatest sinner in the world.

No matter how much pain and suffering she had endured, she had now robbed countless others of their happiness.

Then, she was transported again.

Sycamore and the old man in white appeared before her.

Zirconia's eyes were filled with tears as she lowered her head, her voice weak and choked with emotion as she said, "Y-You've won... just kill me."

Sycamore stepped forward. He knew that the only way to calm Zirconia's fury was through this method.

He felt a twinge of guilt toward her, which was why he had not stopped her actions. If she wanted to kill, he would let her kill to her heart's content until all the gods feared her, until they could never forget her.

Then, he would show her what she had done.

Of course, this strategy would only work on someone like her, who had experienced the suffering of the Netherworld and the human world.

Those gods who had always remained in the heavens would be indifferent to such visions, but Zirconia, who had endured hardship, now understood the depth of her sins.

Sycamore walked up to her. "It's you who won, Nia," he said.

Nia looked up as her eyes filled with an indescribable expression. "What... did you say?"

Sycamore bent down and helped her up. "I'm sorry. We were wrong," he said, bowing his head solemnly.

At that moment, tears poured from Nia's eyes again. She realized that Sycamore had acknowledged her suffering. This apology was delayed by a thousand years, and it had finally reached her ears.

Nia began to cry uncontrollably, like a child who had finally released all her pent-up grievances.

However, at that moment, her body reached its limit. She looked up at Sycamore and whispered something to him.