Disqualified as a Villainess - Chapter 90

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#90.

I pulled my collar tight and trembled, my breath misting visibly in the frigid air.
Plumes of vapor poured from my lips.
I couldn’t tell if this shaking came from the cold or something else entirely.
The world spread before my eyes was bleached entirely white.
Steel beams twisted like grotesque branches sprawled across collapsed structures; warped roads and bridges; buildings jutting up like festering wounds.
Every trace of life that once thrived in this city lay frozen solid.
‘This place…’
Even the Walking Path where I used to stroll with Samsik had turned white, barely recognizable.
When I lived here, it was during the recovery phase after the First Nuclear Winter, when the metropolis still retained its urban character.
At least technology had advanced by then.
In the end, the sun vanished again, and the Second Nuclear Winter came, freezing the world and bringing everything to ruin.
“Is this another hallucination? Where are we?”
“Does anyone have an antidote potion?”
I could see the Team Members around me descending into confusion.
I realized the nature of this place itself had transformed—not a hallucination—but I said nothing.
Whiiiir—
From what had once been the Walking Path, the Gate Owner, now pitch-black and massive as a house, gazed down at me in silence.
It seemed several times larger than when I first glimpsed its true form.
Its appearance still bore no resemblance to the name Samwol.

Suddenly, I recalled the animals I had seen in that paradise-like space within Prince Jeriel’s shadow.
The large ears of the guide dog that had led me through the path out of the Abyss toward Paradise.
They resembled Samsik’s ears, which would flutter with each pitter-patter step.
“So it was you who showed me the way?”
That place was a dimension where pure souls dwelled, connected to Prince Jeriel’s psyche—one who commanded animal spirits.
Through the innocent Young Prince’s summoning ability, it had followed me out of that realm.
“You… have passed on as well.”
Even though I had already reached that conclusion, each word I spoke stung.
“Whimper.”
The Gate Owner gave a slight nod in affirmation.
“Octavia, what you’re harboring is the lingering consciousness of a soul that defies order. It masquerades as a virtuous dog, but its true nature is twisted Chaos.”
Chloe had positioned herself at a distance among the others, watching us intently.
“Even if you didn’t know, ignorance itself is a sin.”
Then came Dominic’s voice.
“Mobilize all forces immediately and attack the Gate Owner. And seize that woman—she is the source of this calamity!”
This child could never return to being an ordinary dog.
With Ewain, Logan Ortega, Matteo, and countless others arriving soon, convincing them to spare a single dog would be unrealistic.
The trials ahead would be incomparably worse than anything I had witnessed thus far.
I surveyed the Team Members around me, trembling with fear and hesitation.
“If we charge in without strategy, we’ll be slaughtered.”
Instead of the Chaos Entity that had been the dog’s favorite, modern weapons that had destroyed this world would now emerge.
The moment my words ended, I saw bombs pouring down like a meteor shower across the darkened sky in the distance.
Boom—crash!
The sound of explosions echoed through the air. The relentless barrage of bombs was being intercepted by a protective barrier that Febrien had erected.
“Lady Octavia! I shall save you!”
Ewain, who had just arrived, called my name and drew his sword.
“Forget saving me—evacuate the others to the air raid shelter first! Now!”
The moment my order ended, Chloe approached him.
“Commander, don’t believe her words. She’s been harboring the Gate Owner all along. She deliberately created this disaster to play at wielding power. Her plan is to kill us all to erase the evidence, then return to the Kingdom and claim credit for resolving the Gate.”
From what I knew, the Physical-Type Faction’s commander had a tendency to only half-listen to anything longer than three sentences.
“Caring for the Gate Owner? That’s something even an Apostle’s descendant couldn’t do—how could a non-powered person manage it?”
As expected, Ewain had only caught the first part and failed to comprehend.
He then turned to Logan, Febrien, and Julia, who had just arrived, and shouted.
“Everyone, evacuate to the air raid shelter!”
His mind had only registered my instruction to evacuate people.
Among all the men I had met, he was the one who operated his brain capacity most efficiently.
“Understood.”
Logan agreed.
“Announce the full evacuation order and escort the patients who have difficulty moving to the air raid shelter!”
Like a capable commander, Julia divided the personnel and distributed roles accordingly.
Those who had participated unfailingly in every battle and mission possessed far greater authority than the cowardly Prince who had fled so shamefully.
Everyone moved according to their instructions and announced the evacuation plan.
“Octavia, let’s go quickly.”
Logan approached me without a shred of fear, positioning himself between the Gate Owner and me.
Fortunately, Logan was a kind uncle who had even saved Samwol when she fell into the water, so he simply remained seated obediently.
“So if we attack that black dog first, w-no. That would be catastrophic, wouldn’t it? It seems there’s another strategy besides destruction.”
Logan, with extensive experience in high-tier Gate missions, appeared to have already grasped the situation at a glance.
“I’ll handle it. Evacuate first.”
“Alone? That sounds insane.”
“I’m the only one who understands this Destroyed Dimension.”
“Your insane talk still doesn’t sit right with me.”
Then, an even sharper chill swept through as something came flying.
Crash—!
An explosion erupted from Dominic’s slash attack.
“Yelp—!”
Through the hazy smoke dispersing into the air, I saw the Gate Owner’s massive body crouching down.
“Pour all your attacks when it’s immobilized!”
Believing his judgment had proven correct, Dominic issued orders to the remaining personnel.
Logan, who had scooped me up and changed positions in an instant, gritted his teeth and spewed curses.
“That idiot bastard!”
But seeing the Gate Owner not budge despite being attacked, they seemed to gain confidence, and the rest began unleashing their assaults in accordance with the Prince’s command.
The Gate Owner didn’t flee. Like a helpless laboratory test animal, it simply remained crouched.
For a moment, it almost seemed as though it recognized its own uselessness and wished to simply disappear.
“Yelp—!”
Amid the unceasing explosions and dust clouds, I heard anguished cries.
I found it utterly unbearable. Heat rose to my eyes and blood seemed to surge backward through my veins.
“…Stop.”
I had attempted it only a few times in my life, but I had now adopted an irrational judgment that invariably led to 200% loss.
What owner could stand by and watch their own dog being beaten?
“Samsik!”
My voice echoed across the pale, whitened city.
I saw Samsik struggle to rise, swaying.
“Woof!”
As always, she answered cheerfully.
I rushed forward without hesitation and embraced Samsik.
“My good girl.”
The realistic thought that we would die together crossed my mind, but I dismissed it.
Right now, holding the dog who had come searching for me even in death was far more important.

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Upon seeing Octavia shielding the Gate Owner, Prince Dominic signaled for the attacks to cease.
“Move aside, Octavia! What are you doing? Get away from that Chaos Entity at once!”
The Team Members who received the Prince’s order rushed forward, only to be repelled by a powerful magnetic field.
“Grrrrr….”
Those who witnessed the Gate Owner rising to its feet and baring its fangs were seized with fear and dared not move recklessly.
Octavia pointed toward the sky where meteors descended, their luminous tails streaking downward.
At last, the limit had been reached—cracks were spreading across the protective barrier.
“Do you understand the situation now? If you can’t comprehend it, then just waste your mana and die.”
At Octavia’s words that it was futile, Prince Dominic twisted his lips and issued a withdrawal order.
Logan, with his hand thrust into his trouser pocket and standing at an angle, looked up at the sky.
“Octavia, let’s go. We can’t keep that dog at home.”
“Logan, let’s execute the plan I mentioned before.”
“The plan to paralyze the Gate itself through powerful mana disruption?”
Octavia rose from her position and faced Logan.
“After everyone enters the air raid shelter, activate the device I created.”
The Gate Owner would not harm Octavia, and it would not launch direct attacks unless she was touched.
Moreover, it possessed such robust durability that even slashing attacks and abilities left it unscathed.
Without taking action, the Gate would continue to consume lives and expand its territory.
“What about Kelsedny Admiral?”
Still uneasy about leaving Octavia alone, Logan glanced around the area.
“He’ll come to help soon. The bombardment has stopped.”
Though she knew he would not come in these circumstances, she spoke thus to reassure Logan.
“Okay.”
Logan chose to trust her judgment.
She was someone who had no need for others’ concern. When she needed something, she would ask for it herself.

After Logan departed, only the sound of a biting, blade-like wind echoed through the surroundings.
Octavia brushed her windswept hair into place and asked.
“Why did you come back to the Outside World? That place was so much better. Wasn’t there even an angel there who adored you?”
My puppy had defied order and transformed into a Chaos Entity with consciousness.
It was merely the heart of a dog yearning for its master who had gone before.
She sighed inwardly, then stroked Samsik’s head.
Even now that Samsik had become the Gate Owner, she showed no signs of becoming ferocious—instead, her expression seemed to ask, “Did I do something wrong? Am I not a good dog anymore?”
Octavia, who had been continuously petting her, smiled as she withdrew a ball from her coat pocket.
“Want to play fetch?”
“Woof!”
Beyond the thrown ball, a massive mana projectile surged toward the Ground like a rocket launch.
In her world, the most destructive form of EMP attack—one that would regress civilization back to the primitive age.
The method utilized the energy of a nuclear detonation in the sky.
She extended her hand toward the large dog bounding toward her with the small ball in its mouth.
“This time, I won’t leave you alone.”
The dog dropped the ball it had retrieved and rushed into her embrace.
“Woof!”
Soon, the mana core detonated in the sky, and a brilliant flash erupted.
Then, like an empty void where nothing existed, everything turned pure white.

One
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I’m sorry.
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Nothing
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Heart

End
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Restoration
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Returning to the primordial state.

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