The clash raged on, the air quaking under every strike of divine power.

Kana's barrier trembled, cracked, and reformed again as the wolf goddess pressed against her with a relentless hunger.

Her arms shook, her chest burned, and every nerve in her body screamed in agony.

Still, she refused to back down.

The goddess's claws dug into her shield of light, sparks scattering like embers in the wind.

Kana pushed back, forcing her own power to flare brighter, higher, more desperate. The ground split beneath their feet, the battlefield collapsing into chaos.

The system's sharp tone rang in her ears.

[Warning.Hostisapproachinglimit.Warning. Host is approaching limit.Warning.Hostisapproachinglimit.]

[Systemadvisesimmediatedisengagement.System advises immediate disengagement.Systemadvisesimmediatedisengagement.]

Kana's eyes burned as she stared at the wolf goddess.

"If I let go now, she'll destroy everything. Don't tell me to stop!"

Correction.Host'sbodycannothandlefurtheroutput.Correction. Host's body cannot handle further output.Correction.Host'sbodycannothandlefurtheroutput.

Her teeth clenched, her throat raw as she shouted back.

"Then I'll do something else. If I can't handle it… then I'll change it!"

The system hesitated, as though it didn't understand.

"I want to reshape the whole world around me. Stop this fight before it destroys everyone."

Kana said, her words breaking with both pain and resolve.

[Error.Authoritylevelistoohigh.Hostbodywillcollapseunderthestrain.Error. Authority level is too high. Host body will collapse under the strain.Error.Authoritylevelistoohigh.Hostbodywillcollapseunderthestrain.]

The warning echoed again and again, but Kana's vision was already tunneling. Her heart pounded wildly, but her will cut sharper than any fear.

"I don't care what the price is. If it means saving Lysera, saving Irielle, saving everyone I love—then I'll pay it."

The battlefield seemed to pause. The wolf goddess's golden eyes narrowed, sensing something shift.

[Finalconfirmationrequired.Proceedingwillrewritecorestructures.Hostsurvivalrate—minimal.Final confirmation required. Proceeding will rewrite core structures. Host survival rate—minimal.Finalconfirmationrequired.Proceedingwillrewritecorestructures.Hostsurvivalrate—minimal.]

Kana inhaled sharply, her chest aching. Her hands glowed with an impossible radiance as she screamed her final decision.

"Do it! I'll take any price! Just—let them live!"

The system fell silent. Then—

[Acknowledged.Executingadminauthority:WorldReshape.Acknowledged. Executing admin authority: World Reshape.Acknowledged.Executingadminauthority:WorldReshape.]

The light that burst from Kana's body was unlike anything the world had ever seen. It swallowed the battlefield, searing away the darkness, blinding friend and foe alike.

The wolf goddess let out a furious snarl as her power was overwhelmed, drowned in Kana's radiance.

The elves stumbled back, their advance halted. Even the air seemed to shatter as the rules of existence bent under Kana's authority.

She could feel herself breaking apart. The storm inside was no longer hers to hold—she was becoming the storm, her body dissolving into its brilliance.

But she didn't scream. She didn't falter. She thought of Lysera's laughter, Irielle's stubborn warmth, Jenna's faith, and Ruby's quiet guidance.

She thought of all the lives behind her that still had futures worth protecting.

And she smiled.

The last thing she saw before the light consumed everything was Lysera and Irielle running toward her, their faces stricken with panic.

Behind them, High Priestess Jenna's robes glimmered as she reached forward, while Ruby's pink hair shimmered in the brilliance as she caught Kana's collapsing body.

Then—darkness.

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When Kana opened her eyes again, the air was still.

Her body lay on something soft, familiar. She blinked rapidly, squinting at the ceiling above her.

A ceiling not carved from ancient stone or glowing with divine light, but simple plaster, off-white, faintly cracked from years of wear.

She froze.

She was… back.

Pushing herself upright, Kana looked around the room. A bed, a small table, curtains stirring with the faint breeze from a window she knew too well.

Beyond it, the noise of distant cars, the chatter of people walking, the faint smell of food being cooked somewhere down the street.

Her throat tightened.

"This is… home?"

She whispered, her voice breaking.

Her heart raced, panic clawing at her chest. She stumbled out of the bed and ran to the window.

The city stretched before her—tall buildings, glowing signs, traffic lights flickering from red to green. Humanity. Normalcy. The world she thought she had lost forever.

Her legs gave out, and she sank to her knees, clutching her head.

"No… no, how—how did I get here?"

She searched her memory, frantic. The barrier, the wolf goddess, the light. She remembered shouting, begging the system to listen. She remembered choosing to pay any price.

But then—

Pain stabbed through her skull.

She cried out, collapsing onto the floor. Images blurred and broke apart before she could hold onto them.

Lysera's face, Irielle's hand reaching for her, Ruby's soft voice—all of it slipped like water through her grasp.

She slammed her fists against the floor, gasping for breath.

"No! Don't—don't take it from me! I know there was something—someone important—I can't—"

Her words dissolved into sobs as the ache spread deeper, punishing her every time she tried to force the memories back. The harder she reached, the further they slipped.

She curled into herself, trembling.

She knew she had lost something. Pieces of herself. Pieces of others. Something precious, more precious than the normalcy around her.

But all she had now were fragments.

A pink-haired figure. A gentle smile. Warm arms around her shoulders. Names on her tongue that her mind rejected the moment she tried to speak them.

Her tears blurred her vision as she whispered into the empty room. "What… am I forgetting? What did I leave behind?"

Silence answered her.

Her heart ached, hollow and heavy, as if she had been torn apart and stitched back together without all the pieces. She was here, in the human world again, but it didn't feel like home anymore.

Because somewhere—she was certain—someone was waiting. Someone she had promised to protect.

But no matter how desperately she tried, she couldn't remember who.

Her hand lifted to her chest, clutching at the steady rhythm of her heartbeat. It reminded her she was alive, yet it also mocked her with every thud.

Alive—but incomplete. She pressed her forehead to the floor, whispering a broken plea:

"Please… don't let me forget forever."

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