"Huh?” I said, sniffing my own shirt.

I mean, I hadn’t really cleaned thoroughly since I slept with Lydia, but it couldn’t be that bad.

“You’ve… been with another woman…” She said, her voice still flat and her eyes staring at me unblinkingly.

“Ah… yeah?” I smiled to break the tension. “I ended up teleporting back up to the boss on the 10th floor. After I defeated him, I ran into my friends. Isn’t that great?”

“Friends?” Her eyes narrowed suspiciously, and then she sniffed again.

“Animalgirl… slave… Master… how could you?” Her eyes suddenly welled up with tears.

I let out a noise of alarm. “Wh-what are you talking about? I mean… yes, they’re animalgirls and slaves, they were my party before I ended up in this dungeon.”

“Wh-what dungeon?” She said. “You—you brought me to your mansion! And then you after everything, you fall for another woman!?”

“What? Celeste?”

“You bastard!” She cried. “After everything I’ve done for you! I gave you all of the waters of life. I’ve even given you my virginity! How could you fall for someone else!”

“What are you talking about? Are you okay?”

I was seriously worried. What was she even talking about? I knew she got confused, but this was a bit strange. It was almost like she saw me as…

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“Celeste, who am I?”

“Y-you’re a cheater!” She cried out. “Those slave girls… always trying to free them! I knew it was bad news. I knew that you would eventually betray me! How dare you! How dare you fall in love with another, Karr!”

My brow furrowed, “I’m not Karr. I’m not the man you seem to think I am. I’m Deek. Remember? Deek?”

She jerked looking around as if she was confused. “D-deek…?”

I shook my head. “Are you okay? Is that what happened to you? Wait… are you the bat-winged dark fairy?”

This time Celeste’s stomped her foot as her focus completely returned. “Who are you calling a dark fairy? Dark fairies only come from about when they fall in complete despair! How could that be me? There is no coming back from that.”

“Celeste…” I reached out, but she backed away.

She looked uncertain for a second as she saw the hurt look on my face. “You have other slaves?”

“I wasn’t hiding it from you. Lydia and Miki are two very important people in my life. They came here to find me. We’ll meet up with them shortly. I’m sure they’ll like you.”

“You… love them?” Her expression fell as she said this.

I paused for a second but then nodded. “I do. I love them. I won’t pretend I don’t. However, I also care about you, that’s why I didn’t bring them down right away. I wanted to speak to you first, and introduce them on your terms.”

Celeste sighed and then landed next to the bowl of soup, scooping a bowl for herself. “Master… I’m tired. Can we discuss this tomorrow?”

My brow was furrowed, but I nodded. “Okay.”

I remained up until Celeste finally floated to her bed and fell asleep. The entire time, I watched her, a worried feeling in my gut. Something in this dungeon was happening. The last dungeon seemed desperate to complete its lore. This one feels similar. Karr must have built this mansion and then moved the fairy queen to live with him. Then, he started freeing slaves in old Chalm. Perhaps he fell in love with a slave and slept with her. The pure fairy queen fell into despair and then destroyed the entire mansion and city. However, what did the fairy queen have to do with Celeste? She said it herself, there was no going back.

It took some time before I could settle myself and fall asleep. By the time I woke up, Celeste was missing once again.