Edith looked around her. An infinitely white void spread out. Even though she'd known that gods and goddesses could die, she'd never experienced it herself. She expected it to be far more painful than it was, but the goddess would not complain. It seemed that Hikari spared her from that torment.
The black-haired goddess sat down in the nothingness. She looked down at her skin, and all of the miasma that had been there before was gone. All of the impure mana was cleansed by the light.
"The first light of hope, is it?" Edith asked to no one in particular, finding that her voice came out calmer than the one before her death. There was a certain calmness in her mind and heart.
A voice interrupted her serene thoughts. "It's certainly not what you expected, is it?"
For the first time since arriving in this void, Edith felt her heart pounding in her chest. She whipped around and hugged the angel. Tears flooded her eyes as she gripped the girl even tighter. She dared not to let go.
