29-Years-Old Bachelor Was… Brought to a Different World to Live Freely

Episode Seventy-Two - I Had an Encounter with God

The reports of my raid on the Geppelus kingdom ran all over the continent in a week or so. I was ironcloured with a smile by Mr. Il when I reported in the kingdom of Misclonia, and was slapped on the back saying he did a rare and good job on King Elvin, Marr and Tina's father. I even asked my brother-in-law, Prince Albert, to shake his hand when I talked about soaking Prince Wang into Senior Sur Stremming. How much do you hate that prince?

On the other hand, when I spoke to Zontark of the Kingdom of Calendyl, his face turned bright blue at once and he fell. Apparently, I was worried too much about Princess Carunella, but when I told her I rescued her, she suddenly jumped up and shouted joy.

I didn't see King Calendill in person, but he reacted similarly to Osama in Zontark.

"Wow, evil ungodly, stinking demon king."

"Why don't you stop saying that I'm the source of the stench?

"It's true. They haven't gotten the smell out of anything yet, that castle."

"Humane, isn't it? I can't believe I'm giving you food, not a burst light bullet."

"That's not food. If you carry it in a carriage, the shock will leak the contents and ruin the merchandise."

Crossroads, a bordering city in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Calendil. In this city, which is where it started for me, I was having tea with Huey, who is in charge of the commercial guild. It's been free time since I sent my daughter-in-law to the kingdoms of Misscronia and Calendyl in a dispersed manner. To get ready for the wedding.

Me? Me? Me, it's my job to get everybody on the ground and give them money. I leave it to my daughters and daughters about the ceremony. The main part of the ceremony is the women. I just need to be able to marry everyone.

"So, what about the commercial guild?

"Guess I'm here. Humans and things are already gathering. What about that one?

"The road has already passed. Now I'm using a loaded carriage to drive the test, and I'm pioneering a break point. I've run it a few times, but four days in a loaded carriage, three days if it's light and hurry."

"A week by carriage from the capital to the border, two weeks to cross the Kingdom of Geppelus. That's about a third of the way to your capital in a week."

Don't, and Huey looks bad. Short distances mean lower transport costs. In other words, it can be purchased cheaply. Even if you sell it for the same price, you can make a lot more money than you've ever made before. Well, that's also how much we tax.

"I still don't know how long it will take us to get to the Kingdom of Misscronia."

"Yeah? What do you mean?

"The streets on the side of the Kingdom of Misclonia hit the big wetlands. In the meantime, the wetlands made their way by landfill. We're still stretching our way up ahead. I'm on my way. Maybe it'll open in a month."

"I'm going crazy talking to you. It would take decades to landfill a normal wetland."

If you do it normally, you will, but I have some stupid, high-powered magic moves. The magic of the dirt wall makes a path in a straight line and cures it. You're going to be okay because you're going to drill a few holes and the water's going through. If something goes wrong, I will adjust it.

"Hey, don't let the demon king under the sky stick with a cup of tea,"

When me and Huey were silently delayed in their thoughts with each other, they complained in a bright voice from the side. This is Piña, the main chef and general of the burning golden floor pavilion. My husband, the master and general of the tavern, wipes the glass with the same Nico smile as usual.

"Er... 'Cause it's not here for dessert or anything"

"Amazing. Like the fruit I stripped myself."

"That's not dessert, is it? This is more like dessert, sweet objects with sugar, milk and eggs."

"If a beautiful chef peels it, it's just fruit. It's a fancy dessert."

"Beautiful Chef (laughs)"

"What are you laughing at? I'll kill you."

"Sorry, luxury dessert please"

Do not defy a woman with a knife. That's what the ancient book says.

And in vain, he was skinned beautifully. Four copper coins were also removed in a plate of 'All Normal' fruit. It's terrible. There's no such thing.

"What's going on with the antidemons? The demons of the Great Tree Sea are vicious."

"It's a trade secret, but it's taken care of."

The Mithrill Plate, which replaces the pass, is to be joined by a powerful demon-proof junction there, and the accommodation is to be joined by an even more powerful demon-proof junction on a par with Clover. A post shall be set up at the entrance to the Great Tree Sea, where a pass shall be issued. Dimensions are that if you use the street without passing through the barracks, it will be cleaned by demons.

"Our non-negotiator is due over here in a few days, so pack the details that way."

He was a horse beast named Yamato.

"Oh, it's a horse you can do."

Yesterday, Yamato, loaded with demonic materials from the Tree Sea and specialties made in settlements across the Tree Sea in a carriage towed by Centaur, is leaving for Crossroads. Maybe we should get here the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

By the way, is it okay to say that the carriage Centaur tows is a carriage? You get mad when you treat horses, those guys. Centaur cars? Horse cars? Can I take a Kenta flight? Kenta flights are faster than carriages. Are you using magic to strengthen your body, or running nearly twice as fast as a normal carriage, even with loads of the same weight. Besides, we can even defend ourselves in case the demons attack us.

With so many people, it may be possible to operate Kenta flights inside and outside the Great Tree Sea. For now, I think it's a high-speed flight that connects the outer edge of the Great Tree Sea to the clover.

"In the meantime, the first one will take the form of bringing things from clovers and selling them. I guess the flight from Crossroads to Clover is still a little further. As soon as we've created the barracks and the accommodation."

"Right. I'm looking forward to seeing what's coming."

"I think we're gonna lose our hips, huh?

It is a rarity such as textiles and bows made of weapons protective equipment and Arkenian yarn with materials from the Great Tree Sea, alcohol in ceramics made by the Ghost Nation, jewels mined by the Antilles, and fruits and medicinal herbs from the Great Tree Sea collected by the people of the river and fairies. He said that all of the Bengiano stories about running a grocery store in Clover were products he'd never seen, and he put on a pretty strong price.

What I push is products made from Arkenian yarn. The Arkenian yarn is tough and has excellent magical affinity. The bow is light and powerful and the textile is beautiful and sturdy. It's better defense than bad metal armor just by spreading magic on your clothes. On top of that, the skin feels good.

I also recommend vodka made by ghosts. It's a distilled liquor made from the ingredients of the immo grown in the ghost tribe, and it's their favorite. It's just that we don't grow cereals in the ghost tribe, so if we can exchange them for alcohol made from cereals and fruits that we can't get in there, we're talking about Banzai.

Haunted people's vodka is very easy to drink with a high degree but soft mouthfeel. Even Clover is a very popular delicacy.

I exchanged some information with Huey before breaking up. Yamato gets to Crossroads in a few days, so he's got a lot to root for.

"You still have time... well"

Exit the burning golden floor pavilion and walk appropriately with the blah blah. The time now is past noon. It's about time for a snack.

Mar, Merkina and her three daughters are in the kingdom of Misclonia, Flam, Tina, Calunera and Stella are in the kingdom of Calendyl, and Kusuha and Deborah are in Clover. Each of them prepares for a wedding, makes detailed contact, does business, etc.

I should do what I can only do with myself.

One, the exploration of the Great Tree Sea.

There are still plenty of untouched land in the Great Tree Sea. There are many secrets that neither the Arkenians nor the ghosts who lived in the Great Tree Sea have set foot. It is also believed that there are many unexplored sites. Unexplored ruins often have ancient objects that cannot be reproduced by current technology, untouched treasures, etc., so it's one job for me to do these explorations.

Two, large-scale development around the capital clover and along the streets, and material procurement.

Put me down and there's no one else who can do extensive exploration in a short time. Regardless of the wood, I need my ground magic to prepare the stone on a massive scale. Because there's no place in the Great Tree Sea where you can get tons of stone. In the sense that I'm the only one who can do it, it may have a higher priority than exploring the Great Tree Sea.

Three, the development of magic conductors.

There is an urgent need to develop the Mental Immunity Magic Instrument. Of course, equipment to prevent the magic of manipulating the spirit will be necessary, as well as the development of tools to unlock the kind of mental magic that has already been applied. We also need demon-proof equipment to be installed in the lodging town and demon-proof equipment to be incorporated into the pass. I'm the only one who can make these.

Four, an investigation into God and the Brave, the Great Flood.

This is something I haven't told anyone in my daughter-in-law, but how frigid is the existence of 'God' in this world. I can't help but care about the false god coalition that the Moribito series went to before this and the means of confrontation that the Moribito series was saying.

I wonder if the countermeasure of sending biological weapons grown in that extra-dimensional space into the center of the opponent to inflict damage refers to the black space that came out when I broke out in the flood?

That black space only appeared on the battlefield, where I was so rampaged that there were so few dead. And the black beast that came out of that black space said something about me: 'Something to disrupt the planned harmony'. I don't know who planned it, but I'm guessing the planned harmony meant that more than a certain number of people would die.

People didn't die as planned due to the flood that visited "As Planned," and that black space visited to correct it. Thinking like this makes it easy to predict what caused that flood.

Isn't it God who caused the flood?

Isn't the Great Flood not a periodically visited disaster or something, but a human nuisance by God using demons?

If I recall well, it seems to me that that self-proclaimed God was also acting suspiciously a few times. I think he was at the construction site in the capital, Clover, saying something about the SAN value pinch creepy demon in "Preliminary Plan" or something. I only have a bad feeling about a preliminary plan or something like a being that specializes in killing such creatures.

Then I feel differently when it comes to that self-proclaimed God is my enemy.

If my powers are getting too strong to stand in the way of his plan, you can do whatever it takes to take my powers, and you'll be telling me something. But his attitude consistently felt like he was enjoying looking at me.

If the Great Flood is what is being caused by God, I think it's good to assume that God, who is causing the Great Flood with him, has another thought. Maybe, but he'll be on my side. At least not as long as I'm entertaining him.

As I walked thinking, it seemed like I'd walked up to the edge of the city on Crossroads.

Apparently there are a lot of temple related facilities around here. Has he come here because he walked in thinking about God? It must have felt bad to be thinking about it.

But the feeling of being out of place is amazing.

People walking around seem to be temple officials. Many people have chic shades of monk clothes, such as white or ash.

In contrast, my outfit is a black shirt on a black slack woven with Kusuha yarn, on top of which is a black and silver outfit called the Hydra Leather Jacket, with a boneless sword band of dragon leather at the waist, and a divine silver spontaneous sword.

It's The Noisy Person to see. I feel like I have no heart or my gaze around me hurts.

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"Hmm?"

I heard a song when I turned my heels back to the center of the city. It's a song I've never heard, but I feel nostalgic for some reason. Somehow I was curious. I pointed my legs at those who could hear the song.

It was like a big chapel to hear the song. The door is open and anyone seems to let in, so I turn to my feet as the song invites me.

"Ooh..."

I saw what was going on inside through the entrance to the chapel. I raise my voice unexpectedly.

It was the boys and girls singing in the chapel.

Everyone wears something like a white monk's coat, singing aloud. I don't understand the meaning of the whole song because it's from the middle of nowhere, but it was apparently a hymn kind of thing. I even feel somewhere divine in their appearance singing under the stained glass of light.

The chapel was equipped with a large number of benches, so I decided to set up in the back seat at the far end to listen to the songs of the boys and girls. The front seats are quite crowded, but the seats near the entrance were ragged. I'm not a believer, and the seats around here near the entrance would suit you. Pull the Divine Silver Spontaneous Sword out of the sword belt by sheath, take a seat, and then stand up.

This hymn seems to be a song that glorifies the Goddess of the Earth, Guyna.

A god of order and judgment, Vault's wife, Mother Earth God, who created various gods with Vault. Mother who created all living and living things. She is, in other words, the very earth of this eriald, the goddess of mercy who gives us food to live on every day. Blonde blue-eyed, looks like a busty body goddess.

On the other hand, she said touching her anger would cause plague and famine. Do you mean everything is backwards?

Boys and girls singing is a word of praise for her. The kingdom of Karendyl is blessed with fertile land, and said that the years that have suffered from famine in its long history are enough to count. That's what the old monks said after the boys and girls finished singing that it was the kingdom of Calendyl, the land where the blessings of the Mother Earth were.

"Hmmm..."

I wonder if the chapel is over, Zorro. Zorro and the people leaving the chapel.

What the hell is the purpose of it, as the gods are interrupting people?

Would it be inconvenient if the number of individuals in humans increased too much, or would killing humans be an end in itself?

Supposing there's a problem with the growing number of individuals in humans, what's that about? Hmmm... all I can think of is human strife, or something. If there are more people, the survival zone will expand. That makes people more likely to argue with each other. Human history is, in other words, the history of struggle. That is obvious from the previous history of the world.

Regularly use demons to annoy humans and keep them constantly aware of demons as common enemies of humans. Yeah, wouldn't it have the effect of deterring human strife caused by wars of aggression? I don't even think it's an absurd theory at all.

The other is if the killing is an end in itself.

I guess this would be a story about collecting that soul and gaining that power by, for example, killing humans. In fact, from that disgusting creature that ate many human souls, an object with the unusual power of soul crystals was obtained. Like God trying to get something like that on a regular basis? Nor will this be another unlikely story. Maybe that's the root of God's power.

"Hello, are you worshipping?

"Hmm?"

He was called to think deeply as he took his seat.

I am a beautiful woman. Blonde blue eyes with clothes that feel a little more luxurious than nun clothes, a neat face, a body that looks thinner and thinner. Um, my daughters and daughters are used to seeing beauties, but they're everywhere.

"No, I was walking around thinking and I heard beautiful singing. I was intrigued and listening. After that, I kept thinking. I'm sorry, I came in on my own. Am I interrupting?"

"No, it's fine. Seems like you've been giving it a lot of serious thought, is there anything bothering you? If you don't mind if I do, I'll ask. Any troubles might be a little easier just to tell people"

That's what she says and smiles fluently. Yeah, this motherhood or inclusiveness is the type not in our daughter-in-law. No, does Deborah and Seatan occasionally create this kind of atmosphere?

Well, should we talk about it? The opponent is a messenger of God. It's going to piss me off when I say bad things. Um, but if you're going to ask about God, you're going to be the ant to ask the professionals on that path.

"Then sweeten up to your words... for once I want you to ask me as a prerequisite, I don't know what to say, but I'm not a man of faith. Though it's going to piss me off. And since I was born, I've been stuck away until recently, and I have little knowledge of God."

"I see. That's what many adventurers do, so it's okay."

"Thank you. What I was thinking was about the flood."

You were surprised to hear that I was thinking about the flood, her eyes opened wide for a moment. Was it any surprise?

Oh, surprise. I thought it was a daily life problem or something, and it's a flood. When I asked if it was a human relationship or a workplace problem, I thought, "I was thinking about the peace of mankind," or "I was thinking about why war is happening," and it felt the same way. Is there any reason to eat it?

"I'm sorry, I don't know... are you like a child to be serious about this?

"No, that's not true. This great flood has been repelled by the brave, but I can't help but be anxious. You fought too, didn't you?

"Yeah well. Frontline, right?"

"It was... you had a tough experience"

"Well, yeah, quite."

You had a frontal collision with a stupid big dragon, or you were seriously injured by a black beast I'm not sure about. Especially that black beast was a mighty enemy. Wouldn't that have been the biggest pinch to come to this world?

"So that's what I was thinking, why is God causing a flood?"

"... God flooded?

"Yes, God will entrust us before the Great Flood, won't he? I wonder if being able to detect it beforehand and not stop it means that the flood itself is being caused by God... this is disrespectful to boulders, sorry."

I scratch my head in front of a beauty who has meditated her eyes and silenced herself. Was this a bad statement to your clergy opponent in a chapel dedicated to God on the boulder?

"No, never mind. There is no mention of the Great Flood in the teachings of the Temple, but you cannot say enough that it is not God's cause, as you have said. Or maybe God is giving us a test."

"Trial?"

"Yeah. Some people think so when it's a test to make people stronger"

"Trials, trials... I see, encouraging elimination"

The point of view of elimination by divine will? This is an idea I didn't have.

The idea that man is being refined as a stronger species by giving him the test of a great flood, just as iron is being forged and made into steel, may indeed be ant. It's a massive poison that kills demons and humans together.

"You can't take divine will into account in someone as small as me, but there's no doubt only that the gods love people. If the gods were to abandon us, there would be no crops in the earth, and there would be no proclamation of when the flood would occur."

"Hmm, I see..."

I mean, this is what this guy says.

Indeed, there will be a great flood, and God will not stop it. But I teach it beforehand, giving people time to prepare for battle, giving them food. It is the late test of a man's desire to grow.

"The boulder is a cleric. I can't help but push you."

"Heh heh, it's natural for people to have their own ideas."

Couscous and the cleric laugh.

Well, every way of thinking is one that can coexist with each other. It may be reducing the number of people themselves and then collecting the souls of people and at the same time advancing the elimination to increase the strength of the existence of people.

"And maybe if it was an act by someone who wasn't God... hmm, you need to make direct contact with God once to get rid of the Great Flood itself in any case..."

"Directly with God...?

"Oh no, I'm talking about this one. Thank you for listening seriously to a story that has no other love. Excuse me."

Stand up with the Divine Silver Free Sword in your hand by thanking the beautiful cleric with an astonishing look on her face.

"Wait."

The beautiful cleric calls me to the place where I leave the chapel, and I look back.

My spine trembled.

"To you, what is God like?

An emotionally invisible cleric's blue eye shoots me through. I almost retreat unintentionally to something like the pressure coming from her. There is strength in the hand holding the sheath of the divine silver spontaneous sword.

She wasn't the one who listened to me until earlier. Who's in front of you? Desperately working confusing heads to find answers. There was only one answer that came up.

"Don't be alarmed," he said.

"The perception is correct. You shouldn't be alarmed."

She says so without even a dust and meditates her eyes. Something like intimidation soothed at once. Cold sweat keeps coming out. What the hell is going on, this?

"Get ready, we'll be right there during the trials. It seems to stretch as far as it can, but there is no respite."

Bigeye captures me again. Pressure strikes me again. No, it's not, this feeling is what my POW is fighting against for some magical effect. I feel like I'm running out of room for twitching. This is worse than this.

My chest is running out and I'm about to overflow with tears. I want to go. I want to go home.

"Oh Mother......"

My mother closes her eyes.

Mother? The goddess in front of you? You're such an idiot!

"You're sweet, aren't you?"

The goddess with her eyes closed laughs cously. Stop it! That's what I'm saying. Seriously, stop it!

Her clothes switched in an instant. It's a thin cloth like she's hiding her busty body in a critical way. So thin that the skin beneath it appears clear.

And she opens her eyes. Same feeling as earlier. My POW is fighting something. Hold on tight, don't lose. Don't lose! Remember Marl's face, everyone's face!

"You don't have to be so hard"

"Oh, I refuse. I'm not willing to stubborn Mazacon!

"That's a shame. So, you did tell him, didn't you? Give him a message."

The area is wrapped in light and her figure disappears. He accidentally collapses from his knees and exhales roughly. That was bad. Seriously, it sucked. God, hammer. Now it's Guyna, the goddess of the Polygon, right? I don't know, but I'm sure he is.

"There is an urgent need to develop the Mental Resistance Device..."

I'm fine because I'm high on POW, how sweet is that unacceptable. Besides, Guyna also said something that bothered her. We'll be right there in the middle of the trial, so get ready. As much as God himself purposefully warns, it cannot be overcome with a half-baked preparation.

Open the menu and press the barely touched button. No response.

With my determination not to weigh myself, I decided to go back to Clover.