When I checked my surroundings carefully, there were bookshelves everywhere.
Which Imperial Library is it, so full of books?
"... well done for coming, Mr. Ichinojo. Please come here."
For a moment, I thought it was Pioneer's voice.
But Pioneer doesn't call me Ichinojo.
I was the one who said it - I headed to the desk where the books were loaded in bulk.
Behind that desk, one girl - goddess Teto - rolls a book and throws a book on the bookshelf.
Is it not customary in this world to cherish books, called grandfathers who pluck books out of their living quarters, goddesses who throw books and put them back on shelves?
I think it's quite valuable. If I get hurt, I'm not going to be selling.
"... never mind that these books are not for sale"
Master Teto said in a quiet voice.
"Excuse me."
I forgot to be read my mind.
Master Teto looked up at me when he closed the book with a pinch of cake.
"Again, nice to meet you, Mr. Ichinojo"
"It's a pleasure to meet you."
Should I kneel here?
Thinking about it, Lady Teto didn't change her expression.
"... you can keep it that way. Should I serve tea this way?
and on the contrary was questioned.
I'm a little concerned about Goddess tea, wouldn't that seem thick?
They must be reading my mind anyway, and I decided not to hesitate.
"Thank you."
"... Really?"
Saying so, Lady Tete slapped her hand twice.
Then the books on the desk disappeared.
And a woman who emerged from nowhere places a teacup poured with tea. There is no receptacle.
"... go ahead"
"Thank you"
Tea was iced tea even though it was poured into a teacup.
When I try it, the taste is similar to the morning tea on the market. It's the flavor I always had at home.
"... Mr. Ichinojo has chosen a familiar flavor. I don't drink much tea, so I didn't know what it tasted like."
"Really... take care, thank you"
I expected the taste of God... and my heart would be read.
I like this flavor. Yeah, I'm glad I came here just for this.
Miri also liked this tea and although it was full in the item bag, I didn't drink it because I didn't have that much for the rest of my life.
There are also tea plantations in My World, so let's make our own tea in the future.
Pioneer would know how to make it.
"... Yes, Pioneer knows how to make tea"
Master Teto said while drinking tea.
Shit, I found out I was thinking something stupid during the tea party.
"Oh, uh, why did Master Teto call me here?
"... for apologies"
Apologize?
Master Teto apologized to me? Would there be anything to be apologized for?
Could it be that Teto caused Miri to be taken by Mr. Daijiro?
Or was there something else?
"... it's hard to say"
Master Teto stares at my face.
They say a hell of a thing... I had a feeling about that.
I take my breath and wait for the rest of Tetto's words.
"Actually, your name was registered as Ichinojo, not Ichinosuke, because I made a mistake. I didn't know there was a system of abominations or anything like that."
He apologized for not caring much less than expected.
After all, I thought it was caused by Mr. Trail Rules' nasty work, so surprisingly, but now I'm talking.
Almost everyone who knows me in this world remembers me by the name of Ichinojo. Recognising me as Ichinosuke and calling me by my name is as good as Minerva calling me Suke.
As far as Joffre and Elise go, they call me by the nickname "Joe," which has nothing to do with my real name, and they'll probably call me Ichinojo even if they tell me I can choose my favorite name from now on.
I feel sorry for my father and mother for naming me, but I died in Japan, and I moved to become a resident of this world.
"I probably won't explain it because I think you're reading my mind, but that's what I'm talking about, so I don't care about the name anymore. However, may I just tell you why that happened?
"... I can summon the Japanese into this world. As a condition, he's dying over there in the world. Summon, restore, and call to this world those just before you die."
"... Huh?
Wait, I think they said something pretty important right now.
"I, am I not dead? Master Koshomare told me that my body was crushed to death by horses."
"He's not dead. Just before you die, you recover cells, living traces, everything, treat amongst goddesses, and metastasizers - in Azawald, you're called strays. As a lost man, I will grant you the gift of heaven to live freely."
I mean, you helped me where I'd die if I let you go... and can I take it?
Speaking of which, the goddess said it was a transfer to another world.
I never used the word reincarnation.
That's right. Because I'm not dead.
"Why are you lying like that..."
"... to get lost people to give up going back to Japan. This world is different from yours. Japanese status - physical ability is equivalent to joblessness in this world. If you get the power of this world and go back to Japan, you'll be in trouble."
Sure, this ability of mine - I can abuse it as much as I want to. You can use the magic of returning to base (home return) as an alibi trick to fully commit any crime you want.
"But if there's a way back to the original world, right after the transfer, that's before you change jobs...... no, why don't you put it back before you give me Tianwei?
"... that's what I can't do. In the first place, summoning strays to this world is destined to keep this world normal."
"Fate?"
"... fate... might be more accurate to say. Spirit, magic, vocation, goddess, and magic and anger. This world with all sorts of elements intruding into it is terribly unbalanced - if you like, like the solo music that keeps turning? It is a being that will fall if the rotation stops. But the only way for solo music to keep spinning is to give it energy from the outside. Our goddess is also one of the systems of this world. I can't inspire this world. As an external stimulus, we are transferring Japanese."
Balance of the world...... I'm not sure what they say.
It was when I thought so.
Master Teto fell on the spot.
"Dear Teto!?"
"... I'm tired of talking"
Huh, Master Teto?
"... me, I hate to talk. I have work to do, can I take care of it later?
"Leave it to me, to whom?
"Wait."
He didn't answer my question any more, and Tetto pushed the button.
I hear ping-pong and electronic noises.
This is it. That's the button I use to call Mr. Waitress in the family.
I want to ask Tetto, but Tetto, do I not want to explain myself anymore, or do I like books, at some point I proceeded to read a book on a desk filled with books.
Who the hell did you call?
Was it the homunculus-like woman who brought me tea earlier?
I decided to sit still and wait for someone to come.
If I thought so, an earlier homunculus-like woman still pushed the trolley.
"Thank you for waiting. Sir, I was late, but my name is Alpha from Homunculus, built by Teto."
That's what she said, head down
"No, Teto is at this rate, so it would be helpful if you could explain"
"Sorry, can't explain it out of my mouth"
"Huh? Then who will explain?
This way, sir.
Mr. Alpha saw - there he was, sitting in gym -
"Long time no see, Suke."
It was Master Minerva.
"... I don't think it's been so long... uh, do you still want to die today?
Trouble with how to say hello, I was saying what I thought was a hell of a greeting.
"No, I have work to do today, so I'm going to die after work"
I stood up pretentiously. Standing up caused the trolley to move and Master Minerva was about to fall, but Mr. Alpha supported him and let him sit in the chair where Master Teto had been sitting until earlier.
"Is it Master Minerva who takes over Master Teto's explanation?
"Yeah. Because you asked me to."
Dear Minerva, drink a little warmer tea,
"Alpha, can I have some tea treats?
"Yes. Are you sure you want to always?
"Yes."
Alpha bowed her head respectfully and disappeared somewhere.
Leave the trolley.
"Master Teto isn't very good at talking. Besides, it's actually familiar. I thought it bothered you, Suke, so you talked so hard, but you look tired."
"... Minerva, don't say anything extra"
"I'm sorry, Master Teto"
Master Minerva apologized.
Apparently, there is an upward and downward relationship among the goddesses, and Teto is better than Minerva.
"Well, shall we begin the explanation"
Minerva-sama's expression bore something called serious flavour.
For the first time, I breathe, too.
I don't know if I can get a cup of tea.
I lost my nervousness at once.
In the end, I was waited until Master Minerva's cup of tea arrived.
"Thank you for waiting. Go ahead."
A plate is placed in front of Master Minerva.
And it was on that plate...
"Curry shenbei?
Ten yellow shears, arranged on a plate.
When Alpha put the plate down, it had not disappeared at some point.
"Yeah, Skye, you want some too?
"... then I'll have one"
Soft texture for shedding, aroma of spice that spreads through the mouth. Curry powder that won't leave you about your fingertips.
Yeah, it's curry shenzhen.
It's called a millimeter that drinks curry-flavored lamb, it's called a libra-like that formulates spices in very few units, it's called a minerva that eats curry spices at the teapot, and a lot of people like curry. I like it, too.
"Suke, you know the goddess, Master Metias, don't you?
"Yes, I heard your name several times"
You're called the Goddess of Destiny.
Seventh pillar goddess that should not exist.
"The goddess Metias is not only a destiny, but also a goddess of the future and knowledge. One day, Metias, the goddess who could see a far future, heralded the end of the world."
"... the end of the world"
Like the Great King of Fear in Nostradamus and the Mayan calendar, the theory of world annihilation even on Earth existed like a mountain, but it is also horrible to be a prophecy of a real goddess.
"Yep. Master Metias' prophecy is absolute. And that can't be changed by any goddess. Because the goddess is part of the world again."
So that leads us to what we were talking about?
"Yeah, if you can't change it with internal force, you can add external force. Teto likened it to solitary, didn't he?
Master Minerva confirmed and took out the solo.
It's not a traditional solo wrapped around a string, it's a simple solo twisted with a finger.
Master Minerva cleverly twisted his solo and failed to let the rotation -.
"Is that it? I'm not going around."
I don't go around trying again and again.
I guess my fingertips are hard to grasp as they slip with the powder of curry shears.
Master Minerva pressed the button that Master Teto had just used.
Alpha comes, turns his solo around, leaves. I wish you'd stay here the whole time.
"Yeah, Ichino, you. Try applying force from the outside to rotate it further."
"Okay."
I snort and play solo with my fingers.
Then, the solo music accelerated for a moment, but fell out of balance.
"Ah."
"Yes, there is a trick to applying force. It doesn't mean any force is fine. One in every 100 million people - people who transfer are carefully selected for that reason. And only Metias could have carefully selected that human being. For 3,000 years, lost people have been summoned in this world. And the concept of a goddess was created to manage strays."
"Wait, a goddess was created? What does that mean?
"It's a very simple story. Dead and transferred to another world - only a goddess can do that, right? Something that will save you the hassle of giving an extra explanation. And Lady Metias also gave the Goddess the power to give the Japanese a heavenly grace. The reason for this is also very simple. If the Japanese who transferred him died easily, the impact on the world would be weaker. I want the Japanese who transferred me to live as long as possible."
They say that's also why the age of the metastasizers is limited to the teens to the twenties.
Transferring babies and toddlers will kill you soon, and if the goal is to get you to have a long influence in this world, there's no point in transferring old people.
"And Tian Wei also means to apologize. This, by the way, is all I know of the goddess, me and Teto, and also Master Coshomale. I think Setrans thins out. And I wonder if any of the humans have noticed Daijiro and Kaguya."
Did Miri also notice, about the goddess' secrets?
"That's what we talked about. In the meantime, the time of the end of the world was greatly skewed by bringing in transferees from Japan. This world was supposed to end a thousand years ago."
"That's... good, isn't it? Is that it? But if the end of the world is gone, don't we need to call the metastasizers anymore?
"I told you, I'm flawed. The end of the world itself has not disappeared. And five hundred years ago. When I saw the future, Master Metias, who was supposed to decide on the metastasizer, suddenly hid. No one knew where he had gone. Then, the transferees were sorted according to the documents written down by Master Metias, and Teto took over and decided. Because the only place and time to decide who's going to move is where and when Kaguya decides to move, Master Koshomare and the tray rules all sigh loudly, because we don't know who's coming."
Extraordinary information is coming to light.
But why are you telling me that story?
"I give this explanation to you, Suke, because it was written to do so in the documents that Master Metias left behind. The same reason I gave you Nectar, Suke. Hey, Mr. Skye. You know why I want to die, right?
"I have no idea"
"I must give you the nectar, Suke. Otherwise the world will perish. I mean, if I die, it's just like the world dies, right? I look so pathetic when everyone is deprived of their right to die, which is supposed to be given equal. I don't deserve to die... I want to die."
Wouldn't you die if the end of the world and their coming? Though I thought so, I want to keep my mouth shut because I would be in trouble if the end of the world and things were to be done.
Mind, I'm worried they haven't read it.
"It's okay. As long as Tet commands, I will not die."
"Master Teto's?
"Yeah, Tetto was my husband when I was human."
"Were you human? Huh? Was Master Minerva a human?
"Yes. Me and Tet were originally human beings, offered as sacrifices to God."
Sacrifice!?
And did you say God? Not the goddess, God?
"... it's an innocent girl who doesn't know a man to offer to God"
Master Teto shrugs.
"I don't know about God either, but it seems that we goddesses were sacrifices originally made to God. And it seems to have become part of the system that manages the world."
Innocent girl dedicated to God, that's who the goddess is.
Wouldn't that make a scene if the Goddess Church found out?
...... hmm?
"Is that it? Wait, innocent girl?
"... Suke, are you thinking about Coshomare?
"Oh, excuse me. Have you read your mind?
"You don't have to read it."
With that said, Master Minerva stands up and presses his right index finger against my forehead.
Am I pissed off?
"Suke, give it to you. Now the goddess won't be able to read your mind."
"... Huh?
Will my mind stop being read?
Is that true?
It's good that Master Minerva calls me Kaguya about Milli. Don't you want me to stop provoking you, or do you think I'm a little depressed to say I want to die from the usual?
"Suke, I know you're being rude because I get what you're thinking on Hal's tail-like expression, but I don't know exactly anymore."
"... Really... you know, Dear Minerva"
"What? Thank you?
"It smells like curry."
"Because I'm eating curry shen"
That's what Lady Minerva said, having another piece of curry shears and a cup of tea.
Before you touched my forehead, I wanted you to wipe your hands.
I purify (clean) my face.
"Not if I tell anyone what I hear here. Because it's a procedure for that."
"But isn't it like saying that if you do this treatment, you know I can't tell the goddess?
"Right. If they ask, you can tell me that I made it a mute setting because I want to concentrate and eat curry shears and I'm concerned that your heart's voice is a mess. In fact, because many times I've done the same thing to people I've transferred"
"… many times?"
Well, does this stop me from getting angry when I think I'm an oak in front of Master Peshomare? I can feel relieved, but don't feel a little lonely.
"Well, here's the real deal."
"Huh? Wasn't that the point yet?
"Yeah. The real deal is with Kaguya."
"Mili no!?"
I didn't know Miri's name would come up here.
"It's all about Kaguya that I said how the world works, who the goddess is. Kaguya has the power to see the future. Like Master Metias. Wanting to avoid the end of the world, we wanted to make Kaguya the seventh goddess. Being a goddess also improved my ability to see Kaguya's future and I thought I could do the same job as Master Metias. But I couldn't do that."
The fact that he was called the Demon King would mean that Kaguya, which Master Minerva is now talking about, is the Demon King Familis Laritai.
"... because she wasn't a pure innocent girl... you mean she wasn't her biological daughter"
Master Minerva nods to my question.
"So we suggested to Kaguya. Reincarnation - I thought I might reincarnate into a new life while I inherited my memory and abilities. Naturally, Kaguya didn't shake her head vertically for making such a suggestion"
That would be so. The Demon King would have been in a responsible position, and no matter how much you took over your memory and abilities, reincarnating means dying once.
"But that day, Kaguya accepted reincarnation. Suddenly I doubted my ears, but I cast the magic of reincarnating Kaguya. But it failed. Kaguya's soul, which was supposed to be born as a new life in Azawald, suddenly disappeared. And I couldn't trace that. I had no idea you were running away to Japan, and you were running away from Goddess surveillance by joining forces. Suke told me you had a sister. I was surprised when Koshomare found Kaguya. And in a hurry. Because you can't interfere with the world over there from us. I was surprised when I heard that Kaguya had come to the world."
The reincarnation of Familis Laritai was carried out by the goddesses, but the goddesses also did not know why they were born as Japanese.
"So does Master Minerva want to make Miri a goddess?
"Yeah. And I was just a little convinced. The reason why Master Metias worked so hard without a job - it was for you, Skye."
Master Minerva said so and took the last piece of curry shears.
"- What!? Master Metias worked unemployably!?"
"I didn't know at first. But Ske convinced me when you acquired the skill of pulling and created the world in the same place as the space of the goddess. Because that world was originally supposed to be assigned when Kaguya became a goddess."
"... Minerva, that's it"
Teto tells Lady Minerva, who finished his last curry spinach, that it is over.
"Yeah, well, Skye, you should go home now. You can't tell anyone what you saw or heard here."
"Huh? Wait -"
What does the end of the world end up like?
Why did Mr. Daijiro grab the millimeter?
What do you mean My World was a world for millimeters?
I have so much to ask.
I raised my voice.
"I still need to ask you something."
I reached out - but there was a statue of the goddess of Teto.
Apparently, my consciousness is back in Azawald.