"This place..."
I was in a bright white space that would last everywhere.
I've been to this place before.
"Brave man, thank you for your crusade against the Demon King"
Speaking up and looking back, there stood a gray-haired gray-bearded grandfather who looked like a god. No, it's more like a god than an authentic, authentic god who transferred 'me' to this world.
Moreover, it seems that this person is not just a god. You think he's the greatest god who ever created this world, the God of Creation?
"I didn't expect to come back so soon to defeat the Demon King... you did a really good job. Well, let's send him back to his original world. Oh, don't worry. 'Cause I'm gonna put you back in time when you got here."
"Well, I want to stay in this world."
"... what?
"You don't have to be able to go back to the original world, so will you put me back in Demon King's Castle now?
I wanted to go home to Tina as soon as possible.
But...
I'm sorry, I can't do that.
"Hey, why!?"
"I have a covenant with the gods of the world where you were. We borrowed you on the condition that we would send you back to the original world as soon as we defeated the Demon King."
"Oh, no... I didn't ask!
If I had known, I would have had a lot to talk to Tina about before defeating the Demon King. I wanted to make more contact with Tina.
I wanted to give Tina the ring.
There could have been an option not to defeat the Demon King. If the Demon King is alive, more and more demons will be born, but if he seals only his power, he can also contain to some extent the occurrence of demons.
And if the 'I' hunted down a million demons, they would not be enemies of demons and demons born of more magic than leaked from a sealed demon king.
By not defeating the Demon King, 'I' would have chosen not to defeat the Demon King if Tina and I could stay together forever.
"I didn't have time to explain because you rushed me to move quickly. But I've told your fellow brave men right. Are you not listening to me?
I didn't hear anything like that from Takato. Fu, the look on Takato's face just before he was slashed by the Demon King came to mind.
That was a mocking look at 'me', not against the Demon King.
... is that what you mean?
"I" finally realized Takato's sincerity.
Takato knew that as soon as he defeated the Demon King, he would be sent back from this world to the original world. And he couldn't beat 'me' and from the moment he knew Tina wouldn't be his own, he was after tearing 'me' and Tina apart.
'I' didn't realize that and told Takato it was good to defeat the Demon King. As a result, I don't have time to say goodbye to Tina.
"Can't you handle it? It's just a little while. Let Tina say goodbye."
"When we bring humans to this divine world for the purpose of transferring them, it's easy to send them to their destination, but it takes a great deal of energy to get them back to their original world."
Positive emotions and wills emanating from humans, such as desire for the Creating God, faith, and hope for the future, become the energy available to the Creating God.
And he wanted the world to be saved from the Demon King, and many of the inhabitants of this world wanted it to accumulate the minutes to bring the Takatos and the energy to send them back to their original world.
They can't afford that energy. Originally, the Creator said he intended to transfer only the four Takatos into this world.
'Me' happened to be involved there. Because of this, you need more energy than you were supposed to consume, and you think it's a state of deficit in the Creative God?
For once, they seem to have stockpiles, but the Creator God doesn't want to use them to cope with sudden world crises.
"Energy... did you want to make up for that energy, for example, with my life span? It's just a little bit. Let me go home to Tina!
"I can't."
Makes a face that the Creating God seems sorry for. So 'I' finds out that I really don't want to.
"I can't do anything about it, but let's ask the other gods. Maybe a drunken god will make a name for himself."
"Oh please!!"
'Me' was going to do anything. If they tell me to defeat the Demon King again, I will, and if I have a life expectancy, they will. So again, I wanted Tina to see me.
And...
"If you'll make a pact with me for a little while, I'll give you the energy to go back to your thinkers."
A goddess appeared to fulfill the wish of 'me'.
"Thank you. I'll do anything!
"Hehe, can I introduce myself first? I am the goddess who is responsible for the memory of the world you were just in."
"Goddess of Memory......"
"Yep. So, on the condition that your wish be fulfilled, give me the memories of your life in this world."
"Mine, do you remember?
"Yes, you had a very interesting adventure, didn't you? It's so rare here these days to start at level 30, even though you're a brave man. And I thought you said she was Tina. I was so thrilled to see you interact with her."
The goddess blushes a little.
Oh, but maybe you were watching 'me' flirting with Tina!?
─ ─ He was watching.
No matter how many goddesses, it's just embarrassing.
"So I wanted to enjoy your memories with your eyes, not with your eyes on third parties. By the way, if you give me your memory, you won't be able to remember any of it, so think about it."
A little bothered. It's hard to lose all your memories with Tina. But it would be harder to keep letting them just solicit their thoughts on Tina just as they returned to their original world.
"... ok. I'll give you my memory."
"Really!? Yay! Oh, later, I'd like to erase memories about your name from humans around the world in order to gain the energy to temporarily bring you back into our world, is that okay too?
"Give me my name... why?
"You've been protecting a lot of people from demons, haven't you? So now the world is full of gratitude and thoughts for you."
I wanted to make the world Tina lives in a little peaceful, and I've been working so hard, but once again, I'm glad to hear that many humans appreciate it.
"We in God cannot turn that thought or gratitude into energy. Because that's what you think."
The goddess says that the gratitude of the inhabitants of this world for 'me', etc. can be tremendous energy, but they can't use it as it is.
"Names are the major elements that form the existence of humans. I get memories of your name so that when someone thanks you, some of those thoughts and feelings reach me."
And it seems that the goddess can convert the (...) thought (...) of (...) to me (...) that arrived under the goddess as energy. I don't know, but I guess that's what the goddess means when she says she is.
Anyway, 'I' wanted to see Tina again. I don't feel bad about someone thanking me, but when I get back to the original world, that won't do me any good. Then it shouldn't be a problem for the goddess to make use of her thoughts and ideas about 'me'.
"Okay. The terms are fine."