I’m Back in the Other World? Chapter 58

Chapter 58 – G.o.d-sama? (highlight)

「……ke……p. ……up.」

My body shook as if it was swaying. I wonder what happened to me?

「It’s about time, you wake up!」

「fue!?」

A loud voice suddenly echoed, and I unintentionally let out a stupid cry.

「You finally woke up? Good grief, it takes time and effort.」

When I opened my eyes, I was in a pitch black s.p.a.ce that extended out.

And in before my eyes was, wearing a white kantoui, a white haired…… old man?

「This place is…? And you are…?」

I should’ve been in a forest just now. Then I met a self-proclaimed Demon King, and a dragon’s tail…

Which means, this is the netherworld?

「Though this place looks similar, it’s different. I am what you people refer to as, 『G.o.d』 ja.」

Eh? Different? Eh? What? G.o.d? No, his head seems bright?1

「What a rude fellow ja na. It not ‘G.o.d’. It’s『G.o.d-sama』ja.」

Ha? G.o.d-sama? Following that self-proclaimed Demon King, this time it’s G.o.d-sama?

「I’ll say this, but I’m not self-proclaimed you know. A genuine 『G.o.d-sama』 ja.」

Eh? How? Do you understand what I’m thinking?

「Didn’t I say it? It’s no problem for 『G.o.d』 ja. This place is the boundary between the world you were in earlier, and what you people refer to as the netherworld. I brought you to this place ja.」

Uhh, a.s.suming that this old man is G.o.d-sama, and a.s.suming that this place is that boundary, why was I brought to such a place?

「Calm down. I will explain that from now. Firstly, the reason you were brought to here was ja…… it was originally a mistake ja.」

Pardon? A mistake you say… what was the mistake?

「Everything ja. Even the of the death of Lyle in your previous life, transmigrating and coming to this world as well, everything was a mistake ja.」

Haa!? Even dying in my previous life was a mistake? Me coming to this world was also a mistake? What’s going on? I completely don’t understand you know!?

「Ah~, properly speaking, Lyle doesn’t die at that place, it was planned to live another 30 years ja…… but I made a bit of a blunder. Well, since I thought it was fault, I had you immediately transmigrate but…」

Ha? A blunder you say, what sort of blunder was it!? Did I die that easily!? And to use transmigration as an apology…2

「No no, that sort of blunder is something that rarely occurs3. Properly speaking, it’s possible ja. Well, because of that, I had you transmigrated ja. You coming to this world as well, it’s the result of your soul being originally from this world ja. Your soul and this world attracted each other and the s.p.a.ce connected up ja. Perhaps it was the result of rus.h.i.+ng your transmigration, the memory of your previous life also remained, as a result, it might have made it easier to connect to this world.」

……Well then, both me getting killed in my previous life, and coming to this world, was it entirely G.o.d-sama’s (temporary) fault…?

「It’s not (temporary), I said I was a genuine G.o.d ja4. Well, in other words, that’s how it is ja. Well, I’m sorry.」

AS IF YOU CAN END THAT WITH A SORRYYYYY!!! A SELF PROCLAIMED G.o.d-SAMA
(lol) IS PLENTY FOR YOUUUUUU!!!

「That’s harsh. Even though I apologized this way. Well, let’s put that aside, and so.」

Nononono, that’s not something to put aside. It’s important!

「Well, hear me out. Therefore, ja. Since this is a good chance ja, I thought I would do something specially for you. Well, it’s fine to think of it as an apology.」

No, I don’t care about that at all, so please return me to my original world. Since I’d prefer that a lot more.

「Aah, that’s impossible ja.」

Eh? Impossible you say, why is it? You, you’re a self-proclaimed G.o.d-sama (lol) right? Why is it impossible?

「Like I said, that’s wrong…. I said it earlier right?5 Your soul and this world are attracted to each other. Even if you were to return to your original world, the same thing will happen again you know? Well in the first place, it’s not possible to go from this world to that one ja.」

Why is that? Didn’t I go to that world by transmigrating? Besides, I came through that hole and arrived here… Couldn’t I follow that hole in reverse and return?

「It’s not something that simple ja. You, when you came in this world, you ‘came by falling’ right? The world you were in is ranked higher than this world ja. In other words, although it’s possible to ‘descend’, it’s not possible to ‘ascend’ja. It’s a one-way pa.s.sage ja. Even the time of your transmigration, it was quite unnatural you know? It’s somewhat possible if it’s just the soul, but it’s impossible to bring along a body ja.」

Then, it’s that huh? I’ll have to spend my whole life in this world?

「Well, simply speaking, that’s how it is ja na.」

……This d.a.m.ned self-proclaimed G.o.d-sama (lol), can you say that so easily…?6 Properly speaking, weren’t you the cause of this!? Since that’s the case, do something even if you have to force it! I have both family and friends over there! This isn’t something to give up so easily on you know!!

「That’s why I said I’ll do something for you as an apology you know? But of course, other than returning you to that world ja.」

Like. I. Said! Didn’t I say I don’t have any desires other than that!?!

「Come on, if you don’t say it quickly, there won’t be time you know?」

Haa, haa…. Eh? Time?

「You were about to die right? Thanks to you being on the verge of death, I was able to just draw out your soul in this way ja. Aah, your body is being regenerated, so you should be recovered shortly. You could say this place’s time limit is until you recover your consciousness ja. Since the regeneration of your body has completed, your consciousness should recover very soon ja.」

Eh? Ah, now that you mention it, the dragon… Eh? Recovery you say?…… uhh…… umm, thank you, very much…?

「Don’t worry about this much. Leaving that aside, if you don’t quickly decide on a wish, I’ll decide for you, okay?」

Eh? No, please wait a moment? Even if you say that…. Uhh, umm.

At that moment, I suddenly felt my body being pulled.

「fumu, it seems we’re out of time? Well, I’ve finished conveying everything that needed to be conveyed. And so, regarding your wish ja…. You have plenty of physical strength, you can use sorcery as well and you have plenty of mana…. Besides that…… that’s right ja, eternal youth, how about that? That’s an everlasting dream for women right?」

Ha? Eternal youth…? Then perhaps….

「You’ll retain the youth of your current appearance until you die ja. Aren’t you glad?」

I’ll stay the same until I die, you say…. Please wait a moment! I didn’t wish for that sort of thing…… ah, you just laughed, right? You understood what I said, right!?7 Please cancel it! Right now!

「Ho ho ho. Now, what do you mean? Wouldn’t you be cute this way?8 As a bonus, I’ll also bestow a blessing on your weapon. Look, it’s about time ja. The next time we’ll meet will be when you’ve died perhaps? Well then.9」

WAAAAIT!!! WHAT BLESSING!? ISN’T IT A CURSEEEEEEE!?! REMOVE ITTTTTT!!!!!

「Ho ho ho ho…」

DON DON

「GUGYAAAAAOOOOOOOO」

……Oh? Until now, I…?

Just now, was it…… a dream?

「KISHAAAAA!!」

「FUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So that’s the degree of your power!!」

「Don’t falter! Disperse and aim at its feet!!」

Ahaha…… that’s right ne, there’s no way that was real….

「GURUOOOOOO!!」

Well after all, something like not growing any further, even though I look like a child right now…… nee?10

Un, that’s right. It was dream. Not being able to return to j.a.pan was also a dream.

「Ku…, stand firm! If we don’t defeat it here, next it will cause damage to the neighbouring villages and towns, and even the Royal Captial you know!」

「FUHAHAHAHAHAHA! It’s useless, useless useleess! Prostrate yourselves before this Demon King’s manservant number one!」

Oh? My body can move…? It doesn’t hurt, anywhere…?

I should’ve been on the verge of death after being injured by the dragon’s tail…?

Then, that was…… it can’t be, real…?

「GYAOOOOOOOOOOO!!」

DON DON

「SHUT UーーーーP!!!」

To clatter noisily besides a person when they’re seriously thinking…!

「Ufufufufufufu…. That’s right, in the first place, these guys were also the cause… As well as the appearance of that self-proclaimed G.o.d-sama (lol), if we’re to speak of the source, it was because of this self-proclaimed Demon King’s cowardly surprise attack. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have received this curse in the name of a blessing…. Fufufu, it’s fine if I give you, a punishment, right…?」

I stood up while swaying, drew out my weapon, and approached the dragon + the self-proclaimed Demon King.

「! You! It’s dangerous! Step back!!」

Although a man who wore armor and a helmet said something to me, I ignored it.

「Now, self-proclaimed Demon King…… are you prepared…?」

For the current me, I feel I wouldn’t lose even if the opponent is a dragon. Could I be a sort of tripped state?

「mu, the black haired la.s.s huh? You, should’ve died…?」

byuo

Although the forelegs of the dragon approached, it was opposed by a defence boundary I spread out and obstructed it.

「mu? A magician huh!?」

DON DON

The forelegs’ attack came many times, but the defence boundary prevented it from moving an inch.

「Ufufufu, it’s useless you know? If you don’t behave yourself, you’ll be punished, okay?」

「GURUAAAAAAAAAA!!!!」

BOOM!

A strike from the tail, that had driven me into a brink of death in a single blow, approached.

「fu.」

zashu

「GYAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!」

From my single  swing, the tail which was aimed at me was cut from the base and flew off.

「Ridiculous!! To cut its tail flying in a single blow!!?」

I could see the self-proclaimed Demon King’s surprised expression.

It’s said that a scale of a typical dragon is harder than iron, and its skin is also harder than rock. Because with that single blow, with a diameter of three meters furthermore, its tail was cut off, it’s natural to be surprised.

「Ufufu, didn’t I say it? If you don’t behave yourself, you’ll be punished…」

The me at this time, somehow felt like I was able to naturally do it11. When I thought about it afterwards, could this power be an effect of that 「weapon’s blessing」 that self-proclaimed G.o.d-sama (lol) talked about?

FLAP FLAP

Perhaps it was the result of cutting off its tail, the dragon grandly flapped its wings. Could it be planning to temporary escape to the sky?

「Since your punishment has yet to end, I won’t let you get away you know?」

I quickly swung my katana.

「GUGYAAAAAAAAA!!!」

One of its wings was quickly cut off, and the dragon that began rising, awkwardly tumbled down to the ground.

Nevertheless, the dragon struggled violently and tried to trample me with its foreleg.

Of course, that sort of desperate attack wouldn’t hit me.

「s.h.i.+.」

I approached the place where its foreleg were raised, flashed my katana, and sliced it off from its base.

Even so, it was persistent, this time it opened its mouth and tried swallowing me, so I sliced off its head.

Without even a death cry, the dragon which had its head dropped in a single blow, while grandly trembling several times, gradually stopped moving.

「Ridiculous…… a Lesser Dragon exceeds S rank you know…? For this sort of child do it alone, furthermore, the way she defeated it…」

The armoured man, who called out to me in the beginning, said something while groaning.

But leaving that aside, that self-proclaimed Demon King. The self-proclaimed Demon King’s punishment has yet to end.

When I raised my head and looked at the back of the collapsed and unmoving dragon, the figure of the self-proclaimed Demon King was spread out as if he was clinging there. It appears that he fainted from the impact when it flew up and fell. To faint from that degree, how weak ne.

But at this rate, I won’t be able to punish him. While I was still standing around the dragon, I decided to request the armoured man.

「Excuse me, because the self-proclaimed Demon Lord is laying on the dragon’s back, could I have you take him down?」

From my voice, the dumbfounded armoured man started moving as if he came back to his senses.

「Ah, aah, understood. Oi, you guys! How long are you going to stay engrossed!? Hurry up and restrain that man who calls himself the Demon King!」

fumu, it appears that that armoured man is the commander of this group ne.

From the armoured man’s voice, the other men hurriedly began moving.

G.o.d’s lines are pretty hard to translate with his accent 
1. いえ、頭は薄そうですよ？
2. そんな簡単に死んじゃうんですか！？そのお詫びに転生って…。
3. いやいや、あのような失敗は滅多に起こるものではない。
4. じゃから（仮）じゃなく、正真正銘の神じゃと言うておろうに。
5. じゃから違うと言うに…。さっきも言ったじゃろう？
6. ……この自称神様（笑）め、簡単に言ってくれましたね…？
7. そんなこと望んでなんて……あ、今笑いましたね？わかってて言ってるでしょう！？
8. それだけでは可愛そうじゃからの？
9. ほれ、そろそろ時間じゃ。次に会うのはお主が死んだときかの？ではの」
10. いやだって、今でさえ子供に見られるのに、これ以上成長しないなんて……ねぇ？
11. この時のわたしは、なぜかそれが出来て当然、と感じていました。