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– DIVE TO GAME –
A world where the Grand Empire exists.
In this world, a number of people have awakened to new powers.
They are skills -special powers.
A world where the Grand Empire exists.
In this world, everything is made into numbers.
A world where the Grand Empire exists.
A world that is not 'here'.
—A wrong future.
The Empire, that began their invasion to the whole world, continued their powerful advance, and the result was that they were able to get in their hands around 60% of the world.
That's because their technology was at a whole other level.
Also because there were many 'power users' who had awakened to their new powers.
Overwhelming technology and power users —those two wheels had driven the Empire mad and pushed them.
As a result, the most cruelest, worst, and extravagant nation in the world was created; the Grand Empire.
However, the Grand Empire's attack stopped after obtaining 60% of the world.
Their territory had become way too big.
Of course, the countries that had become va.s.sal states were not going to stay silent, and terrorism and coup d'etats were running rampant.
And then, with many clashes for interest on the inside, the divisions got more p.r.o.nounced, and the Grand Empire, like a whale pulled onto land, couldn't handle its own big body and was unable to move.
If you look down, you would see a h.e.l.l where there would be terrorism happening like an everyday thing; if you look up, you would see repeated gatherings of foolish high officials thirsty for a bigger slice.
At that time…
A single man had presented a 'proposal' to the higher ups of the Grand Empire.
A really amusing game.
A really happy game.
It would bring smiles to the 'Divine People' of the Grand Empire, and would bring salvation to the 'People' of the va.s.sal states.
The Grand Empire that likes extravagance, instead of 'brutish' oppression and slaughter…would use this 'game' to bring down an iron hammer on the va.s.sal states that have lost their heads, and shape up their plans to tighten the inside.
That's right, the partic.i.p.ants of this game are not only the civilians, but also the higher ups that have messed up, and even high officials that have lost their standings.
The winners of yesterday might be send first in line to the game if they mess up.
It was a h.e.l.lish picture where there was no mercy for the ones up or down.
It is said that the name of the man who drew this plan and presented it was Kunai Hakuto.
Later, he would be called the Demon Lord of the Grand Empire.
—Holy Light Country, vicinity of the national border.
(I was asleep, huh… I remembered something nostalgic.) (Maou)
Maou, who had fallen asleep from the pleasant shaking of the carriage, woke up.
Must have been because he couldn't sleep a wink last night. On top of that, this big carriage is made in a way so that you can rest by laying sideway. You could say it is a carriage that has a simplistic camp specialized for adventurers.
Maou raises his upper body and he notices that there's a slight weight on his lap.
"Oi, why is this person sleeping on my lap?" (Maou)
"Even if you ask me, I don't know." (Mikan)
Yukikaze was deeply asleep on the lap of Maou.
That sleeping face was like that of fleeting snow, and it was like a beauty that came right out from a painting. And in the eyes of Maou, she looked cuter than the idols that showed up in TV.
If Maou were to learn about the gender of Yukikaze, even he would change the color of his face.
(No good, my head is still hazy.) (Maou)
Maybe the lack of sleep was getting to him, Maou was making a sleepy expression as he looks outside the carriage.
What he saw there was unchanging dried land and dry air.
He normally would look at numbers in order to tune his eyes when he has just woken up, but sadly to say, he left his wrist.w.a.tch in the village. He was fearing the fact that it might get damaged when in the dungeon.
"You are Mikan, right? What year and month is it now?" (Maou)
"…What?" (Mikan)
"Just answer." (Maou)
"What's with you… 7th day, 10th month, year 2,000 of the Holy Calendar!" (Mikan)
"…Year 2,000, huh. Haha!" (Maou)
Maou makes a dry laugh as if he were nostalgic about something. Mikan didn't know at all what he laughed at or what he was nostalgic about.
She was already in a bad mood, but it dropped several levels down.
(What a mysterious thing. The year, month, time, and even the language are the same.) (Maou)
Hiragana, katakana, kanji, and english. Their way of mixing those was the exact same as j.a.pan, as if they had carbon copied it. For Maou, this was incredibly convenient. However, what surfaced in the mind of Maou was something completely different. (How to say it…this is quite the sloppy work.) (Maou) Whether the direction of that thought is correct or wrong, for this man, that was the 'answer' that clicked with him the most. This was basically like a simple job of just copying the basic information of j.a.pan and pasting it. "If I remember correctly, you said this is currently a 'warring time', right?" (Maou) "…" "Did you not hear me, Refrigerated Orange?" (Maou) "Who are you calling refrigerated?! You, for awhile now you have been questioning too much!" (Mikan) Mikan waves her red hair and bites at Maou. With her red eyes, her groaning, and her slender body, it made him compare her to a doberman. Her brown skin, her clothes that show so much of her shoulders, as well as her short skirt that shows her legs were giving out a charm of fitness. "It would be a pain to be asked many times, so I will be answering all at once, okay?! The northern countries are in warring times from the 4th to the 9th month! The 10th to the 3th month is the armistice time! Understood?!" (Mikan) "Sorry, but you were speaking so fast I didn't understand what you were saying." (Maou) "Geez! Such a pain…! The northern countries *blah*blah*." (Mikan) "Sorry, but I couldn't hear you because of the breathing of Yukikaze. Once more please." (Maou) "Yukikaze is sleeping silently though!" (Mikan) Mikan's red hair stood on its ends, and Maou laughs with his shoulders shaking. This man likes to tease girls like Mikan. Of course, it is nothing but a pain in the opinion of Mikan though. "In the first place, are you really human? Defeating Carnival in that way…I can't think of you as a human at all." (Mikan) "Don't say such a rude thing. I am human." (Maou) "Just to clarify, a human is—wah wah!!" (Mikan) Mikan stood up aggravated, but maybe the carriage pa.s.sed on a rock or something, it shook lightly. Mikan had lost her balance and fell, and the red underwear she had on entered the sight of Maou. For a while…silence reigned the inside of the carriage. "…You saw." (Mikan) "Hm?" (Maou) "Right now, you saw my underwear…didn't you?" (Mikan) "What my eyes have always seen since before to here on…has been the blue sky only." (Maou) Maou says nonsense with an att.i.tude filled with confidence. Hearing this, Mikan trembles. "Don't give nonsensical excuses! You had the 'eyes of a warrior' for a moment there!" (Mikan) "Well, the 'sunset' is also counted in the sky." (Maou) "Y-You even saw the color of it clearly!" (Mikan) "I am talking about the sky though. Just what have you been talking about for a while now?" (Maou) Maou shakes his head and goes 'Good grief'. This man excels at derailing the conversation when he is being condemned. He had firmly saved the 'red' of a while ago in his internal folder and was now making a face as if nothing happened. Truly an unforgivable evil being. "Why are there only this kind of people around me…?!" (Mikan) Mikan held her head, and that voice of hers woke Yukikaze. That figure of hers looked like a snow fairy who had just woken up. "…Oji-sama's lap was really hard—muh." (Yukikaze) "Lick this so that you don't say any weird stuff." (Maou) Maou must have learned. Before Yukikaze could say anything more, he puts a candy inside her mouth. In the game, it is a trash item that only heals 5 health, but because you can pick them up in stacks of 10, they are used pretty often as emergency recovery. As usual, these also had a pointless variety of flavors like strawberry and cola. "…Fuuh, Oji-shama's ish shweet." (Yukikaze) "This is what you call adult wits." (Maou) Maou laughs pridefully and throws another candy to Mikan. He didn't really do it on purpose or anything, but the candy was orange flavor. "…I can't trust what you give." (Mikan) "It is a sweetness that women like though." (Maou) "So you are trying to distract me with sugar? I am not such a cheap woman." (Mikan) Mikan rummages through her bag and brings out one magic tool. It was a strange doll that was holding a red flag and a white flag respectively. Maou looked at this doll with interest, and lets out a voice of pity. "You…haven't graduated from playing with dolls yet?" (Maou) "Idi—you see, this is