Saori and I climbed into the carriage, and the man driving the carriage began to whip the horses' reins, and we started walking.
It was the first time I had ridden in a carriage controlled by Dullahan where either the driver or the horses were headless.
"Pull yourself together, Ichika; we can get to the capital without a hitch... in the meantime, let's have some fun."
I looked at Saori, who had finished two bottles of wine instantly; I didn't drink, so I just stared at the bright red sun.
"Is the sky always orange here?"
"It must be very different from the one in your world, but the sky used to be blue here."
"Just like in the human world?" I said spontaneously.
"So in the world of blue surfaces apparently... this is the first time I've heard that."
"Then why is the sky orange now?"
"I don't know... almost everyone is used to it, so none of us learnt about it, but I'm sure there's a book that explains it if we go to the
The following day we both took jobs at an agency, there was no guild here, and most of them got their jobs from this place."For two people.""What kind of job do you want?" asked the old lady."An easy one.""Let's see... there are mining jobs around this town; you can join there.""Can women work in such a place?" I asked."Of course, men and women can mine.""Then, we'll take this."I just followed Saori to the mine in question, a large cave; some people had come out and deposited with the party in charge.They were collecting purple rocks.Saori explained, "This stone is called a mineral crystal stone... we collect this for city lighting, hot springs and other things.""What a precious stone.""We've got permission, so follow me."I followed Saori to a cave that seemed to have low-quality stones. Some people didn't mine here but mined in a different cave. When I asked Saori about it, she s
Saori somersaulted to the side to avoid the fire attack; she brought her hands together to create a ninja seal and an earthen wall in front of her."You think a wall like that can stop me?"The demon created a large circle in which flames devoured the entire wall and Saori inside. As she laughed proudly, a hand came from near the demon's feet, pulling her underground.The Saori who did so climbed up while swinging her weapon to cut the enemy's throat."This is the end."Next.Bam!An explosion separated the two. The ground fell from the sky, and Saori jumped back to keep her distance; there was something strange about her enemy now that his body was twice as big with the appearance of an actual demon.The demon here has two forms, one resembling a human and one resembling the form of an actual demon.He swung his sword, creating a blade of wind that shot straight; Saori was not in a defensive position though she could de
"She's my friend, so our relationship is like master and servant.""There's something wrong with what you just said," I said flatly.The girl introduced herself."My name is Hana; please meet Ichika."Hana is the name of a flower; it suits her; she is; a beautiful flower that brings happiness to others who see it."Then I'll take you to the emperor's palace, please."Hana escorted us through the city's main street; the palace was at the back of the city, so it was a little far away."I heard the emperor is a woman?" I asked Hana."That's right; she's very beautiful and sweet... instead of ruling with an iron fist, she rules with the hand of flowers.""Flower hands? What?""Hands full of tenderness and fragrant scent when slapping you if you make a mistake.""Doesn't that mean the same thing?""I'm just kidding; he's very kind... I'm sure the emperor will bring the most change to this underworld in th
[Hana's point of view.]Ever since I was a child, I've lost both my parents; they were instrumental in protecting this empire, so I made a promise in front of their graves. I will also grow up as a warrior and protect this empire.***After parting ways with Ichika, I led the troops down a different path; I could see a skull titan charging through unhindered, the skull emitting smoke into the air that devoured everyone with death.How can I defeat such a giant creature? When I thought about it, suddenly, another titan appeared.The titan was wearing silver armour, which hid its entire being within the armour; with a single punch, it blew the skull titan off the wall."What the hell is going on here?"No, there was no time to think about it. All I had to do was quickly evaluate the residents."All of you hurry up!"I looked behind me and saw that the titan had wiped out my entire army, their heads exploded, and their inte
[Ichika's (Zack) point of view.]The skull titan demon had a weakness in its neck; after I managed to destroy it, its body didn't fuse back together and started to erode into the air. I returned to my original form as Ichika when a voice called out to me. "Ichika?"Standing there was someone named Hana who looked confused; she saw the huge giant before and now a familiar person named Ichika, a white-haired girl who was a man."What was that just now?""It's a long story. Do you want to hear it?"I told her everything, including who I was; Hana's face paled, and she punched me until I was lying on the ground.A woman's punch hurts a lot. She sat atop me, placing the sword's tip on my chest."Calm yourself, Hana; I didn't mean any harm.""You're disguised as a woman. That's why I must kill you; you must be the pervert most people say you are.""I'm not like that; I'm sure you're referring to someone else.""I'm sure
The next morning, Hana, I, and Yaeko visited the library, which was rarely visited by anyone; they separated the room from the emperor's residence in the rearmost outbuilding.If you notice, the padlock that locked the place had rusted so that people couldn't open it through the key; Hana swung her sword so we could finally enter it after cutting it into two pieces.It covered everything in the dust; Yaeko said it had been decades since anyone had entered this place again; really, is this place sacred or something? To me, everything looks normal. They neatly displayed a few books and each row of shelves needed to be filled up.These were probably just books that had no meaning or were going to be tried to be thrown away. Hana and I tried to find a book to know the history of this world, and while we were both struggling, Yaeko found it first.She called the two of us over to see what she was reading, and it was surprising that Yaeko or Saori had said that
With a brightly coloured sky, Yaeko announced a massive celebration in the capital, she had built the performance stage, and the stalls were lined up neatly."I ordered a hundred skewers.""Yes."I stood before the stall to order some satay; the person ordered a hundred skewers."Look at this, Zack... I mean, Ichika, they added vegetables to the satay.""Isn't that amazing?" I shouted.I was hooked when I saw rare food elsewhere but with a good flavour.I took a few skewers to put it in my mouth; the fat-filled meat combined with the fruits gave it a unique flavour."It's delicious.""Isn't it? That's why I ordered a hundred skewers.""Isn't that too much?""There's nothing excessive about delicious food."I like her style of speech.The two of us sat on a chair while watching the parade that was taking place because Yaeko was the emperor, so he was in the parade while waving his hand with a f
After hearing a short statement from the goddess Selena, I used the Teleportation Gate to appear in the western region.According to her, the Titan demons could no longer escape the Satan Gate, so they searched elsewhere. As she said, I could see it all, the Titan demons numbering in the hundreds, began to move forward. They moved by destroying whatever they passed.They not only walked, but they also ate whatever they passed. I, standing on top of the wall, mourned for them.The bigger their bodies are, the more food they need. Unlike humans who are turned into Titans, they will continue to look like that. Only death can solve all this.Ultimately, their existence is indeed opposed by the world's existence. I pulled my sword from my waist and slashed it with magic.The blade of fire formed into a dragon and then devoured the foremost titan demon knocking it down with a single strike; so far, I didn't see the skull titan demon."Looks like s
While we were fishing, Vestia sat hugging her knees with a gloomy expression.She was actually a princess from the skull island which was a little far from this island, it was only filled with undead and Vestia was the one who was appointed as the leader because she had a body that never decayed.But that's why the people or the zombies were a little jealous of her, even though she was dead she still carried her beautiful body until now so she was expelled from the island without her knowledge and buried here.As for the inscription on her gravestone, I think it's just a joke, at first they must have thought that no one would be able to enter the island forever."My fate is truly unfortunate."Let's ignore the undead who were lamenting their bleak lives, the sharks jumped into the water and we cut them down without difficulty as we now stood on a raft.About ten of them had been defeated which was the end of this mission."Well, I'm r
I had wanted to go to the tower of Babel but suddenly Jessica and Flora took me to the sea to fish."We heard that lake fish and sea fish taste different, that's why we wanted to try and prove it."They were doing this just for that apparently. I didn't mind so it was fine to occasionally go out with them like this. All this time we've been working, relaxing together is well deserved.I sent the hook into the sea and wondered what kind of fish I would get, sea fish have a variety of colours compared to freshwater fish but in terms of taste I couldn't tell the difference as to me they tasted rather similar.A few minutes passed and the first person to catch a fish was Flora.She smiled arrogantly, why does everyone always make that face when they get a fish, it's quite troublesome if someone is provoked by it."I won't be outdone either, I'll show you what I can do with the bait I have on my fishing rod," said Jessica.I had expected s
Today I visited the kingdom of Dersiva where the building is a modern European building entirely inhabited by the demon race.The reason I came here was all because of Yaeko's request who wanted to see how the demon race lived in this world. He was in front of me while running back and forth like a child."This is very delicious, two more please uncle.""Okay."She ate the food instead.Well, I don't mind following her from behind."I'M VeRy HaPpY.""Swallow your food first before talking."She did as I asked and then got some water for herself to drink. We were in the centre of the city as we glanced at the scene in front of us which was a tall fountain.Lilith who is the queen of this kingdom must be busy at this time of the day so I didn't want to disturb her and it was only at noon that we met her.***Yaeko and Lilith met each other and both shook hands before kissing each other on the left and right c
Even if I had thousands of lives fighting someone like him was impossible, my legs suddenly froze then shattered into a loss of balance, before I knew my head had been cut off.Damn, how to defeat a demon like this. This is different from Elise's Algorithm circle, this snow will stay active forever.While my body was trying to regain its senses, Evelyn attacked on her own, she gave a slash that managed to slightly wound her enemy's face.Her sword was knocked away while her face was grabbed by Lucy before being thrown to the ground until her head spun and she died.This demon is really very powerful.While I was trying to figure things out, Selena, Freya, Valentina, Francesca and Elise ambushed it from all directions.In no time at all they were all dismembered until a rain of blood pooled on the ground. I who saw it could only remain silent with a pale face.They weren't dead, it was just that the sight of them was truly horrifying.<
Inside the tower of Babel a black shadowy figure sat on a throne while holding a black book in her hand, she was Lucy, while in front of her knelt dozens of people consisting of various races including Evelyn's parents.The shadow laughed."Now that the embryo we made has finally been created, only one more thing needs to be done to make me perfect and with that I can use my perfect body and destroy the goddess realm with my hands... of course for you my followers I will give you the proper things as payment."Evelyn's father who had the position of leader came forward."So what should we do?""Simple, you must kill your children and offer their souls to me."The people in this tower had lost their sanity so this kind of thing did not burden their minds, they just knelt down and agreed to what the shadow said.Later that night, all the followers killed their children and sent their corpses into the tower of Babel but only one child co
With trembling hands I continued to attack the figure of my other self with both my swords, he parried them and then kicked me until I fell backwards.How much I forced myself to attack was how much I got in return."You want to surrender? If you surrender you won't have to fight anymore.""No, there are still many people out there waiting for me to solve this problem.""How stubborn, aren't you and I just fighting to relieve boredom? We don't need to involve ourselves in something dangerous.""At first I thought so too but now I want to save everyone more, sometimes the boredom I feel isn't so bad either... living peacefully and spending time together with many precious people, that's what I want now.""You've really changed my other self.""I hope you become like me too."I sheathed one of my swords and wielded only one other sword, so did the other me, we were silent for a while before stepping forward at the same time.
I entered the door that appeared in the Yggdrasil tree and saw how I was standing in a white room with nothing but a person standing in front of me with an all-white appearance, even his hair also had sparkling white hair.From an all-white area to a grassland area that was authentic to the colour green as well as the blue sky, everything had indeed changed except for the appearance of the young man in front of me, who was clearly the other me."You don't seem too surprised by me.""I was just wondering if I should defeat myself.""If you want to become a god then you must defeat me, the strongest enemy comes from yourself.""Then I will not hesitate.""That's what I want."I threw off my mask then darted forward, my other self wielded two swords that both had dragon cores, this tree duplicated me completely, the character, strength and also how it reacted were all very similar."Is that all you've got? I keep getting even stro
Before I was about to leave with Elise and Francesca, Selena had appeared in front of me with a soft, sad smile."I'll take you from here," just as she said that we had all disappeared and reappeared in an all-white area where there was only a giant tree."So this is the Yggdrasil tree," I said."This tree maintains the balance between worlds and even the universe, each branch represents the existence of each world that is guarded by goddesses and gods, if likened to this tree is a buffer while the pandalium is a time-turner to keep the world on track."While the three goddesses were just watching from behind I circled around the tree and found an engraving on the tree, although it was just a picture but I could understand what was there."It's a prophecy that has been there for a long time," Selena said and I held my head.It told how the Titans who previously lived to serve the gods and goddesses began to rebel and were sent to the human r
Above the floating island, Evelyn stared at the dragons in their human forms that were aimed at her.She grinned then pointed her hand until in an instant the wall protecting the city shattered into pieces producing the sound of shattering glass balls.He spread his arms in laughter."What a beautiful sight, before you killed my parents, now it's your turn to die."Several male dragons gritted their teeth before turning into dragons to dart towards Evelyn. It was just a suicidal move even so Evelyn did not want to kill them quickly, she would make them pay with a sense of despair and pain that exceeded a nightmare.In just seconds, the dragon that flew towards Evelyn fell as well as the other dragons below, from their eyes black blood flowed until they all screamed horribly simultaneously before falling asleep in a nightmare, no matter how much they wanted to escape they would not be able to do so.Each dragon could only accept their nightma