100-99. Inflation



What did you say to me?

 The queen, hiding her mouth with a flashy fan, hides her eyebrows.
 I reject her once more, unequivocally.

'Didn't you hear me? I said 'no'.
How rude to be a man!
He will cut it down to the ground!

 The queen of the fan raised her hand to restrain the snarling wenches and knights.

I'm sure you don't know your place.
Ha, I don't know.

 The queen makes a blue streak while hiding her mouth with a fan at my petulant attitude.
 I tried to keep a smile on my thickly made-up mouth to keep it relaxed.

It's not so bad for you, either, is it? Apparently, the strawberry bushes forgot to account for the man's low intelligence.''

 

'Do you mind? The other day, the last man died. There are now only women in this world. We had no choice but to summon men to help us stay afloat. So I summoned you. Can't you understand this?
The point is, I want you to be a stallion.

 Don't you know.
 I've been summoned by that kind of wish, not once or twice.
 And moreover, I'll never forget how much precious time I wasted the first time I was in the throes of enjoying my harem life.

You know what I mean. When you are a valuable man, we can treat you as we would like to be treated. When you become a valuable man, we shall be able to treat you as we would like to be treated, and you shall have a beautiful woman in your arms. Isn't that what you men want most?

 I shake my head resolutely at the Queen's sweet nothings.

'Absolutely no. It sounds like a delicious story, sure, but the bottom line is that you're never going to be released until you have a male child. More than anything else, I hate wasted effort. And I know I'm not going to have a boy anyway, you know that.

 The Queen twitched and raised her eyebrows.

''Well what does that mean?''
'You guys know best, don't you? That's why women were the only ones born. It's because of the curse that covers the world. You too.

 The lady officer who was pointed at me takes a step back.

'And you, and you,'

 Then I point to the female knight, and finally to the queen.

'They're all cursed. You can smell the stench of a curse. Do I have to hold them? I'm sorry, I'm not.
"We are cursed?

 The queen rasped and shook her shoulders.

'That's what the unclean man says! It's bullshit, of course!
'Your Majesty! After all, let's kill a man!

 The lady officer and the female knight also shouted with their mouths full of disgust for me.......or rather the man.

''Well that's true. If you don't become a seed, you will be guilty of setting foot in the palace. It's unpleasant to see the floor stained with a man's blood, but I don't care. You shall be executed here and now!
Oh, you will?

 I cowered my shoulders in a frightening tone as I saw the female knights with spears at the ready besieging me.

''Well, as soon as I, Huzu, was summoned first, you guys are stuck in a jam no matter what you think.

 They're probably thinking about killing me and summoning the next guy anyway, but it's not going to work.
 A world that's all women without doing anything would be a loose end, but there's no reason for me to have to wait.

Do it!

 Under the queen's command, all at once, the women knights' spears were brought out from all directions.
 Without the slightest movement, I received the baptism.
 The moment they touch my body, all the spears shatter.

''What, what?!''
No way!

 All the women in the audience room, not to mention the Queen, were astonished to see their eyes peeled away.

'Well, it would be easy to kill you all but it's a curse. Let's try the thing.

 The Curse Assimilation Cheat, which I hadn't had a chance to unveil when I actually got it.
 This cheat ability allows her to assimilate a curse and not be harmed because she becomes the curse itself.
 The girl who had this power suffered from the misfortune of her surroundings because she had become a curse itself, and she couldn't control the curse by itself. If the other guys copied and used it, it would end up doing no good.
 However, I, who've mastered the spell-casting cheats, can control the curse that has been assimilated by using a combination of "Manipulate a Curse," "Find a Curse," "Seal a Curse," "Modify a Curse," and "Develop a Curse" to alter the curse to my liking.

 First of all, we'll examine the women closely to find out what is cursing them, and then we'll find the source of the curse with the Curse Search Cheat.

This is great. I wonder how much hate you guys have for each other.

 The curse, which had become universal as a formulaic concept, was everywhere.
 There was not even a nucleus of a curse, but it had been spreading throughout the world along with the blood that had been steadily seeping into the land.
 In other words, the regret of the creatures called men, abused and annihilated by women, was there.

'Well, then, let's take half the world.

 I immediately take these curses into myself with the "Curse Assimilation Cheat". If this is all I do, the curse that existed has become me, but it means nothing. I will only become a disaster myself. However, if I change what I am by altering the spell, mix the curse of a different nature that was stored inside me with the spell seal, while developing the spell, and make fine adjustments with the spell manipulation I can turn every curse into my power.
 The perfect curse combo is complete. In order to do this, I need to assimilate a curse, so I've been looking for a curse for many years.

 As soon as I took in the curse and changed its nature, something dense and black swirled around me, something that should be called a fierce grudge.

It's a good thing. What the hell is wrong with you...!

 The Fan Queen finally seemed to understand that I was an uncommon thing that needed to be touched, and the room I had left earlier had been drowned out.

I'm now paying for what you guys have done. And now it's time to pay up," he said. I won't do it in time to be prepared, though.

 I, who became a curse substitute, manipulated the magic waves to manifest the intangible curse into this world, and materialized it.
 It took the form of countless tentacles. The desires, grudges, and instincts of men who were destroyed by women. I chose a form worthy of fulfilling my curse wish.
 Tentacles stretched out from a sort of distortion of space that was born behind me, binding the limbs of the women's officers and knights, under the queen, at breakneck speed, taking away their freedom.
 Soon, the palace - although I don't dare to say what exactly is happening - became a picture of an a-hole.
 The maidservants and ladies who were not here were no exception, and were trapped by the horrific tentacles. No, on the contrary, the tentacles continued to stretch out endlessly, laying waste to the city and filling the country in no time at all.
 It wouldn't take much time for them to cover the stars.

It's going to give birth to a baby boy. That's good, isn't it? You're not going to perish. You won't perish. You'll be able to make your wish come true.

 This world will be 'thriving' with the women who excluded men as their nursery.
 The queens, whose tentacles had invaded even their mouths, had their lungs altered and could not suffocate to death, but could only sob and curse their fate. Even that curse I absorbed and mockingly reduced to assimilation.

''Well, that's enough. Now you can go ahead and hold a grudge as much as you want.''

 The tentacles didn't pounce on me when I deactivated the assimilation.
 On the contrary, they even sent me gratitude as a magical life, even though it was originally a curse habit.

''Oh no I didn't mean to do that. You guys should be careful at best. If you think you're on the side that allows you to do anything, you're mistaken.

 Amidst the sound of flesh and flesh colliding.
 The moment the birth of a new life was confirmed, I left for the next world.



 Well, I'm back to normalcy and I've been conquering the other world smoothly.
 Whenever my mind gets tired of being silly, I can return to my family and enjoy the peace of mind.
 I don't know if it's because of the supreme god Li'ars, but the shop is doing very well, and the future with Tina and the others is very bright.

 However, if I regain too much of a decent human heart, I might have some hesitation when I'm sent to a shitty other world like the one I was sent to earlier.
 I try not to think of those otherworldly people as the same person, so I don't have a problem with that for now.

 In fact, even if Xianne, who happened to be accompanying me, blew up every single one of those summoners, my heart wasn't hurt in the slightest.

''Oh, great. That's great, Cyanne.
'Don't be ridiculous. Not like this...

 Cianne seemed offended by my deliberate applause, as I was sitting on the rubble and in spectator mode.
 She stared at her bloodied hands, opening and closing them in some way.

'Am I really getting stronger?'

 Cianne has been in a terrible hurry lately. This is probably because she doesn't feel that she is getting stronger.
 It's a good thing that he has the ability to single-handedly defeat the wooden demon king a long time ago, but the strength that Sianne is aiming for is not of that order.
 Even though it is the lowest level, he has surpassed his father, who had reached the realm of the gods, and if he wants to follow in my footsteps, he should be able to defeat any of them with ease.
 However, if you become strong enough to easily beat any opponent, it is understandable that you would feel as if your abilities have been knocked to the head.

The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that you have to be able to say, "Hmmm, so why don't we challenge those guys that these guys were talking about? He said he wanted to summon me for the purpose of summoning me, and that he wanted a force to crush a group of adventurers who have been thwarting his plans for so long.

 The ones who summoned us were pale, blackened all over, and didn't look decent to look at.
 Sure enough, they enslaved me, and even gave me a vile look at Cianne, so... well, I didn't have to put my hand down.
 No matter what I think, it's their fault.

''If you killed all these guys, then taking a proxy pledge is an accomplishment, right?
As much as I'd like to, I'm afraid...

 Strange patterns were embroidered in white on the backs of the black robes of those whom Sianne had killed.
 In addition, the letter on the desk contained a cryptic exchange. Deciphered with an appraising eye and a translation cheat.

'Unfortunately, it looks like these guys are part of a secret society. That's why the proxy pledge must either find the organization's members and kill them all or destroy their plans from the very beginning. Unless there are any clues in this ruin-like building, we'll have no choice but to contact the adventurer group anyway. If we can crush them and be done with it, it seems the easiest thing to do, right?
Tsk, you mean...
So, let's just explore this facility for now. I don't think we're going to get much help.

 Cianne let out a sigh at the prospect of a boring joint effort.



 It seems that the one who summoned us was a terminal organization led by the executives of a giant secret society.
 I don't remember the name, but it seems to be an organization that has infiltrated every corner of the world.
 And as a result of this, one of the leaders of such an organization has had their plans smashed by a certain group many times, and as a result they have summoned us with a forbidden curse. It's a natural suicide, a fitting end.
 We also found the results of our investigation into the adventurer group, so we used our shrink-wrapped Cheetos and headed for the city where they are based.
 Yes, they are. It seems the adventurers are all women. It was one more thing to look forward to.

 We used hypnosis to get information from the receptionist of the city's adventurer's guild, and then went straight to the desert where this group of adventurers were headed to defeat the Sandworm.
 I followed the traces of magic waves and caught up with them, and as a result, I heard a sword fight from the other side of the dunes.

''Oh, that's it. It looks like that one.

 Climbing up the sand dune and looking down from above, I saw a myriad of mortar-shaped sand jails.
 Four women........and a group of girl adventurers were battling with a huge swarm of worms that appeared to be sand worms peeking out of the ground. Rather, they were hunting the sandworms one way or the other.
 Sianne next to me exclaimed in admiration, "Hou.

 She is a tall female warrior who runs around in all directions without a thing in the sandy prison.
 A little priestess who covers up with faith magic from a little distance from everyone.
 A red-haired sorcerer who fires powerful water-attribute magic from the sky.
 And a silver-haired magic swordsman who wields a sword and is also proficient in magic.

'Are you a student? Those guys.

 The girls are all wearing armor over their blazer-like uniforms.
 I know they're lightly armed because they'll sink in the sand with their heavy equipment... but their skirts are never long enough to avoid panting if they move too hard.
 The red-haired mage-chan who is flying with magic is wearing spats, and the Noppo Warrior and the silver-haired magic swordsman-chan look like pants that you can show them, but a pantchira is a pantchira.

'Sakahagi, where are you looking!
No, no, no, no. That's not my problem.

 I continue to observe the group of girls while feeling out of place, such as how cute it is that Sianne is unusually jealous.
 I had a strange premonition somehow, so I properly activated my appraising eye.
 The premonition was right. It was too good.

'Be careful. They're all cheat holders.
'Yeah, looks like it...'

 It seems that Sianne is also using her appraisal eye and began to summarize the results of her analysis in her own way.

'The warrior's ability is 'muscle strength limit breaking'. The poor scaffolding is forcibly resolved with the muscle power of the entire body.

 I whistle at Sianne's accurate assessment.
 It's not as well theorized as I am, but I'm able to read the results of the appraisal to the extent that I can intuitively guess what kind of abilities the enemy has.

It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for. It's a genius who can learn any kind of magic in an instant, but it's a foul thing to do--

 I was about to say that much, when Cianne's line was cut off.
 I know how I feel. I know how it feels because my eyes are also focused on the same person as Sianne's.

 It's a beautiful girl with silver hair trimmed at the shoulder, wielding a sword and dancing in the center of the battlefield. A mass-produced beautiful girl with a loss is not even close to a footnote.
 The sight of her using her magic-enhanced saber to dismantle a sandworm as if it were a piece of cheese was even more majestic.

 However, such a superficial picture is just an extra personality once you know what's inside her.

''That silver-haired woman........hey, Sakahagi. She's... no, what is that 'thing'?
'The amount and quality of that magic wave...............It's like a further reincarnation of a cheat reincarnation god. Perhaps the number of times he's been reincarnated while retaining his memory is more than once or twice. Anyway, there's no doubt that he has a 'hero correction'. I'm not sure if he's a demigod at the very least, or even the highest level English spirit (Einherial)... but he's not a good guy to be in the human world anyway.

 Yes, I can't see the bottom with my own eyes. I can't see the bottom of it. Right.... It's the same as when it happened to Lily-chan.
 I'm not sure if this time it's a non-standard exception like me and the Knight God King Artorius, or if it's an overflow one.
 Or are you just an approximation (apoloxymate) like Lily?
 Since when in the world did the godd*mn universe start selling our clones at a great discount?

Maybe it's not worth it to f*ck that guy. It might still be easier to take down a whole secret society.

 If it was before the fight with Lily, I would have happily attacked the silver-haired girl.
 But in the end, that fight brought a new sense of emptiness into my heart.
 It's not a great idea, but I can't bring myself to do it.
 I don't care what they are, but....

Let's go, Cyanne. I have no more business here.

 In the end, I decided not to get involved. 
 The final sandworm defeat is completed and I turn my back on the girls who are rejoicing in their victory.

'Sakahagi.'

 Sianne called out to me.
 I stopped walking, feeling that the nuance, or the sound of it, was different than usual.

'I want to fight. Please. Let me fight.
'Oh? What the hell kind of shit do you think you're talking about--

 I turn around and gulp.
 Because the proud Cianne had bowed to me.
 I wasn't sure what to say for a while, but eventually I shook my head.

'I don't agree with you. You're not the one to beat right now.''
I know.

 Sianne raises her head.
 Her strength has yet to surpass her great father.
 And that silver-haired girl is definitely stronger than her father.

I know the difference in strength between the two. But I want to challenge you.

 Sianne looks at the silver-haired girl again.
 A straight gaze. It's not the silver-haired girl that is reflected in Sianne's eyes, but surely it's me.
 She is the closest person to me that Sianne has ever encountered.

 Some time passed....

'Okay.'

 At last I was rooted out.
 If it had nothing to do with the pledge at all, but as long as there was no prospect of how to make a proxy pledge, I could say that I was rather too good at pulling it off.

'But not right now. First, I'm going to train you thoroughly. I'm going to go pretty hard so just keep that in mind.
"...Oh!

 I look at Sianne, who nods with a glint in her eye, and a huff of laughter overflows.
 When I took you as my wife, I didn't think you would grow up so much.

 You really are a good wife, Cianne.