Dorothy, who is now a person again.
　Reaching for the bag of material again to make her some clothes for her bareheaded girlfriend.
　I felt a glance from a distance, and my hand stopped.

　When I turned around--

Father ...... mother ...... what are you doing?

　In front of the mansion, which is heavily destroyed by the battle all around, the father and mother, dressed in their loungewear, served by the servants, are sitting in their chairs, teacups in hand, in spectator mode.

　Theater.

　For some reason, those words popped up in my brain.

"Foolishly, I was enthralled by Alec's performance.
"That was cool, Alec.
"Thank you, Mother. But it was a battle, and it was not safe for me to be here.
No, it's not, honey.
"Mm. I've been Alec's parent for over a decade now.

　With a straight face, but somewhat proudly, the father said, "I know that monster!

I know that Alec would have cut down a monster like that with a single blow if he wanted to.
It's ...... yes.

　Father was right.
　Dorothy, in terms of sheer strength, you're not that strong.
　There are many spells and magical tools out there that force humans to become monsters.
　Basically, they increase the target's strength, but they're no better than Herschel's secret methods.

　That's why Herschel's magic is so powerful and has led to disaster: ......

　Hexenbiest Dorothy.
　If we wanted to, we could have killed her right away.

But if he didn't, it means Alec is after something else.
Hmmm, and with that kind of power, you can watch the game in a sand mask.
But I see, it was to help the girl.
"That's my boy Alec!　I made a puppet on the way, and I saw that it must have done something impossible for an ordinary person to do.
You know, I heard there's a reputable minstrel in town about ten days ago.
"My God!　All right, let's become patrons and have them spread the word about Alec's achievement through poetry!
"That's nice!

　Father and mother said what they wanted to say with their usual flippant attitude and disappeared into the house with their servants in tow.

......

　After they were gone, Dorothy, who had fallen this time, moaned.
　I ran to her.

Dorothy?　Are you okay?
"Alexander ...... Carlisle?
"Yeah, it's me. Are you okay?

　The same words again.
　Slowly, Dorothy sat up with her hand on her forehead.

　Suddenly, I saw my body.
　The monster change caused her clothes to pop off and she was distracted by her fathers as she tried to make them.
　She is now naked, just as she was born. .

...... used as a plaything?
I didn't. You're cool.
Because I was taught that men are
You told me that.

　You are not distracted, Dorothy, and that's fine, but you can't stay naked forever.
　I reached into my bag of supplies and used my magic to make her some clothes this time.
　I reconstructed her original clothes by imitation.

......

　Dorothy stood up slowly and I stood up too.

I couldn't kill him. ......
"Yes.
I couldn't repay the master's kindness.
That's a problem.
It's as if it happened to me. You almost killed me.
I don't know what happened, but I'm sure the master did you a favor that you would like to return.
"Yes, there is.
"Then there's no denying it. I'm sure you were very fortunate to have received the favor.
"......

　Dorothy looked at me with a very surprised and complicated look on her face.

"It's still a problem, though.
"What?
Your master is going to kill me, even if it costs you your life.
"......

　Dorothy shrinks back.
　There's no denying it.

"The devil's eye, yes. He was willing to sacrifice you to kill me. And you have no scruples in carrying it out.
"Yeah, no.


I don't want to do that, because if you keep going like this, you'll be gone sooner or later.
"............

　Dorothy looked more and more complicated.

　　　　　☆

　In a room that was more extravagant than the Carlisle mansion, a man was tipping a glass of wine in a room that was more extravagant than the Carlisle mansion, in a room that was nothing short of rich.

　At a distance there is a small platform where the gold is stacked in the shape of a pyramid.
　Even at night, the gold shines beautifully, reflecting the moonlight and the lights in the room.
　The man sips his wine, enraptured by the beauty of the nuggets.

Excuse me.
"Who's there!　I've always said that anyone who isn't called upon is not to enter this room--

　The man who was about to yell at me flinched at the sight of me.

"Huh, Vice-Emperor.
It's nice to meet you, Kasey Federal.

　Palin!

　The man--Kersee is so surprised that he drops his wine glass.
　The glass breaks and the wine is splattered on the floor.
　Without a care in the world, Kersee stares at me with a deathly surprised look on his face.

"Do you always serve this?

　I glanced at the gold pyramid and asked Kasi about it.
　The gold and its base have been cleaned up, but the weight of the nugget has lightly dented the base and the floor beneath it.
　That's because it's been there a long time.

　So I asked, but Kersee was too surprised to answer.

"Hey, why are you here?

　I'm not going to make small talk, so I cut to the chase.

I thought we'd make a deal.
"Trading ......?
"I'm going to buy a man . Her name is Dorothy.
"--Ha!　What is this about?
"You don't have to hide it. I'm not going to say a word about it.
"...... Mm
"I just want to buy Dorothy in a proper way (、、、、、、、),

　Dorothy is indebted to Carthy.

　Gratitude is a difficult thing, not something you can say "okay" to if someone else says enough is enough.

　So I wanted to at least give Dorothy some satisfaction.
　To get her mind off of it.

"Here's what I'm willing to do.

　Then he took out a piece of parchment and handed it to Carthy.
　Vice-Emperor, Father of the Nation, and Ally of the Alliance.
　It was an official document signed by Alexander Carlyle.

　On it is written the amount of money he would like to buy Dorothy.

　Money is also credit.
　This parchment is worth more than a pyramid of gold from Carthy.

"Will this be enough? "Will this be enough for what you've spent on her?
Yes, they do. I could have had ten girls like that, and it would have been enough.
"Did you recover everything as a merchant?
"Of course.

　The size of the amount of money caused Carthy's expression to change dramatically, and her face became the biggest smirk I've ever seen.

　I wanted this face, I wanted the words.
　I glanced to the side.

　And there was Dorothy.
　I had put a spell on Kersey to make her invisible and brought her with me.

　Dorothy didn't say anything, but I could tell by the look on her face that she was happy.
　The "favor" may not be completely erased now, but more than 90% of it must be gone.

　At least there should be no more constraints on Dorothy's behavior to force her to do anything.

Then I'll be on my way. Yeah, let me give you one thing, old woman.
What is it?

　Carthy was all merchant face.


"You'd better do something a little better, if you keep this up--

　I reached out lightly and snapped my fingers, snapping them.

　　　　　☆

　The afterlife, the heavenly world .
　In a long line made by souls, one after another
"Let's see, soul number 2083955294, human name Carthy Federal.
"What?　What is this, where am I?
"I'll be judging (、、、、) for the past (、、、、): ...... Wow, that's an E rating. Would you rather be a pig or a cow in the next life?
"What do you mean, what is this place ...... no way!

　The blood drained from Carthy's face.
　Everyone in this world knows about the Last Judgment.

　He doesn't believe it, but he knows that if it's real, then he is.
　That's why Kersee is distraught.

No, no!　I'm not dead, I'm not dead yet!



　　　　　*

　Carthy's room.
　Me and Dorothy, falling down and blowing bubbles Carthy.

　Kersee is twitching.
　Her face is pale and her hair, which had been black, has turned pure white in a few moments.

　She must have been really scared. ...... I was thinking, when I saw an angel standing next to me.

I'm not sure if this is the right thing to do.　I didn't know what was going on, because you called me out of the blue.

　I said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bother you.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry to bother you all of a sudden.
"That's okay, I was just talking to him in the hallucination. Besides, I do these screenings every day, so I'm used to it.
Thank you so much. . because it's not realistic unless the judging results are as good as he knows they are.

　Seeing Carthy blowing bubbles and cramping, I knew my aim was successful.

　Simply put, I threatened Carthy.

　I used magic to hallucinate her, and then I summoned her, with the help of an angel, to threaten her with the afterlife if she continued as she was.

　It wasn't a threat, either.
　At this point in time, if he died and was screened for reincarnation, he would be graded E.
　He was born as a B-ranked man with business acumen and enough gold to pile up in a pyramid, but he did a lot of things (、、、、) with it and now he'll be an E-ranked man.

　For a moment I thought that many souls would be like this .......

I'm going to go home.
Yes, thank you.

　I saw the angel off.
　When he was completely gone, I turned to Dorothy.

"......
"What is it, Dorothy?
"Was that an angel?
Yes, I do.
"You can use an angel on your chin?

　Surprised, amazed and incredulous ...... such a look on Dorothy's face.