133 01. The Good Man Overcomes God's Punishment




 One by one, one by one, they come out of my shadow and go out of the carriage.

 Dorothy and the maids, the ones who live in my shadow.
 If I stay in the shadows, I can hear their conversations, so I asked them to leave - and I exorcised them.

 Incidentally, no one was surprised by the presence of the angel in front of me.

 I'm familiar with angels from Azazel and Markosias, and I know that even the goddess Astaroth is following me.
 So, the exorcism went well .......

Eliza, too.

 The last one, Eliza, was the only one who did not leave the carriage.

I'm here.
"But ......
The Emperor, albeit a burglar

 There are quite a few cases where Eliza's words are not literal, and that's the case now.

 I'm not a maid now, so I don't take orders.
 Eliza insists on it.

"What do I do?

 I turned to the angel and asked for his opinion.
 Right after talking to Eliza, I sometimes fall short on words too, so I hastily added: "Would it be okay if Eliza were with you?

"Is it okay if Eliza is with you?
"...... Okay. And the empire can't be unrelated.

 After a bit of a stumble, the angel reluctantly accepted.

 When the exorcism was practically over, I asked the angel again.

Why do I have to die?
Because at thirteen years of age, I'm beyond my previous life.

 The angel spoke up with a pained look on his face.

If a human is born human, the judging goes back to a neutral D grade.
"Mmm-hmm.
It's the same for you, whether you're SSS-rated or born a human being, you get a D with absolutely no judgmental minutes.
That's when you don't have to do anything, and then the next time you're born human, you're born human, but some times you're born to an animal--oh, I know, if you're born human.

 The angel nodded quietly.

"We have to reincarnate the animal several times as a punishment, but when we do that, we inscribe a negative amount into the soul beforehand when we judge it.
That's what it's supposed to be.

 The heavenly realm, and the system of reincarnation.
 There are still a lot of rules that I don't know about and my curiosity about figuring them out someday raised my head.
 Of course, I have to take care of myself first.

But I got D and you've surpassed the previous thirteen years of your life and become SSS.
Of course, after all that Alec has done, it's not surprising.

 Eliza said in a slightly half-intimidating tone.
 It makes me a little embarrassed.

 The angel went on - it was like he didn't care about my shame play.

"How far will you go when you're 13 years old? So,
I see.
Of course, if you die now, you'll have the SSS rank and you can become a god. If you still want to be human, I'll help you reincarnate as much as I can so that your life will be like this one.
"Yes.
Of course it would be nice to do something different to offset that, but it's just not possible with .......

 I chuckled.

"I don't think I'd be willing to do anything bad.
"It doesn't have to be a bad thing! Like her father, the previous emperor, for example.
"You're just a bunch of drunkard's wastes.

 Eliza answered very simply.

 She gave a rough summary of what the former emperor had done.

I will! I will of course assist in place of the meter so as not to overdo it. For example ...... so! If you keep going the way you are, you can build a harem of 10,000 people, and when you get bored of it, you can litter it like a toy and still be born into a C-rated middle-class family next time.
"A harem unlike any other in history. The largest harem in the empire had 3,000 members. And that's including all the handmaids and laundresses.
That's right. How many days would it take to have 3,000 people?

 I chuckled.
 I'm a guy too, so I don't deny the desire for a harem, but 3,000 people is a little different in many ways.

I'll do anything! If you can't do bad things, then I'll give you the character to do those things!
"Character?
"Yes! I'll give you a drink at rebirth--
"Oh, erase the memory

 Nodding angel .
 After the doomsday examination, just before the reincarnation, he is given a memory-erasing potion.
 It will make him redundant and he'll be reborn.

I see. It changes your personality.
"Yes! So ...... please!

 An angel approaches me with a terrific sword.

 I'll do everything I can to make your wish come true, but...

I'm sorry.
"Huh?


"I don't want to die now or change my personality,
"But!
"There's more I want to do (、、、、、), so I'll get on with my life now, no matter what.
"No, no, you can't say that!
"Huh?

 The angel got up in a hurry.
 In the cramped carriage, I hit my head.

 But she ignored the pain and stared at me with desperate eyes and said, "I know you care.

"I know you care,
You do.

 The brilliant Eliza, who was in attendance, noticed this.
 She said the angel was staring at me and wondering about the sky.

 What's up with--.

Ah!

 An angel letting out a scream-like voice.
 I knew right away that something was wrong.

 The normally gloomy interior of the carriage became darker.

 It was as if a passing shower had suddenly arrived.

Run!

 An angelic warning, but it was already too late.
 In the darkened carriage, I was only brightly illuminated.

 Through the ceiling and down from the sky--a single ray of light falling on me with pinpoint accuracy.

"Run, both of you!

 Draw the sword of the wise men, slash the carriage.

 Flings the angel and Eliza out of the dismembered chariot.

"--!

 Immediately afterwards, the impact goes through the body.
 A jolt that blurs your vision in front of you goes through your whole body.

 And then the pressure.
 A tremendous pressure from the sky washed over me.

 It didn't stop there.
 It was hot and frigid.

 At the same time as thousands of degrees of flames burned your body, a bone-chilling cold descended.

Ggh ...... ugh ......

 All kinds of pain that came late to them.
 In the pinpoint light, all kinds of pain washed over my body.

Alec!
"No! That one is ...... that one is ...... anymore!

 The angel stops Eliza from trying to run over, her face full of grief.

 The maids around her were puzzled, and most of them were slumped over.

 The pain increased further.
 No, it was more than just pain.

 A primal pain, like a direct "ouch" to the nerves.

 Even his soul is being worn away in the pain.

"Uh-oh, oh, oh, oh. ......

 The hand that held the sword of the wise man was strong.

 Resist.
 Summon a rebounding force from within your body and amplify it through the wise man's sword--the baboons.

 It's a shoving match.

 Even the angels would despair of this power - the pillar of light is pushed back with its amplified power.

Still ...... not yet. ...... not yet I am!

 But the power on the other side grew even stronger.
 The tremendous power almost overwhelmed me.

 For a moment, like a lantern, the faces of many people flashed through my mind.
 Faces of all the people I'd been in contact with in this life.

 Those faces came and went one after another.
 The last of the runabouts was--Anger.

 A bright and clever pretty girl with an extremely sad face.

 I've never seen such a sad face before.

"Don't let me ......!

 Power overflowing, power beyond the limit.
 Power beyond the limit - it overflows at once.

 Palin!

 Sounds like dry, broken glass.

 The light, the pain.

 Everything was gone, like a lie.

No. ......

 The angel who had a heartbroken look on his face a moment ago, couldn't believe anything.
 He had that look on his face.