Chapter 34: Old God
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“…wait. Are you from the Otherworld?”
“Oh, speaking of which, milady. My former employer gave me a gift of dried squid overnight, would you like me to marinate it?”
“Does Letty know what’s going on?”
“Where did you work before? How did they send it to you!”
“Well, this is not the time for that in the first place.”
When I said what I suddenly remembered, milady, Miss Ginko, and Miss Fua gave me a tsukkomi all at once.
“The head maid, who was the master and boss of the maids, sent it to me this morning.But I don’t understand how she sent it either. Really, that monster ……..the head maid doesn’t have any common sense, does she? It’s a slight horror.”
“”……….””
“Oh, excuse me. It’s the Marquis de Michel’s daughter, Sharon, and her servants, who have come here from the school in King’s Landing to see the sights.”
“…Letty. There’s something about the words, that doesn’t feel right.”
“It’s nothing personal, milady.”
“…if you are from the Otherworld, I would like to have a word with you.”
The [Voice] that came from the stone door was a rather flippant person. I somehow felt a vaguely accusatory look from everyone other than me, so this unknown maid would like to talk to you.
“What is your name, sir?”
At my question, magic power leaks out from the stone door again, and it becomes a [voice].
“The name is lost….. I am the one who once made this land. I have lost my strength and a piece of my heart…”
“….the old god.”
Miss Fua muttered that in a small voice, and milady and Miss Ginko also took a breath. I see that’s why the god of this temple had disappeared more than a thousand years ago. No wonder I felt like he was a god but was a little bit lacking in dignity.
“Why is that god here…?”
“….when humans once called me ‘God,’ a demon robbed me of my power.”
It seems that God is not all-powerful. Well, I don’t believe in an all-powerful God, but this power is just too low.
“So, why did you contact us?”
“Those who dwell on this continent cannot hear my voice for one reason or another. Only those who possess a factor other than this world can hear my voice…”
“Well, I can hear you, too.”
Milady sounds a little surprised at the voice of God.
“I’m sure you’ve used your “summoning spell” to incorporate some of the other world’s factors into your life. With that much magic, you’ll be able to find out what’s going on in the world. The same kind of person has been here before.”
“A lot of magic…?”
For some reason, milady glances at me. Not at all. I’m innocent. ……..I would like to say, but I was cooking with demonic ingredients to extend milady’s life span and prevent aging, but this is where the effect came to an end.
We were having a conversation with no main points like that, when Miss Hua, perhaps impatient, came forward with a nervous look on her face.
”Is it because the people of this world can’t hear you that they are disturbed by your voice? Could it be that the person who took your power away from you…?”
Then Miss Fua asked him out and found out a lot of things. First of all, “he” was……..I don’t know if he was a man or not.
But even though “he” was said to be a god, “he” was not a [God] but an [Old Dragon] that lived since the age of mythology.
After spending tens of thousands of years, “his” soul reached the realm of a spirit.
“He” obtained a power greater than that of a great spirit and was able to interfere not only with natural phenomena but also with souls and other dimensions.
“Well, to a weak human being, “he” looks like a god.”
“He” didn’t even need to take food, so “he” would help humans who tried to worship “him” on a whim.
After a while, the humans built a temple for “him” and many priests and priestesses took care of “him” to keep “him” in a good mood.
One day, it came to an abrupt end. Due to the fact that “he” was a dragon, “he” had to “shed his skin” once every thousand years.
Instead of just throwing away “his” old skin, it seems to be almost a reincarnation, and for a moment, “his” new body and soul are separated from each other.
Aiming for that momentary gap, one of the maidens took away the [core] of “his” body – “his” power as a god itself.
“……..That person was saying crazy things daily. My true world is another. It’s just that I’ve been reborn in a different world of barbarism. She said that someday she would create a harem in this world…”
“…………”
The ladies look at each other. This sounds like something I’ve heard before. Could it be a reincarnated person who has transcended a dimension?
“The priestess deceived the god and robbed “him” of “his” power. So what is the priestess doing now?”
“I would address you if you could. I want you to break this seal…”
“I don’t know if it is for revenge or to regain your power. But I don’t think that a priestess who has gained the power of a god can be managed by a soul who has lost the power.”
I don’t think it can do anything about a priestess who has gained the power of a god, but I feel like it is talking to me, not to anyone else.
“Well, I’ll just help you with that now.”
“…Letty? What?”
When I take out [ Orc Killer EX ], the young lady looks at me quizzically. Then let’s go.
”Nice shot.”
“Gugan!”
“Kyah!”
A roar that shook the ruins and the screams of the ladies. The blow, which was delivered with a wide swing cracked the seal and its stone door, which had been in service for over a thousand years.
”It’s sturdier than I thought,”
“Hey! What are you doing?”
“You are…”
I smile at the old god’s door, which has something to say to me.
“The seal has been damaged. If you want to do something, you can’t do anything unless you’re strong enough to come out of there on your own.”
“Well yes, I do. Thank you. …. the otherworldly *∞.”
I didn’t catch the last word, but I wonder if that’s my “identity”?
But now we have a guideline for the future. Perhaps the priestess is the [administrator] of this world.
It seems that this world’s [Skill] and the cause of the “immortalization” of some humans is also related to it.
If most of those immortalized humans have milady as their enemy……. I may need to antagonize the [Goddess] of this world.