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“Kuh!”
I arrived at the Sun Country, Highland.
The reason is because the Great Sage-sama, Momo, called .
The Teleport I am still not used to yet gave a lot of trouble.
Lucy and Sa-san didn’t co with .
They are apparently scared of Momo.
Also, the first thing Momo said when she drank my blood in a while was…
“Bitter?” (Makoto)
“Makoto-sama’s blood…tastes bad…wuuh.” (Momo)
“That much?” (Makoto)
I was flustered by Momo who crumbled crying.
To think she would cry… This is troubling.
What should I do…?
“You wouldn’t co et at all…and have already graduated from virginity… It is fine already. Soone like …soone like …” (Momo)
“Momo…” (Makoto)
“Makoto-sama, you idiot!!” (Momo)
“Uwa.” (Makoto)
Momo body slamd and I was pushed down to the floor.
She began beating just like that.
“I can’t drink your blood anymore, Makoto-sama! How am I going to live from here on?!” (Momo)
That appearance of hers is not that of the central figure of Highland, but the frail girl I t 1,000 years ago.
“Momo… I am sorry.” (Makoto)
“You don’t have to apologize!! I needed your clean blood, Makoto-sama! Your womanizing contaminated blood can’t be drunk anymore! It is muddy water!” (Momo)
“It is muddy water, huh…” (Makoto)
I don’t know the sense of taste of a vampire, but if Momo says so, that must be the case.
“Please return to being a virgin, quickly! Please regain your purity!” (Momo)
“Don’t ask for the imposs—no, it could be done?” (Makoto)
I feel like it might be possible if I ask the Ti Spirits.
“Eh?”
She must have been intending to ask for the impossible here, Momo stopped crying with what I said.
“You can return to being a virgin?!” (Momo)
“…If I try hard enough.” (Makoto)
Even if I can, I am against the idea.
Also, I have a different idea.
Momo is a vampire.
That’s because she was turned into a vampire by the Immortal King Bifrons 1,000 years ago.
That’s why she is now in an inconvenient body that needs blood and is weak to sunlight.
But Momo beca strong by training for 1,000 years with that.
In preparation for the resurrection of the Great Demon Lord.
But we are now in peaceful tis.
There’s no need to push herself anymore.
I speak it out loud.
“Momo, let’s return you to a human being.” (Makoto)
“…………Eh?” (Momo)
Momo’s big eyes opened wide after hearing my words.
◇◇
“…Makoto, what are you doing bringing a woman as if it is the most natural thing in the world?”
When we arrived at the Deep Sea Temple, Noah-sama welcod with a displeased face.
By the way, Momo would lose her mind if she were to look directly at Noah-sama, so I am covering her eyes with my hands.
“You must not, Mako-kun. Flirting with a girl in front of Noah. Bad boy☆.”
“E-Excuse …I can only hear your voices, but I feel like there’s 2 Goddesses in front of …” (Momo)
Momo was really nervous with her eyes covered.
By the way, I had Momo bring close to the Deep Sea Temple (the Habhain Archipelago) and arrived at the Deep Sea Temple by going down the sea.
Leviathan looked at with eyes as if saying ‘Why did this guy go out of his way to co here from the sea…?’.
It can’t be helped.
I suck at Teleport after all.
By the way, Momo can’t Teleport to the inside of the Deep Sea Temple.
It is because she didn’t overco the Deep Sea Temple which is a Last Dungeon.
It is apparently fine for her to co with though.
“It would be inconvenient to not be able to open your eyes, right, Momo-chan? I will give you this☆.” (Eir)
The Water Goddess put blue glasses on Momo.
No…those are sunglasses?
“Eir-sama, this is…?” (Makoto)
“I cast a Miracle on it, so she should be fine looking at us with those sunglasses on.” (Eir)
“Ooh, thank you very much! Momo, she said it is fine to open your eyes.” (Makoto)
“R-Really…? Wa! This is the Deep Sea Temple…? A f-flower garden…?” (Momo)
Momo hesitantly opened her eyes and was surprised by the internal state of the Deep Sea Temple.
This is 100 tis the garden of the Highland Castle after all.
Moreover, there’s flowers never seen before in full bloom.
Noah-sama, whose beauty makes even those wondrous flowers pale in comparison, was glaring at with a grumpy look.
Being hit by the gaze of Noah-sama, Momo shifted and moved behind .
“Noah-sama, it is nice to see you doing we—” (Makoto)
“I am not! Good grief, finally putting a hand on even the Oracle of Eir…” (Noah)
“…She is my fiance, you know?” (Makoto)
“Shut up.” (Noah)
Noah-sama stepped on my head.
It doesn’t really hurt.
Her underwear feels like it could be seen, but I can’t.
“So, what’s your business?” (Noah)
I think she can read my mind easily, but that’s that.
I answer properly as courtesy.
“Actually, I want to return Momo into a human. Is there a good way?” (Makoto)
“……………It is not like there isn’t.” (Noah)
“Eh?!” (Momo)
Momo raised her voice in surprise at what Noah-sama mumbled.
That’s Noah-sama for ya.
“What exactly is the thod?” (Makoto)
“First…” (Noah)
Noah-sama lifted a finger.
“To have a Life Spirit possess Momo-chan. That will make her body from an undead to a human.” (Noah)
“Life Spirit…?” (Makoto)
This is the first ti I heard of them.
There was a Spirit like that?
“Isn’t that great, Momo?! You can co back to life.” (Makoto)
“T-This is the first ti I hear of such a thod…” (Momo)
I was happy, but Momo was flustered by this.
That’s where the Water Goddess jumped in.
“Noah, if you hit a Life Spirit onto an undead, their original personality will be overwritten, wouldn’t it?” (Eir)
““Eh?”
Momo and I hurriedly looked back.
What did she say just now?
“Hmm, right. If you get possessed by a Life Spirit, you are technically ‘reincarnating’, so you would be in essence a different person.” (Noah)
“I-I don’t wanna!” (Momo)
“That’s not good!” (Makoto)
Momo scread and I shouted.
What an unbelievable boobytrap proposal.
“I know… I was simply saying there’s this thod. Next would be a standard ti rewind. You know as well, right, Makoto? We will go back to the ti when Momo-chan was alive by using the Ti Spirits.” (Noah)
“I know, but Momo beca an undead 1,000 years ago, you know?” (Makoto)
“Only 1,000 years. That’s an instant.” (Noah)
““……”
The sense of ti of a Goddess really is so different from ours, it flustered us.
I did beco a God myself, but I can’t keep up with them at all.
“It is impossible for to rewind 1,000 years as I am now…” (Makoto)
“That much, I can do myself. In one snap.” (Noah)
Noah-sama easily shoots down my worry.
That’s fine then…?
Is there no downsides?
“Just putting this out first. Mako-kun, Momo-chan, if you rewind ti to 1,000 years in the past, you will also lose the strength you got. By the way, that goes the sa for the mories, but you could ask for Ira-chan to store your mories aside with a Miracle of hers.” (Eir)
“I would lose my power…huh.” (Momo)
Momo made a doubtful look even if not on the level of before.
Momo is currently the Great Sage of the Sun Country.
One of the highest authorities in the Sun Country.
She must feel apprehensive about returning to her normal human state all of a sudden.
“Is there any other way…Noah-sama?” (Makoto)
“Hmm, is there?” (Noah)
“Geez, Noah, don’t be such a bully just because Mako-kun brought a girl.” (Eir)
“I-It is not like I am bullying them!” (Noah)
“Mako-kun, it is not that hard for us Gods to resurrect an undead. However, there’s a God in charge of that front, so you would have to get their permission first.” (Eir)
“Permission…? And who is that?” (Makoto)
“That’s of course…” (Eir)
“The God of Hades, Pluto.” (Noah)
Noah-sama speaks over the Water Goddess.
“The God of Hades…?” (Makoto)
“T-That’s obviously impossible…” (Momo)
I tilted my head, not clicking with , and Momo groaned dejected.
—God of Hades, Pluto.
The brother of the King God Jupiter, and the God of the world of dead.
I learned about that mythology in the Water Temple.
Of course, I have never t him before, and I don’t know how to get his permission…
“Here, Makoto. Take this.” (Noah)
Noah-sama gave a sparkly envelope while I was troubled.
The envelope had a signature shining rainbow.
“What’s this, Noah-sama?” (Makoto)
“An introduction letter. You have beco a new God, so go greet Pluto at Hades. You can ask him about Momo-chan while at it. It is the request of my familiar, so he probably won’t refuse.” (Noah)
““Eh?!”
Momo and I get shocked by what Noah-sama said.
“Hey, Noah, is it okay for his first greeting to be with Uncle Pluto? Wouldn’t Father Jupiter co first in terms of hierarchy…?” (Eir)
“That guy is currently not in the Divine Realm, right? I heard from Althena.” (Noah)
“Right… Where has he gone…?” (Eir)
““……”
Momo and I were shuddering at Eir-sama and Noah-sama’s conversation.
Looks like it has been decided that I will be going to Hades with Momo.
◇◇
…Momo and I have gone to the northern ends of the world: the Arctic Continent.
We were standing at the big circular hole that’s opened cleanly on the ice ground.
“It has been a while since I have co here… To the Last Dungeon: Abyss.” (Momo)
“You have co here before, Momo?” (Makoto)
“Master White Dragon has brought here a number of tis for training. It is not a place I like that much, but…you seem to be having fun, Makoto-sama.” (Momo)
“Eh? Really?” (Makoto)
As for , I have the important mission of heading to Hades, give my greetings as the familiar of Noah-sama, and get the permission to revive Momo.
We are not going there to have fun, but…I couldn’t help getting excited here.
I was acting calm, but it seems like Momo saw through .
A giant hole I couldn’t see the bottom of as if it pierced all the way through the planet.
It is several kiloters in diater, and I can’t see the whole of it without using Farsight.
“Then, let’s go down.” (Makoto)
“Wuuh…so we are really going?” (Momo)
Momo and I held hands and we slowly descended the giant hole with a floating spell.
The Air Float spell is a spell I recently learned after borrowing the strength of the Wind Spirits.
It is originally a mid rank spell though.
When we went down the big hole for several hundred ters, a thick mist covered the area and light got harder to reach.
There were big creatures swimming around us.
Like carnivores aiming for their prey.
“Makoto-sama, we have entered the turf of the Shadow Dragon.” (Momo)
“We get into a dragon nest right after entering, huh.” (Makoto)
Momo warned with a slightly nervous tone.
The upper area of the Last Dungeon’s Abyss is the den of a dragon species called Shadow Dragons.
With just that alone, I can tell that it would be hard for your average adventurer to challenge this place.
“I don’t want to waste too much ti here, so let’s drive them away… Dia.” (Makoto)
I called the familiar Great Water Spirit.
“Yes~☆, you called, Our King?” (Dia)
A blue skinned Great Water Spirit appeared without even taking a second.
It is her usual appearance, but her eyes were shining faintly in rainbow.
It seems to be because I have beco a God.
The presence of the Shadow Dragons disappeared the next instant.
Looks like they left.
“Aah, all the dragons have run away. They have gone inside their nest and are trembling.” (Momo)
“Our King, should I exterminate those lizards?” (Dia)
“No, we are going to be having a long journey to Hades. Let’s just go quickly.” (Makoto)
I stopped Dia who was saying sothing radical here, and we head deeper into the Abyss.
After diving for several kiloters, light was not reaching anymore and we were shrouded in pitch darkness.
There’s the presence of living beings from the surface of the Abyss walls.
The presence of a magic creature that’s far more powerful and vicious than the Shadow Dragons above.
But…
“All of them are holding their breath.” (Momo)
Momo said in a baffled tone.
“Even though we are in a Last Dungeon, we are not eting a single monster.” (Makoto)
“Boring, isn’t it, Our King?” (Dia)
(Hey, Mako-kun, you are a God, so don’t rampage too much on the Mortal Realm, okay☆? Co on, next is right.) (Eir)
The voice of Eir-sama echoes in my head.
Eir-sama is going to be guiding us all the way to Hades.
By the way, the Abyss only has one entrance, but it seems like it branches in large numbers, and the places they connect differ greatly.
You apparently can also wander into a parallel world.
…This is a parallel world too though.
By the way, it isn’t connected to the world I was in.
It is because mana didn’t exist in my previous world.
Around half a day after that.
Momo, Dia, and I continued going deeper into the Abyss.
I am a God.
Momo is an undead.
Dia is a Great Water Spirit.
Since we are all inhuman, we don’t get hungry, and we can still continue on, but I could feel my concentration is close to dropping.
Just when I thought I wanted to take a break sowhere…
(Aah, after that, the road…you just have to go down…at the hole to the side…don’t enter…) (Eir)
“Eir-sama? Your voice feels a bit distant.” (Makoto)
(Sorry…Hades is getting closer…so the thought transmission is having difficulties…reaching…later…☆)
I couldn’t hear the voice of Eir-sama after that.
It makes a bit uneasy, but I apparently only need to go straight down now, so we hurried deeper in.
“Makoto-sama…aren’t you finding it hard to breathe?” (Momo)
“Hmm, the air is a bit dense here.” (Makoto)
“Our King, Shrimp, we have entered the world of the dead. There’s Death Spirits here and there.” (Dia)
When Momo and I say the air changed, Dia told us this.
This place that should have been pitch black now had blue lights slowly swaying.
“Those are…” (Makoto)
“Makoto-sama, those are most likely the souls of the dead.” (Momo)
Momo answered my question.
I see.
This is the world of the dead.
We have finally arrived at the entrance to the world of the dead, huh…
After going down what seed like a bottomless hole, we finally caught sight of the ground.
We slowly land.
I look around.
I couldn’t tell whether the dark red ground was earth or gravel.
This pitch black world of darkness had countless blue ‘souls’ swaying around.
A very spacious space of nothing.
There was a single path and street light at that place.
This path continued on to the far horizon, and I couldn’t see the goal.
This path was as long from front to back and there was no difference, but I could imdiately tell in which direction I should go.
That’s because the countless souls were slowly, very slowly moving while following that path.
The God of Hades, Pluto, should be at the destination of those souls.
But…
“Let’s take a short break.” (Makoto)
“…O-Okay. That was tiring, wasn’t it?” (Momo)
“Here?” (Dia)
Momo nodded at my proposal and Dia tilted her head.
It seems like this much movent isn’t considered tiring for a Great Water Spirit.
Momo sat on a chair created with magic, and began to observe for a while the world of the dead she visited for the first ti.
That said, it is dreary and there’s nothing to show though.
What I am curious about is Pluto who should be managing this world.
The God that is the uncle of the Sun Goddess and the Water Goddess, and the brother of the God King Jupiter.
A pretty high ranked God within the Divine Realm.
But contrary to the lustful and battle junkie God King Jupiter, Pluto doesn’t show up often in mythology.
He is called a gentle God, but…
“Makoto-sama, shall we depart?” (Momo)
Momo spoke to while I was pondering.
“Aah, right. Let’s do that.” (Makoto)
There’s no point worrying about it when I haven’t even t him.
Let’s et him first and talk to him.
Momo, the Great Water Spirit, and I flew towards the direction where the souls are heading to in this dreary land.
Is it because it is the world of the dead? The Wind Spirits seem silent compared to their usual state.
Even though they are the most noisy Spirits in the surface world.
A big river eventually ca into view at the far end of the dark red land.
There’s mist around the river, and I can’t see the other side.
The souls are advancing slowly above the river.
The water in the river is crystal clear and pretty, but I can’t see its bottom.
A beautiful large river.
However, there’s an uncanny creepy feeling to it.
“Momo, is this…” (Makoto)
“Most likely the Sanzu River. This is my first ti seeing it though…” (Momo)
“The Sanzu River…huh.” (Makoto)
Is it really okay to cross it?
But the God of Hades should be deeper in.
The mont we were about to cross the river with flying magic.
“Oi, you people! What are you doing?!”
An unknown person shouted at us.
No, is it a person?
At the place I looked at, there was a middle-age man wearing a worn-out suit that clashed with this dreary scenery.
We landed on the ground and spoke to the man.
“Who are you?” (Makoto)
“I am the boatman that has served for generations in this river… You are living…though there’s one who is not…but you ca from the Mortal Realm, right? This is not a place you guys should be coming to. It is better for you to turn back now. You won’t be able to return to the surface world if you stay too long in Hades, you know?”
He said and made a gesture of shooing us away.
Momo and I looked at each other’s faces.
The Great Water Spirit was stretching as if she had no interest in this.
“We ca here to et the lord of Hades, Pluto-sama, though…” (Makoto)
“What?!”
The middle-aged man opened his eyes wide at what I said.
“Don’t speak nonsense! Even I, who has served Pluto-sama for countless years, might or might not et him once in several years, you know?! There’s no way a resident of the Mortal Realm can just et that personage so nonchalantly!! If you continue speaking such nonsense, the personal Death Reaper Unit of Pluto-sama will co reap out your soul, you know?!”
He talked up a storm with an incredibly threatening attitude.
“I have a letter here… Would that be enough?” (Makoto)
I took out the letter of the Goddess from my coat’s inner pocket, and showed it to the boatman.
“What’s that?”
The middle-aged boatman-san received the letter.
The letter shone golden and the signature of Noah-sama glowed in rainbow colors.
It is awfully dazzling.
“Fumu fumu. ‘To the Lord of Hades, Pluto-dono’? Just who is……Goddess…waaaah?!!!!”
The man read the na of the sender and scread.
He dropped the letter and I hurriedly caught it.
“Ferryman of the Sanzu River, you have guts throwing away the letter of Noah-sama.”
“Now that I look closely, are you an Undine?! What business does an envoy of an Evil God have here?!! C-Could it be that you are attacking Hades—”
“No no no! I was told by Noah-sama to greet Pluto-sama.” (Makoto)
It seed like he was misunderstanding here, so I hurriedly denied it.
“……The Evil God that resurrected just recently…? I don’t really get it, but okay. I will guide you to the residence of Pluto-sama. Ride on my boat.”
“Is it really okay?” (Makoto)
“I can’t just drive you away…”
The man seed to be pretty tired just from this short conversation.
But I am scared of wandering in Hades with no clue from left and right.
I can’t hear the voice of the Water Goddess yet either.
We indulged in the offer and decided to get on the boat parked at the edge of the river.
I was wondering whether a rowing boat would be cramped with 4 people, but the mont we got on it, it got big enough for 10 people to get on.
Looks like the size of the boat is freely malleable.
*…Gih…Gih…Gih…Gih…*
The boat was making that creepy sound as it advanced through the Sanzu River.
Even though we are barely rowing here, the speed of the boat is pretty fast.
“………”
“………”
“………”
We silently waited to arrive.
I was thinking it should be fine for the ferryman to talk about sothing, but there was nothing.
We can barely see the surroundings because of the mist.
That’s why we can’t enjoy the view, but there would be tis when big shadows and small shadows would pass by.
“There’s quite a lot of wandering souls today…”
The Ferryman-san muttered.
“Really?” (Makoto)
“Yeah. There might be a big war in a world sowhere.”
“…Is that so.” (Makoto)
Hades apparently not only includes the West Continent we live in, but even the dead of other worlds.
Their numbers are massive.
I suddenly thought that maybe the soul of Noah-sama’s believer and my senpai, Cain, is sowhere around here.
If Momo can co back to life, could I ask for Cain as well?
Noah-sama wouldn’t go against it.
While I was thinking that…
“It is coming in sight: the residence of Pluto-sama.”
“That’s…” (Makoto)
“The center of Hades…” (Momo)
Momo and I muttered dumbfounded.
The scale of the ‘residence’ I imagined was completely different.
A distorted multistory building that might have more than 100 floors felt like it towered far and wide.
So wide and big it doesn’t even fit in my whole field of vision.
A huge jet black castle that’s completely unlike a construction of the Mortal Realm.
It might be even bigger than the Deep Sea Temple in terms of scale.
The boat we were on stopped at a small pier adjacent to the castle.
“Sorry, bro. My boat won’t reach all the way to the main gate. There’s a big gate over there, right? Enter from there… There’s a gatekeeper, so be careful.”
“Thanks, old man” (Makoto)
“Thank you very much, old man!” (Momo)
“…Thanks.” (Dia)
Momo, Dia, and I thanked the ferryman and parted.
The boat made gih…gih… sounds as it disappeared inside the mist.
What should we do on our way back?
Can we get a taxi or sothing here?
I am a bit uneasy, but we decided to go to the main gate he ntioned.
(Big…) (Makoto)
Can you call this…a gate?
There’s a giant gate the size of a 5 story building.
We could probably enter from here, but…there’s one big problem.
“…Grrrrrrrrrrr.”
A low growling has been directed at us for a while now.
The ferryman said that there’s a gatekeeper.
I see, it is exactly as he said.
There’s a big watchdog in front of the gate lying down.
Its size is bigger than your average dragon.
And the mana clad around its body is far beyond that of an Ancient Dragon.
“E-Excuse …Makoto-sama, could that possibly be…” (Momo)
“Aah, speaking of which, they did say Hades…” (Dia)
Momo’s voice is trembling.
The Great Water Spirit spoke in an annoyed tone.
Of course, even I know the na of the monster in front of my eyes.
The Watchdog of Hades with 3 heads: Cerberus.
In terms of fa, it doesn’t fall short to that of Leviathan. That legendary Divine Beast was glaring at us.
■Comnt Response:
]Please do the Furiae-san arc after the Great Sage-sama arc!
-That’s most likely my plan…as long as Noah-sama or Ira-sama don’t interject that is.
]It is possible for Makoto to not react well to Spirits even though he is now a God?
Spirits are whimsical, so even if you are a God, you have to get along with them or they will be indifferent.
■Author’s Comnt:
It is Anna-san!! Cute!!**
There’s also l-san! She gives that big sister vibe.**
Johnny-san and that Demon Lord have been drawn as well!
[Extra]
This is the first ti it appears in this story, but it is the sa one that appears in the Sword Saint that begins with Zero Attack Power.
By the way, the ‘Dark Magic: Hades Watchdog’ that Nevia-san used 1,000 years ago was simply a spell that imitated Cerberus-kun.
It is not that she summoned the actual one.
It wasn’t really clear, so I am clearing it up here.
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