Manowa Chapter 124: Let's Talk With God

Resurrect City, Middle Arena, VIP Box Seating

Greetings. I was invited, so I ca.

With a mood like she was a student that was in trouble and was being summoned to the student counselor, Kazane entered the audience room with the best view in the arena. It was a room that only the VIPs among VIPs could enter, and was mainly used by the royal aristocracy.

However, there was only one child there. That one person was sitting on a sofa by himself, waiting for Kazane.

Welco, nice to see you, Kazane-san.

Saying that, the child beckoned Kazane to sit on the opposite side of the sofa.

Yes yes, excuse for disturbing you.

Kazane didn't have any particular reason to refuse, so she sat in the indicated seat and looked at the person who seed to be a god.

Are you a god?

Yes, I am called Norman. I am the god in charge of the Hyvern area.

Although he had the aura of soone wise as he spoke, he looked like an ordinary boy.

(Nn, he feels like an ordinary child. Or rather, is he actually the real deal? Well, I doubt I would have been shalessly invited if he wasn't.)

It was after Kazane won the semifinals. An Adventurers Guild receptionist she had t previously ca up to Kazane and said that god had co to the Grand Tournant and had invited her. Honestly she thought that it was shady, but it was hard to believe a person inviting through the Adventurers Guild was a swindler.

Because of that she agreed. And since she was told she could co at a ti convenient for her, she ca right after Yumika's match.

You're making quite the suspicious expression. Players certainly aren't used to god being in such a form, so that reaction happens every ti I et one.

Norman said to Kazane with an emotionless expression.

So you know about us.

Because I'm a god.

Mu

Also, I have t your younger brother. He is a good boy.

Shady. It was honestly shady. Anyone who would call Naoki a good boy was shady. But unknown to Kazane, Naoki was usually a good boy. He was only strange in front of his sister. But because Kazane was that sister, she didn't know that fact. When Yumika was highly praising Naoki while they were going out she shuddered and thought it was the blindness of a maiden in love, and after Yumika idly complained about him after the breakup she respondedIsn't he?and reconfird the validity of her own knowledge. Well, he acted like a detestable idiot whenever he was around Kazane, so making allowances for a cute little brother was difficult.

Now now. I understand what you're thinking.

Kazane was sowhat indignant after that remark. Because she thought he said those things even though he understood her younger brother's stupidity. Although Norman only ant that he understood that he seed shady, so naturally her indignation was irrational. Then, knowingly or unknowingly, he disregarded Kazane's feelings and advanced the conversation.

I only decided to et with you this ti because I thought I would save you the effort.

What do you an by the effort?

Kazane considered the aning of his words and asked him cautiously. Speaking about your own kindness at the start of a conversation with another person was also shady.

It seems you were thinking about coming into contact with us soon.

Mu, that's right.

She felt like she was seen through just now, but it was aningless to resist if she was truly being seen through. Kazane was certainly planning on eting soone called a god.

I will disappear from this place tomorrow. If you miss the opportunity to talk with today, you probably won't et any other gods for a while and will have to wait a very long ti to ask any questions. So I was thinking it would be best to ask today if you had anything you wanted to ask.

(He will disappear tomorrow? Well, the tournant will be over, so he's going ho imdiately?)

Kazane thought. There were a number of things she wanted to ask, but there was one thing she had to ask before that.

Umm, how many questions can I ask?

As many as this body can answer.

Apparently the questions themselves were unlimited in number. She wondered what she would have done if she were told she was finished with that question just now, but she didn't have to worry about that.

Well then, hmm. I know.

Kazane thought about what she wanted to know first and spoke.

First of all, did the gods bring us to this world?

In response to Kazane's question, Norman saidThat is the first thing everyone asks.

Would it be fine to answer with my own questions first?

The question was answered with a question.

That's fine, but what?

Before you ca here, did you pick up an abandoned cat and set a spider free outside without killing it?

No, I didn't do that.

She didn't see an abandoned cat or let a spider run away. Or more precisely, spiders were scary, so she would be the one to run away under her bedding and overlook it.

Then do you rember a seedy middle-aged man, or did you save a panicked Onee-san?

No, no.

Even if a stranger spoke to her she wouldn't accompany them. Of course not. Brick? Who was that?

Did you experience clicking on an advertisent banner on a suicide site, or were you hit by a relative with a mallet?

Of course not.

She had no reason to visit a suicide site, and she didn't have any violent relatives. At most, her brother was stealing her underwear.

Then were you run over by a truck, or plowed by a tractor?'

I don't understand the significance.

Not in the least. Were there even people who had the tragic experience of being plowed? Wasn't that solidly a horror movie situation? It was a frightening conversation.

That is to say that you didn't encounter a reincarnation service that was reincarnating you in a different world because the Earth was a difficult place to reincarnate at, since it was a popular spot.

Yeah.

In the first place her only mory just before coming here was of playing the ga.

Well then, doesn't that an you weren't summoned by a god?

How does it an that!

Kazane reflexively retorted. The questions were irrelevant to anything concerning gods.

Everything that was said ans that, not to ntion that we fundantally aren't that type of thing. Although I can't deny the possibility that another god exists, so that's the most I can confirm.

Tell it's wrong at the beginning.

It's a joke.

Norman replied to Kazane's words without changing his expression at all.

Well, I can only say that I can't answer beyond that.

Even though you're a god?

Norman shook his head to Kazane's question.

Even though I am called a god, I am only a part of one. I'm like a shrine maiden connecting the existence called god to mankind. I personally don't have that power.

After he called himself a shrine maiden she couldn't really understand the existence of the boy in front of her. So Kazane thought he was human being who spoke the words of god.

So you're not a god?

But Norman shook his head to that question.

No, that's not a mistake. I'm still a part of one. The composition of this body is the sa as a human, but I was not born from a mother. If said in your words, I connect god and man like a communication tool. I'm a human-type interface or translator built by god to interact with people. I could also be called a communicator, terminal, etc.

Kazane groaned at Norman's explanation. In other words, he was made in the sa form as a human being, but was really a device expressly made by god for talking with humans.

Umm, so by interface you an you're like the screen on a smartphone?

This ti Norman nodded in response to Kazane. She also learned he knew the word smartphone.

Yes, I'm similar to what you call a Window. I exist because conversations and conflicts must happen at the sa level. That is to say that generally the only way for direct interaction between higher ranked existences and lower existences is to do it forcefully.

Kazane frowned at the way he said that.

That way of talking is like declaring that you're better than us.

I am sorry if it sounded unpleasant.

Norman saw Kazane's expression and ekly apologized, but afterward addedHowever.

God already refers to a different thing than a person. Gods are this world's managent system, so the way n and gods think is very different from each other. Therefore, an existence like myself is necessary.

Kazane was silently listening to those words. The talk was complicated and she simply didn't have anything to add, so she hid that by sayingUh huh.

What I want you to understand is that because I am this way, you can input whatever question you want, but that doesn't an I can return the desired output.

Kazane understood the aning of those words.

So you an you can't reply to my question?

That's how it is. I'm sorry.

When that was said Kazane thought (then isn't this guy useless?), but Norman said that the other gods were the sa way. It seed that were substantial restrictions on what could be answered. Beyond the answer she was already given many of her questions were dodged, replied to ambiguously, or outright ignored, but there was one clear reply.

Yes,Return Stakewill definitely allow you to travel between worlds.

Seriously?

There is no problem as long as there is so kind of connection. At present the only thing that would make it impossible to go back and forth is if we destroyed the chanism behind dungeons.

That information was very useful. In other words, even if they jumped into the hole without preparing, coming back appeared to be feasible.

Afterwards Kazane asked many questions, but they were practically never answered clearly. Well, the main result of her efforts was that she confird that basically any information concerning players was impossible to convey.

Nn. I don't have anything more.

Or more precisely, Kazane was fed up with practically all her questions being unanswered.

Is that so?

Norman nodded expressionlessly and looked at Kazane. It was impossible to know from his expression whether this conversation was aningful for god.

Then since this is the end, may I ask a question?

After Kazane's questions were exhausted, Norman decided to ask a question of his own.

What?

As we both know, many players question why they were suddenly dropped into this world.and never learn the truth.

Kazane's eyes opened wide. Those words were said with confidence. It felt like sothing opened.

But you, and you alone, are the one person thatchoseto co here.

The current Kazane didn't understand the aning of those words.

Although it would have required the sacrifice of countless lives, you had theright.At that ti you had the right to carry on with your life. But you are here.

But there was a previous mory, sothing deep inside her soul that responded to those words.

Are there any regrets about that choice now?

Kazane didn't understand, but the reply was already decided.

None at all.

Robbing her friends' futures to save herself was never an option. She was separated from Tatsuyoshi, but eting everyone that was now alive was an unexpected miracle for Kazane. There was nothing more to hope for.

So I was told to say thank you.

And originally, this eting was to hear about this. She certainly understood that a promise Norman made long ago was fulfilled here. Norman was satisfied with those words and deeply bowed his head.

Then have a nice trip. Foreigner from a distant world.

After god spoke, Kazane left the room without turning back.

Eh, what?

Three steps after leaving through the door, Kazane looked back.

She just noticed she had left the room.

Umm, was I carried away by montum?

She rembered talking about sothing with Norman before she left. Nonetheless, she heard what she wanted to hear. Well, she didn't get all the answers she wanted, but judging that she left because she fulfilled her purpose, Kazane ran to return to her companions. She didn't look back.

Na: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Magic Swordswoman

Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer

Equipnt: Staff White Blaze, Two Handed SwordBlack Fang, Adhesion SwordGum, Spell Dagger, Dragonscale Breastplate, Drake Gauntlets, Silver Sheep Clothes, Sylphyn Skirt, Plasma Pants, Dragon Ogre Greaves, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Magic Accumulator, White Magic Accumulator

Level : 29

Health: 101

Magic Power: 170 420

Strength: 49 10

Agility: 40 4

Endurance: 29

Wisdom : 55

Dexterity : 33

Spell : Fly Torch Fire HealFirestormHealer RayHigh Heal

Skill : Warrior's mory Night Vision Crushing Blow Dogs Sense of Sll Golem Maker: Lv2 Rush Fire Principle: Third Chapter Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter Air Jump: Lv2 Killing Leg: Lv2 Fear Voice Invisible Tiger Eye Wall Walking Intuition Cheat Death NimbleChargeMaterial ShieldInformation LinkOptical CamouflageDashBloodsucking BladeDragonizationRegenerateRear PresenceStealthy PlacentThunder Chariot

Yumika: How was the talk with God?

Kazane: He was a strange child.

Yumika: So just like you?

Kazane: What are you!