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Volume 11 Chapter 316

Long time no see, sir！

　

「Mm? What’s this？」

　When we teleported to the evil god’s temple, something hit my body, crackling as it bounced off.

　Nahhh, it didn’t hurt or nuthin.

　This is……probably what I think it is.

　It’s that feeling where you enter those carbonated springs.

　After five seconds, the crackling vanished.

「……What was that though？」

　Disappointing.

　It even felt kinda good.

「W-Who are you!?」

「Eh──Ah！」

　When I looked in the direction of that voice, I saw the evil god.

　No different than the first time I had met him, he was sitting in a chair.

　Great.

　Looks like I managed to teleport straight to the evil god’s temple.

　His eyes wide open, the evil good looked at me with an expression of bewilderment.

　When I was first reincarnated here, the evil god had had a composed smile on his face, which honestly ticks me off whenever I think back on it.

　But today, this evil god──

　He has quite the nice expression on his face.

　It seems I had managed to surprise him with my sudden visit, so approaching the temple this way looks to have been well worth it.

「Long time no see, sir！」

　I had decided that I would say this line when I met him again.

「Long time……long time, you say？　I don’t know any whelps like you！」

　Whaaatー. For real?

　After killing me and then reincarnating me in this world?

　……Well, he is a god after all.

　I guess he’d never bother remembering one puny human.

「W-Who are you, whelp!? And why, how is it that you can get hit by my curse and still be standing so calmly!?」

　Hm? Curse?

　What does he mean by curse?

「Open Status」

　I’ll just check my status.

　Status：Curse (Fixed Status)〘Fixed〙

　──Mhm.

　Nothing’s changed at all, nope.

「No no, sir, make no mistake, I・have・indeed・been・under・your・curse・okay？」

「Eh-？」

「Eh？」

　I don’t really get it but……meh, who cares.

　I managed to confirm that nothing would be happening, so I’ll just call ovewr Tine and the others.

「Come hither. Tina, Shitori, Akari」

　When I activated the teleportation circle, the three of them traversed across it to get here.

「Sorry to keep you waiting, folks」

「Haruto-sama, I am pleased that you are safe, that is what matters」

「That’s my Haru-nii, yep！」

「W-What in the world is going on!? Why are humans──」

　『Why are humans able to teleport into the divine realm!?』

　He probably wanted to say this.

　But the evil god lost his words when he saw the third woman emerge from the magic circle.

「Danna-sama. I see that you made it safely」

「Mhm. I was bracing myself for a trap or something, which is why I came here before you guys, but there wasn’t even any trap set」

「S-Shitori? Y-You……are you not the demon lord Shitori？」

　The evil god had recognized Shitori.

「It has been a while, Jashin-sama」

　Her words were polite, but she wasn’t lowering her head or anything.

「W-Why is a demon lord such as yourself together with these humans? N-No. More importantly, where even where you!?」

「Jashin-sama. I am not currently a demon lord」

「……Hah？」

「Also, as for your question concerning where I’ve been──」

　Shitori suddenly clung onto my arm.

「I became Haruto-sama’s wife, and have been living in the human world ever since！」

「……………………wha？」

　After a long silence, the evil god finally managed to let out a feeble exclamation.

　Yeah. Well, it’s not like I can’t sympathize with him.

　After all, his very own fighting unit, the best one, had become some human’s wife without him even realizing it.

　Guess this calls for an introduction about now.

「Long time no see, Jashin-sama. I am Saijou Haruto」

　I decided to give him my full name from the previous world.

「Sai, jou……？」

　Mmー, guess he doesn’t remember.

　He probably reincarnated me here without knowing my name or anything.

　Then how might this sound.

「I had the・pleasure・of・receiving『Fixed Status Curse』, as well as the・privilege・of・being・reincarnated・in this world, and it’s thanks to you, Jashin-sama！」

「Status, fixed……………Hah!!　C-Could it be!?」

　Oho！

　Does he finally remember!?

「Yes, that person is me! Thanks to the fixed status curse you so kindly gave me, I was able to become stronger. I also reincarnated into the house of an aristocrat, so I am enjoying every day very much!!」

「You became stronger? And you……you said aristocrat？」

「In order to see just how much stronger, please take a look, sir！」

　Converting the mana I had emitted earlier into flames, I made it into a spear.

「Fire Lance！」

「──mm!?!?!?」

　I smote the entirety of the temple with the gigantic fire lance that was filled with millions of units of mana, destroying it.

　No, I wasn’t trying to just show off my power.

　Hearing from the shikigami, I knew・the・truth.

　The truth that the evil god had killed me and had me forcibly reincarnated just to get in the way of the creation god.

　There was a time when I had thought that the evil god had given me this fixed status curse as a cheat power. At that time I was at least thankful for it.

　I was able to meet Tina again, so even now I’m a bit thankful, but…

　…But I still can’t forgive the fact that I was killed.

　It was extremely scary to die.

　And this guy didn’t even remember the name of the person he killed.

　So in the name of displaying my power, it was only right that I be allowed to destroy his temple a little bit.

　This is my way of harassing people.

　Apparently the shikigami had borrowed power from the evil god when she was repairing the temple, but that didn’t matter now because she was at my estate.

　So now, the evil god had no choice but to repair his own temple.

　I felt a bit better imagining him rebuilding everything from scratch.

　But this was only for not remembering my name.

　Now it’s time to enact vengance for murdering me.

　I stepped outside of the magic circle I teleported here from.

「I was killed, by none other than you, sir」

　I walked several steps forward, and with each step, I felt that same crackling sensation permeate my body.

　Of course, this was no issue.

「So in order to pay you back──」

　I got the feeling that it might be best for me not to advance any further.

　Still, I kept moving toward him.

　That was because he was standing right there before me, his face stiffening in dread.

　One more step and I’ll be able to reach him.

　At last, I will be able to complete the final objective I had set for myself in this world!!

　Was it that I became careless because of the fearful evil god in front of me?

　I seriously thought I had won there.

　──This was not a good move.

　Ah……I messed up.

　That crackling sensation that had kept hitting my body was actually the curses that the evil god had set up, and they were striking my Fixed Status Curse.

　My status is〘Fixed〙, so even those curses that he had set up were barely・having・any・effect.

　Magic attacks don’t work on me.

　Because my status is〘Fixed〙.

　Physical attacks don’t work on me.

　Because my status is〘Fixed〙.

　Poison and paralysis don’t work on me.

　Because my status is〘Fixed〙.

　But I still had・a・weakness.

　Just like how the Ancestor Dragon had teleported me away, I can sometimes be forcibly・ teleported・away・with・the・surrounding・area.

　And it seems that there was precisely that curse set in one of those traps the evil god had laid.

　Leaving Tina and the others in the temple of the evil god, I was transported somewhere else.