My presence is gradually getting farther and farther away. My soul fells like it escaped out of me.
I slowly come to my senses and gently woke up.
I was inside a huge transparent cylinder type container. A lukewarm liquid fills the container making my skin transmit a slimy sensation.
A girl with characteristics of having pink hair and a genderless face, a familiar face I’ve always saw within the game’s starting-point.
From deep within the self-proclaimed God was looking very happy.
「Hello,world」1
God as always, blessed your new life and answered.
However, God said a totally different line unlike from the game was outside his expectation.
The container started to cracked then it broke, and I was thrown out together with the liquid filling it.
「Err, should I call you Souji? Or is it better if I call you by your in-game name “Cland” that you usually use?」 2
「Souji is fine for me. But, I want to severe the uses of my former real life and anything related.」
「O~K! I understand」
「Now, I want to hear something from you?」
「First of all, I want to know if it’s true that this is not a game anymore as you say.」
「Yup, it’s true. It’s not just a game anymore. If I’m gonna put it in you own words then it’s a different world perhaps?」
「I see…」
「Now I understand.」
「After all, without the use of any VR machine I was sent to this world. Also, I want to believe it’s true.」
「Hmm… I understand. In addition, there is only four minutes and thirty seconds left, I usually answer within that time.」
「So that’s it. It’s the time limit.」
「There are limitations on how a God can meddle on human lives and how much power we can use. I actually used a lot of my power just to bring you here. …Four minutes and ten seconds left… I actually used up my dormant power as well.」
If we’re running out of time then I’ll squeeze all my questions.
Strangely, I was quite convinced by that.
「For what reasons, was that game made?」
「Because a hero was necessary to save this world.」
「I don’t get what you meant by that」
「My, my, please calm down. Should I talk in order?」
「There is a rule which states that Gods cannot meddle with the world. I cannot make a hero myself. Therefore, first I made a body that has potential to be a hero. That was the soulless homunculus. Because it’s a taboo to create a soul, I first made the flesh. I use all my power to its limit to make the best homunculus and incubated it for six good old years.」
「Isn’t it strange. As I’m already used to the game I’ve already known, this homunculus was never strong to begin with. If this doesn’t grow as planned I will be defeated by those hoodlums in that side.」
「Um, yeah. Because originally I cannot make something that would deviate from a human being. If it’s only a human being with a strong vessel, that I can make. 4But, there will be no meaning in doing that. That’s why, I disregard absolute strength and focused on the qualities to its limit. With that the chance of becoming a hero rises」
「Certainly, this homunculus is overflowing with talent.」
「Right?~♪ But I didn’t expect the next problem to be possible. Unless this child grows well, it can’t utilized the power within itself. Talent is just talent. I was troubled as what to do after inserting you soul into this child. 」
I have just a single hypotheses on this.
Such a magnificent speech.
「That was an interesting by-product. The magic you created. It’s took three hundred years in order to rise up to the same rank as the standard on this world. It will surely be a help to you 5 When it was still a game, advice from a great magician of this world was heard and information exchange created the structure of the magic development. My choice was spot on.」
「Magic huh, but I can’t access the database anymore.」
The Virtual Development Enviroment for the magic creation manifest inside my mind, but I can’t gather any data.
「Don’t worry, all the exchanged information and registered magic in the database are all inside you.」
「Try to recall them, you should know it.」
「Aahhhhh」
The magic that all the players from the game developed and the Hints-and-Tips accumulated. And all the information from the real world and information registered in the game rushed to my head.
God sipped her tea while ignoring the me who was suffering with information intoxication.
「This is my game experience, am I right?」
「Well you can say that is correct, and at the same time it’s also wrong. This is the calculated result of taking all the information of this world expanding to its end. 7 Naturally, things may be slightly off.」
「In the end, Why is a hero necessary? What actions should I take.」
「The end is coming, thus the need for a hero. I can’t say what’s gonna happened in the end. Meddling with the system is off-limits to us Gods. In the game you experienced, “The End” was not emulated. So I can’t say what you should do. This is the limit on what can a God meddle to. I want you to be stronger than anyone else. That’s the only way.」
「It’s about time. I’m going to take my rest. I hope that you may find happiness in this world. In a sense it’s because you’re my son. And, the money is in the usual place. Good night.」
「Saying such selfish thing and in the end she just disappear.」
I became motivated.
Surely, even when the “End” comes, I’ll be able to survive.