「Hmm?」
Oh, I’m here, I’m here. The usual meeting room. Mikoto-san and Deis-san are here too.
It seems I was safely teleported to heaven.
If I had to guess, it was probably right after I got into bed. I think I fell asleep immediately. If that’s the case, Yggdrasil-san should have been able to properly witness my ascension scene.
「It’s been a while, Mikoto-san, Deis-san」
「Long time no see, Alec-kun」
「It’s been a while, Alec-chan」
As soon as I greeted the two of them, Deis-san suddenly spread both arms wide.
…What is this, is she telling me to jump into her arms?
「Um, please wait a moment. I want to send a message first」
「Ah, the thing you mentioned to Nana-chan」
「Yes. I thought I would try a small experiment――『Dungeon Menu』」
I opened the dungeon menu and started changing the dungeon name.
This is the so-called dungeon menu message communication. By doing this, I can send a message to Nana-san.
By the way, the previous dungeon name was 『Sorry Nana-san Looks Like I Won Congratulations Dungeon』.
I deleted that sentence and typed in a new one――『In Heaven Now』. With that, the current dungeon name became 『In Heaven Now Dungeon』.
「Using 『now』 like that is already a dead word, Alec-chan」
「Eh」
Is that so…… I had no idea. In the sixteen years since my death, now* had become a dead word…….
TN: It was said in engrish
Well, whatever. It might be a dead word on Earth, but in this world, it’s cutting edge.
「Huh? Wait, does that mean you can see my menu, Deis-san?」
「Of course. I am a god, after all」
Well, that makes sense. She is a god.
Though apparently, Yggdrasil-san, the local god, cannot see it.
「Anyway, that’s what’s going on. I wanted to see what it would be like if I kept changing the dungeon name repeatedly. That’s the experiment」
I asked Nana-san to keep watching the menu.
I wonder what will happen. Will we actually be able to exchange messages properly?
I plan to change it several times, so if it works, we should be able to figure out how time flows between heaven and the lower world.
I heard the flow of time is different between here and there, so checking that too…… huh?
「Actually, I can just ask you two right now, can’t I?」
「Ask us what?」
「Well, I was thinking it might be easier to directly ask how time flows differently between heaven and the lower world」
The two of them never tell me anything about the details of the prizes you get from the cheat roulette, but if I asked this normally, wouldn’t they tell me?
「Ah, and the thing Yggdrasil-san was curious about, what happens to me during the transfer. I guess I could have just asked you two about that as well」
「Hmm…… but let’s refrain from answering those」
「Huh? Is that also something you can’t talk about?」
「It’s not that we can’t, exactly, but everyone is having fun coming up with theories and running experiments. Spoiling it would be kind of uncouth, wouldn’t it? That’s why I won’t say anything」
「Oh……」
Well, I guess that makes sense.
It’s not like it’s something I absolutely need to know anyway. It’s not as if I am desperate for the correct answer.
Digging into it and investigating things has been pretty fun too, so if that’s the case, maybe it’s fine not knowing.
「I see. Well, thank you for being so considerate」
「It’s fine. Now then, with the message taken care of, Alec-chan――come on」
「…………」
Deis-san still had both arms spread wide.
「…Sorry, Alec-kun. Could you give her a hug, just for a bit? Deis has been really looking forward to this day」
「Haa……」
「She keeps saying things like 『I’m low on Alec-chan』 and 『I’m low on Alec-chan』 all the time lately. Let her replenish just a little」
Low on Alec-chan…….
「She probably won’t stop your breathing or tear you apart anymore, so just a little……」
Hearing that actually made me more scared.
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After Deis-san squeezed me tightly for a while, the three of us sat down at the table.
As usual, I was made to sit on Deis-san’s lap.
I am already sixteen now, so I did say something like, maybe sitting on your lap isn’t appropriate anymore. But she begged me, saying, at least until Alec-chan turns twenty…… and in the end, I was seated on her lap anyway.
Mikoto-san also said, sorry, Alec-kun. If it’s until twenty, then it’ll only be two or three more times. If possible, could you sit there for her? And ended up asking me too.
I feel like Mikoto-san has been getting soft on Deis-san…….
Whatever happened to the plan to bring Deis-san back to normal…….
…Well, I guess I have kind of given up on that too.
If she suddenly started acting distant now, I even feel like I might get a little lonely.
「Now then, this makes it the sixth cheat roulette after two years. Alec-kun, you’re already sixteen」
「Yes, somehow I managed to make it here safely again this time」
「A lot happened over these past two years」
「It really did…… If I had to pick, it would be the Time of Miasma Demon and the world journey. Those two were especially big events for me」
Even in my own history――in the history of Alec, they were probably major turning points.
「The Wild Boar Alec-kun fought during the Time of Miasma Demon, that battle was incredible. It was a gripping, intense fight」
「Ah, is that so. Well, I suppose it was」
Was it really that intense?
During the all-out 『Paralyze Arrow』 combo, there was not much movement, so it felt a bit dull at times. But there was close combat using a hammer in the middle, so it was probably an intense battle overall.
「When you finally defeated the Wild Boar, Deis and I even high-fived」
「Um, thank you very much」
Since the two of them were cheering so enthusiastically, I should at least thank them.
「……Though beating that Wild Boar is what ended up sending me out into the world」
「That’s true. We always thought Alec-kun would eventually go out into the wider world, but it happened much sooner than we expected」
「I never imagined it would turn out like this either……」
It really was the Time of Miasma Demon. That event is what caused all of this――
「Ah, speaking of which, what exactly is the Time of Miasma Demon anyway? I heard it happens once every fifty years, but how does it actually work?」
I had been meaning to ask once I came to heaven.
What exactly was that event? Even Yggdrasil-san said she did not know the details, so what kind of mechanism was it, and what meaning did it have?
While holding me on her lap and apparently replenishing her so-called Alec-chan supply as she sniffed my scent, I asked Deis-san.
「Sniff sniff…… huh? The Time of Miasma Demon? It doesn’t really have any deep meaning――――no, you’re right. Let’s refrain from answering that as well. I’d be happy if you enjoyed thinking about it and coming up with theories」
「…………」
…I see. I thought this might finally solve one of the world’s mysteries, but it looks like it will remain a mystery after all.
Or rather, judging by how Deis-san is acting, this mystery probably has no answer, and will stay a mystery forever…….
next chapter: Cheat Roulette Lv25
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