Chapter 167
Chapter 167
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 167
Chapter Title: Roughly Isekai's Masterpiece 167
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Even the journey to reclaim this memory.
I realized it had been an attraction she meticulously prepared.
Not that the content had been fabricated.
It meant that Illecia was the one who restored my authority and memories when I should have died right there.
'Leave all the complicated stuff to the attendants.'
She had worried in my place on days when I had no solutions.
Now I could hear everything.
How long had she been waiting for me?
In that barren land. In another world.
What should my first words be?
What did I need to say?
I simply pulled Sia into my arms.
"Sia. You've been through a lot."
"……."
Sia placed her hand on my arm and smiled softly.
"Thanks to the hypnosis you placed on me, Uncle, it wasn't hard at all.
The fact that the only person I love is you... that feeling never faded, so I could make it here."
"No. That's not it."
I hugged Sia even tighter.
"Uncle?"
"I didn't hypnotize you. I swear to the gods, it's the truth."
"……What?"
This was the truth I had to convey first after regaining my memories.
I hadn't manipulated Illecia's heart.
The hypnosis at the end of my life had failed.
"You already loved me and rejected my hypnosis of your own will."
"……!"
"I couldn't possibly hypnotize someone like you, so I just bluffed and died."
"Then, I……."
"Yeah. Your feelings were entirely your own. Thank you."
Sia collapsed into my arms.
Her hands, clutching me tightly, were trembling.
"……It was so hard!"
Sia started sobbing.
"Do you know how hard it was? Do you know how lonely it was?
I nearly gave up so many times. I missed you so much, I had no choice……."
"I'm sorry."
The impeccably perfect student council president.
The goddess of holy light. Those shells shattered, and Sia became a fragile woman, crying in my arms.
How much had she wanted to let it all out? How much had she wanted to tell me?
"Uncle. I love you……."
"I love you too……."
"Hmph."
Bella was staring at me intently.
……With a thoroughly displeased expression.
"Hey. Don't go changing the genre on your own like that.
Shouldn't you explain to me what happened to you too?"
"You're right……."
Sia wouldn't let go.
As if trying to become one with me, she rubbed her face against my chest, not caring that her hair was getting messy.
Her pent-up loneliness and sorrow had burst forth, leaving her in a childlike state.
"Sigh, fine. I'm just background dressing, huh?
Even if I am your voyeur slave, this really hurts my feelings. Mas. Ter."
"Haha……."
My past memories had intruded, jumbling the order a bit.
But I hadn't forgotten that I'd promised to have sex with Bella.
I'd built up her expectations that high, only to whisper sweet nothings to another woman right in front of her. No wonder she was pissed.
"Sia. I'm not going anywhere anymore. Calm down."
"……Sniff."
"Master, you're so sweet."
Our goddess of fire seemed seriously upset.
She was puffing out her cheeks, arms crossed, and snarking at us.
"Let's separate for a bit. Okay?"
"Yes."
I pulled away from Sia to reset the mood.
"Sia. I've regained all my memories.
But even with them back, there are still things I don't understand. New questions have arisen."
"Yes, I'll tell you everything."
"Why did you want to be conquered yourself? What did you mean by practice for the real thing?
Why didn't you just give me back my memories right away?"
I unleashed a barrage of questions without pause.
There were just too many curiosities.
Sia listened quietly until I finished, then spoke.
"It's all connected. I, Decal-nim—Uncle—divided your authority, soul, and memories into three parts to observe them while preparing a plan."
"What plan?"
"A plan for revenge against Jermina."
"Revenge?"
My eyes flashed open.
That was it!
"You said it in your dying words, Uncle. That you couldn't forgive her until you'd had relations with Jermina."
My dying words suddenly flashed through my mind.
'I won't forgive her until I've creampied her pussy!!'
……No. What kind of dying words are those? How embarrassing.
I was pierced through the chest with no strength left to speak, so I hadn't shouted it loudly, but……
"Master. You left such a will…… It's so you."
"Don't look at me like that……."
"Wait. Jermina, as in that Jermina? I was wondering which god you'd crossed."
Bella said in shock.
"Yeah. That Jermina.
The goddess with hair white like arctic fox fur. Pretty, but with the worst personality."
"Hmm……. Ah, sorry for interrupting. Go on."
"Getting your soul out of the reincarnation cycle wasn't hard, Uncle.
But if Jermina realized you'd survived, there was a high chance she'd make a move.
Even if she couldn't act directly due to the taboo, that fact alone would make her even more uneasy."
Bella nodded, then flinched.
"Taboo? Master put a taboo on Jermina?"
"Yes. A taboo preventing her from interfering with me or Uncle."
"Looking back now, it's kind of ridiculous.
I thought a taboo from a higher god would have more coercive power.
I didn't expect it to be weaker than even my hypnosis……."
"That's because Master's hypnosis is abnormally strong.
It's only natural that Jermina exploited the loophole to kill you.
Remember when you interrogated Epe? She could talk around the taboo."
"Ah."
"What if it had been Master's hypnosis instead?
Something like 「Self-harm if attempting to reveal secrets about Master」."
"……Epe would've died."
It meant the taboo activated more simply than I'd thought.
"But its destructive power is absolute.
Even the one who placed it couldn't easily walk the tightrope."
"Just like the goddess of fire says.
Thanks to Uncle's taboo, I was safe. I ran at first,
but later, none of the gods Jermina could command could threaten me."
"You climbed from 8th rank to 3rd somehow.
Impressive. Very impressive."
I patted Sia's head.
Sia looked up and smiled softly.
Who would've thought the enigmatic student council president would give such a lovable smile.
Past me, well done. The woman you chose was the best.
"……So. What's the revenge plan?"
Bella asked impatiently.
Her jealousy was dripping from her tone.
"To subdue Jermina so Uncle can hypnotize her."
"Ah…!"
I see.
"Can I decide how to get revenge myself?"
"Yes. That's what the plan was for."
Unbelievable. Illecia must be a goddess sent from the heavens.
Well, she is a goddess, but still.
With Jermina confirmed as the goddess threatening me, could there be a sturdier ally?
"But for things to go smoothly, certain conditions were needed.
You had to grow without Jermina noticing, then safely transfer to the world I created."
"Uh…….
So that's why I grew up in the Chaos Realm? Me."
Bella had called the modern world the Chaos Realm.
"Probably.
The Chaos Realm is a world gods can't rule.
It has things more dangerous than gods, but…… I don't know the details.
But most gods who enter the Chaos Realm don't return. There are cases like Epe who come and go, but rare."
"I was conceived avoiding the eyes of surveillance.
I thought coming to this world was pure coincidence, but that wasn't it?"
"It wasn't a coincidence.
The unexpected part was that you died too soon, Uncle."
"Too soon……. Ah."
That was one of the biggest events in my life.
Stabbed and died on the way back from the convenience store.
I later heard Epe was involved, but either way, Park Seo-yeon going mad under my suggestion was certain.
But wait, I'd been backstabbed to death twice……?
"Did you try to kill me too, Sia?
To bring me to this world."
"I can read the heavenly fate ordained for people.
You had just reincarnated then, and at your physical peak, you were fated to die in an accident, so I could pinpoint the date."
…….
Damn. Higher gods can do anything.
It meant I'd been born fated to die young.
"Not being a coincidence means.
You manipulated things from behind so I could take Master's soul?"
Bella asked sharply.
"No.
There was originally a route to transfer to this world, but as I just said,
your death was unforeseen, so my response was delayed.
That's when the goddess of fire saved Master's soul that was about to reincarnate."
"Oh."
I grinned at Bella.
"You really were my savior, Bella."
"Eek……."
Bella's face turned bright red.
"It's not like hearing it now makes me happy or anything."
It'd been a while since I'd seen her this embarrassed.
"Thank you too, goddess of fire."
As Sia bowed her head, Bella panicked.
"D-Don't bow!
A 3rd-rank goddess can't bow that easily.
You really lived only looking at Master."
"That leads to another question.
I chose the world myself, didn't I? Bella knows that too."
"Right. How did that…… Ah."
Bella seemed to realize something.
"No way……."
"Yes. I remodeled this world to Uncle's tastes."
Illecia said with a smile.
"……."
Bella and I were both speechless at the same time.
Beyond imagination……
What the hell had this girl done? From where to where had everything been part of Illecia's plan?
"Uncle likes harems.
I filled it all. I guided this world's civilization to the right level,
and gathered the souls of beautiful women from various worlds.
I made the most beautiful and resilient souls into proxies, turning them into heroes and demon kings.
……I created opposing forces that held each other in check to maintain peace."
It was something Bella had mentioned offhand many times.
This world oddly had a lot of beautiful souls gathered.
And no other world had such ideal conditions.
If that was,
the perfect environment someone created for me?
"I knew Uncle would definitely come to the hero academy.
A treasure chest prepared for you, filled with pretty girls."
"……."
"Master……
Did rush to the academy the moment you heard heroes were women."
I'd thought I was acting on impulse.
But someone who knew my tastes perfectly had led me straight to the hero academy.
Hahaha. I was completely played.
"But usually……
Would someone go that far……?"
"I've waited a thousand years.
I didn't want to disappoint you, Uncle. Because I love you, I wanted you to be happy."
"If you love him, you should start by fixing Master's warped tastes……."
"I love the irredeemable Uncle.
I couldn't dream of changing you."
"Hmm. Well, that's a form of love too, I guess……?"
……Don't ask me while staring.
Honestly, it gave me chills. Even if it was for me, Sia's actions went too far.
But…… what was this feeling?
I couldn't deny there was a part of me that was pleased.
It was partly my fault she'd gone this far.
A thousand years, she'd said. Sia.
She'd waited a thousand years for me.
What woman could do that? I couldn't comprehend Sia's solitude and loneliness.
But I could at least acknowledge what she'd done for me.
"Uncle……?"
"This world is perfect for me.
Packed full of pretty, sexy women. I love it."
"I'm glad……."
"But no more of that from now on.
Next time, talk it over with me and we'll balance things out. Got it?"
"Yes!"
I patted Sia's head as I gently scolded her.
Sia had tried hard. Her direction had gone astray, but I couldn't just condemn her efforts as crazy.
From now on, I'd be by her side.
"I get how we got here now.
Back to my first question. Why you wanted to be conquered yourself.
Why you called it practice for the real thing……."
"Before conquering Jermina,
I wanted you to know how to make a goddess descend. What dangers lurk."
The real thing was hypnotizing Jermina.
The method would probably be the same as with Sia.
The difference being Jermina wouldn't be as cooperative as Sia.
Experiencing it directly beats any explanation.
I could confidently say Sia's lesson had been effective.
"I couldn't give you the soul stone right away.
Regaining memories means time, which had stopped, starts flowing again."
Now that I'd regained my memories, I understood.
Once I knew who Jermina was and what she'd done to me, the story couldn't stop.
It would become a wheel rolling until one side met its fated destruction.
"So that's why you said you couldn't give it by your will."
"Yes. At the very least, when you trusted the goddess of fire and came to conquer me.
Only after succeeding with the hypnosis did I think it was ready."
Taking the soul stone meant preparations were complete.
Just as Sia had said.
I now knew how to conquer a goddess, and I'd reclaimed my thirst for revenge against Jermina.
"Now I understand."