That's Just How the Goddess Is
That's Just How the Goddess Is
"Uwaaaaaah!!"
—Puk!
Finally, I drove the Holy Sword into the Demon King's chest.
Before pulling the Holy Sword out, I twisted the blade one last time to completely destroy the Demon King's core.
—Kwaduduk...
"Hero..."
"Haa, haa..."
I unwittingly plopped down on my ass backward.
80 years.
That's how long it took from the day I was suddenly summoned to an unknown Otherworld until I plunged a sword into the Demon King's heart.
If it weren't for the Blessing of the Holy Sword granting me eternal youth, I would've keeled over from old age long ago...
"Hero-nim! You really did it!"
"What did I tell ya? Hyeondo's the strongest hero in history! Uhahahaha!"
"Ah~ If only I hadn't run out of arrows..."
I heard the laughter from my companions, who had already collapsed ages ago.
Elf archer Silas, dwarf warrior Vain, and Alphonse, the priest and mage who wielded holy magic.
...By the way, they're all dudes.
For the past 80 years, I'd been fighting Demonkind every single day with those guys.
'And that's finally over...! Now I can go back...!'
My beloved homeland, the Republic of Korea.
My hometown I'd missed as much as the waters of the East Sea and the peaks of Baekdu Mountain.
"Ku... Ung...!"
I grabbed the Holy Sword Hauteclere rolling on the ground and used it like a cane to stand up.
But this damn Holy Sword had exhausted its master to the point where he couldn't even stand on his own...
"Aaang, Hero-niim~ Gripping me like thaaat~"
"..."
The day I'd get used to this damn Holy Sword never came, huh.
Anyway, gripping the handle of this retarded Holy Sword that moans in ecstasy like Yeomhwa every time I touch it—this was the last time.
Well... truth be told, "Holy Sword" is just a name.
The Holy Sword Hauteclere not only had a soul infused with the goddess's essence but could also change its form at will.
Of course, it had pretty much every power you'd expect from a Holy Sword.
But seeing such an epic weapon go "aaang" at the slightest touch? The goddess must've been totally off her rocker.
Anyway, the moment I stood up, a lump of white light descended over the Demon King's corpse.
"You finally did it, Hero-nim. As a goddess, I sincerely thank you, the hero who saved this world."
"You couldn't stay away, could you? Shows up the second I think of you."
"Aaang~ Even if Hero-nim stares at me sooo intensely, I'm just a body that can't embrace you~?"
"Tch..."
Goddesses are usually supposed to be beautiful, right? National rule.
But Pattis, the goddess who summoned me to this world, was a winged ogre.
An appearance that perfectly erased any lingering attachment to this world right at the very end, you could say.
I opened my mouth once more toward the goddess whose name was kinda like hamburger patty.
"Anyway, I've subjugated the Demon King. Now keep your promise."
"Neeeng~ The return ritual requires a ton of mana, but~ using the Demon King's castle's mana, we'll have more than enough~"
"More than enough" rubbed me the wrong way, but I pretended not to notice.
After all, the only one who could send me back home was this chubby goddess.
Couldn't go picking fights and pissing her off...
While I was thinking that, my body was suddenly enveloped in white light.
Before leaving, I looked at my companions who'd stuck with me all the way here.
"I'm off, you bastards. Wasn't particularly fun hanging with you, so let's never meet again."
"Wahahaha! Fighting alongside the strongest warrior was a blast for me!"
"If it weren't for the goddess's orders, an elf like me never would've hung out with you. I'll cherish it as the glory of a lifetime."
"Hero-nim! Before you go, can't you just beat the shit out of this useless, annoying pointy-ears?!"
Some hero once said something like that.
Tearful goodbyes don't suit us. We'd just be embarrassed if we met again... or whatever.
Well, now that I thought about it at this moment, it rang true.
Anyway, greetings done...
'All that's left is heading back...'
Huh, the mana flow feels off somehow.
I didn't know much about dimension or space magic, but even I could tell this mana flow was way too...
"G-Goddess?"
"Uh... My bad..."
"What?"
"Because too much mana went in, Hero-nim's return coordinates got shifted...?"
"You fucking...!"
Bitch!
Before I could even finish my last words, I vanished into yet another world.
Why the hell are all goddesses so utterly fucked up?