Read Novel Full Chapter 139.2
Chapter 139.2
Happy new year dear reader!! May 2025 bring you something new to be thankful for.
TN: Please read my translations only on my website since I never give my permission to any site to host my translations. And if you like my translations, please support this site on Ko-fi and Patreon to read several chapters ahead!
Enjoy~
T/n: This is chapter 136 in the raw
Chapter 139.2 – Excuse
It was a really unpleasant memory.
I was standing with my arms and legs spread wide, with the wall behind me.
In front of me were several of my classmates and some underclassmen I didn’t know.
They were baseball club members, and for some reason, they were throwing a hard ball at me as if I were a target, saying it was a control exercise.
If my body moved first out of fear, they would all gang up on me and hit and kick me.
So I closed my eyes and prayed desperately that they wouldn’t hit me.
But for them, the goal was to hit me with the ball, and since they were baseball club members, even if they were rotten…
If I was hit and it hurt, they would always say heartless things.
It was a really unpleasant memory.
It’s one of the many memories I can’t forget.
Why am I remembering it now that I’ve been sent to another world?
▽ ▼ ▽ ▼ ▽
The feeling of someone stroking my head and the soft, flowery smell lured me, and my eyelids slowly opened, but my vision was blocked.
“Where…am I?”
I thought, and when I moved slightly, a voice came down from above as if it had noticed my movement.
“Did you notice?”
“Is that your voice, Feeril?”
“That’s right~!”
I could tell from the hand on my back that I was being held in Feeril’s arms.
Then I remembered why I was in this situation, and my body involuntarily shook with fear.
My nose poked Feerilr’s chest, which was right in front of me, but I didn’t have time to be happy about it.
“I-I’m… sorry…”
“It’s okay now~ It’s okay~”
With a soft voice and a gentle touch, I was held, and my head was stroked. I could feel my fear slowly fading away.
“Oh, by the way, my wound… my stomach…”
I don’t really know what was done to me in the end.
But when I see the blood on my arm, I think that my stomach must be in a terrible state, and I rub my own stomach, which doesn’t hurt at the moment.
“(There’s a hole in my armor… is this for real?)”
The hole was not a cute one like a finger prick, but much bigger, like it was pierced by an arm.
“Did you heal my wound?”
“Yes, I have already cleaned your body, so there is no wound left, so please don’t worry.”
“I see… thank you.”
“The problem is that idiot’s fault, so I should be the one to apologize to you.”
Because of the incredibly relaxed tone of her voice, even though she said she was apologizing, it didn’t really feel like it, and I couldn’t help but giggle.
“It’s not Feeril’s fault, so don’t worry about it. Can you tell me what happened instead?”
“Of course!”
The story I heard from there was something that was very difficult to react to.
Rigal-sama’s main body, looking panicked, started to make a fuss, saying that she had gone too far. Since she was not good at healing, Feeril, who was good at healing, came down using Rigal-sama’s split body as an entry point.
After administering some first aid, she seems to be staying to see how things go.
As for Rigal-sama, she is currently in the midst of being beaten up by the other goddesses in the divine realm, beyond the point of being lectured to.
Especially Riste, who is bedridden with Felin, is crawling around trying to kill her, and for some reason, Alicia-sama is also showing her anger, so it’s best not to go near her, even if she’s just a spirit at the moment.
To be honest, I don’t want to see Rigal-sama either, so that’s not a problem for me–
“I will make sure that she apologizes properly, so would you mind going to the church tonight?”
These words made me wonder what to do.
I’m scared; I think she’ll kill me if I see her again.
These thoughts kept coming back to me.
If possible, I would like to be spared; that’s my honest feeling.
But perhaps Feeril sensed this and murmured in a soft tone.
“Rigal won’t get out of control anymore~. And it seems like she did this for Loki-kun’s sake~? It’s true that she might have gone too far, though~.”
“For my sake?”
What part of that?
Even when I hear things like that, I can’t help but shake my head.
Especially that last blow; it seems like she’s trying to kill me.
So, what exactly is the meaning of this action?
If there is one, I would like to ask her. This kind of feeling begins to rise in me.
“You can’t do that with Divine Communication, right?”
“I don’t think she’ll be able to explain the situation and apologize in that amount of time… but on the other hand, if we send Rigal back down, Loki-kun will probably be worried, right? In the divine realm, all the other goddesses are there~.”
“I see…”
It’s only two minutes with Divine Communication.
I don’t think it’s enough to convince me, and it’s impossible right now, even if Rigal-sama appears before me.
I can’t even get into a situation where I can listen to her talk, and I end up trying to ask the other goddesses for help.
Then, the quickest thing would be to go to the divine realm… It’s not good to just leave things as they are.
“All right, then. I’ll go to the church tonight, even if it’s crowded.”
So, just to see what kind of excuses Rigal-sama would come up with, I decided to go back to the divine realm.
▽ ▼ ▽ ▼ ▽
It was evening.
While asking the locals for directions, I visited the church just south of Malta, where the statues of Rigar-sama and Ria were placed.
It was the same style as the churches in Riste and Felin that I had visited the other day.
I thought the interior would be the same, so I entered with a heavy step.
And without being guided, I went to the statue of Rigar-sama on the left–
And then to the statue of Ria, which was opposite.
“(Just as Feeril said. There are many people praying at the statue of Rigal-sama, but the statue of Ria is completely empty. I feel sorry for her.)”
As the goddess of sin, those who pray to the statue of Ria are those who feel guilty about their sins.
It seems that this place is often used as a place of repentance, so even if people pray for a long time, they will not be reprimanded.
It seems that the statue of Ria is perfect for summoning spirits.
In other words, it means that I have a guilty conscience and have come to repent, but I don’t plan to stay in the city for long, so as long as I don’t cause trouble for anyone else, it should be okay.
I enter a separate circle, kneel down, and mutter to myself, wondering who I should call out to in this case.
“(Uh, I’m in front of Ria’s statue. Can anyone help me, please?)”
Then, as usual, a familiar voice reached my ears.
“I’m sorry for disturbing you so often.”
“Loki-kun! I’m really sorry for this idiot!”
“I’m sorry for causing you trouble…”
When I heard these words, I opened my eyes and saw something.
It was a very surreal scene that words can’t fully describe.
First of all, the person involved in this incident, Rigal-sama, was kneeling with her buttocks raised and her forehead on the ground.
Her hands were tied behind her back, and she had been reduced to a figure that looked like a criminal.
And next to her, Felin was stomping on Rigal-sama’s shoulders, preventing her from getting up.
At this point, I was already scared, but the cute face had deep wrinkles between the eyebrows, and the expression was like a Buddhist statue, which made me even more scared.
I want Felin to return to his sweet self as soon as possible.
And on the side, Riste was sleeping with a futon spread out for some reason.
I know she’s not feeling well, but why did she go to the trouble of putting a futon out there?
And where did she get the futon?
It’s a scene that leaves a lot of questions unanswered.
Finally, there is Alicia-sama standing behind Rigal-sama.
Her expression is normal, but she is holding something that looks like a whip for some reason.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like she is using it to hit Rigal-sama’s bottom.
“(What is that?)”
Although I didn’t say it out loud, it was the first thing that came to my mind.
“U-um… I came anyway…”
“I’m really sorry about this time. I’ll apologize first on behalf of everyone.”
I was very grateful to Alicia-sama for saying that and bowing deeply, but I couldn’t help but check the situation, which was different from usual.
“No, no, it’s not that Alicia-sama has done anything. But there are four of you here. Is everything okay?”
Normally, there would be three of them here, with the other three casting barriers and delay magic.
“This is an emergency situation, and Ria and Feeril are working hard, so you don’t have to worry about that, Loki-kun.”
“I-I see…”
“Rigal. First of all, look up. Then apologize properly.”
At this point, Alicia-sama was holding what looked like a whip, so I thought that the beating Feeril was talking about was just a way of describing the angry atmosphere of the goddesses that could be seen.
Or rather, it was just a way of expressing it.
However, when I saw Rigal-sama raise her head, I couldn’t help but gasp.
“(This is a real beating… is this like the old me…?)”
The only part that isn’t swollen is her forehead? Her face is so red and swollen that it’s doubtful she can even see properly.
She’s also bleeding from her nose and mouth, and there’s not a trace of her beautiful face left.
“I’m so sorry… please… forgive me…”
Thud!
“(Hiii!!)”
“I beg your forgiveness… I’m really sorry…”
“Hey…”
“Loki-kun, we dealt with this in our own way. Besides, we will not allow her to use magic to heal herself, and we will let her heal naturally and continue to search for the transmigrators in the lower world. Of course, we will not allow her to hide her wounds. So… could you please settle this somehow?”
“H-huh? Well, this is… isn’t it a bit too much before we can even think about settling things…?”
“What are you talking about! Loki-kun was almost killed with a hole in your stomach! If it wasn’t for Feeril, you would have died!”
“Eh… well, that might be true, but it’s still too much to look at…”
“Loki… kun… you… don’t… need… to… be… gentle… here…”
“Yeah…”
Oh no.
They’re all too scary, aren’t they?
Riste’s eyes are bloodshot, and it looks like a ray of light could fly out of them at any moment.
If I don’t do anything, I’ll end up seeing the goddesses in a different light…
But calm down, calm down. I’m the one who should be calm.
That’s something they did for me because I almost died.
In other words, as a victim, my opinion should be respected, right?
Even though I know I shouldn’t have to do this, I still can’t watch this painful scene, and it’s not like that’s the purpose of this in the first place, so I’m going to force my point here.
“Just to confirm, this state of affairs for Rigal-sama is because I was almost killed, so everyone did this as a form of punishment. Is that correct?”
“That is correct. You didn’t do anything wrong, but Rigal tried to kill Loki-kun under the pretense of a mock battle. Or rather, that was the result, and Rigal had already killed Loki-kun once before. Therefore, this is a form of punishment.”
“Uh… ah… I understand. I want to thank you for that. Thank you for going out of your way for me.”
“I’m glad you said that. Then, she will show herself to the children of the lower world as planned, without healing her wounds. Is that okay?”
“Or rather, Loki-kun! There’s no need to add ‘sama’! Just ‘idiot’ is fine! ‘Idiot’!”
“It’s just… like… Felin… said…”
“Fe-Felin, calm down first. Besides, Riste, you look like you’re in pain, so don’t force yourself to talk, okay?”
Not good.
No matter how you look at it, adding the two of them, who are clearly emotional, to the conversation makes things even more complicated.
It seems like it would be better to have a conversation with Alicia-sama, who is exuding a tremendous sense of leadership today.
Still, even though I died once… seriously? I don’t really feel it at all?
“Well, as a basic premise, the reason I came here was not to see the condition of Rigal-sama. I came because I wanted to know the reason why she was acting like this. “
“But that is…”
“Alicia-sama. If it’s possible, I want to hear it from Rigal-sama’s own mouth. Otherwise, I don’t think I will be able to forgive her for the rest of my life.”
Of course! It’s crazy to forgive someone who tried to kill you!
“Felin! Are you sure that’s okay? If I don’t forgive her, I won’t be able to enter the divine realm, will I? What about the relationship between the goddesses?”
“Ugh…”
“It depends on the reason. If it was just out of spite, I wouldn’t be able to forgive her, no matter how much she explained. But even though she went too far in the end, Feeril said she did it for my sake. So I want to hear what the reason was.”
“I understand. Then, Rigal, please explain the details to Loki-kun, not just the bits and pieces you told us.”
“Ah, before that, if you could just heal the area around Rigal-sama’s mouth, that would be great. To be honest, it’s hard to hear what she says.”
“That’s true. Then I have no choice. If Loki-kun is not satisfied, I will make a new wound.”
“(Seriously, that’s scary…)”
After that, Alicia-sama performed partial healing, and then Rigal-sama began to speak.
“Loki… I’m really sorry. I didn’t mean to do this at first…”
“The atmosphere changed when it was time for Rigal-sama to attack. Isn’t that right?”
Up until then, it had been exactly like the mock battle I had imagined, with the techniques being demonstrated and then the process and results being discussed.
I felt that Rigal-sama’s tension was high, but it seemed like a completely normal situation.
“That is true. I’m called the Goddess of War, but I’ve never actually fought in battle. That’s why I enjoyed fighting Loki so much. For me, who had only imagined battles from the memories of the Hunters, the way of singing that I had longed for, the use of magic that I was unfamiliar with, to use all of that to… take me on so boldly with such little strength… I felt a joy I’d never felt before…”
“…..”
A goddess who has never fought before…
Well, I can kind of understand the situation.
If she had lived her life unable to leave the divine realm, even if she wanted to fight, she wouldn’t have had any opponents.
From what she said, it seems like she didn’t fight with the other goddesses either, whether it was because of the rules or because of a lack of motivation.
If that’s the case, and she was also forbidden to contact the lower world, it’s no wonder that the mock battle with me, which was just an imagination and fantasy that she had been glimpsing until now, was fresh and fun for Rigal-sama.
That’s why I thought, “I don’t want to lose Loki, who has grown so much in just a few months, as an opponent I can finally fight.”
Then why would she try to kill me?
In the end, I shake my head, but instead of interrupting her story, I decide to just listen and see if I can get a better understanding of what she’s saying.
“This world is more ruthless than Loki thinks… Even if you’re a hunter, if you get killed by a monster, it’s still understandable. But in reality, there are many people who are killed by unreasonable power and authority. There are so many of them that if I were to search for their memories, I could find them all. And Loki is too good-natured… So I thought, ‘If things continue like this, you will eventually be caught by such power and die.'”
Here, I finally understood.
I could say that I began to see the plot of the story.
After Rigal-sama went mad, she talked to me as if she wanted to do something to me.
I was too scared to think about it at the time, but looking back, I think she was trying to explain some kind of mental theory to protect me.
“I don’t know if it’s because of your ability to gain skills from monsters or if it’s just your preference. But I’ve heard that you’ve always been on your own. That means if something happens, there’s no one to protect you, right? It would be best if I could always be with Loki, but even that is difficult with the current situation with the transmigrators…”
Here, Rigal-sama looked up at Felin, who looked a little confused with a slightly broken expression.
Well, it would be difficult if you compare it to the rules of the divine world, as I understand them.
It seems that the two of them were temporarily in the lower world earlier due to the emergency situation, but basically, only one person is allowed to come under the pretense of my supervision.
If everyone could come down to the lower world, I’m sure they would want to, and I don’t think the other goddesses would allow the idea of only Rigal-sama to come down.
It seems that even Felin’s idea of going on a journey through the lower world has not been approved.
Riste’s eyes are bloodshot as if to say, “I won’t allow that.
“That’s why… I wanted to teach you in my own way. Even if you’ve become a little stronger, there are probably countless people in this world who are clearly stronger than Loki based on the skills they’ve acquired and their level. There are probably even people who can twist the law with their power, even if it’s not military power. I thought you should be able to fight to the end so that you don’t give up easily, your heart becomes a little stronger, and you can seize the opportunity for a turnaround…”
Phew…
I couldn’t help but look up at the white sky stretching over the divine realm.
I understood to some extent.
What she did for me couldn’t be wrong.
It was like an army, a drill sergeant, but for me, who had been active in this world, there were parts of what she said that I thought were definitely positive.
If I just gave in and said I was sorry, depending on the person, it would just turn into one-sided oppression.
I’ve seen that a lot, even on Earth.
I didn’t want to remember it, so I didn’t try to use that experience, and whenever something happened, I just said, “I’m sorry” or “I beg your pardon.”
The Japanese tendency to apologize as if it were a habit was actually quite convenient when I became a working adult.
It became second nature.
I don’t think it’s a bad thing, but I guess I just had to go along with the other person…
“What was the meaning of the last thing you did?”
I understood everything up to that point.
I understood it.
But what is still a mystery is the very end.
That act of opening a hole in my stomach.
Did I actually die? Or did I almost die?
I don’t really understand, but I was almost called to heaven, so what was the reason for that?
I was satisfied to a certain extent, so I really wanted to hear the answer.
“Ah, that was… that was…”
However, Rigal-sama was clearly confused by my question.
I could tell from her expression what the answer was.
――Snap!
“Rigal, answer the question. “
“Ugh…”
“(Alicia-sama, is this really your character…)”
Although I was horrified by the sight of the whip-wielding queen for the first time in my life, it seemed to have the desired effect, and Rigal-sama’s mouth opened.
“There was no way to explain it… It was an unexpected counterattack after I thought there was nothing left. Even though I was unprepared, when my finger broke, I lost myself in the excitement… I thought if I held back with Moderation, it would be okay, but I ended up swinging with all my strength without thinking…”
“…..?”
What am I supposed to do with this?
Since I could only understand so much, I was at a loss for an answer.
I scratched my head and asked Queen Alicia for an answer.
“Is this skill of Moderation literally a skill of moderating things?”
“That is how it works. However, if you inflict a fatal attack, the person will be on the verge of death, so if you leave them without giving them any treatment, they will eventually die.”
“So it’s a skill that only prevents the target from dying for the time being when you attack them?”
“I guess that’s the best way to describe it. And Rigar let you die, which was stupid.”
“That’s not true… I tried to heal him, too! But I forgot that I was only a split body, and no matter how hard I tried, the magic wouldn’t activate… By the time I returned to the divine realm and brought the Healing Magic with me, it was too late…”
“That’s why you’re an idiot! A wound like that, which seems to pierce through the stomach, can’t be healed with Healing Magic! It should at least be Holy Magic!”
Bam!
“Hiiihh!”
“First of all, I wonder why you erased all the split bodies that should have been left for prayers and such and why you challenged the mock battle to see Loki-kun’s power with a split body that had half the power of your main body.”
Smack!
“Hagh!”
“Loki-kun… At first… she hid… the fact that… Loki-kun had died… We know that… because… Feeril cried… and said that… Loki-kun had died.”
Bam!
“Ughhhhhh!”
It’s so… cruel…
I guess this is what it means to be beaten up.
She’s being attacked mercilessly, and it’s so obvious at first glance.
Especially Riste, where did she get that metal rod…
“Phew… phew… that should be enough for now. So, Loki-kun, what do you think of Rigal’s punishment?”
When asked this, I was at a loss for an answer, but considering the current situation, I thought this would be the right answer.
I thought so somehow.
So I answered with a light heart.
“Guilty.
If you like my translations, please support me on Ko-Fi and subscribe my Patreon to read several chapters ahead!