The Great Collapse

So why did it turn out like this?

She was currently in a corner of the Manesh palace, it was a room where Guinevere would normally handle documents with one hand and hold tea to drink with another.

The men and women relaxing in whatever posture they felt like with no regards to their honor on the cushions that were placed on the ground were the source of her suffering.

Ria, Carla, and Guinevere herself were fine. Even Serge and Irina werent unnatural in being there.

A problem

The place with the most involved people is Ogress, after all.

Be it the excessively awe-inspiring lineup or the fact that the Dragonslayer was sitting together with the God Dragons, as expected, not even Guinevere had the composure to laugh it off.

The person to say that as she was relaxing and lying down was Fire Dragon Ohma. Although the other Dragons were maintaining postures that protected their majesty, they still agreed with Ohma.

The one to say that was, of all of them, Valis. It appears that Dragons being adept drinkers was true.

Their discussion in the meanwhile wasnt truly light, however.

They spoke of things like what to do once they came into contact with Earth by means of the Great Collapse and how to process immigration. Normally, things like this were to be discussed by all of the continents rulers, but the people here were carefully selected with the intention of making it so that people with no knowledge concerning Earth would have a say in the discussion.

Ria, Serge, and Labyrinth had reincarnated from the Earth. Ars and Thor were summoned as Heroes. Shifaka was a representative as a human that had actually immigrated. Guinevere and Carla were representatives of the locals.

Ria proposed something that came from her own ego, but no one opposed it. Ars raised the cup in his hand and Thor nodded. Labyrinth drank her juice, but she didnt disagree either.

Serge raised his hand and gave a question.

There were people that werent Japanese, too.

It was like that on other continents, but it seemed to be that there were only Japanese people remaining when I looked on this continent as well.

This world is polytheistic, and on top of that, it has Dragons that are even stronger than Gods. Isnt it that it wont accept believers of Judaism or monotheistic religions?

Thor offered a supplement. Both Buddhism and Hinduism appeared to have poor compatibilities with this world. It appeared that the majority of Japanese and atheists were easily accepted into the world.

Communists

Just by seeing their reactions, Serge could understand somehow or another. [1]

Well, Communists did have a splendid ideal, at least.

I think that we should accept poor immigrants from places like the United States first. In the beginning, their way of life will be agriculture and raising animals.

The discussion was basically only being done between the humans. The God Dragons were drinking out of glasses with alcohol in them, sometimes asking for opinions on various things.

What about the Imperial family [2]

Moreover, even between Ria and the other former Japanese in the room, there was a generation gap. Ria had lived as a Japanese person for forty-two years and had knew many people who held the Imperial family in high esteem. Meanwhile, the four others only barely recognized it as the symbol of Japan through textbooks.

Ars spoke, yet no conclusion was reached.

If were going to talk about them, what about the Mecca, Jerusalem, and the Vatican?

Well, there was also a problem for the ones doing the explanation

Guinevere spoke.

It wasnt that she simply didnt accept the existence of Gods. She was an atheist in the sense that she wouldnt allow their meddling.

Even so, their discussion branched out into further dicey topics.

Oh yeah, there arent any blacks in this world, huh?

It was true, almost everyone looked European. It seemed like a lot of people did look oriental in the southeast though.

Ars spoke while scratching his head.

The heck? Even in a world like this, one where Ria had thought to be a bit better than Earth, there was still racial discrimination based on skin color.

The noticeably young Serge muttered that and everyone nodded in agreement.

The meeting continued on and on for days.

Ars contacted the Demonlands with his phone, setting up the preparations for the acceptance of immigrants.

Steel factories powered by mana. Shipbuilding factories powered by mana.

Could you make the internet?

Ars took Serges request seriously and answered him.

The more he talked, the more they came to understand just how advanced the Demonlands were. It really was a great thing they didnt have to fight them.

Could I use one of those Machine Gods?

Oooh! A science victory! [2][3]

Theyd even had the ability to purposely not damage Lemdria too much when they fought the country.

The meeting truly did continue for days. As various kings and rulers were contacted, new members appeared to join in.

But he was the Great Save of another continent and had managed it. Then, failing in its management, he had come to this continent with the few survivors in tow.

Really, humans have to have existences better than themselves or theyll just turn into impudent, arrogant things.

He talked about how the continent hed lived on managed the Soul Cycle in a different way than using Millenniums.

According to him, if humans didnt have existences like the God Dragons, they would wind up forgetting their reverence towards nature.

What exactly did he come here for, again?

The deadline Valis gave soon arrived.

But the populace of each country was made to know of as much as possible through their representatives. What they could understand was next to nothing, though.

The God Dragons returned to their families, with humans, demi-humans, and demons all amassing their fighters and made tents the place where the Imperial Capital had once stood.

And in the center of it all was the Demon King in a dogeza.

To say nothing of the humans and demi-humans, even the demons were looking at him with somewhat cold gazes. To say they were shocked would be an understatement.

The person to speak in such an angry voice was Shana. The former Hero was abused by one of his past comrades that had helped defeat the previous eras Demon King together with him.

Seriously you know what situation were all in

As for why even Ria was shocked, well, its because a certain matter came to light so close to go-time.

Ferna was pregnant.

The father was this here Demon King-sama.

Fernas fighting capability was considerably high even amongst those present. After all, she was a member of Black Cat, an organization that trained gifted children, since she was a child.

I have no face

No matter what we say, theres no changing what happened. Lets put her somewhere safe and have her give us support from the rear.

The baby will be Shinjis younger brother or sister, so lets keep her in Manesh.

Now that the mood had turned into something like a showdown between his former and current lovers, Ars pressed his head onto the ground even harder.

Since teleportation magic had adverse affects on pregnant women, Guinevere and Ferna would fly to Ogress.

Even while sighing the senior officers all arranged themselves before Ars.

Some peoplelike Asukawere grumbled to themselves still, though.

Its almost time

He was the only human among them that had experienced a Great Collapse. He looked up into the sky.

And then, the color of the sky shifted.

Like it had shaken dust off itself, it was a clear blue. Too clear.

People let out groans, as well as admiration. What stood out to them was another surfaceanother ground* occupying the majority of the sky.

Their atmospheres fully connected with each other, she could even see the landmasses clearly.

Ria muttered. The globe rotated slowly, showing off its appearance.

Aah, it was still there.

Japan was still there.

The two planets so close that they would normally have crashed into each other due to gravity, they kept their distance, still rotating.

The Great Collapse had begun.