Oshiete D-sensei! Lesson 3

DWelcome back to Oshiete D-se

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MOh my? Oh my my! Your neck has dropped off so skillfully! Perhaps this could be used as a regular trick at parties?

DIt hurts so I shall refrain.

MSince you can talk with just your head, I guess your body is not needed then? Okay, finely chopped

DAhh! My beautiful body has become a corpse that cannot be shown without using mosaic censorship.

MEven though you have been reduced to just a head it is highly aggravating that you are so composed.

DI have perpetual youth and longevity after all.

MFirst of all, as a punishment for your mischief you shall be a freshly severed head until this corner ends. Okay?

DHow callous.

MO K A Y ?

DYes Maam!

MVery good.

DStarting once again, it is time for the third Oshiete D-sensei. Since I am a freshly severed head the tension is somewhat lowered.

MOf course it is. If it was not then it would not be punishment.

DSigh. Nai wa. My perfect body has been left in such a cruel state. Nai wa.

MHurry up and proceed.

DYeah, yeah. Well, so that my beauty is unimpaired even as a freshly severed head, cameraman, please use an angle so that anything below my neck does not show.

MThere is no cameraman. If you do not hurry up and proceed how about I step on you?

DWell then, I shall pull myself together and get the show started. For the explanation this time, I wish to roughly cover the Past Arc. Well, to put the Past Arc in a single phrase, it is generally Potimass fault! The end.

MHow blunt.

DBut it is practically true as well. The stage for the Past Arc is the same planet as the main story but from long ago. At that time it consisted of a scientific civilisation that was slightly superior to that of the current Earth. In that sense there was not much difference to Earth, but there was in fact two large differences. That was the existence of the stray angel Sariel, and the existence of the dragons.

MThey were nearer the gods in other words.

DIndeed they were. That being said, only a few humans knew that Sariel was a god though, and the dragons also quietly passed the time in order to not provocate Sariel, so they did not have a big influence. As a mental image, perhaps you could consider it as being like Earth where Godzilla actually exists.

MI have a feeling that that is a bit off though.

DWell, I am not really sure what you mean, but for now imagine that there is this ridiculously strong creature there. The dragons cannot be beaten by mankind. If they are not provoked then they stay quiet. However, if you make a move on them then things become terrible. While that much is considered common knowledge, the fact that dragons are gods, or the fact that they came from outer space is not generally known. Such things might have been vaguely conveyed to the oddballs who worship the dragons though.

MThere was a Dragon Religion, right?

DYes. They probably went behind Sariels back to instil the idea into people that the dragons are the supreme race. The people who took that literally became believers.

MFrom the point of view of humans, dragons are higher ranked creatures after all. It is perhaps inevitable that they would gather a certain amount of religious faith.

DAs a result of those beliefs, not just money but their entire fortunes were taken. Blech.

MPlease do not say blech with a serious expression. It is frankly disgusting.

DHow dare you use a word like disgusting against this freshly severed head of a transcendentally beautiful girl!

MJust being a freshly severed head is disgusting.

DSob sob.

MSo irritating.

DWell anyway, that is enough about the dragons. The one who had an eye on the mysterious power of the dragons, was the Primary Perpetrator that everyone knows, Potimas Hyphenath. He was being consumed with not wanting to die, and was researching perpetual youth and longevity. But, of course such a thing could not be realised. But since he could not give up, he had an eye on the magecraft that the dragons used. And dareingly, he kidnapped a baby dragon. He began an analysis of the dragons.

MThis incident was the trigger that led to the encounter between Sariel and Gyurie was it not.

DYes. Gyurie the young dragon. And, Sariel the guardian of mankind. It was a chance meeting between these two. At first they were in opposition, or rather a relationship where Gyurie just one-sidedly criticised her, but before he noticed it that relationship changed.

MIt was more or less entirely on Gyuries side though.

DYou should not point that out. Well, while those two were going through a slow and awkward stage, Potimas continued his investigation into magecraft, and discovered the power that cannot be seen, MA Energy. The energy he had discovered, was in fact the life force of the planet. It is a dangerous energy to use, as it would push the planet into decline, and eventually cause the planet to collapse. However, even while knowing that, he still made the existence of MA Energy known to the world. The reason being, is that if MA Energy is used, then it would be possible for mankind to evolve. The evolved humans would have elevated physical abilities, and prolonged life spans. Indeed, it was a glimpse of the perpetual youth and longevity that Potimas was seeking.

MThat being said, it was neither perennial youth nor longevity, and what Potimas was seeking still seemed a long way off.

DIndeed. For that reason, Potimas had to perform even more research. However, his repeated and cruel experiments on living people were eventually discovered, and he became an internationally wanted criminal. His research had required an enormous amount of capital, and dependable facilities. Because he had to obtain those no matter what, he required the assistance of various countries. For that reason, he announced the revolutionary energy called MA Energy, and using that as bait he was able to receive support from various countries behind closed doors. He hid the inconvenient aspects about MA Energy.

MHow dirty. Truly, how dirty.

DPresumably the reason why he also announced the method for evolving mankind, was not simply to grasp the hearts of the rich, but perhaps also with the goal of clinical experiments.

MI guess all you can say is as expected of Potimas.

DNaturally, the dragons did not stay silent about this. Of course the dragons knew the truth about MA Energy, so they immediately informed mankind that it must not be used. However, mankind did not comply with that. As a result, the dragons set out to exterminate mankind.

MThat is how dragons are.

DIndeed, that bunch look down on all other creatures after all. For them it was no different to performing pest extermination. Even though they themselves are just vermin who came from outer space.

MThe discussion is digressing.

DOops. Well then, we should return to the story. Mankind had no way of opposing the dragons, and they sustained heavy damage, but this is where everyones goddess Sariel took action. She saved mankind from the evil influence of the dragons. Whee, so awesome.

MIndeed.

DWell, the ones at fault were the humans who were using up the planets life force like crazy, so from the standpoint of having to safeguard the planet no matter what, you could say that Sariels actions were both right and wrong. However, while Sariels actions made the situation more complicated when seen objectively, from the point of view of mankind she was surely their saviour. If Sariel had not been there then all joking aside mankind could have gone extinct.

MCertainly. When Sariels actions are seen from various angles, they look completely different I guess.

DFrom the point of view of mankind she was their saviour. From the point of view of the dragons she was a hopelessly faulty angel who was protecting the insects. I guess you could say that the dragons were completely fed up. Serves them right.

MIf they had only cried themselves to sleep in frustration they could have been loveable.

DIt is futile to expect such things from that lot. Indeed, the dragons made the situation worse. They snatched up the remaining MA Energy and fled into space how outrageous! That lot stole something completely outrageous.

MYou simply wanted to say that, right?

DThey truly did run off with something completely outrageous though. That started the countdown to the planets collapse. The only way to stop that was to replenish the lost energy. And, then method that was considered for doing so, was to offer up Sariel as a sacrifice. And of course, the one to propose this method, was the Primary Perpetrator that everyone knows, Potimas. Not only that, but this method would not actually succeed, and Potimas was contriving to run off with the energy gained by decomposing Sariel.

MHow dirty.

DMankind chose to repay the kindness that was received in saving them with ingratitude. At that moment, the Goddess of Salvation appeared! In other words, me!

MSalvation (LOL) indeed. Yeah, as if.

DThat is not the case at all-l. A proper path for salvation was in fact provided-d. The Primary Perpetrator for the current situation was Potimas after all-l.

MIt is frustrating that you are not technically wrong.

DUpon my magnificent arrival, life-support was provided for the planet and Sariel, and Sariel was used as the nexus to activate the System. This System would recover the power inside the souls of living creatures upon death, and that would be used to supplement the lost MA Energy. Also, so that it could be recovered again and again, with this kind plan people would be reborn on this planet after dying.

MHow is that kind

DThe power inside souls increases due to fighting. For that reason, the people of that world will continue to fight. Until they have finished repaying the debt.

MHearing it that way, it sounds like gladiator slavery.

DIt is somewhat similar. And so, thats the rough flow of events in the Past Arc.

MWait a moment please. You have left out an important matter.

DWhat would those be?

MWhy do you think you have been turned into a freshly severed head? Is it not the case that the reason why the general Primary Perpetrator in Potimas Hyphenath was deliberately left alive was because you wanted it? If you had not said something strange to Gyurie, he would have quickly killed Potimas and that planet should have been saved in a much nicer way. Why did you do something like that?

DEh? Obviously because it would be more interesting that w

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MWell then, this is it for today. Good-bye.