Chapter 34 - Intermission: Tea Party of Black and White ~ The Supplier of Incorrect Knowledge ~

In one corner of the G.o.d Realm, the presence of two people say opposite each other in a hanging garden full of colorful flowers.

A silver-white haired woman and girl sat across each other at a table with cups of black tea placed in front of them. They look like sisters, but on one hand is an expressionless woman with long hair, pure white clothing, and ideal proportions. While on the other hand is a young girl with frequently changing expressions with semi-short hair, black clothes, and the appearance of a very young girl. Other than the color of her hair and eyes, you could even say that it was like they were opposites.

[Heeeyyy~ s.h.i.+ro, lets do some girlstok~]

(T/N: She spoke about koibana (girls talk), but not exactly with the word itself, but with a word that sounds like koibana when spoken)

[Girlstok?]

[It was when girls get together and talk about their love lives!]

[I dont remember Kuro having a gender though?]

[I have the appearance of a girl now, so you could say Im a girl!]

Receiving Kuromueinas words with a cheerful expression on her face, Shallow Vernal blandly replied in a voice without any intonations.

Although one of thems a G.o.d while the others a demon, they have been friends for a very long time, and they frequently chat over tea like this, and today, just as usual, the conversation began with Kuromueina bringing up the topic out of the blue and Shallow Vernal calmly answering her.

[See, even s.h.i.+ro thinks that you would like to try feeling love, right?]

[I dont really think so though?]

[This is where you say that you also think so, even though it may be a lie!]

[Well then, even though its a lie, I think Id like to try it out.]

[Unn, unnn. In that case, Id be happy to talk to you about it!]

Even when Shallow Vernal replied to her without any emotion at all, it seems like Kuromueina was already used to it, or perhaps she didnt seem to care at all, and just went on with the conversation.

[However, Kuro has never been in love either, right?]

[Ugghh T- Thats totally not true at all. I have received confessions multiple times before]

[As far as I know, all the people who have expressed their love to you are women though?]

[Im totally popular.]

[Rather than popular, in your case though, most of them had gone past having feelings of love to you, they were literally wors.h.i.+pping you. Doesnt that mean you also havent felt the feelings of love yourself?]

[Uuuggghhh]

Receiving Shallow Vernals honest words, which are told in a voice without intonation, Kuromueina looked crestfallen as her shoulders slumped down.

Its true that there are many who dearly love Kuromueina, whether theyre Humans or Demons. However, just as Shallow Vernal said, the majority of them dont hold romantic feelings, but feelings of wors.h.i.+p and loyalty. Theres also the fact that Kuromueina herself is one of the pinnacle beings in the Demon Realm as the Underworld King, making it that theres almost no one who can be said to have such feelings for her.

Hence, although she had proudly suggested that, the fact is that Kuromueina also had no experience in love either.

[I- I just havent had that encounter yet!!]

[How many years did you think youve been alive?]

[A- About 18,000 years]

[That number sounds a lot younger than I know you are though?]

[Im a girl! Im allowed to cheat my age for a bit!!]

[It doesnt really make much sense to me though]

Even though she still doesnt have any intonation on her voice when she said that, Shallow Vernal has a faint dumbfounded expression on her face. In order to switch the flow of the conversation, Kuromueina decided to forcefully proceed with the previous topic.

[Anyway, were going to have girlstok today!]

[I dont really mind, but what are we going to talk about?]

[Hmmm I guess well start talking about our preferences! What kind of boy would s.h.i.+ro like to be in love with?]

[Lets see First of all, as a prerequisite, I think it should be someone I hold interest in.]

[With just those few words, you basically eliminate almost every being in this world from being a candidate]

There really arent many beings that Shallow Vernal hold interest in. Or rather, even Kuromueina who knows her for a long time, only knows that the number of people she holds an interest in can be counted in one hand.

In the end, this response from Shallow Vernal was equivalent to saying that she evidently had no intention of falling in love.

[How about you, what kind of partner would you like to have, Kuro?]

[Hmmm. In my case, as expected, Id want a cute child~~ Id like to have a child who seems anxious because of not knowing anything, but still, they would want something. Id like a child who I can teach various things like that~~]

[Thats just your definition of a baby bird, isnt it?]

[Ugghhh Thats true but if Im to talk about someone I like, it would be a child like that]

[Even if you find someone like that, dont you think that neither of you would hold romantic feelings for each other because you raised that child yourself?]

[Uggghhhh N- No, thats not all! Its like after I found a child like that, I would feel some kind of spark! Its like feeling that meeting that child must be fate!!]

[Its because theyre all women, isnt it?]

[Uggghhh Why arent there any boys that make me feel that spark~~]

After her sharp, expressionless tsukkomi pierced through her heart again, Kuromueina looked crestfallen as her shoulders slumped once again.

Its true that Kuromueina has met the special person among the baby birds that she was quite fond of But they were all females in terms of gender, and none of them were male.

[Hmmm. Love is quite difficult, isnt it?]

[That it is.]

[Ah, speaking of which, I was wondering, how do children in other worlds fall in love? Is it just like how people fall in love in our world?]

[I dont know. Shall we see for ourselves?]

[Yeah. Ill leave that to you~~]

In the end, the two of them, both of whom have never been in a relations.h.i.+p, didnt get much out of their conversation and eventually concluded that love is difficult to find and ended their conversation.

And then, as if Kuromueina suddenly remembered something, asked Shallow Vernal about love in another world. Shallow Vernal also doesnt know anything about how it is in another world either, so she suggested that they should look into it.

Fortunately, they are performing the Hero Festival this year, and even the one who holds the role of Hero is currently traveling to every place to perform his greetings.

Receiving Kuromueinas nod, Shallow Vernal moves her finger in a circle in the air. Then, the s.p.a.ce started blurring and shaking, and in that s.p.a.ce rift, they can see a ceremony taking place in some country.

It seems to be the scene where the person holding the role of Hero giving a speech, a black-haired otherworlder standing on a platform with knights lined up behind him, and they seem to be in the middle of talking about something.

[It seems like theyre just saying their greetings. By the way, s.h.i.+ro, which of the boys lined up there do you prefer if its just based on looks?]

(T/N: Cougars hunting for prey.)

[I dont really see the difference between them.]

[Is there something wrong with your eyes, s.h.i.+ro? Do you see them as potatoes? Do all of them look like potatoes to you?]

[What about you, Kuro?]

[Eh? There doesnt seem to be anyone with the eyes of a baby bird, so Im not interested in any of them!]

[I feel like what youre feeling isnt any different from mine though.]

It seems like the otherworlder and the knights on the stage werent to their liking, and after exchanging a few words about how neither of them were interested, Shallow Vernal s.h.i.+fted her gaze to the young man who played the role of Hero.

[Fumu, it appears that this person has been in love with a woman from the 2-D world.]

[Tsudi? Whats that?]

[It seems to be a different world in the other world.]

[Is it like how we have the G.o.d Realm and the Demon Realm?]

[Perhaps]

Peeking into the mind of the young man who played the role of Hero, Shallow Vernal picked out something related to love from his mind and spoke about it. Kuromueina herself seems to be unfamiliar with that content, as she waited for her next words with a curious expression on her face.

[Apparently, women in that 2-D world quantify their fondness for their partner in terms of a value called Affection.]

[Eeehhh!? Theyre quantifying to describe the contents of their hearts? The things in the other world really are awesome~~]

[Yes, as you encounter and engage in conversation with your target, you acc.u.mulate a value called Affection, and when it reaches a certain point, something called event occurs, which seems to bring you closer to them.]

[E- Ebent? What is it like?]

After hearing what Shallow Vernal told her one after another, Kuromueina asked her, leaning out of her chair with a curious look on her face.

[It looks like they were going shopping together and sharing a meal.]

[Fumu fumu, after you encounter them and talk with them, they would go out and have a meal together But, isnt that how it normally is? I mean, even if you dont have that Afexion or anything like that, isnt that how it normally ends?]

[No, it seems like that isnt where it ends it seems like after you acc.u.mulated enough affection, you can receive a powerful weapon or an item thats useful for your adventures.]

[After you get along and fall in love in another world, you get a weapon from your partner!? Not like an accessory or something like that?]

[Yes, it seems like monsters appear in the 2-D world, so it might have been a pretty harsh place to live in.]

[I- Is that so So there are also monsters in the other world.]

At this point, if someone from another world had heard them, there would have been lots of points that they had tsukkomid about. First of all, she had only read all the things related to the word love from that persons mind, and yet, theres a fatal flaw from the information given by Shallow Vernal, someone who looks at everything equally.

Thats right, she only perceives the 2-D game world and the real 3-D world as the same, and since she has only extracted the necessary information, without caring about the quality of each information, depending on who hears it, they may only get severely one-sided information from her.

Unfortunately though, there is no one here who can correct them.

[And not only that, it seems that the woman with the target of love can be made stronger by the increase of their affection.]

[Eeeehhhh!? Children from another world get stronger when they fall in love!?]

[It seems so. It seems that there are even some cases where they can also learn magic.]

[They can also learn magic because of love!? Afexion is awesome!]

[Yes, but that affection seems to exist basically only on the female side.]

[Eh? Is that so Then, when I love a boy from another world, we would acc.u.mulate afexions, and after experiencing an ebent, I guess we should give them a present.]

[Yes, I think it would also be easier for you to get to know the otherworlders better.]

[Ehhh~~ Ill remember that.]

And thus, another piece of incorrect knowledge from another world appeared and was handed down to a small part of this world.

And fortunately or unfortunately, exactly 10 years after this Not even G.o.d could have predicted at this point that one young man would be subjected to all of these incorrect knowledge.

Kuros strange knowledge about the other world is mostly because of s.h.i.+ros fault.

Edit: Ah f*ck, didnt notice its Sat.u.r.day. Well, f*ck it.