Chapter 658 - "On the Palm of the G.o.d of Creation"

Slowly, my submerged consciousness resurfaced. Feeling like I woke up from sleep, the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was Kuro, looking like she was about to cry.

[Kaito-kun! Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere? Do you still remember me?]

Seeing Kuro looking so unusually vulnerable, her anxiety clearly felt from her voice, somehow felt refres.h.i.+ng but thinking about how inappropriate such a thought is, I gave her a rea.s.suring smile.

[Of course, I remember you, Kuro.]

[Kaito-kun!]

Catching Kuros body as she leapt into my embrace, I raised my body and looked around and noticed how there were a lot of people here.

Isis-san, Lilia-san, Sieg-san, Alice, Fate-san as I was surrounded by my precious lovers, there were countless other people gathered around me.

It really makes me feel happy knowing that the people Ive weaved bonds with have come to my aid like this. What a blessing, this is Unnn, well, more than 80% of them are people Ive never seen before, let alone bonded with, but lets just leave that aside.

All of them told me words of congratulations upon my safe return, but just when I was about to cry at the warmth of their thoughts an inflectionless voice echo through the s.p.a.ce.

[Once again, splendid work. As promised, I will grant your wish. Not only that, I will also allow the otherworlders who are summoned with you to come and go between worlds, as you would probably wish. Earth G.o.d has already agreed to this matter.]

[s.h.i.+ro.]

When s.h.i.+ro-san appeared in a leisurely manner, all the G.o.ds knelt down before her presence, while Kuro stood up instead, her eyes sharply glaring towards s.h.i.+ro-san.

Even without using my Sympathy Magic, I could clearly feel Kuros anger towards s.h.i.+ro-san. Knowing that she was angry for my sake makes me feel happy.

But before that, theres something I need to check. Thus, I stood up and holding Kuros hand, as she looked like she was about to punch her, I turned to the slightly smiling s.h.i.+ro-san and asked.

[So, s.h.i.+ro-san. Can you stop playing around and tell me already? In the end, what would happen to me when I failed the ordeal? Would my memory really be erased like Kuro said?]

[..]

With the fourth ordeal, I was able to have a staggering amount of time for me to think. And thus, I used that time to try to figure out s.h.i.+ro-sans intentions.

However, no matter how much I think about it, I still couldnt believe that s.h.i.+ro-san was trying to erase my memory.

Of course, I have faith in s.h.i.+ro-san herself, but more than that if s.h.i.+ro-sans goal had been to erase my memory, I think there should be other ways for her to do such a thing.

If her goal was to erase my memory, she doesnt need any reason to go through the trouble of trying to do it the hard way. If that is what s.h.i.+ro-san wanted, let alone erase my memory s.h.i.+ro-san could have easily rewritten my memories to suit her needs.

This is why I decided to ask her about her true intentions here and now.

When s.h.i.+ro-san heard my words, she fell silent for a moment and with her usual expressionless face, she tilted her head.

[If Kaito-san fails the ordeal, Kaito-sans memory will disappear? Ive never said anything like that though?]

[What!?]

Hearing s.h.i.+ro-sans answer, Kuro looked stunned. No, its not just her, as everyone else was surprised too.

[W- Wait, s.h.i.+ro, what does that mean?]

[Asking me what it means I dont think theres anything hard to understand with what I said though? I dont remember saying that I would erase Kaito-sans memory, nor do I remember saying anything about erasing Kaito-sans memory if he fails the ordeal.]

[Wha!? N- No! In that case, what about that!!!?]

Even though Kuro looked fl.u.s.tered as she asked this, s.h.i.+ro-san just tilted her head again. Thereupon, Kuro pointed to that large coc.o.o.n-like thing that I had been sleeping on before.

[I dont remember saying that it was the Cradle of Oblivion though?]

[That is Eh? Ahh T- Then what is that?]

[What, you ask? If you really want to say that, a cradle that looks like the Cradle of Oblivion I guess?]

[]

Hearing s.h.i.+ro-sans nonchalant reply, Kuro froze in utter surprise. Thereupon, right after that, I heard Fate-sans voice from behind me.

[She didnt say it.]

[Fate-san?]

[Indeed Now that it was mentioned again, when Shallow Vernal-sama was explaining the situation to us, the words she said were If I try to erase Kaito-sans memory, it will inevitably lead to a big battle. However She never said a thing about erasing Kai-chans memory.]

As the G.o.ds looked as if they were thinking about that time they received s.h.i.+ro-sans command again, both Chronois-san and Life-san looked quite shaken.

However, s.h.i.+ro-san doesnt seem to care about their reactions, as she turned to me and spoke.

[So, as to what happens if Kaito-san fails the ordeal It doesnt really make sense asking this now since youve overcome it, but Ill answer your question.]

[Yes.]

Thats right, not everything is resolved yet. We still didnt know what s.h.i.+ro-sans hidden true intentions her true purpose

[If Kaito-san fails the ordeal well Kaito-san wouldnt be able to try again for one year.]

[]

Those words brought silence to the Sanctuary. As expected, even I was surprised by her unexpected response.

No, rather than that

[Even after failing I can try again?]

[I dont even remember telling you that you need to clear it once though?]

Indeed, I dont remember her telling me that I need to clear it once, or that I only had one chance

[Incidentally, you can try again from the point where you failed last time, and as for the final ordeal, I prepared a helping function where the time required to clear the ordeal is cut in half each time you try again.]

[..]

The game has a convenient autosave function and a difficult reduction for noobsDevs, great job, I give you 5 stars.

[And even though I took a lot of time to create all that Kaito-san clearing it in one try makes me dissatisfied.]

Thats what you have been dissatisfied about!? W- What the heck I felt as if everything was being rolled around s.h.i.+ro-sans palms

I mean, if its possible to try again Id like it if you told me that first!

Serious-senpai : [Eh? Wait Seriously?]

Airhead G.o.ddess : [Im very displeased.]

Serious-senpai : [Shes here!? Wait, could you explain whats happening!? Kaito being able to try again]

Airhead G.o.ddess : [Well then, let me get into details.]

~~ The G.o.d of Creations Ordeal (Kaitos Exclusive Use) ~~

There are four trials in total.

If Kaito fails along the way, he can try again from that point.

If Kaito tries again, the difficulty of the previously failed ordeal will be reduced.

If Kaito fails the final ordeal, the default minimum clearing time of 100 years would be halved with each retry.

If Kaito tries again, the penalty time for stopping or going off the road will be reset to zero again.

If Kaito fails the ordeal, he will have to wait a year before he can try again, but in exchange for going on a date with the G.o.d of Creation 10 times, Kaito can try again without waiting for a year.

Airhead G.o.ddess : [Kaito-san being able to try again in a short period of time makes him happy. Me being able to go on a date with Kaito-san makes me double happy. That is a WIN-WIN system if you ask me. According to my plan, Kaito-san should be able to overcome the ordeal after about 30 dates, and since Kaito-san would want to try it again soon, the times when Kaito-san visits me would inevitably become even more frequent. My plan should have been perfect but Kaito-san cleared it in one try. Im very dissatisfied.]

Serious-senpai : [Oiiiiiiiiii!? Stoooooooooop!? Why the heck is the serious scene being broken by the last boss herself!?]

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