Author's note:

Sorry for the long delay. I blame it all on my sleeping disorder!

I'll be making a special chapter for this in the future. (Struct's PoV)

PS: It doesn't feel right when I was writing this chapter?

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Help me by pointing out mistakes you see in the chapter as it will help me improve~

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Volume 1 Chapter 17: Playing around is fun but…

…Weird.

What's weird? Everything is weird…

From the moment I arrive in this world up to my current situation.

"If someone is really messing with me, I may laugh now but I'll bite you back" (Nero)

Let me impart those wise words of wisdom that I've heard when I was young. Although there’s no one else in this dark hallway except for me, I spoke those words thinking that someone will hear me. To those that heard me, please consider it a brief warning just in case~

"It's cold"

The atmosphere had become cold before I was aware of it. Not only that, both my feelings and voice are similar to that cold as well. Even though it's annoying, I continued ignoring the cold.

I continued walking until I reached a large door at the end of the hallway.

Don't know why… but I feel somewhat happy~

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Feeling a bit playful, I enter the room nonchalantly~

There sure are a lot of people inside this room. Most of them are in the age of adolescence, which I assume that they are the royalties, and the remaining are middle to old age, are members of the council. Feru is also with them.

The room's atmosphere is quite heavy isn't it? Perhaps it's my fault since everyone is scared stiff. Seeing them like that makes me want to scare play with them even more.

I fully acknowledge that my thoughts and actions are in the wrong here.

So I'll apologize sincerely inside my heart if worst comes to worsts.

But first things first, I have to relieve Feru of her current emotions. If I were to connect all the hints that she had given me, I can understand why she would feel like that, though I might be wrong with my conclusions here but there's nothing wrong with guessing, right?

Since her back is facing the door, I arrived behind her. And since everyone were afraid of me, no action were taken and everyone remained frozen. Some of them are slightly shivering.

"Turn around" (Nero)

Turning around at a snail's pace…

She looks discourage as her mouth was somewhat opening and closing.

"B- I, I-I'm-" (Feru)

Even though she's really scared, she tried her best and tried to say something to me.

Without any strength, I flicked her forehead and interrupted her.

"Do I look like I'm angry at you? I can already guess what happened but I'm not blaming you for anything. Well~ I may blame everyone but I don't really mean it. And did you think I'll blame you because you're not what you seem. You know how I am right?" (Nero)

Thankfully she understood what I meant. But it's too bad that I wasn't able to fully convince her. Her remaining emotion is anxious. Do I need a little more push?

"Then excuse me~" (Nero)

I sat on her lap and lean my back to her.

I'm not that heavy and my build is that of a kid.

"Since you don't seem fully convinced yet, so think of this as a form of punishment" (Nero)

She looked really confused but understood when I whispered it to her.

She accepted it easily as if it was a normal thing to do. At least doubt me a little?

I feel somewhat guilty as I seemed to have ulterior motives in mind. But her emotions are becoming more stable. Thankfully, it's a win-win situation for both me and Feru.

And with that out of the way, I'm going to hijack this meeting!

My original objective was to enjoy things as it is and go sightseeing around the world so I wasn't worried about the meeting when it first came out. But when I heard Tyler's circumstances, I decided that I'll do all that I can to send him home!

"I would like to resume the meeting please~" (Nero)

It happened.

What happened? It's one of the template of course!

The part in the story where everyone was too shocked to react to the situation at hand. Though it was my favorite kind of template, it's kind of annoying when it happens to you but I can't say that since I'm having a bit of fun here~

Let's give them a moment of silence for their minds to return~

I'm also trying my best to suppress the unknown aura that's leaking out of me.

And after a while, the first victim has appeared! someone finally talks~

"W, what kind of relationship do you have with the G-Goddess?"

A council member, the tensed fox woman asked me.

Hmm? Looks like Feru was able to convince them that she's the Goddess from the prophecy. Usually, if one were to use logic and common sense, claiming to be God is not a good idea unless you want others to think that you're delusional. So it's quite admirable that they easily believed her to be the Goddess from the prophecy.

If someone said that to my former self, I would no doubt hesitate in believing them.

"She's a person that I care about and also one of my moral support. An irreplaceable and precious person " (Nero)

All of them have their mouths wide open. Please close them, a fly might go inside~

But I don't really think that it was that bad though?

I didn't really think when I said all of that, but it all came from my heart.

But it resulted with Feru being a bit more happy. So all is fine in the world of Veran~

"W, w, who are you?!"

Another council member, a somewhat young man with red eyes asked while stuttering.

My spooky aura has been reduced significantly.

Looks like they can talk now but I didn't answer his question

None of the royalties are saying anything. Don't they have anything to say or ask?

The atmosphere is still tense, do they recognize me as an important person in this meeting?

They should be more doubtful but this is helpful in its own rights. For me~

"F-For what business have you come here?" (Struct)

Everyone's faces are a little better now and the tension inside the room has decreased.

This is good, can I speak now? Surely I can speak without being interrupted.

"I'm here regarding the fate of this world" (Nero)

Since Tyler is a Hero here, his mission is surely to save the world. So this is really tied to the fate of the world. Though I might destroy this world if they were going to make him a Sacrificial Hero.

Tyler didn't tell me anything related to his mission, he just said that he has one and it looks like he's willing to tell me, does he want to keep me safe by not telling me? Did he think that'll create some chaos when I help him? He was right in the chaos part but it's all too late! No one can stop me now!

The tension in the room grows~

Everyone is silent again~

I feel tired, even though I just woke up a few minutes ago. I want to sleep after all of this.

Letting my body get affected by sleepiness, I leaned on Feru more.

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Hmm? What's this? I feel hostility?

whely~ u wana fite~?

Is it because of my seat that I've garnered enough hate from the males? Really?

Is your mind located on your lower body instead of the usual head?

Is Lust stronger than any other emotions that you have?

Everyone was afraid of me earlier, but was that all a phase? They grow up so fast~

If not, then is their brain so small that they can't remember?

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"Hmm?" (Nero)

A single target spell.

Element is Fire.

High level.

It seems that one of them was finally fed up with me and decided to chant without thinking?

Really? To chant such a high level magic, are you sure?

The chant finishes and a small sized red ball flew straight to my face.

Ow! Ow! OW! It hurts! It really hurts!! Gyaaahhh!!!

Feru! Stop! Stop! The nails! Your nails are digging through my skin!

And as for the fireball that flew to my face, I received it with some small gratitude!

My face was beginning to feel a bit cold and the fire was looking kind of warm so…

The option to dodge or block disappeared and I'm also feeling lazy right now.

Ah~ The malice inside the spell was good enough to create a small degree of warmth, even though the fire continues to burn my face, I'm still cold, I was somewhat disheartened because of it. Can't you do a little better?

I'm receiving no damage whatsoever~ and Feru is restraining herself because she knows that.

But in the view of others, I might look like I'm suffering some serious damage from a high level magic.

There are those that felt relieved and happy while the others became panicked and scared once again.

"Hah! Bastard acting too much. Sitting on the Goddess is a huge disrespect!" (Idiot)

I refrain from saying anything in return. I remembered another wise words of wisdom.

No matter how smart you are, you can never win an argument against an idiot.

But this is too much? Broken mental capability + Royalty = The worse possible outcome. Can he not read my actions, atmosphere, importance, etc.? His current emotions are… Greed… Glory… Lust… Annoyed… etc…

I'm the one that should be annoyed here y'know?

But I'll keep my cool as I don't want to go berserk but don't expect me not to retaliate!

"Hooo~ Are you sure you graduated from kindergarten? You better study since intelligence greatly affect your magic, your flames can't even make the teapot warm? Let me guess… level 6 fire magic?" (Nero)

Hmm? Everyone became quiet. Is this perhaps one of the strongest magic spells available?

Should I give them a better example? This might be fun~

Using Fire magic I increased the power of the flames~ My face finally warms up~

The previous red flames are now blue and since I have the skull cap on, I might look like the ghost rider but with an animal skull instead of a human and with no flaming motorcycle.

Everyone was sweating because of the heat, meanwhile Feru is… unaffected?

Is my body cold enough to provide you through this Hell Storm?

"Ahh~ It's a little warm now~ If anyone here is feeling cold, I'll gladly burn you in hell~" (Nero)

They've began shivering… So they are still cold! or not…

I might have taken my pranks a bit too far as we've gotten too far off topic.

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Finally back on topic~

I force them all to act normal as if nothing happened recently~ Since they're all afraid of me, they can't do anything else but to do what I told them to. Their eyes calling Feru for help, she ignores them magnificently~

"Tell me~ Why is there a need to summon a Hero? Tell me honestly, I can see through lies" (Nero)

That was a lie, I can't see nor know if someone is lying.

But I can read emotions though? I can use it to know if something is fishy~

With stuttering and muttering, they tried their best to give their information that I asked.

They told me that they needed the Hero's strength in order to defeat Ancient Evil. And when I asked what this ancient evil is, it was about a fake God that wanted to burn the world.

Wait, is that Ancient Evil me? I don't think so~

They didn't know its location when I asked.

How will I find it? I wonder~

Is it possible to use the same magic that used on the annoying guard? Let's try~

Show me where ancient evil is located!

A semi-transparent blue map appears in front of me?! I didn't think it would work though?

There are two points on the map, they seemed to be point the location of Ancient Evil. One point is located on the small, lone island up north while the other one is pointed at my current location.

Let's ignore the latter part~

"What about the recent attack here on Maltis?" (Nero)

I was slightly curious about that, so I thought I'd ask.

To completely summarize the long story: That shady religion planned the attack on Maltis for a long time and when they got baited on leaving Maltis, the enemy used all sorts of things in order to prevent them from returning back to Maltis to help. And since the whole kingdom was used as a hostage bargain, they can't move recklessly. The times that they were caught moving, some of the citizens were sacrificed for their God.

When I asked about the cult… they seemed hesitant to speak.

Again, to summarized: That shady religion has three main beliefs; first thing is that the Goddess (Feru) is false one, second is that Ancient Evil will bring hope, and third is that the God of Calamity will bring Greatness unto the world.

Hmm? What is this? Do they really believe that something named Ancient Evil would be good? And also, If I am that God of Calamity non-sense (since the real one is inside me) then did I kill my own followers? I don't know if I could call this irony though? There is this feeling inside me that wants to laugh but I held it in. I want to deny that feeling!

"Who are you?"

A brave one asked the old question again. Should I answer honestly? Will I even convince them to help me if I did? It's do or die I guess~?

"I'm just here to judge Veran~ Guess who I am~" (Nero)

I spoke in a playful manner~

System: ???It's me~ ❤ Looks like you've failed your nature quest~ XD

Something bad is sure to happen to you~ Maybe that bad thing is me? OH well~ I really enjoyed watching your actions. It was really entertaining~ ❤ I hope to see more in the future~

PS: I'm taking This and That back~ ❤

The system became annoying? But that's not important at all~

I failed my quest? Big deal~ It doesn't really pose any problems…

Wait… What? I failed my quest…

Hmm?! What's this my head suddenly feels better?

I'm starting to think more rationally and more logical.

I remembered my previous actions today… It makes me want to dig a hole and bury myself in it!

Everything was a mistake! Why did I even move like this?!

Does my Idiocy knows no bound?

Moral of the story is: If something is suspicious, abandon everything! Retreat!

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Curse: merge

Completion: 20%