Chapter 86: Unexpected Meeting

Unexpected Meeting

ーAfter Kagi Tomonori reincarnated to Markuekt, roughly 2 years later.

As Japan’s prime minister residence in Tokyo metropolitan, Nagata-district, after the death of the Kagi Tomonori, at the press conference of People’s Honor Award.

「As what happened during the previous administration, for the brave young man who mistakenly shot when fighting a random slasher. We praise his courage and dedication. Although it’s unusual, we present Mr. Kagi Tomonori the People’s Honor Award.

Along with this mementoー」

The chief cabinet secretary decreed, the press conference staff was dispatched along with the given the signal.

The staff then immediately went to the backstage.

The staff took… quite a lot of time.

The chief cabinet secretary looked at his watch in irritation, he called another staff. From the backstage, the previously called staff came back with a ghastly pale expression. The staff approached him and whispered something in his ear.

Now it was the Chief cabinet secretary’s turn to become pale.

「……missing? what are you even talking about?」

The chief cabinet secretary’s murmur seemed to be picked up by the nearby microphone. The press reporters caught it and exchanged glances while filling the room with rustlings.

『Why was the press conference was stopped so abruptly? 』

The press reporters left the residence with confused face.

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The reporters then informed their news agency about what happened during this conference.

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「It was certainly easier than I thought」

I muttered at the residence’s rooftop. My dark blonde hair fluttered along with the wind. On my hand was the nicely polished People’s Honor award, taken fresh from the crime scene. Along with a memento, which was a high-class wristwatch.

It was said that the award was planned to be displayed at the official residence’s since the winner died.

「Rather than that, maybe I should hand it over to the said person, isn’t that right?」

I didn’t know whether a wristwatch would be useful in Markuekt, but still, even though it’s not the golden-pixa brand, the high durability and sporty design would surely fetch for a nice price. It was also mounted with solar panel, so I thought the battery could at least last for 10 years. Of course, the GPS and time adjustment function wouldn’t be useful, but the stopwatch, compass, alarm, and the other function would be useful there. Thanks for reading on ManaNovel!

「Fufu… The higher-ups of this country surely making such a fuss about it」

That was sure going to happen.

An award was found missing from the prime minister’s office, which was kept under strict security. Furthermore, the person himself just looked away for a moment when it was stolen.

It would be strange if they were not causing this much uproar.

Furthermore, in the place where the award should be, there was a note with 「The award for the dead hero must be delivered. Leave the delivery to me. AZ」 written on it.

I wrote it, obviously.

There’s not much meaning behind it.

I just thought it was funny.

As I, The goddess of Markuekt, Astrazem, took a more good look at the wristwatch, someone opened the door to the rooftop.

「ーWho the hell are you!?」

A middle-aged old man jumped out from the door. He wore an eboshi on his head and kariginu. According to my information network in this world, the only appropriate thing to do was to refer him as onmyoji.

As weak as he was,

he was still the one in charge of the magical-side of the security

around prime minister’s official residence.

My reincarnator’s

knowledge, Kagi Tomonoriー now his name should be Edgar Drebak, told me

that this world didn’t have fancy magics, but there’s some places

surrounded with mysticism.

「This kind of magical prowess…… It can’t be human… Youkai…? No, it can’t be…!!!」

「Ara, a youkai? That’s quite harsh, isn’t it? I am the goddess of soul and samsara/reincarnation from the world of Markuekt, Astrazem. As for Kagi-boy’s award, I think I shall hand it over to the person himself directly. Don’t worry so much about it」

「Uuuugh…… this choking’y strong reitsu… are you for real?」

「Sorry for the noise, mmkay? Bye~」

「H-halt! Even though

you are a god from another world, you are still in the heart of japan,

the land protected by 8 million gods! I am Abeno Katsutaru, the head

onmyoji of the prime minister’s official residence’s cosmic dual power

department! Now come, god of another world! Shin Pyo Toh Sha Kai Jin

Retsu Zai Zen, nomakyu sanmanda basaradanーー」

「You’re noisy」

I snapped my finger.

With this, the head on’yoji/exorcist of the prime minister’s

residence, Abeno Katsutaru lost his consciousness.

「U~m, the magic in this world still need a lot of improvements. Ah

well, it’s not a world with skill system, after all, but they really

should stop depending on how much a person could sense supernatural

things」

Skill system is

something god prepared to emulate magic. That’s to the system, the

inhabitants in Markuekt can use magic without much difficulty or the

need to understand the complicated paranormal rules of the world.

On the other hand,

the magic in this world wasn’t assisted by the skill system, but came

from the result of decades of rigorous training by tremendously talented

individuals.

In terms of being

able to use magic without system support, this onmyoji, who I

accidentally beat with only a single blow, was supposed to have the

god-like talent among humans. In

that case, if he was to be born in Markuekt, he would be chosen as the

imperial court magician of some country and etched his name on history.

「Now then… I can’t just here forever, can’t I? Should I now go home?」

I opened the gate to Markuekー

I turned myself back.

The fallen onmyoji wasn’t there.

Right next to where he should be, there was some sort of a demon.

Its face reminds me of a goat, but not it has bat-like wings.

Its horse hoof leg looked so thin when compared to its upper body.

According to the standard of this world, it was a classic example of a demon.

Of course, that its figure didn’t look like putting on an air by any means.

On the contrary, the demon before me looked considerably strong.

「ーIt’s the first time we meet, oh good god of a different world. This one’s name is Fleuretty. (フルーレティ) Just a humble demon that supports a human of this world」

「Well well… Does this mean that Mr. Onmyoji’s barrier was gone now?」

「That is so. My master had commanded me a wish since he had an appointment to do in another world」

「Master…?」

Then it meant that this demon was just a familiar.

As I looked at it more

closely, I didn’t think that it was weak demon by any means. Is

there a presence in this world that could dominate over it?

「I shall link myself with my master.………aAttt」

The demon suddenly opened his large mouth, then his whole body shuddered in convulsion.

Then,

『……you. So you must be the goddess of Markuekt, Astrazem… It is a pleasure to meet you』

Someone spoke using the mouth of the convulsing demon.

Who was it…?

Hiding his soul identity is meaningless when he faced a goddess who reigns over souls.

I accurately grasp who the 『somebody』 in front of me is.

I lost my words.

「You are…… it can’t be」

『Oh? So you know who I am? Heaven’s net has large meshes indeed, but nothing really escapes them. It is truly expected that the evil goddess’ eyes failed to deceive you』

「……Reincarnator, Kazaki Toru」

2 years ago, he should be reincarnated to Markuekt along with my chosen reincarnator.

Following the soul’s

remains, I found out that he should be reincarnated as a baby girl to

an evil god believer. Now come to think of it, the voice that was

coming from the demon was similar to the sound of a young womanー No,

the voice of a young girl.

「You should have reincarnated to Markuekt. Why are you here?」

『No, I noticed an unnatural tremor when I observed over the world’s interface. So I examined it and went ー Oh? Isn’t this a pass to my previous world? So I sent one of my familiar to check it out. I never thought I would get such a big catch here』

『This took a bad turn…』 I thought to myself.

It appeared that

Kazaki Toru had more power than I imagined, but even more than that, I

couldn’t find any reason why he came here before me. If

he realized the connection between me and Kagi Tomonori ー Edgar

Drebak, I couldn’t fathom the danger it would bring to my reincarnator.

Of course, it would

be difficult to figure out that Kagi Tomonori = Edgar Drebak.

Especially since Kagi/Edgar is limiting his movements to prevent anyone

suspecting him as a reincarnator.

『And so, what sort of business do you have that you visit the world where I was born and raised?』

Kazaki Toru asked persistently.

「It’s just a coincidence. Us gods have unexpectedly lots of time to kill. We often go to different world for an educational visit」

『That is… such a great position to be in』

Silence befell.

Even for Kazaki, this encounter with me here was merely an accident.

Kazaki was like me, still trying to figure out what to do with the opponent in front of us.

『I had a hypothesis, one I really confident with. I

thought that you are desperately trying to save your world. So much

that you even went here to find powerful influential people here. Clearlyー

surely this place, or rather the owner of this place, is a perfect

candidate for the task』

I see.

He thought about it like that.

I could try riding on that idea, but it seemed that he would get suspicious if I followed his flow too much.

「Don’t you put too much thought into it? If that’s the case, shouldn’t I visit somewhere like the white-house or the UN headquarters instead of this place?」

『Fufu… Certainly, it may possibly be better that way. But of course, one cannot know whether you had visited those places or not』

I didn’t answer him.

It’s better to leave it to his imagination.

Fortunately, Kazaki didn’t seem to know what was going on at the prime minister’s residence tonight. I doubted that he even knows about the death of Kagi Tomonori, but if he knew about it, he must have suspected it already.

「What about you? So

what are you doing these days? You know… besides doing worthless stuff

as the evil god’s cute little labor dog」

『No, that wasn’t it.

As you know yourself, I am still an infant. What we can and cannot do

are limited』

「By limited, you mean that there’s something you can still do, right?」

As Kagi

Tomonori/Edgar Drebak grunted to raise his skills with his friends,

Kazaki Toru must had been doing “something” as well.

『Lululu… That is something you will enjoy later. It seemed that the goddess Astrazem takes quite a liking of me…』

「Well, I, for one, couldn’t even pretend to understand why you would serve the evil god in the first place.」

『The bad tends to be better than the good, especially if talking about the depth of their pockets. As for me, I don’t believe that other people’s pocket can run infinitely deep. But it’s getting weaker, isn’t it. I’ve been thinking about taking the opportunity and bring Fleuretty into this world though……』

I snapped my finger once more.

A cage of light surrounded the demon Fleuretty, imprisoning it in a breath.

Fleuretty disappeared without even had the time to scream.

『As expe…ted… Astra…zem… One day… will…』

Kazaki’s voice echoed like ominous wind.

「………I didn’t spill anything bad, had I?」

Kazaki’s way of talking had its eeriness like it could see into the bottom of people’s heart.

There’s no other human that could make even a goddess like me so exhausted just by having a small talk.

「……Your friend is even more dangerous than I thought, Edgar Drebak」

I murmured as I opened the gate back to Markuekt.