The Main Heroines are Trying to Kill Me - Chapter 524
Episode 524
The time at the academy, which was short if it was short and long if it was long, ended, and the graduation ceremony soon arrived.
The era of peace has returned.
Riding that wave, Sunrise Academy held the largest graduation ceremony ever.
And thanks to that, it was easy to find familiar or welcome faces in the academy’s banquet hall on the day of the graduation ceremony.
“No way, the price of refusing the oath was the donation of part of the national territory…”
“Shouldn’t we all protest now? We can’t just let a quarter of the Western Continent’s territory become the Starlight Grand Duchy…”
“…To the empire that has become the strongest power in a thousand years? Don’t talk nonsense.”
The delegations from each country in the Western Continent, forced to pay more attention to the empire in the aftermath of the millennium-old covenant that was recently enforced, all have bad complexions.
“Pooh-huh. We knew that, so we kept the covenant.”
“Even if we leave behind a considerable amount of material support, it’s a considerable gain to have become an ally with the empire.”
Of course, some countries that were quick to help the empire were cheering, unlike them.
“Oh… elders, please…”
“The World Tree is angry! The spirit kings are not keeping their dignity, but acting like pets…”
The queen and priests of the Elf Kingdom are grumbling and fussing at the spirits, who are comfortably sitting on the shoulders of me and my wives, with restless expressions.
“Coo-oo.”
“Chirp, jack.”
“100 years? That’s funny. If you don’t come back within a year, we’ll have no choice but to use force…”
“Haaah!”
As expected, these guys are spirits too. I don’t know what they’re saying, but looking at them having a friendly conversation with the elves.
“That… that bastard seduced our Miho…”
“Calm down, there’s no better groom in this world than that man anyway?”
“My wife!! There are many of them!! My wife!!!”
“But our tribe is also polygamous…”
“Shut up!!”
In addition, the chief of the fox village, who has lost a lot of his rich hair, is shouting at me for some reason.
“”Heavenly Demon Millennia! Millennia!!!””
“Everyone, you can’t do this here…”
The unarmed men from the Eastern Continent who were kicked out for a while after making a fuss about Ruby being a millennia.
“That… Lulu-nim?”
“No way. That scary person?”
The surrendered demons blankly stare at Lulu, who is sleeping soundly with her face on my lap.
“Please receive one potion of divine power each! It’s effective!”
“Do you have any pain anywhere?”
The new religious order, which, under Ferloche’s command, prioritizes welfare and relief over authority and discipline.
“…How long do we have to stay in polymorphism as these lower beings?”
“Shut up. It’s the Dragon Lord’s orders.”
Even the dragons who recently made a peace treaty with the empire.
There were really many distinguished guests gathered in one place.
“Hey, look over there. F, Frey-nim.”
“Hey, don’t stare at him like that.”
“Shh, he’ll hear you.”
For some reason, people’s gazes have been focused only on me since earlier. Is it my imagination?
“The young master is a good man. He’s still so popular even though he’s married.”
“…Ahem.”
I tried to ignore Canaria’s cool whisper from the side and coughed in vain, when a familiar voice came from the front.
“Then, we will have the oath of the student representative, Lord Frey.”
With power infused into the amplification artifact, Isollet’s voice rang out, silencing the banquet hall in an instant. She looked at me, gave a sly smile, and began to gesture.
As she said, since the position of student council president is vacant, I am the one who will be taking the academy graduation oath.
“Then I’ll be going.”
“…I’m sorry, but the young master does not hire maids. Since the garden is already full, he does not hire maids either. What? A handmaid? Ha, aren’t you noble ladies…”
I couldn’t neglect that duty, so I slipped away and started to make my way to the podium, leaving the young ladies who were blocked by Kania behind.
“…Frey, wait a minute.”
“……?”
I was about to go up to the podium to take the oath when Isollet whispered something urgently in my ear.
“If my father is rude to you later, please forgive him…”
“Ah.”
“Really, I told you not to come…”
I looked in the direction her anxious gaze was directed and thought I could understand what Isollet meant.
“Haha, this guy! He hasn’t changed at all!”
“Let go of me, you crazy berserker. I still can’t get used to you guys acting like this. It gives me the creeps.”
“Let’s put the old stories aside and have a drink together?”
“…Let go.”
Over there, at the entrance of the banquet hall, the Marquess of Bywrk’s house was staring at me with a headlock on my father.
“That damn bastard stole my daughter’s family name.”
“Family name? How big of a family name?”
“…Just shut up.”
Isollet already had a bad complexion, but the Marquis of Bywrk was actually a father-in-law to her daughter.
“That’s not all… The Bywrk family’s swordsmanship, which I had just barely restored after a few hundred years, has become a mess, mixed with some strange swordsmanship….. This is something I can’t just sit idly by as the head of the family…..”
It’s just that his innate blunt personality doesn’t show it very well.
“Oh, that’s right. You lost to your daughter… no, our daughter-in-law a few days ago?”
“What?”
“How was the new technique created by combining the swordsmanship of the Starlight family and the swordsmanship of the Bywrk family?”
“………”
“Even if it’s the swordsmanship of an ‘old’ swordsman, it was hard to deal with?”
– Snap…!
“Why is that, my in-law?”
“Kuaaaaak!”
But look.
Before you know it, my father’s provocation has set him off, and the two grown men are grabbing each other by the lapels and wrestling.
“…I can’t live.”
“Phew, puhuh…”
It was a sight I had seen often as a child, but it was refreshing to see it again.
I wonder what would happen if he found out that the reason his sister Isollet was demoted to a sub-heroine was because her設定settings overlapped considerably with Ruby’s.
Perhaps the life of Miss Sola, who is being protected by the new religious order, would be in danger.
やはり, this must be kept a secret for life.
“Bo, both of you stop it.”
“That’s right, honey, you’ve had enough fun.”
When I came to my senses after thinking about something useless for a while, Aria and my mother, who had appeared out of nowhere, were subduing the two with magic.
“…Huhu.”
Next to such a mother, smiling in a wheelchair not long after her body had recovered, was Klana’s mother, Gloria.
Looking at those awkward but welcome faces, I finally realized it.
“Oath.”
That everything had finally returned to normal.
“As the student representative of the academy and the spokesperson for everyone gathered here, I swear.”
And at the same time.
“We will protect.”
One thought came to mind.
“A peaceful world for all of us in the future, everyone’s happiness, and a peaceful everyday life.”
“To all of us, to a peaceful world that will unfold before us, to everyone’s happiness, to a leisurely daily life.”
“Our dimension is actually located at the top of the numerous dimensions. To be exact, it is one of the seven dimensions that maintain the order of the infinite dimensions.”
I, who had just uttered that thought,
“All of those that will continue on for hundreds, thousands of years.”
Amidst the thunderous applause that began to pour down like rain, I finished my oath while quietly staring at one spot.
“You must.”
Just now, the woman with long silver hair who had opened the banquet hall door and entered was smiling and clapping while looking at me.
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“You did a good job with your oath, our warrior~”
“….”
By the time I had finished my oath and returned to my original seat, she was suddenly sitting next to me.
“Oh, is this appearance a bit awkward? Should I return to my old shopkeeper appearance?”
“…That’s fine.”
Once the God of Stars and the deity of the world, but now a being who had lost that power and become a single human.
“Where have all my wives gone and why are you sitting here?”
“Hehe, I asked for their understanding for a little bit for some alone time with you.”
As she said that and glanced to the side, the heroines gathered far away glared at her.
“Oh my, do you think I’m being watched? That’s a bit upsetting.”
“It’s not like that for you.”
“Just call me Stella. By the way, should we erase our presence a bit? I have something important to tell you.”
As Stella said that with a sly smile, I flicked my finger and briefly separated her existence from the world at her request.
“You’re already using your power freely. As expected, you’re amazing.”
“…What business do you have here?”
“Well, it’s like I said before.”
Like that, a story began in a space with just me and her.
“As you said earlier, it’s almost time to protect it.”
“You’re talking about the promise you made last time.”
“Yes.”
The topic of that story was truly simple yet important.
“Succeed me and become the next God of Stars.”
“………”
As she said that, she reaches out to me.
“As promised last time, I used the divinity remaining inside me to restore your Star Mana. In fact, I only accelerated the recovery time.”
“I’m very grateful for that. I almost messed things up.”
“If I now transfer the Star Essence remaining inside me to you, I will become a completely ordinary person. You will become the new God of Stars.”
As her hand, which was covering mine, began to glow silver, I felt a foreign sensation at the same time.
The Star Essence that she spoke of was clearly touching the palm of my hand.
“I’m only saying this now, but if by any chance you’ve changed your mind…”
“No, that won’t happen.”
I answered Stella, who was narrowing her eyes and asking questions, resolutely.
Because it was something I had already decided on.
Of course, there would be a slight setback in my qualifications for a peaceful retirement, but that’s fine.
Our peaceful world that we had truly fought hard to achieve. Protecting that world is what would truly be a happy retirement.
That’s why I decided to shoulder the role and duty of the God of Stars.
“Yup, I thought so.”
After hearing my firm answer, Miss Stella smiled slyly and nodded.
“But by the way, should I say I have some information… or should I say a confession? I have a few more things I need to tell you.”
“Yes? Is there anything else I need to know?”
As I was about to receive the divine essence from her, she suddenly began to avoid my gaze with a hesitant expression.
“Well, that’s… that’s…”
“What is it?”
I looked at Miss Stella with a slightly anxious expression, and she opened her mouth with an awkward smile.
“…The God of Stars is actually the guardian of all dimensions.”
“Yes?
.
Miss Stella, who had suddenly made a bombshell statement, continued to talk for a long time after that.
“Ourdimension, in fact, is one of the highest-ranking dimensions among the countless dimensions. To be exact, it is one of the seven dimensions that maintain the order of the infinite dimensions.”
“Then, Miss Stella is…”
“Among the gods of those seven dimensions, I was in charge of ‘order’ from the highest position.”
“…Amazing.”
It was an unbelievable story, but surprisingly, there was evidence.
A system that exerts absolute influence even on beings with divine powers, the ‘management system’, and being able to contact freely or ignore certain interference.
And the fact that he had single-handedly confronted the ‘Outer God’, who had devoured countless dimensions and was in perfect condition, and had driven it to the brink of collapse.
I knew that he was not an ordinary being because of those two facts, but I never thought he was the supreme god who managed all the dimensions.
“So, when you say that I will inherit the position of the God of Stars…”
“…Does that mean that I will have the duty to manage all dimensions?”
“To be exact, you will become the ‘order’ of all dimensions except Earth, which is an inviolable area.”
Now I think I understand why Miss Stella is smiling awkwardly.
For some reason, it makes me a little annoyed.
“D, don’t look at me like that. I lost all my power because of this, so I have no choice.”
“………..”
“And I had no choice but to search the entire universe and find you as the most suitable candidate. After all, you are the strongest person who has defeated a being that even I could not defeat.”
“…We won.”
“Yes, you saved the entire dimension.”
I muttered, pouting slightly, and she scratched her head and said with a slightly hardened expression.
“However, the danger is not over yet.”
What is this now?
“I have completely defeated that damn eye, but the ‘outside world’ where it stayed before invading is still an unknown space.”
“Hmm…”
“And as a result of interrogating the guy who was in hell recently, I found out that there are more beings similar to him in the ‘outside world’.”
“…..!”
I couldn’t help but be surprised when I heard that.
Could it be that this is what I’ve only heard of, ‘that guy is the weakest among us’?
“Don’t worry, there are no beings as strong as the damn eye yet. At most, they are a little stronger than the knights of our dimension.”
“That’s a relief.”
Fortunately, that didn’t happen.
If that’s the case, even if they come to us in droves, the current Ruby or Irina will be able to clean them all up by themselves.
“Still, it’s true that all dimensions are still exposed to danger. For example, the demons haven’t disappeared yet, have they?”
“……..”
“And I don’t know when the second eye will appear again. To prevent that, the world, and the dimensions, still need a guardian.”
Stella, who was looking slightly relieved, began to plead with pitiful eyes.
“Why are you so worried?”
“…Huh?”
“I didn’t say I wouldn’t, did I?”
I looked at her and smiled broadly, and clenched my hand.
– Shaaaah…!
At the same time, her essence, which was touching my palm, began to glow and enter me.
“Well, if I’m the guardian of all dimensions, at least no one will mess with us. It’s a relief.”
“……”
“And.”
And then, the moment all of her essence entered me.
“Who else but me could do this?”
I said that to Miss Stella, who had become completely human and had a complex and subtle expression, with a gentle smile.
“…You’re really something, Frey.”
“Is that so?”
There seemed to be a glimmer of tears for a moment in her shining silver eyes.
“Okay, then… I guess I’ll take a vacation.”
“Yes?”
“I’ve been a transcendent being for so long that both my body and mind have become like rags. Now that I have a successor I can trust, I should spend the rest of my life in comfort… Of course, I’ll drink some alcohol too, hoho.”
He disappeared without a trace, and I saw excitement in his eyes.
“You speak as if you were never a transcendent being.”
“I was once a human too. Not only me, but Sol and Luna also had their own circumstances.”
“…I’m a little curious.”
“I’ll tell you when I see you later. It’s not as much of a story as yours, but it will be quite long.”
Looking at his eyes and his excited tone, I couldn’t help but smile.
“I see.”
“Yeah, well, I’ll be going now……..”
“Then let’s meet in the gods’ room in a week.”
“…Huh?”
Because.
“You should rest for a week and then come back to work?”
“What are you talking about?”
Sorry, but I don’t plan on letting you rest.
“I’ll hire Stella, Luna, and Sol as demigods.”
“What…….?”
It’s really stupid to let go of three people who can do a perfect job with just a little bit of power right now.
“Even so, it’s only a matter of handing over the business, right? It’ll only take 10 minutes.”
“I-Is that so? Okay. I have to tell you about the basics and the know-how, so… um… hmm……”
“Let’s work together for another millennium.”
Stella’s face, which had been rolling her eyes while sweating coldly, began to darken after hearing my words.
“A-Are you kidding me…?”
“It’s for the entire dimension, haha.”
“I, I… I was so excited about the thought of drinking… You, you… You’re not really doing this, are you?”
Stella belatedly began to plead, but it was no use.
“Now, here’s the star mana. I’ll share it with you.”
“Noooooo!”
I was already the God of the Stars.
“Let go of me! How hard have I worked! I want to rest now too…….”
“By the way, if you do a good job, I’ll give you unlimited alcohol during work hours.”
“…What should I learn first, Frey?”
This was the whole story of how I, a hero, became the universal protector overnight right after the graduation ceremony.
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A few months later.
“Master.”
“Yes, dear!”
“…Huh?”
I was blankly staring into the darkness in the gods’ space when I turned my head at the welcome voice from behind me.
“Were you here again?”
“Come and have dinner.”
Behind Kania and Serena, who had opened a portal, a warm dinner table was stimulating my appetite.
“I’m already eating. I have something to see…..”
“How can we eat first when you’re not here, Master?”
“That’s right, dear. Come quickly.”
But I had something to do for a while, so I tried to send them back to the mansion, but they began to make sullen expressions when they noticed what I was trying to do.
“Even if you send us back, we’ll just come back again, Master.”
By the way, Kania can already drink, so she can freely come and go in the space where I am.
“That’s right. We’ll keep coming until you eat.”
“Frey, you’re rude. How dare you when I’ve come to the mansion for the first time in a long time.”
And Serena and Klana, as the next moon god and sun god, can also come to this space.
“Frey, do I have to come here wearing an apron?”
“You are so lucky. Even if the Demon King and the Dragon make dinner while wearing aprons, they don’t show their faces for two days.”
Ruby and Irina recently broke down the wall themselves and awakened their divinity.
Now I’m afraid of how much stronger they will become.
“Lunch box! Let’s eat Frey together!”
“I saw that you were busy these days, so I made a lunch box.”
“Let’s eat together, master!”
“He, here… This is where I used to write novels. Hehe….”
And since Perloche, Isollet, Lulu, and Rosewin were recently granted demigod status by me, I was eventually surrounded by everyone.
“What are you doing, hero?”
“Ugh.”
I stared blankly at my wives, who were sitting next to me, unfolding the mats and taking out the lunch boxes. I found out that Claire, who was originally an outlier, was on my shoulder, and I gave up resisting and sat down.
“Frey, what have you been up to these days?”
“Didn’t you say that your full-fledged work as the god of stars will start in 100 years?”
“That’s right, they say that it will take that much time to take over everything.”
Then the questions started pouring in on me.
“I was watching that.”
Instead of answering those questions, I quietly pointed to the darkness beyond what I was looking at.
“…….!”
“Wow…”
“That’s…”
Then the heroines turned their heads to where I was pointing and exclaimed in succession.
“It’s so sparkly…”
“Are each of those really individual dimensions?”
“It’s cool…”
Like the countless stars that dotted the night sky, countless dimensions shone beautifully in the darkness.
“My lord, were you stargazing alone?”
“Haha, no.”
I slowly shook my head at Canaria’s puzzled question and turned my gaze to the starry sky spread out before me.
“I was just observing.”
That was true.
For the past few days, I have been watching the various dimensions here with the ‘Star’s Gaze.’
When I combined the divinity I had recently acquired with the unique ability I borrowed from Aria, I was able to observe it as vividly as if I were watching it in front of my eyes.
“Guys.”
And as a result, what I found out was.
“It seems like there is more tragedy in the world than I thought.”
Not only the seven dimensions that maintain the balance of the entire universe, but also the dimensions that need help right now are overflowing.
The aftermath of the foreign gods trampling on the dimensions to the fullest extent was that serious.
“Frey.”
As I stared blankly into the darkness as before, Serena, who approached me quietly, whispered in a low voice.
“Even for you, you can’t save all dimensions at the same time.”
“…I know.”
“So don’t push yourself too hard right now.”
She’s right.
It hasn’t even been a few months since I became the god of stars.
Even though I have become a being who can influence all dimensions, it will take quite some time to start full-fledged activities.
To go out on a whim would rather be a poison.
“It’s okay, I’ll never overdo it.”
But,
That doesn’t mean I can just let it go.
– Slick…!
“Frey?”
“”……..?””
As I, who had been standing still, stretched out my hand, Serena and the heroines looked at me with bewildered expressions.
– Shaaaah…
In their gaze, I began to gather my divinity in my hand.
“…Fly away.”
To the silvery bird that soon took shape and revealed its form, he whispered in a gentle voice.
“Wherever there is a place in need of help.”
May no more dimensions collapse so helplessly.
May the tragedy we faced in the past never happen again.
Quietly and softly, he began to imbue it with his will.
“It’s a pretty bird.”
“It looks like you, Frey.”
“How come the animal you guys made isn’t a cat?”
Kania and Serena chatted about the appearance of the bird perched on my hand, while Ruby asked with interest.
“This guy will go to places in desperate need. With my will in it.”
“Ooh.”
“A bird that can fly in the sky is more suited to the role of traveling across dimensions and spreading hope.”
As I told her my wish, everyone’s gaze focused on me again.
“Will you guys help me later?”
When I asked them gently, everyone started to laugh and say a few words.
“Isn’t the answer obvious, my lord?”
Kania, who had slyly created a black crow and placed it on her shoulder.
“That’s right, it’s too obvious.”
Serena, who had been staring at my face and giggling since earlier.
“I was bored because I was getting too strong anyway, so that’s good.”
Irina, who stroked her scar and smiled cheerfully for the first time in a long time.
“I, I decided to follow the path of the sun god… I…!”
Klana, who had become dignified after becoming an emperor, but was still sitting in a corner.
“…Churp.”
Perloche, who looked at me without fail and licked her lips.
“When we all attained divinity to be with you, who had become the God of Stars, the answer was already set in stone.”
Ruby, who looked at me happily and revealed her true form as a devil.
“Although I am still lacking in training and have not yet broken through the wall, I can definitely answer that.”
Isolet, who had been granted the qualifications of a demigod for the time being, but was eager to break through the wall of divinity someday.
“Master is Master no matter what anyone says…”
Lulu, who, as usual, buried her face in my lap and wagged her tail.
“I’m pretty useful now too! So…!”
Rosewin, who was sitting at her desk, excitedly tapping on something, then looked at me with a brighter smile than ever.
“Hero… It’s great…”
And this little one, who still pretends to be asleep on my shoulder, I don’t know why.
“Thank you, guys. And…”
Even if I didn’t have to hear the answer, I responded with a bright smile as their strong feelings were conveyed to me.
“I love you all.”
The will that contained all our wishes flew powerfully toward the lights in the darkness.
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By the way,
There was one thing I had overlooked.
“Well, let’s have lunch now.”
“This is a special eel lunch we made, please have some, Frey.”
“Huh?”
It was the fact that today was the one-year anniversary of the heroines, except Serena and Ruby, being pregnant.
“We also got some oysters from the other continent. The unarmed people and miho in that area said that they are very effective.”
“Wow! Let’s eat them together!”
“…Guys?”
The main heroines are trying to kill me – Extra Story Complete