–World transfer complete.
“Yosh, We managed to complete this one without any problems.”
With a lifeless voice, the familiar white world appeared in my field of vision, and I stretched out my back with a sense of fulfillment and freedom. Looking to the side, Tia also looked the same, somewhat refreshed compared to the last time when it was her first time.
“Ugh, I wish we could have gone on that adventure.”
“You’re still going on about it?”
“Because we could have opened up a world that no one has ever seen before, shrouded in fog, with our own hands, you know!? Just imagining that makes my heart pound. Ahhhh Mou, why does it have to be now to return to this world?”
“Ah, now that you put it that way, certainly.”
Perhaps it was after we left that Rebecca the Hero would begin to work in earnest. The most natural thing to do would be for us to go out there and offer to accompany her on her adventures. …
“But because we interfered, that’s why it turned out like that. I told you about the first round of the dream world, didn’t I?”
“I see. As I recall, nothing happened, right?”
“Yeah. When Rebecca chose not to get involved with that Kraken, it was probably decided that she would spend the rest of her life as just a pirate. But since we changed that, the future has changed. I mean, no matter what we did, we didn’t stand a chance of being invited back.”
“Too bad. Then what happened after that? Hey, hey Ed, let’s hurry up… and read that book!”
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“Yes, yes, {Records Of the Hero’s Story}”
Tia was urging me excitedly, and I laughed and turned my attention to the table. Then, there was a book sitting graciously on top of it. From now it would appear normally like this, just as it did once.
“Ara, it looks like you’ve repented. That’s right, just do what you normally do. Let’s see now … Are?”
On the {Records Of the Hero’s Story} I held in my hand, I saw the familiar 002nd world written on it…!?
Woosh!
“Ow!?”
It fell directly on my head. I held my head down and looked at the book lying on the table, the title of which read {The 003rd World: Records Of the Hero’s Story}. Damn, they got me! Or rather, what the hell is this harassment!?
I could picture in my mind a God-like entity holding his stomach and laughing at the state of me. Seriously, don’t mess with me, if I ever meet you, I’m going to punch you in the face. …
“What are you doing Ed?”
“… … it’s nothing.”
Tia looked at me with genuine curiosity, and I took my seat, feeling a sense of exasperation that I couldn’t hide. Then I picked up book and read through the contents with Tia, who was peering over my shoulder.
“Wow, So captain was the second generation, huh?”
“That’s like that. Well, it was to be expected.”
“Really!? Why?
“Because a woman without any backing can’t become a captain of a pirate ship.”
Although you can still manage to bring dozens of ruffians with you if you had the strength, it would take a lot of connections and financial resources to own a single ship. If someone could buy a ship from scratch at around 30, they would be much more successful as a merchant than as a pirate.
So it was not surprising that Rebecca’s parents were pirates and that she took over from them after their early deaths. The crew was well trained, and considering that Tia was never assaulted on that ship, even though she showed her strength briefly, it meant that Rebecca was a captain who inherited her predecessor’s will and was loved by her subordinates.
“And this is where we got off the ship. Come on, Tia, let’s read the rest of the book.”
“Ah, yeah. Let’s”
Returning my thoughts, which had briefly wandered off the track, I focused my attention on the book. There, Rebecca’s way of life was engraved.
–The last chapter, “The Dawn of the Age of the Great World” ,of the 003rd World, {Records Of the Hero’s Story}.
After parting from her friends who had brought the “Sword of Light” into her hands, Rebecca began to lead her men to challenge the Sea of Mist. The world gradually expanded as they sometimes fought and sometimes cooperated with pirates who were seeking treasure in unknown places, and eventually it developed into a global commotion.
However, the world was still a big place. Rebecca thought that it would be a shame to monopolize the world alone, so she used one of the three candles on her Sword of Light to distribute “Split Fire” to those who were willing to pave the way around the world. Sailors around the world now had the means, albeit limited, to dispel the fog, and the world entered the “Age of the Great Expanse of the World”.
Even at this very moment, the fog was being dispelled at the edge of the sea, and the world was expanding. The challenge of the pirates never ended. Until one day, they will take over the world and defeat the “Demon Lord of the Mist,” who was believed to exist if the sword existed.
“Heh, they didn’t defeat the Demon King this time?
“Looks like that. Unlike Alexis and Waffer, Rebecca didn’t try to defeat the Demon Lord as a hero.”
When Tia finished reading the book, I responded to her with my own speculation. Although I was not sure if Rebecca was alive at the time this book was written, even if she was alive, I think she would not defeat the Demon Lord until the very end.
“In the first place, there’s a limit to how far one can sail unless one is lucky enough to locate a place where one can procure water and food. If they were to build a supply base on an island or something along the way, that would be a national project that would take decades, no? If that’s the case, it will be hundreds of years, or even 10000 years, before the Demon Lord is defeated in that world.”
“That’s a long time. It didn’t feel like anyone was in danger for the time being, so it’s possible that no one is desperate enough to defeat him.”
“That’s how it is with humans. However, if the world became shrouded in fog as a result of them hundreds of years of doing nothing, and the place where people could live remained only a few …… something similar to that, there’s no way to reverse the situation even if they died trying.”
When you think about it, then certainly the place we left was a turning point for that… world rather than Rebecca’s. It was a tremendously significant event that humanity was able to obtain the trump card, the “Sword of Light,” at this stage when there was ample time to spare, and spread it to countless people by dividing the fire.
For better or worse, Desire motivates people. I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the Demon Lord of the Mist, who brought his existence to the point where no one took him seriously and created a situation where he could win even if he just slept the rest of the way, but then tables turned with a single event…
“Anyway, the world was dying slowly as a result of them doing nothing and then it was saved because of what we did. Well then, now that the mystery is cleared up, it’s time to move on to the next world.”
“Yeah, Oh, but first… yay!”
As I rose from my seat, Tia held up her hand to the crystal ball that was glowing faintly. Then the light disappeared as Tia’s body shivered.
“Ah, what skill you got this time?”
“Fufu~~, that’s of course… A Secret!”
“Tch, not again. Oh, well, I expected it.”
Tia smiled at me, and I couldn’t help but giggle in reply. This was definitely a position where Tia’s superiority shone through, so I could not help but understand her feelings.
“What kind of place is the next world, Ed?”
“Uh… what was it like again?”
“Eh, you also don’t know?”
“I can’t help it, you know!. I can’t remember that much from 100 years ago!”
Aside from the world that left a strong impression on me, such as the first world, I couldn’t remember anything about the fourth world. If I had a strong impression of at least one previous world, would I still be pulled …. or rather would I still not be able to remember it?
“Fufu~, It’s fine. Then we’ll have a new adventure this time around! Ah, but I don’t want to be crammed into a box again…”
“As expected, if you were to be crammed in a box twice in a row, you’d remember …?”
“Why are you unreliable just at times like this!?”
Tia protested by twitching her ears, but there was nothing we could do about what I couldn’t remember. Then we held hands firmly and … walked through the door to a new world.