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1. Return (1)

When I regained consciousness and looked around, it was different from the room I vaguely remembered.

” Where on earth did you send it to…? Huh…? ”

At that moment, I felt uneasy.

Because it was a frail woman’s voice that I had heard before, not my own.

” No? It can’t be…! ”

I got out of bed, not knowing when I’d been lying down, and headed straight to the bathroom where there was a mirror.

” No, why on earth…? ”

When I returned, believing Patruna’s words that she would definitely send me back, I felt quite shocked and betrayed when I saw my reflection in the mirror.

There was a reddish orange bob with yellowish amber eyes.

Because she had the appearance of a beautiful girl with lips as red as cherries.

*****

After coming out of the bathroom, I sat down on the bed with a thud and just looked at the floor, thinking about the situation.

” Why? How come? I clearly said I would send it? But why is it like this? ”

I felt like the faith and trust I had in her until now was crumbling.

” You said you’d send it properly… Sob… Why… Does it look like this…! ”

Before I knew it, tears were flowing endlessly from my amber colored eyes.

After crying to a certain extent, when the tears no longer flow

I felt hungry in my stomach along with a ‘gurgling’ sound.

” Okay, let’s fill our stomachs while assessing the situation. If we look around, we’ll find something. ”

So I got up and headed to the kitchen, where I saw a letter with Patruna’s emblem on it on the table.

” Is this… Patruna’s symbol? Why is it engraved here? ”

Just in case, I opened the letter and read it.

The content of the letter was roughly as follows.

‘ Now, if you are reading this letter, I guess you have come to your senses. I am so sorry I could not tell you in advance.

However, even though I have regained my throne, it is almost impossible for me to interfere with other worlds. I can only observe.

‘ First of all, the place you have returned to is the place you came from. However, the god of the world has died and disappeared.

Thanks to that, even after I sent you away, the status of the throne I gave you back was so strong that I was able to grant you protection and send you to a safe place.

It will be safe for a while, so I hope you can adapt well.’

‘Going back, the system to restore the world was put into operation by the providence of the world because Gaia, the goddess of the Earth, died and disappeared.

This system, called the tower, appears in the world over a period of time.

The goal is to eliminate all intelligent beings from that world.

Fortunately, just before Gaia died, she spread the power to overcome trials among people.

In addition, gods from other dimensions send people like me from Earth to their world to keep the world from collapsing. ‘

‘It will be difficult, but I hope you survive there just like you saved our world and survived.’

*****

The letter was filled with absurd stories.

” I worked so hard to get back and what? The world is ending? Damn it… ”

The young girl’s voice was filled with resentment.

As I was about to put the letter down, I noticed there was a back page and decided to read it again.

‘ In addition, thanks to the last protection, the protection of love, you must have changed into someone who is loved by everyone. You must have become a pretty girl just like me.

There is another effect, but I will tell you about it next time.

The protection of courage and protection that I mentioned earlier will be applied normally, and the weapon has also been included in the envelope.

Currently, the place is heading towards destruction because of the tower, but as I said before, I have taken measures to ensure that I can survive there for about a month by using as much of my power as possible.

I have also sent you an item made by Thoth, the god of wisdom, so please check it out.

They say it’s something that everyone on Earth is currently using.

It may be difficult, but I hope you don’t get discouraged by the world and find strength.

From Patruna, the goddess of love and purification,

*****

” Wait a minute, what? Love protection? What are you talking about!? ”

When I finally learned about the details of the protection I had not heard before, my head started to throbbed and hurt.

When I saw the name and content of her guardian deity, my headache gradually disappeared and I could only laugh out loud.

‘What other additional effects are there?’

‘You kept telling me to become a girl who resembles you…’

Every time I finished my ordeal, I would hear her talking about her beauty and calling me her sister or daughter.

” Well, there are cases where you do TS when you return something… But why is that me! ”

With a deep sigh, I opened the envelope and opened it. Inside was a rosary with a gold cross and a red ruby set into it.

It was a rosary that seemed a little expensive at first glance, but it was the type of rosary that she, who avoided flashy things and pursued frugality, seemed to have been as greedy as possible.

But the power she contained there felt like a great power I had never felt before.

” Is this where the weapon is stored? ”

Let’s move the divine power naturally contained in our body as if we were using the weapon we received from her.

” What…what is it? Fireworks…! ”

Suddenly, flames appeared and enveloped my body, and armor along with a robe that fit my body appeared.

It was exactly the same as when I used the weapon in this world, ‘Maderona’.

I opened my eyes, startled by the sudden appearance of flames.

He was wearing silver armor with red as the base color.

After moving my hands and turning my waist to see the overall look, I quite liked it.

” Oh! It’s pretty good. There’s also gauntlets and greaves, chest…guard and waist guard, and the overall design looks like it came straight out of a game. ”

Surprisingly, the bottoms weren’t like the skirts you see in anime or novels, but had a decent design with greaves that reached down to the knees and tassels that went down to the thighs.

As I turned my head, I felt a rosary hanging around her neck, containing a weapon.

I took a moment to admire the appearance of the weapon I liked so much.

I started to feel hungry again, something I had forgotten while reading the letter, so I went back to my normal routine and explored the kitchen.

*****

” They clearly said they sent me to a safe place and told me to adjust, so I guess I’ll have to hold out for a while and then the time will come when I have to leave, right? ”

As I opened several drawers, cabinets, and refrigerator, I looked around and found quite a few food ingredients.

” Will I be able to last a month at this rate? ”

There were many cases of instant foods including cup ramen and preserved foods such as beef jerky.

There were also fresh vegetables and meats, although small in quantity, enough to last for several days.

” I wonder if that’s why there’s a small refrigerator? ”

Funnily enough, there was also kimchi, which is a basic Korean thing to have at home.

Looking at the food I found, most of it was the things I had said I wanted to eat while talking to her, and it was stored in the refrigerator.

” You remembered everything. I was just saying this to vent my frustration or when I was bored. ”

As I said that, I took out the ramen that I wanted to eat first when I got back and started boiling it in a pot of water.

As Patruna said, it is a destroyed world, but it seems that they have made arrangements to provide electricity, water, and gas for me to use upon my return.

” Of course, ramen is the first choice! It’s simple, delicious, and you can eat it with rice! ”

I finished boiling the ramen while humming, “Huh~ Huh~ Huh~,” and placed it on the table. I slowly took out a noodle with my chopsticks and took a bite.

” Hmm~ It’s been so long that I don’t remember, but yeah, it’s definitely this taste! ”

I quickly ate the noodles, slurping them down, and slurped the soup with my spoon, once, twice, until I found myself full.

” What? Normally, I would have finished the soup or eaten it with rice? ”

But contrary to my expectations, there was quite a bit of soup left, and I was so full that I couldn’t even touch the rice I was going to eat, so I put down my chopsticks.

” Ah~ Is it because I’m a woman? No, but even so, it’s only one pack of ramen. Even women usually eat this much, right? ”

Let’s take a moment to cool down from the heat from the ramen and think about it while drinking some water.

I remembered the image I saw in the mirror.

” He looked quite young, right? Maybe middle school student? Judging from his height, he seems to be around 150cm ”

When I raised my arms and looked at them or lowered my head and looked at my legs, they felt quite thin.

In order to survive in this world that is clearly collapsing, you have to gain weight or

I think I need to get used to the method of fighting by strengthening myself using the divine power that exists within my body.

I decided to eat the remaining pot of soup later when I got hungry, so I wrapped the rice again and put it in the refrigerator.

” Now that I think about it, it’s bright now. Is it daytime? Should I take a look around? ”

While I was trying to move my body like that, I felt something under my feet, so I checked and found that it was a smartwatch-shaped device.

” Is this the god-made object that Patruna was talking about? Can I just press the screen? ”

When I clicked on the screen, a hologram that looked like something out of a cartoon or movie appeared before my eyes with a ‘ping’ sound.

” Wow! I was surprised that it suddenly appeared. Let’s see where it is written. ”

The hologram simply had a name, age, and gender written on it, with the date and time written underneath.

” Your name is Charlotte Magnierne? You’re 22? You were clearly a 40-year-old man before you lost consciousness, but now you’re the complete opposite. ”

Although he was born a healthy boy, he grew up to be a little girl and was given a Western name that was far removed from his Korean name.

Clearly, in order to survive and return from this world, I wrote down my fading memories in a notebook and practiced speaking them out loud.

Eventually, everything disappeared, and only the image of a young girl who resembled Pattuna remained.

” Sigh… What can I do? I guess I’ll just have to let it be. But isn’t the current year 2033? Something doesn’t match the time passed? ”

I thought quite a bit of time had passed since I went to another world, but perhaps because the time axis was different, it didn’t seem like much had passed compared to the time I had spent there.

” I don’t know. Let’s just go outside for now. ”

As I walked towards the terrace and looked around, there was no TV or computer, and it was just a desolate place.

There was only a chest of drawers, a wardrobe, and a bed.

Looking again, I saw that there was a large mirror on the terrace side, not on the way to the bathroom.

Maybe I didn’t see it because I was absent-minded and headed to the bathroom where there was a mirror.

The view I saw from the terrace with the window open while looking around was definitely not a very nice view.

” Is this the world today…? ”

Under the clear sky, all that could be seen was not densely packed buildings, but rather crumbling buildings, green plants covering their walls, and a tall, spire in the distance.

I looked around just in case, and the place I was in was also covered with plants and looked so damaged that I didn’t think it was habitable.

” Haha, damn it! I didn’t know this would happen! If I knew… If I knew, for sure…! ”

I sat down against the wall of the terrace, wrapping my legs around it, in shock.

I just wanted to get back to my peaceful daily life.

My family and friends, who remain in my faded memories, and… and… I can’t remember what it was.

Rather, even if I want to recall memories, only the current situation comes to mind.

All that came to mind was whether my family and friends were safe and what to do next.

*****

I think I made a mistake when I returned.

No! As the goddess Patruna said, I am going to Earth.

I shouldn’t have come back.