Ch.393[Episode 393] Roll, Sir Dominic!

Sir Dominic was finally able to roll and roll, growing as large as the moon… no, even larger than the moon.

Of course, this was within this chaotic game.

Sir Dominic finally realized that the ending of this game was approaching.

Sir Dominic was slowly lifted into the air, then placed on the palm of a suspicious figure he had never seen before.

He was a man large enough to hold Sir Dominic, who was bigger than the moon, in one hand—an impossibly refined yet vulgar individual who was extremely suspicious.

Sir Dominic thought he must be a Star represented within the game.

[“I thought I’d die waiting.”]

[He lifted Sir Dominic and began examining him closely.]

[“Sweet things, eloquence, dollars, calendars, Dalmatians and Dalai Lama…”]

[“How much is this mass related to the moon~?”]

[“Hmm… well, at least it contains many characters for ‘moon’!”]

[“Size… 3500km~?”]

[“Impressive, very impressive!”]

[“Now, I’ll give you the overall score.”]

[“Please wait a moment while I calculate. ☆+size-love squared…”]

[“…”]

[“Okay, here it is! 100 points!”]

[“Truly a perfect moon!”]

[“I’ll return this to the sky now.”]

With those words, Sir Dominic began floating up and ascending to the heavens.

And becoming the moon in the night sky, Sir Dominic began to shine.

At the same time, Sir Dominic felt himself being pulled somewhere and briefly lost consciousness.

…

“Sir Dominic! Sir Dominic!”

When Sir Dominic regained consciousness, he had returned to the knight’s campfire.

Beside Sir Dominic was an unfamiliar gaming console and screen, but for some reason, the game screen felt familiar to him.

“Sir Dominic, you’re back!”

Captain Elang and I’m Not Little welcomed Sir Dominic.

Only then did Sir Dominic realize that the game screen before him was where he had been until just moments ago.

“I’ve… returned?”

“Yes!”

Captain Elang nodded at Sir Dominic’s words.

“The Giant of the Red Rose?”

Sir Dominic asked I’m Not Little.

“What happened to her?”

In response, I’m Not Little silently raised a finger and pointed below Sir Dominic.

Sir Dominic rolled slightly to look down.

There, all that could be seen was one pitiful arm of the Giant of the Red Rose, crushed under Sir Dominic’s weight.

Apparently, when Sir Dominic’s curse was lifted, the Giant of the Red Rose received her karmic retribution.

“I have no idea what’s going on here.”

Sir Dominic was confused by this chaotic situation and hoped someone would explain.

“It’s simple. Sir Dominic was cursed and entered the game, achieved his goal inside the game to break the curse, and crushed the Star who was the source of the curse.”

I’m Not Little glanced at the Giant of the Red Rose.

The Giant of the Red Rose had been flailing her arm as if suffocating just moments ago, but now it hung limply as if she had fainted.

“By the way, congratulations, Sir Dominic.”

“?”

“Looks like you’ll receive another title.”

Sir Dominic tilted his head at I’m Not Little’s words.

What could this mean?

“Regardless of the process and outcome, Sir Dominic overcame a trial set by a Star and ultimately defeated even the Star.”

I’m Not Little began explaining as if Sir Dominic’s confusion was natural.

“The villain who imposed the trial, and the hero who overcame it. Doesn’t that feel right?”

“Hmm.”

Sir Dominic stroked his chin at I’m Not Little’s words.

As she said, Sir Dominic had inadvertently dealt a blow to a Star.

Whether Sir Dominic had intended it or not was irrelevant.

As a result, Sir Dominic had become a hero who defeated an evil Star.

“…I should prepare for the tier Evaluation.”

“Not bad.”

“Tier Evaluation?”

Through I’m Not Little’s words, Sir Dominic believed this achievement was sufficient for a tier 5.

Although he had faced only an avatar rather than a Star’s true form, it was true that he had overcome a Star’s trial and even defeated the Star.

In the end, it was a matter of perspective on how to view this incident.

However, there was something that concerned Sir Dominic.

It was the existence of Sir Dominica.

“By the way, I’m a bit worried about Sir Dominica.”

“Why Sir Dominica?”

Captain Elang asked Sir Dominic.

“Sir Dominica and I are practically one and the same. No, being my parallel world self, we could be considered one body. If the balance of one side becomes disrupted…”

“Ah, you don’t need to worry about that.”

I’m Not Little reassured Sir Dominic.

“If Sir Dominic achieves such feats, Sir Dominica will also achieve feats somewhere. That’s how parallel worlds work.”

“I see.”

Sir Dominic breathed a sigh of relief at I’m Not Little’s words.

“Then I can rest easy. Now I can prepare for the tier Evaluation with peace of mind.”

Sir Dominic was as excited as a child about the opportunity that had unexpectedly come during his vacation.

…

As Sir Dominic said, Sir Dominica also achieved the feat of defeating a Star, just like Sir Dominic.

Like Sir Dominic, she overcame a trial set by a Star and received the Star’s acknowledgment.

Of course, while it sounded impressive when described verbally, the actual content was quite ridiculous.

“Bleeeurgh.”

“Please don’t throw up on the blanket… sigh.”

Sir Dominica sighed as she watched Alice, who had started vomiting while lying down after eating too much.

While others were also suffering from the aftereffects of the party, Alice was suffering excessively, having been sick for three days already.

Sir Dominica silently cleaned up Alice’s vomit.

“…I’m sorry. I ate too much…”

“Just get better already, seriously.”

Sir Dominica spoke informally to Alice without her noticing.

However, Alice didn’t seem to notice this fact, and the two began treating each other like close friends.

As a result, Sir Dominica had overcome the trial set by the Star Lady Alice—nursing Alice who had fallen ill from overeating—and received the acknowledgment of the Star Lady Alice by becoming friends with her.

In another dimension, Stars might have exploded in anger asking what kind of trial and overcoming this was supposed to be, but this was Gachaland.

If the system acknowledged the situation, it became reality.

Both Sir Dominic’s accidental victory over a Star and Sir Dominica’s friendship with Lady Alice were treated by the system as defeating a Star and receiving a Star’s acknowledgment.

And ultimately, because of this fact, both Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica earned one of the qualifications to take the tier 5 Evaluation.

…

“By the way, would you mind getting off me now? I’m starting to feel sorry for her since you’ve been sitting on her for so long…”

“Ah, right. I’ll move right away.”

Sir Dominic rolled away, freeing the Giant of the Red Rose he had been sitting on.

The Giant of the Red Rose was flat as a cartoon character except for the arm that had been sticking out, and in that state, she weakly stood up and began staggering away, her torn dress fluttering.

“You’ll pay for this! I’ll make this public, you hear me?”

She spouted lines typical of third-rate villains.

“Who’s threatening whom here.”

I’m Not Little sighed.

Thinking that if she had known this would happen, she wouldn’t have asked Sir Dominic to move.

“What a chaotic day. We had the competition, then the after-party, then Sir Dominic got cursed and uncursed, and everything became a mess…”

Sir Dominic nodded at Captain Elang’s words.

Or rather, he tilted his body slightly.

Sir Dominic couldn’t move his head because he had gained so much weight.

“It’s been such a complicated day that it wouldn’t be strange if something else happened.”

Captain Elang added to Sir Dominic’s affirmation.

But Captain Elang shouldn’t have said that.

Words have a way of becoming reality.

As Sir Dominic was about to respond affirmatively to Captain Elang’s words, he suddenly noticed someone tugging at his clothes.

Sir Dominic turned to look at who was grabbing his clothes, and there stood a little girl hugging a Little Sir Dominic doll, with a toy shield on her back and a tricolor feather in her hair.

“Papa?”

Although she had long white straight hair, wore a white t-shirt that said ‘I am not a child,’ and had a children’s dagger set and a water gun at her waist that wouldn’t hurt even if thrown.

The little girl hugged her worn-out Little Sir Dominic doll tighter and spoke to Sir Dominic once more.

“Papa?”

Simultaneously, a system message popped up in front of Sir Dominic.

[Suddenly announcing a Family Month event.]

[Event ‘Return to the Future’ has begun.]

A truly sudden message that appeared for no apparent reason.