Tomorrow

Hiccup.

“Noah, tell me one more time. That bitch, to Noah, what, did she do?”

“Th, that is… hiccup… Th, uh… sniff…”

Rubia, who spoke each word as if chewing and spitting them out with a trembling voice, gritted her teeth.

“…sigh, but I think Noah is at fault here. Don’t you think so, Hermilla?”

“I agree. Rubia has been struggling alone for over a year, but this time, I think Noah is at fault.”

“Ah, uh…”

I glanced at Charlotte and Hermilla, who weren’t taking my side.

They shrugged their shoulders, smiling as if they were enjoying my misery.

“No, I… I didn’t… want to… but…”

“…Yes. I believe you. I don’t think Noah would have wanted to. It’s not Noah’s fault. That bitch, seduced Noah, and made her do that. I’m sure of it.”

But Rubia spoke as if she knew ‘Rubia’s’ thoughts better than anyone else.

“Still, still… I’m a little, just a little… upset. And… I shouldn’t have these feelings, but… I’m a little, resentful of Noah, too.”

“Gasp… Re, resentful…?”

I immediately turned my body away.

The sweat on my back, which had been constantly touching Rubia, cooled down, and my body trembled, but I endured it and looked at Rubia.

Her expression was somewhat sad and angry.

“Uh… Ru, Rubia… I’m sorry…”

“…I guess it couldn’t be helped in that situation. I understand.”

Rubia shook her head, stroking my hair.

Seeing Rubia like that, Charlotte and Hermilla whispered to each other, in whispers that I could hear perfectly.

“Wow. Hermilla, you know how scary those words ‘I understand’ are, right?”

“I know, I know. I know it very well. I’ve seen so many relationships end with them giving up, understanding one thing at a time, until they eventually get tired.”

“Eek…”

I immediately turned my head and looked at Rubia.

Rubia’s expression was still the same.

A sad and helpless expression.

I lightly kissed Rubia’s face, her slightly downturned lips.

Charlotte made some incomprehensible noise, saying, “Look at that sly fox,” but I didn’t stop kissing.

Kiss. Kiss. Kiss.

Each time, Rubia’s lips twitched.

Her eyes widened, and her face flushed pink.

The body heat we shared also became intensely hot.

Kiss. Kiss.

“I, I’m sorry, Rubia… Okay…?”

“Hmph…”

Rubia, who had been giving me a sulky look, brought her forehead to mine. The hand that had been around my waist moved down to my butt, and the other hand lifted my chin.

“Seeing this, I can’t help but wonder if Noah seduced me first.”

“Ye, yes…? I… I didn’t do anything like that…”

Swoosh—our noses touched. Rubia’s fallen hair tickled my shoulder.

“Yes. I know Noah didn’t intend to. That’s what makes it even more dangerous, though.”

Soon, Rubia chuckled and smiled brightly.

“Just kidding. Well, I was serious about being upset, but I don’t resent Noah or anything. I’m just… grateful that Noah came back to me. So, don’t worry about such trivial things. But if you still feel sorry… well. At night, properly, apologize to me.”

“A, at night…”

Rubia’s hand squeezed my butt tightly.

“…O, okay.”

I swallowed hard and slowly turned around.

“…Shit.”

“She’s not even embarrassed anymore… Noah, has fallen…”

There, Charlotte and Hermilla were looking at us with lukewarm eyes.

“…Whatever, let’s finish the story we were telling. So, what happened next?”

Next.

Uh… Where did I leave off?

“I told you that the being I thought was Lilith was me from the future.”

“Ah, right… So, then—”

After that, my story continued without a break.

The story about Divine Power.

The story about Lilith.

The story about ‘Rubia.’

The promise I made with her in the midst of trials.

The story of keeping that promise.

And, the story of saving her.

In the middle… Rubia emitted an incredibly sharp murderous aura… but anyway, the story ended well.

And so, with the last story left.

I looked at Charlotte and Hermilla, and then Rubia, alternately, about what I had done during the year I disappeared.

All three of them were staring at me with blank expressions.

…Did I make the explanation difficult?

“So… Noah. You… to save Rubia, ‘Rubia,’ what did you do?”

“I destroyed it…!”

“…What?”

“Uh… the world…? No? Th, just everything…?”

Slap! Charlotte slapped her forehead with her palm, and her body collapsed into the sofa.

“And, you recreated it? The world?”

“Umm…”

Rather than recreating the world…

“I, I just left it destroyed…”

“What was it? Regulations or something. If those things are destroyed and there are no gods or anything, then those nameless, shitty things. You said Outer Gods like that could invade.”

“Th… that’s right?”

“But, if you or Rubia become gods, you can’t exist in this world.”

“Th, that’s right.”

“So, you just left it destroyed?”

“Y-yes…”

“And you took over the role of that destroyed thing, whether it’s regulations or something?”

Nod.

Charlotte, who had been moving her mouth for a while, barely opened her mouth.

“…Then, that, you know.”

“Y-yes…”

Charlotte, who was looking back and forth between Hermilla and Rubia, said as if she had given up.

“You… are you a god?”

Huh… What are you talking about?

I just said that if I become a god, things will get complicated and I won’t be able to come back here.

“Ah, no. I’m not a god…?”

“Wh, what, no, that’s, haa… You filled that empty space instead.”

“That’s right…”

“But you’re not a god?”

“That’s right…?”

“Then, what are you?”

“I’m… Noah?”

Charlotte, who had been about to raise her fists and bang on the table, let out a groan.

“I, I don’t understand at all? Hermilla, what about you?”

“…Same here.”

“Rubia, what about you?”

“I… I don’t know. It’s a little difficult for me too.”

I looked around, alternating between the faces of the three people in this place.

Everyone had a confused expression on their faces.

…Maybe I didn’t explain it properly.

“Then, Noah.”

Rubia, who had been lost in thought for a while, opened her mouth.

“You said you filled that empty space so that the world could be maintained, can you tell me how you filled it?”

“O, of course. Umm…”

How should I explain this again…

How can I make it easier?

While I was thinking about this and that.

A very good method came to mind.

“Shall I show you…?”

Yes. I can just show them.

I’ve already organized things to some extent, so nothing dangerous will happen, and even if some other guy invades, I can protect these three at least.

And, if I show them like this, I can also explain what I did during the year I was gone!

As expected, I’m a genius.

“I, I’ll just show you…!”

I jumped out of Rubia’s arms and grabbed her hand.

“Charlotte, Hermilla, come with me too.”

“…Where to?”

Rubia, who was pulled up from her seat by my hand, tilted her head.

“I can’t explain where… Uh… Let’s just go together for now. You’ll know when we get there…! And if we go, you’ll know what I did for a year…!”

Rubia’s eyes widened.

“I’ll go.”

Soon after, Hermilla, who got up, dragging her chair, also nodded.

“I will go too.”

Charlotte, who was looking at the two people who had gotten up from their seats.

“…Will it take long? Even if I look like this, I’m going to be an empress, so it’ll be very difficult if I leave my seat for a long time?”

She asked with a worried expression.

“…Uh, it won’t take long…?”

I just need to show them for a moment, so it won’t take that long.

“Okay… then, let’s go. I have to go. I need to know something so I can deal with it. I don’t know if I can.”

Finally, Charlotte also got up from her seat.

“But, can we go straight from here?”

“Uh… I can go…”

Is it okay to open the ‘door’ here?

“Excuse me, is this place soundproof…?”

“Soundproof? Well, soundproof… it is?”

“Then… um…”

I don’t know what will happen because I’ve only opened it in ‘that place’… Surely… the imperial palace won’t collapse, right?

“I can go…”

“…Are you sure it’s okay?”

“Yes…! Trust me…!”

Charlotte, who swallowed hard, came towards me. Hermilla, who had calmed her breath, also stuck to my side.

On the other hand, Rubia seemed to believe in me completely.

Without showing any signs of tension, she grabbed my hand.

As expected of Rubia.

“Okay… then, let’s start.”

After getting the consent of Hermilla, Charlotte, and Rubia, I put my hand on my chest.

Feeling a throbbing little tremor, I clenched my fist.

Kugung—! The small tremor soon became a huge throb and began to shake the office.

“Uh oh? Hey, Noah! This, is this okay?!”

“J, just a moment… Noah? What is this…?”

Charlotte and Hermilla, whose faces turned pale, hugged my waist and arms tightly.

Should I tell them it’s okay?

Um, I don’t think I need to.

I smiled quietly and raised my clenched fist.

———!

The Greatsword, which appeared with a huge roar, scattered Dark Crimson Aura in all directions.

The sound… is louder than I thought.

I didn’t know because I only drew it in wide open spaces, but it’s so loud when I draw it in such a narrow place.

…I should ask Hephaestus to make me another Greatsword later.

“Yaaaaaa!! At this rate!! Soundproofing, damn it!! It’s useless!!!”

Charlotte’s voice, who hugged my waist and screamed, was buried in the roar.

Hermilla was still trembling with a pale face.

What about Rubia?

With a face that still trusts me… uh… no.

Rubia also has a slightly frightened face.

Let’s finish this quickly…

“I’ll open it…!”

“Wh, what are you opening?!”

I raised the Greatsword, hearing Charlotte’s scream.

The Dark Crimson Divinity that surged from my body filled the office.

And.

In the center of the blue sky visible through the window.

No, now in the center of the sky dyed Dark Crimson.

The Black Sun rose.

…I didn’t expect this.

First of all… let’s pretend I don’t know.

…Cha, Charlotte will take care of it.

Poke poke—the triangle in my heart poked my conscience wildly, but I ignored it and slashed down the Greatsword.

Jijijijik—

A thinly drawn line. The space distorted along that line. Crumpled, torn, and opened.

A door that four people can easily pass through.

The door opens. A huge roar surges. My Divinity pours out from the opened crack. The Divine Power that dyed the office, the imperial palace, and the entire capital Dark Crimson soared towards the Black Sun.

Sweat dripped from my face at the sight.

But I thought that Charlotte would take care of this too, and moved my steps beyond the wide-open door.

Meanwhile, Charlotte, to whom I had passed everything on,

“Damn it…”

Was crying as if she was wronged.

…Hehe.

This is a disaster.