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The refreshing scent of the seaside fills the air.

To commemorate becoming an adult, I came on a trip to the beach with my friends.

“Daa! Come here. Let’s make a bet for dinner.”

Im Daa is my name.

It might seem like a slightly strange name for a guy, but I’ve grown fond of it.

The only thing that bothers me a bit is that my friends have teased me about it since I was young.

“How can someone be named Ada?”

“He’s really Ada.”

Of course, it was true, but it was somewhat annoying.

After the dinner bet, we came out to the sandy shore where stars were visible to make wishes.

“Hey Daa. What wish are you going to make?”

“…I’m not telling.”

“We all know what you’re going to wish for.”

Of course, my friends probably have a rough idea of what wish I’ll make.

Please let me escape being single this year! Make me more popular with girls!

I shouted desperately in my mind.

“Got it.”

Suddenly, I heard a voice that seemed to belong to a pretty girl from somewhere.

‘Did I accidentally speak out loud the wish I made in my mind?’

Feeling embarrassed, I looked around, but there was no one except my friends.

Of course, my friends are all guys.

“Huh? Guys, did you just say something?”

“?? We didn’t say anything and were making wishes silently.”

Then who said that just now? According to my database, it must have been a pretty girl…

While I was pondering alone, my friends, who had moved a bit further away, suddenly shouted at me.

“Daa!! Run away!”

“Huh? We’re in the middle of the sandy shore. Who should I run away from? Did a monster appear?”

Thinking my friends were joking, I laughed and turned around.

Surprisingly, a truck was speeding towards me from behind, and there was no one in the driver’s seat.

I tried to run away as fast as I could, but it was already too late.

Crunch!

It felt like the world was spinning, and it seemed like my body and head were separating.

“Oh damn… What kind of situation is this that a truck is running through the middle of the sandy shore without a driver?”

As I was dying, I began to reflect on my life.

“Parents… I’m sorry. Daa is leaving first… No, wait, maybe my parents named me Ada so that I would die quickly?”

Lost in useless thoughts, my vision suddenly faded.

Flash!

“Huh? Where am I? I’m sure I was hit by a truck…”

Suddenly, as my eyes opened, I found myself in an unknown space.

Looking around, it was a room that seemed like it could drive someone crazy with its all-white color.

It felt like I had entered a room of time and the mind.

“Could it be that I’m lying in a hospital room and this is my inner world…?”

If my body hadn’t declared separation from my head, it was a story entirely possible.

I started to spin the happiness circuit as fast as I could.

“Yes! If I get out of here, I can live my normal boring life again!”

“I’m sorry, but that’s not possible.”

“Oh damn! You scared me!”

Suddenly, a woman spoke from behind.

More than being surprised that someone spoke from behind, I was startled that it was a woman.

I calmed my startled heart and spoke to the woman.

“Um… Who are you…?”

“I am the human goddess of ‘Silastia.’”

“What?”

“I have summoned you here to grant your wish.”

Silastia? Human goddess? What is she talking about?

Upon closer inspection, she was so beautiful to the point of not looking entirely human.

She was tall, had striking white hair rarely seen, and a large chest.

‘Did I summon an imaginary being out of loneliness in my inner world…?’

Lost in my thoughts, the goddess, seeming impatient, frowned and spoke.

“You have died. And I am considering granting your wish.”

“!!”

“You can read my thoughts? Am I really dead? So, is that about escaping from that empty place?”

“Yes. That wish is correct. I brought you here by killing you to grant that wish.”

“What? You killed me?”

“Yes. To fulfill the wish, you need to come to our world, but to come here, only your soul needs to come. So, I used a truck to kill you.”

“Then, can’t you send me back to my original world?”

“It’s impossible because you’re already dead.”

Upon hearing the unbelievable truth, anger suddenly surged within me.

“You damn goddess! Bring me back to life!”

I shouted, grabbing the goddess by the collar.

“Ugh!”

The goddess suddenly pushed me away and kicked me in the stomach.

“If you dislike it that much, I can let you be reborn as a pig or a monkey in your original world.”

“!!”

The expression on the goddess’s face seemed genuinely serious.

Feeling suddenly frightened, I decided to listen carefully.

“I’m sorry…”

“It would have been better if you had listened carefully from the beginning…”

“…”

“Then, let me explain what you, as a hero, should do.”

“…Hero?”

“For some reason, there is a severe lack of men in Silastia. From now on, you will become a hero in Silastia and work to save the world.”

Seeing issues with the goddess’s character, I decided to inquire further.

“Why are there so few men?”

“You will find out once you go to Silastia. With so few men, you can fulfill your wish, right?”

“Then, what does saving the world entail?”

“You will find out once you go to Silastia.”

This damn woman… She’s not telling me anything…?

“If you continue like this, even if there are no men left, you won’t be popular, so I will prepare a new body for you.”

After the goddess’s sly remarks, she summoned a mirror.

And she began creating a human form.

The human created was a handsome blond man.

But oddly, he was very short in stature.

To put it bluntly, he gave off a vibe of an immature boy.

“Now that the body is complete, please come here. I will transfer your soul.”

“Goddess, he looks too young. Is it okay for him to be a hero?”

“It’s fine. This appearance reflects Silastia’s preferences.”

Upon hearing the goddess’s words, I became even more terrified.

In a world with a goddess who seemed out of her mind, could there be a problem?

Of course, I didn’t want to live as a pig or a monkey, so without a word, I went to the goddess.

And the goddess began chanting a spell.

“Levitos. Etherialium. Sylmarium.”

The goddess chanted the spell in a language I couldn’t understand.

Both my body and the body created by the goddess began to glow.

I felt dizzy for a moment, then regained consciousness to find myself in a new body.

“Then I will dispose of the useless body.”

“You…!”

I was angry but couldn’t say anything.

Like Thanos, the goddess snapped her fingers, making my old body disappear.

“You will be satisfied with the new body. I made it, after all.”

“Ah… Thank you.”

“That body will not age and will not be harmed by any significant shocks.”

“Really? So, will I look like this forever? And will I never die?”

“A hero does not age. And after 100 years in the mortal realm, your soul will return to me, and you can live peacefully in the divine realm.”

Thinking that in a world with few men, I could live forever with a handsome face, it didn’t seem too bad.

“And since we don’t know what might happen in the mortal realm, I will bestow a blessing upon you.”

Something sparkled around me before disappearing.

And an unknown pattern appeared on the back of my hand.

Suddenly, my thoughts became dull, and my head wasn’t working well.

“Goddess. What is the effect of your blessing?”

“You will be able to find out in the human realm later.”

It seemed like there was a connection between my dulled mind and the blessing, but I stopped asking further because it felt like I might be threatened.

Instead, I asked about other things that seemed important.

“What should I do first when I go to this new world, Goddess?”

“As a hero, you don’t have anything specific to do except to follow the guidance. Since I reside in the divine realm, I cannot communicate directly with the human realm. Instead, I will summon you to a kingdom that worships me. There, I will inform you of what you need to do.”

“Oh? Are there kingdoms that worship other gods as well…?”

“In Silastia, there are several gods. Among them, the strongest are me and the Elven Goddess…”

When the Elven Goddess was mentioned, something about her expression turned fearful.

“Then there must be kingdoms that worship the Elven Goddess too, right?”

I eagerly spoke, thinking there would be many beautiful elves.

“Of course. You will probably visit there first. It’s currently the most precarious place…”

‘As expected of fantasy, there must be a demon king or something,’ I thought.

“I’ve told you almost everything you need to know. The rest you can discover through adventures in the human realm. Knowing everything isn’t fun, after all.”

Living as a hero in a world with few men and a handsome face might not be so bad, right?

Even though she was the goddess who killed me, I decided to think as positively as possible.

After receiving the goddess’s blessing, it seemed like my thoughts had changed for the better.

“Well then, if we meet again, we shall meet.”

Upon hearing those words, my vision suddenly went dark.

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And so, my second life, brought about by the trashy goddess, began.