Chapter 283 Goddess Aurelia ㉓
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”Well, then. Shall we move on to the main topic?”
”T-The main topic… you say?”
I tossed aside the unconscious Mariana, adjusted my exposed c**k, and closed in on the highest-ranking King in Plaudix. By the way, Mariana, whom I had just thrown, remained unconscious-yet for some reason, she was in a sprawling leg-spread Ahegao double peace sign pose. Is this girl seriously out cold?
”Well, obviously. Stealing Mariana was just a little bonus, a side dish.”
”You call that a bonus…?! You stole my beloved daughter in an NTR fashion and call it a bonus!?”
Oh, he’s reviving a bit. As expected, the despair feels deeper when you’re sober for what comes next. If his brain stayed broken and fried, he wouldn’t give much of a reaction to the details.
”Yeah, a bonus. Lord King, I’m going to need you to take responsibility for this war.”
”R-Responsibility… You mean to take even more from me besides Mariana!?”
”Yeah. Usually, the person at the top takes responsibility for a war… and the one at the top is the King, right?¹ Normally, the Commander-in-Chief would be held accountable for a defeat, but the moment you poked your nose into this, you became the Commander and the person with ultimate responsibility. You can understand that much, can’t you?”
”W-What are you trying to say…?”
”What am I trying to say? Read the room.”
The final end for the one responsible for a defeated nation. More often than not, it is…
”It’s Execution, obviously.”
I pointed the tip of my sword at the King.
”Hieee!? W-Wait, I am the King! I am the most noble, supreme existence in this world! You would put me to Execution!?”
”In this world…? What are you talking about, King? Sure, you’re the King of Plaudix; I’m not going to argue that. But you don’t rule other countries, let alone this world. You’re just a human. A foolish, tiny… utterly incompetent human.”
I lightly poked his nose with the tip. A single streak of blood ran down his face. It wasn’t a major injury. But he probably hasn’t been properly injured until now; he reacted with exaggerated pain over such a tiny scratch.
”Hieee! It hurts! You, you scarred my face!? I am the King! I am the greatest! To wound me… someone, kill this man!”
But not a single person listened to the King’s command. Or rather, there was no one here but me, the unconscious Mariana, and the King.
”No one’s coming. Well, their own lives are on the line, so they’re probably too busy desperately running away to worry about this.”
Though, most of them will be cut down before they even cross the border.
”So, are you prepared? Even if you aren’t, your head is coming off. If you want, you can just kill yourself. It saves me the trouble.”
”Hieeeee! No, I don’t want to die! …That’s it, is there something you want? I’ll give you anything! Money? Status? Or women? I’ll even forgive you for stealing Mariana! So, please, just my life…”
”I don’t need any of that.”
I have enough money to support not just myself, but my entire family. In fact, even if I did nothing from now on, I have enough for my grandchildren’s generation to live comfortably. I don’t need status, either. I’ve already become part of Greedia’s Octagram Council². What more could I want? Besides, the status the King talks about is just some peerage that only works in Plaudix. Why would I want to serve under this guy? As for women, I’m completely set. There’s Lil, Honoka, Mihiro, Yukiko, Reese, Hina, and of course, Mariana right here.
I could take him prisoner and extort a ransom for his release, but the maintenance costs for keeping this guy until then would be a waste. Since he’s technically a King, I couldn’t treat him poorly. It’s better if he just dies quickly here.
”So, take responsibility and just die quickly.”
”H-Hiaaaaa! I, I am the King! There’s no way I should be allowed to die like this! So don’t kill me, please don’t kill meee!”
Ignoring his pathetic begging for his life, the moment I tried to take his head, a surge of killing intent erupted from behind me.
”Tch.”
Clicking my tongue, I grabbed the King by the scruff of his neck and hurled him toward the source of the killing intent behind me. Normally, a person would hesitate and either catch him or dodge. But that person… the one clad in white armor… did neither. Without hesitation, they sliced the King in half. His upper and lower body were separated, and his entrails spilled from the cross-section. Blood stained the ground like a pool; it was clear to anyone that he couldn’t be saved.
”I am… of this… worl…”
The King never spoke another word. It was a truly pathetic end for a king of a nation. He tried to use the Heroes (us), and as a result, he lost everything. Since he was one of the reasons we were brought to this world, I thought ‘Zamaa’³ seeing his death, but honestly, I didn’t feel anything about him dying.
Rather, I’m more concerned about the full-armored bastard who sliced the King in half without a second thought. The flashy, white-shining armor was decorated with gold. It’s similar to the armor Jinno wore. The sword too. The hilt and guard were very similar to the Holy Sword Jinno held. No, this is likely the original.
So, is it someone from Plaudix? Then it would make sense for them to direct killing intent at me for trying to kill the King. However, the moment they ruthlessly cut down the King, it means their killing intent wasn’t directed at me because I was trying to kill the King, but simply because they wanted me dead. Then who is this guy? I know for sure he’s my enemy. But…
”Oops.”
I used a backstep to avoid the armored man’s(?) slash. That guy’s sword is shining. It’s not reflecting the sun. The sword itself is emitting light. Given how it sliced the King like tofu, the swordsmanship is excellent, but the sword itself is a tremendous masterpiece… or rather, it’s a Magic Sword, isn’t it? A light-attribute Magic Sword, the Halo Sword⁴. Its characteristic is that it becomes unnaturally sharp. To the point where it can cut through anything, no matter how hard. If I were foolish enough to clash blades with it, my sword would be snapped, and my armor would be shredded without any resistance.
Well, even so, the sword speed isn’t something I can’t dodge. I lunged into his guard for a low-level slash. But only a metallic clang rang out; there wasn’t a single scratch on the armor. Hey, hey, this sword was specially made by Tatei, a blade forged from an alloy of tungsten and Miss Lil. And not a single scratch? You’ve got to be kidding me. In that case, I’ll just strip that armor off. I tried to ‘Snatch’⁵ the armor… and failed.
No, wait, what the hell is that? Attacking doesn’t work. I can’t ‘Snatch’ it. The only saving grace is that I can see through his attacks. No matter how sharp it is, it’s nothing if it doesn’t hit. Some guy in red with sunglasses said that. Just…
Another source of killing intent appeared. Looking toward the direction of the killing intent, there was another set of white armor. But it was shorter than the one obsessively targeting me. Or so I thought. That person’s body expanded along with the armor, turning into a giant at least 4 meters tall. And they were fast.
(Getting big is a lose-flag!)
That’s the cliché, but I bet my sword won’t work on this one either. But the armored giant isn’t coming for me; it’s heading for Mariana… wait, this is bad! I rushed over to Mariana, picked her up in a princess carry, and escaped the armored giant’s fist. That was close; Mariana almost became mincemeat. But this is a bit bad. Both my hands are full.
Just kidding.
”‘Judgment Bolt’⁶!”
With a roar, pitch-black lightning pierced the armored giant. If swords and probably even sorcery can’t hurt it, I just need to attack with a superior ‘magic.’ It seems the giant couldn’t withstand this magic; struck by the lightning, the armored giant was scorched black, fell to the ground, and began to crumble.
”Well now, your partner has fallen… what will you do?”
”…”
I thought they might retreat, but they slashed at me as if to say “So what?” Despite having no chance of winning, are they some kind of berserker who doesn’t fear death even though they look like a Knight? In that case, I won’t hold back. Just as I was about to fire ‘Judgment Bolt’ at them, they jumped backward and vanished into the void.
”…What the hell was that, anyway?”
As I muttered that, Mariana, in my arms, said,
”I’m being princess-carried!? Hauu… this is the absolute besht.”
With that peaceful comment upon waking (and she even stumbled over her words), the tension was broken.
Additionally, it is said that the soldiers of the Plaudix Army were all hunted down in this battle, fleeing in a miserable state, and fewer than a thousand managed to return to Plaudix. In terms of the war, it was a crushing victory, but the last person, Nagase Emi, was nowhere to be found. And the identity of that white armor. Leaving behind various lingering resentments, we made our triumphal return. However, a shocking development was waiting for us there.
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Summary:
The protagonist confronts the King of Plaudix to execute him for starting the war. During the confrontation, mysterious white-armored figures intervene, killing the King themselves. The protagonist defeats a giant armored foe with ‘Judgment Bolt’ before the remaining intruder vanishes.
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Trivia:
- The protagonist’s sword is an alloy of tungsten and Miss Lil.
- The protagonist is a member of the Octagram Council in Greedia.
- The white armor is explicitly linked to Jinno’s equipment, suggesting a shared origin.
- The ‘Snatch’ skill failed on the white armor, a rarity for the protagonist
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Character Insight:
The protagonist shows a cold, pragmatic side, prioritizing efficiency over ransom. Mariana shows her eccentric personality even after trauma.
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Behind the Scenes:
The ‘Zamaa’ sentiment reflects the ‘serves you right’ trope common in Japanese revenge/revenge-adjacent web novels.
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TL Notes:
Notes:
• Mariana – Second Princess of Plaudix, daughter of King Maugo, once a saintly nun in white habit, now wears a transparent rubber “condom suit” under thin silk vestments and calls herself a “Meat Toilet.” Captured by the protagonist, she was stolen from her destined role as Jinno’s partner, broken by Sugita, and fully subjugated by Natsumi’s pheromones. She abandoned the Hero Church, worships Natsumi as a god, and serves with obsessive devotion.
• Honoka – Petite, short-statured maid with shimmering angelic skin, hidden wings, and large breasts, her lewd eyes starkly contrast her pristine uniform; once a cold class rep who mocked Sasaki Natsumi, she was revived as his obsessive, masochistic Goshujin-sama, bound by his scent and a desperate wish to bear his child. She survived being frozen alive alongside him, earning absolute loyalty and high pain tolerance. Now an energetic, pouting Apostle of Lust wielding the Caduceus staff as healer, she trembles with devotion, fiercely protective yet feeling left out of the group’s rewards—her wind sorcery and wings aid in healing petrified allies, even as former classmates confront her, her holy-lust shrine persona trembling between sacred duty and carnal obsession.
• Mihiro – 160 cm tall, B-W-H 82-55-80, short black hair; a handsome futanari known as the Apostle of Gluttony. She instantly absorbs skills, wields swift water-based sorcery and sword strikes, leads a loyal circle of disciples who admire her power. An associate of the protagonist, they/them, haunted by the salvation void left by forbidden art.
• Yukiko – A True Ancestor Vampire (Blood Sucking Demon). Silver hair, crimson eyes, porcelain white skin. Wears black Gothic Lolita fashion and a parasol during the day. Can fly using her shadow as a cloak.
• Reese – Jessica’s sister, a striking blonde, appears as the Apostle of Wrath—a short‑tempered, impulsive combatant who wields the gear she first received. Once under Sugita’s control, she was left in despair and exposure when the effect ended.
• Hina – Yamato Hina is a serious, beautiful student‑council vice‑president with long straight hair and sharp eyes. As the Apostle of Pride she wields fire magic and a sword, trained by Sieben and reborn as her Master’s servant; she often slips, calling him ‘Onii‑chan’, and her mind sometimes regresses to a child’s. A Japanese associate of the protagonist, she deeply despises nuclear‑scale destruction.
• Yuki – Yuki Chihiro. Height 178 cm, weight 70 kg (Male). Natsumi’s childhood friend. A handsome, athletic top student in the soccer club.
• Lil – 166 cm tall, hourglass 90‑56‑90; long indigo waist‑length hair, sharp golden eyes, wolf ears, dog‑like tail, scarred abdomen, silver hair in human form. Fenrir‑kin queen, mother of Leki, Van and newborn Mana, wife of the protagonist, called “number one” by Mitsuba. Abducted to Sky Temple Suria for a baptism.
• The King – An insect‑people sovereign, gaunt and hollow‑bodied, with a noticeably small, pitiful crotch. He rules the hive, overseeing reproduction and war, yet places Queen Lil above all and keeps a harem of Kin for breeding. Now defeated, he watches his daughter Mariana’s slow degradation.
• Jinno – Jinno Yuto, self‑proclaimed Hero of Justice and former classmate, dons flamboyant white‑and‑gold armor with a holy shield and sword, wields the Unique Skill ‘Judgment’ and other high‑tier magic. He is self‑righteous, aggressive, ignores bullying, resents Natsuki, loves Nagase, and leads the campaign against Sasaki. Once he himself wore armor and bore a Holy Sword like the new intruders.
• Tatei – Tatei Kozoo, 186 cm tall but now a gaunt 52 kg (skin-and-bones), was once a solid otaku buddy of Natsumi. Bullied with the narrator and Yokoo, he wields Materialization Alchemy, crafting gear for the class—most infamously the X-shaped restraint used in Sugita’s execution.
• Tate – Male Otaku friend of Reese. Gaunt and thin, wears glasses. Possesses Materialization Alchemy skill.
• Nagase Emi – Nagase Emi, 23, 159 cm, 85‑56‑83 figure, youthful look. A popular teacher who secretly bullied Natsuki Sasaki, she also served as a Hero whose buff skill empowered the Plaudix army — defeated before the scene. Black‑haired and involved in a kidnapping, she wields a unique, non‑teleportation skill.
• Nagase – Nagase Emi, 23, 159 cm tall, 85‑56‑83 figure, looks younger than her age. A teacher who appears nice and is popular with students but is actually a trash teacher who first bullied Natsuki Sasaki. Also a Hero whose skills were used to buff the Plaudix army, defeated before the scene begins.
• Emi – Nagase Emi, 23, 159 cm, youthful look, 85‑56‑83, former teacher of the protagonists, once admired for kindness but secretly bullied Natsumi Sasaki. Now a cautious Plaudix strategist, she feigns loyalty to King Maugo while safeguarding other Heroes, leading beside the Knight Commander. Manipulative, sociopathic, cold toward soldiers.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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