It Seems I Came to Another World, Now What Should I Do - Chapter 18

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ED: Quick reminder: nata stands for this,

To be honest, I don't even know the basics of using glaives.

I was in the Kendo Club when I was in the junior high school, there was a naginatsection but I just peeked at it and nothing more.

I have the experience of borrowing training equipment to do a practice match, but I got rekt2.

I thought that rather than swinging a long weapon, normally, a bamboo sword will be faster.

Because the frequency of strikes is different, I'll be hit with a bamboo sword faster than I will hit. Faster things, faster threats.

At the high school, rather than joining a club, I was at home playing games. If only I entered an athletic club I wouldn't have this big stomach……

「If I'm not mistaken, I need to take a posture with the center of gravity in the middle of my body.」

For the moment, I imagined the median line and swung to cut. I try to stop the swing around my chest, but it still went to the bottom of my waist.3

To be honest, as someone who lived while doing only desk works, I don't have enough muscles. I didn't even think that I'll feel like a 30 cm nata is heavy.

First of all, I need to raise my stamina and my physical strength, while thinking that, I continue swinging in a rice kanji motion.

Maybe it's the influence of the skill, I started to gradually understand the basics of grasping and handling. But for real this big stomach is getting in the way.

After swinging around for 30 minutes, my arm started trembling. My grip strength is almost gone too. I have an overwhelming lack of exercise.

When I was still a student I could swing easily for 3 hours without getting tired. I hate metabolism.

When I confirmed my status with the help of『Identify』-sensei, 『Spearmanship』has grown to 0.18. Maybe because I started to be able to handle things a little bit better that it did grow a little.

Since I'm drenched with sweat, I borrowed warm water and wiped my body with a towel, after my body has been cleaned, I entered the bed.

I want to sleep already. I will work hard tomorrow so please let me sleep.

Next morning, I again woke up at the dawn. I'm grateful for not having to use an alarm.

My arm is a little bit heavy but my grip strength is back. But, this is a trap.

When you grow in age. Usually, the muscle pains come when it's almost healed.

The breakfast's menu was the same as yesterday's dinner.

While I was talking about my schedule to everyone, I suddenly remembered my grandfather.

Because he was a farmer while being a hunter, he was really into rabbits too. Before going hunting for wild boar or deer, I remember him offering a sake and snacks complimenting the drink to the gods.

I got to a point where I can earn my living expenses. It also seems that the gods are real, so maybe I should visit them at least for once.

After asking about the religious view of this world, I learned that instead of monotheism, it's polytheism.

Gods that appeared back then each have their own authority.

According to the documented history, they have been appearing frequently since 1000 years ago.

They are basically gentle gods but each has their own taboo, if you do something about it then you will get a punishment. This makes the money forgery matter to be easily understandable.

Buildings such as churches and similar religious institutions are not intended for missionary purposes, they are mainly concerned with the appreciation and service to the gods.

Also, these institutes offer primary education, such as reading, writing, and basic math.

Well, for now, maybe I will say thanks for letting me live and report about arriving here, in this parallel world.

I went to see Asuto and Lizatia off, received lunch from Tisha, then proceeded towards the church.

It is the only building in the village surrounded by stone walls.

After passing through the gate, you can see a garden and a building made of stone. The scale of the place is similar to a small-sized gymnasium.

While thinking that this building can be used as an emergency shelter, I opened the door.

There was nothing that looks like a statue of a god, but rather it looked like an auditorium.

An elderly woman wearing a priest clothing called out to me.

「Nice to meet you. Welcome to the church. May I ask your reason for your visit?」

She asked with a calm expression and tone.

「I would like to offer a prayer of appreciation to God. Though this is my first time, would you please teach me the proper way of doing it?」

Answering that, she started teaching me the way of worship.

I need to go up the stage and put the weapons aside, raise my hands and sit down on my knees. After that, I need to close my eyes.

While I thought that the most respectful salute comes from here, I headed to the stage.4

I put my weapons aside, rose my two hands, and sat on my knees.

『IB』-sensei told me in a panicky tone, rather than the normal calm one. While thinking of that, suddenly I heard someone.

「AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. This is funny, so funny, so so funny, really funny.」

A white-haired boy, wearing a silk hat and a swallowtail suit, who's also standing in the mid-air, suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.

「Nice to meet you, really nice to meet you, visitor. Welcome to this world. My name is Sherue5. I'm the one who governs enjoyment.」6

A young man talks to me while wholeheartedly having fun.

「Someone who governs? Are you a God?」

Due to my surprise, I don't know what to say.

「Oh yes, yes, yes. All beings in this world, yes everything, call us a God.」

「What do you mean by visitor?」

「Fumu. Fumufumu. Although I don't mind answering that, but I named myself. MYSELF. How about you? Your name?」

I acted rudely without noticing it.

「I am sorry about that. My name is Maekawa Akihiro.」

「Maekawa, Akihiro. So it's Akihiro. So it reads:'display the beauty of water'.7 Very good. Ideal name to call you. Akihiro-kun.」

As someone who governs excitement, he's indeed excited.

「So about the visitor right. Fumu. You, ever since this world has been made, yes ever since, you're the first visitor of this world.」

「First time? Visitor? 8」

「Yes, yes. There are lots of worlds. And each of the worlds has their own gods, and all worlds are independent to each other.」

I tilted my head while he is nodding.

「Aahh…… It's bothersome to explain the concept. I will borrow some of your knowledge.」

As soon as Sherue put his hands on my head, I felt something like an electric shock.

「Fumu. Fumu fumu. In case of your world, which you call Earth, that's something like a server that's connected to a separated network. As for us, we're something like an administrator of a server application. So you guys are like terminals connected to a server. You, you're someone that passed from one closed network, and connected to this network that is governed by us. Isn't that amusing?9」

If I crossed between closed network, isn't there's a way to physically connect them?

「Are there any logs that's left after that incident?」

「Ahahahaha. Good. We understood each other. Regarding the logs, somehow, it's been tampered, isn't that amusing?」

「Who did? For what reason? At the first place, are there anyone that has such authority?」

「It takes a lot of trouble to build a server10 It will only show up when the basic environment is built. Each server has its own environments that are being made.」11

Ah, I got a bad feeling.

「In order to make the servers more diverse, the configuration of each application is different. So, who makes the configuration for each applications?」

「Administrator?」

「Subarashii. Subarashii12. Yes, someone who is a superordinate of the concept of god.」

「Why, did someone like that connect me to this environment?」

「Fumu. Fumu fumu. Amusingly, I don't know the answer to that! I already tried to confirm about that, but there's no response.」

Is it like a case of bad connection to the technical support?

「If you want to change the environment, then make another application, if someone wants to make something happen then whoever uses the terminal will be faster. So, consequently. This environment that's already been going for 100000 years, when you, someone we call a visitor, has appeared. Isn't that amusing?13」14

I kinda understand the feelings of someone who's been kidnapped, even though there's no definitive purpose.

「Other than that, it is about the skills that you have. Those skills are not something from this application's skill list.」15

「The『Intelligent Being』、『Identify』and『Acquisition』?」

「. That's right. Taking account of the future, let me give you a brief explanation.」

He raised a finger.

「『Intelligent Being』is a voice chat connected to a support system operated with the administrator's authority.」

I can not imagine that. I wonder who's I've been talking to until now.

「However, it looks like there's a considerable restriction. In fact its main purpose is just to explain something that's outside of your universal knowledge.」

He raised another finger.

「As for your『Identify』, it's like a browser software, but it can only display information on something that『IB』allows you to.」

He raised another finger.

「『Acquisition』is a something like the administrator privilege to acquire skills from this world's skill tree.」

In that 10 minutes conversation, something outrageous has been passed to me.

「And that would be everything regarding your skill's information. Any questions?」

「So basically, I am someone who's using an illegal software that's not under the recognition of the management side? If that's the case will there be no problem for the network?」

「Don't Worry, don't worry. Your skill is something like a terminal software, and that's something that won't do anything huge to the server. Especially since we, the management side already know about it. We, really love this, this garden like environment. Environment management is something like equipment management. And we have been doing that for a long time. So to this environment that we love, yes, to this priceless garden's first visitor which is you. We, really welcome your visit.」

It looks like I'm really welcomed here. That really gave me a sense of relief.

「Although we still don't know the administrator's purpose, we still wish for you to live in this environment. Of course if you wish to return, we can coordinate about that.」

It is good news that the means of return has come to light. However,

「Is it possible to move along with other terminals at the time of return?」

Although it was a short time, they were a people that has a positive relationship with me. Even if it is a misunderstanding, we also have a marriage proposal. I should take the responsibility.

「Fumu. Fuumu. As for that, it depends on the administrators. As for our side, for this garden that we love, its residents are also something that we love.」

So for him, it will be a NO.

「From this time onwards, as the gods of this environment, we will look after you. Since we are gods after all. Since it's hard to stay living without a proper foundation, I will give you some presents.16」

Again, Sherue puts his palm on my head. But unlike last time, instead of shock it was a warm feelings that passed on to me.

「Right now, in order to release you from『IB』's protection, you're in a position where you're not connected in the network but the server itself. If I leave, you'll understand naturally.」

Everything was still when I looked around.

「My authority is enjoyment. My influence is pretty big if it comes down. Enjoyment means having fun with a splendid moment. Long enjoyment is nothing compared to brief enjoyment.17」

Well for now, I returned to the original prayer pose.

「Be happy, be happy, be happy. New resident. I am looking forward to our next meeting.18」

Sherue disappeared. As soon as that happens, a static shock like sound appeared again in my head.

『IB』-sensei is back.

19

『Acquisition』-sensei's wording is slightly different. Is this the gift?

For the time being, I stood up and re-equiped my weapons.

Because I've obtained too much information, I am overloaded. After resting a little, I'll think about it.

I talked with the priestess and then I left the church

「Will she, return, I wonder,…. Regarding the return, it's not definitive too.」

For now, add another line on the TODO list.

[ ]Confirm the Usage of『Praying』『Surgical Control』『Attribute Control(Wind)』

Well then, let's have a break.

TL: irteT

Editor: Filip, or Philip