For an instant, Alon’s eyes widened at the words that had sprung from the woman’s mouth.
Of course, it was not only him.
The kids who had been charging in as if they would tear her apart and kill her also floated question marks in their heads.
Because the words that had come from the Karma Seat’s mouth were enough to bewilder everyone here.
‘No way. Did I mistake something?’
For an instant, a thought flashed through Alon’s mind.
Was she perhaps human, and I only mistook her for a Karma Seat?
But he soon shook his head.
The woman in front of him was definitely a Karma Seat.
If she were not a Karma Seat—
Shiver—!
There was no way he would feel this.
“.......”
While Alon slightly furrowed his brow at the overwhelming presence he could feel just from standing before her.
The woman who had called Alon “Father” checked Alon’s appearance, then opened her lips again with an expression that seemed to say, Hm?
[Uh— did I do something wrong?]
The Karma Seat spoke calmly, with an expression that seemed to say, Is this not the correct greeting?
“No—”
[Yes?]
Alon opened his mouth with a somewhat dumbfounded expression, but still without letting down his guard.
“You— who are you?”
At Alon’s words.
At that single sentence, she, who had a question mark over her head—
[Hm—? Come to think of it, the crazy bitch and the gloomy Demon King—]
Soon turned her gaze with an expression that seemed to find something strange.
From left to right.
[Ah.]
The Karma Seat’s gaze, moving as if checking the faces of the people here, stopped briefly just behind Alon. Then, as if she had realized something, she let out a low sound of understanding and looked back at Alon.
[Excuse me, Father.]
“......What an awkward way to say that.”
[Father, by any chance, do you not have your memories?]
At her words, emphasizing it once more as if she intended to insist on calling him Father, Alon pondered for a moment.
Was it right to answer this honestly?
At the moment, the Karma Seat in front of him at least did not seem like an enemy.
If she were an enemy, there was no way she would attempt conversation this calmly.
But what if this situation itself had all been foreseen?
He did not know what she might be aiming for, but if the Karma Seat was definitely aiming for something—
[It seems you do not.]
When Alon did not answer, she drew a clean conclusion on her own and scratched her head with an hmm.
With an expression that said, This has become a bit troublesome.
Then, as if she had decided, she lightly nodded—
[Well, then I simply need to introduce myself again.]
—and soon lowered her head once more.
[Nice to meet you, Father. My name is Sharon. Mm— to the current you, Father—]
She introduced herself.
[I think it would be best to say I am the Karma Seat of Benevolence.]
Despite her— no, despite the Karma Seat of Benevolence’s introduction, the standoff did not easily dissolve.
Because, separate from how familiarly she treated Alon, they could not know what scheme she might have.
But that, too, lasted only a moment—
[It seems everyone finds me unreliable. This is troublesome—]
The Karma Seat looked around with a slightly troubled air, yet on the other hand, with a somewhat uncomfortable look.
[It would be nice if someone who knows me could explain me.]
She murmured that.
At the same time.
“Brother.”
Radan, who had been silent, suddenly opened his mouth.
“I am careful about saying this rashly too, but I think it would not be bad to speak with that one.”
“......Speak with her?”
Alon turned his gaze at Radan’s words and looked doubtful.
But only for a moment. After checking Radan’s eyes—
“......Let us do that.”
He nodded.
He did not properly ask why Radan had told him to speak with that Karma Seat.
But Radan would not have added such words without any confidence at all.
......And more than anything, because in the look he had glimpsed for a moment, there had somehow seemed to be trust mixed in, Alon nodded even while feeling doubt.
At Alon’s response.
[That is a relief.]
The Karma Seat smiled and waved her hand.
With that, the group became able to move again, as if they had been released from restraint once more.Follow the newest chapters on novеlping.com.
And so—
[Then, shall we talk again? Preferably just the two of us. There is something I need to say—]
Alon ended up speaking with the Karma Seat who had come so suddenly.
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Around the time Alon agreed to the words of Sharon, the Karma Seat of Benevolence, and sent the kids out so the two of them could speak alone—
Since the Central Mage Tower had been blown open, Heinkel left to put the extremely chaotic situation in order in her own way.
And while the group waited in front of the door so they could immediately rush inside if anything happened.
“......Radan, what are you thinking?”
Rine looked at Radan and opened her mouth bluntly.
She did not bother attaching a subject.
However, even so, among Deus and Seollang, who had followed together with Rine after she had called Radan aside, there was no one who did not know what Rine’s words meant.
But even at Rine’s slightly sharp question, Radan himself seemed to organize his thoughts for a moment before opening his mouth as if it were no great matter.
“Do not look at me like that. It is not as if I did it with no thought at all. Do you really think I would do something harmful to Brother?”
Of course, Rine agreed with those words.
Because she knew well enough that among those here, there was no one who would do anything harmful to Alon.
And after staring fixedly at Radan like that, Rine soon let out a sigh.
“......It seems she is a Karma Seat from the ‘later’ side. Seollang, by any chance, do you know about that Karma Seat?”
“I don’t know her at all.”
Seollang shook her head and looked at Radan as if it were strange.
“How fascinating.”
“Hm? What is?”
“Radan, you do not trust anyone easily.”
Of course, that is why your words strangely feel trustworthy, though— Seollang murmured that and tilted her head as if finding it odd.
At that, Radan froze for a moment, then soon chuckled and answered.
“Well, that is because the motive is certain.”
“......Motive?”
Seollang asked as if curious.
And at that point.
“.......”
[......Aah—]
Alon and the Karma Seat of Benevolence were—
No.
The woman who called herself Sharon was speaking alone with Alon.
[Aah— ah—]
The woman quietly went aah, as if testing a microphone.
How long had that fine, beautiful voice echoed?
[Aah—”
“......?”
“Aah— ah, mm— there. That should do.”
Sharon cleared her throat and nodded with satisfaction, as if everything was done.
“......What was that just now?”
“Oh, it is nothing much. I simply did a little work to suppress my presence. It would be somewhat difficult to talk in this state, after all.”
Sharon’s answer.
At that, Alon nodded and looked at her.
“.......”
Sharon stayed silent, as if waiting for Alon’s question.
Watching her and thinking for a moment, he—
“......I will confirm this, but are you a Karma Seat?”
Soon threw out a question.
“That is right? As I introduced myself, I am the Karma Seat of Benevolence.”
Sharon affirmed it without hesitation.
After falling silent for a moment at the swift answer, Alon soon opened his mouth again.
“......How did you descend to the surface? As far as I know, I heard there should still be another month before the Karma Seats can descend.”
“One month? Mm— ah, that is true. In reality, they should descend around then.”
Sharon nodded obediently and continued.
“Of course, separate from that, the reason I was able to descend like this...... is because I did not waste my power.”
“......You did not waste it?”
“Mm— explaining the same thing again feels subtle.”
She briefly let out a thoughtful sound and murmured, then quickly continued.
“I will explain it simply as a ‘hole.’ There are two ways for the friends in the sky to descend to the surface. One is to wait until the hole widens. The other is to adjust their own size to the hole.”
“Are you the latter?”
“No? I am neither. If I had to say, I am closer to having ‘widened’ the hole and come out.”
“......That is possible?”
“It is? However, the other Karma Seats cannot do it. They used up their power peeping at the surface. Only a being who gathered power steadily like I did can do it.”
Of course, even so, it only moved things forward by about a month.
At Sharon’s added words, Alon resolved a small question and quickly asked the next one.The source of this chapter is NovelPing.
“......Were you allied with me?”
“You mean in the previous world?”
“Yes.”
“No? That was not the case?”
“?”
Alon looked puzzled.
However, Sharon continued speaking while thinking carefully about something.
“Mm— if I had to say...... we were in a relationship where we fought each other with our lives on the line......? I think, at first?”
“......At first?”
“That is right? Later on, our relationship became a bit different, though.”
“......Is that why you call me Father?”
“That is right.”
Alon recalled the expression she had used to call him.
Unlike the other Karma Seats, she had used the title “Father” for Alon.
“......Why am I, that, Father?”
“Because I was engaged to your son, Father?”
“?????”
“Ah, to be precise, I died before the engagement...... But we did make a promise, so is that not an engagement? Maybe? Probably?”
The Karma Seat gave a little hmm-hmm and subtly watched his reaction.
“The crazy bitch acknowledged that I was engaged too, and the gloomy Demon King acknowledged it as well, but—”
“......I do not know who those two are, but—”
Even as Alon gave that answer, he fell into confusion.
No, how did my son end up with a Karma Seat?
......To begin with, how old was I at that point?
No, should I be thinking about when on earth I got married? And so on. Alon’s mind instantly became chaotic.
“......First, let me say this. I am not married.”
“Mm? Yes— I know.”
“Which means I do not have a son—”
“......? Yes.”
The Karma Seat made an expression that seemed to say, And what is the problem with that?
“?”
At that, Alon also floated a question mark.
At that point.
“Ah—”
Around the time Sharon let out a sound as if she had realized something.
“What is the certain motive?”
Seollang was saying that while looking at Radan, who had already refused to answer five times.
“I am telling you, this is a little hard for me to tell you—”
When Radan refused Seollang’s words once more, this time Rine, who had been quietly listening to that conversation, spoke.
“Even so, I think it would be better to say it, Radan. We should know at least somewhat too, should we not?”
Her words were firm.
At that, Radan seemed to glance around, then let out a sigh as if he had no choice.
“That one was engaged to one of us.”
He said that.
“?”
“?”
Question marks floated above Seollang and Rine’s heads.
“En, gaged?”
“That engaged?”
“Yeah—”
“With a Karma Seat?”
“Yeah.”
“......Who? As far as I know, the only one who exists up to that point is...... about Nangwon, is it not? But in the previous point—”
Rine murmured as if something was strange.
However.
Radan shook his head.
“Not that one.”
“......Not?”
“Yeah.”
“Then who is it?”
At Rine’s continuing words, Radan made an awkward expression and pointed his finger in one direction.
There.
“.......”
Was Deus.
Deus, who was rolling his eyes to one side as if troubled.
“Eeeek—”
“......???”
Seollang and Rine’s faces began filling with sheer disbelief.