To send Kaida back to his reality, we decided to head to the Tower of Sealed Gods together.
With the Mass-Produced Mika issue, we couldn’t afford to dawdle.
But there was something I needed to ask Kaida.
“Kaida, could you tell me about how you got here? Especially, I’d like details about your encounter with the God who transformed you into Scylla.”
He had been made a Familiar of an Evil God. That meant he must have met the source.
“I was dispatched to the South as a soldier in the Greater Japanese Empire army.”
“…You’re from before my time, then.”
As I thought, Kaida was from an earlier time than I was.
“Hey, Sinri. Is it possible? For someone from the past to come to this world?”
Sinri said while stuffing a frozen Imagawayaki into her cheek.
“Mogu mogu… It’s possible. The Otherworld Summoning Art we perform is a technique to summon humans from the worlds where the Masters are. At that time, which timeline the person is from is completely random.”
I see… So there’s a possibility that someone from the (from my perspective) past could be chosen.
“Is it possible to return Kaida to his original timeline?”
“Yes. If you use the Space-Time Teleportation System in the Tower of Sealed Gods, you can precisely specify which world and which timeline to send him back to. However, conversely, there is no means to cross to other worlds as accurately as the Tower of Sealed Gods.”
I see… To send him back with perfect accuracy, down to the timeline, we need a special device (the Tower of Sealed Gods).
“Ah, sorry for interrupting. Continue, Kaida.”
“Yes.”
“Ah, you don’t have to use honorifics. We’re from the same hometown, right?”
“…Ah, I understand.”
Kaida nodded.
“I was sent to the South. But all my comrades… died. Left alone, I wandered through the jungle. Then… before I knew it, I was in a dimly lit building.”
So he lost his comrades in the war. That’s sad…
And then, before he knew it, he was suddenly in another world.
“Did someone summon him? Or is it the Demi-Goddess’s doing?”
The image of the God who summoned me… the Demi-Goddess Tuatha Dé, flashed in my mind. She was doing a double peace sign. Are you doing your job properly…?
“No, it’s probably due to a Changeling.”
Fairy King Oberon said with an apologetic look.
“Changeling?”
Sinri told me what she had searched for using the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet).
“A Changeling is when a Fairy kidnaps a child and leaves another in its place. Or, it refers to that phenomenon.”
…Huh? Fairies kidnap children…?
“Eh, do Fairies do such terrible things…?”
“Yes… I’m sorry…”
Ehh… seriously?
Hmm, but, the Fairies I know don’t seem like they’d do such terrible things.
“Master. It’s not Oberon’s fault.”
“Hoh? What do you mean?”
“Fairies are broadly divided into two types: Light Fairies and Dark Fairies.”
“Light and… Dark?”
“Yes. Light Fairies are the cute, human-friendly Fairies that Master has met. Fairy King Oberon manages them. On the other hand, Dark Fairies are the kind that do bad things to humans or are hostile. Fairy Queen Titania manages them.”
“Fairy Queen… Titania?”
There are two Fairy Kings…?
“Titania and her subordinates, the Dark Fairies, are mischievous and sometimes kidnap humans from somewhere.”
…I see, I see.
“I’m glad that Oberon and the Fairies I know aren’t bad kids.”
“Lord Mika…”
But there are also bad Fairies.
To bring someone from there to here.
“So, Kaida, having been Changelinged by a Dark Fairy, ended up here.”
“Yes. I met a Malevolent Being there.”
“A Malevolent Being, huh… What was it like?”
“That… I didn’t really see its form clearly. It was entirely enveloped in a black aura.”
According to Kaida, the enemy was enveloped in a black aura, and he couldn’t see its entire form.
“Hey, Sinri. Can you search for it?”
“Mmm…! How cunning. The opponent is using concealment skills to obstruct our search.”
Sinri gnashed her teeth in frustration.
To obstruct the search of the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet)…
“That means the opposing God also has considerable power.”
It’s an existence that can oppose me, a God. The opponent must be a pretty amazing God as well.
“A God on par with Lord Mika… Is it okay? Can we win?”
Oberon said anxiously.
“The opponent seems to be using the power of the Tower of Sealed Gods to boost their own power. In other words, they’re just getting stronger by cheating. They’re nowhere near Master.”
I see…
“Well, it’ll be fine. We have Sinri and Oberon here.”
“Can I be of use…?”
“You are, you are.”
Specifically, taking care of Sinri《Pon》.
“…Master? Are you perhaps insulting me?”
“Wahahaha.”
“You laughed it off! I can call child services, you know!”
There’s no such thing in this world…
Well, that’s beside the point.
“Kaida, do you have any other information about the one who turned you into Scylla?”
“…Come to think of it, his subordinates seemed to call him [Circe].”
“Circe…”
Sinri searches using the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet).
“…No good. Concealment skills are being used here too. Kuuu…”
Sinri was dejected.
“The Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet) is like my identity…”
“There, there. It’s enough to know the enemy’s name, the existence of cheats, and that the enemy also has God skills.”
They can conceal God Skill Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet) information.
It’s reasonable to assume they have a God Skill of equal rank.
“Ma, Master…”
Sinri’s eyes were wide.
“Master… you can think?”
“That’s a little harsh, isn’t it?”
“Well, Master forgets things easily and is a Pon, so I wondered if there was any brain matter in your head…”
“You’re saying even worse things than before…”
Well, what Sinri is saying is true.
“Mika-sama.”
Kaida said.
“It’s fine, just Mika.”
“Then, Mika-sama. Why haven’t you executed this rude woman?”
No, execution…
“In the military, such insulting remarks to a superior would be grounds for execution, you know?”
“No, no, no… this isn’t the military.”
Yeah, yeah, Sinri nodded.
“T-t-that’s right. T-t-this is a friendly Mika harem, after all.”
What’s a friendly Mika harem? It’s not my harem.
Besides… why is this girl so scared…?
“Master wouldn’t e-erase a cute girl, right? With Complete Deletion (Uninstall)?”
Ah, I see…
“It’s okay, I won’t erase you.”
Sinri is a cute girl, even if she’s a bit of an idiot.
“Mama~♡”
Sinri clung to my waist. Really, she always has such a disrespectful attitude, but only at times like these does she act like a daughter.
What a cute little thing.
“Lord Mika. We’ve grasped the enemy’s name and some of their strength. What do we do now?”
“It’s decided, isn’t it? We’re deploying.”
With a flourish, I pointed in the direction of Photuatua.
“Our goal is the Tower of Sealed Gods occupied by Circe. We’ll defeat Circe and seize the tower. And confirm the safety of the Mass-Produced Mika.”
I suspected that the Mass-Produced Mika was not unrelated to this Circe.
I couldn’t search for the situation inside the tower, so I didn’t know what was happening.
And so, we decided to head to the Tower of Sealed Gods.