Volume 2 - CH 16

In the room of the rental apartment, I was spending time with Teto rolling around on the bed.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve had a break desu~. Majo-sama should also rest desu~”

“Ah, yeah”

Hugging me from behind, Teto and her arms flopped into the bed while I read the spellbook I had received from the priest.

“I see, so there’s such a spell in [Sacred Magic]”

My magic was all about attacking, or because it was convenient, I frequently used flying magic, cleanliness restoration magic, and physical strengthening.

Such magic was sustained by a composite of attributed magic from [Origin Magic].

On the other hand, the magic of the church was difficult to classify into the magic and attributes used by each god and was treated as a non-attribute magic.

For example, there was [Mana Blast] that caused magical damage to spirit bodies, [Sense Enemy] which could sense and distinguish hostility and killing intent from enemies, and [Bless] which granted your mana to another and strengthened their body.

“Non-attribute magic is really convenient, huh”

I checked the magic of the church one by one, but it generally seemed I could reproduce it.

Above all, the spellbook of the church explained the magic used by the former and current saints with anecdotes.

It was very useful for invoking a magical image, and at the same time, considering it from the religious aspect, is meant to spread faith in the church, I think.

“It’s hopeless. Just so many extra things”

“Majo-sama~ Is it interesting nodesu~?”

“Yeah, it’s interesting. I’ll use this newly learned magic on Teto soon”

“I’m looking forward to it nanodesu~”

Then, as I read the book, the magic in the latter half was very difficult magic.

Particularly, there was a memo written by the priest on a certain page.

‘I could only master magic until here. However, you are still young Chise-sama, so if you reach the limit of this discipline you’ll surely save a lot of people’

It had also been written that the amount of mana the priest had was 15,000, which is like the level of a court magician, I think.

“Magic that even the priest’s mana couldn’t do, huh……”

Resurrecting the dead within a certain amount of time, regenerating lost body parts, oracle, summoning the might of God, etc.

All of them were magic that required tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of mana.

“It would be convenient if I could resurrect the dead or regenerate body parts, but……”

Turning my head, I saw Teto who was hugging me and rolling around.

“Majo-sama, what’s wrong nodesu?”

“No, nothing”

Human magic would be meaningless to Teto, who had evolved from a golem.

There wasn’t any heart or brain to revive, and any lost parts could be replenished with earth and stone.

After all, the occasion I use it for myself will be a time I’m seriously in a pinch.

It’s best not to use the regeneration magic of missing parts and whatnot.

What remains, then, is just to become an oracle.

“Whether the existence that reincarnated me is the Goddess Liliel, I can check it again”

I got out of Teto’s arms, opened the book, and prepared the magic to receive the oracle.

It was said that only devout believers could receive oracles, but I’ve seen Goddess Liliel personally, so receiving an oracle should be fine. I thought……

“Nothing happened……”

“Majo-sama~ It’s time to sleep nodesu~”

“Yeah. Recently I’ve been way too busy”

With that said, I fell asleep in Teto’s arms.

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When I noticed, I found myself in a mysterious space and there was also a beautiful woman there who was familiar to me.

“Goddess Liliel? Eh? Did I die again?”

‘No, you used the oracle magic and got a connection with me, didn’t you? That being the case, I thought it would be better to meet in a dream than give you the oracle there’

(T/N: So the goddess speaks with double quotation marks 『』 while everyone else has been using single 「」. Since single quotes are a different thing in English, I decided to use these here, but please tell me if you guys want me to change it to the Japanese quotation marks, cuz I’d be willing to edit the chapters thus far.)

“I see……”

It was a dream, so it was good I didn’t die and leave Teto behind. I was relieved.

If I had really left Teto behind alone, she’d definitely be all sorts of worried.

‘I’ve been watching your success. And thank you for the orphanage’

“It’s embarrassing to be seen. But why is the Goddess thanking me?”

For me, who thought God was more arrogant, it was kind of unbelievable for her to be grateful.

Besides, I had a strong impression of the minimal interaction at the time I reincarnated, so I didn’t feel too amiable about this.

‘I will bestow that Father Paul a bit of my blessing. Thank you for taking away his hard work. Also, we Gods exert our power through the mana and faith that people give. Your deeds have raised the faith of the Five Great Goddesses, and it is a chance to increase our influence on this world’

(T/N: Real talk, this sounds like some villain monologue. Guess that’s a JP novel god for you…)

“That raised the power of interference? And what do you guys do with it? And why did you reincarnate me into another world?”

I had a vague memory, but with a strong ego as a Japanese who were polytheistic but non-religious, I had various doubts.

I wanted to understand the true intentions of God.

‘Normally, I wouldn’t tell reincarnated people, but it’s fine. In a few words, this world is now in a state of low mana’

“The mana is low?”

(T/N: Just make 50 billion [Seeds of Magic] :D)

‘Yes. About 2000 years ago, the mana was run dry due to an ancient magical civilization’s recklessness. As a result, civilization declined, high-ranking monsters dependent on mana either went extinct or were confined to a specific area, and the world was brought to a standstill’

“What does that have to do with my reincarnation?”

‘With the power procured from faith, we summon reincarnated people from other worlds. At that time, they will also receive magic power that is not used on Earth where a scientific civilization has developed. Then we send the reincarnated with their powers to an area where mana is weak, and the concentration of mana in the world will increase’

“So that’s the purpose of the Gods’ power and my reincarnation, that place the [Empty Wilderness]”

‘Yes. Originally the use of mana procured from faith is miracles for the sake of salvation, but those will not improve the world’s depletion of mana. Particularly in areas where the depletion is severe, barriers are set up so that humans cannot trespass, with the exception of the reincarnated and their powers, so it’s a situation where we can barely use our powers’

(T/N: okay but like. They can choose their powers. What happens if you summon a chuunibyou who just has like. Super sword skills and a mind set on creating a harem. What then, God? HUH? WHAT THEN?)

I had no way of knowing if the story was true or not, but I had some conviction.

If that was true, then the reason a reincarnated person needed mana was so they could live longer.

“I understand. I can believe that story”

The unconcerned look of the Goddess Liliel for an instant changed to surprise.

‘You, don’t you have doubts about us?’

“I couldn’t believe it at first because of your unconcerned face and business-like exchange, but if you’re trying to rebuild the world that was devastated 2000 years ago, I have sympathy and will do what I can”

“So you have sympathy for God? But I’m glad you’ve offered to help”

At my words, Goddess Liliel showed a bitter smile on her face for the first time.

‘It’s about time. The dream oracle will be over since it uses a lot of mana. I’ll send you another one once you have the time and mana’

“Eh, wait!”

And then, I was shaken by Teto and woke up.

Apparently, while sleeping, because I consumed a lot of mana from the oracle, it was forcefully broken off because my body’s mana had run dry.

I had to suffer in bed for another day due to the terrible feeling of my mana depletion.