Chapter 545 - 531: Leisurely Staging a One-Person Script…… The Little Match Girl

Chapter 545: Chapter 531: Leisurely Staging a One-Person Script...... The Little Match Girl

〜Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious World〜

"No way, we’re actually included too!?"

The expression on Ristarte’s face shifted instantly from initial calmness to extreme shock and disbelief.

"BUT WHY DO WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR ENTRANCE IN SUCH A HUMILIATING WAY—! And Seiya, you’re going too far! People are going to misunderstand and think I’m just like that idiot goddess!"

Ristarte pointed at the screen, torn between laughing and crying as she retorted. If she had known she was going to be publicly executed like this, she would have put on a dignified and elegant goddess act no matter what!

A look of visible disgust appeared on Seiya’s face.

"Don’t think too highly of yourself. The facts prove that you’re even more useless than that idiot. You good-for-nothing goddess."

In just these few short seconds, he had gathered important intelligence... This must be another trouble caused by Ristarte!

After all, how could he, who had always been ’somewhat’ cautious, possibly press such a suspicious teleportation button to go to such a ’dangerous’ otherworld!

〜Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline〜

In the 7th Singularity, Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia—

"Another idiot has arrived..."

Ristarte’s worries proved correct, as Ishtar had already categorized her in the same class as Aqua.

Ishtar racked her brain but couldn’t understand: couldn’t the goddesses of other worlds be serious for once? At least act a little bit like a goddess!!

"Well... in terms of unreliability, she certainly fits my impression of a goddess."

The Wise King Gilgamesh swept a glance over Ishtar with deep meaning.

Merlin also smiled.

"It looks like an existence capable of rivaling Aqua’s status as the Goddess of Wisdom."

It had to be said that habit is a terrifying thing. Now, he didn’t even feel there was anything wrong with the act of a goddess being dragged away.

〜KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World〜

"Cautious beyond imagination... though, I can see that."

Kazuma rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on.

"But still, isn’t this Hero a little too cautious?"

It almost turned into an Isekai Sextet. He just hadn’t expected the other party to merely glance at the school gate, decide it was too dangerous inside, and bail.

Bro, do you have a persecution complex?

"Ristarte, was it! What turf are you from? Which area are you in charge of? How dare you steal my title as the Water Goddess Aqua-sama!"

Meanwhile, Aqua stood with her hands on her hips, looking absolutely furious. She felt like this silly-looking healing goddess was here to crash her party.

"..."

Seeing this, Kazuma suddenly felt a sense of relief. It was a good thing these two goddesses hadn’t met; having one was annoying enough.

.....

[ After the face-faulting goddess was dragged away by the Cautious Hero, inside the school festival, Aqua, who was playing a shooting game, was being mocked relentlessly by Kazuma.

A goddess with a luck stat approaching negative numbers playing a shooting game... the result was predictable. Every shot missed by a hair’s breadth.

"Kazuma, shut up for a second, okay?" Believing she was affected by Kazuma’s laughter, Aqua raised the gun again. "I can at least hit one."

Seeing that the play was about to start, Megumin suggested they head over first. After all, with Aqua’s ability, who knew when she’d actually hit something?

"Then, I’ll stay with Aqua. You two go ahead." The kind-hearted Emilia naturally wouldn’t leave Aqua behind.

Kazuma said silently, "Emilia, just leave this guy alone."

"Don’t say things like that. It’s fine, we’ll catch up right away." Emilia waved with a smile on her face, having no intention of abandoning Aqua.

Even after Kazuma left, he couldn’t help but sigh: "Emilia really is an angel! If only I could swap my useless party with hers." ]

( Translator-kun: There was a fanfic similar to this one, where Kazuma got isekai’d into Re: Zero. Maybe in the future I’ll pick that one up. )

[ .....]

〜Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World〜

"Let’s just forget about that..."

Natsuki Subaru reached out to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. If they really swapped, Emilia would be doomed.

After all, judging from what he understood of Kazuma’s personality, with Kazuma’s flexible moral baseline, it was very likely he would choose not to save Emilia and just run away instead...

The most critical point was that he might not be able to adapt to Kazuma’s teammates either. Not a single one of their personalities was normal!

As an ordinary person, he had no confidence in living a healthy life in an otherworld where even cabbages could kill people.

.....

[ Meanwhile, at the gymnasium, an incredibly brilliant stage play was being performed. The protagonist was worthy of an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.

Yunyun pitifully recited her lines to the empty space in front of her: "Matches, please buy some matches."

But in the next second, Yunyun appeared in that front space, her attitude becoming extremely nasty: "You’re filthy, don’t touch me!"

Then, Yunyun professionally ran over to the microphone to read the narration: "No one was willing to pay attention to the girl..."

This scene caused even the maid Yuri Alpha, who was watching from the audience, to feel fear... To be able to perform so many roles alone, what a terrifying child!

Just how long has she been living alone... ]

[ .....]

『 Viewers of Countless World 』

"Whoa... Aaaah, you don’t need to act out The Little Match Girl. You alone are enough to make people sad, Yunyun!"

Everyone outside the video burst into tears.

But... not for the play, but for Yunyun herself. For one person to perform a stage play for the entire Class 3, ISN’T THAT JUST TOO TRAGIC—!!?

.....

〜Type-Moon World, G̶̘̏̕͜ṟ̶͠a̵̹͂̆n̵̻̤̎d̶̞͐ ̷̫͇͑C̸̛̪̬ȃ̴̯r̵̓̓͜n̸̜̋͗î̷̭v̸̱͆ȃ̷̫̚l̵͚̋ Worldline, Chaldea〜

Jeanne Alter wiped her tears with a tissue, her face full of heartache. She never thought there could be such a miserable play.

"Boohoo, she acted out the entire plot of The Little Match Girl all by herself... She forcefully turned it into a one-man show. Couldn’t you guys have let her play with you? You bastards!"

Thus, art was made, and a brand new, miserably tear-jerking play was born—The Girl No One Paid Attention To!

If there were a misery competition, Yunyun would be invincible just by standing there!

〜A Certain Magical Index World〜

Kuroko swallowed a mouthful of saliva, still shaken.

"The little girl, the passerby, the grandmother, the narrator, the script, and even the director... I wouldn’t even dare to divide a cake like that."

She had heard of one person playing multiple roles, but she had never seen someone split themselves this much.

Yunyun was planning to sweep all the awards for Best Director, Best Protagonist, and so on!

The smile on Misaka Mikoto’s face froze.

"In this situation, should I laugh? Or should I laugh?"

To be able to play so many characters alone, in a sense, Yunyun was actually quite amazing.

〜Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious World〜

"...Wait, the members of Class 3 who haven’t appeared yet... that wouldn’t be us, would it?"

Ristarte’s face suddenly turned terrified. She felt her conscience as a goddess undergoing intense condemnation.

Because of a certain Hero’s caution, they had never set foot inside the school campus to this day.

She was truly sorry, Yunyun!

It looked like Seiya wasn’t going to enter the school, no matter what. If worst came to worst, she’d just drag a few random people over to fill up Class 3. Yunyun being alone was just too miserable!

.....

[ Meanwhile, after watching this ’tragic’ play, The Little Match Girl, Ainz and the others in the audience stood up directly.

"It’s about time for us to make our appearance." Ainz, wearing a horse head mask, gave off an inexplicably comical vibe.

"Oh, Kazuma!" Reinhard, who had just walked into the gymnasium, also noticed the people acting as the horse.

Kazuma retorted grumpily, "You showed up, you cheater!"

Reinhard didn’t get angry at this title, simply smiling helplessly. "Calling me a cheater... You say the same things as Subaru."

"We let you steal the spotlight before, but Class 1 is taking the victory this time."

"Regrettably, we will be the ones winning this time, too!" Ainz, instantly getting into character, spoke with great momentum, but the horse mask on his head caused that momentum to wither instantly. ]

[ .....]

〜Type-Moon World, Fifth Holy Grail War Worldline〜

Emiya Shirou looked at that inexplicably comical horse mask, unable to hold it together anymore. The corner of his mouth twitched.

"Why do I feel like... he seems to be having a lot of fun?"

He finally understood why Ainz’s subordinates, the Guardians, had such big objections to his performance. This image and temperament really didn’t match!

"Maybe he doesn’t have to pretend to be unfathomable here, just like in that Carnival Phantasm before. Didn’t that Wise King Gilgamesh let himself go just the same after he stopped being King? Throwing handfuls of gold coins everywhere."

Illya thought for a moment and said suspiciously.

Gilgamesh frowned slightly.

"Hey, Mongrel! I can’t pretend I didn’t hear that."

Even so, Gilgamesh only raged for a moment. Ever since the video appeared, they could be considered to be living a retired life.

Cu Chulainn rolled his eyes at the two of them speechlessly.

"Can we not mention the Carnival? I have trauma from that."

Really, bringing up the one thing you shouldn’t.

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