Reborn After A Death March

Chapter 46

I'm not upset to be suddenly knocked out and dragged into... wherever this place is for once. We still had time before the siege at the inn began, and I had plenty of questions I wanted to ask her.

"Well, you look like you have something on your mind,"

Akon Kagura, the Dragon God, smiles as she seats across me. On the large table between us is an assortment of dishes and drinks that the dragon god is greedily eating her way through. She seems as carefree as the last time we met.

"While a lot has happened," New memories and too many questions need answering. A lot has happened. "Are these memories real, or did you make fake ones that are impossible to tell apart from my real ones."

"Oh, those are real. There the memories of the other you in this world,"

"The other me?"

"Yes, the other you? A version of you was reborn in this world and died shortly before I accidentally summoned you to this world. I shoved you into her body since your old one was too damaged to use. But don't worry about stealing her life. Like I said, she was already dead when I put you into her body,"

"So... I am..."

I am a walking corpse. I hijacked someone else's body. I have been pretending to greet these people as if they were my friends and old acquaintances.

"Relax, that girl died and didn't have any friends. She dedicated herself to finding that green demon and killing it. If you feel bad, I'm sure she will be happy to give you her body in exchange for killing that demon,"

"Y... yeah... I'll do that,"

Finishing the old me's quest does make it easier to accept using her body.

"Besides, you aren't the only one in this situation. Wait until you see how many souls are inside of... no, that is a story for another time. Now you should get going. Now some bad people are surrounding that inn you are staying at,"

"Wait, can you send some people back to Japan?"

I had to ask her now that I had the chance to. I made a promise, after all.

"Oh, those two... while I will look into it, it might be impossible even for a god, depending on the method by which they came into this world. Now get going and put on a good show for me,"

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At shortly past midnight, Tama and Pochi sprang into action upon sensing the attack. Satou ordered them to awaken the other girls taking a break. I had just finished talking to the Dragon God and was preparing for war. We had already suited up, so everyone could fight without delay.

With all the lights off to create the illusion that we had been asleep, Satou and I peered out of the third-floor window and noticed three distinctive clusters of torch-bearing people advancing towards us from the opposite side of the street.

We were surprised to find that the attacking group comprised of five members of the pyro noble's retinue, ten criminal guild members, twenty monster hunters, and ninety thugs, a total much higher than what we had anticipated. The pyro noble was not amongst the group. However, he was stationed on horseback near the entrance of the castle. Consequently, our plan became to engage in a long fight to draw him closer.

Satou stated that Baronet Poton, his servants, and his family were all trapped in a room in the back of the castle, in a Paralysis state. It seemed the only way we could rescue them was to take care of the pyro noble first. Yet, Satou was left wondering why he had not used the City Core to deal with the Paralysis.