Konosuba: God's Blessing On This Alternate World

Prologue: Reborn Into This Alternate World!

"Satou Kazuma-san, welcome to the afterlife. Unfortunately, you've passed away. It might have been brief, but your life is now over."

Someone suddenly said to me in a pure white room.

The sudden turn of events left me bewildered.

In the room, there was an office desk and a chair, and the one who had announced that my life was over was seated in that chair.

If there were a goddess, she had to be it.

Her beauty surpassed even the idols shown on television; she possessed a glamour beyond that of humans.

She had long, silky-smooth blue hair.

She appeared to be around my age.

Her figure was neither too buxom nor too slight, and she wore a light-purple hagoromo draped over her clothing.

The beauty blinked her aqua-blue eyes, the same color as her hair, and stared at me as I tried to comprehend what was happening.

I pondered the events that had transpired just moments ago.

I usually confined myself to my home, so it was a rare occurrence for me to venture outside.

I had risen early to stand in line and purchase a limited first-release version of a popular online game.

Society referred to people like me as 'hikikomori'.

After purchasing the game, it was time to head home and play to my heart's content. I was in a great mood as I looked forward to it while walking home. But at that moment...

There was a girl ahead of me, engrossed in her cell phone and walking.

Judging by her uniform, she must have been a student at the same school as me.

Once the traffic light turned green, the girl didn't bother to check for oncoming traffic and crossed the road without hesitation.

A massive shadow suddenly approached her.

It appeared to be a large truck, hurtling toward her at high speed.

When I snapped back to reality, I had already pushed the girl out of harm's way.

After that...

In a strangely calm manner, I turned to the beauty before me and asked:

"May I ask one thing?"

The beauty nodded in response to my question.

"Please, go ahead."

"... Is the girl I saved still alive?"

That was the most crucial question.

It was the first and last time I had ever done something meaningful.

If I hadn't managed to save her in time, despite risking my own life, it would have been profoundly frustrating.

"She's alive! But she did fracture her leg."

Thank goodness.

At least I didn't die in vain; I did something good at the very end.

Seeing my relieved expression, the beauty tilted her head and remarked,

"But she wouldn't have been hurt if you hadn't pushed her away."

"Huh?"

I responded, confused. What was she saying?

"The tractor would've stopped before reaching the girl. I mean, it was just a slow tractor, after all. Your unnecessary heroics made things worse... Puhehe!"