The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

72 The man who wants a fourth time

"One person, to start things off," whispered Rodcorte, who had been watching events in Origin.

Kaidou Kanata had died. With his death, unrest had begun to stir among the reincarnated individuals gathered under Amemiya Hiroto's leadership; it was likely that some would begin to leave his organization soon.

And soon, at least a dozen of them, perhaps even up to half of them, would lose their lives.

Rodcorte had taken a lot of things into consideration so that they wouldn't die easily, but he hadn't made them invincible or immortal. There could be incidents where they would die at each other's hands like Kanata had.

At the very least, Kaidou Kanata and Amamiya Hiroto wouldn't be the only two who were unable to live out their natural lifespans in Origin.

"Hmm...? This is... Shit! That damn Mari, she actually killed me, didn't she?!" shouted Kanata, having appeared before Rodcorte and regained his senses.

Come to think of it, he was shouting when he came here, too, Rodcorte remembered.

"Hey, god!" said Kanata, calling out to Rodcorte. "I'm begging you, give me one more chance! I hadn't even turned thirty yet... Wasn't that life just too short?!"

It seemed that Kaidou Kanata was more rational. He was asking Rodcorte to give him another life.

Rodcorte thought that Kanata's two lives of over forty years when combined wasn't that short, however. There were those who died immediately after birth, or even before birth, after all.

And it was almost certain that there was no small number of people under the age of thirty who had been killed by Kanata himself in Origin, including the terrorists he had killed right before his own death.

"Please! I'll do anything!" Kanata begged.

"That cannot be done. It has already been decided that I will have you live a third life," Rodcorte told him as he instantaneously communicated knowledge about the world of Lambda and the circumstances requiring people to be reborn there, just as he had done with Vandalieu.

Kanata stiffened in surprise for a moment, but then began speaking dejectedly. "God, I did ask you to give me another chance, but can't you give me one in some other world?" he asked.

"Do you not like Lambda? It is a world of swords and magic that you all love so much. There are even Dragons," said Rodcorte.

"No, there's no way I'd take a liking to a world officially recognized by a god to be an inferior world, is there?" said Kanata. "I've had enough of being extraordinary in Origin. And 'development of the world?' I don't want to do something as difficult as that, either."

"Hmm... If you make use of your power, you should be able to live life like royalty and nobles, and even acquire a harem," Rodcorte told him. "Do you still feel that way, despite this?"

"Even if I live like royalty and nobles, there's no electricity or internet, is there? I'm not interested in a harem. I'd be satisfied with playing around with a single woman multiple times."

Kanata was more disinterested in being reincarnated in Lambda than Rodcorte had imagined. With that said, he had no choice; his reincarnation could not be prevented at this point.

"Hmm? Wait, does that mean Mari is going to be reincarnated in Lambda as well?" asked Kanata.

Strength had suddenly returned to his voice, but Rodcorte had a bad feeling about this.

"... Yes."

"Then this time, I'm going to kill that woman! I'm not going to let my guard down; I'm definitely going to have my revenge!"