Tendou Kisara keenly grasped that word.
She painstakingly adjusted her posture, leaning her back against the leg of the nearby office desk, gaining a slight sense of security.
With the afterglow of the setting sun, she finally had the chance to carefully examine the sudden savior—or rather, the uninvited guest—before her.
His age seemed similar to hers, at most just over twenty.
But his demeanor was completely unlike what a young person should possess.
How to put it...
Tendou Kisara had a strange feeling.
What she was facing did not seem like a human.
Although his face held a gentle smile, it was impossible to read what he was thinking.
"Who exactly are you?"
"Heimer."
Heimer gave a brief and concise answer.
"Just... that?"
"What else?"
Heimer tilted his head, looking at Tendou Kisara.
"Should I also state my blood type, home address, and recite the family tree of my eighteen generations of ancestors for you?"
Tendou Kisara fell silent for a moment.
She was momentarily speechless.
After all,
ever since the tragic death of her parents, she had been like a startled bird, keeping her guard up against everyone.
Especially someone whose origins were unknown and whose power was unfathomable.
But,
the facts were right in front of her.
This man named Heimer had saved her.
And...
"Did you just... emerge from that black vortex?"
Tendou Kisara's gaze swept towards the spot where Heimer had appeared.
The empty space in the center of the dojo.
Currently, it was empty, with nothing there.
But she was certain.
Just before her consciousness blurred, she had clearly seen space tear open, and a pitch-black vortex appear out of nowhere.
That was definitely not an illusion.
Nor was it something that could be explained by any existing technology.
"That's right."
Heimer showed no intention of hiding anything; he even nodded.
"I came from another world."
"..."
Tendou Kisara stared at Heimer for several seconds.
Another world?
A portal?
If it were any other time, even if Satomi Rentaro had said such a thing to her, she would have immediately thought the other person's brain was malfunctioning.
But the issue was...
That supernatural healing method.
And that bizarre method of arrival.
Coupled with the self-evident certainty in this man's eyes.
Every detail told her—this man was not joking.
She actually found herself starting to believe him.
Or rather,
in this ruined world full of Cursed Children and Gastrea, having one more visitor from another world didn't seem like something unacceptable.
"Then why did you come looking for me?"
"Don't tell me you were just passing by."
"No one crosses worlds just to pass by and save a dying, fallen woman."
Tendou Kisara took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, and got straight to the point.
No one crosses worlds without reason to save a stranger.
Especially appearing precisely when she was at her most wretched and wished for death.
For what?
Money?
She couldn't even afford rent right now.
Sex?
Tendou Kisara glanced at her current disheveled state, smelling of sweat from several days without a bath, and pulled the corner of her mouth into a self-deprecating smile.
"Precisely for you."
Heimer's gaze fell directly onto Tendou Kisara.
"For me?"
Tendou Kisara paused slightly upon hearing that.
Then, she also pulled at the corner of her mouth.
"What do I have that an interdimensional being would covet?"
"Money? You saw where I live."
"My body? Although I'm confident in my appearance, it shouldn't be enough to drive an interdimensional being mad with desire, right?"
"Or perhaps..."
Tendou Kisara gripped the hilt of her sword, her eyes turning ice-cold.
"Are you someone sent by the Tendou Family?"
"If so, your performance is truly convincing."
As the young mistress of the Tendou Family,
ever since experiencing the sudden attack by a Gastrea that killed her parents,
Tendou Kisara had been extremely resistant to everything related to the Tendou lineage.
"The Tendou Family?"
"I apologize."
"It seems,"
"my appearance has caused you to misunderstand."
"Although before my descent,"
"it seems a few unpleasant things just happened to you."
"But,"
"I should indeed make myself clearer."
"To be precise, my descent this time does indeed have a purpose concerning your person."
"Your body has great potential."
"And I happen to like people with potential."
Potential?
Tendou Kisara frowned.
If she had any talent, it was probably that demon blade she almost couldn't hold just now, and the incomplete Tendou Drawing Sword Style Zero that was already torturing her beyond recognition.
Other than that, she had nothing, and she was missing a complete kidney compared to a normal person.
"You're not some recruiter for a strange organization, are you?"
Tendou Kisara asked warily.
After all, in this chaotic era, organizations that exploit special abilities under the guise of salvation to send people to their deaths were countless.
"Certainly not."
Heimer shook his head.
"Then you are..."
"I am God."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Tendou Kisara froze on the spot.
Even though she had prepared herself mentally for possibilities like aliens or mutants,
she never expected this answer.
God?
However—
Faced with this answer, Tendou Kisara was completely driven mad by the series of extremely absurd events that had occurred today.
Tendou Kisara laughed while shaking her head, tears almost streaming out.
"Ha..."
"Hahaha."
"Gods?"
"Fine."
"Today's little play has certainly been spectacular."
"First, that idiot Rentaro suddenly told me to give up revenge, saying we should embrace a new life."
"Then, my own unreliable body nearly gave out completely."
"And now, look at this."
"A guy who claims to be a God has popped up out of nowhere."
"If this is Heaven playing a joke on me, then it's a hell of a big joke."
Heh.
Gods?
If there really are gods in this world!!
Then where have they been all these years!!
Does this world truly have gods!!
Stop joking around!!
"If such a thing truly existed! If this world really had gods! Then this world wouldn't have turned into this godforsaken mess!!"
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