Shadow Monarch: Heroines Could Hear My Thoughts?!

Chapter 05- The Useless Goddess (Part 1)

"Reincarnation?" Rin muttered with a confused look.

[Bad, Rin. I know you read manga and watched anime like a maniac before so you already know the drill. Get invited by a hot, beautiful, and cute goddess like me, blah, blah, blah… Get reincarnated in another world… blah, blah, blah… It's not the point here. The point is, do you want to get back everything you loved and more?]

'She knows I'm an anime fan? I kept it a secret from everyone around me.' He thought to himself.

[I also know you like vanilla hentai. I was truly disappointed in your choice, Rin. We all know vanilla is the most basic stuff out there.] She shook her head as she sighed exasperatedly.

"Vanilla is fine! I like some wholesome stuff ok!"

He didn't know why, but Rin felt really offended by her remark and could only defend his preferences.

[Yeah, yeah. You are as boring and basic as they could get, Rin. Watch some NTR once or some futanari for reference. They could become your guilty pleasure, who knows?] She shrugged her shoulders.

'She's a total pervert.' He thought with dead serious eyes.

[H-Hey, I'm not a pervert. I was only giving you a recommendation. Besides, I don't like NTR or futanari. They can be hot sometimes though.]

"Mmm…" Elise who watched this back and forth while knowing nothing about whatever they were speaking about tried to intersect the conversation before it went too far.

[Ehem, my bad. The last time I spoke to someone about anime, it still didn't even exist. Anyway, let's get back to business. Since I killed both of you, I will reincarnate both of you in another world and give you the opportunity to get a strength far from what your minds could even imagine.]

"Why would you even go out of your way to do that? Why both of us in particular?" Elise asked her with squinted eyes.

Those were her most urgent questions since she still didn't comprehend how or why she died out of nowhere. She still had many things she wanted to do and many more that she wanted to attain so dying because of nothing at all made her feel really angry.

[As sharp as ever, Elise. I will answer those questions one at a time. For the first one, I can't tell you yet since it's too early for that. As for the second question, it's the same thing.]

"You didn't answer any of them."

[Exactly the point, Elise-pon!] She made cute gestures and smiled widely at her.

"Don't call me that." Her gorgeous face frowned in response.

"So, let me get this straight. You killed us for no apparent reason, sent us here, and asked us to be reincarnated and we should just accept without any deep questions?"

Rin rubbed the bridge of his nose to try and calm his head down.

[Exactly! You are very smart, Rin-chan! You will make this beautiful Onee-san fall in love with you if you keep acting so smart like that.] She hugged her own body and wriggled left and right with a dreamy look.

'I want to punch her in the face really bad.' He thought to himself.

[Why?! I am giving you the opportunity to revive your family and get back your Mika!] She pouted.

"Wait, really?!!" He asked, flabbergasted.

[I don't lie. If you reach the peak then you will be able to revive them and everyone you lost. You will basically be as strong as this Onee-san. Don't try and kill though, I'm not into rough play.]

"How can I do that?" He asked with a serious look.

The thought of seeing his family again made his dead heart start beating quickly again. He never thought that could be possible, reviving the dead was just a stupid idea that he could only see in fiction. But, when he saw this goddess in front of him, that premade idea just vanished.

[Simple, get reincarnated and become the strongest existence in that world. Then, you will have a chance to become a god like me. Becoming a god means you will have control over every living being in this existence.]

"Just that?"

[Well, not quite that… Ehem, I still didn't tell you the name of the world I will send you to, right? Silly me… The world is 'The Throne of Infinity'...]

"The Throne of Infinity?! Wait, are you talking about the game?" He asked.

Rin knew that name very well, who didn't know that name? It was the biggest game ever created in existence.

Forget about AAA games of that era, The Throne Of Infinity is an action-adventure, open-world game. Very basic things until you hear about the scale of the game.

There were 10 worlds in The Throne of Infinity, each world has its own laws, creatures, empires, and races. Coincidentally, each world has a different main character you can play with.

10 different protagonists, each with his own set of abilities, plot, and completely different sets of stories. It was as close to a living world as it could get.

People were obviously hooked on the game from day one and immediately engrossed themselves in its incredibly rich world. But, even after spending thousands and thousands of hours in the game, no one was able to finish the story of the first protagonist they chose.

That's how rich the world was. The world was just vast beyond comprehension and all they could do is just follow the plot eagerly searching for the end of the first story.

But, that never happened to anyone. Luckily, no one needed to finish every character so many gamers decided to help each other. Each one took a protagonist and started his story and then collected his work till where they reached.

That gave the audience a general idea about how that game worked and it was nothing short of an impressive sight for the sore eye.

That was when this game became the talk of the world. No one, not even people who hated games, didn't at least have an idea about it.

Rin and Elise were no exception to that, they tried the game before.

But, when Lili mentioned it, Rin could barely keep his composure.

"Wait… don't tell me," Elise muttered as realization hit her.

[Yes, yes. You have to reach the top of all the 10 worlds. You have to become the two strongest existences in all of TOI (will use that shortened from now on.)] She said happily as she clapped her hands.

"Are you nuts? That will take us tens of years and we could not even finish 1 or 2 worlds." Rin retorted.

[Nothing is easy, my dear Rin. You think becoming a god is a simple task, ask me about it. It took me millions of years to reach this perfect existence that you are seeing now. Or are you not determined enough to face this challenge for the sake of your family? And you, Elise. I know how much you desire power more than anyone else to-]

"Don't add another word," Elise replied coldly.

[Scaryyyyy~]

Rin fell in deep thought, he could somehow believe her words as seeing her alone made him believe that she was at least not a human and that's a certainty.

"Are you going to accept, Elise?" He asked the girl beside him.

Elise seemed really composed as she shared him the look.

"Yes…"

The determination in her eyes was stronger than he had ever seen.

'Does she really have such a strong desire to get power?' He thought.

[You know nothing, Rin-chan. That girl is full of surprises.] Lili said with a mysterious smile on her face.

"Sigh, I don't care about her reasons. If she wants to keep it a secret then I will respect it." He shook his head.

'We don't even know each other that much so it's normal that she hides secrets. I also hide some secrets too.'

[Like the fact that you didn't outright hate Boku no pi-]

"Stop reading my mind!"

[Fine, fine. I will stop. I can't embarrass my cute Rin, can I? Now, let's go back to the most important matter, the powers. You might be wondering what kind of powers I will give you, right? But, explaining it will be just a pain in the ass for me. I have some stuff to do like lazing around and watching some anime so I won't explain anything.]

'She's stupidly useless.' They both thought at the same time as if they agreed beforehand.

[Rude!! So rude! I can't believe you both could insult a big-breasted Onee-san without a second thought. Have some respect for my hobbies!] She started sulking like a child and turned around with a pout.

Rin sighed under his breath. Seeing her act like that makes him forget that this was the strongest existence in the entire world yet she acts like a small child. Ignoring the fact that she looked like a mature and stupidly seductive woman, her mind was simply too immature and somewhat funny.

Was the cliche 'hot and funny goddess' engraved this deeply into her mind? Was this some kind of bad isekai novel or what?!

Everything just sounded like some kind of bad joke that he was getting dragged through. But, whether he liked it or not, it was still the reality of things in front of him. Either he copes up with this or he can just get stuck in the circle of questioning reality and dreams.

Rin had no choice in this matter, he had to accept it.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks for reading. Any support you give me is always appreciated no matter how small it was. Let's all keep it up :)