Konbini Ossan Volume 13 Chapter 9 — Avril’s True Identity
I finished reading all of the translated material Kinoshita-sensei had compiled, then let out a deep breath.
The contents, and the conclusion, were even more terrible than I had imagined.
Especially the final words of the diary: I wish this battle could be the last one.
Those were undoubtedly her true feelings.
But it doesn’t seem that wish was granted in the way she hoped.
Most likely, Hero Avril fought the Heroes who were trying to kill the people of Waynesvale, and killed them.
With the skills she acquired then, her skill column must have finally changed to ERROR.
She likely fulfilled the final condition needed to ascend to godhood.
And then Hero Avril vanished from this world without leaving a trace.
Her final battle ended with her being suddenly torn away from the companions she trusted.
Unable to do anything with the emotions churning inside me, I absentmindedly picked up the diary that had been lying on the table.
I flipped through the pages, checking the contents.
Then I kept turning past the unwritten continuation, beyond the end of the diary, toward the blank pages that remained.
“Hm?”
And then I noticed it.
Something had been tucked between the blank pages.
“Is this... paper?”
It looked like a fairly large sheet, carefully folded.
I took it out and unfolded it.
Drawn on it was a blonde woman.
Most likely Avril’s portrait, the one mentioned in the diary.
Even though I should have been seeing it for the first time, for some reason, I felt a strange sense of familiarity.
I searched the depths of my memory, chasing the source of that feeling.
“Ah!”
Within the original records held by my skill «Perfect Record».
The memory from the very instant that skill was forced into my soul.
The moment I was summoned by the goddess, had defective skills shoved into me in that mysterious space, and my consciousness began fading.
At that moment, when no one, not even I myself, should have been aware of the goddess’s appearance, I had caught a fleeting glimpse of her.
That appearance, those facial features, were exactly identical to the portrait from the diary.
Which means the goddess who summoned us was none other than Hero Avril herself, the one who left behind this diary.
I was astonished by this unexpected connection.
But at the same time, it was a relief.
Now it was certain that Hero Avril had fulfilled the conditions and ascended to godhood.
Which meant that if one followed the same path Avril had, including the ERROR status display and everything else, the possibility of becoming a god was extremely high.
Conversely, that also meant that as long as one avoided reaching SSSSS status, avoided Heroes killing one another, and avoided a situation where multiple cheat skills were acquired, one could avoid becoming a god.
And while it was a minor issue now, it also meant the possibility of experienced Heroes evolving into grotesque monsters was extremely low.
Even Hero Avril, who became a god, had remained in human form until her ascension.
I wouldn’t say the possibility had become zero, but it was likely vanishingly small.
There was only one concern left.
I still remained at risk of ascending to godhood the moment my stats reached SSSSS, leaving this world and being separated from my family.
In fact, now that I knew what happened when all stats truly reached SSSSS, that possibility might have become even greater.
It was something I had already understood in theory.
Even so, how to handle this information was going to be a very difficult problem.
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E/N:
Yep, stupid ahh Goddess! She has definitely been plotting something from the start!
And that ends Volume 13! What's next?
Stay tuned!
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