Chapter 203 – Chapter 203

Looking at the unexpected appearance of the sword goddess, I think it is cute, but it is a sword goddess whose attitude changes 180 degrees as soon as the god of death disappears.
He was the type to be shy in front of the typical guy he liked, and to go out in front of others.

“Hey, didn’t you just laugh at my appearance?”
“Ah, that can’t be.”
“If you just laugh at me a little, then I’ll fuck you in front of your wives…”

The sword goddess was about to speak, but when she saw Miho in her arms her, she cleared her throat.

“… Done.”

It was then.

[The Earth Goddess asks the Sword Goddess not to take her anger out on the poor humans and her elves, and she asks to have a cup of coffee with her.]

“Ha, that bitch… She’s dirty bragging that she’s the first wife of the god of death. It’s not bad, but who guides these guys?”

[It is said that the goddess of the earth sent a ‘death boatman’.]

“Oh, Karon? Ok, ok. If you joke around, you better be prepared for that. Unless you want to start a war with Heaven.”

[The Earth Goddess laughs when she says she’s always joking.]

“Great. Hey, Hyunwoo Kim.”
“Yes, Goddess.”

I bowed my head.
I am also a person who has had a social life of my own. She didn’t want to show her pride her and have her skull cracked like the reaper did earlier.

“If you wait here, a guy like her grandfather will come for you. Not only will he give you directions, but he will kindly explain things to you if you ask him. Charon is one of the few good-natured people in the underworld.”
“All right.”

To be honest, I rather liked the girl who worked under the sweet god of death earlier than the bomb that was about to explode like the sword goddess.

[The Earth Goddess urges the Sword Goddess to come quickly.]

“Oh, aunt. I’m going, I’m going.”

[The sword goddess cuts through ‘space’.]

「Jauk!」

Then the air suddenly opened, and the sword goddess said as she threw her body into it.

“If it’s ‘waiting without a promise’… Hyunwoo Kim, you did a really good job. Originally, I didn’t even think it was bad, but that didn’t mean you were a good person, right? Still , it’s okay to think of it as the greatest good thing ever.”
“Yes?”
“There is such a thing, Charon will tell you.”

As soon as I said that, the sword goddess disappeared in an instant, just as she had appeared.

“Really, the things that are called gods are all their own.”

[That’s impossible.]
[That’s why they are called ‘gods’.]

After a while, I heard the tinkling of bells, and I saw an old man driving a ferry from the far end of the river.

“Heul heul, you are the guests of the underworld. I’ll guide you to my ‘waiting with no promise’, so get on board.”
“Hitter.”
“Kyaaang, okay.”

Carefully boarding the ferry, Charon immediately started rowing and gave a warning.

“Anyway, don’t look at the river for too long. It’s because the souls of the dead who are trapped inside exceed 300 billion. There are so many dangerous beings among them, it is possible for them to steal your soul in an instant.”
“…”
“…”

At that moment, Miho and I, who unconsciously tried to put our hands in the river, quickly withdrew our hands.
Seeing this, Karon smiled.

“A curious, cute woman came to visit. You can already call them biological parents and biological children.”
“Hey, Karon-sama over there?”
“You can just call her grandfather her. From my point of view, you and that cute little lady are no different from a distant grandson or granddaughter.”
“Okay, Grandpa. Do you know where the ‘waiting without a promise’ is?”

At my question, Karon gave her a small nod.

“As I said before, it’s like one of the few ‘paradise’ in the underworld where you can inflict eternal pain on the sinners, the wicked, and those who can’t handle it. Because only those who are not sinners can enter there. Let’s see…”

Karon glanced at me for a moment with her red eyes, then nodded her head.

“If you made a mistake, you might not even be able to enter there. Fortunately, the karma was cleared quite a while ago, so you can enter.”
“If it’s karma…”
“You know that better than I do, right?”

At that moment, I flinched and shut my mouth.
The biggest karma I had was probably the ‘sin of driving a nail into the hearts of my parents’.
But the fact that it was liquidated… My parents must have already forgiven me.
Really, they are kind people like idiots.

“Well, it is the gods who can casually set standards for such karma. Anyway, to tell you more about the endless waiting… Literally there, the lingering desire to meet someone living there is so strong that it is a space where beings who voluntarily rejected the blessing of amnesia and reincarnation continue their long-awaited wait.”
“…”
“Wait and wait, so that if one day the person I want to meet dies, I will meet him.”

Until then, I thought it could be.
Even if it were me, as a parent, if I died leaving my child alone, I would not be able to leave because I was worried about my child.
The problem was this:

“However, everything requires an appropriate ‘price’.”
“Big… Go?”

Miho’s ears perked up.

“Just by delaying the blessing of reincarnation, they are treated as if they were committing a quick sin, and if they stay there too long, they will not be reincarnated, but on the contrary, they will accumulate more karma, and they will immediately suffer long suffering like other sinners. You could be transported to hells where you can taste it. That’s why ‘waiting without a promise’ exists in the underworld, not the heavenly realm.”
“Such nonsense… !”
“Do you think this is nonsense? Do you think it’s too harsh? Do you think the gods did something wrong?”
“…”
“That won’t work. Humans, of course, all beings make the same mistakes as you all the time. Is it a good god if he does good to them, and a bad god if he doesn’t? You shouldn’t have that standard. Gods aren’t for humans, they’re for maintaining the world. You shouldn’t dare to put your own standards on them. Then you will incur the wrath of the gods.”

It wasn’t an easy thing to admit, to be honest.
It felt like a very selfish thing to say that it was possible because it was God.

“Strangely, when I say this, humans always take a negative view of God. Other races quietly agree. However, I don’t know if the gods are a little more considerate of the human species because they have such a rebellious period. Sometimes, that rebellion crosses the line and faces a great disaster on the contrary.”
“…”
“Isn’t the fact that the child’s parents are refusing even the blessing given to them for just one meeting to matter more than arguing about God’s injustice against you now?”
“… !”

Caron said in a bitter but respectful voice.

“Waiting without a promise is the best place in the underworld, but the underworld is still the underworld. It is not so easy to wait endlessly in a desolate place with nothing to exchange a few words with the person you want to meet who may come at any time.”
“…”
“Each time, excellent counselors from the underworld explain it, and visit them periodically to try to help them get out of the worst moment. Nevertheless, those who remain in ‘waiting without a promise’ in the first place are those who are willing to sacrifice everything for that one-time encounter.”
“…”
“Even the gods respect them as much as they do. Could you do that? To pass the chance to be reincarnated as a dragon-like being, and to say a word? Even in that space where you can meet only when your opponent dies. Yes?”

Karon, who was talking to her, couldn’t help but put on a puzzled look.
It was because Miho and I, who were listening to Karon’s story of her, were weeping together with tears and runny nose.

“Kwuuuuu…” … It’s such a sad story. And I can’t go that far, because I’m a bastard, uhhhhh. Just reincarnate right away, heuuuuu.”
“Huh uh uh uh, what should I do with my parents, uh uh uh, what should I do because I feel sorry for Mom and Dad… Whoa, whoa, whoa… Miho can’t even go that far, huh, press the dragon reincarnation button.”

Tuk, Karon arrived at the end of the river and got off the boat for a while.

“You are a very interesting woman. Still, it wouldn’t be too late now. Go go It’s not far from here.”

I took Charon’s hand and lightly stood on the ground.
And as soon as I looked around lightly, terrible sights that I had never seen before began to come into my eyes.

No sound could be heard, but countless beings in different shapes were constantly struggling with the most painful expressions in the world.
Seeing that, I quickly covered Miho’s eyes her, and Karon smiled and said in a proud voice.

“The mute function was introduced about a thousand years ago. I’ve been complaining for over 10,000 years that other gods are so noisy whenever they visit the underworld. Certainly, with the sound gone, I won’t have to tear my eardrums any more, which is good.”

—Gooooo!

Furthermore, in the sky, skeletons a little smaller than the Shinigami holding the scythe were constantly flying and watching the surroundings.
If there is any evil spirit that escapes, it seems that they intend to catch it and kill it immediately.

And those who commanded them were envoys holding scythes.

“If you look at it by human standards, you could say that he was at the level of a team leader. In their own way, they have been eating jjambab for a long time in the underworld, and they are particularly loyal to the god of death, so they are loyalists who do not mind having their heads broken by other gods.”
“That’s interesting.”
“Kyaang, Miho can’t see anything.”

Karon laughed.

“It’s fine to let go now. Because there won’t be such a brutal scene. We have already passed over to a quiet place in the Underworld.”

When he released his hand his, Miho quickly turned his head to see something he had n’t seen before.
Then she opened her mouth as she saw the huge dark red-skinned beast in front of her eyes.

“Bowwow?”

I don’t know how many meters it is, and it has a good mix of black and red… A huge three-headed beast.

“Hell’s watchman, Cerberus. By the way, all three of them are girls, so please don’t say things that are too rude.”
“Hey, are you a woman?”

─Grrrr
– Hmm.
─Kiing, kiing, kiing!

“One has a fierce temper, one is lazy, and one is outgoing and kind to everyone.”

I guess it seemed like that.
Because the yawning kid in the middle bit the mouth of the guy with his teeth sticking in, and the lively-looking guy stuck out his tongue and licked us down like he was a real puppy.

“They are the guests recognized by the god of death. Don’t be rude and get out of the way.”

-Hey! The living baby is coming in here.
─Haaam, hurry up… Because it’s annoying
—Hey, play with me a little more. Shall we throw the ball? Won’t you? I wish I had… What a waste.

How long did he walk while facing the mysterious things of the underworld?
I arrived near the boundary line where the clouds of the celestial world and the darkness of the underworld were mixed in half.

“The fact that ‘waiting without a promise’ exists close to the heavens. It is because of the wish that those pitiful beings would give up anytime and go up to heaven and be reincarnated. Shop or From now on, guides who are kinder than me will tell you.”

Miho and I bowed our heads to Karon.

“Thank you so much for guiding me.”
“Thank you, Grandpa.”

At this, Caron only let out a pleasant laugh.

“I really enjoyed being able to talk about this and that during work hours. Please, I hope you have a good time.”