Chapter 1
“Ah, it’s really true, isn’t it.”
The signal bar on the phone screen displayed a clear red X. No wifi and no data either.
A vast spread of rolling hills lay before me, from which a dirt path trailed down to a peasant town. There were a lot of trees and forests. It looked like a promotional advertisement for a European getaway. However, there were very clearly some floating islands here and there, and some giant monsters flying around, and I think if Europe had these kinds of sights, they wouldn’t have had any financial crises to worry about.
I looked back at my phone.
… Hey, other worlds, hurry up and invent Satellite signal. I want to call 911 and have a policeman escort me home, please.
The policeman that came for me was tall, buff, and coated with heavy chainmail.
“We’ve arrived at the Castle, milady,” he said.
“Ah,” I said.
I’m a man though.
However, when the villagers found me, they explained that the newly discovered otherworlders had very specific tasks.
1) If you are a man, you’re given a sword and asked to go out and slay the demon king, and the demon king’s generals, and their lieutenants, and their captains, and their vast army of demon grunts that numbered in total over 10 million, oh, and there’s no army backing you up. You can take maybe five people with you, but otherwise you’re on your own.
2) If you are a woman, you’re asked to stay in the Church and inspire the warriors who will go out and fight or whatever.
Now I don’t know about you, but when someone gives me the choice of becoming a valiant hero that risks his life to journey across the land, slaying monsters and saving the kingdom, or pretending to be a woman in the safety of the city, the answer is obvious.
I’m a woman from today forth, please treat me well.
When I met the King, he looked at me from top to bottom while stroking his beard, looking troubled.
“Hmm… so this is the Maiden? She seems a bit… smaller, than usual.”
“Ah, I’m still young.” For several reasons, it’s very natural for me to not have a large chest.
The King looked even more troubled. “If you’re too young then you cannot possibly fulfill the duties of — ”
“Actually, I’m a little bit older, but I don’t like talking about my age or my size so how about we drop it.”
The King sensed that he had breached a topic that no man should ever ask a woman about and changed the subject. Once he was satisfied with my qualifications he sent me off to the priestesses at the Church.
The Church was a large white tower near the castle, and would be my living space from now on. The ground floor had an altar/throne for the Maiden of Light to sit in during the day, and some space in front for worshipers to pray. A staircase in the altar led up to the upper floors in the tower, which included a waiting room and my bedroom.
The priestesses had very friendly, older sister-like vibes. They cooed over my short stature and pet my head a ton.Endure!I told myself. Eventually they dragged me to a dressing area and pulled out a bundle of white cloth.
This was a very frilly, very complicated, very wedding dress-like Holy Robe.
“…”
I stared at it, and the abyss stared back at me.
