Chapter 127

The long-awaited day comes slowly, but the day you wish would never come arrives quickly. Following that rule, the day to meet my mother came swiftly. However, Armadura said that since the place where my mother resides isn’t easily accessible, preparations were necessary, and she called me to a remote plain.

As I walked, countless thoughts began to flood my mind. Why did she abandon me? What kind of person is my mother? Was there a reason for abandoning me? What will she say when she sees me? Will she apologize? Or will she thank me for growing up well?

I wanted to ignore it, but as the moment to meet her approached, all sorts of random thoughts came to mind. Even though I, an enlightened being, should have long since cast aside such trivial worries.

“The preparations are complete, Lord Werner.”

Armadura, the Iron Spirit King, guided me with a solemn attitude. After the contract, she shrunk to the size of a real hedgehog, which was quite cute. The path was quite lonely, so I decided to make small talk.

“So, when meeting my mother, are there any precautions I should take?”

“As long as you maintain basic etiquette, there shouldn’t be any issues. She doesn’t really care much about formalities or titles. Some of her apostles even speak casually to her.”

“Isn’t that too open-minded?”

It seems like my mother doesn’t care about dignity or anything like that…

“By the way, did I have any time with my mother when I was young?”

“Well, it was very brief, but yes. Her apostles mostly took care of the parenting, but…”

Wow, she’s completely failed as a mother. It’s more like she was just a roommate than a mother.

As my strange feelings about my mother grew, we arrived at a place with a suspicious magic circle drawn on it.

“We’re here. It was quite a hassle to draw the teleportation circle at the location specified by the Primordial Mother…”

Armadura seemed quite exhausted from drawing the teleportation circle.

“You’ve worked hard. Is our mother a bit of a difficult boss?”

“Yes, she’s a bit… No, no! The Primordial Mother is a very good person!”

It definitely seemed like she was treating her like a dictator, but I decided to ignore it. After all, most gods are closer to dictators.

I stepped onto the teleportation circle, and a mysterious, warm light began to envelop my body. But the light was so bright that I couldn’t open my eyes. After keeping my eyes closed for a while, the light that was torturing my eyeballs through my eyelids finally disappeared.

When I cautiously opened my eyes, the plain full of weeds was gone, and a garden filled with lilies spread out before me. Sparsely planted white trees were covered with crows. The scene of black and white with only trees… it was like a Go board, and I almost lost my mind. Whoever created this garden has a unique taste.

But from afar, I heard the sound of someone chopping meat with a bat. I decided to follow the sound.

“Focus! Unity!”

It was a clear voice, but it still had a hint of a young girl’s tone.

*Thud!* A striking sound echoed from beyond the horizon.

“Focus!”

*Thud!*

“Unity!”

I was worried about what kind of ruthless violence was happening, so I ran over. From a distance, I could see someone’s back, and the owner of that back said:

“Alright, my dear apostles, my son is coming, so we’ll stop here for today. Be grateful and scram. Oh, and tell that lazy bastard in charge of the underworld who ignored my summons that he’s really dead.”

By the time I reached a distance where I could properly recognize that back, all those so-called apostles had disappeared without a trace.

In that place was a girl with silver hair and purple eyes. She looked no older than 13 to 15 years old, a very young and innocent-looking girl.

“Ah, you’re here?”

“Ah, yes… Are you perhaps…?”

“Yeah, I’m the goddess who rules this world… and the one who personally crafted your soul.”

She casually introduced herself as my mother. Moreover, her outfit was… way too casual for a goddess. A stained white shirt and pajama pants… it looked more like something a neighborhood bum would wear.

But while my mother’s outfit seemed peaceful and everyday-like, everything else was 180 degrees different. First, my mother was holding a very long wooden bat, over 5 meters long with nails embedded in it. Plus, the surroundings were soaked in blood, turning the lilies red.

“Um, that bat and the people you were hitting earlier…”

“Ah, they’ve been slacking off lately since I haven’t hit them in a while, so I called them over for a beating. They’ve all been slacking off and not doing their jobs properly. And that bastard I sent to manage the underworld has been ignoring my calls because he’s busy. I’ll really make him pay later…”

Yeah, I have to admit it. This person is definitely my mother.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Do you have a problem?”

“No.”

“Tch.”

My mother clicked her tongue and walked toward the distant mansion. Despite having a shorter stride than me, she walked so fast that by the time I took about five steps, she had already entered the mansion.

Following my mother into the mansion, I was greeted by a wide and splendid hall, along with an elderly butler in a fine tailcoat.

“You’ve arrived, Young Gentleman. It’s been a long time, and it feels refreshing to see you again.”

“You are…”

“I am Sebastian, the butler who serves our goddess and an apostle who has inherited a portion of the power of the spoken word.”

What a butler-like name.

“Where did my mother… I mean, the goddess go?”

“She went to the second floor to prepare some snacks and drinks.”

“Even though I came, her attitude was quite cold… Now she’s just ignoring me.”

Well, I didn’t expect to be loved from the moment I was abandoned, but it still felt a bit disappointing.

“Hohoho… Don’t be like that. The goddess is just shy.”

“Shy?”

It’s hard to imagine someone who beats people with a 5-meter-long bat having such emotions.

“The goddess always takes three packs of snacks when she goes upstairs… but today she took six packs. She probably wants to eat them together.”

“Ah, I see… Wait, packs of snacks?”

As far as I know, the snacks here are mostly the kind you buy at stores.

“Yes, all sorts of things from various worlds flow in here. Of course, things like game consoles and computers that you know of also exist here. The internet works too.”

“That’s amazing. To think such things exist here.”

“The goddess has been engrossed in such amusements for the past 500 years, so she rarely goes out.”

“So, she just eats snacks and plays games in her room all day?”

Sebastian nodded with a smile.

Then she’s just a shut-in. Sebastian pointed to a room in the middle of the second floor with a smile. Well, I can’t spit on a smiling face, so I had no choice.

When I opened the door and entered… she was playing a game on a large TV connected to a console.

“Ah, damn it! These Hokari bastards are really cheating! Should I just kill them all?”

When a god says it, it doesn’t sound like a joke at all…

She, who was munching on potato chips, turned around and threw a pack of Matdongsan at me.

“…You like that, right?”

I was momentarily speechless. It was Yibai who liked Matdongsan, not Werner.

That means she had been watching everything. How I lived on Earth after reincarnating.

“…Were you watching everything?”

“Yes, I was watching everything.”

“Let’s be honest. Why did you do that to me?”

“Do what?”

“Why did you… no, why the hell did you abandon me in the first place?”

The words I had been holding back burst out.

“First of all, I was just watching… I don’t like direct intervention. And the reason I abandoned you… Tch, why should I tell you?”

Unable to contain my anger, I smashed the console and the TV she was holding.

“You damn bitch…”

“Why do I have to be treated like this by you?”

“What?”

“I gave you unprecedented magical talent, and in your next life, I gave you the ability to mimic any martial arts technique just by seeing it once. What did I not do for you?”

“Are you crazy? Is that what you’re saying now?”

I swung my fist at her. I thought I’d feel better if I at least smashed that smug face. But she grabbed my hand and threw me against the wall.

“Ugh!”

“This is why I didn’t want to meet… The difference in power is too great… I’m… so strong, and you’re… so weak… That’s why I had to abandon you…”

“What are you talking about…?”

“Don’t act all high and mighty just because you were abandoned… I’m… done. I have nothing more to say to you.”

The goddess was crying. I was the victim, but I don’t know why she was crying… but she was crying with a truly aggrieved expression.