After parting with the magical girl with that painful line, I found myself standing in a forest again before I knew it. The sky was still purple. But in that same-colored place, there was no magical girl, no handsome guy, and no red or white dragons. Also, my appearance had returned to its original state.
"There, transfer complete. How's your body feeling? No nausea or anything?"
"I'm fine. No problems."
Wait, this line feels like some kind of flag... Well, whatever. More importantly, where is this? Also, this is a really belated question, but what were those dragons and winged people? I never thought the first beings I'd encounter after coming to this world would be such incredible things.
"This is the underworld. The world where devils live. Those red and white lizards are called the Red Dragon Emperor Ddraig and the White Dragon Emperor Albion, and those winged kids are angels, fallen angels, and devils respectively. And this is almost the same place where you were fighting earlier. Well, it's been a little over a thousand years since that time."
"...What?"
Stay, stay. Yeah, let me calm down a bit. I'm happy you answered all my questions at once, but all those answers jumped about three levels beyond my expectations. Could you tell me about each one in detail again? No, seriously. Especially about the last part!
First, what's the underworld? Is High School D×D set in the underworld? Isn't that false advertising?
"Hmm? Not really. There's also a world where humans live."
"Then why didn't you send me there?"
"I thought I'd just send you somewhere appropriate first, then discuss and decide the rest with you later. You know, I'm impatient. Well, I didn't think I'd send you near the battle between those lizards and devils."
Well, I wouldn't know. ...Oh, you just said something concerning.
"...Do you know about those dragons?"
"A little. I studied about that world."
Saying that, the goddess taught me various things. First, about that red dragon... Ddraig, and the white dragon... Albion.
Those two with the chuunibyou-tickling names Red Dragon Emperor and White Dragon Emperor had apparently been fighting each other continuously. Then, the dragons appeared during a war between devils like the handsome guy and magical girl, fallen angels like the dandy gentlemen with black wings, and angels like the women with white wings, causing terrible damage to all three factions. Well, there are wars in every world.
The three factions, feeling a crisis that this would lead to game over, decided to stop the war and cooperate to stop the dragons. A heart-warming development. So just when it was time for the final battle, the one who intruded without reading the atmosphere was me.
So the reason I jumped to the demon world a thousand years ago was due to goddess's carelessness. And the reason I came to this era across a thousand years was because she granted my wish of "wanting to go about a thousand years into the future" that I casually thought during that commotion. When I was told she'd send me to the human world this time if I wanted and was about to immediately ask... that's when I heard arguing voices.
"Are there people in such a remote forest?"
Male and female voices coming from deeper in. Honestly, I didn't want to get involved. But I wonder why. My feet naturally headed in that direction. Because there was urgency mixed in the woman's voice? Because the man's vulgar line "I'll rape you!" reached my ears? Or because I felt an unpleasant feeling from both?
And that scene jumped into my eyes.
---A woman whose kimono was cruelly torn, with one breast completely exposed.
---A man exposing parts I didn't want to see, trying to mount the woman.
I started running without hesitation. There were things to wonder about, like why the woman had cat ears and tail, or why there were kimono in the demon world, but what I needed to do now wasn't to understand the reasons.
What I needed to do now was... slam this clenched fist into that rapist's face with all my might!
"Caught in 4k!!!"
"!?"
"Nya!?"
The accelerated strike accurately hit the man's cheek, and he was blown away greatly. The power of Al-Van's physical abilities + anger was tremendous - the thick tree that caught the man broke in half, and as if the power still wasn't fully absorbed, the man got caught up with the second and third trees.
"Wh-who nya...?"
The woman turned a confused face toward me. First, I need to do something about that overly stimulating outfit. I took off my jacket and put it on her shoulders.
"It's okay. I'm on your side."
From the situation, she was just about to be violated. Yes, it was just about to happen. If I had been even a little later, or if I hadn't thought to come here in the first place. Just thinking about it gives me chills.
"Y-you bastard, who are you!"
The rapist came back while spurting nosebleed. Seriously, put on some pants already.
"Do you know who I am! No, in the first place, that woman is the infamous black..."
"Shut up."
A surprisingly low and cold voice came out. I stood in front of the man to protect the woman.
I don't intend to say something extreme like criminals have no human rights. Crime is crime. But there might be various circumstances. There might be those who aren't inherently evil but were forced to turn to crime.
But rapists. You're different. You who lose reason and inflict deep wounds on women's hearts and bodies just to satisfy your own desires are irredeemable scum. The heaviest sin in this world is murder, but I think the most despicable crime in this world is rape. I won't accept any objections.
"Scum who's a disgrace to men. Don't come any closer to this woman."
"Guu! shut up! You who aided a criminal are equally guilty..."
"Hmph!"
As if I had no intention of talking to scum, I dove into the man's chest again and unleashed a full-power uppercut. With an ominous "crack!" sound, the man soared into the sky and made a U-turn. Then he gave the ground a passionate kiss and fainted.
After blowing the man away, I turned around to check on the woman. But she wasn't there - only the jacket I had lent her and a black cat wrapped inside it.
"A cat...?"
That woman probably escaped while I was blowing the man away. It would be cruel to expect her to leave a word before escaping. More importantly, this cat seems quite weakened. It's also injured. If left alone like this, it will definitely die.
"Mom."
"...What?"
When I called her mom, she replied after a slight pause. Something seems strange.
"Is something wrong?"
"No, I was moved by your actions again. At this rate, I might collapse from dehydration."
So even gods get dehydrated. But yeah, this person is really emotional.
"So, what is it?"
"When we transfer, I'd like to take this cat with us."
Leaving it behind would leave too bad a taste. If possible, I'd like to take care of it until its injuries heal.
"That's easy enough. Well then, this time I'll really send you to the human world."
I put on my jacket and gently picked up the cat. And immediately after, I accomplished my third transfer...