An ominous light shone from his body, and illuminated the Demon Kingâs palace.
Even with the ultimate weapons the ăSinnerâs Sword of Beheading Justice â Criminal Darknessă and the ăSaintâs Sword of Judgement â Angelâs Blameră, it took half a day to defeat it.
Everyone in my party except me was wiped out.
To think that I would have such a hard time in my ăsecond timeă aroundâŠ
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I, Ononogi Kazuto, am a normal high schooler, city boy.
Iâm saying this myself, but I donât have any abilities that excel in any way, and even my deviation value is in the lower-middle areas.
Lately Iâve been skipping my club activities too, and Iâm an extremely healthy and normal high schooler that you can find anywhere.
Today, April finally began.
Somehow making it to my second year in high school, today as well, I left the house with my beloved light novels in my schoolbag.
In the neighbourhood was a crowd of children starting primary school today, all lined up.
Today was going to be the start of another completely normal day.
ââOr so I thought.
I coincidentally turned my gaze to the opposite side of the line of primary schoolers.
There, stood a housewife.
Iâm sure that one of the children in the line is her child.
Thinking that, I avoided the crowd of children, and was going to head to the bus stop beyond the crossing, but at that moment, something shone.
Wondering what was shining, I followed the light source with my eyes.
HuhâŠ? Wasnât it the housewife from earlier?
Something in the housewifeâs hand was reflecting the sunlight into my eyes.
Straining my eyes, I tried looking more carefully.
There, was a single kitchen knife in her hand.
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Sitting down on the spot, I caught my breath.
Just like the ăfirst timeă, in the ăsecond timeă as well, I thought I had defeated the Demon King.
Charging into my ăsecond timeă while still holding all the strongest equipment, I easily defeated the Demon King with my comrades.
This time, for sure, Iâd be able to return to my old world.
Unable to stop my heart from believing this, I was completely betrayed.
Immediately after I defeated the Demon King, the Demon Kingâs throne collapsed, and we, the ăHero Partyă, fell into the abyss.
Ah-, by the way, Iâm the Hero. Yup.
I was the Hero during the ăfirst timeă as well, after all, and this time in my ăsecond timeă, Iâm the Hero as well. Arenât I amazing?
Having fallen into the depths of the abyss, we, the Hero Party, came across an incredible monster.
This was the real last boss. That was the feeling that we strongly felt upon seeing its appearance.
Holding up our weapons, we began challenging the true ăfinal battleă.
And, the result wasââ
that with the exception of myself, my entire party was wiped out.
Though I was alone now, I continued to attack â avoid â heal, over and over, and over again.
After a few hours, I finally defeated it. Iâm already worn out.
Something round and shining tumbled out of the mouth of the true Demon King.
âGeh-⊠Another jewelâŠ?â
The ăfirst timeă, I had splendidly defeated the Demon King.
Speaking of which, I was the only one left during that battle as well, huh?
And after I defeated the Demon King, a shining gem suddenly appeared at the throne he was on.
Clearly a ăTake this, and your story will end, and you will be allowed to return to your original world.ă type thing?
Naturally, I went and grabbed the gem.
And then for some reasonâŠ
The result was that I was thrown into the starting town ăAzerleimsă, and began my ăsecond timeă.
Itâs not fucken funny, srsly.
ââŠWhat the heck do I do now?â
But⊠it really wonât happen again, rightâŠ?
The strongest equipment, the experience Iâve saved, gold, hidden weapons, hidden routes etc.
I had inherited it all for my ăsecond timeă and even defeated the ăhidden bossă you know?
Youâd expect that god would free me already, right?
From this unfortunate reincarnated life of mineâŠ
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It was a mistake for me to have thought this.
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The morning of April 1st.
The housewife holding the knife.
The crowd of primary schoolers before my eyes.
ââŠAn Aprilâs Fools joke, or something?â
But seeing the housewifeâs eyes gave me a shudder.
Those eyes, were seriousâŠ
âAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!â
Letting out a weird cry and holding the knife tightly before her abdomen, the housewife charged towards the crowd of primary schoolers.
Oi oi⊠It seriously happened�
âAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!â
Thereâs already no way to describe this except âgoing nutsâ, and the housewife charged forward with a roar.
And for some reason, I,
jumped in between the the housewife and the primary schoolers,
and was stabbed through the heart.
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The end.
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But when I opened my eyes, I was on top of a fluffy bed.
When I had a look around me, I found that I was in a room that I wouldnât be able to see outside of the world of games.
âOh? Have you finally woken up, Kazuto?â
An unfamiliar obasan was preparing food in the kitchen right beside me.
âW-, Where is thisâŠ?â
I muttered a natural question.
âMy, my, are you still half-asleep? Honestly, isnât today the important day that youâll be having an audience with His Majesty? Wake up properly, and go wash your face.â
It was a line that Iâd heard somewhere before.
Or rather, itâs definitely ăthat lineă isnât itâŠ?
That was how my story began.
At the time, I still had no idea that there would be a ăsecond timeă, though.