I Possessed the Heroine’s Teacher

The days I’ve been waiting for come slowly, and the days I wish wouldn’t come arrive quickly. Whether it’s due to that law or not, the day I would meet my mother arrived sooner than expected. However, the place where my mother was was not easy to get to, so Armadura, who had called me out to a desolate plain, said that preparations were necessary.

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

I wanted to ignore these thoughts, but as the moment of meeting drew nearer, all sorts of strange thoughts crept in. As an Arahan(supreme ruler) who had already gained enlightenment, I should have already shaken off such troublesome thoughts long ago.

“Everything is ready, Mister Werner.”

Armadura, the steel porcupine, was guiding me with a solemn demeanor. Since the agreement, he had shrunk down to an actual porcupine size, which was quite cute. The path was rather lonely, so I decided to chat a bit.

“So, is there anything I should be careful of when meeting my mother?”

“As long as you observe basic manners, there should be no problem. She’s not someone who cares much about etiquette or titles. Some of her apostles even speak casually to her.”

“Isn’t that too open-minded?”

It seemed like my mother didn’t care about dignity or anything like that…

“But… did I even spend time with my mother when I was a child?”

“Well, very briefly, yes. For the most part, her apostles took care of raising you…”

Wait, she was basically a terrible mother. It seemed like she wasn’t even close to being a mother figure; she was more like a cohabitant.

As strange feelings about my mother grew, we arrived at a place marked by a suspicious magic circle.

“We’re here. It was quite a bothersome task to draw the teleportation circle at the location designated by the First Mother, but it’s done now…”

Armadura seemed exhausted from drawing the teleportation circle.

“You did a lot of work. Is our mother a bit of a difficult superior?”

“Yes, she… no, no! The First Mother is a very good person!”

No matter how I looked at it, his attitude seemed like he was dealing with a dictator, but I decided to ignore it. After all, most gods are close to dictators anyway.

I stepped onto the teleportation circle, and mysterious, warm lights began to wrap around my body. However, the light was so blinding that I couldn’t keep my eyes open. After some time, when I finally opened my eyes, I no longer felt the light torturing my eyes through my eyelids.

When I cautiously opened my eyes, the overgrown plain was gone, and a garden full of lilies unfolded before me. Sparse white trees were filled with crows. It was a sight like a black-and-white checkerboard, and I almost lost consciousness. I didn’t know who made this garden, but it certainly had a unique taste.

However, in the distance, I could hear the sound of someone smashing meat with a club. I decided to follow the sound.

“One for the mind! Two for unity!”

The voice was clear and crisp, yet still had the innocence of a young girl.

Thud! The sound of a strike came from beyond the horizon.

“Mind!”

Thud!

“Unity!”

I was worried about what kind of merciless violence might be taking place, so I ran toward the sound. As I got closer, I began to see the back of someone, and when I reached a closer distance, that person said:

“Alright, my dear apostles, my son is coming, so let’s wrap it up for today. Be grateful and leave. Oh, and tell that damned underworld bastard who ignored my summons that he’s really in for it.”

When I finally reached a distance where I could clearly see, the apostles had disappeared without a trace.

The person standing there was a young girl with silver hair and purple eyes. She looked no older than 13 to 15 years old, extremely young and innocent-looking.

“Oh, you’ve come?”

“Uh, yes… are you…?”

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

She casually introduced herself as my mother. And as for the goddess part, her outfit was… far too casual. She was wearing a white shirt with stains and pajama pants. It looked more like something a local bum would wear rather than a goddess’s attire.

However, despite her peaceful and everyday appearance, everything else was completely different. My mother was holding a long piece of lumber, over five meters long, with nails hammered into it. Moreover, the surrounding area was drenched in blood, and the lilies had turned red.

“So, the person you were beating up just now…”

“Oh, I hadn’t hit anyone for a while, and everyone got lazy, so I called them over and gave them a little beating. They all ran off, not doing their work properly. But the bastard sent to manage the underworld ignored my summons and left me hanging. Later, I’ll really give him a hard time and make him pickle some fermented fish…”

I had to admit, this woman was definitely my mother.

“What’s with that attitude? Do you have a problem?”

“No.”

“Tch.”

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

Following her into the mansion, I was greeted by a large, luxurious hall, and an elegant butler in a formal tailcoat welcomed me.

“Welcome, young master. It’s been a long time, and it’s quite nostalgic.”

“You are…?”

“I am Sebastian, the butler who serves our goddess and also an apostle who has inherited some of the power of her commandments.”

It was certainly a butler-like name.

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

“She took some snacks and drinks and went upstairs.”

“She was quite cold when I arrived… Now she’s just ignoring me.”

Well, I didn’t expect to be loved ever since I was abandoned, but I still felt a bit hurt.

“Hahaha… Please don’t be too hard on her. The goddess is just a bit shy.”

“Shy?”

It was hard to imagine that someone who was beating people with a 5-meter-long wooden stick could be shy.

“The goddess always takes only three bags of snacks when she goes upstairs… But today she took six. She probably wants you to come up and eat with her.”

“Oh, okay, but… wait, did you say bagged snacks?”

As far as I knew, most of the snacks here were things sold at stores.

“Yes, this place has all kinds of things from every corner of the world. Of course, there are also things like game consoles or computers, and even the internet works here.”

“That’s impressive. You even have things like that.”

“The goddess has been indulging in such pleasures for nearly 500 years, so she rarely goes out anymore.”

“So, does she just sit in her room eating snacks and playing games?”

Sebastian nodded with a smile.

So, she’s basically a shut-in. Sebastian smiled and pointed to a room in the center of the second floor. Well, I couldn’t refuse when he was asking so kindly with that smile.

When I opened the door and went in… she was connected to a game console, playing Super Smash Bros. on a huge TV.

“Ah, damn it! Hikari, you little cheaters, should I just kill all of you?”

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

While munching on potato chips, she turned around and threw a bag of Matdongsan chips at me.

“… You like those, don’t you?”

For a moment, I was at a loss for words. Matdongsan chips were something I liked, not Werner, but Baeksa.

Which meant… she had been watching everything. She had seen how I had lived on Earth after being reincarnated.

“… You’ve been watching everything?”

“Yes, I’ve been watching everything.”

“Let me ask you honestly. Why did you do that to me?”

“What do you mean?”

“Why… why the hell did you abandon me, damn it?”

The words I had been holding in my heart burst out.

“Well, I didn’t directly interfere… that’s just not my nature. And as for why I abandoned you… Tch, why should I have to explain?”

I couldn’t hold back my anger, and I destroyed the game console she was holding and the TV it was connected to.

“Dammit, you bitch…”

“Why should I be treated like this by you?”

“What?”

“I gave you an unprecedented magical talent in history, and in your next life, I gave you a martial arts talent where you could copy any technique just by seeing it once. What more could I have given you?”

“Are you crazy? Is that really what you’re going to say?”

I swung my fist at her. At least if I could smash her face in, I would feel better. But she grabbed my hand and threw me against the wall.

“Ugh!”

“This is why I didn’t want to meet you… There’s such a difference in our strength… I’m so strong, and you’re so weak… I had no choice but to abandon you…”

“What the hell are you talking about…?”

“Don’t brag about being abandoned… I’m done… I don’t have anything more to say to you.”

The goddess was crying. I didn’t understand why she, the one who was the victim, was crying, but she was crying with a face full of frustration and unfairness.