Shinetsu's office.

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If someone were to stumble across this room, the first impression they would have of the first reincarnator's office would be an unimpressive stare. The room had a very boring appearance. With its grey walls and dark blue floor tiles, it lacks any charm at all. The room's furniture was lacking. Just having a simple long table, a chair, and a few flat monitors were the only other items in the space. However, the old, clunky computer in the center of the table stood out. Additionally, having data-containing documents scattered around the room, either with a few pages on the floor or on the table, gives the impression that the room is unorganized.

Furthermore, there was no sunlight that could enter such a desolate room because the building in which they were staying was underground. Even the three of the occupants had nicer rooms, and their circumstances were similar.

But Shinetsu was a simple man, and he was a minimalist at heart.

But currently, the Kihara in question was frustrated. Surrounding him in the corner were dozens of modernized computers hanging on the wall. The man was seated at a modern table that had the same noticeable, outdated computer on it, all the while tapping a finger on his bottom lips. Despite being surrounded by numerous flat monitors, the man preferred using his large, clunky computer because it was straightforward and gave other people a hard time learning how to use it. like what he desires. However, the reason for his ire was not because of something on his computer, but someone besides him.

And that someone was a mysterious woman. Or better yet, his troublesome associate, who finally arrives to grace him with her presence after working herself off some steam.

"Shucks, Shinetsu. Don't tell me ya spying on the little kiddies now?"

The woman with long brown hair in a cowboy get-up along with an orange stetson hat to complete her look, commented slyly in a western accent, [Well, if this character sounds familiar to you then your spot on]. Watching the familiar and miserable back of their new young reincarnators, the woman *tsked at seeing the level 5 electro master leaving her poor 'siblings' behind. Not liking how her juniors/siblings were treated.

"Well... she's dead." The brunette commented dryly as she raised her pistol in retaliation.

"No killing the semi-main character, Luna." Shinetsu calmly raised a calloused hand over the pistol as he sighed at Luna's overprotective behavior.

To him, this was getting ridiculous fast. Not only was he stuck with a trigger-happy immortal-ish nut-job, he was suddenly lapped with 3 traumatized kids in the span of a single year, something he had never done within a millennia.

"Augh.." Just thinking about it made Shinetsu's head hurt.

The first was a 10-year-old in a teenager's body, she was reincarnated after she just witnessed her world crumbling before her eyes. Then being reincarnated along with her.. family.

In any case, Emilia or Fischl has trauma that she'd rather keep to herself. As Shinetsu noted her increasing number of nightmares and the guilt that comes with them. Hiding that exact fact from her loved ones, he could safely conclude that her two retainers, if found out, may likely blow a fuse.

Next was Walter, who was squished under the rubble after the scums bombed their kitchen to bits, which isn't really a good way to die.. Unlike Emilia, he wasn't supposed to be reincarnated but was wished regardless by Emilia's will. So, with that, his appearance was left to Zügellosigkeit to decide. Which was bad luck for him.

And now Shinetsu has a depressed electrobird familiar. And Walter seems to feel responsible for his inability to help with the incident, making him more depressed when he has reincarnated into something he sees as useless.

Great.

Then... Ruri, like Walter, wasn't supposed to be reincarnated but got wished to be. Though the poor woman died at the hands of those despicable men, while being beaten mercilessly after she died from a bullet in the head.. Shinetsu even heard of the Goddess mentioning those people saying something inappropriate to her.

Dear God. Not to mention her being the only one with a loving family in their little group... So she absolutely has some issue with dealing with that.

Though it did give him great satisfaction knowing those scums died in an 'unfortunate accident' by being burned alive when they were celebrating. Definitely not Zügellosigkeit's fault and his insistence on the matter.

To make the scene more lightheaded yet frustrating all the same was that, Zügellosigkeit was given free rein to act in any way by the god who oversaw the trio's universe after He learned of the unexpected intervention. She then slaughtered those scums as cruelly and as long as possible and granted the child an additional two wishes as compensation. (Which Zügellosigkeit knew of the child's wish borehand)

Although getting revenge was delicious, yet it still felt bitter. There's just something about it that bothers him. Must be because Shinetsu simply despises those gods a great deal. In contrast to Zügellosigkeit, gods who were fortunate enough to dominate the entire world would always be haughty, even disregarding their entire populace and viewing them as nothing more than pawns. However, Gods and Goddesses like Zügellosigkeit must grow their own followers in the most efficient manners.

Haaa...

Though moving on to his most problematic one yet. Still the first person he was assigned (stuck) with..

Luna Yelcon

Like everyone, Shinetsu, with whom he had associated intimately (familial interaction), was a reincarnator. Luna was... his junior. Since he was the first reincarnator, he was chosen to mentor the new people to whom he would be assigned. Being the first reincarnator and somewhat having the fondness of their Goddess, he was given much attention, and likewise also had the misfortune of leading a bunch of people who are interesting to watch.

Or.. to put in bluntly, people with difficult and traumatic past lives that will surely come off as eccentric.

The woman beside him was not an exception to it either, sadly. Luna, in her past life, had a difficult past. Being born as a result of an affair, you could already imagine the multitude of problems with this one.

But to make it short, Luna was starved of familial love.

So much so... That when she was being reincarnated, her wish was to have a family while wanting to be someone selfish enough to be bad, yet having strong enough of a feeling to protect her first wish.

A wish with many possibilities. And Zügellosigkeit interpreted her wish for her own pleasure.

In any means, the Goddess was not a callous woman. She was far from it. But she just couldn't help but exploit Luna's wish just to be lazy.

So the Goddess gave her a family, of that being the reincarnators.

And Luna wasn't picky either. So she just rolled with whatever fuckery the Goddess gave her, giving Shinetsu a headache when the woman had given him the title of Grunkle or even the mischief she does in Dark-Side.

"Nahh.. I ain't petty like that." She disagreed with a smirk. "Though... That tsundere fella seems powerful enough, but not really all that important, ya know?"

"That is why I called her 'semi'. The true protagonist seems to be the boy who ran them over, of course, according to Ru-chi." Shinetsu shrugged, turning off his monitor as he stood up.

"Mmm'kay, welp. My breaks already done and over with. Better get my ass on the move, then." As Luna said that, she stretched both of her arms with a smile as she then leaned towards Shinetsu. "And Shinetsu, if ya ain't calling me for breakfast like the usual and hogging every food little Ruri makes..." Then her smile turned to a scowl.

"You better hope your ass, that memory of yours still working, cause— Hooey..! I'll make sure you'll regret pulling a rag between me and Ruri's superb cooking." She threatened as she pulled her pistol and aimed it at his forehead. "I finally gotten rid of your horrendous cooking and food pills, and I ain't missing real time homey food cause you're getting a little greedy."

Then she thought of something with a dark smile. "And even if I ain't here, you could just make a bento and left me some leftovers. Now ain't that a great idea, right? So better remember to do that or else will spar again."

Faced with such a threat, Shinetsu just stared at her boredly. For someone who had died multiple times and had remembered each life... This wasn't really all that scary to face.

"Dully noted." The scientist begrudgingly uttered his reply when he saw the cowgirl scowling as he didn't reply.

Somewhat satisfied with his words, Luna gave him a wink and pulled her gun back to her hoister and then beamed, as if she didn't threaten her comrade just for food, and waved him goodbye as she casually walked away.

"Haaa..." Shinetsu sighed in exhaustion. Rubbing his forehead. "I really hope that the next batch of reincarnators should come in a century later. Lest I'll be worn out by then."

He really couldn't dispute how much of a problem she made, despite the fact that she was just one lady at the time. Her powers were simply too deadly to be recognized because they came with her body as a package deal.

Particularly in this world of magic and science. With the proper conditions, anyone can become a god in this world. Fortunately, though. Their Goddess was not a simple Deity that can be destroyed with just the powers of the "fake" Gods (Zügellosigkeit words, not his), but if her followers could just as easily be slaughtered, there would be no point in reincarnating to this place while having multiple sets of eyes watch over the stability of the world.

But... Sadly, Zügellosigkeit was a fighter who would never back down from a challenge. the first thing she did? sent her first ever reincarnator into the most challenging world.

And after that? Send a crazy person with ridiculous abilities.

And in the present? Sent... Not just one, but three individuals who recently passed away and were resurrected solely to reunite with one another in the deadliest and most decrepit of worlds.

Hoping not to die once more.

Geez... To deal with everyone's bullshit in the morning, he truly requires a lot of caffeine.

Too bad he dumped the coffee he had with Fischl... Haaa.. such a waste. He could've reheated that instead of wasting it.

Location Change.

The brunette, known as Misaka Mikoto, did nothing but stand there and stare at the ashen ground and noticeable empty space. No one was there besides her, and the guy she tried oh so frantically to catch was nowhere in sight.

Which was unthinkable considering that Mikoto, The Railgun, a level 5 electromaster, was competing against a level 0 opponent.

He simply escaped after she produce a huge blast of electricity in that same exact spot.

And she feels simultaneously miffed and guilty about that.

So with her confused mood, Mikoto was dazed as she stared at the ashen spot.

"He got away, again." She gritted her teeth, and, after everything that had happened, that was all she could think of. Mikoto then leaves the alley and heads toward the busy street, knowing there was nothing left there. "Ugh.. and I left Ruri and Fischl there without even trying to help them. I feel like a scummy friend."

Mikoto then paused and frowned. 'Ruri and Fischl must have been so mad.' Her guilt then flooded her mind as her anger drowned. 'I should've helped them. Dammit..'

But before she could act, she heard someone shouting her name.

And when the brunette did turn, she was a little surprised to see some familiar faces. "Saten-san... Uiharu-san..?" She asked in confusion at their worried expressions.

"What happened?" Instead, Uiharu-san asked with a concerned look, followed up by Saten-san, who was glancing around the street.

"We just heard a very loud sound coming from here, and we just got worried."

Taken aback, Mikoto laughs awkwardly. Knowing that this was in fact her fault.

"Oh... Uh.. hahahah. No, not really.." Mikoto lied with a funny smile. But the others didn't notice her strange expression.

"...huh.. must be our imagination." Since she saw nothing out of the ordinary, Saten-san let it slide, but then thought of something while assessing Mikoto.

"Hey... I heard you Tokiwadai students have fancy dorms, right? and I already knew you and Shirai-san are roommates together."

"Yeah..?" Being suddenly asked that, Mikoto replies unsurely, not really knowing where this is going.

"Hehehe... How bout we go visit your room!" After she said that, Uiharu's head suddenly snapped into attention, the flower head's eyes twinkling in anticipation.

Looking at both of their faces, Mikoto heaved a sigh and smiled.

"Sure, why not?" Mikoto then paused as she thought of Kuroko's expression at the sudden visit, but... Then her mind wandered towards her other two friends' blank expressions (well one) as she left them. "... Err.. then can you call both Fischl-san and Ruri-san? Fischl-san doesn't actually live in the dorms, and... I kind of felt that we should all go.. you know?" She requested with an awkward smile. After all.. she can't say she wants to make it up to them when she was too busy chasing Him in hopes in having a duel.

"Ohhh good idea!" Saten beamed as Uiharu looked like she could faint any minute at the happy news.

Ruri's Pov.

After groaning and swearing for 2 minutes straight due to two certain individuals, we then stood up unenthusiastically to the pestering voice of Walter, who didn't even show up and just spoke to us directly with Hime-sama's powers.

Seeing some few scrapes on her knee, Himesama then requested to go towards a small store to purchase some plasters after we clean ourselves off...or better yet, kept begging us to. (Well us... Because Walter was currently the one who has a hold of our whole expanses, not anybody else. He doesn't really fully trust me to handle even a dime, despite the fact that we are both adults, for fear that I will spend all of our money on merch, manga, video games, etc..)

(Which is understandable. I did buy to the point of being broke in my past life.)

Of course, returning to the subject of plasters, Emli—Fischl was still at heart a ten-year-old, so whenever she fell, she used to cry a little and start begging with us to get her some adorable plasters for her wound. And it seems that habit has carried over even now.

No matter how intelligent she was, she would always behave childishly. much to my relief.

Hehehe... How priceless. My lil Hime-sama would still be a baby to both me and Walter.. So, putting the terrible fall behind me, I smiled a little and held Hime-sama' hand as if it was before. predictable, making Hime-sama flustered a bit.

"R-Ruri... Please do not treat me as if I am a child... I am the Reborn Prinzessin! It is a grave outrage to your beloved Prinzessin to have you treat me like one!" She pouted as she proclaimed such words.

But I don't really give a damn.

"'Hai.. Hai...' Misaka says unconvincingly with a teasing grin." Oops, I slipped up for a bit. Good thing there weren't any major cast around walking today.

"Ruri!!" Red in the face, Hime-sama shouted indignantly with a hint of embarrassment.

But before I could tease her again without Walter intervening, we then heard something coming in the distance.

Pit! *pak! *pit! *Pak!

And our banter was suddenly cut short by none other than the great Touma himself, who came running towards us in haste.

Damn. What the hell was he doing back here? Was he an idiot?

Me and Hime-sama still hadn't forgiven him and it has only been 13 minutes since they both ditched us!

How bold for him to come!

"S-sorry... I left you guys so suddenly." So he says... "Here..! It was kinda my fault to begin with, so I bought you both this." He does have stuff with him now that I have given him a better look, most apparent being the plastic bag field filled with plasters and medications. Convenient, huh?

And... All the insults I hurled at him earlier in a day, I just took it all back.

"So... Please try not to become offended, Hime-chan and Bukuro-chan! We do occasionally cross paths, and if I can avoid it, I would kind of like to avoid being on any of your bad sides. Especially with Hime-chan being someone that can literally imprisoned me to her fancy." He whispered at the end... But.. damn him.. again with that nickname!

He literally called me Bag! He called Hime-sama, Hime-chan but I get to have a literal nickname!

Just because I wear a bag in my head doesn't mean I'm Bag! Ugh... But I'm used to it, somewhat.

Unfortunately for someone who doesn't really want to get involved in many risky situations, He, the protagonist, managed to run into us fairly often, which was actually quite comical.

"...hmmm I don't want that."

I mean serio—... Eh..??

Hime-sama abruptly declines the offer with a pout, leaving Touma and I puzzled by her demeanor.

But immediately, without waiting a second, I understood why.

It's not as though she vehemently dislikes it. It has more to do with the plasters' plain appearance. And previously Hime-sama was looking for a cute plaster.

Ahh.. poor him, I see.

"..Ehh.. don't tell me you don't want to treat your wounds or... your just scared?" Touma really asked such a thing to the prideful Hime-sama.

"Far from the truth, that is! You surely do not have much manners for someone who was named the Knight by the Prinzessin herself, hmph!"

I also couldn't help but groan as I observed a misunderstanding developing. So, doing the best I could, I tried to "gently" explain to the naive Touma.

"'Touma-kun, Hime-sama is trying to tell you that the plasters you purchased are too bland. She enjoys those charming patterns with vibrant characters. By itself, the medication is OK, but the plasters. Not so much.' Ruri admonishes the poor high school student, accusing him of wasting his time while trying to extort money from him by discretely telling him to buy those pricy character plasters.." Oops again. I said my true intention out loud. Sadly, I have to admit that I truly seem quite relax around Touma.

Maybe because I read the books and I know him as a good kid. But it may become my undoing.

"Oi...You can't simply blurt that out, Bukuro-chan. It's also very illegal. And Hime-chan here's a Judgement. " He then sagged as he looked at Hime-sama, who was still sulky and kind of shocked me to see her that way after blurting out something embarrassing, she didn't even react!

Maybe she was just that upset.

"But I am sorry, if that's what your really looking for but sad to say. Kamijou has run out of money here." Touma whined terribly all of a sudden. We both look at him in disbelief.

"Huh.. really.. then I apologize for acting childess when..—" Her eyes widened, Hime-sama hastily apologized with a regretful expression before shedding a tear and forgetting all about her problem with the plasters.

Seeing her like that, me and Touma hastily tried to make Hime-sama stop.

"Huh..? No, no... I didn't spend all of my money on medicine." As soon as he notices Hime-sama's distress, he furiously explains as he waves both of his hands in panic to explain."My wallet actually disappeared on me. Hahaha..see? Just my rotten luck playing on me. I didn't have enough money to buy lunch."

While saying all that he slumped back in sadness while saying "Such misfortune." With an aggrieved look after Hime-sama calmed down.

... After that, Hime-sama and I exchanged glances, and I nodded since I already knew what Hime-sama was going to do.

As Touma remained still, Hime-sama went to collect her bag and came back with... Hehehe.. Walter's bento.

And gave it to Touma shyly.

"Huh..?" And of course, he asked dumbly at the sudden food that he had received. "But isn't this..."

"'You may have it. We merely packed an 'extra' bento since our breakfast earlier was too tasty but seeing as you needed it the most.. We chose to give it to you as a token of our appreciation for your effort.' Ruri says with a straight expression." Omitting entirely the fact that it was not an extra bento. Serve the bird for doing nothing, and perhaps Hime-sama was still irritated that Walter did nothing to intervene in stopping Shinetsu from dousing her with coffee.

"Yes. I also appreciate your consideration. And do not worry, my loyal Knight; For I, Fischl, will remember your sacrifice and sooner give you a worthy blessing that is commensurate with your suffering."

"Hu...?" Hime-sama promptly grabbed my hands and activated her powers before he had a chance to object, leaving him on his own right away.

... My, what a grand exit. You have my respect Hime-sama. You just made a Protagonist gape.