After checking his equipment one final time, Hanyu Genichi drew a deep breath.
He had arrived in this crossover anime universe over ten years ago and always assumed he had no cheat ability.
Then, one month ago, his cheat finally awakened.
It wasn’t quite a cheat, since it hadn’t granted him overwhelming, invincible power.
All it gave him was an opportunity to travel to other worlds.
The Transmigration Gate—a doorway that could carry him into another world!
One month ago, Genichi had entered the Transmigration Gate for the first time and emerged inside a cave.
Several green, goblin-like creatures immediately charged toward him, so he turned and fled without the slightest hesitation.
The Transmigration Gate then entered its cooldown period.
Only now, after a full thirty days, could he finally use it again.
During that month, Genichi had prepared thoroughly.
He bought a crossbow, a stab-resistant vest, a military dagger, and a sharpened sword—or perhaps it would be more accurate to call it a katana.
Why couldn’t he settle on one term?
Because this was a crossover anime universe, and here in Japan, the distinction between a sword and a blade was apparently optional!
“Transmigration Gate, open!”
At Genichi’s command, a doorframe appeared before him.
Where the door itself should have been, there was instead a curtain of blue light.
Whenever the Transmigration Gate entered its cooldown period, that blue curtain vanished, making passage impossible.
Genichi put on his backpack, then secured the crossbow, dagger, and sharpened blade where he could draw them as quickly as possible.
After taking another deep breath, he stepped through the Transmigration Gate.
The next instant, his eyes flew wide open.
He had expected to return to the same cave.
Instead, he found himself standing inside a bathroom, where a voluptuous woman was in the middle of bathing.
Genichi instinctively tried to retreat through the gate, but his foot slipped, sending him crashing onto his backside.
As he fell, the Transmigration Gate gradually faded away.
He was stranded.
Genichi stared at the voluptuous woman before him, who wasn’t wearing a single piece of clothing.
The corner of his mouth twitched.
“Would you believe me if I said this was all a misunderstanding?”
“Hm?
That isn’t Orario’s common tongue.”
Genichi couldn’t understand her language, yet somehow, he knew exactly what she had said.
‘Orario?’
That single word immediately made him realize where he might be.
The woman calmly dried herself with a towel, slipped into a long dress, and walked over to him as if nothing unusual had happened.
“I believe we should have a proper conversation now.
Don’t you agree, young man from another world?”
Genichi’s expression stiffened.
‘She knew…’
Seeing his rigid expression, the woman smiled triumphantly and took his hand.
“Ufufu, come along.
It’s time for us to have a nice, long talk.”
Genichi tried to pull free and run, but his escape route was already gone.
Even if he fled, where could he possibly go?
If this truly was Orario, the woman before him might be a goddess.
He also had no idea where he was or when in the timeline he had arrived.
If he wandered around blindly and fell into the hands of the Evilus, he would meet an even more miserable end.
The goddess soon dragged Genichi into her bedroom.
She sat on the bed, crossed her legs, folded her arms, and looked directly at him.
“Now then, let’s discuss how you suddenly appeared inside my bathroom.”
“I’m terribly sorry.
I didn’t do it on purpose, and I had no idea the portal would bring me into your bathroom.
Last time, it dropped me inside a cave where several green monsters charged at me with wooden clubs.”
The moment those words left his mouth, Genichi froze.
He hadn’t spoken his language or Japanese.
Instead, he had used the same unfamiliar language as the goddess.
She noticed his stunned expression and quickly understood why he had suddenly fallen silent.
A knowing look appeared on her face.
“You don’t honestly believe that explanation is enough to make me forgive you, do you?”
Genichi remained silent.
He couldn’t escape, so all he could do was accept his fate.
He was completely at her mercy
“Then how would you like me to compensate you?
As long as it isn’t unreasonable, I’ll agree to it.”
The woman immediately smiled in satisfaction.
“Excellent!
Then join Demeter Familia and become one of my children!”
Genichi froze once again.
‘Demeter?’
He compared the goddess before him to the one he remembered from the anime and found no differences.
However, joining her Familia seemed rather dangerous.
In the original story, hadn’t Demeter Familia been wiped out by Dionysus Familia?
Or had its members been controlled and used to threaten Demeter?
Genichi couldn’t remember the details.
He had spent over ten years in this crossover universe, so how could he clearly recall every anime he had watched before transmigrating?
Remembering the general plot was already impressive enough.
Still, did he have any choice?
He had appeared inside Demeter’s bathroom.
All she needed to do was shout, and members of her Familia would rush inside and restrain him.
Even if Genichi tried to kill Demeter, who could guarantee she wouldn’t drag him down with her before being sent back to Heaven?
A mortal killing a god might also bring some kind of curse upon him.
He couldn’t take that risk.
Only one path remained: comply with the goddess’s demand and join her Familia.
Demeter looked as though she already had him cornered.
Genichi gave her a bitter smile.
“It doesn’t sound like I have a choice, does it?”
Demeter’s face lit up with a brilliant smile.
“Of course not.
You don’t have a choice!”
Genichi forced a stiff smile.
“In that case, I choose to join your Familia.”
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