Chapter 410

(410) The old woman named Miremia

Translator: Tseirp

“I once used to take care of the Slow Donkey you all call Centaur, the Holy Beast-sama, in the church . ”

Miremia said with a smile .

She knew about Centaur being a Holy Beast?

“However, due to a certain blunder, I was imprisoned in the church . ”

The old woman continued as she started bending and stretching exercises . They were light movements .

But there was a bigger problem .

“Who are you? … Are you really human?”

“ … Why do you think that?”

The answer was simple .

I couldn’t see her job .

Until now, if I couldn’t see the job of the other party, there were three possibilities .

First, the possibility that the other party was Jobless .

In the case of Jobless, they had no job so I won’t be able to see anything .

Actually, I could not use Job Appraisal on myself to see my job until recently but now 【Demon Lord Lv1】 was clearly displayed .

Another possibility was that she wasn’t human in the first place .

Jobs were bestowed only to humans so I won’t be able to appraise monsters or Sheena No . 3 when she was an automata .

Lastly, when the other party was level 0 .

Homunculus – – they have the job called G.o.d Dolls but their level was set at 0 so it was impossible to investigate their job .

If she took care of the Holy Beast that sealed Metias-sama – – the highest chance among the three was – –

“Let’s talk over there . ”

Miremia-san replied .

“Sorry, Norn-san please wait here for a while . ”

I said a word and followed Miremia with Miri .

She sat on a bench seemingly made for breaks . The bench was small so we stood and listened .

She started with ‘Where should I start?’ before affirming my conjectures .

“Do you know about h.o.m.onculus?”

She answered with a question but that was an answer .

I knew she was a Homunculus like Pionia or Neete .

“Yes . Three … no four of my acquaintances are . ”

Pionia, Neete, and Alpha-san . I thought of adding Sheena No . 3 into the count too so I added one more .

“Ara, that’s amazing . Even though it is rare to meet one . ”

“That seems to be the case . Since a G.o.ddess needs to put in a hundred years of effort to give birth to one . ”

I replied with the knowledge I heard .

“I am the first Homunculus made by master – Metias-sama . Miremia is a pseudonym I thought of myself, my true name is Primero . ”

“It means the first in Latin . ”

Miri added in .

Latin? Naturally, I didn’t know any Latin but I was honestly envious to have Latin in her name .

If I knew Latin, I would have named Pionia and Neete with Latin .

“G.o.ds and novelists who can’t sell really love Latin . Only a person with Chuunibyou would think that such a thing was cool . ”

Miri’s words were a little more sharp than usual .

I was dealt significant damage to my heart .

“Ara, so harsh . But it is a name that is precious to me . It sounded like a foreign world word and I didn’t know the meaning so, thank you . ”

Miremia-san replied with a cheerful smile .

“Um, I was of the impression that Homunculus don’t age? Sorry for being forward but you …”

I had seen a Homunculus status before .

In exchange for not being able to level up and having no offensive power, they have defensive strength that is equal to the outer wall of a shelter and have the power of immortality .

But the image of Miremia-san in front of us was very far apart from that of an immortal Homunculus .

As she was the first Homunculus, I was certain that her appearance did not match her age but I was curious if either the power of immortality was not perfect or she had the appearance of an old woman since birth so I asked her .

“You truly know a lot . But that is only if the creator G.o.ddess is perfect . Metias-sama became a Demon G.o.d and was sealed by the other G.o.ddesses so my body gradually decayed . Although it took a long and daunting length of time if seen from the eyes of a human . I descended from the G.o.ddess-sama world to the surface, searched for Metias-sama, and what I finally found was the Holy Beast kept by the church . Apparently, it was kept as a favorite pet of a deceased priest . Then, one day, something happened –”

She said something happened .

Perhaps her ident.i.ty was revealed?

Metias-sama may be a former G.o.ddess but after becoming a Demon G.o.d, she became an enemy of the other G.o.ddess-samas and the church . And Metias-sama’s homunculus would be treated the same .

Perhaps Centaur’s true ident.i.ty was revealed that day and she used the last of her strength to escape?

“That day was a bright day like today . It was a good harvest that year and a lot of fresh vegetables were donated to the church . After the vegetables were carried into the church for some time, the Holy Beast snuck into the church and started eating the vegetables . Fourteen monks were injured in their attempt to stop it . Then, after the Holy Beast finished eating the vegetables, it went to the good harvest festival in a town at the foot of the mountain and consumed everything before escaping . It went missing after that . I was imprisoned in the church to take responsibility for the incident . ”

The imprisonment had nothing to do with Metias-sama!

More importantly, that Centaur was so absurd since then .

Miremia-san smiled .

“I’m sure that the Holy Beast realized that this day was approaching and had to eat a lot to devote energy to Metias-sama . ”

She spoke as though she realized the truth but I felt that she was completely wrong .

Even though Metias-sama had been released, Centaur’s appet.i.te had increased .

Gluttony was that donkey’s characteristic .

“Why is Miremia-san here? Metias-sama’s seal has already been undone . ”

“I know the situation . I also heard from the Hero that they are hostile to you . But why do you still attach sama to Metias-sama’s name?”

Miremia-san asked with a look of confusion .

“Well … even if she became an enemy, she was originally a G.o.ddess . ”

The My World I use belongs to her and Metias-sama apparently prepared the Jobless skills too .

She may be an enemy but I owe her a large debt of grat.i.tude .

Moreover, I heard from the other G.o.ddesses and Miri that Metias-sama protected this world from disaster many times .

Without her, this Otherworld would have been swallowed by disaster and be inhabitable for humans .

I tried asking if she knew where Metias-sama was but, as expected, she did not know the current location of Metias-sama . She could only tell that Metias-sama was alive .

I had asked all the questions I had so Miri followed up with her questions .

“Hey, could you tell me? To my knowledge, Metias was a G.o.ddess with strong patience . She would watch the future to crush the buds of disaster day by day for the sake of the people of this world . What changed her? At the very least, I don’t believe she would become a Demon G.o.d to escape from disaster or that she would grow sick of the tremendous task . ”

Miremia stared at Miri’s eyes .

Then, she sighed softly .

“Yes, as you said, crushing the buds of every single disaster is an outrageous task . A task that has no end in sight would not be an easy matter for ordinary humans or even G.o.ddess-samas . I believe Tet-sama also had a lot of trouble . ”

Miremia-san said with a look of nostalgia .

She probably watched Metias at her side all the time .

“I do not know the details . However, as you mentioned, Metias-sama is strong . I am certain she is acting according to her own unique thoughts . ”

Miremia-san commented that she was a little tired and wanted to rest .

I thought that she was tired from speaking but it seemed that she wished to continue her bending and stretching exercise from before, now moving on to her knee .

Even if she boasts absolute defense, I smiled wryly seeing that she could not win against advancing age .

In the end, we didn’t gain any information .

We thanked Miremia-san and returned .

“Onii-san, there’s been trouble!”

Norn-san anxiously called us when she saw me .

We rushed over to Norn-san with a terrible premonition .

“Norn-san, did something happen!?”

“Um, Centaur-chan jumped over the fence and went somewhere – -”

A few Devil race were shouting ‘Holy Beast-sama, please wait!’ as they chased after her but she superbly ran away .

Well, there was no helping it .

Since I did not have the confidence to be able to catch her if she really tried to escape .