When I Fell Madly in Love With the Heroine, the World Changed. - Chapter 19: War God and World Champ

—“Now, how strong am I? How strong am I in this world?”

I’m not letting my guard down. I’m going full throttle from the start.

I hold up my sword, which is specially equipped for KOG, and attack.

Sieg closed the gap and cut in towards it.

Every move and move is precise and without waste.

That is why.

“Fufu, this is surprising.”

Kenya accepts a blow from Sieg.

When you think he repelled it, he even strikes a counterattack.

Because he knows, they can read each other.

“As expected of a military god.”

“How can you say that after stopping me so easily?”

–Strong, pro-level. No, this is as good as the World Championship’s top ranks!

He’s by no means inferior to the Grandmaster of the Japanese servers that he routinely plays against in ranked matches.

In fact, it even feels like the Pro level at tournaments.

A back-and-forth battle that continues.

“Ha ha! You’re really strong. I’d believe you if you told me you were actually the head of the Holy Knights of the Empire!”

“Thanks!”

A high-level battle of gunshots, sword fights, moving into blind spots and high-level readings.

It was a very other dimensional fight, but after a long battle the time for a decisive decision had come.

One KOG kneels and the winner appears on the screen.

“Even though I’ve been out of practice for a long time, —the Japanese will beat me–”

Kenya Mitsurugi WINS!

It was Kenya who won the battle at the very last minute, winning against a top-class opponent in this world, the Chief Holy Knight, even though it was a simulator he was good at.

Although Sieg is not as brilliant as he was in his prime, he is still the strongest man.

He is incomparable to Reina.

“Huh, it’s been a long time since I fought with all my might, and I was really strong but.”

Kenya, who had repeatedly practised only the basics without putting forth his full strength since the days of teaching Reina and Kaguya.

Thanks to that, my ability has improved, but it has been a long time since I have played in a game as tense as today’s.

–I was so focused that I could hear my heart beating.

Perhaps the strongest change in KOG’s attitude towards manipulation since coming to this world has been immersion.

Kenya’s concentration after coming to this world in which one mistake can lead to real death.

“Growing… up. In this world.”

Merely being good at games is a talent that is sublimated into a life-saving skill.

He’s still at a young age. Kenya’s potential for growth was high.

The god of war is also away from practice and may not be at his peak, but he is still Top Rank in this world.

Then, after getting off the simulator, he shook hands with Kenya again.

“It was excellent, have you had any special training?”

“Er… yes. A bit.”

Seeing Kenya looking away, Sieg thought.

There may be circumstances that he cannot say anything about, because he too is a victim of war.

“Everyone has their own circumstances. Let’s not ask any more questions than that.”

“…thank you.”

“Um, and…”

“Yes?”

“Please don’t tell Reina about this. It’s my parental dignity… you know?”

Seig requests with a wink on his face, looking like he’s about to be punished.

The face looked more like a neighbour’s cheerful uncle than a military man.

“Haha, I understand. I’ll be quiet.”

Kenya feels Sieg’s good-natured personality first-hand, and he becomes even more fond of the character he liked in the previous world.

“Were you here in Kenya? I knew it.”

“Ah, is it ready, Reina. Then let’s go, Mitsurugi.”

“Yes!”

“Eh? What? – Did you do it already? Which one of you won?”

Then Kenya and Sieg face each other.

“Secret!”  “It’s a secret!”

***

“Yeah, these dashimaki are delicious! Did Reina make them?”

“Yes.”

“Reina is a surprisingly good cook, she does it every day. Her speciality is Japanese food.”

–Even though she has no sense of life at all, and it’s Japanese food.

◇ Kenya’s Imagination Reina in an apron.

I hug her from behind as she stands in the kitchen.

“Kenya-kun, I can’ t cook like this anymore!”

“That’s fine, now I want to eat… you.”

“Oh, God! Then let’s go to bed, shall we?”

“Oh, my God, are you saying…?”

“Eat me.”

“With pleasure!”

◇ ◇

Gufufu. ……

“Kenya. You have a funny face, don’t you?

You can marry a Level 1 and a Level 2. It is rather recommended.”

The Empire encourages the first-class to marry the second-class.

The reason is that the resulting children will be first-class citizens.

The easiest and most potent way to make a country truly its own after an invasion is to make it the next generation of Asgardians.

A country that becomes an imperial nation at heart is truly an empire.

That’s why the Empire made a law that only children with the first class were considered first class citizens.

“Are you sure!”

“Fool! I didn’t allow it!”

“Kenya-kun, do you want to marry me?”

“Yes, I want to.”

“Don’t get carried away! I won’t forgive you! I won’t allow it!”

There is no racial difference there.

It was as if he was really just having dinner with his girlfriend’s parents.

It was a dinner party with that kind of atmosphere.

Well, I’ve never had a girlfriend.

“That’s right, Mitsurugi. Do you have time after this? I have a favour to ask you.”

“? Yes. Nothing in particular.”

Kenya was taken to the military facility under Sieg’s guidance.

Reina seems to be staying at home, so the two of them drive alone.

“What is it?”

“Hm, originally I was thinking of asking Reyna to help. You’re better suited for the job.”

“Suitable?”

***

After finishing their meal, Kenya and Sieg arrived at a research facility rather than a military facility.

Inside was a huge warehouse that could be called a factory for KOG parts.

“Tanaka! Are you there?”

Sieg calls out his name as soon as he opens the door.

Then, there was a researcher in a white coat sleeping on three chairs with numerous empty energy drink cans.

“Ahh, Wake up! Tanaka!”

“Ah? Oh, Sieg-san. Good evening.”

“You’re doing again, for Christ’s sake. Why do geniuses tend to be weirdos?”

The man who is called a genius and a weirdo by Sieg.

“Mitsurugi, this is Tanaka Issei. Well, he’s a so-called genius, and he’s also the head researcher here.”

“Haha, Sieg-san picked me up and here I am working on the development of KOG.”

He has a lazy demeanor, a low profile and an unkempt beard.

He wore glasses and had dark circles under his eyes.

“It’s nice to meet you. I’m Kenya Mitsurugi.”

“Huh? Are you Japanese?”

“Tanaka, this is the test pilot I was telling you about. You can use him. He’s also Japanese, so he should be easy to work with.”

Then Sieg pats Kenya on the back and introduces him.

He also reveals the reason he brought him here.

“Can you operate ..? You have to be at least as good as Reina-kun, okay?”

Tanaka looks at Kenya with doubtful eyes.

It has already only been two weeks since he entered the school, and he wonders if a new student can operate the KOG.

“No problem. He’s stronger than me, he is.”

“Huh? Again, what a joke, hahaha.”

“Well, let’s give it a try.”

“Hmm, If you insist that much..”

Tanaka, not fully believing it, looks at Kenya.

But since Sieg is pushing him, he has no choice but to guide him, but there is probably no one in his home country who can beat a military god at his age.

So he thinks Sieg is joking.

“Mr. Sieg. What’s a test pilot about?”

“Oh, there’s an aircraft under development by a team in Tianzhong right now.”

A frontline military base built in Japan.

The most advanced KOG is being researched there, and its developer is said to be Tanaka.

There were also staff members around who appeared to be Japanese.

Probably Tanaka’s team.

“But why did you become a researcher here, Mr Tanaka? You’re a second-grade student, but how can a second-grade student be a KOG researcher…”

Tanaka-san then replied a little sadly.

“I was– a KOG researcher before the war, working in the Empire. I’m a second-class citizen now, but I used to be in Sieg’s care.”

“I see.”

He says that although he was subject to persecution after the war ended, Sieg picked him up and allowed him to work at this institute.

The Asgar Imperial citizens do not all endorse discrimination.

In fact, there are many people who are against it, but they just can’t say it openly.

So there are even Asgardians who were good friends with Tanaka before the war.

“Here we are.”

The huge door opened into a dimly lit warehouse.

“This is the sixth generation KOG, still unnamed, but without doubt the latest and fastest.”

Tanaka switched on the lights.

In front of Kenya was a KOG, but although it was supposed to be a basic black KOG, it was white.

It was like a white bolt of lightning in the night sky.

“This aircraft is —I see…”

Kenya knows about that aircraft.

He used it more than anyone else. He was better than anyone else.

He liked it more than anyone else.

“I’m glad you had it in this world too, I dare to meet you again.”

There, it was, Kenya’s favorite model in the previous world.

Officially named ‘Takemikazuchi’.

A sixth generation KOG made in Japan, a shining white KOG bearing the name of a Japanese god, stood there.