Chapter 75: Tales of the Gods ④ - The Fate Goddess Allofa

Chapter 75: Tales of the Gods 4 - The Fate Goddess Allofa Tales of the Gods 4 – The Fate Goddess Allofa

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The main gate of the Royal Kiralimake Academy.

A structure built to embody the dignity of the Teenidys Kingdom.

Its white marble walls are adorned with reliefs depicting the myth of the Goddess of Knowledge bestowing wisdom upon humanity. Its solemn design is awe-inspiring.

More than just the entrance to a place of learning, this gate is counted among the top tourist attractions of Teenidys.

Atop this gate, a small bird watched as the carriage from the Salar Baron’s territory entered the academy grounds.

“Pii......”

The rainbow-colored small bird let out a single call, almost like a tired sigh.

This was the avatar of the Fate Goddess Allofa – the true mastermind behind the incidents surrounding Sara Salar, the Baron’s daughter.

The Fate Goddess Allofa, true to her name, governs the fate of this world.

Her form is said to be that of a beautiful goddess with rainbow-colored hair who appears before people in the guise of a small bird.

However, the truth is that even Allofa’s true form awaiting in the gods’ realm takes the shape of a rainbow-colored small bird.

The “beautiful goddess” description is merely a convenient belief engineered to gain human faith.

She has been an avian creature since birth, never once taking a humanoid shape.

In the gods’ realm of Ardyst, cases where a deity’s true form differs from their mythological humanoid appearance are called “mythological deception” – but it is so commonplace that it is not particularly frowned upon.

In any case, putting that aside.

“Pii pii pii! Pipi pipi!”

Finally, the stage was set.

Allofa could now proceed with filming her isekai broadcast that she had been preparing.

Singing a joyful song while hopping and dancing about, Allofa celebrated.

She too wanted to produce an “otome game reincarnation” broadcast.

Ever since becoming entranced by the “otome game reincarnation” videos aired by gods from other worlds, this desire had swirled within her heart – now finally realized.

Of course she was delighted.

There had been unforeseen obstacles, requiring far more preparation than expected, but that only amplified her elation all the more.

......The “unforeseen obstacle” referred to that mysterious black-haired, black-eyed cursed child who seemed to appear out of nowhere.

There are occasional existences whose destiny even the Fate Goddess cannot discern.

More often than not, such irregularities are individuals who have somehow escaped a fate where they were originally meant to die.

Typically, through interacting with others in life, such beings eventually get incorporated into new flows of destiny...but that did not seem to be the case with the cursed girl.

Which also evidences that up until her current age, she had survived by barely interacting with people at all.

From Allofa’s brief investigation, it appeared the cursed girl had cohabited with an elderly man until a few months ago. However, that man was also a recluse himself, apparently unable to bring about the causal nexus that would determine her destiny.

In other words, even now, while her actions over the next few months could barely be predicted, her greater destiny remained unreadable even to Allofa.

Truly an irregular among irregulars.

Now then, because this “unforeseen obstacle” – the irregular cursed child – had gotten involved with the Salar Baron’s household, Allofa ended up having to go through extra trouble in preparing her isekai broadcast.

Implanting a reincarnated soul into Sara Salar the Baron’s daughter’s body to recreate an “otome game reincarnation” scenario pseudo-artificially.

This was not originally supposed to be difficult.

From the start, Allofa had envisioned having the reincarnated soul take over Sara Salar’s body as she suffered from “a mysterious severe fever.”

The reason being, in other worlds’ “otome game reincarnation” broadcasts, that was a common introductory setup.

Allofa is the type to model things based on existing forms.

However, when she consulted the Plague God (who takes the form of a large rat) to inquire if there was any “disease that would cause only high fevers making one deathly ill, but fully recover by having a reincarnated soul take over the body”, he flatly rejected her:

“There’s no such conveniently contrived disease.”

No matter how desperately she tried pleading that it was the mainstream setup used in other worlds’ “otome game reincarnation” introductions, he still refused to cooperate:

“Over there is over there, over here is over here.”

That rat was an inflexible stickler for rules.

To begin with, he had little interest in isekai broadcasts.

She could not implant the reincarnated soul into Sara Salar’s body.

Should she have Mauve injure Sara Salar instead?

No, that would not work.

If commanded such a thing, the mentally unstable Mauve would undoubtedly go too far.

He would kill Sara Salar.

No matter how many times Allofa predicted the destiny, she could only foresee that outcome, which is why she resorted to this roundabout approach.

She must not kill Sara Salar.

Implanting a soul into a dead body would merely create an undead – not what Allofa desired.

Left with no choice, there was one final measure.

Allofa poured her divine power fully into the Queen’s corpse, temporarily possessing it as an improvised avatar.

In other words, she directly controlled the Queen’s body to unleash 【Poison Breath】 upon Sara Salar.

It was an inefficient brute-force approach that heavily taxed Allofa, but at least it accomplished her goal.

Until the very end, the accursed girl obstructed Allofa, standing in her way to protect Sara Salar, but that small body could not fully block all the venom.

Finally, Sara Salar fell into a near-death state, allowing Allofa to dispose of that troublesome cursed girl.

In the end, the gods prevail.

......Or so Allofa thought, but then that accursed girl recovered normally from the venom instead of dying.

Just what in the world is that thing? A monster?

Well, whatever.

The important thing is that Allofa succeeded in implanting the reincarnated soul into Sara Salar.

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And so the present scene unfolds.

After dozing off in the carriage earlier, Sara Salar has awoken, frolicking excitedly at the majestic, elegant view of the academy grounds.

She can be seen leaning out the carriage window, only to be chided by her traveling companion Kiskett.

“Pii pii pii.”

Preparations on this side seem sufficient enough.

For reassurance, Allofa decided to also check on the status of “the other one.”

Spreading her wings, the rainbow-colored small bird flew off to observe the situation with the other reincarnator she had arranged.

To put it truthfully, Sara Salar was a human originally destined to become the main protagonist.

Had the Fate Goddess not intervened, she would have grown into a pure, upright, beautiful young woman – just an ordinary Baron’s daughter from the countryside, yet fated to catch the Crown Prince’s eye and become his queen.

She possessed such potential.

However...

If Allofa simply had the reincarnator walk that predictable, predestined path, it would not satisfy the audience...the gods watching.

Therefore, for the soul to inhabit Sara Salar’s body, Allofa deliberately chose one with a nasty personality – a dishonest, arrogant, selfish reincarnated soul.

Allofa had no intention of making Sara Salar the main protagonist.

Quite the opposite, in fact.

An antagonist who abuses the “walkthrough information” (“obtained from playing the otome game” – but actually future knowledge predicted via Allofa’s “destiny confirmation”) to act selfishly.

That was the Sara Salar Allofa desired.

Then who would be the main protagonist?

It would be a character originally destined to be a meek, envious person who would constantly bully Sara Salar due to her status – a woman fated to have her engagement to the Crown Prince annulled at the academy’s graduation party, then exiled from the country.

......Ijiwaar Deswaar, the Deswaar Duchy’s daughter.

The possessor of a glamorous beauty, her golden drill-curled hair twisting left and right.

Indeed, the “reincarnated as a villainess” premise is arguably mainstream among “otome game reincarnation” stories.

And it is Ijiwaar who is the protagonist of the Fate Goddess Allofa’s isekai broadcast: 【It’s Fine to Reincarnate as a Villainess Daughter! But the Name ‘Ijiwaar Deswaar’ Seems a Bit too Cruel, Don’t You Think!?】

......Incidentally, as the title suggests, it is a comedy work.