Chapter 91: Persecuting Eris! Hiratsuka Shizuka Decides to Move

Chris froze upon hearing that, her expression visibly stiffening. She scratched at the scar on her cheek—one she hadn't bothered to hide.

Just as she was about to lie—

She turned her head and met the boy's pure golden eyes glowing with divine radiance.

A god could see through a person's essence. Aqua just wasn't capable of it. But this teammate of hers—he was a god too?

"Please... don't tell Lady Aqua about this."

She didn't deny it.

Eris shook her head lightly, her blue eyes flickering with curiosity. She didn't doubt Shirakawa's character—after all, her senior Aqua was a great judge of people.

Unlike the tomboy persona she usually wore, her voice was gentle. "In exchange, as long as it's not... something that would disrupt the world order, I'll help you."

"Mm... I just need you to help reincarnate someone's soul into your world."

Eris: "..."

Hearing the request, her expression stiffened even more. To be exact, this wasn't even a request in the traditional sense. Even with the Demon King's army around—

Most souls didn't want to reincarnate into the Konosuba world.

But still—

Shirakawa wanted to send a human soul here? Eris couldn't find a reason to refuse. She nodded lightly in agreement.

"So... where is this soul?"

"I've stored it in another dimension. I need you to help transport it and handle the reincarnation."

Within the chaotic subspace, unless a stable conduit was created to connect it to another world, it was difficult for anything to descend into a new realm. With that in mind—

Shirakawa's consciousness entered the subspace.

Using his body as an anchor, he transformed spiritual energy into a thread that pierced through the void, constructing a stable passageway to Konosuba's world with multiple safety constraints.

If he didn't control it—

The overflowing subspace energy would seriously damage that world.

As the goddess of fortune who presided over the entire world, Eris turned to the boy once she sensed the conduit forming.

"You're linking your space to my world?"

"Yep."

"Without a stable link, I wouldn't be able to reach your subspace."

Ignoring whether she minded or not, Shirakawa took her soft, slender hand in his own. Through that contact, the conduit instantly connected to the subspace.

With a thought—

He and Eris were transported there instantly.

With a touch of mischief, Shirakawa sat on his golden throne. Next to him, Eris appeared stunned, nearly falling into his arms.

In this world—

She appeared not as the thief Chris, but in her true divine form. She wore a dark blue floral dress. Her chest... had clearly been padded.

She glanced around the palace.

It was completely different from her own world. The place overflowed with pure subspace energy.

"This... This is your space?"

"More or less."

Shirakawa didn't explain much. What surprised him was that Eris's true form could exist here—something that contradicted his expectations about the subspace.

She wasn't overwhelmed by negative emotions.

It was like an emerald illusion, just filled with pure energy. The Chosen of Pleasure could appear here without issue.

That seemed to check out.

He swept his awareness through the chaotic space and quickly located Kayaba Akihiko in the starting town. Without giving advance notice—

He teleported the soul to the palace.

Looking at Kayaba before him, Shirakawa said casually, "This is the soul I need you to help reincarnate into another world."

Eris gave the middle-aged man a cursory glance—nothing remarkable about his appearance. Using her divine authority, she collected the soul.

Finally—

She turned to Shirakawa. "Anything else?"

"No."

Shirakawa gently shook his head, his eyes lingering on Eris. Even ignoring the scar on her cheek, her looks were stunning.

She wore a pale blue dress.

Blue heels. Smooth white stockings hugged her shapely legs. Teasing her had become a daily routine. With a playful smile, he joked:

"It's just... Aqua keeps saying your chest is padded."

"..."

But—

Before he could even finish the sentence, Eris's figure vanished from the subspace, returning to the celestial realm to handle the reincarnation queue.

She did her best to calm herself down.

But the blush on the girl's cheeks couldn't be hidden. She had no choice but to shift her attention and release Kayaba Akihiko's soul, reverting to her proper goddess appearance.

"Welcome to the afterlife. I am Eris, the goddess who shall guide you to a new path. Your life in that world has come to an end..."

White Ishikawa didn't stay in the Konosuba world. He still hadn't fully figured out how to deal with Darkness, so he chose to return to the real world for now.

As for forming a familia in Danmachi, that could be delayed. With Sakurajima Mai under the care of Lili and Hestia, there wasn't much to worry about.

They could help her properly adapt to the otherworld.

In the world of Highschool of the Dead, Saeko Busujima and Shizuka Marikawa were already designated as Chosen of Pleasure. Even if he brought them back to the real world, it wouldn't cause much issue.

He could even set up a spatial tether to let them travel freely between the subspace and the apocalypse world. He hadn't visited Goblin Slayer's world lately, though...

So he had no idea how the Sword Maiden was doing.

"There really are a lot of things I need to take care of."

Helping the Sword Maiden become a Chosen of Pleasure—whether it was to strengthen her or to bring her somewhere safer—wasn't an issue either.

Upon returning to the real world, in the bedroom of his luxury apartment, Shirikawa saw that it had been thoroughly cleaned by Izumi Mio. Before heading to the SAO world, he'd already completely shattered her worldview.

Picking up the phone lying on the bed, he glanced out the window. It was nearly dusk. But as he checked his LINE messages—

His expression froze.

Over ten unread messages and multiple missed calls—all mainly from Hiratsuka Shizuka, with a few from Miura Yumiko.

Miura Yumiko:

Shiraishi-kun, I'm going to karaoke with Ebina and Yui~ Just us girls, okay?

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Hiratsuka Shizuka:

I've decided to move in!

Where are you?

I've already packed everything. Where are you??

I'm at Apartment 14 with Izumi. Reply when you see this! [fist emoji]

Miura's message could be ignored—but Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly deciding to move in made the corners of his mouth twitch. Most importantly...

His homeroom teacher... was now teaming up with the housewife he was about to conquer?