Chapter 1
What on earth is going on?
At the age of 34. Killed in the line of duty after being stabbed by a criminal I was pursuing.
I, who had died at such a young age, should have left this world with such a glorious title and gone to a heaven filled with dreams and hope……
“You idiot. I told you that you were lacking, and now you’ve really decided to become a deficient person?”
Where did heaven go, and why was there a middle-aged man cursing right in my face even though we had never met before?
Was this my heaven?
“I told you that even if you died, you should die at the Great Temple, yet you keep coming back to the family! Just what will it take for you to come to your senses?”
Bang!
The middle-aged man, who had been shouting incomprehensible things in front of me, slammed his fist down on the dining table.
The fancy food placed in front of him shook.
So, I was in some kind of dining room right now……
A chandelier hanging from the ceiling, a long dining table covered with a white cloth, and antique candle holders.
Aren’t these things only seen in movies?
Even the man cursing at me and the people watching from behind were wearing fancy suits and dresses.
Was this the afterlife, or a fantasy romance world from the early modern era?
“I can no longer tolerate your arrogance. Take that thing away immediately, lock her in her room, and don’t give her even a sip of water! And tomorrow morning, as soon as the sun rises, send her straight to the Great Temple!”
Well, at least I knew this wasn’t heaven.
Before I even had time to accept this new realization, some women grabbed both of my arms and pulled me away.
“Ah, wait!”
Crash!
……Huh? What?
Leaving aside whether the maid uniform I was wearing was a costume or not……
Why was I being dragged away so easily? By women who didn’t even seem that strong?
This couldn’t be right.
Did you lose muscle along with your life when you died?
“You’re really ruining my appetite.”
A mocking voice fell upon me as I stood frozen in confusion.
It was a young man sitting in front of a luxurious meal.
“Do I really have to see your face even here? You have no place here, so get out of here quickly, Ordell.”
Even in the face of the rude behavior of a guy who looked much younger than me, I couldn’t say anything.
Ordell. Ordell. Ordell.
What was this?
Why did this familiar yet extremely ominous name keep ringing in my ears?
Why were they calling me by that name as if it were my own……?
Beep.
【Nice to meet you, User ■■■! I am the AI system that manages dimensions.】
At that moment, a strange window appeared in front of my dazed eyes.
It looked just like the system message windows you usually see in games……
【You are currently possessing a body in the world of <The Holy Idella>. From today onward, User ■■■’s name will be ‘Ordell Kiris’.】
【I will sincerely do my best to help you have a smooth possession life. I look forward to working with you.】
“What the hell is this…….”
What kind of bullshit was this?
I had peacefully closed my eyes, thinking I would naturally go to heaven……
But without my consent, my second life had started on its own.
What the hell? Give me back my heaven.
I was a civil servant.
More precisely, I was a police officer who caught bad guys.
Low salary, and whenever a case happened, working overtime was a given.
Sometimes, I had to spend months working undercover and keeping watch.
I was a detective who couldn’t find even a trace of work-life balance no matter how hard I looked.
My only source of comfort was web novels.
Because even I, who had an irregular lifestyle that made it difficult to spend time with other people, could easily enjoy them.
<The Holy Idella> was my favorite novel.
“……But I think I’m going to hate it now.”
<The Holy Idella> was a romance fantasy novel about the female protagonist becoming a Saintess and saving the world.
Did I possess the female protagonist?
Of course not.
The character who caused all kinds of trouble around her, became jealous of the much more successful female protagonist, and tormented her like crazy.
And eventually, after suffering the consequences of her actions, she was punished by the male leads!
The typical worthless villainess who appeared in romance fantasy novels!
I had possessed ‘Ordell Kiris.’
“Even her family situation is the worst.”
Everyone had been saying all kinds of things to Ordell, so I thought she must have been in the home of her enemy.
But surprisingly, this was Ordell’s family home.
The middle-aged man who had just given the shocking order to starve me was even her father, Count Kiris.
And Ordell was the most mistreated member of the Kiris family.
I could tell just by looking at the room I had been dragged into and locked inside.
An attic located in a dark corner where sunlight barely came in.
Dust piled up everywhere.
Furniture clearly gnawed by rats, and a blanket with yellow stains still left on it.
If people were asked to choose the character they would least want to possess in <The Holy Idella>, Ordell would proudly take first place.
“But why did I have to possess Ordell of all people?!”
Beep.
【The AI system has received your question.】
When I slammed my fist against the floor in frustration, a notification sound rang out, and a system message window appeared in front of me.
I immediately grabbed onto the damn window.
【Your soul was chosen as an apostle by the Sun God of this world and possessed a body after overcoming the extremely low probability of 0.00018%.】
That was a number perfect for swearing at.
Was it asking me to curse?
【Originally, we intended to reincarnate you. However, because the Sun God who brought you to this world was somewhat lacking, we had no choice but to place you in an already existing body.】
“Lacking?”
What was lacking? The Sun God’s intelligence?
【Correction. The Sun God currently lacks sufficient divine power to completely reincarnate you.】
【And this is the reason the Sun God called you to this world.】
Fine. Let’s hear it.
Just what was the grand reason for forcibly intercepting a good soul that was supposed to go to heaven?
【<Quest> Please save the ‘Sun That Crawled Out of Death’!
Currently, the ‘Sun That Crawled Out of Death’ is in danger of disappearing due to an insufficient number of believers.
Become a Saintess who inherits the power of the ‘Sun That Crawled Out of Death,’ increase the number of believers, and raise your divine power to save the pitiful god and the world from destruction!
Success Reward: Wealth, honor, and power as a Saintess
Failure Penalty: Eternal disappearance of the ‘Sun That Crawled Out of Death’ and destruction of the dimension】
It had thrown me into a Saintess novel without my permission, and now it wanted me to become a Saintess?
“This is driving me crazy.”
I let out a hollow laugh at the ridiculous content.
Then, in my field of vision, I saw a mirror covered in a thick layer of dust.
Long pink hair flowing down my body.
Golden eyes that shone beautifully even in this dirty room.
A beautiful woman with slightly raised eyes that made her look cold and proud was staring back at me from the mirror.
If I had had this beauty on Earth, I could have completely dominated the entertainment industry.
But what was the point?
Ordell, who had a terrible family relationship and such a strong inferiority complex that she caused all kinds of trouble, was the ‘fake Saintess’!
They had put me into the body of a fake Saintess with only a tiny amount of divine power and told me to become a real Saintess?
If they were going to do this, they should have possessed the female protagonist’s body from the beginning!
The poor Great Temple of the Sun God was revived thanks to the female protagonist, who appeared like a comet, and after she saved the world, it entered its greatest period of prosperity.
I never expected the Sun God to be called the ‘Sun That Crawled Out of Death,’ which was a very unpleasant name, but anyway, if everything was simply left to follow the original story, the Sun God would revive on his own.
So why had he gone through all this trouble and used his precious divine power just to possess me in the body of a fake Saintess when I was supposed to be going to heaven?
【That question falls under the category of revealing heavenly secrets. To obtain the answer to this question, the amount of divine power possessed by the user must exceed 40%.】
They had possessed me without my permission, but they couldn’t even tell me the truth?
Is this how miserable it was to be weak?
“How much divine power do I have right now?”
Even though Ordell was a fake Saintess, she did possess divine power.
Although the novel described it as being only a tiny amount, she had still acted as the Saintess until the female protagonist appeared, so I thought she would have at least 20%……
【Current Divine Power: 2%】
“……?”
I rubbed my eyes and looked again.
But no miracle happened where 2% became 20%.
【To achieve complete awakening as a Saintess, you must reach 100% divine power.】
They had put me into a body with a mere 2% divine power and told me to become a Saintess and develop the Great Temple?
No matter how I thought about it, the Sun God really did seem to be lacking in intelligence
