Chapter 5

Rehabilitation. Reflection: It ended up being more like a thought experiment.

Today's update 2/3 threads

1. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval/)

Huh, so,

– Go!

Bang...

Damn! – Go!!

2. The Student Watching the Hero (Earth Nation)

Hey, Part-time Worker, what's up☆

By the way, in the middle of a battle?

3. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

Oh, in the middle of a battle, huh?

I thought you were some kind of wimp crying to the Hero Board just because you got stuck, but you, huh?

What a nasty situation, isn't it?

4. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

These days, they immediately try to get the answer, how unfair!!

I thought, "What a grumpy old lady," but, uh, Part-time Worker?

Feeling cornered?

5. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

Part-time Worker, are you okay?

Can you answer the questions?

6. The Magician Watching the Hero (Milyu-Mi)

Isn't something wrong with the world name?

I've never seen such a display before.

7. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval/)

It's, uh, not clear!

And, oh no,

– I was summoned from the Yuratta world and immediately got into a battle, but the attacks don't work at all, and I don't understand what's going on!!

8. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

Something feels off... By the way, where is the Part-time Worker really?

I checked the Yuratta world, but there's no trace of dimensional travel.

9. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

The summoning the Part-time Worker usually gets involved in seems different this time.

10. The Student Watching the Hero (Earth Nation)

Yeah, first, the world name display is weird☆

It looks like he was summoned and moved, but it's a bit like when he moved to the guild, too?

11. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

Oh, even the Sage can't do it! ?

That's no good, isn't it? It's terrible!!

So, what kind of enemy is the Part-time Worker fighting?

12. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

I was casually stabbed...

But, that's not the point right now.

Part-time Worker, what are the enemy's characteristics?

13. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval/)

It's, uh, there, but – I can't see it! ?

14. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

What?

15. The Magician Watching the Hero (Milyu-Mi)

What?

16. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

What?

17. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

...Fighting an invisible enemy, huh?

18. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval/)

It's, – bad!

I understand that, so, do something!

But, there's no end to it!

19. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

The Part-time Worker's potential is sometimes scary.

20. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

If the Sage says so, it's quite something...

But, if it wasn't the Part-time Worker, they would be dead instantly, right?

21. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

Hmm, you said the attacks don't work, but the Part-time Worker's weapon is a sword, right?

Did you try any spells?

I mean, can you use them?

22. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval/)

Spells, impossible!

23. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

Oh, no good, huh?

24. The Student Watching the Hero (Earth Nation)

Oh,

Can the Part-time Worker use spells?

25. The Magician Watching the Hero (Milyu-Mi)

Didn't you dabble in various worlds a bit?

26. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

You had a period when you tried various things, right?

27. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

Spell enthusiast group...

28. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

Let's save the comments for later, Assassin.

By "impossible," do you mean it doesn't work, or you don't have the time to use it?

29. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval/)

Both, I guess!!

– I've been trying spells, but there's no response, and the sword is still better. This place is just weird!

30. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

Right, that's it.

Does this place have any characteristics?

Terrain, buildings, anything.

31. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval/)

No, nothing, ...at all!

32. The Magician Watching the Hero (Milyu-Mi)

No, no, there must be something, be more specific.

33. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

It seems you don't have the time to observe.

34. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

...Literally, huh?

35. The Student Watching the Hero (Earth Nation)

There's no terrain or anything at all! ?

Even a foothold...

Maybe: none?

36. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval)

None, at all!!

Spells, foothold, that's

– all there is!!

37. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

...The Part-time Worker's potential is sometimes scary.

38. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

Sometimes isn't the right word...

39. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

You guys, save the shock for later.

Fighting an invisible enemy in a place with nothing, huh...

40. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

Oh, isn't that really bad?

41. The Student Watching the Hero (Earth Nation)

I don't know where or what he's fighting, but it's definitely bad.

It's a dead end☆

42. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval)

It's a dead end,

I guess... right!!

43. The Scholar Watching the Hero (Temporal Library)

Where in the world are you!!

44. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval)

I didn't want to come here! ?

45. The Student Watching the Hero (Earth Nation)

I called the Scholar, the treasure of knowledge☆

Good play, Student☆

46. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

So, Scholar, where is the Part-time Worker?

47. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

And, what is he fighting?

48. The Scholar Watching the Hero (Temporal Library)

...To put it simply,

The Part-time Worker is fighting a non-existent enemy in a non-existent place.

49. The Magician Watching the Hero (Milyu-Mi)

What?

50. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

What?

51. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

What?

52. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

What?

53. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

Huh?

54. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval)

What, does that mean, – huh!?

55. The Scholar Watching the Hero (Temporal Library)

Literally... How to explain it...

Basically, dimensions are places where existence – 'being' – is determined.

'Being' is a place, so the guild can interfere, observe, and move.

However, the Part-time Worker is now in the gap...

Between 'being' places, an unobservable place, an uninterferable place, a place that 'does not exist' in a practical sense.

56. The Student Watching the Hero (Earth Nation)

Oh,

Gap, interstice, that's it☆

57. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

That's why there were no traces of dimensional travel...

But, how can a determined existence, the Part-time Worker, 'be' in a place that 'does not exist'? Isn't that a contradiction in dimensional theory?

58. The Magician Watching the Hero (Milyu-Mi)

Actually, by being there, the Part-time Worker might have made the place 'exist'?

59. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

Ugh, I can't understand this at all!

60. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

Even if you talk about dimensional theory...

So, what is the Part-time Worker fighting, anyway?

61. The Scholar Watching the Hero (Temporal Library)

In a 'non-existent place,' only a 'non-existent thing'...

62. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

So, there's no way out, huh?

63. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval)

I, didn't, – want to hear that!

At all!!

64. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

Hmm, maybe we should throw this to the Dimensional Theory thread.

65. The Student Watching the Hero (Earth Nation)

Hmm, but

The Part-time Worker should be the priority☆ right?

66. The Scholar Watching the Hero (Temporal Library)

Honestly, seeing the Part-time Worker's current situation, which defies dimensional theory, stimulates my intellectual curiosity.

67. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

No, really, let's save that for later.

The priority is to resolve the Part-time Worker's situation.

68. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

That's true... It's a waste.

69. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

You guys, cut it out already.

70. The Magician Watching the Hero (Milyu-Mi)

But... How did the Part-time Worker end up in a 'non-existent place' in the first place?

71. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

Maybe it's because of his overactive summoning constitution?

72. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

Ah!

That's it!!

73. The Scholar Watching the Hero (Temporal Library)

Ah!

That's it!!

74. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

Well, what, what?

75. The Scholar Watching the Hero (Temporal Library)

The Part-time Worker is not being summoned specifically for himself, but because of his 'dimensionally easy constitution,' he is more likely to attract randomly activated summoning spells.

It's a very rare case that he can move through dimensions without collapsing as an individual and without being affected by temporal travel.

He can even withstand quite sloppy summoning spells.

Because of this constitution, he might have gotten stuck between dimensions and managed to maintain his existence.

76. The Magician Watching the Hero (Milyu-Mi)

Ah, I see.

77. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

Yes, that's it.

78. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval)

What, something, casually!

Scary things, said – not, right!?

79. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

He's being told...

80. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

He's being told, it seems.

81. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

So, a 'non-existent place' and a 'non-existent thing'...

82. The Student Watching the Hero (Earth Nation)

Assassin, what's up?

83. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

The Part-time Worker can enter a 'non-existent place' and still be intact, I get that.

But, what is he fighting?

...Isn't it the Part-time Worker himself?

84. The Magician Watching the Hero (Milyu-Mi)

What?

85. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval)

What?

...Oh!!

86. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

What do you mean?

87. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

That's it!!

88. The Scholar Watching the Hero (Temporal Library)

Indeed, there's nothing else!!

89. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

What's going on?

I don't understand at all!!

90. The Student Watching the Hero (Earth Nation)

Hmm?

91. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

In a 'non-existent place,' there's nothing, nothing exists.

But, there is something that exists, right?

92. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

...The Part-time Worker, right.

93. The Scholar Watching the Hero (Temporal Library)

There is nothing but the Part-time Worker.

Conversely, the Part-time Worker is the only one who definitely exists.

94. The Magician Watching the Hero (Milyu-Mi)

But, why is the opponent the Part-time Worker?

95. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

I don't understand at all!!

96. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

If a 'person' appears in a 'non-existent place,' the self-maintenance function of the 'non-existent place' might activate to keep it non-existent.

But, the only one who exists there is the Part-time Worker.

97. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

...So, the Part-time Worker is fighting the Part-time Worker?

Sorry, I don't understand at all.

98. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

I don't understand either, but...

...There's no one else, right?

99. The Student Watching the Hero (Earth Nation)

It's getting philosophical.

I don't understand at all☆

But, the Part-time Worker said the battle started immediately, right?

So, it's like a mirror image, the battle started because the Part-time Worker started it?

100. The Scholar Watching the Hero (Temporal Library)

That's right.

101. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

...So, he shouldn't have fought?

102. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

No, if the self-maintenance function of the 'non-existent place' is the opponent, the Part-time Worker probably has to fight.

I think

But, there's no end to it.

103. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval)

What, should, I, – do!?

104. The Scholar Watching the Hero (Temporal Library)

It's beyond our capabilities.

So, we consulted the guild.

...The Part-time Worker will be forcibly returned.

105. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

What?

It's possible!?

106. The Magician Watching the Hero (Milyu-Mi)

What?

It worked!?

107. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval)

Yeah,

– Let's go!!

108. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

Oh, the countdown started, huh?

109. The Judge Watching the Hero (Biskos)

That's great!

Good job!!

110. The Part-time Worker Pretending to be a Hero (Yuratta→/Interval)

Thanks!!

Done!!

111. The Bounty Hunter Watching the Hero (Jiguray)

...At times like this, the guild's depth is scary.

112. The Magician Watching the Hero (Milyu-Mi)

Yeah,

How did they capture the Part-time Worker...

113. The Sage Watching the Hero (Aerial Garden)

By the way, the Part-time Worker was in a fierce battle...

But, the opponent was the Part-time Worker, so...

114. The Assassin Watching the Hero (Retvar)

...He's quite something, isn't he?

115. The Student Watching the Hero (Earth Nation)

By the way, the Part-time Worker

Where will he return to☆