What on earth is going on?
34 years old. Killed in the line of duty by a gun fired by a criminal I was pursuing.
Having died at such a young age, I should have departed to heaven with this grand title, brimming with dreams and hope—
“You fool, did you decide to become an idiot when they said you were lacking?”
Where did heaven go? And why is there a middle-aged man cursing in my face upon our first meeting?
Is this, my heaven?
“I told you that even if you die, you should die in the grand temple! But you keep coming back to the family like this! How can I make you come to your senses!”
Bang!
The middle-aged man who was shouting unintelligible words in front of me slammed the table in front of him violently.
The elaborate dishes in front of him trembled.
The place I am in looked like a restaurant—
Chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, a long dining table covered with a white cloth, and antique candlesticks.
Aren’t all these things you’d only see in movies?
Even the man cursing in front of me and the people watching him behind were dressed in fancy suits and dresses.
Is this the afterlife, or some kind of medieval romance world?
“I can’t stand to watch your arrogant behavior any longer! Drag that thing out immediately! Lock her in a room and don’t let her drink a single drop of water! And as soon as the sun rises tomorrow, banish her to the grand temple!”
Well, at least I know this isn’t heaven.
Before I could process this new realization, a group of women grabbed me by the arms and started dragging me away.
“Ah, wait a minute!”
Thud!
—Huh? What’s going on?
Whether the maid outfit I’m wearing is for cosplay or not—
Why am I being dragged away so easily? And by women who don’t seem that strong—?
This can’t be happening.
Does muscle loss come with death?
“You ruined my appetite.”
A sneer was directed at me as I stood there frozen in confusion. It came from a young man with luxurious food in front of him.
“Do I have to see your face even here? There’s no place for you in this place. So scram, Ordell.”
I was unable to say anything in response to the condescending demeanor of a man who looked much younger than me.
Ordell, Ordell, Ordell.
What is it? This name that feels so familiar yet ominously unsettling?
Why does he call me that, as if it’s my name—?
Beep.
【Greetings, User ◼◼◼! I am the AI system that manages the dimension.】
Then, a strange window suddenly popped up in front of my dazed eyes.
It looked like a system message window that usually appears in games—
【You are currently in the world of 〈Sacred Idella〉. As of today, User ◼◼◼ will be known as ‘Ordell Kiris.’】
【I am an entity dedicated to assisting you so you can have a smooth transition to this world. Please treat me well.】
“What in the world is this—”
Bullshit.
I had closed my eyes comfortably, thinking I would surely go to heaven— but without my consent, a second life began arbitrarily.
What the hell, I want my heaven back.
* * *
I was a civil servant.
To be more precise, I was a police officer who caught bad guys.
Working on a low salary, and taking overtime whenever a case broke out.
A cop with no work-life balance, who sometimes had to work undercover for months on end.
My sole comfort was web novels.
My irregular lifestyle made it difficult for me to spend time with anyone, but I could easily enjoy web novels.
〈Sacred Idella〉was my favorite novel among them.
“—but now I think I’m going to hate it.”
〈Sacred Idella〉is a romance fantasy novel where the female lead becomes a saint and saves the world.
Did I possess that female lead?
Of course not.
Committing all sorts of nasty things out of jealousy to the heroine’s much more successful life, and tormenting her like crazy.
For all of it to backfire and be executed by the male leads!
The trash villain that always appears in romance novels!
I transmigrated into the body of ‘Ordell Kiris’.
“And her relationship with her family is the worst.”
I thought I might be in the enemy’s house because of all the scolding at Ordell.
To my surprise, this was Ordell’s own home.
Even more, the middle-aged man who had just issued the shocking order to starve me was her father, Count Kiris.
Ordell was the Cinderella of the Kiris family.
It was obvious just by looking at the room I was dragged into and locked up.
An attic room, tucked away in a corner with no sunlight.
Dust piled up here and there.
Furniture with evident signs of being gnawed on by rats and blankets with yellow stains still on them.
If I were to pick the last character I would like to possess in 〈Sacred Idella〉, Ordell would proudly take first place.
“But why the hell did I have to possess Ordell?”
Beep.
【The AI system has received your question.】
As I pounded my fist on the floor in frustration, I heard a notification sound, and a system message window popped up before my eyes.
I grabbed the damned window right away.
【Your soul was chosen by the Sun God of this world to be an apostle through a very slim chance of 0.00018%.】
That’s a number just begging to be cursed at.
So, are you telling me to curse right now?
【The Sun God originally intended to reincarnate you, but due to their slight deficiency, they had no choice but to transmigrate you into an already existing body.】
“Deficiency?”
What? The intelligence of the Sun God?
【Correction. The Sun God’s divine power is currently too deficient to fully reincarnate you.】
【And this is the reason the Sun God has summoned you to this world–】
Alright, let’s hear it then.
How grand of a reason must it be to intercept a good soul destined for heaven?
【〈Quest〉Please Save the ‘Sun Crawling Out of Death!’
The ‘Sun Crawling Out of Death’ is currently at risk of extinction due to a lack of followers.
Become the saintess who inherits the power of the ‘The Sun Crawling Out of Death’, increase the number of followers, and grow your divine power to save the poor god and the world from extinction!
Reward for success: Wealth, honor, and power as a saintess.
Penalty for failure: Eternal extinction of ‘The Sun Crawling Out of Death’ and the destruction of this dimension.】
They forcibly transmigrated me into a novel about saints, and now they’re demanding that I become one?
“You’ve got to be kidding me.”
I burst out laughing at the absurdity of it all.
Then I saw a mirror covered in dust.
Long pink hair flowing down my back.
Golden eyes that shined beautifully even in a filthy room.
A beautiful woman, with a slightly raised eyebrow that made her look cold and haughty, was looking back at me in the mirror.
On Earth, she would have dominated the entertainment industry with her beauty, but what’s the point?
Ordell is a ‘fake saint’ with a bad family and an inferiority complex that causes her to commit all sorts of nasty things.
Possessing the body of a fake saint who barely has a sliver of divine power and demanding that I become a real saint?
If it was going to be like this, why not just give me the body of the main heroine from the start?
The Sun God’s grand temple was revived thanks to the meteoric rise of the main heroine, who was set to save the world and bring it to its greatest prosperity.
I never expected the Sun God to be referred to by such an unsettling name as the ‘Sun Crawling Out of Death’, but if I let things play out, the Sun God should naturally come back to life on his own.
So why insist on using whatever little power you have to transmigrate me, who should have gone to heaven, into a fake saint?
【That question constitutes a divine secret. To receive an answer to that question, your current amount of divine power must exceed 40%.】
You already forced me to transmigrate, and now you can’t tell me the truth?
It’s hard enough being weak.
“How much divine power do I have now?”
Even if Ordell is a fake saint, she should still have some divine power.
Although it’s described as a trivial amount in the story, she still played the role of a saint before the main heroine appeared, so there should be at least 20%—
【Current divine power: 2%】.
“—?”
I rubbed my eyes and looked again, but the 2% did not turn into 20% by any miracle.
【To achieve a perfect awakening as a saint, you must attain 100% divine power.】
They put me in a body with only 2% divine power and yet, they expect me to become a saint and grow the grand temple?
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced that the Sun God’s intelligence is indeed lacking.
SoundlessWind21’s Notes:
I was enthralled by the cover art of the web novel so I decided to picked this up and translate. I also saw it ranking high daily in KakaoPage and I became curious. Anyway, thank you for reading!
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