The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 2 Chapter 48: Building a Store 4 (3/3)

“There are other things too other than food. Like technology or knowledge. But not all otherworlders ar eas passionate as him. Some were eager but lacked the ability or knowledge, some had bad luck and failed, and then there were those who failed to hand down their knowledge because of war or other otherworlders.”

“Makes sense… But what do you mean by other otherworlders being the reason they failed? Did they hand down something even better?” [Ryouma]

“…I can only blame it on bad luck, but there was a medical student who came to this world in the past and spread his knowledge on medicine and diseases. But now there’s no such knowledge right?” [Kufo]

“Yeah. The guild master didn’t even know about infectious diseases.” [Ryouma]

“Actually, there was a girl who once wanted to become a saint. She was the person before your predecessor.” [Kufo]

“A saint? You mean that stuff that holds a high position in the church or something?” [Ryouma]

“Right, that one. Someone who uses the divine to heal people. She wanted to live like that and be spoiled. Oh, but she wasn’t a bad kid by any means. She loved to go, “I want to be spoiled!” But she genuinely wanted to save others.

That’s why Rurutia, Gayn, and I gave her our divine protection, so that she might be able to heal other people. Her power wasn’t strong enough to revive the dead, but it was enough for her to heal anyone as long as they had a sliver or breath left. Along with that we also gave her a power that rendered her completely immune to all poison, diseases, and injuries. At the same time, she also could not be bound by anyone.

Like that she lived as a saint, but…” [Kufo]

“But?” [Ryouma]

Did something happen?

“She could heal any sickness, but others could only use normal healing magic and couldn’t heal sickness like she did. From time to time, there were also diseases that this world’s medical science couldn’t treat. When such people failed to receive treatment from her, there was only one option for them: death.

When she saw that she realized that there would be more people like that after she died, so… At the end of her life, she used the power of god and prayed, “Please make all the diseases vanish from this world.” [Kufo]

“She wanted to erase all diseases!? Is such a thing even possible?” [Ryouma]

“Normally, no, but we gave her her power directly, and she had also gathered plenty of faith from her achievements, so after adding the wishes of the people, her powers were greatly amplified and she was able to have her prayer answered. In other words, she used a trick.

But that trick was also only possible because she used literally everything she had, including her soul. Normally, the soul would enter the cycle of reincarnation after death, but in her case, it simply perished. That was the price for using so much of her power.” [Kufo]

“What an amazing person…” [Ryouma]

“Although she started living like a saint because she admired them, she was really troubled at the start. Still, in the end, she found her purpose and became a true saint.

Using the power of faith as energy may be obvious to us, but that’s not true for humans. And yet she came up with such a method… Although she wasn’t able to completely remove all diseases, the people who died due to disease in the past 400 years dropped sharply. Wounds were still a thing, though, so healing magic remained, but because of what she did, all knowledge on treating diseases stopped being passed on, bringing us to where we are today.

Although the effects of her power have already vanished, the knowledge lost won’t come back.” [Kufo]

“I see…” [Ryouma]

Still, it’s really hard to believe that one person was able to do such a grand thing, even with cheats…

“Actually, as long as you’re resolved to sacrifice your soul, you can do something similar. The effect won’t be as strong as hers, though.” [Kufo]

“Seriously!?” [Ryouma]

“When the soul of man is fused with the power of god, a great power can be born. Which is also why we use the souls of humans such as yourself to transfer mana from another world to this world.

Well, even if you attempt it, at most you can only stop diseases from appearing for a few years. In her case, a lot of people believed in her and she also specialized in healing, so she was able to stop diseases for 400 years, but in your case, not only do you not have other people’s religious faith, you also don’t specialize in healing. in fact, you’re an all-rounder.

Thanks to that though, you basically have no limits. You grow fast too, so given time, you’ll probably gain a power greater than just a mere cheat. But that’s fine since we enjoy watching you.” [Kufo]

“So in the end it comes down to that?” [Ryouma]

“That’s because it’s really boring here in the divine realm. There’s nothing to do at all~” [Kufo]

When Kufo said that, light began to glow.

Ah, this must be that.

“Time’s up, huh.” [Ryouma]

“Huh? Already? …Oh, right! Gayn and Rurutia aren’t around, so I can only keep it up this long! Ryouma-kun!” [Kufo]

“What is it all of the sudden?” [Ryouma]

“I summoned you here because I have something to tell you! Unfortunately, I wasted time talking about unrelated stuff! Anyway, I’ll just tell you the gist of it! We forgot to mention this, but as a consequence of making you young again, your mind is going to faintly regress into a child!

This happened to the other otherworlders too!

You are Ryouma Takebayashi [1], the man who lived and died on Earth after 30 years. But at the same time, you are also Ryouma Takebayashi [2], an 11 year-old boy living in this world! The reason you couldn’t keep your poker face was because of that! That’s why while it’s okay to train yourself, don’t push yourself too much!” [Kufo]

After Kufo hastily said that, light filled my vision and I was back in the room.

What did he say? My mind is being affected by my body? I don’t really get it, but isn’t this really important?

And I feel like I can somewhat understand what he means by regressing to a child’s mind…

When I was working at the company in my past life, I had a poker face that was so stiff no one should’ve been able to tell what I was thinking, but now people keep telling me that I’m like an open book. I was told something similar when I was a kid too…

In any case, nothing’s changed. I will still train myself. Still, Kufo did go out of his way to tell me, so I should keep it in mind.

I quietly thanked Kufo in my mind, then after leaving a donation, I left the church.

It was already getting dark, so I went back to the inn.

Tomorrow’s the day! Everyone’s going to be coming to my store! Let’s go to bed early and do our best!

[1][2] – The former is written in kanji, the latter is written in katakana.

 

Tl Note: Sorry couldn’t post yesterday. Was sooo busy. Have prelims this coming week, so might have to cancel some chapters or just post really short ones.


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32 responses to “The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 2 Chapter 48: Building a Store 4 (3/3)”

  1. KuroHaruto Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter!!!

  2. Lucifer Arina Avatar
    Lucifer Arina

    Thank you for the chapter.

  3. 5d100 Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter
    Lali~ho!

  4. Afganitia Avatar
    Afganitia

    Poker face is important after all.

  5. kaminokitsune Avatar
    kaminokitsune

    But not all otherworlders ar eas passionate as him.
    ar eas —> are as

    dead, but it was enough for her to heal anyone as long as they had a sliver or breath left.

    or breath —> of breath

    in fact, you’re an all-rounder.

    in —> In

    Thank you for the chapter! ^¬^

  6. cindia Avatar

    party time, next chapter!

  7. ~Traveling Chef~ Avatar

    i really like it when reincarnation novels make the characters mental state change based on their physical age, it makes everything just jive a little easier for me~
    thanks for the chapter~

    1. Easykiln Avatar
      Easykiln

      If they don’t do that it makes the romance weird, really.

      1. ironyisnotdead Avatar

        That was an issue with him in original when he was 14 and getting attention from girls his age. He’d be thinking like an uncle (who wasn’t pedo) and didnt properly respond.
        Thanks for the chapter

    2. Donjo Marco Avatar
      Donjo Marco

      But why would he mentally age regress suddenly after 3 years, when in the previous chapters he constantly mentioned mentally feeling like an aged uncle?

      It’s contrived and stupid.

  8. Treyon Avatar
    Treyon

    you know… a better way to fight diseases would be to simple increase the immunity system of all beings so that diseases are really hard to get

    1. Advocateofchrysanthemum Avatar
      Advocateofchrysanthemum

      Actually diseases can evolve/mutate so it’s not as simple as you think.

    2. Easykiln Avatar
      Easykiln

      It’s the same. Her wish very well may have done that, it only cared about the results and not the method. Probably not though, she wouldn’t have the power to change the essence of every person just like she didn’t have the power to change the rules of the world.

      The most probable thing I can think of is a massive, extraordinarily stable healing type spell that covers the entire world and automatically acts on any disease that appears until the Mana eventually dries up. Probably utilized faith that poured in to her after her sacrifice to extend the life of the spell.

      …Now I’m thinking maybe she could have tied a piece of her soul to the spell as a conduit for the power of faith directed at her, and the many years of nourishment could unexpectedly give her new existence as a divine life form… Well, probably only birthed from her and not her herself, because a soul fragment just isn’t enough. But at a certain point theorizing becomes fan fiction I guess. In reality, this is probably just a segment to remind us that there have been many legendary cheat heroes throughout history here and ryouma isn’t some unique protagonist existence, rather than foreshadowing for a new character.

      1. ironyisnotdead Avatar

        From the sounds of it, she destroyed all viruses on that world.
        Not exactly healing, but technically not killing. Because, technically viruses aren’t alive according to our current scientific definition of life. Lack of actual reproductive capacity is why they mutate so easily and don’t fit the definition.
        Go figure. 😜

  9. Elvan Avatar
    Elvan

    I found the “child mental state” very weak point.
    In 3+ years he just lost his “poker face” ability. He didn’t became a child at all.

  10. Creative Boundaries Avatar
    Creative Boundaries

    Thanks for the chapter
    This was a great chapter? thanks to the story of the saint
    Too bad she couldn’t enter the cycle of reincarnation
    Now rom-rom more likely?

  11. etherealrainbowcanvas Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter!

  12. GM_Rusaku (@ narou-tl.com) Avatar

    Thank━━━━s
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       (・ω・`) /| 
    /くT ̄ ̄二=二] 三二─
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  13. Daiz71 Avatar

    Thanks

  14. Jana Avatar

    excuse me, i have a question,,,whats the difference between the first version and this? i want to know because im readding the vol 3….by the way, thank you so much for the chapters

  15. ThePlaneskeeper Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter! Don’t forget to take care of yourself!

  16. dozymoe Avatar

    But god san, he specializes in slime, so if his wish was for the goodness of all slimes we could see a miracle.

  17. kariageweb Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter! 🙂

  18. LK Avatar
    LK

    Thanks for the chapter and please keep up the good work (^-^)

  19. sfcipher Avatar

    Error:
    But not all otherworlders ar eas passionate as him -> But not all otherworlders are as passionate as him

    Thanks for the treat.

  20. ryuukun17 Avatar

    No matter how many times I’ve read this part, I still think that that Saint(lol) deserved it.

  21. KaazDov Avatar
    KaazDov

    Correction for the third sentence:
    ar eas –> areas

  22. Timóteo André Avatar
    Timóteo André

    I always had this feeling with other isekai stories, that the mcs at some point start acting like their new body age so it’s refreshing to see a story that address this.

    And this also helps ease us into accepting a potential love story with the young lady Elialia.

  23. darkLoki Avatar
    darkLoki

    Thanks for the chapter. This chapter come with the most important information about isekais novels

  24. Tsuru Tsuru Avatar
    Tsuru Tsuru

    Sniff… what a great kind innocent girl the saint was, it’s really too bad she perished (soul). But yeah kinda annoying and dumb that the medical knowledge was lost.

  25. Paps Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter.

  26.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    When I was 16 and gained the attention of a 15 year old, I had the same feeling.
    “I’m too old for you”
    “you’re only 1 year older!!”
    The save thing happens in real life, so it’s not contrived.

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