The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 3 Extra Chapter 1: Trial of the Gods and Sereriputa’s True Intentions (3/4)

Sereriputa has been speaking nonchalantly without any emotions until now, but suddenly, his face became serious.

“I’ve been talking about my conjectures until now, but I want to make one thing clear. Ryouma-kun isn’t a bad person.” [Sereriputa]

“We know that perfectly well without you having to point it out.” [Kirillel]

“In the first place, we wouldn’t have taken him to this world if he were a bad person.” [Rurutia]

“Indeed. But in that regard, the Earth God seems to have done a poor job? What do you think, Fernoberia?” [Gayn]

“I agree. If he really wanted to, he could have created a human that could do exactly what he wanted. He could have even decided his fate for him.” [Fernoberia]

“But if he did it that way it wouldn’t be as interesting. After all, if a god were to empower someone without reserve, the answer would be obvious. So what the Earth God did instead was to give only the talents needed and prepare a suitable environment. By doing things in such a roundabout way, an element of randomness could be introduced, and not even the Earth God himself would know what the end result would be. And I’m sure he must’ve also tuned things to make sure that things didn’t escalate too much past human limits.” [Sereriputa]

“…I see. So you could also look at it that way.” [Fernoberia]

“This whole thing is making me sick… Damn it…” [Kufo]

“But it was precisely because Ryouma was ‘toyed’ with like that that he lived his whole life practicing self-restraint. It was by exhibiting self-restraint beyond that of the Earth God’s expectations and resisting the temptations that ever whispered by his ears that he was able to increase his resistance against mind control abilities to such high levels. So much so in fact that the simulation broke.

Thanks to that there are many traces of the Earth God’s attempt at bestowing him talents and trying to lead him astray. The earth god was being really hardhanded with manipulating Ryouma’s fate. It wasn’t just once or twice that Ryouma’s soul was fiddled with.” [Sereriputa]

“So that’s the reason behind his ability to resist…” [Willieris]

“Well, the person himself knew absolutely nothing about the god’s situation and just lived his life without knowing anything, though.” [Sereriputa]

Sereriputa said in response to Willieris’ mutterings. And then Grimp, who was sitting beside her, spoke in agreement.

“So that’s why you said something like that.” [Grimp]

“Ah…. Are you really going to mention that here, Grimp?” [Sereriputa]

Sereriputa has been aloof all this time, but upon hearing Grimp say that, his expression suddenly twisted.

It was as if Grimp knew something he didn’t want him to say, rousing the interest of the other gods.

“‘I pray that you are able to become truly happy. It’ll get noisy around you in the near future, so do your best. Enjoy your peaceful life at the village until then. If you ever find it too hard to live, you can come to my place…’

I think I got it right. It was so unlike you to say something like that, so it stayed on my mind.” [Grimp]

“Sigh… I’m sure he must’ve really wanted to take his anger out on someone in his past life. There was probably a lot of times he thought just that. After all, there were so many reasons he could have killed someone. But despite that he never killed anyone and never committed a crime… Even if his actions were really nothing more than hypocrisy, even if he knew nothing about the Earth God’s doings, he stuck to his principles until the very end.

It would have been one thing had he lived a normal human’s life, but to resist the temptations of a god while being a mere human… That’s more than enough to earn my respect.” [Sereriputa]

“When you put it that way, it is pretty amazing.” [Grimp]

“Even if the Earth God was just playing around, a weak will couldn’t have possibly endured his toying.” [Kufo]

“It’s frustrating, but the Earth God is also higher ranked than us…” [Tekun]

“Well, fortunately his soul ended up here. The Earth God shouldn’t be able to mess with him anymore… But his ‘personality’ which is a product of all those decades of abuse has remained, so I’m still worried.” [Sereriputa]

Sereriputa’s expression twisted.

“Just like how children who are told by their parents and those around them that they’re ‘bad children’ end up really thinking they’re ‘bad children’, the Earth God’s games have drastically affected Ryouma’s personality, causing it to become twisted.

Of course, there are children who are able to have a firm grasp of their ‘identity’ and live with confidence despite being told by their parents and those around them that they’re bad, and Ryouma has indeed managed to pick himself up despite the Earth God’s abuse; however, the self-restraint that he gained in order to resist the ‘temptation to commit crime’ is too strong.” [Sereriputa]

“Hmm? Wait a minute. Was Ryouma that kind of guy? Hasn’t he taken up bandit subjugation jobs?” [Tekun]

“Yes. That part actually makes it a bit more complicated, but basically, his attitude concerning the bandits is just him adapting to the laws of the country. He’s just properly adhering to the laws. He won’t kill needlessly, but he doesn’t have much reluctance when it comes to killing as long as it’s out of necessity – and that could be either for self-defense or to feed himself.

But that part about ‘not having much reluctance to kill’, and you know how he also has a tendency to go too far? He himself isn’t ‘aware ‘ of it, but he can already instinctively feel the danger of the talent sleeping inside him. And he blames it on himself under the guise of ‘his immaturity’.” [Sereriputa]

“Ah!?” [Kufo]

“What’s the matter, Kufo?” [Gayn]

“No, I just remembered. Didn’t Ryouma leave the duke’s family and suddenly started training himself because he beat up some ruffians at the mines?” [Kufo]

“Oh, my. Now that you mention it, that is the case.” [Rurutia]

“I remember too. But weren’t those bandits in the wrong? If I recall correctly, they were a group of no good adventurers and were threatening some kids so they could keep their profits for themselves. They also tried to threaten Ryouma.” [Tekun]


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15 responses to “The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 3 Extra Chapter 1: Trial of the Gods and Sereriputa’s True Intentions (3/4)”

  1. Belkar Avatar
    Belkar

    Thank you!

  2. St.George Avatar
    St.George

    Thanks for the chapter!

  3. DKLA Avatar
    DKLA

    Ryouma’s personality would have two options from this discussion. His heroic actions would cause him to feel constant guilt that he would feel he needs to redeem himself every single time. The other action is to run away or let someone else do it for him. Third solution is that he needs to be surrounded with people he trusts that can criticize and encourage him (aka A FAMILY!).

  4. Philip Avatar
    Philip

    So, Ryouma feels guilty because he notices his own hidden tendencies, or talents, thus he avoids situations where he might lose control. Reminds me of a certain dragon on top of a mountain with a great line. Still, sererifool needs his punishment. Maybe send him to Ryouma’s world, as a mortal, with a tag saying “randomize stats” or so.
    Thanks for the update! Awesome translation! God bless you!

    1. Angel Salazar Avatar
      Angel Salazar

      “What is better ? to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort ?”

      ― Paarthurnax skyrim

  5. Zax Avatar
    Zax

    Now his absurd talents actually have some reason behind them. Thanks for the chapter

  6. Sibushang Avatar
    Sibushang

    This is a fascinating revelation. Frankly, if you needed a merciless hero who could slaughter an army of evil doers Ryoma would probably be your ideal pick.

    1. Bob Bobfry Avatar
      Bob Bobfry

      That may cause him immense psychological pain

  7. ShimizuA Avatar

    So Ryoma basically a chaotic evil alignment tried to be a lawful good.

    1. magstzerp Avatar
      magstzerp

      He is wreckit Ralph

  8. kariageweb Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter! 🙂

  9. sfcipher Avatar

    Thanks for the treat.

  10. Mio Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter desu~

    Not much was explained about the Earth God before the reboot, and the strongest effect of mind manipulation was from the Demon King’s curse imbued within a giant dark magic crystal, which the gods have taken care of.

    The current webnovel’s twist is more interesting to me in comparison. I don’t know if the gods or Ryouma will ever meet in this story, but I would like it to happen at least once in the future.

  11. CCaprice Avatar
    CCaprice

    Thanks for the chapter.

  12. darkloki2 Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter, it’s good to have an explanation about what earth god do with people but I never thought it would be this dark

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