**p17**


1. Sorry to disappoint you, but Heaven’s actually a real ==drag==.


2. And since you’re dead, you can’t even ==hook up with== anyone!


3. It’s just you and a bunch of spirits sitting around ==sunning== yourselves and making small talk for all eternity.


4. I smelled something ==fishy==. She saw I was ==wary==, but Aqua only grinned even wider.


5. And then she proudly ==laid out== her great proposal or whatever.


**p18**


1. ==The long and short== of it was this:


2. And we ==figured== ==as long as== we’re sending someone, it ==might as well== be someone who died young, a ==blank slate==. (문법)


3. ==What’s more==, since it would be silly to send someone over there just to die again, we decided to allow them to ==bring along== any one thing they want


4. You get another ==shot== at life in a new world, and they get someone ==battle-ready== to come to their aid.


5. I could feel my excitement ==ramping up==, though.


6. Through the kind support of us ==deities==, the language will be loaded into your brain when you go over, allowing you to learn it ==instantaneously==.


7. There’s a slim chance that it would result in an overload that makes you ==go poof==, if you’re not lucky.


**19**


1. True, I was worried I might go poof, but ==(not to brag)== my luck had always been my only strong point, so I figured I would be fine.


2. Aqua ≈=thrust== something like a catalog in front of my face.


3. Come on, anything at all. Just say the word, and you can bring it with you to your new home.”


4. Come on—we haven’t got all eternity!”


5. “Look, I don’t care. You think you’re the only dead guy I’ve got to ferry to the afterlife today? Pick up the pace!”


6. Naturally, her attitude made me pretty ticked off.


**20p**


1. Aqua looked at me ==blankly== and put another snack in her mouth.


2. “Hmm. Okay, stay inside this magic circle…” Suddenly, she ==caught herself==.


3. “Your wish is received. Then, Lady Aqua, I shall ==tend to== your duties henceforth.


4. “Safe travels, ==milady==,” the angel said to her. “Leave things to me. ==Whensoever== you do defeat the Demon King, I shall send someone to ==retrieve== you.


5. The angel only glanced at the sobbing, ==prostrate== Aqua, then gave me a gentle smile.


6. “Yes. One ==commensurate== with the worth of a world saved. The gods will grant any one thing you should ask.”


7. If I ended up getting ==sick of== this new place, I could ask to go back to Japan


**21p**


1. you’d better use that goddess power of yours to make my life as ==cushy== as I want!”


2. The angel’s ==solemn== ==invocation== was disturbed only by Aqua’s cry: “Nooooo! That’s myyy liiiine, tooooo!”


**23p**


1. Horse-drawn carriages ==rattled== along the stone-paved streets of a town.


2. Hey, ==keep it down==. What’ll happen if everyone thinks I’m friends with a crazy lady?


**24p**


1. ==With that==, Aqua ==pattered== along behind me. I, ==for my part==, was feeling quite confident.


2. Actually, ==come to think of it==—Aqua’s a goddess. Why not ask her?


3. Think about it—this is just one world among millions, and this town is just one insignificant settlement out of all the towns in this world. Why should I know anything about it?”