Chapter 3 (2/2)

She was falling head first towards the ground at an increasing speed.

“So-called G.o.ddess! Are you trying to kill meeeee!!”

No matter how meaningless she thought my daily life was, to be suddenly punished like this was too cruel. Riley instantly used some magic to protect herself from the fall. After all, she had been a member of the Hero’s party, a magic swordsman. She wouldn’t have been able to be a member of his party if she wasn’t skilled in magic. However……

“Eh? Why can’t I use magic!?”

No matter what she tried, she couldn’t use magic. There was no magic reaction at all.

“What’s going on~~~~!?”

Riley’s only choice left was – to entrust her body to the force of gravity and continue falling.

After falling through the air for a bit, the ground finally approached…… is what she thought, but something suddenly wrapped around Riley’s body. It seemed to be some type of large cloth.

It seems that she’s fallen on top of a cloth that was covering the roof of a tall building. With a creaking sound, the cloth tore. Below it was yet another cloth. This repeated several times over, which finally managed to slow down her rate of falling.

“Thanks to the cloths, even if I land on the ground, I might get away with only light bruises.”

When Riley realized this, she closed her eyes and prepared herself for impact. However, the shock of her body hitting the ground didn’t come. Instead, she landed with a thud onto something soft. It wasn’t the same as the cloth from earlier. It was something firmer than that.

When she gingerly opened her eyes – there was a person underneath Riley.

“Ah……”

A pair of clear blue eyes were staring straight at Riley. He was a young man. It seems that he had caught Riley as she was falling down.

“Are you alright? Are you…… not injured?”

The young man had pale blonde hair and a good looking face, and he seemingly had a gentle expression that was worrying about Riley’s well-being. Riley nodded in response to his words.

“Mmm…… I’m really sorry for falling down on top of you. You as well, are you injured anywhere?”

“I’m fine. But anyways, that was sure a surprise. Someone suddenly falling down from the sky…… By the way.”

The young man suddenly grabbed Riley’s arm, and spoke up happily.

“All this, isn’t this the crime of large-scale property destruction? Is it alright if I capture you now?”

“……Hah?”

With a nice smile, he took out something that looked like handcuffs from his pocket.

“Uhh, it was force majeure that caused me to break the roof……?”

(What should I do, for me to have done something like already committing a crime the moment I came to another world…… G.o.ddess, help me please!)

In her mind, Riley prayed for help to the person in question that had brought her over to this world. However, n.o.body answered Riley’s prayers. Because of her indolent responses earlier, maybe the G.o.ddess had gotten angry.

Riley suddenly pushed the young man away, put some distance between them, and looked around the area. As expected, Riley saw nothing but sights she had never seen before. Huge, rectangular shaped buildings lined the streets of town. The roads were paved with stone, but were quite dirty. There was some garbage scattered on the street corners, and graffiti had been applied haphazardly on some of the walls.

She was in a place she didn’t know at all, she was being accused of something she didn’t understand, and she couldn’t even use magic. It seems that the G.o.ddess has sent Riley to quite an unbelievable place.

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