Chapter 1

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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 1
Chapter Title: The Wrong Afterlife
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What in the world is going on?

Age at death, thirty-four. Died in the line of duty, shot by the criminal I was pursuing.

Having died at such a tender young age, with such a glamorous title to my name, I should have departed for a heaven full of dreams and hope...

“You foolish girl. I said you were lacking, but did you decide to become a complete imbecile?”

Where’s heaven? And why is there a middle-aged man here, cursing right to my face?

Is this... my heaven?

“I told you, if you're going to die, die at the Grand Temple! Why do you keep coming back to the family estate? What will it take to knock some sense into you!”

*CRASH!*

The middle-aged man, who had been spouting nonsense at me, slammed his fist on the table.

The lavish spread of food before him trembled.

So, it looks like I'm in some kind of dining room...

A chandelier hanging from the ceiling, a long table draped in a white cloth, antique candelabras.

Isn't this all stuff you'd see in a movie?

Even the man yelling at me and the people watching from behind were dressed in fancy suits and gowns.

Is this the afterlife or a historical romance fantasy world?

“I can no longer tolerate your insolence. Drag her out of here at once, lock her in her room, and don't give her a single drop of water! And first thing tomorrow, at sunrise, kick her out to the Grand Temple!”

Well, at least I know this isn't heaven.

Before I could even process this new realization, some women grabbed me by the arms and started dragging me away.

“Ah, wait!”

*Clatter!*

...Huh? What's happening?

Setting aside whether this maid outfit is a costume or not...

Why am I being dragged away so easily? By women who aren't even that strong...?

This can't be right.

Do you lose muscle mass when you die?

“You really spoil my appetite.”

A sneer was directed at me as I stood frozen in the confusing situation. It came from a young man sitting before a luxurious meal.

“Do I have to see your face even here? There's no place for you here, so get lost, Ordel.”

Despite the insolent behavior of this brat who looked much younger than me, I couldn't say a word.

Ordel, Ordel, Ordel.

What is it? This familiar, yet terribly ominous name?

Why are they calling me that, as if it's my name...?

*Ping.*

[Welcome, User ■■■! I am the AI system that manages dimensions.]

Just then, a strange window popped up before my dazed eyes.

You know, like the system message windows you see in games...

[You are currently transmigrated into the world of . From this day forward, User ■■■, your name is 'Ordel Kiris'.]

[I will do my utmost to assist you in your new transmigrated life. I look forward to working with you.]

“What in the...”

Bullshit.

I'd closed my eyes peacefully, fully expecting to go to heaven...

But a second life started without my consent.

Hey, give me back my heaven.

* * *

I was a public servant.

More specifically, a police officer who caught bad guys.

The pay was low, and whenever a case broke, overtime was a given.

A detective whose work-life balance was nonexistent, sometimes having to do stakeouts for months on end.

My only solace in that life was webnovels.

With my irregular schedule, it was hard to spend time with anyone, but they were something I could easily enjoy on my own.

was my favorite of them all.

“...But I think I'm about to start hating it.”

is a romance fantasy novel about a female lead who becomes a saintess and saves the world.

Did I transmigrate into that female lead?

Not a chance.

The one who commits all sorts of atrocities, gets jealous of the far more successful female lead, and torments her like a madwoman.

Only to eventually face the consequences and be executed by the male leads!

The trash-tier villain you always find in romance fantasy novels!

I've transmigrated into 'Ordel Kiris'.

“And to top it off, her family situation is the worst.”

The way they were berating Ordel, I thought she was in an enemy's house or something.

But surprisingly, this was her own family home.

The middle-aged man who gave the shocking order to starve me was her father, Count Kiris.

Ordel was the family scapegoat of the Kiris household.

You can tell just by looking at this room I was dragged into.

An attic tucked away in a corner where the sun barely reaches.

Dust piled up everywhere.

Furniture clearly gnawed on by rats and a blanket stained yellow.

If you had to pick the one character you'd least want to transmigrate into in , Ordel would proudly take first place.

“So why, of all people, did I have to transmigrate into Ordel!”

*Ping.*

[The AI system has received your question.]

As I slammed my fist on the floor in frustration, an alert sounded and the system message window appeared before my eyes.

I immediately seized on this damn window.

[Your soul beat the minuscule odds of 0.00018% to be chosen as an apostle by this world's Sun God and was thus transmigrated.]

That's a number just begging for a curse.

So, is it asking me to swear at it?

[Originally, the plan was to reincarnate you, but the Sun God who brought you to this world is a bit... lacking, so we had no choice but to have you transmigrate into an existing body.]

“Lacking?”

In what, his intelligence?

[Correction. The Sun God's current divine power is insufficient to fully reincarnate you.]

[And this is the reason the Sun God summoned you to this world.]

Alright, let's hear it.

Just what grand reason could there be for intercepting a good soul who was destined for heaven?

[ Save the 'Sun That Crawled Out of Death'!]

The 'Sun That Crawled Out of Death' is currently on the verge of extinction due to a lack of followers.

Become the saintess who inherited the power of the 'Sun That Crawled Out of Death', increase the number of his followers, grow your divine power, and save this pitiful god and the world from annihilation!

Reward for Success: Wealth, honor, and power as the saintess

Penalty for Failure: Eternal annihilation of the 'Sun That Crawled Out of Death' and the destruction of the dimension]

They arbitrarily transmigrate me into a novel about a saintess, and now they're demanding I become one?

“This is insane.”

I let out a hollow laugh at the absurd request.

Then, my eyes fell on a mirror covered in a thick layer of dust.

Long, flowing pink hair.

Golden eyes that shone beautifully even in this filthy room.

A beautiful woman with slightly upturned eyes, giving her a cold and haughty look, was staring back at me from the mirror.

She had the kind of beauty that could have conquered the entertainment industry back on Earth, but what did that matter now?

Ordel, with her terrible family relationships and crippling inferiority complex that made her act out so viciously, was a 'fake saintess'!

They put me in the body of a fake saintess with a pittance of divine power and expect me to become a real one?

If this was the plan, they should have just put me in the female lead's body from the start!

The impoverished Grand Temple of the Sun God is revived thanks to the meteoric appearance of the female lead, and it enters its greatest golden age as she saves the world.

I never imagined the Sun God would be called by the deeply unsettling name 'Sun That Crawled Out of Death', but in any case, if things were just left to run their course, he would be revived on his own.

So why did he bother using his insufficient power to transmigrate me, someone who was supposed to go to heaven, into the body of the fake saintess?

[That question pertains to a celestial secret. To obtain the answer, your current divine power must exceed 40%.]

You transmigrate me here against my will, and now you can't even tell me the truth?

It's hard out here for the weak.

“How much divine power do I have right now?”

Ordel may be a fake saintess, but she does have some divine power.

Although it's described in the story as a pitifully small amount, she did act as the saintess until the female lead appeared, so she must have at least 20%...

[Current Divine Power: 2%]

“...?”

I rubbed my eyes and looked again. But the miracle of 2% turning into 20% did not occur.

[To achieve a full awakening as the saintess, you must reach 100% divine power.]

They shoved me into a body with a measly 2% divine power and expect me to become a saintess and grow the Grand Temple?

No matter how I think about it, it seems the Sun God is the one who's lacking in intelligence.