Chapter 5
Husband is the Protagonist of Another World 5
Even on the surface of the murky mirror, recognizing the features wasn't difficult...
"......"
In that instant, he froze, startled by the sculpted beauty in the mirror.
It wasn't that he looked drastically different from his original self.
'He looks too much like me?'
This wasn't a doppelganger or a parallel world; what on earth was going on...?
Alex scanned his features, touching his face with his fingertips.
Disheveled, dark black hair and jet-black eyes.
Smooth eyebrows, a straight nose, and a sharp jawline with alluring lips...
Aside from a subtly different national vibe, there wasn't a single aspect that wasn't similar.
His appearance was so identical, it was as if he had a long-lost identical twin.
"Haa..."
Alex's hand fell weakly.
It was just, him.
'How did all this happen?'
He tried to recall the last events before he woke up in this place.
His memories were hazy, as if he had awakened from a long sleep.
Fortunately, he clearly remembered his identity and past.
Originally, he was the hero in a modern game fantasy novel who had completed a great saga.
One day, dimensional doors called Gates suddenly appeared in the world, and all sorts of Magical creatures emerged from them, threatening humans and spreading epidemics.
The endless death and fear of destruction surrounding them.
For the first time, humanity around the world felt the true meaning of annihilation and helplessness, trembling in fear.
However, a blue System, like a game Status Window, appeared before the 'chosen ones.'
The System awakened superhuman abilities in ordinary people, and the Awakened ones grew stronger by leveling up through endless Quests.
Alex was one of those Awakened ones.
In an apocalyptic world where no one knew what would happen, he defeated Magical creatures that appeared in various places.
At first, it was insignificant, but his growth was endless.
He became so powerful that no one appeared to take his ranking until the end, and the gap between him and second place widened to the level of gods and ordinary humans.
Boss monsters with SSS-class ratings were no longer a problem for him.
He had to find the entity sending hideous demonic beasts to Earth and save the world.
That was the god of another world who was trying to occupy Earth.
Finally, in the final battle, he fought and defeated a being that was not even human.
Earth and its people were no longer in danger, and the peace he had longed for so much unfolded.
The point of 'end' finally came to him, who had been running around with the Status Window.
The relief that he had done it was followed by an unexpected sense of emptiness.
He had done everything he could for the world.
Could he now live a normal life?
Could he now have a life unrelated to battle and slaughter?
He had saved the world, but.
'Can my life be saved too?'
He had no idea what he really wanted besides world peace.
Anyway, he wanted to rest for a while for now.
As he closed his eyes, the Status Window appeared before him without fail.
[Congratulations, 'Hopeless Virgin'! ]
"......"
[Your title has been changed.]
[Hopeless Virgin → Savior Who Killed God]
"......"
[The final reward has finally arrived for the 'Savior Who Killed God' who successfully completed the 21st-century Quest! Do you accept?]
'Final reward?'
He thought the final battle was outside the System's domain, but was even that a Quest?
There was no reason not to accept it, so he accepted the final reward.
He hoped it wouldn't be game money, items, or skills.
In an instant, the surroundings flickered black, and he lost consciousness without even realizing it.
The last thing he thought before that was.
'Send me to Hawaii. Or Guam, Bali...'
He deserved a long reward vacation.
The voice he heard when he regained consciousness was.
'Alex!'
'Are you awake, Your Excellency? Ah, no, Alexis Myers!'
'Honey...?'
"......"
To suddenly become a different person in another world.
He had only thought about an overseas vacation at best, so he couldn't easily shake off his bewildered feelings.
He roughly wiped his face.
"This is crazy..."
Startling people without warning...
Was the final reward a new life?
"Hoo..."
I closed the door and came out, letting out a deep sigh.
My husband seemed still confused, so I let him rest more.
Leaning against the wall, I pressed down on my uncomfortably stuffy chest.
Thump, thump...
My heart was still beating anxiously beneath my chest.
My heart had been in this state ever since I found out he had taken rat poison.
Was it because I had been on a roller coaster of shock, despair, and relief in such a short time?
I was really relieved and relieved that he hadn't died and had come back to life... I was feeling much more relieved than I thought.
I wondered if his existence had become so important in my heart.
'Alex, he must have been embarrassed by my reaction after all. He was so surprised that he spat out all the water.'
Well, I'm embarrassed too.
I took out a handkerchief and wiped the water off my face.
Alex and I were not a couple who were affectionate or whispered sweet nothings to each other.
I had been harboring resentment and disappointment towards him, and although I didn't show it openly, he knew that fact.
But for such a husband to die and come back to life, and for his wife to be relieved, he probably couldn't have imagined it.
I understood why he was so surprised that he spat out all the water he had been holding in his mouth.
It was bitter and lonely.
'...Will he try to divorce me again?'
He had opened his eyes again, but the situation hadn't changed, so he might try to push me away again.
Anyway, my mother-in-law would never allow it until I had produced an heir...
'Divorce, I hate it...'
I clenched my fist tightly behind my back.
Tears welled up in my eyes for no reason.
Had I grown fond of him in the meantime?
The moment he mentioned divorce, my mind went blank and I was so stunned that I couldn't speak.
When I thought he was going to die, I felt a sense of despair as if the ground had collapsed beneath my feet and my chest had been hollowed out.
I'm so unfamiliar with this side of myself, but.
I didn't want to experience parting with Alex again.
I borrowed the inn's kitchen before sunset.
We hadn't eaten anything since last night.
Our family was completely ruined, so we didn't have the mind to eat, and even if someone had given us food, we wouldn't have been able to eat it.
But just as I was thinking that my husband must be getting hungry, my sister-in-law came looking for us, saying, "Aren't we going to eat something?"
"It's 10 gold."
"Yes?"
"The cost of borrowing the kitchen."
The innkeeper held out her palm.
"Ah... right. Yes."
I thought it was free because she readily lent it to us, but it turned out to be a very calculating place.
10 gold was the price for one person to stay at this inn for another day...
I took out coins from my dress pocket and handed over 10 gold, saying.
"I'm sorry. We almost caused a big problem because of us."
"If possible, I'd like you to leave as soon as possible. If His Majesty the Emperor finds out, it seems like we'll get caught in the crossfire."
The innkeeper turned away as if she didn't need to hear my answer.
The cold wind blowing from her skirt shook my hair.
'...Well, she's not wrong.'
It was already a blessing that the innkeeper had taken us in, who had fallen out of favor with the tyrant.
'Tyrant, you son of a bitch...'
Just thinking about that bastard made me want to curse.
I felt like I had become a person infected with a contagious disease.
After calming down for a moment, I opened the bag I had brought.
It was what the head maid had secretly given me when I was kicked out of the duchy.
Inside were canned emergency rations and bread, but all I could do was heat them up.
"Where's the milk?"
It was when I brought warm bread and soup to the room where my sister-in-law and mother-in-law were.
My sister-in-law stared at the tray and looked for milk.
I replied in a sighing tone.
"There isn't any."
"What? How can I eat without milk!"
"Don't eat if you don't want to-."
"Ah, no! Sister."
Thud!
"......"
As I tried to take the bowl away, my sister-in-law quickly closed the door and went inside the room.
I shook my head and headed to my husband's and my room.
'Hold on. If this were my original world, she'd be in middle school...'
It wasn't like Eloy was acting like that for the first time.
Soon, I pulled the slightly open door and saw my husband pacing around the room in a slightly anxious manner.
"......"
He looked like a lost soul until yesterday, but is he finally trying to find a way to overcome our situation?
It was surprising to see my husband so sharply troubled for the first time.
"Alex."
At my sudden voice, he flinched and looked at me.
