Extra Chapter: Much, Much Later...

“Mom!”

“Grandma!”

“Great-grandma...”

Surrounded by a group of my children and great-grandchildren, my consciousness was slowly slipping away from me. I lived a good life...but there was just one thing... There was one thing I couldn’t forgive.

“Hey, God!”

“Y-Yes! I know, I know...”

A white space. In this empty void was a man with golden hair and blue eyes, who was the physical embodiment of what every woman would consider to be a “good man.” He wore a white outfit that seemed like something an aristocrat from ancient Rome would wear.

Who else could it be, but God?

“So, where is she now?”

“She’s on a journey with her companions right now, and having plenty of fun, by the sound of it.”

“And Reiko?”

“She’s already with her.”

“Tch! So I’m late to the party... What about preparations with the god from over there?”

“That’s already taken care of. Oh dear, I’m just going to be causing more trouble for her...”

“Good! Then send me over, if you please!”

“Understood. I hope you have a nice life there.”

“Thanks for getting us taken care of then. See you!”

Though she’d been pretty spry for a ninety-year-old, her soul had grown weary over the years. But after she’d been freed from the restraints of her aging body, she was as energetic as she had been back in her younger days.

Her soul and consciousness were sent away to another world by the young man who looked like a god. After he was finished, he muttered to himself, “But still, I was so surprised when a normal human was able to contact me seventy years ago through sheer force of will... It really made me realize once again just how much potential they have. Definitely a learning experience, if I do say so myself.”

The being who watched over Earth fondly remembered the promise the girls who came to yell at him had forced him to make...

We’re going to have you make up for all the fun times I was supposed to have with Kaoru!

“I ended up causing more trouble for Celes again... I really must do something to make it up to her.”

“Welcome to my world: Verny!”

Kyoko recoiled slightly as she came face-to-face with a girl, grinning from ear-to-ear.

“Um, so, about what the god from Earth and I talked about...”

“Yes, I’ve already heard all about it! Should be the same thing as what Reiko Kuon asked for, right?”

She looks excited about this... Kyoko thought to herself.

“So, uh...you seem pretty happy about something,” she couldn’t help but comment.

The goddess, on the other hand, seemed like she’d just been waiting to be asked that.

“Well, you see, I just got a message from the being in charge of your world, saying he’s sorry to cause me trouble and that he’s going to make it up to me somehow. Hehe... Ehehe...”

Kyoko knew exactly what was going on here. They didn’t say you got wiser as you grew older for nothing.

“What did Reiko ask for?”

“She asked to ‘be able to use every type of magic and to have unlimited MP.’”

Yeah, that sounds like Reiko all right. Just goes all in when it comes to this stuff.

“Then I’d like the ability to create anything I want.”

“A-Anything? That might be a little too much...”

The goddess fretted. Thus, Kyoko conceded and changed her request.

“Then how about the ability for me to create any ship I know of? I’m no expert on ships, so I’d like to ask for them to be put together based on what’s written about them. I’d also like to automatically know how to use each one I make, please. I’m a complete beginner when it comes to this stuff, after all.”

“Only ships, you say... I think Kaoru and the others might be just about ready to cross the sea, actually, so this is some good timing. Let’s go with that, then.”

The goddess seemed relieved that she managed to have Kyoko scale back her wish to something more reasonable. Kyoko, on the other hand, was grinning on the inside.

“But you’re quite the impressive pair. I’ve heard what you managed to do from the other god, despite the fact that you’re only humans. Why did you go through such lengths to do that? Just who are you to Kaoru?”

Kyoko broke into a wide grin as she answered the goddess: “I’m Kyoko Nishizono, and she’s Reiko Kuon—we’re Kaoru Nagase’s best friends!”

After descending unto the world in her new body, her youth restored, Kyoko checked her surroundings before creating a certain ship from her memories. It was controlled by an on-board computer with its own personality, had its own powerful laser weaponry, came with its own squadron of robot soldiers, and was jam-packed full of supplies in its storage bay. This was how she was going to travel the world to find Kaoru and the others.

Even if she didn’t end up finding her friend, Reiko should be able to use some sort of wide-range sensor magic to try and find Kaoru. Once Reiko realized that Kyoko had arrived in this world as well, she should be able to find or contact Kyoko, so they could join up and look together. It wasn’t like she was pressed for time, especially since she’d asked for the same conditions Kaoru had set for her new body, after hearing about it from the god of Earth.

Kyoko sat herself in the captain’s chair and gave an order to the computer.

“Let’s take off!”