"We're going to die," I said.
"Good enough. The Demon Lord's castle is that way." He pointed east, toward a floating fortress shaped like an angry teapot.
"I can calculate tax deductions while panicking."
"I'm Glib," it squeaked. "I have crippling anxiety and level 2 accounting skills." -ENG- Nonsense Life in Another World 1 2 Unce...
"Congratulations, Kaito Tanaka!" the creature chirped. "You have been summoned to the world of Elgundor to defeat the Demon Lord!"
I sighed. "This is nonsense."
"Worst?" She handed me a cup of ramen. "Or best ?" "We're going to die," I said
"Probably," Greta agreed. "But the Demon Lord's castle has a really nice snack bar. I heard they serve mochi."
The next thing I knew, I was standing in a vast white void, facing a creature that looked like a cross between a plush axolotl and a vending machine.
Glib raised a trembling pseudopod. "I'll… I'll calculate the optimal route. If my anxiety doesn't trigger first." "I can calculate tax deductions while panicking
And somehow — somehow — that felt exactly right. Want me to continue with Episodes 3 and beyond (e.g., meeting the Demon Lord, the butter knife's true power, or the sock's secret)?
"I'm… a guy with a butter knife."
The axolotl-vending-machine (who introduced itself as Fluffn'Dispense , God of Casual Inconvenience) shoved a rusty butter knife into my hands.
A farmer stared at me. I stared back.